Why Architectural Graphics Standards Should Be On Your Bookshelf

...course. Should you want to build split ring wooden trusses, a greenhouse, or spend an evening pondering the arcana of wood joist connections, it’s got you covered. And, naturally, I want my own fencing piste. A new copy of Architectural Graphics Standards is available but a bit pricey on Amazon. There’s also an abridged and less expensive student edition. If you fish around the nether regions of the interwebs you can find free pdf versions of dubi...

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Planting in a Post-Wild World

...nd I’m not alone. After the long tyranny of the lawn and hedge, there’s a revolution underway. The problem is that for all of our good intentions–us lawn remover types–we don’t necessarily know how to replace the dominant paradigm with something both attractive and sustainable. We have precious few good models to follow. And for all our good intentions, sometimes our efforts fail. Now we have a guide. The basic premise of this book is that the tra...

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Saturday Linkages: Wall of Cats

...te Fence Around His Neighbor’s Home The Committee to Save the Rich The A to Z of African dance Your new exercise routine A virtual Aubrey Beardsley show Now that we’ve ditched our Amazon associate program please support our new sponsor Wall of cats pic.twitter.com/7pbLe09SyR — Cats (@SpaceCatPics) April 30, 2020...

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Saturday Tweets: Return of the Oakland Monster

...rescued https://t.co/VLm2jka943 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 25, 2019 Amazon has been partnering with police departments around the country for months to offer discounted or free Ring camera doorbells to residents, helping to build a street-level surveillance infrastructure that’s powered by consumer volunteers. My latest https://t.co/yyWoL5962r — april glaser (@aprilaser) July 19, 2019 Rising heat (& hint of monsoonal moisture) as Desert SW...

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On Moon Bases, Free Parking and One Hell of a Grim Swedish Science Fiction Movie

...ecent Swedish movie Aniara, based on an epic poem, which you can watch via Amazon. Let me warn you that this film, despite the lack of gore, is definitely not for kids or for a cozy date night. While I’m not a fan of the film’s nihilism and dismissal of the numinous it does an excellent job of parodying the political impasse we’re currently living in (the spaceship in the film is nothing more than a bland shopping mall lead by leaders who everyone...

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