Posted by kiwinewt on 3 March, 2010
Mostly paraphrased from: http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2010/03/02/please-forgive-me-for-i-am-an-eco-sinner/ I really wanted to share this as it touches where I see myself and my family in terms of our greenness. No-one is 100% eco-friendly in this modern world. We all consume, we all are a part of the global economy, and as a geek family we all use our computers, [...]
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Posted by kiwinewt on 21 January, 2010
Found this over on Eco Tech Daily: This is freaking awesome! I got one of those crappy microscopes that let you see *SFA* when I was a kid. Wish I had one of these! This Renewable Energy Experiment Kit has a wind turbine, solar cell, electrolytic cells, and a hand-operated dynamo which generate electricity that [...]
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Posted by kiwinewt on 17 January, 2010
Dont you just love Nature in different seasons? The before photos are approx Autumn/Winter and the after photos are Summer. (Before/After Spring)
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Posted by kiwinewt on 11 January, 2010
8/365 Originally uploaded by WalkerWhanau First trip to the library in a long time today. See if you can guess by the book titles what my current interests are… Also, I am so into this Project365. Having the motivation to get the camera out and take a photo a day is good. It helps me [...]
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Posted by kiwinewt on 4 January, 2010
I think that this is one of the better instructables I have seen lately. I think that this is a really awesome way of utilizing branches that come out of the garden but would otherwise take a couple of years to rot down. This is definately something that I will build once we get our [...]
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Posted by kiwinewt on 2 June, 2009
I know it’s not the shortest day yet, but this has just gone in to the garden And after it’s planted and covered with leaves for warmth (the tomatoes are long gone now)
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Posted by kiwinewt on 10 September, 2008
OK. So I am looking in to plans for how to make a kiln. This is also in my wonderful plans for world domination muahahaha! But anyway, most of what I am looking as is for very small kilns, mainly to hold a few plates or bowls or whatever. I had almost given up on [...]
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Posted by kiwinewt on 7 September, 2008
First, a short shoutout to Amazon. They sent me an email trying to sell me stuff, so I googled one of the books and found a free online version. That book was this: Handy Farm Devices and How to Make Them by Rolfe Cobleigh Believe it or not, it is from 1910! http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/device/devicesToC.html
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