Doesn’t everyone need a vintage 1970s meditation pod?

DIY
How To Build Your Own Trippy Meditation Pod http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2012-09/how-make-your-own-trippy-meditation-pod-1970 …
 
Robin Wood Makes Wooden Bowls With Hand Tools in UK http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2012/09/robin-wood-makes-wooden-bowls-with-hand.html#.UGX1GKP6FNw.twitter …

Skate Villa: Skateboard-Friendly Hunting Lodge Conversion | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/skate-villa-skateboard-friendly-hunting-lodge-conversion/ … 

Open source brick machine: the evolution: http://boingboing.net/2012/09/21/open-source-brick-machine-the.html …

Nature
A classic work of entomology, available online in French and English: http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/a-classic-work-of-entomology.html … 

Health
Mark Bittman: Is Alzheimer’s Type 3 Diabetes? http://nyti.ms/TykL5o

Bikes
Cyclists are safe and courteous, and your disdain for them is grounded in cognitive bias: http://boingboing.net/2012/09/26/cyclists-are-safe-and-courteou.html … 
 
Is It Time for Interbike to Dump Las Vegas? http://streetsblog.net/2012/09/24/is-it-time-for-interbike-to-dump-las-vegas/#.UGO40NlOI-0.twitter … 

???
Zombie lawn-gnomes feast on a pink flamingo: http://boingboing.net/2012/09/26/zombie-lawn-gnomes-feast-on-a.html … 

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Yes, it’s the woodsman workout. Via the Art of Manliness.

Gardening
My new favorite botanic garden – in Mexico! | Garden Rant http://gardenrant.com/2012/09/new-favorite-botanic-garden-in-mexico.html …

Deconstructing the cornmeal myth: http://ow.ly/1Owd1F

DIY
Build-It-Solar Blog: DIY Solar Water Heating System in Southeastern Pen… http://www.builditsolarblog.com/2012/09/diy-solar-hot-water-heating-system-in.html?spref=tw …

Indie Furniture: DIY Construction Made Accessible & Hip | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/indie-furniture-diy-construction-made-accessible-hip/ … 

2 boards, 1 seat: http://dornob.com/2-boards-1-seat-simple-diy-two-plank-chair-construction/ …

Food Preservation
FreshTech Jam and Jelly Maker Review http://www.foodinjars.com/2012/09/freshtech-jam-and-jelly-maker-review/ …

Cats ‘n Crafts
Catification: Creative Table Leg Cat Scratcher http://jacksongalaxy.com/2012/09/08/catification-creative-table-leg-cat-scratcher/ …

Book on Crafting With Your Cat: Kitty Jones Kitty Crafts link

Fitness
The Woodsman Workout | The Art of Manliness http://artofmanliness.com/2012/09/19/woodsman-workout/ … 

Things to worry about
Warmer Temperatures-New USDA Zone Map Already Obsolete http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/advancement/news/Warmer-Temperatures-Make-New-USDA-Plant-Zone-Map-Obsolete.cfm …

Why I don’t Worry Too Much About Organic Fruits and Veggies: http://ow.ly/1OwcYb 

GMO-birthed “Superweeds” Oh joy. You http://www.theawl.com/2012/09/weeds- 

The cat food crisis: http://casaabyayala.tumblr.com/post/29369258284/la-crisis-de-la-comida-para-gatos-parte-1-the-cat-food …

Bermuda Dunes woman’s garden for eating has some neighbors hissing http://mydesert.co/ST0UO6 

Waiter, There’s Arsenic in My Rice http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/09/waiter-theres-arsenic-my-rice … via @motherjones 

Preppin’
Rugged All-Terrain Trailer Home for Off-Road Adventures | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/rugged-teardrop-trailer-home-for-radical-off-road-adventures/ …  

Earthquake proof desk: http://dornob.com/really-robust-earthquake-proof-desk-survives-smash-tests/ … 

Just Plain Cool
And Now, the Skatepark House http://www.core77.com/blog/architecture/and_now_the_skatepark_house_23466.asp … 

Wild Huts in the UK http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2012/09/wild-h 

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Not the usual link dump today since I was away all week at the National Heirloom Exposition in Santa Rosa. I camped, so the only tweeting I heard came from actual birds.  I’ll blog about the many talks I went to this week, but until that time, here’s some info from two of the speakers I heard at the conference.

A very different take on bees: www.gaiabees.com

From Sonoma Compost, information on:

How to compost: http://www.sonomacompost.com/Documents/Simple-Guidelines-to-Composting.pdf

A temperature/turning chart: http://www.sonomacompost.com/Documents/Temp-Turn%20Sheet1.pdf

Can Garden. Via Recyclart.

Gardening

Cans Garden http://www.recyclart.org/2012/08/cans-garden/ … 

Design Like a Pro: Sure Tips for Great Plant Composition – Fine Gardening http://shar.es/7EdXl

DIY

Recycled metal barrels http://www.recyclart.org/2012/08/recycled-metal-barrel/ …

DIY Surfboard Bike Rack // http://korduroy.tv/shows/surf-sufficient/diy-surfboard-bike-rack …

80ft Tube Made From VHS Tape http://www.dudecraft.com/2012/08/80ft-tube-made-from-vhs-tape.html …

Prepping

Developing Raw Land into a Homestead or BOL Over Time | The Survival Podcast http://bit.ly/NoacJJ

Beekeeping

Bees in a Paris park: http://www.backwardsbeekeepers.com/2012/08/viewer-mail-bees-in-paris-park.html …

Yow!

Apple granted patent for location-based camera phone disabling: http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/apple-granted-patent-for-locat.html … 

U.S. Public Libraries Weather the Storm – Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2012/08/30/u-s-public-libraries-weather.html …

But will training change anything? California slaughterhouse reopens with promise of new training | barfblog http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/blog/155926/12/08/28/will-training-change-anything-california-slaughterhouse-reopens-promise-new-tra#.UD7gjmGEwSQ.twitter …

Bill would allow sale of homemade foods http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-homemade-food-20120829,0,6759357.story … 

Opposing view: FDA rules won’t do much good – http://USATODAY.com  http://usat.ly/O3s3I8#.UDkEpQRgbAk.twitter … 

Just Plain Weird
 
Attack goose!: http://boingboing.net/2012/08/28/attack-goose.html …

Breast cancer surgeon rides child’s pink bike to get through traffic jam for surgery: http://boingboing.net/2012/08/27/breast-cancer-surgeon-rides-ch.html …

Pooping 2.0: http://fivegallonideas.com/toilet-stool/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toilet-stool …

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