Saturday Linkages: Straw Bales and Bike Hacks

March 23, 2013

.../02/22/how-to-fix-a-bicycle-tube/ … Bike headlight displays speed: http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/bike-headlight-displays-speed.html Build-It-Solar Blog: A Inexpensive DIY Blower Door http://www.builditsolarblog.com/2013/02/a-inexpensive-diy-blower-door-that.html?spref=tw … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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A Bad Year for Marshmallows

Mr. Homegrown

April 1, 2013

Thoughtstylings

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...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9RfuD1Im4U But a good year for spaghetti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMNO2Kcvz2k...

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Sad foot sign, the end is comin’

Mr. Homegrown

June 28, 2019

Design

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...//www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D-Z9rUvlqM And the aforementioned Eels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GYCWLvpd_U Sad foot sign, why you gotta Taunt me this way The happy side is broken now It’s gonna be an awful day And if I have to drive back by To see from a different side Would it be enough to say The first time was a lie? Sad foot sign, the end is comin’ That’s what they say Maybe you could, see it in Your heart for one day To let me feel what i...

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Defeating Squirrels With Tech

Mr. Homegrown

June 9, 2017

Fruit Trees, Gardening, Pests

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...ry clown strategy might work better such as it did with this bear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1Fjh08pvI Kidding aside, two Southern California biologists are using high powered lasers to dissuade ravens from attacking endangered desert tortoises. The biologists are also speculating about the possibility of “gamifying” this task by opening it up to anyone who wants to take a potshot via the internet. Which leads to my question of the day. Wo...

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The Primitive Technology Guy

Mr. Homegrown

December 27, 2016

Appropriate Technology, Water and Power

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...nonymous creator of the these wordless videos, shot in northern extreme of Queensland, Australia uses a “show me don’t tell me” philosophy of film making that I greatly admire. No long, babbling intros! Kelly was especially impressed with his pump drill fire starting technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEl-Y1NvBVI He has a blog that describes the content of his videos in more detail. People like John Townsend and the Primitive Technology gu...

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