Saturday Linkages:

April 5, 2014

...e-in-leimert/#.UzuT7Zz9t1A.twitter … The terminal stage of oil addiction: http://www.thenation.com/article/179113/we-are-now-terminal-stage-our-fossil-fuel-addiction … Opting Out: An Introduction – Pacific Standard: The Science of Society http://www.psmag.com/navigation/nature-and-technology/opting-introduction-77049/#.Uzs9IwgcJoo.twitter … How to host a star party: https://sites.google.com/site/aancsite/articles/host-a-starparty … For these links...

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Saturday Linkages: Gourds, Cats and Cider Bread

Mr. Homegrown

May 3, 2014

Saturday Linkages

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...Homesteading and Livestock – MOTHER EARTH NEWS http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/6-methods-of-harvesting-rainwater-ze0z1404zjhar.aspx … Are probiotics helping you? | Food Matters, Scientific American Blog Network http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/food-matters/2014/04/29/are-probiotics-helping-you/?WT.mc_id=SA_sharetool_Twitter … Photos, Videos: Up Close With The Kitties At NYC’s Cat Cafe http://gothamist.com/2014/04/23/n...

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Netflix Before Netflix: The Tabard Inn Library

Mr. Homegrown

January 26, 2022

Design

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...r book. The kiosks could be found in drug stores and other retail establishments. Eaton also had a home delivery book service called the Booklovers Library. The scheme didn’t last long but did result in the creation of a huge mailing list that Eaton attempted to use for other businesses. Does this sound familiar? My local Von’s grocery store has a DVD rental service kiosk out front that still gets use. No, I’m not going to build a Tabard Inn Libra...

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That Time I Got Deplatformed

Mr. Homegrown

December 26, 2018

Thoughtstylings

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...s so. — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) December 14, 2018 This incident combines the idiocy of Silicon Valley’s monopoly over content with their belief that algorithms can parse the nuances of all the world’s languages. No intelligent person would confuse Kris’ carefully researched, non-partisan writing with “fake news.” I’ll conclude with some advice: if you are a small business person or someone who hopes to run an internet based business, if...

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How to Design and Fabricate Homestead Projects

Mr. Homegrown

January 14, 2016

Design

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...Venturi’s Franklin Court from an architectural history class I took as an undergrad: Impressed that I remembered a small detail from a slide show in a class I took 30 years ago, I Googled Franklin Court and showed it to Kelly. She countered with Wonder Woman’s airplane: I counter-riposted with the set from Lars Von Trier’s difficult Dogville, which takes place entirely on this bare-bones set: A trip to a high end furniture store yielded a contemp...

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