http://files.howtolivewiki.com/star_tides_ndu_briefing_8_apr_08/ Everything. STAR-TIDES, hexayurts, mass evacuation, pandemic flu, refugees, appropriate technology as foreign policy. Raw. I dunno if it’s too raw, but… if it’s crap, I’m sure people will let me know.
Read more →Karelis argues that being poor is defined by having to deal with a multitude of problems: One doesn’t have enough money to pay rent or car insurance or credit card bills or day care or sometimes even food. Even if one works hard enough to pay off half of those costs, some fairly imposing ones [...]
Read more →http://www.eemersontool.com/Home.html sort of a giant ruler that clamps on to things – possibly useful for cutting big boards in half.
Read more →http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080301faessay87201/stephen-e-flynn/america-the-resilient.html Yep, that’s worth reading.
Read more →“Out of Poverty” by Paul Polak In contrast note the difference in tone. Put Mr. Polak in that context, and he’s going to start telling you how to fix at least some parts of this situation. Hope and technology, hope is technology.
Read more →http://mackaymarine.com/ppf/catid/13/pid/616/product.asp Inmarsat BGAN – the terminal is $2500 – and does reasonably fast data (256k bidirectional.) Transfer prices are around $10 per megabyte. It speaks bluetooth to phones and so on and USB / bluetooth / ethernet to computers. BGAN Explorer 110 The Explorer 110 system is the smallest and lightest broadband satellite terminal. Half [...]
Read more →61. “It is important for us to understand the causes of poverty.” No. There are no causes of poverty. It is the rest state, that which happens when you don’t do anything. If you want to experience poverty, just do nothing and it will come. To ask what causes poverty is like asking what causes [...]
Read more →http://web.archive.org/web/20070506151357/www.smallisprofitable.org/207Benefits.html 207 Benefits of Distributed Resources 1 Distributed resources’ generally shorter construction period leaves less time for reality to diverge from expectations, thus reducing the probability and hence the financial risk of under- or overbuilding. 2 Distributed resources’ smaller unit size also reduces the consequences of such divergence and hence reduces its financial risk. 3 [...]
Read more →“The Maison is plug-and-play: there was never any plumbing, and it is wired for electricity. It ships in six containers. Christie’s is compiling a short list of potential bidders with substantial properties in Mustique, Antigua, the Hamptons — name your playground — who might like a 59-foot-by-32-foot–by-16-foot-tall folly/outdoor sculpture/guesthouse/vintage metal toy to park on the [...]
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