Saturday Tweets: Spiders, Boomerangs and a New HGTV

July 7, 2018

Spiders Use Earth’s Electric Field to Fly Hundreds of Miles – The Atlantic https://t.co/Doy3LLVc9t — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 5, 2018 I just published “Survival of the Richest” https://t.co/T4BwQyZn6p — douglas rushkoff (@rushkoff) July 5, 2018 Dear Los Angeles: LeBron James is an avid cyclist. Please don’t run him over https://t.co/eFnlCXSFSV — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 2, 2018 We need a new kind of HGTV https://t.co/D113QxPmzo via @C...

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Make Your Own Molding With a Table Saw

Mr. Homegrown

July 13, 2018

Design

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...n I thought it would be (once you figure out the right angle–the not easy part). Since you raise the blade just 1/16th of in inch at a time, it can take a long time to spit out 100 feet of molding, as I discovered. And you’ll need to sand away the blade marks. I also took some Home Depot door casing molding and cut a groove on the back with a dado stack on the table saw to make an improvised picture rail. I’m not sure why picture rail fell out of...

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What to Do With Junk Mail and Shredded Paper

Mr. Homegrown

July 23, 2018

Domesticus

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...et the lowdown on what it’s like on the receiving end of all our garbage (Part 1, Part 2). And the possibility of a trade ware with China may make things even more complicated. China no longer wants our trash. So what to do about reducing paper waste at the source aside from the obvious (sign up for paperless bills). The Data & Marketing Association will grant you the privilege of not getting receiving their trashy mailings for a $2 fee. Thank you...

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125 Green Burials with the Green Reaper Elizabeth Fournier

Mr. Homegrown

October 4, 2018

Podcasts

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...wns and operates Cornerstone Funeral Services in Boring, Oregon (we’re not making that up). She serves on the Advisory Board for the Green Burial Council. You can find her online at the Green Reaper. During the podcast we discuss: What is a green burial? The legality of green burial in the United States What’s wrong with a modern funeral? National Home Funeral Alliance Cremation vs. green burial Water cremation (alkaline hydrolysis) Burial at sea...

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Mortise and Tenon Magazine

Mr. Homegrown

October 22, 2018

Design

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...th-centry mahogany tea table. Two other articles focus on woodworking in apartments. I especially liked the article by Kim Choy who does some amazing work in a small apartment in Singapore. What was refreshing about his writing is that it was, basically, a long list of all the mistake he made in his self-educated attempt to build things with traditional Japanese tools. It’s a refreshing take in an era of Instagram boasting. Despite those mistakes...

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