Michael Bolen
Yahoo! Canada News
If a serious person puts their money where their mouth is then Mark Boyle is the world's most serious man.
Inspired by Gandhi's famous words to be the change you wish to see in the world, the economics graduate from the U.K. has been living entirely without money since 2008.
He has written a book about the experience titled 'The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living' in order to share both the philosophy which led to his drastic decision and the tactics he has used to survive.
Living in a trailer given to him for free by someone on freecycle.org, Boyle cooks food which he either grows himself, barters for or forages from the land. He bathes in a solar shower, uses a compost toilet and even makes his own paper.
Despite his challenging lifestyle, Boyle has no plans to return to civilzation. He says the time he has spent away from money has been the happiest of his life.
Learn more about a moneyless life from Boyle himself in the video below.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/yahoocanada/100828/canada/man_has_lived_without_money_since2008
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'Green' Lab - Caroline de Lannoy
'Green' Lab - Part 1
Sepia ink
Ingredients:
1. ink sacs (from cuttlefishes)
2. shellac
There is one ink that is related to cephalopods: the historical artists' ink sepia, one of the brown inks used by artists for their pen and ink drawings. Sepia is a red-brown ink made from the ink sacs of cuttlefish. The ink takes is name from the cuttlefish species Sepia officinalis. This ink came into use in the eighteenth century and was quite popular in the nineteenth century. The term sepia now also applies to any red-brown colour similar to the colour of sepia ink.
Sepia ink
Ingredients:
1. ink sacs (from cuttlefishes)
2. shellac
dry the ink sacs / when dried, ground to a fine powder / then mix with shellac
There is one ink that is related to cephalopods: the historical artists' ink sepia, one of the brown inks used by artists for their pen and ink drawings. Sepia is a red-brown ink made from the ink sacs of cuttlefish. The ink takes is name from the cuttlefish species Sepia officinalis. This ink came into use in the eighteenth century and was quite popular in the nineteenth century. The term sepia now also applies to any red-brown colour similar to the colour of sepia ink.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
natural mosquito repellents
The most common way of repelling or getting rid of mosquitoes involves spraying a large quantity of poisonous chemicals in your yard and on yourself. If you are interested in a more natural approach, consider these plants that repel mosquitoes:
citronella grass
catnip
rosemary
marigolds 
Citronella oil is popular as a 'natural' insect repellent. Its mosquito repellent qualities have been verified by research.
Friday, July 9, 2010
The Nauru Project
The Nauru Project is an ongoing artists' collaboration based around gathering information on the South Pacific island of Nauru, the world's smallest island nation. The project was initiated in 2007 by Maria Georgoula and has since involved exchanging various findings and commissioning work within the group of invited artists and writers.
COLLABORATING ARTISTS:
Caroline Bird, Dan Coopey, Maria Georgoula, Lo Hillarp-Sjöström, Christopher Robbins, Iorwerth Wallace, Ian Whitfield
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Giant Crystal Cave Comes to Light
The two brothers who discovered this Cave of Crystals "antechamber" dubbed it the Queen's Eye, because the opening leading to it resembled an eye.
The cave is 950 feet (290 meters) underground. The Naica mining complex, which yields lead, zinc, copper, silver, and gold, zigzags nearly half a mile underground (760 meters).
The cave is 950 feet (290 meters) underground. The Naica mining complex, which yields lead, zinc, copper, silver, and gold, zigzags nearly half a mile underground (760 meters).
BioPong - Tennis for Two with Cockroach
What happens if the ball is being replaced by a cockroach? This AI for just-another Pong-Derivate is meant to be highly unpredictable. As play continues, the ball algorithm matures. Game-breaks for feeding the insect are considered. No insect should be harmed! watch out for more arcade-machine art at:
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