Friday, May 10, 2013

Thank God For the Internet

Really. I say it all the time, and I mean it. 

ZeroHedge was kind enough to repost some links on where any real patriot can still download the 3D printer schematics serendipitously given to to world for free by Cody Wilson. It still amazes me that the powers that be are still under the delusion that a cease and desist letter has the power to move faster than the internet, or that anything posted for more than a few minutes of any interest isn't instantly copied and cloned across the net with the ability to respawn when removed.


....nice touch they added a link to the printers, in your choice of colors!!!

Truly, you ARE allowed to manufacture arms for personal use in every state. You ARE allowed to use tools to craft them. Stuff like this just scares the piss out of power hungry fascist bullies and dictators, and it should. When you let the internet out of its box, you lost control.... and you can't get it back short of dropping the grid. Clean the poop out of your pants, it's embarrassing.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The deep net facinates me

I had no concept of the deep net until I ran across bitcoins at work on nightshift one night maybe two and a half years ago and ran into the people that know and use them. Then,  mistakenly I thought the deep net was a collection of Tor/ .onion sites.........then  recently I watched Revolution OS http://www.revolution-os.com/ on Netflix, and it mentioned that the entire deep net is larger than the clear net most people only know of...???



This is really crazy. I feel like I have been floating in an ignorant cloud my entire internet life,  (circa 1996) and that there is a whole other world out there that I could only seem to find on those lonely nights when you are really focused and awake and punch through into another rabbit hole, but......the deep net was really there all along. Why, if it is truly bigger, does 99% of America not know about deep net sites? Would people as a whole be better off to have options, to have hidden in plain sight security, to have more privacy from the data mining of the clear net? Or do most people not even want privacy and choice anymore? And if I can find these things, why have not enough other people found them to make them mainstream? 

If I wasn't paranoid enough before, I truly am now. It isn't that I have stumbled on something secret, I just feel have just stumbled further than society intended me to. I feel enlightened and behind the curve at the same time.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Wild Asparagus: Sneakier than I thought

I've been reading other foraging blogs, and I recall one in Washington State I was particularly jealous of while reading about the wild asparagus to be had. It turns out I have it here too in Southern California! There has been this annoying vine that sprouts up every year and covers my equally annoying and spiky bushes that came with the house. I was watering about a week ago, and thought "No way!!!" There were asparagus-like shoots popping up out of the ground, morphing into those annoying vines. I felt amazed and incredibly stupid at the same time. Here is a picture of a shoot. They grow  bit more spindly and wacky than farmed asparagus.
It turns into this vine. It is less ferny than the intentionally planted ones I have and more spikey.

Don't eat the berries I would assume. 


Friday, January 4, 2013

Is Hoarding/Prepping Organic Foods Snooty?


What's in your cabinet? I reluctantly admit, I have been addicted to the show "Extreme Couponing" as of late--well, the reruns on Netflix anyway, and while I am MAD JEALOUS of their supply hoards........The foods just aren't what I would usually buy and eat. I suppose an emergency supply of anything is better than nothing, but assuming the emergency comes after the shelf life of the stored items, I would be stuck eating, donating, or throwing away BPA lined cans of tuna, boxes upon boxes of GMO filled cereal, and, as every single one of the couponers stockpiled, cases of sugar laden "Vitamin water".


The sheer amount of the hoard they have still peers into the depths of my hoarding soul though. I suppose I shouldn't hate. I've made my choices and I should respect theirs without jealousy like a good anarchist. 

I also am likely limited on the discounts I could get on the detergent and other non-food items the couponers had due to the fact grocery stores near me sadly do not double coupons.

Is limiting the food in my cabinet and stockpile to GMO free, BPA free, and organic where possible (but avoiding ingredients known to likely be GMOs) Snooty?? Am I over thinking it? Is it risking my life by having a smaller stockpile due to cost restrictions? Or is quality over quantity a huge factor?

Anyone out there in the blogosphere prepping with organic food and BPA free cans (or glass jars) in mind? I would love to know!

Anyone an extreme couponer? Is it worth the time and effort to do it only for the tax benefits of donating the items to charity?

Please comment!!