A peg loom is a weaving technology that has been around since at least the Vikings - and probably much longer. The loom is made of a single log with holes at regular spacings. Each hole will fit a peg. Each peg has a hole near the bottom to allow a …

Looby Macnamara's Design Web is a design process. You can read about it in her book People & Permaculture. I resonate with using its anchor points and allowing jumping between points as questions come up and get answered.

The tool gives 12 different anchor points to use as a starting point …

I have started bullet journaling on 20 December 2019. I have kept to a very minimal set of collections.

Ryder Carroll encourages you to record an intention for your bullet journaling practice. Mine is: "I want my BuJo practice to help me record the ebb and flow of my life …

• oil is used
  • in powering machines for moving / transporting
    • raw materials
    • half finished products
    • finished products
    • people
  • in these environments
    • water - boat, submarine
    • land - car, shovel, tractor, truck
    • air - airplane, helicopter, drone
  • it is also used as a basis for
    • lubricants
    • solvents (in paint, as a cleaning agent)
  • characteristics
    • oil …

Below is a list of patterns found in nature. Every pattern is a response to a specific challenge.

• branching / fractal
  • scattering or gathering information / nutrients
  • cover a lot of surface with little material requirements
• circle / ring / torus
  • strong
  • small interior, large exterior
  • used for constriction
• cloud
  • dispersed, low density
  • saturation …

I first came across the mental inventory when I started using the Bullet Journal method.

Find the original explanation here.

• Create it by rapid logging / brain dumping into three columns
  • Things I am working on
  • Things I should be working on
  • Things I want to be working on
• Filter your …

I'm collecting information for a design on location. This to validate our current choice of location and / or to find another place that is more suitable to our wants and needs.

We made a shampoo bar / soap for washing our hair. We did this for the first time in 2021 and after we had used up the first batch, we made a second batch in 2022.

We took every precaution to do this safely. Please familiarize yourself with the process before …

I was looking for a way to create insulated insoles. I considered covering a piece of plastic with felt. As I looked around at what I had laying around to use as a felting template, I considered radiator foil.

The foil is made of a layer of foam and a …