Stern Sprouted Wheat Vegan Cookie or Health Bar Type Things

January 6, 2014

...se these bake at very low temps. Actually, they’d be good candidates for a solar oven. Or even dashboard cooking in the summer! There are four ingredients: sprouted wheat, raw almonds, dried fruit and a pinch of salt. There’s simply no room for sin. Sprouted Wheat Bars Makes a small batch, a good size for evaluation. Double it if you feel bold Pictures below! Ingredients: Sprouted Wheat Berries*: 225 g/2 cups (I’m sure this can be subbed for other...

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The Energy Environment Simulator

Mr. Homegrown

January 22, 2014

Water and Power

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...extreme, your own personal zombie apocalypse. One of the energy sources is labeled “new technology.” This could either be solar or that UFO doughnut from the Thrive movie. The only info we have on it is that it was manufactured by Tenntronics, a defunct company that was in business from the late 1960s through the late 1980s. It came with a handsome storage cabinet that also serves as a pedestal. Photo: Niklas Vollmer I’m guessing that the Energy-E...

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What the Internet Will Look Like After the Zombie Apocalypse

Mr. Homegrown

February 27, 2014

Water and Power

...k at a node. The routers can even be powered by small 12 volt batteries or solar panels. To be clear, this is a wireless network that is independent of the internet (though you could route the internet over it). Such a network could be used in an emergency such as an earthquake or weather event to send digital messages. It’s also the means by which I could continue to send out cute cat photos even if things go full-on Cormac McCarthy You could use...

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The Elf and Ethics

Mr. Homegrown

April 22, 2014

Bikes, Transportation

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...YHRNG95duU The Elf is a kind of aerodynamic, electric assist tricycle with solar panels to charge the batteries. It’s a type of vehicle, somewhere between a bike and a car, that a number of inventors have tinkered with over the years. Good arguments exist for and against this type of transportation. On the one hand it uses far fewer resources than an automobile. But one could also argue, as does the owner of a bike shop in this video, that we’d al...

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Weekend Linkages: Sunspots

Mr. Homegrown

March 24, 2024

Saturday Linkages

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...Unraveling the Mystery of San Francisco 7-Eleven Stores Selling Onigiri With the Mayor’s Face on Them The website of the artist behind the Onigiri prank An app that shows if a book you’re looking at on Amazon is at your local library How to Build a Small Solar Power System Henry VIII’s pastry tent...

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