DIY Portable Pizza Oven

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1QToDg3Ow0 I just spoke with Eric Rochow of GardenFork.TV .(He’ll be our guest on the next podcast.) If you don’t know Gardenfork, you should. Eric has put together a lot of cool videos and podcasts. One of my favorite is this portable pizza oven. I’m thinking of building one for local events. For more info on Eric’s pizza oven check out his pizza oven page....

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Saturday Tweets: Solar USB Charger and Hillbilly Sangria

....co/ACChKVXp06 via @terrygolson — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 5, 2015 Hillbilly Sangria http://t.co/dMSZgqycZ5 via @wordpressdotcom — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 5, 2015 Awesome interview today with Erik Knutzen today on our website and podcast…check it out!!! http://t.co/7gA9KyiOGi pic.twitter.com/TWMJoj2IsL — Emily (@GardenDineLove) June 3, 2015 The Idler | Silicon Valley techies reject eating as waste of time https://t.co/FWOm8BPwIl via...

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An Awareness of What is Missing

...ifteenth century blogging. While a fan of the Internet (we have a blog and podcast, after all), I’ve been growing increasingly concerned about the disruptive potential of our hyper-connected age. Just remember what happened after Gutenberg gave up on fabricating pilgrimage mirrors and took up that printing press idea. Or remember Socrates’ lament over the loss of oral culture to writing in the Phaedrus. It seems to me that mobile computing, social...

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Saturday Tweets: Bats, Modern Coops and Drunk Raccoons

...) June 10, 2015 New GardenFork Radio Podcast talking paper wasps, and two #podcasts : @Podcast4Makers & @rootsimple https://t.co/9JerOJRDtA — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) June 17, 2015 Mini Emergency Survival Kit http://t.co/zjYWEZjDyc — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 16, 2015 Don't gravelscape L.A. http://t.co/hKmWR4vwC4 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 16, 2015 Easy Homemade Wooden Tea Cup Without A Lath http://t.co/6DGUgIy870 — Root Simple (...

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Emily, We’ll Miss You

...ist. Los Angeles, we’re losing Emily Green. Green was on episode 20 of our podcast to discuss how to shift the mow, blow and go landscaping paradigm here in LA. Green wrote often about this problem as well as the consequences of climate change in our region. She’s was unafraid to take on LA’s corrupt and hypocritical politicians. Her voice here will be missed and there’s no replacement. I hope she’ll keep up her blog Chance of Rain. If you haven’t...

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