I totally missed this bit of thinking from the other day by open source enthusiast Douglas Rushkoff. He's living in the Singularity already, so he can say that "on a very fundamental level, we have pretty much everything we need"—and we…

At some currently unspecified point down the road, you’ll be able to go through airport security without taking your shoes or belt off. The policy easement was announced by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano during a …

I grew up in Wisconsin and my family loved to go camping. I was never the outdoorsy kind of girl who fished, sat around the bonfire, or swam in the lake. So of course, if I am forced to go camping and sit in the woods all weekend, I am going out…

Everyone who wants to use a tinyhouse knows that the zoning problem is by far the biggest issue in the tiny house world. But it gets very little discussion. Everyone is avoiding it, admit it.
Personally I think I tend to avoid it for a few reasons, o…

Guest Post by Matthew Hofmann
10 advantages of living and working in tiny spaces (with wheels)
Hofmann kicked off his quest for inner peace at the most logical place – CraigsList. He found an Airstream in “fair condition.” A 4-digit deal was stru…

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Tom P. has already stated his wishes. I am for this.

How could anyone pass up such a thoughtful offer from the Neptune Society? [Thanks, Richard]

Hong Kong glows with light. (MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)
When Edward Glaeser looks at a map, he sees something different than many people.  Glaeser’s world is one in which cities are the engines that drive the world. Wide-open spaces are nice, b…

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[Image: From Betel Nut Beauties by Magda Biernat, courtesy of Clic Gallery].This rounds out today’s short series of posts written for GOOD’s online festival of food-related writing.I first heard of the Taiwanese spatial subculture of betel nut shacks l…

The city of London just announced that bike traffic is up 70% on two major thoroughfares in London proper and they are crediting it all to the opening of two bike superhighways last July. The superhighways were meant to entice people to jump on their …