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We're looking for a few good blogs.
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Vote for your favorite recycled denim creation

Reco Jeans, made from denim factory scraps
What can you make from a pair of jeans? Anything--from functional wall insulation to high-fashion frocks. Pick the best bit of creative reuse, and its designer will win fame&fortune!
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Making of the Little Black Dress wearathon

Day 13 - John Curley on the job. Photo by Rei Dishon - click for more.
Our Burning Man fashion project featured five photographers, three designers, two websites and one very talented model--but it wasn't always easy.
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Minimalist Work Costumes That Work

Don't Be That Guy In The Wine-Box Costume  by Houston Blogs
Always-appropriate Halloween wear is the classic Day of the Dead skullface. But we don't want to be reminded of where we don't want to be caught dead. Working on Halloween? What're you wearing?
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Smalltopia: A Practical Guide to Working For Yourself

Smalltopia: A Practical Guide to Working For Yourself
An e-book full of useful advice for anyone trying to break out of their cubicle. Written by someone who actually made it.
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Snake Oil Awards Now Open

Snake Oil Awards Now Open
Submit your nominations for the slimiest person, corporate entity, or *ahem* oil company of 2010.
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World’s richest man: “charity doesn’t solve anything”

"Homeless Bill," an Anchorage regular - photo by flickr.com/jswieringa
Can we save the world by throwing money at it? Carlos Slim doesn't think so.
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Brute Force Geoengineering

Yep, 5 acres down. Guess I better hump this bucket uphill ...
Eduardo Gold is trying to prevent climatocalypse by having a mountain peak painted white. BY HAND.
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