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Issue 36

The Re-Fashion Issue

Month: September, 2006

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Napalicious Salad

In the never-ending quest to eat healthier without dying of lettuce boredom, this Asian salad is my latest obsession.

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Mia : DIY Projects, Reinventing X
September 11th, 2006

If you ever do any sort of digital design, you probably spend a great deal of time working out a pallet of colors. And with a lot of hunting and pecking you decide on a few colors, or (gulp!) your client does. The problem is that you often need to determine variations in between to make sure that, oh, your client’s orange and the purple can play well together. Sound familiar?

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Kevin : Tools, Ideas We Wish We'd Thought Of
September 10th, 2006

Back To School

Whether it be high school, university, film school or art college, everyone hates those dreaded words “back to school”. So here are a few projects to help you along and hopefully make the experience a little more enjoyable.

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Cat : DIY Projects, Tools, Ideas We Wish We'd Thought Of
September 8th, 2006

Sliding Door Maintenance

If you’ve put up with a sliding door that sticks, is bumpy, or just won’t roll properly, there are steps you can take to get it back on track (literally).

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Timothy : DIY Projects
September 7th, 2006

Making It, and Making It Last

Late summer is my favorite time of year, the slow inevitable decent into the painful depths of winter aside. There is so much bounty about, whether it is from one of my little urban gardens or cheap n’ fresh at my local organic farmer’s market.

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Gayla : DIY Projects, Raw Materials, Sustainable living
September 6th, 2006

Bird’s Eye View

The HGTV Room Planner is quite the handy tool. I’m generally not a fan of applications like this - so many fiddly bits to learn - but I was pleasantly surprised with how intuative this one is, and consequently how useful.