Introducing the People Washer

November 6, 2014

...future of technology, science, medicine and life (available for a penny on Amazon!). Egg-shaped “People Washer” is an ultrasonic bath developed by the Sanyo Electric Company of Japan. The machine showers and bathes the body, cleans the skin, massages the muscles, and dries the person off. To take a bath, the bather selects the water temperature, climbs inside the egg, and starts the machine. The machine first gives the bather a warm shower, then b...

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An indispensible urban tool: the titanium spork

Mrs. Homegrown

January 23, 2015

Domesticus, Thoughtstylings, Tools

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...itanium sporks. There’s also a very similar looking titanium spork over at Amazon, produced by Toaks. Some of you may wonder whether I need a knife, and the answer is I don’t need one in most situations. I usually carry a pocket knife, and I can bring that out if I need to slice something like bread or cheese, but 95% of the time the spork alone is sufficient. Also, it’s sturdy and thin edged, so the side of the spoon can cut through softer foods....

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Weekend Linkages: Spring Brain Dump

Mr. Homegrown

April 7, 2024

Saturday Linkages

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...‘Les Animaux Mythologiques’ by Hinzelin Emile, (1857 – 1937) US spends billions on roads rather than public transport in ‘climate time bomb’ Amazon Ditches ‘Just Walk Out’ Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores Did Pope Gregory IX Order A Medieval Purge of Black Cats That Caused the Black Death? Christianity Was Always for the Poor The night people All the buildings on Sunset Boulevard...

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Who Needs Windows?

Mr. Homegrown

November 23, 2021

Design

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...e the famous 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. H...

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Austin’s Rhizome Collective Evicted

Mr. Homegrown

April 26, 2009

Events

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Buy our book The Urban Homestead on Amazon and you’ll get a message that you may also enjoy the Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A do-it-Ourselves Guide by Scott Kellogg and Stacy Pettigrew. I own a copy of this wonderful book and I strongly recommend it to anyone who is interested in the topics on this blog or in our book. Kellogg and Pettigrew are co-founders of the Rhizome Collective, an innovative intentional community in Austin, Texas. S...

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