Saturday Tweets: #FlyingLess, VHS Making a Comeback and Alanis Morissette Impressions

March 24, 2018

...witter.com/a5B7J0aHX1 — Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) March 19, 2018 VHS is making a comeback https://t.co/cankAKwcRR — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 20, 2018 The auto industry has already established primacy over our cities. Now they want primacy over our bodies too? Enough. Tech solutions with dubious ethical implications don’t give us the future I want to live in. https://t.co/WbypKPrr0F — Eric Bruins (@ejfbruins) March 22, 2018 Love Dan Pears...

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Make Your Own Damn Cheese

Mr. Homegrown

February 7, 2007

Food, Recipes

10 Comments

...ing everything. Fortunately raw milk is available at health food stores–we used a brand called Organic Pastures. Making cheese is actually fairly simple and can be done with just milk and rennet, also available in the baking section of health food stores such as Whole Foods. One other nice thing for the vegetarians out there is that you can use vegetable rennet rather than the animal based rennet that is used in most cheese. Homegrown Revolution r...

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How to Make a Simple Paint Can Rocket Stove

Mr. Homegrown

February 24, 2016

Appropriate Technology, Rocket Stove, Water and Power

4 Comments

...e tube around 6.3 cm. The first cut was made in the top lid of the can. We used a nail and hammer to make a hole for the tin snips. We used a pair of pliers to bend over the rough bits of the metal. Again, our goal was to make something cheaply and quickly. Next we cut a 6.3 cm hole in the bottom of the paint can. Then it was time to fashion a tube out of sheet metal. In the US, it would be a lot easier to use stove pipe material, but it’s much ea...

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How to Fix a Termite Damaged Hardwood Floor

Mr. Homegrown

September 18, 2017

Design

14 Comments

...ed flooring. Living in the hipster capital of the West Coast I, naturally, used a bespoke mallet I made myself. Be careful to avoid banging your chisel into a nail (this is why I used a cheap chisel rather than, say, a bespoke hand hammered one). I chiseled down the center of the damaged piece of wood and then carefully explored the edge of the wood where you’ll find nails. Once I removed most of the wood I used a small crowbar to remove the rest....

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Gluten Intolerance . . . Is It All In Your Head?

Mr. Homegrown

May 16, 2014

Bread, Food, Thoughtstylings

26 Comments

...ction with the modern world and the industrial food system. This system is making us sick both physically and spiritually. This crisis is manifesting as non-celiac gluten intolerance and other real health problems. The placebo/nocebo effect was known to the Renaissance magicians that Culianu studied, such as Giordano Bruno. It’s known to all shamans and spiritual healers. It should be taken seriously. Manipulation of feelings and emotions in realm...

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