Monthly Archives May 17, 2013

One of the things I think about a lot is: How are some of the most basic things we take for granted... How are they made? I happened across this site that talks about how sugar is made. We have to co...

And given their track record, we can all guess that they will not restrict its use for good and ethical purposes. http://rt.com/usa/alamos-secure-internet-quantum-902/ http://intellihub.com/2013/05/16...

Stan Ovshinsky in 1960 founded Energy Conversion Laboratory, who later founded Energy Conversion Devices and Ovonics Battery Company. His distinct goal was to make fossil fuel obsolete. Some years later,...

Like most of us in the local community, we have access to raw materials and tools.  In what way can you take your tools and your talents and add value to raw materials? In this post, I ask the question:...

CEO and co-founder of Meetup.com, Scott Heiferman, tells us why he wants to punch Google Glass wearers in the face.  Heiferman is known for smashing an iPad back in 2010 at, you guessed it, a Meetup event.  "...

"The IRS shifts the burden of proof from the tinfoil behatted to the government by targeting the Tea Party and other conservative groups." Apparently Mr. Stewart seems to now be leading the consciousness of...

Today, I worked with Ernest Hancock of Freedom's Phoenix, turning electrical conduit into the lattice that builds a geodesic dome. A geodesic dome is a very cost effective  way to create a shelter for almos...

In our society today, we are so disconnected from our food.  We don't grow it.  We don't know people who grow it.  Maybe we go to a farmers market, but we don't really know the farmers.  The Local Voluntary...

We are still working out our strategy for improving and building local, independent and autonomous economies all across the world. Until we get our strategy better mapped out, we will be sponsoring twice wee...

It's a little later than I normally post these things but http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/05/08/d_c_open_carry_march_adam_kokesh_asks_protesters_to_carry_loaded_rifles.html It seems to me that...