February 2012
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January 2012
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Seth Godin: Quieting the Lizard Brain
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28 Must-Read Books That Will Forever Change How... →
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Five Manifestos for the Creative Life →
Some days everyone needs a little extra encouragement. The words or lines or colors don’t want to come, or worse, we don’t even want to sit down to create. That’s when we turn to these inspiring manifestos, any one of which is guaranteed to give our uncooperative creativity a sharp kick in the pants. Here are five of our favorite contemporary manifestos that nudge ideas out of your head and...
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The Use of Permaculture in Our World - Interview with Paul Wheaton
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December 2011
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
– Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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The Life Reports II →
A few weeks ago, I asked people over 70 to send me “Life Reports” — essays about their own lives and what they’d done poorly and well. They make for fascinating and addictive reading, and I’ve tried to extract a few general life lessons:
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November 2011
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The Creative Class - Audio Slideshow
In the second audio feature from The Detroit - Berlin Connection, WDET reporter Martina Guzman talked to participants in the growing creative classes of Detroit and Berlin. Posted below is an audio slideshow with cameos from some of those artists and more, each of whom have helped revitalize neighborhoods, improve the economy and bolster the image of...
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Homemade Wood-Steamer
we had one of these in the workshop when i was studying woodworking. they work great
ingrainwoodworks:
Another thing I learned this summer is that you can make a great wood steamer using a PVC pipe and wall-paper remover…Next time, I’ll make a solid base for the PVC to sit in. I didn’t expect it to get so hot it would actually make the PVC pliable.
It worked great for bending the wood...
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Does Technology Insulate Elites Dangerously? →
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Why I dumped my iphone - and I'm not going back →
fuckyeahthoreau:
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Inspired by Thoreau!