A neighbor up the valley who is moving a cattle fence line recently complained that he was having trouble pulling steel T-posts by hand. He said that they often got bent when “rocking” them out, and that in rocky soil, they would sometimes have their cross-plates (“wings”) break off. I resisted the urge to laugh, and I introduced him to my old standby: A Red Rooster T-Post Puller Plate [1]. These work remarkably well. I use mine with one of my pair of 48″ Hi-Lift jacks [2], but these can also be used by attaching a short length of chain to the clevis on a tractor bucket. (Note: I formerly used the Speeco brand post puller plate, but I learned that those are now made in Mainland China.) – JWR
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From the desk of Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor At Large: Waaay off grid living. [3] (Link is safe, despite the odd looking name.)
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The ultimate survivalist storage media: ‘Five-dimensional’ glass discs can store data for up to 13.8 billion years [4] – If only my computer could write to these disks. – A.D.
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SurvivalBlog reader Grunambulax posted a neat instructable on protecting your iPhone power cord [5] from the inevitable tear. In the day and age of throwaway electronics, it’s nice to see an effort to extend the usable life of some of these things.