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Hunger Games Trilogy

I finished reading the Hunger Games trilogy this past summer. I previously reviewed the first book in the series, The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games (Book 1) is the most low-tech oriented of the series with a lot of focus on hunting and gathering in the future as a means of survival. In Catching Fire [...]

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The amazing low-tech sailor from Japan: …it would be tough to beat a modest, Japanese adventurer named Kenichi Horie. On a pleasant Sunday 50 years ago this month, Horie sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge in a 19-foot-long, blue sailboat made of plywood… …Nowadays even a paddler in a kayak can consult electronic devices to [...]

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It’s county fair season… Quote of the Week It was a wonderfully low-tech environment, and we couldn’t have enjoyed ourselves more. from Caroline County Agricultural Fair is a low-tech joy See Also: 2012 Virginia County Fairs Schedule Tweet

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Quote of the Week from Rabbi Hillel Goldberg’s In Praise of Low Tech: …What is more worthwhile — to surf the Internet; or to interact with people personally, to engage in human conversation, to read, to write, to think and to visit the great outdoors? …Stick to low tech as much as possible. I repeat: [...]