The Question Concerning Technology: Heidegger on Tech

...e, might lead us to conclude that it’s more about capital accumulation via harvesting our attention than connecting people as Zuck likes to claim. It might also lead us to consider the dreary, unpoetic qualities of much of the internet. If I were a good blogger in the, long past, golden age of blogging I’d conclude this post with a convenient listicle, “10 ways Heidegger can help you deal with your phone addiction.” But, to do so, would fall into...

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Saturday Linkages: Modem Sounds, HOAs, and Hand Counting

...#LANHM #ilovetrees — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 2, 2016 New #DIY video, how to install a french drain https://t.co/GhECVKebAj — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) September 9, 2016 Guide to Videos about Fall Crops and Harvesting | Garden Rant https://t.co/T0039laoKi — Root Simple (@rootsimple) September 10, 2016 Finger Counting Vat. pal. lat. 1449, 9th c. pic.twitter.com/oTakGTfcqb — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) September 10, 2016...

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Saturday Tweets: Cooking in Clay, Cuteness and Pickles

...tD8uvH — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 20, 2017 Small Batch Bread and Butter Pickles https://t.co/JekNG6H15g — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 22, 2017 What is “cute”? | Garden Rant https://t.co/Y84XRMZET4 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 22, 2017 Harvesting Electronic Components https://t.co/cP5r86jl03 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 22, 2017 Check out this podcast with my partner, Claudia West with Margaret Roach https://t.co/UiHBzK9YZe pic.twi...

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Chicken of the Woods

...ic name of this particular mushroom has proven a lot more complicated than harvesting. Chicken of the Woods is listed in Clyde Christensen’s 1943 “Foolproof Four,” easily identifiable edible mushrooms that lack poisonous look-alikes which also includes Puffballs, Morels and Shaggy Mane. Alas, life is more complex and this “foolproof” list has changed over the years as lookalikes were found and DNA testing complicated the mushroom family tree. In t...

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Thankful for the New Rain Garden

...lf of our roughly 1,000 square foot roof. Using this handy online rainfall harvesting calculator, in an average year we could send almost 6,000 gallons of water to our backyard. We ran a pipe from the rain gutter way back into the yard along a fence. The pipe terminates at a simulated gravel filled stream bed that spills into the rain garden. Kelly has just started planting the wet lower part of the rain garden with native plants including water l...

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