freecycling is one of the best ideas to hit the internet in recent years. unfortunately, it's become a victim of its own success. freecycle's future background disclaimer how it could be problem 1: getting onboard problem 2: managing what you receive problem 3: opening and closing offers and requests problem 4: transferring items choosing who…
free stuff
this has to be one of the best uses of the internet i've seen: it's now trivial for people to pass the things they don't want to people who can use them. my first great experience with this was through craigslist. i've been looking forward for a long time for them to add a baltimore…
a little peace and quiet
in 1993, i met dan, and in 1994, i went to live with him in his house on carey street in southwest baltimore. after he died in 1996, his sister asked if i wanted to continue living in the house, and i said yes and have been here ever since. i love this house; it's…
yuppies
[this is the text of a response i made on misc.consumers.frugal-living to a post criticizing the fact that elaine saint james's books advocate frugality to people who don't need to be frugal.] i think elaine saint james fills an important need, but i'll hasten to add that i'm not a part of her target audience.…
implications/extensions of the free software idea(l)
it seems to me that the free software phenomenon is an example of the infectious nature of charity or sharing, aided and abetted by the historically unprecedented ability to communicate that the internet provides for us. if the fsf had been working all alone with no means of mass distribution, they might finished a limited…
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