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Seoul Has Got Flair. Thanks, Germany?

I woke up this morning to an email from an “M” stating that my site didn’t have any link or article pointing to their site. I checked out the link in the email and to my surprise,  an amazing structure revealed itself in 3/10ths of a second (thanks DSL). My hazy morning eyes sprung wide. [...]

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Cool Truck Lift for Shipping Containers

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I like technology and mechanical marvels. We have come a long way since Henry Ford developed a way to mass-produce mechanical parts for automobiles, as well as the assembly of cars themselves. Humans are so innovative and come up with some amazing things. Who knows what the next hundred years will bring. I was picturing [...]

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Investors Wanted for Start-Up

Ever wake up on any random Monday from an inadequate slumber, hittin’ snooze just a tad harder than last Friday, full-bladdered, and think to yourself: Geez, this sucks!? The daily grind… The same ol’ same ol’… Asking yourself: “Is this it? Is this really what my life is about?” Not being able to distinguish January [...]

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The Arkhaus Initiative

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When you have a site that is focused on a certain theme, you eventually attract like-minded people. One fine day, I got a “hey” from a lovely person named Jen patting me on the back for my website, along with a link to a website she operated with a cool dude named Trevor. I kindly [...]

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Shipping Containers Are Beautiful? For Sure.

Some cool scale models of containers.

Ok, I know, I have been away… The site stagnated for a bit there, but I have to make money like other peeps and have been working on a huge website project which is finally wrapping up, so I figured I would come back to my baby and nurture it along with a fresh post [...]

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DIY Solar and Wind Turbine

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Why do I like OtherPower.com? Well, they know nothing about this write-up and I have never introduced myself to them; but I like them because they provide parts and insight into creating your own DIY wind turbine power generation system and anything else that makes electricity. It’s basically a one-stop shop for all your Edison-inspired [...]

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Yet Another Fine Getaway, Aussie Style

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I guess I am firmly committed to getting away from the city. Every single time I see something like this, I sigh and put myself there. This one begs to the city-stressed, noise-polluted folks like myself to use it for its almost medicinal benefits in relieving all social, financial, and pathological ails. We all need [...]

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Shipping Container House in the Woods

A shipping container home in the woods

Here is a home being constructed that is similar to the setup I really like. Seems to be a beautiful setting! I can just imagine what the area looks like in the fall–purples, yellows, reds and browns. The progress is going very well based on the home builder’s blog. Excerpt from her blog: …I’ll be [...]

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Sustainable, Self-Sufficiency = Hippies?

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I shake my head within a slight hue of exasperation when I think about the concept of living off the land and a self-sufficient, sustainable lifestyle because there is such a misinterpretation to the whole idea–especially these days. To the layman/woman who isn’t familiar with the movement, one of the first few thoughts to pop [...]

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Better than a Single-Wide

A small company based in New Mexico is creating affordable homes for low income people. The company, PFNC Global Communities, takes unused and neglected 40-foot containers and converts them into full-fledged homes by definition of the word. The homes are modest (only 320 sq. ft.) but are a powerful statement to the world about what [...]

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