Free Qigong via Zoom

March 26, 2020

Events

...0AM orientation and session. See you there?! FREE! Qigong! Ancient Chinese energy practice, involving gentle, meditative movement and breathwork. Daily, online sessions through Wednesday, April 1, but at different times. An optional, half-hour orientation for newcomers to Qigong will precede each session. Schedule appears below (subject to change). * Thursday, 3/26, 10:30AM orientation / 11AM Qigong. https://zoom.us/j/832068559 * Friday, 3/27, 10:...

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Who Needs Windows?

Mr. Homegrown

November 23, 2021

Design

5 Comments

...ded me of this issue. If ever there was an example of the over-reliance on energy intensive HVAC systems it’s the idea that buildings don’t need windows. I can’t possibly, in a short blog post, round up all the windowless buildings such as phone company switching facilities (like the famous brutalist AT&T switching center in New York above), all those Amazon warehouses, or Los Angeles’ hidden and still functioning urban oil wells. Our window free...

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Weekend Linkages: Spiders and Fast Food Ghosts

Mr. Homegrown

July 17, 2022

Saturday Linkages

...Michael Grave’s original plans for Portland City Hall had a little town on top via @jmfowl. Two Men Had To Be Extinguished After Catching Fire At Goop Store A beautiful art book about spiders LA Restaurants Are Breathing Life Into the Architectural Ghosts of Fast-Food Past China Miéville: “If you don’t feel despair, you’re not opening your eyes” Energy use from US cryptomining firms is contributing to rising utility bills...

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of iPhone6s Repair

Mr. Homegrown

July 21, 2022

Design

4 Comments

...keep track of the dozen or so different sized, microscopic screws. I used labelled bowls, but some people use an ice cube tray. The iFixit guides will step you through the repair process as well as help you keep track of all those infernal screws. As you do this you will gain appreciation for the workers who spend long days doing nothing but turning a screwdriver–a hell that I can’t imagine. Another thing I’d suggest is patience. If things go sou...

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127 Apocalypse Now with Father Mark Kowalewski

Mr. Homegrown

November 16, 2018

Age of Limits, Podcasts, Thoughtstylings

...ent opinions on the nature of this end, everything from climate change, to energy depletion, to nuclear war to more fringy ideas such as near term extinction. I’ve always been interested in the stories that our cultures tell about the end of the world and what those stories say about present realities. Behind, on one end, the grim future of Mad Max, to another extreme, the techno optimist Mars colony fantasies of Silicon Valley executives is a gho...

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