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• Album Review: Dave Rawlings Machine ‘A Friend of a Friend’

  
  The Low-Tech Times — Authority: 123
  Music MondaysEven in this digital age, I still buy CDs sometimes. I recently purchased the new A Friend of a Friend album by the Dave Rawlings Machine.Who Is David Rawlings?ave Rawlings is an excellent guitarist best known for his memorable guitar solos, harmony vocals, and co-written songs with his longtime musical ...
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• Thanksgiving Weekend Links

  
  The Low-Tech Times — Authority: 123
  Happy Thanksgiving!Ban on Bottled WaterHow to Lick A SlugTown Tries to Save Santa Letter ProgramLow-Tech GPSLow-tech Love: The Sketchbook
  6 days ago

• Radio vs Internet Traffic Reports

  
  The Low-Tech Times — Authority: 123
  I am strongly against people using hand-held devices while driving. Besides besides being very dangerous to read while driving, Internet traffic reports can be inaccurate. I find that traffic reports received over the radio are more accurate than Internet sources. Bad Data?WTOP’s website has estimated delay times ...
  1 week ago

• Cherryholmes: My Walkin’ Shoes and Stormy Horizons

  
  The Low-Tech Times — Authority: 123
  Music MondaysCherryholmes is a popular family bluegrass band on Ricky Scaggs’s record label. They write a lot of their own material, which is admirable. However, I am more impressed with their performances of bluegrass classics vs newgrass style material. I really hope they will record some traditional songs on ...
  1 week ago

• Wind Power Could be Stored as Ice

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 157
  A perfect way of storing electricity generated by wind turbines has been elusive so far.  Ideas like super-sized batteries , compressed air and hydroelectric storage have all been floated.  One company though thinks the answer could be as simple as making ice. Calmac has come up with a storage system called IceBank ...
  1 week ago

• Weekend Links

  
  The Low-Tech Times — Authority: 123
  FAA computer glitch causes widespread delays Worldwide ebb for FacebookInternet addiction can harm real relationshipsNew social media virus looks like video linkHigh-tech car keys causing low-tech hassles
  1 week ago

• Low Tech or No Tech?

  
  YALSA — Authority: 425
  When I walked in my library this morning, I had no internet. No intra net, even–I couldn’t load the high school home page at all. On another morning this might have sent me into a panic, but I already knew I had a light schedule for the day and wouldn’t be giving out many library passes because today’s an ...
  1 week ago

• Measuring Rain with a Bucket vs Hi-tech Rain Gauge

  
  The Low-Tech Times — Authority: 123
  Buckets Aren’t PerfectI don’t have a rain gauge… since I’m not reporting stats for official reporting, buying a rain gauge is not really necessary for measuring rainfall. Some buckets don’t have a flat bottom or perfectly vertical sides, but to get a close approximation of rain, I don’t see what’s wrong ...
  1 week ago

• Welcome to Hollerado!

  
  The Steel Closet — Authority: 505
  And their embarrassingly low-tech website. But I guess I shouldn’t be talking. Ha. Hollerado
  1 week ago

• How to Build a Whizbang Chicken Plucker From a Washing Machine

  
  Discoblog — Authority: 554
  With Turkey Day right around the corner, you don’t want to be caught with an unplucked bird. And who has the money to buy a plucker? The solution? Build a chicken plucker out of your washing machine! From the Annals of Improbable Research : A Whizbang plucker will pick the feathers off chickens, ducks, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cooking with compost.

  
  Poor Richard's Almanac — Authority: 426
  Silence Dogood here. You never know what you’re going to read in the paper. In yesterday’s “Parade” magazine, there was a brief interview with Aaron Williams, the new director of the Peace Corps. Reading along to see Mr. Williams’s plans for the Peace Corps, I read the following: “Since many volunteers ...
  2 weeks ago

• Music Mondays: Uncle Earl

  
  The Low-Tech Times — Authority: 123
  Music MondaysI’m starting another regular feature on this blog entitled Music Mondays. Each Monday look for music recommendations and commentary. I’m a fan of bluegrass, old-time, and Americana music and will be sharing songs I like (especially low-tech, non-electric acoustic music).Uncle EarlMy wife and I were ...
  2 weeks ago

• Weekend Links

  
  The Low-Tech Times — Authority: 123
  Low-tech Aids for Daily LivingCellphones, Texts and LoversPOWER OUTAGES IN BRAZIL WERE CYBER ATTACKS
  2 weeks ago

• Unplugging on Molokai (Part 1)

  
  Urban Mix Plate| Urban Mix Plate blog, honoluluadvertiser.com | Honolulu, Hawaii — Authority: 115
  Those of you who know me, know Im quite addicted to Twitter, Facebook, texting, etc. And Im not the only one!! So one day, one of my Twitter friends, Amber ( @Tiabla ) suggested we get away to Molokai for an unplugged weekend: No electronic equipment except for our cameras. Good timing: Aqua Hotels & Resorts , ...
  3 weeks ago

• Cornhole Games

  
  The Low-Tech Times — Authority: 123
  Video Game AddictionThese days, some kids spend hours playing addictive modern video games sometimes getting painful lumps. Old-Fashioned Family Entertainment AlternativeThere is an Ohio manufacturer of wooden cornhole games. Woodgamz.com explains:Cornhole, bean bag toss or whatever you want to call it, is more fun, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Weekend Links

  
  The Low-Tech Times — Authority: 123
  CELLPHONE USE IS LINKED TO CANCERRise of the stealthy traffic camera fuels drivers’ disgust Computer meltdown creates traffic-light chaosComputer Glitch Affects DC Metro
  3 weeks ago

• Low-tech Raking vs Hi-tech Leaf Blowing

  
  The Low-Tech Times — Authority: 123
  [Updated post. Originally published last year]After some October snow in Virginia, it is time to rake up the fallen leaves.It surprises me how popular leaf blowers are when a simple rake works so well.Four Reasons Leaf Blowers Are Inferior to Rakes I’m not convinced that using a machine to blow leaves into a pile ...
  3 weeks ago

• Low Tech infertility treatment options.

  
  Infertility Resources — Authority: 104
  Dr. Najmabadi of the Center for Reproductive Health and Gynecology discusses the low-tech options for patients seeking infertility treatment. Mail this post
  4 weeks ago

• Watch Amy Smith’s “Simple designs that could save millions of childrens’ lives” talk at TED

  
  { design@tive } information design — Authority: 131
  Fumes from indoor cooking fires kill more than 2 million children a year in the developing world. M.I.T. engineer Amy Smith details an exciting but simple solution : a tool for turning farm waste into clean-burning charcoal. Mechanical engineer Amy Smith ’s approach to problem-solving in developing nations is ...
  4 weeks ago

• Weekend Links

  
  The Low-Tech Times — Authority: 123
  Weekend LinksWelcome to a new weekly feature on the Low-Tech Times. Look for new interesting links about low-tech solutions or high-tech problems each weekend. How to Make Everything YourselfA School’s Crazy Ban on BikesMan Annoyed by Robo-callsPigeon transfers data faster than ISPGPS Causing Truckers to Crash Into ...
  4 weeks ago

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