Avalanches are a serious and palpable threat in mountain regions throughout the world; more people than I want to think about in my life have been affected directly or indirectly by them-- most certainly a byproduct of where I'm from.…
Continue Reading →Melding ideas present in Wikipedia, The Anarchist's Cookbook, and principles of environmental responsibility, Howtopedia was set up by a Swiss nonprofit organization as a wiki-style do-it-youself "collaborative platform for practical knowledge and simple technologies, (i.e. technologies that require no complex…
Continue Reading →Our survey is in full swing and more than 350 folks have taken 5 minutes out of their day to tell us a little bit about themselves and why they read JoshSpear.com. They've also automatically all been entered to win…
Continue Reading →I encourage you to view this short film, produced by Christopher Bronsart and Daniel Migg, that re-conceptualizes environmental problems by analyzing the problem from a standpoint humans can grasp: by using the concept of nutrition. The film argues for a…
Continue Reading →It's been more than a year since our last survey-- and traffic has basically tripled since that time. While we think we have some idea about who you (our readers) are, we're all sort of scratching our heads in bewilderment…
Continue Reading →A quick heads up to California readers (okay, maybe just Bay Area readers), I'll be speaking at the Community Next conference coming up in a few weeks. Aaron and I are actually kicking the day off (gasp) with our signature…
Continue Reading →I am one of those people who usually gets a good night's rest without the help of prescription drugs and/or other sleep aids (law school finals week excluded). But I know insomnia is a huge problem for a lot of…
Continue Reading →At the close of last week, I told you that I was heading up to Vail to, among other things, watch the Honda Session Snowboard Competition. When I got to the venue on Friday night, it was snowing very hard--…
Continue Reading →For all of you who think I am a pretty weird guy, I would have to agree with you. The most likely reason I'm weird: I grew up in a Rocky Mountain ski town with 1,500 people where it was…
Continue Reading →Beloved JoshSpear.com readers... you may or may not have noticed that I 'went dark like Jack Bauer' on the blogging front for the last week or so, but I am back and excited to kick off what promises to be…
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