In late March, the Rocky Mountain Institute hosted the second annual eLab Accelerator. Described as a bootcamp for electricity innovation, the …
Bubbles the 2-legged dog meets 3-D print technology
3-D FTW! Check out the new wheels on Bubbles! This is what the next generation of self-reliance is going to look …
Low-cost active funds outperform high-cost peers over time
Executive Summary The Active/Passive Barometer, introduced at Morningstar’s annual Investment Conference in Chicago this week, measures the relative performance of active …
A glimpse into the future
I’m sharing this mostly because it’s beautiful, but also because this is what a self-reliant future looks like. You’re — we’re …
Not your grandma’s fruit cake!
We don’t often link to other sites but sometimes it’s just too, too good not to! How about this delicious, …
Thanks to this stubborn songwriter, tax receipts aren’t absolutely necessary!
It’s a little known fact, and one the IRS wants you to forget, but receipts are not always necessary to …
How to CORRECTLY fit a life jacket to a kid
Don’t mess with life jacket safety. Kids are wriggly little critters and you must ensure they are properly protected at …
It’s tornado season. Got a plan?
New Safety Update from the Sooners – No, not that sort! Oklahoma’s Gary England and The University of Oklahoma have teamed …
We’re being battered by a solar storm!
Those amazingly far South Northern Lights? The fantastic red skies? Blame the Sun. Right now, the Earth is being battered …
15 steps to real homemade jelly
This is how to make proper jelly with all the steps. It’s a good thing to know how to do. Canning …
WARNING: Heat risks and how to beat them
Temperatures in the upper 90s – over 100 perhaps? When the National Weather Service issues an excessive heat watch you need to …
How to make perfect stock
So many recipes require a good stock. Remember, you can add in vegetable scraps for extra flavor. Save scraps from …
School lunch program tracks students via thumbprint scans and sends info to Feds
File this under Give Them an Inch and They’ll Take a Mile. Another move from the Surveillance State A Pennsylvania …
Power rationing, the spy in the shower and the neighborhood snitch
The reason we are suspicious of smart meters goes back a ways. At the start of the Obama Administration, we predicted that …
The government is not there to help
California cuts off only water source for town of 15,000 A planned community in California’s Central Valley is just days away …
Going abroad? Survival tips from savvy travelers
A trip requires careful planning. Listed below are important steps you can take to prepare for a safe trip anywhere …
Make this cute mat from corks
Whether you’re a wine drinker or not, here’s a great cork mat idea. You can use it on the floor …
Make your own! Summertime relishes
Corn Relish Food And Recipes Of The Smokies – Rose Houk Great Smokey Mountains Natural History Association 4 cups fresh …
103 Handy household uses for baking soda
Although much more expensive products have been developed over the years to do the same jobs, baking soda can work for you …
Terrorists plunge 140 million into dark. Next time it could be us.
A recent terrorist attack that blew up a major transmission line connected to the Pakistani national grid plunged more than …
Vitamin Supplements: A handy guide
Because factory-packaged foods tend to have lower nutritional content than fresh foods, it’s a good idea to have multivitamin …
Renewable Energy – Recycling human waste
As the Chinese population moved from the countryside to towns in search of prosperity a lot of things happened. The …
Charge your car for free.
We all like getting stuff for free, right? And if you have an electric car you’re already in the market for …
File this under: “Why didn’t I think of that?”
In Hong Kong, Pizza Hut thinks it can do more than just bring food to your front door. It wants …
Aerators. Save water. Save money.
We’ve written before about the water snoops. As America faces a water shortage issue across most of the country, the …
This faucet was printed with a 3-D printer
3D printing (or additive manufacturing, AM) is any of various processes used to make a three-dimensional object. In 3D printing, additive processes are used, in …
Investing in education – Your 529 questions answered
If you withdraw money from a 529 savings plan without using it for education, you’ll pay a 10 percent penalty. …
Ready For Anything: The business suit wetsuit!
We’re all about cutting corners to a more efficient life so how about this versatile neoprene number? New from Quicksilver, …
You spilled coffee on your laptop. A step-by-step fix.
One of our guys just dumped a cup of coffee over his laptop. Huge panic. But our tech guy sent him a list …
How would you react to a snake in your spice cabinet?
Watch this rat snake (non-venomous) that got in through a hole in a laundry room floor swallow an egg. The YouTube note says that …