Odds ‘n Sods:

Thanks to Lisa for finding this gem: Blacksmith ‘a collector of forgotten trades’

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Joe H. sent us a link to an article from Permaculture magazine about self-sufficient living on the cheap (in England)

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I read that the latest movie in the Terminator franchise (Terminator 4: Salvation) is scheduled for release on May 22, 2009. Judging from the trailers, it looks like most if not all of the film takes place in the post-Skynet nuked future. This one should be good.

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The latest flurry of economic news and commentary links from The Economatrix: Bank Bailouts a Failure…And There is No Plan “B”Frugal is Cool in Cash-Strapped USUK $200 Billion Re-Financing Time BombUK Banks on Brink of Second BailoutUK Banks Defy Brown’s Call to Loosen CreditBoE to Cut Interest Rates; Savers to Receive Zero InterestJobless in City Park Tent VillageUS Manufacturing Slumps to 1980 LowGulf Cooperation Council to Create New CurrencyFeds Sell Off Failed IndyMac for $13.9 BillionSanderson State Bank Latest Failed BankOil Prices Rebound as Dollar SlumpsStore Bankruptcies Can Burn ShoppersWill Your Cell Phone Crash in Emergencies?

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FloridaGuy flagged this: Newark, New Jersey bans barbed wire