Make your backyard: your living room

Backyard 'rooms' can be as comfortable, cozy and useful as the ones indoors - One of the biggest mistakes people make with their outdoor living space, says television host Susie Coelho, is not filling it with enough stuff.In her HGTV show "Outer Spaces," Coelho performs outdoor-room makeovers, creating everything from a South Seas oasis to a prairie-themed back yard.

Backyard 'rooms' can be as comfortable, cozy and useful as the ones indoors

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With every Action Ask: is this a loving thing to do for myself, others and our planet?

Living a sustainable lifestyle is all about being a good neighbour: in our street, our community, our county, our nation and to the planet we share with every other living creature.Our lives are affected by a vast range of social, environmental and economic factors. It's understandable if we sometimes think that finding solutions to the challenges facing the world is out of our hands... (more)

Derbyshire County Council - Smartliving guide

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Smaller tableware may hold key to weight loss

A new study by researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y says that people trying to lose weight must cut down on portion sizes. And the way to do this is to have smaller tableware... (more)

Smaller tableware may hold key to weight loss

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Salutes: Dr NakaMats

What makes a good inventor? Knowledge?, a desire to be rich or a passion for creating solutions. Dr NakaMats, believes the spirit of invention is 'love'... (more)

New Inventors: Salutes: Dr NakaMats

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Hey Hubby: This is for You

Don't spend precious time cutting your lawn, let the Robomower® do it for you!This fully automatic robot mower ends the strain on your back, legs and arms from pushing a heavy lawn mower around. Now you can relax and enjoy your weekend while RoboMower® does the job completely by itself, using the latest robotic technology

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Free Podcast: Wise Crowds

In technophile circles, the idea that networks and network effects will inherently provide for better decision making is an understood, a truism widely agreed. Author and New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki, argues that while there are many benefits to aggregate decision making... (more)

IT Conversations: James Surowieki - Independent Individuals and Wise Crowds

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Allmylifeforsale: Ebay is vehicle for blurring the boundaries of art, business and personal.

Welcome to Allmylifeforsale, an online project that explored our relationship to the objects around us, their role in the concept of identity, as well as the emerging commercial systems of the Internet... (more)

INSIDETHEDRAGONSDEN.COM

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