We hosted a Mother’s Day lunch this past Sunday and I helped clean up afterward. We do not have a garbage disposal; I do not think they are necessary electric appliances. It is not difficult to compost food scraps or scrape them in the trash. Pipes are for liquids; I do not understand why so [...]
A blog entitled Contexting published a great article discussing the low tech movement, mentioning The Low-Tech Times: The movement appears to be more than just a group of reactionary Windows Vista users and disgruntled late-adopters. Hipsters across the nation are eschewing the latest and greatest in favor of tried-and-true tools (think desktop abbacus) as advocated [...]
Darren Murph of Gizmodo.com wrote an alarming post about a hi-tech laser damaging the eyesight of Russian dance music fans: Dozens of individuals that attended an all night dance party near Moscow have been “partially blinded after a laser light show burned their retinas,” according to Russian health officials. Apparently someone responsible for erecting the [...]
Since John McCain may not be such a low-tech candidate after all, it now appears that Low-Tech Times founder S.P. Gass may be running for president with a groundswell of support. Tweet
The Movie My wife and I recently rented Into The Wild, a movie based on a true story about an idealistic young man named Christopher McCandless from Annandale, Virginia. Christopher turns away from hi-tech society, leads an adventurous life, and makes his way up to the Alaskan wilderness. One point that the story illustrates is [...]