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Walking in the rain

Published in September 28th, 2023
Posted by in Health, How to
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CurrentlyOnce upon a time a little windy drizzlemajor storm iswas moving a few leaveswrecking havoc on the bay area. Alright, I haven’t checked out the entire bay area, but in my opinion around here it’s just rainy and windy. Weather is to a large extend all about perception and the right clothes. I grew up […]

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It was me …

Published in September 26th, 2023
Posted by in How to
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I started leaving some magazines (Businessweek, Outside, Bon Appetit), in the laundry room and lo and behold, at least one other person picked up on the idea and started leaving magazines as well, so now I have access to National Geographic. Next, I’ll try leaving some CDs and see what happens. If you decide to […]

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Build a worm composting system

Published in September 26th, 2023
Posted by in How to
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In an effort to reduce the outgoing mass of garbage, this being a good proxy for measuring ecologic inefficiency and by implication, economic inefficiency, I have built a worm composting system out of two plastic totes. I essentially followed the instructions I found on a website. The two grey 10 gallon totes were $3.50 each […]

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