Saturday Tweets: DIY WiFi Antennas, Cardboard Drones and Giant Crabs

...Simple (@rootsimple) February 2, 2017 Rebuilding, Testing and Documenting Self-Made Wi-Fi Antennas https://t.co/fdXIr2eUyj pic.twitter.com/b9yObicrLF — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) February 1, 2017 Parks Without Borders: Creating a Seamless Public Realm https://t.co/dPTRd1ReyK — Thomas Rainer (@ThomasRainerDC) February 1, 2017 A residential contractor shares what's in his tool belt https://t.co/IYNGyS2h6g — Root Simple (@rootsimple) Jan...

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Saturday Tweets: Peppers, Sign Language and Bootsy’s Bass Formula

...ple) November 11, 2017 Scientists Uncover the Chemical Secret Behind Roman Self-Healing Underwater Concrete https://t.co/MfJ1Jw0ADH — Roman History Forum (@Roman_Forum) November 10, 2017 Time Lapse Building Mortise & Tenon Table https://t.co/AxiGcoGyPZ — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 11, 2017 When you think of freedom, remember the Charter of the Forest, not the Magna Carta https://t.co/2pSoNO0z8p — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 6, 2017...

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What’s Your Everyday Carry?

...as a suspicious credit card Due to a few recent bad experiences locking myself out, I’ve been teaching myself the art of lock picking (I’ll need to do a more detailed post on this hobby at a later date). But I’m worried the Chinese credit card will get me in trouble with the NSA, TSA and FBI folks who are monitoring my snacking habits. So, for the time being, I not sure if I should include the lock pick set in my EDC. But enough self indulgence,...

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Putting Your Civic House in Order: How the Young Members of the Family Help

...n as if it were nothing at all. In tilling the soil many a child “found himself.” In one school there was an Italian boy who just naturally could not help fighting. Though punished, he had a fight almost daily. All of a sudden he got interested in the work in agriculture and asked for a garden of his own. All the good land having been apportioned he was given part of a dump heap in a mean corner of a vacant lot just being put under cultivation. Af...

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Saturday Tweets: Open Kitchens, Weedless Gardens and Copy Cats

...sRainerDC) July 13, 2017 Flat-Pack Mobile Architecture: This Building Will Self-Construct in 8 Minutes | Urbanist – https://t.co/7brPubdJf2 — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) July 13, 2017 Drivers who dislike cyclists don't see them https://t.co/eDClwbXSYl — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 12, 2017 Who designed this NYC subway signage? @plitter solved a typographical mystery that is sure to delight design nerds! https://t.co/0UIW8Rc4ym pic.twitter.c...

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