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Um, guys, this is satirical. Check out the Stuff White People Like blog by the same guy.

My roommate and I have just resolved to be a more earth-friendly household, and step one was cutting up a bunch of old tshirts into squares, and leaving them in the kitchen to use in place of paper...

It annoys me that I can't enter cash transactions myself. It will record the money you withdrew from an account and you can split that up into your individual purchases, but if, say, I found $5 in...

I wish that people would stop thinking that everything can and should be recycled into coasters. anybody who actually uses coasters already has them, and nobody needs that many anyway. it's not l...

actually, McGill is in Canada. and given the gorilla in the logo, i think it's safe to say they were being funny, not stupid.

this is brilliant

SherryBin--you don't need to buy an entire five gallons of paint, just a five gallon bucket. pour your paint into the five gallon bucket while you're using it, stick the grid in, and have at it. ...

two years ago the movie Sydney White was filmed at the small private college I was attending at the time. While they didn't use the interior of the building where i was living (they tried, but the...

I've been to North Carolina. I imagine North-Carolona can only be better.

i'll adding my dislike of the "look, we have glasses! and look, we have lettuce!" style tour, just in case we're waiting to reach a quorum.

five pictures isn't cutting it. where's the full-out house tour? this is beautiful

much as i love obama and would happily hang some of these beautiful artworks in my home...it feels a little weird. i would buy some of these now, but not hang them up for several years, until he's...

how/why does the zoo go through so many tools?

I love this sort of thing--beautiful DIY stuff that I can look at, look at the empty coke can immediately to my left, and have my own beautiful DIY craftie in front of me five minutes later.

This year I'm using plain solid-color wrapping paper as usual, and tying simple bows with something that represents the recipient--an old measuring tape for my mom who sews, tieline for my sister w...

i'm almost positive no one is going to save their budget by purchasing this in lieu of those wasteful, extravagant single-purpose doormats and door stops.

what are you supposed to do for several weeks while your floor is drying out?

from Apartment Therapy Chicago | Earthen Floors 101 on November 19, 2008 02:51AM

the bookcase desk looks like a great way to constantly be kicking your possessions off the shelves. great concept, but maybe only fill the shelves above the desk top?

sfdoddsy--when i started reading this blog, i made a folder to put all the bookmarked articles and titled it "future yuppie goodness" (as I am too poor and transient to utilize most of these ideas)...

i agree with bepsf. and what happens in three years when your kids don't like spongebob anymore? you're stuck.