YouTube description: View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-really-happened-to-the-library-of-alexandria-elizabeth-cox 2,300 years ago, the rulers of Alexandria set out to fulfill a very... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 823 views • 4:53

YouTube description: The fade out is underrated. It should come back. The fade out in music is one of those necessary tools in a record producers arsenal. But if you listen to today's hits it's much... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 492 views • 7:42

Published on May 21, 2017 After four years of living off the grid we've gathered some wisdom we'd like to share with you. Please enjoy...ten MORE things we wish we'd known before we went off grid. ... continue reading

posted by Buck 4 years 9 months ago • 1,845 views • 10:28

YouTube description: It was fall of 1918. The Allied military’s tactical movements were jeopardized by the German military’s superior espionage capabilities. Not only were the Germans tapping Allied... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 weeks ago • 186 views • 1:58

I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years 3 weeks ago • 1,213 views • 8:51

In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 3 months ago • 98 views • 6:27

I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don’t know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 3 weeks ago • 634 views • 4:48

YouTube description: How to get into a dingy if you over 50"It works" (via digg)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month ago • 1,727 views • 51 secs

YouTube description: There is extreme fishing and then is going to such extremes that you have a rod and a worm-like lure fused to your face. Quite frankly it's the type of commitment we admire. Meet... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 267 views • 6:32

Please excuse any mistakes in the translation. Neither of the languages is my native one. :) "In China you don't have letters when writing. Instead you use characters, and each character is a word.... continue reading

posted by WaterDweller 8 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 172 views • 2:00