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How about a Lego house? November PopSci has some interesting reads on the future of housing — your house! MIT’s Tedd Benson is heading the House_n team in the creation of modular homes 2.0. His article references the standardization in the PC world and common manufacturing practices everywhere else, but the home construction industry. He’s [...]

Tired of the headache associated with mixing and maintaining that chainsaw you use every couple of years? Go electric! Its also the green thing to do… Prices are a bit less painful than the gas counterparts. Entry level units are around $75 and top-of-the-line could tag you for up to $250 for a Makita UC [...]

Need a email stack to support your application server? Dotnetnuke, Plone, et’al all assume a SMTP server for A&A, password recovery, and general notification. Exchange a headache (pun intended) for rPath’s Port25 Mail Server Appliance that’ll have you up and running in 30 seconds beyond the download time… Runtime assumes either VMware or Xen (both [...]

Need a place to steal some ZZZZs? How about a roll in a hammock? Hard-core trail hounds swear by hammocks as they’re versatile, light, and trump about any type of weather from blowing rain to snow to hot sultry nights. Community up, then dig into some research. Favorite manufacturers are Hennessy, Speer, Clark Jungle Hammocks, [...]

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