Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 70 countries.
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Habitat For Humanity
When I was going to carpentry school learning that I wasn't a good carpenter, my teacher put us to work at HFH, saying that nothing taught you faster than doing a job for somebody who <I>needed</I> you to do it right. He was correct—and it felt good, too.
Just in Time for Thanksgiving
The deadliest words in the kitchen: Let's double it!
Forward Into the Past!
My first electronics project was the crystal radio I constructed to earn my Webelos badge in the Scouts. It was like magic—something I made pulled radio waves out of the air
Best Real Estate Porn Ever!
I'm sold. Now all I have to do is win the lottery.
It's A Little Deuce Coupe
Well I'm not braggin' babe so don't put me down<BR>But I've got the most eco-friendly set of wheels in town<BR>When something comes up to me, he don't even try<BR>Cause if I had a set of wings man, I know she could fly<BR>She's my little deuce coupe<BR>You don't know what I got.
How to Write Good Code
Yesterday we linked to a how not to; today we link to some good advice.
Settling
I was feeling good. I sat down on the orange couch, kicked my feet up on my little wooden stool, let my head rest on the soft suede throw, and happily admired my home.
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning
The feature length movie (link is to trailer) has become the "most viewed film in Finland," having been seen by three million people in the last 60 days.
A Full Belly and an Empty Sink, Or: Patience and Wait 'n' See, Or: Fate Ain't Got Nothing to do with My Jonathan Adler Placemats
It's funny because:<br>
Just as Wes suggested — though I so earnestly try to never hold expectations of any sort, and I talk a lot of smack about never expecting anything from this life, I'm really full of it: I have great expectations, and often scold myself for expecting too much — I figured I must have simply been <i>expecting the magic to come</i>. Or "looking for it," as my mom might say. And you can't go looking for it, she tells me. Because, if you do, you'll never find it.<br> Whatever, ma.