Chris Fox

I won a scythe back at Jack's event in November, I need to pick up this book and try it out. The maintenance guys at my apartment all came over and was asking what I was doing when I got it home. I was across the street in a field trying it out. Chris Prater did an hour on scythes and how to use them and set them up. I have the video, it just need to find it and edit it.

Top right. Pliers wrench is my go to now. I'm just sad I didn't get it earlier. The jaws open parallel to each other and are non marring. Need to get the smaller one soon.

About a year ago I build a very simple straw bale shelter. Pallet for "foundation, straw bale walls, 2 scrap windows. I got the inspiration from Straw Bale Shelters. I had an rv hook up on site so I used a window ac unit for cooling. For a couple of hundred dollars it worked out surprisingly well.

Just went though and here are some of my favorites.

http://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2013/7-13/epi-01170-phil-williams-permaculture-business.mp3
http://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2013/5-13/epi-01138-high-vs-low-input-permaculture-design.mp3
http://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2013/5-13/epi-01121-simpson-on-pastured-poultry-pork-beef.mp3
http://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2013/3-13/epi-01087-mob-grazing-on-small-land-holdings.mp3
http://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2013/2-13/epi-01069-plants-for-hedges-fedges.mp3
http://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2013/1-13/epi-01054-the-how-what-why-of-seedsaving.mp3
http://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2011/4-11/epi-00647-12-methods-of-individual-food-production.mp3

I love to brew beer but hate bottling. I'm glad I found out about the Keezer. Now I can drink to my hearts content without the hard work.

http://billybrew.com/how-to-build-a-keezer

http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2013/06/18/the-bloom-is-off-bloom-energy/

I may look into getting an electric chainsaw. I've used a reciprocating saw to limb a downed tree. I usally just use a double bitted axe to limb. It's quite which is nice and even quicker than the saw.

I picked up a Corn Knife at tractor supply a few months ago and it works perfectly.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/product__10151_-1_10051_15783

I feel your pain brother. The last decent laptop I owned was an IBM Thinkpad back in the 90's. I've had about two dozen different ones since then. I gave up a few years ago on getting any real work done with them and just built my own pc so I could source my own parts. 500 dollars 4 years ago and she's still going strong. Only had to oil a noisy cooling fan. Only reason for my laptop now is reading email and reddit.

If you want a good read on the same subject I would suggest The Truth Machine by James Halperin. What would happen if there was a machine that was 100 percent infallible on whether you were lying or telling the truth that was used by everyone. Job interview, marriage, contracts, murder trial, advertising.