Saturday Linkages: Tall Bikes, Za’atar and So Much More

April 27, 2013

...html?ref=garden … pic.twitter.com/qx07xlvDa4 Bikin’ Here’s what it feels like to ride a 14.5-foot-tall bike http://grist.org/list/heres-what-it-feels-like-to-ride-a-14-5-foot-tall-bike/#.UXl2JmJoeY0.twitter … Bikesnob on self driving cars: http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2013/04/this-just-in-off-to-cleveland-then-im.html … For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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Cargo Bikes Rule the World

Mr. Homegrown

April 13, 2009

Bikes, Transportation

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It’s hard to improve on a design as simple and elegant as the bicycle. It’s a bit like trying to redesign the fork or chopstick. But every once in a while a new idea comes along. We could debate the merits of the spork, but I’d rather focus on the current cargo bike revolution taking place in the workshops of bike builders around the world. One such innovator is Lane Kagay who operates a one man cargo bike/rack operation out of Eugene Oregon call...

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Saturday Tweets: Micro-camping, Vacuum Sealer Hack and Bikes!

Mr. Homegrown

July 30, 2016

Saturday Linkages

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Cozy $150 micro-camping trailer pulled by bike has kitchen, bed, bookshelves https://t.co/ZLl30wRUky — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 25, 2016 $2 vacuum sealer Life hack https://t.co/bKiSaoAdpp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 25, 2016 Bicycle Cell Phone Charger (Wind Turbine with build in Battery) https://t.co/Pn1EMw4lmz — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 25, 2016 What bombs did to Rotterdam, parking lots did to Houston https://t.co/mreVDIvHAy — R...

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Saturday Linkages: Cheese Powder and Torpedo Bikes

Mr. Homegrown

November 16, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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Cheese powder anyone? Cheese powder: What is it?: http://boingboing.net/2013/11/14/cheese-powder-what-is-it.html … Heat Your Clothes, Not Your House http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2013/11/heat-your-clothes-not-your-house.html … Heat Your Desk, Not Your Office http://www.notechmagazine.com/2013/11/heat-your-desk-not-your-office.html … Bog Butter: Storing Food in Soil http://www.notechmagazine.com/2013/11/bog-butter-storing-food-in-soil.html … Appe...

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June: National Bathroom Reading Month

Mr. Homegrown

June 26, 2008

Thoughtstylings

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...catalogs, aimed at recreational cyclists who drive somewhere to ride their bikes (note the cover) feature lots of god-awful candy-colored spandex outfits, $5,000 mountain bikes and nutritional supplements. Precisely the items you don’t want for getting around urban Los Angeles. This particular catalog featured something new, however, his and hers matching bikes from Schwinn called, we kid you not, “Sid and Nancy“. Sid and Nancy feature automatic s...

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