Like most bloggers, I want to be able to show you cool things, tell you everything is wonderful, and especially share my successes. I was optimistically expected to be able to do just that today but it’s not the case. You see, it all went wrong when I decided to do my own thing and not follow what someone had proven already worked. Some people have the knack of improvisation, I do not.

The problem was that I neither wanted to spend

Continue reading My Failed Passive Solar Heater Experiment (And What I Learned From It)

Given the ridiculous heat wave most of us are experiencing right now, it’s no wonder everyone is trying to figure out how to keep cool. The real question is: what would we do if the power went out right now and there’s no end in sight to the relentless heat?

After reading this post on Keeping Cool Without Power at Prep-Blog.com, I began wondering to myself “what can I possibly do to keep my family cool if the power went

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It is often believed that keeping your head warm in the cold may literally mean the difference between life and death. I certainly subscribe to this philosophy. While it makes sense to keep as warm as possible and to cover exposed skin in cold weather, I do wonder how important it truly is to keep you head warm?

First, as you likely know, body heat is lost through the skin. Your body uses sweat to cool you down and hair and clothing to keep you warm. Often the one exposed part of the body is your head and face. It would

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