Quality and custom work is expensive, but it can be tailored perfectly to your needs.Off-the-shelf is cheaper, but a pretty good fit for the typical use case.Adapting an off-the-shelf product costs less than custom but it will never be a perfect fit.Do-It-Yourself, if you want to do it well, is going to take up much … Continue reading Custom, Off-The-Shelf or DIY
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How to Make a Rocketstove
Instructions on how to build a rocketstove, an efficient wood stove to cook food or boil water, using five common cans, annealed tie wire, ashes for insulation with common tools, such as can opener, tin snips, pliers and permanent marker.
The Rotary Un-Smartphone Kit
"Why a rotary cellphone? Because in a finicky, annoying, touchscreen world of hyperconnected people using phones they have no control over or understanding of, I wanted something that would be entirely mine, personal, and absolutely tactile, while also giving me an excuse for not texting. The point isn't to be anachronistic. It's to show that it's … Continue reading The Rotary Un-Smartphone Kit
Solarpunk: Against a Shitty Future
"Solarpunk is about 'ingenuity, generativity, independence, and community' — the last of which is of particular interest — and rightly sees 'infrastructure as a form of resistance.' Politically, the stories vary, but they always feature a progressive focus on race, gender, and equality of all kinds: many revolve around themes of difference, recognition, and acceptance. … Continue reading Solarpunk: Against a Shitty Future
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