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

February 4, 2017

Hand+Ink Letterpress in Aluminum https://t.co/p8KPpoZLcL — Root 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 t...

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Surface Walk with Nance Klehm Saturday February 11th

Mr. Homegrown

February 9, 2017

Events

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Our friend Nance Klehm (and guest on episode 38 of the Root Simple Podcast) is in town! Here’s the 411: Sat, Feb 11, 2017, 2–4 pm Bowtie Project 2780 W. Casitas Ave Los Angeles, CA 90039 TICKETS $30 Ecologist and professional forager Nance Klehm will lead a walk at the Bowtie Project exploring the human uses and ecological functions of the native and spontaneous vegetation at the site. On this walk we will investigate how the vegetation relates t...

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Saturday Tweets: Subterranean Heating Systems, Achocha, Tree Beekeeping and Valentine’s Day Cocktails

Mr. Homegrown

February 11, 2017

Saturday Linkages

The Castillians developed a subterranean heating system that’s a descendent of the Roman hypocaust: the “gloria” https://t.co/1kgIzhJNL7 pic.twitter.com/AfEN7OJhOV — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) February 8, 2017 Achocha, courgette’s cute little cousin, by James Wong @Botanygeek https://t.co/SLIHfM61BE pic.twitter.com/1j0ywHYznr — Guardian gardening (@guardiangardens) February 6, 2017 Fretting about the decline of hedgehogs? do something abo...

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Saturday Tweets: Under New York, Moths and Caturday

Mr. Homegrown

January 26, 2019

Saturday Linkages

Lost tunnels of NYC. “Deep under the New York Bay near Brooklyn, covered in mildew, seaweed and other gunk, is what thousands of commuters would consider a hidden treasure: the start of a subway tunnel linking Staten Island to the rest of New York City.” https://t.co/xhdu6nIY8R pic.twitter.com/S6n9kIGnDA — Geoff Manaugh (@bldgblog) January 21, 2019 Moths are so cute imagine if they were the size of horses and you could keep them as pets and ride...

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Saturday Tweets: Late Edition

Mr. Homegrown

March 18, 2017

Saturday Linkages

Cardboard Cat Igloo House https://t.co/DOR5W5zK9Y — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 16, 2017 Bottle Cutting With a Soldering Iron https://t.co/pUOyEQrmPS — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 16, 2017 DIY Mid-Century Modern Slatted Bench https://t.co/iEG7jLr9Zc — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 16, 2017 A kid-friendly electronics board that you can program from the web https://t.co/SnSfMrQ579 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 13, 2017 Lenin statue lo...

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