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Weekend Link

I’m adding a new link to the Low-Tech Blogs list on this site. Low-tech means different things for different people. I think of steam trains, bluegrass music, and old-fashioned stuff. Just because some technology is newer, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s better. Just for one example, I think having a conversation in [...]

Weekend Links

Low-Tech News and Items
4 Low-Tech Kitchen “Gadgets” I Love
Low-Tech Shatner Eyes Twitter, Says What the “$#*!”
Human Power News
Laura Dekker begins bid to become youngest person to sail world solo

Jimmy Wayne Completes [1700 Mile] Meet Me Halfway Walk

Hi-Tech Troubles
One in Five U.S. Adolescents Has Hearing Loss, Researchers Find

Becoming a Squinter Nation

Weekend Link

Low-Tech Solution:

Go local. Embrace low-tech. Maximize relationships. Make it sexy.

Weekend Links

Hi-Tech Troubles?

I-Dosing: How teenagers are getting ‘digitally high’ from music they download from internet

37 states join probe into Google Wi-Fi data collection

Teens: Texting makes driving less boring
Low-Tech Solution:
Salad Spinner Centrifuge: A Cheap, Ingenious Health Care Tool
Low-Tech Resource:

UNESCO sets up online Traditional Knowledge Database

Weekend Links

Low-Tech Books
I haven’t read these yet, but found out about a couple of new Low-Tech books out…
First, I saw a book entitled The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future(Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30) in a book store.
Then, I heard a discussion on WAMU with author William Powers [...]