Quitting 9-to-5 to build genius off-grid homestead, permitted & loan-free by Kirsten Dirksen on January 11, 2026 Five years ago, Mathieu Munsch walked away from the “normal” script— rent, bills, loans, a 40-hour workweek (35 in France)— …
Normal until it breaks: A modern life with few redundancies by Nicolás Boullosa on January 10, 2026 How car crashes, blackouts, and bureaucratic glitches reveal the fragility of our optimized world—and why resilience now means living with …
Why we still want humans to hesitate: preparation vs. memorization by Nicolás Boullosa on December 30, 2025 In an age of bland scripts—human and machine—we’re oddly hungry for the stumble. The pause, the self-correction, the sentence that …
Got factory ruin. Now builds Nordic prefab homes with industrial precision by Kirsten Dirksen on December 28, 2025 A few months ago, we visited Vipp and met its founder and owner, Jette Egelund, who gave us a full …
Earned $700/month as mayor in Silicon Valley. A backyard cottage became home by Kirsten Dirksen on December 21, 2025 When Susan Landry became mayor of Campbell, California, she took a pay cut — earning about $700 a month to …
Rise of the agentic web: capturing your attention isn’t the point anymore by Nicolás Boullosa on December 18, 2025 The internet is no longer primarily a human attention market: it is becoming a machine substrate, and indie sites are …
Turning stone ruin & underground cistern into convertible home to slow down by Kirsten Dirksen on December 14, 2025 The ancient philosopher Diogenes chose to live in a giant clay pot to strip life down to its essentials. On …
The other Camino trail: teachings from the path beneath the path by Nicolás Boullosa on December 10, 2025 I walked the Camino at 19 with friends, no money, and even less spirituality. But somewhere between the fog and …
Got evicted. Then he turned abandoned homestead into troll wonderland 🧌 by Kirsten Dirksen on December 7, 2025 Troll & trash artist Thomas Dambo has transformed an old farm into a whimsical homestead for his family and the …
When places speak through people: revisiting Sonoma by way of a sculptor by Nicolás Boullosa on December 4, 2025 Sometimes a stranger’s note brings a whole story flooding back: redwoods, copper surfaces, a tea house, sculptures people “use”… Remembering …
