Helpful Links

Blogs, magazines, and other websites still worth reading in November and December 2023: section added 11/30/23 because lately the Internet has been sucking and there is just so much crap out there

• PC Mag Surprisingly, still professional and informative. For years I kept referring back to this site's reviews thinking perhaps it was just a fluke that a good writer happened to be covering a review of the technology I was looking at that day. Apparently not.
• The Woks Of Life Still delivers. Recipes, farm memoirs, you name it.
• Man Made DIY 12/10/23 Amazing site. Here's what drew my attention: Tiny Home Kits article, first one mentioned was $10k or so plus tax, foundation costs, and other installation costs. That's roughly the price of a trailer home some ten years ago.

Exercise stuff, added 11/26/23

• Blogilates, a Pilates blog made by Cassey Ho

Assorted Lifehacks, added 4/29/23

• The Gracious Wife 5/14/23 Caught my attention with How To Help Your Garden Survive A Drought article. Lots of information you can't find anywhere else; and it seems that the author came up with it on her own.
• The Krazy Coupon Lady Tips At Home
• One Crazy House
• I Save A 2 Z
• Home Stories A to Z
• The Make Your Own Zone

Camping and survival skills

• The Boat Galley, added 2/11/24, contains interesting boat life stuff such as how to store eggs without refrigeration
• Miscellaneous survival skills Instructable collection
• REI Expert Advice Section

Off-grid

• Off Grid Instructable collection

Gardening

• Houseplant Growing and Propagating Guides
• Gardening Instructable collection

Food-related

• Bless This Mess Please
• Recipe Instructable collection; advanced
• Healthy foods Instructable collection
• Recipe Instructable collection; beginner
• The Lazy Dish Added 7/18/24. You will probably be pleasantly surprised
• Oh How Civilized Added 7/18/24. Instructions for how to make really good tea and accompaniments made easy for the beginner

Eco-friendly

• Humongous list of eco-friendly tips and resources
• Reuse Instructable collection
• Eco friendly and realistic Instructable collection
• Apartment Therapy's Green Living article archives

DIY

• Sunset Magazine This has been around for quite a while and is surprisingly still great. Martha Stewart eat your heart out. Added 5/14/24
• Home Dzine Added 12/3/22
• Martha Stewart
• One Good Thing By Jillee
• Instructables
• Catch-all DIY Instructable collection
• Huge, huge, HUGE DIY Instructable collection
• 4 Sons R US. Interesting recipes and DIYs
• The Craftster Forums
• Thrifty Fun Forums
• Tip Junkie; like those crappy lifehack websites, but on steroids
• The SomethingAwful DIY Forums
• DIY N Crafts; mostly for upcycling
• Recipes for household and shop chemicals
• Make your own backpacking gear
• Random

1/23/23 Plumbing

• Plumbing Forum PLBG dot com. Is strictly a plumbing forum.

Education

• Instructables Free Classes
• Crazy futuristic projects Instructable collection
• My Instructable profile
• MIT OpenCourseware
• Yale OpenCourseware
• Internet Archive This is the only online library that includes recently published books. It also SUCKS.

Health-related

• Home remedies Instructable collection

Money-related and Financial Literacy

• Frugality Instructable collection
• The Balance
• Investopedia

Cleaning

• Mommypotamus DIY eco-friendly cleaning recipes
• Apartment Therapy's Cleaning article archives

Woodworking and remodeling

• Woodworking by Ana White
• Homemaking projects and tips

Handyman work

• Dad, How Do I? Youtube Channel
• Family Handyman
• Pretty Handy Girl Handyman Tutorials
• Shine Your Light Blog Home Design, Landscaping and Renovation

Beauty

• Lisa Bronner's Blog
• Humblebee and me
• Haircare tips
• Reddit's Skincare Subreddit
• Reddit's Beauty Subreddit

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