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A Low-Impact Woodland Home

By michael | Published: 2 Feb 2011

Simon Dale’s hobbit-home was built with reused materials and fallen timbers, for approximately $4,500. The reciprocal roof is brilliant, strong enough to support a “living roof” and reportedly easy to build. Simon built the home himself, with a little help from friends and family, spending 1000-1500 man-hours.

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By michael | Published: 26 Sep 2010

This too, is about to become part of my new hobby/obsession: The Wild Vegeterian Cookbook

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By michael | Published: 26 Sep 2010

This is about to become my new hobby/obsession: Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places

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Moddi: A DIY murphy bed for under $300 using Ikea parts

By michael | Published: 22 Mar 2010

Link: Moddi: A DIY murphy bed for under $300 using Ikea parts I saw something similar on HGTV’s Designed to Sell: “Giving a High-End Look to a Living Room, Master Bedroom and Home Office”. Can’t find the episode online yet, so this will have to do.

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Blue Rock Station: Ohio’s First Earthship

By michael | Published: 27 Feb 2010

Link: Blue Rock Station: Ohio’s First Earthship

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iTunes Song as iChat Away Status

By michael | Published: 14 Feb 2010

Choose “Custom Away…”, then enter the following EXACTLY: %Track – %Artist Now I can work and share my playlist, while discouraging social distractions. My friends and colleagues know when it comes to my chat status: Red light STOP. Green light GO. The technique works for me using iChat 5.0.1 on Snow Leopard 10.6.2. YMMV. via [...]

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Chisanbop: Count to 99 on Your Fingers

By michael | Published: 13 Feb 2010

The most important part of any mental prosthetic (as calculators and all forms of finger math are) is that they support good mental models of mathematics rather than replacing them. — Andy Harris @ IUPUI from Thoughts on Chisenbop Multiplication Chisanbop (or chisenbop) is a method of using one’s fingers for counting and basic maths, [...]

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The Divine Comedy

By michael | Published: 3 Feb 2010

Link: The Divine Comedy By Dante Alighieri. FREE audiobook from LibriVox! Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Narrated by LibriVox volunteers.

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Ways to reduce trash

By michael | Published: 8 Aug 2009

Link: Ways to reduce trash My wife, daughter and I have learned to accumulate less than 35 gallons of trash per month, since moving to Upper Arlington — where we are charged $2.40 per container of trash up to 50 lb./35 gal.! Tips from Pedal People, “a human-powered delivery and hauling service for the Northampton, [...]

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How To Save Money on Groceries

By michael | Published: 8 Aug 2009

Link: How To Save Money on Groceries via Debt Free Adventure, a smart blog filled with personal finance tips.

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