Monthly Archives: September 2010

Flight of the Human Powered Ornithopter

"Design for a Flying Machine" by Leonardo DaVinci, wikicommons mages
It's a bird! It's a plane! Nevermind, it's just some smart guys in a flying machine they built themselves that soars, literally, like a bird.
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The ‘Best Of’ Free PARK(ing) Day 2010

In brisbane. photo from Streetsblog
2010 was a good year for the exploration of participatory temporary public spaces. Take a look at the many photos from this years event.
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Your dog is a power source

thanks flikr/perpetualplum
I'm not talking about running Fido on a battery charging treadmill. No, You can recycle your dog's food after he or she is done with it and turn it into something MUCH more useful than stinky shoe goo.
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The Little Black Dress wearathon continues

Day 14. Photo by John Curley.
We're two weeks in, and the outfits (and photos) are getting more and more incredible...
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Not-Lentil Spinach Soup

Not-Lentil Spinach Soup
Here's a recipe that switched lentils for potatoes in mid-stream and came up a winner.
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Nobody Loves Me But My Mama And She’s On Facebook Too

Grief Whores   PaulG on flickr
Weekends seem to be the preferred time for friend-and-follower purges. Do you re
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Bye bye styrofoam, hello filamentous fungi

Bye bye styrofoam, hello filamentous fungi
Stronger than polystyrene and requiring 10 times less energy to produce than synthetic foams, mushrooms may enable us to stop buying things packaged in trash.
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Micro island floats on plastic bottles

island home or overbuilt raft?
Technically being more of a glorified raft, Rishi Sowa's DIY floating island casa made from upcycled trash is part genuis and possibly part folly.
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