I would have loved to be a carpenter. I’ve watched more DIY shows than I could possibly count, and as we’re getting ready to buy a house, I’m really looking forward to building some sweat equity (kitchen, here I come!). This same desire draws me to technology. Watching cool things scale captures my imagination, and I’m completely enamored with the open source mentality. And, the cool part of building things yourself is that you can do it yourself.  Just a couple things that I thought were cool:

This guy turned a chest freezer into a refrigerator, cutting his energy consumption to .1kWH per day.

Yehuda Katz started making all his own food and has gotten healthier for it. His rule: “Only purchase items with a single ingredient in their ingredient list.” Pretty sweet.