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Amazing sustainable design blog

By Kevin Danenberg | Published: April 15, 2008
I just wanted to share this site with everybody.  Inhabitat.com is a blog that provides a ton of fascinating content about sustainable design, architecture, and technology.  The homes and commercial structures featured are brilliant in design and function.  I originally discovered the site while browsing for articles passive solar housing.  However, far beyond building, Inhabitat [...]
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Riiiiiiiight…. What’s a Socktopus?

By Kevin Danenberg | Published: December 9, 2007
Here’s a little something awesome I found featured on Inhabitat.com, a blog that focuses on sustainable design and architecture.  You can order a plush mollusk called a Socktopus that is made from recycled sweaters and is "lovingly filled with hypoallergenic polyester".  I think it’s brilliant because the recycled result is convincingly a new product, whereas [...]
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How to Fix a Compressed Neck Cork

By Kevin Danenberg | Published: November 8, 2007
WARNING:Be sure to tape up the lacquered part of your neck near the cork with a good insulator! Otherwise, the steam could crack and peel your lacquer. I learned that the hard way with my Yanagisawa S991. Thanks to Pete Thomas’s Saxophone Repairs page, I learned how to fix something that’s peeved me for [...]
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Lady In The Tube

By Kevin Danenberg | Published: October 19, 2007
Jen was on CNN tonight, live via satellite even! She was featured in their Young People Who Rock section for her In the New project. I wish I could have seen it on TV, but I was at work. Luckily, video of the interview is on their website! Check out her blog and [...]
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Carfree Cities

By Kevin Danenberg | Published: May 5, 2007
Here’s a fascinating site about urban planning for cities without cars: Carfree Cities These designs rely on circular districts interconnected by metro rail. Each district is walkable within five minutes and is totally free of cars. The resulting layout alleviates the congestion, pollution, and danger of modern urban environments that have become overrun by private [...]
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