October 2011
2 posts
Yes, I do make bi-fold wallets!
@thekidisallright - I hope to post more photos during some down time in the hotel this weekend.
September 2011
5 posts
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Your idea sucks, now go do it anyway →
jonathanmoore:
“Newsflash: Your idea probably sucks, and it doesn’t matter because your business will probably turn out to be something completely different.”
Paypal started out as a way to beam money from one Palm Pilot to another, of course after you connected your Palm Pilot to your computer and dialed into the internet. Flickr was born from a photo sharing feature inside a pointless...
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Before: Clean Work Space... After: Books Ready for...
Let the fun begin!
August 2011
1 post
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July 2011
11 posts
The Bookstore Called...
What’s this? More free books? Yes, please! will shoot photos later.
Checkbook Covers Coming Soon!
On this lazy Sunday I have been cleaning and organizing my workroom. So much to do! But, it is gratifying to see all of my tools hanging on the pegboard and new* drapes on the windows. But, I couldn’t stop the drive to do something creative as well. SO… I just completed a new pattern for a checkbook cover using discarded book pages. I hope to show off a completed prototype very...
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“Did you know we have a mailing list? Truth.”
– http://eepurl.com/AwKf
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Kudos to Casey!
We interrupt the posting of AS!P to bring you a shout out to Casey of Pixel Union. Casey, when all others could not, or would not investigate the code errors, you came through and fixed the AS!P blog. Thank you for the great tumblr theme and the above and beyond customer support!
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Digging Through the Rubble...
This afternoon I stopped by my favorite bookstore to say hello. I wasn’t really thinking about picking up the discards available there today, just dropping by because I haven’t in a while. The owner asked if I had time and pulled me outside to dig through the recycling. So, I am out there, hair in my face, sweating, sorting through what is basically garbage to most, but total treasure...
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What?
AS!P came to be from a love of tools (real, big, industrial ones) & creating.. Named for a simple reason — I keep making new things. The new products are not flights of fancy. They’re a way to use every scrap. My grandparents influenced me in two ways — “Waste not, want not” & a love of craft, the love of creating. The notebooks I salvage are from discarded books that I’ve rebound...
How To Make A Book
I am fascinated by this process. As always, it makes me want to go hang in a print house for a week. I have an unnatural attraction to large machinery.
Watching this video makes what I do even more meaningful to me - sure, some call me Book Killer, but to me, it really is about preserving that which is no longer used and making it useful again.
josiahq:
WatchWhat an amazing opportunity! Spread the word and help Charles Clay in any way you can.
Charles Clay has been living in the Alton Park community for over 50 years. About 30 years ago he began recycling and ever since then he has been providing work for people in his neighborhood. The work is pouring in but until he finds a way to expand, he can’t take on more clients. Fortunately there is an...
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June 2011
2 posts
