Weekend Linkages: Historic Rain

October 24, 2021

...The truth about California’s annual termite swarms Can’t confirm this but some people might be eating monkey chow Man Obsessed With ’90s Lives In Time Capsule And Uses Outdated Technology Way beyond my abilities but this lip syncing project made me laugh How to Build a Low-tech Solar Panel Friend of the blog Jenn Berger has an art show up I saw a good cat this weekend Stay safe California friends...

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Mr. Grumpy Needs a Home

Mr. Homegrown

May 16, 2022

Animals, Cats

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...le or palpable fractures, and there is no muscle atrophy, meaning he still uses the leg. So even though he limps, it won’t require any further treatment. He gets around just fine. He is a special cat who has been through a lot (likely dumped on the street by a previous owner) and he needs a wonderful home. For any potential adopters, we will want to do a home check either in person or by video, and have a meet-and-greet at our home so we can see h...

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Who Needs Windows?

Mr. Homegrown

November 23, 2021

Design

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...brutalist AT&T switching center in New York above), all those Amazon warehouses, or Los Angeles’ hidden and still functioning urban oil wells. Our window free tour will visit some misguided office buildings, a Masonic temple and a trade school. So turn on that glaring bank of florescent lights, sit down in a dark cubicle and let’s take a windowless journey beginning with the headquarters of America’s most mediocre chocolate factory. Hershey’s Choc...

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The Walls Have Eyes

Mr. Homegrown

October 12, 2018

Design

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...r adapters etc all equipped with hidden cameras. Could their be legitimate uses for these devices? Maybe the sight of a baby monitor offends your aesthetic sensibilities and you’d prefer it discretely hidden in a smoke alarm? Possible but unlikely. We all know but don’t want to think about these inexpensive electronics in the hands of Airbnb voyeurs. While our ancestors once scanned the savanna in the hopes of bagging a gazelle for dinner we moder...

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When Mushrooms Attack

Mr. Homegrown

September 7, 2023

Thoughtstylings

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...al device that allows him to communicate with plants, as one does. Daisuke uses the device to communicate with mushrooms (I know, not a plant, but stay with me here). Handed such a device, let me just say that my first impulse would also be to communicate with the mushrooms to just ask them, like, what the hell are you all up to? Daisuke, unfortunately, gets prodded by a bunch of hoodlum teens to eat one of the mushrooms and a seriously bad trip e...

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