When I was a boy, my father used to buy Mother Earth News from the grocery store. The magazine was filled with stories about self-sufficient country living, the sort of thing my dad aspired to. I’d read the magazine after he was finished, but never really understood the appeal of building your own greenhouse or raising goats. Now, as an adult, it makes a little more sense.
Katie recently hacked a work space and shares it with us.
She says, "We used Faktum base units for the desks, a yellow kitchen work-top (sorry can't remember the name, it was a bargain corner find!) and the Vika Amon desk top with Vika Curry legs (this has a Faktum unit too, it was cheaper!)
I recently returned some compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) to my local hardware store because they were too dim and white. The traditional bulbs they replaced had been much warmer and brighter, and I prefer this kind of light.
Recently a client of mine tried to low-ball me. She knew our standard rate for the project in mind, but asked if I would consider going lower–of course, just this once.
Tom McKay, New Mexico State Game Warden, 1975
Today we return to our “So You Want My Job” series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable man jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can finally become what they always wanted to be when they grew up.
Over at Vimeo, Jonathan Jarvis has created a ten-minute film that offers an overview of the credit crisis. If you’ve been struggling to understand what went wrong with the American economy, this will give you some of the basics:
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
I had lots of fun revisiting some of the old hacks in this earlier post. So here is more. Scroll down the original post to view the new versions.
Bill's Ordning ceiling lamp
Philip's vinyl stopper
Scott's Lack TV unit with sliding doors
Blund bear monogram
Decoupaged Fira chest
Alicia's faux-apothecary Fira craft cabinet
Ruby saves her old chair
In a previous post I mentioned that if you are the type of person who focuses on personal productivity, you probably shouldn’t be working for someone else. I wanted to explain why.
(Photo: Timothy K. Hamilton)
Total read time: 5 minutes.
I’ve evolved as a user of the micro-blogging tool called Twitter.
That said, technology is a great slave but a terrible master, and Twitter can turn the tables on you with surprising subtlety. This post will explain how I use Twitter and the 5 rules I follow to keep it from using me…
An accident and an old shell lamp turns out to be a Cappiccinini, a term Pinky coins for her new lamp.
The frame of the Skylar lamp (can't find the link), after a gust of wind tears the paper lamp shade, is given a second chance at life with a shell lampshade.
The accident
The new lamp
See more of Pinky's Capiz shell lamp.
