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Felco 2 (larger) and 6 (smaller) : great garden pruners, made in Switzerland, in Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, close to Neuchâtel. Vitasoy : recommended soy milk, which can be found at Marina. EWG : this is a site that  reviews sunscreens and other cosmetics, giving grades to each product they reviewed, with a focus on safety . Based on this, as a face lotion with SPF, Alex switched from Nivea Men Q10 to  Cetaphil Daily Facial Moisturizer .

Arduino vs. Raspberry PI vs. others Raspberry PI 3 1 GB RAM 1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU Wi-Fi 802.11n $35 ($41.90 on Amazon with Prime) Arduino UNO 32 KB Flash 2 KB RAM 1 KB EEPROM 16 MHz No Wi-Fi (obviously) $24.95 "Compatible" kits much cheaper ($6.33) Tessel 2 32 MB Flash 64 MB RAM 580MHz Mediatek MT7620n 48MHz Atmel SAMD21 coprocessor Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n Node.js indexeddb-js : "A pure javascript stop-gap implementation of the IndexedDB (aka. Indexed Database) API using sqlite3 as a storage engine." AWS lambda ElastiCache RAM of computers in 80s/90s Atari ST: released in 1985, had 512 KB, 1MB, 2 MB, and 4 MB RAM DEC Alpha: Erik thinks he remembers they must have had 64 MB or RAM around 1996/1997?

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Palo Alto considers subsidized housing for families making under $250,000 Delivery services Blue Apron : subscription delivering ingredients for you to cook a meal, about $10/person Good Eggs : organic groceries delivery service

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Thích Nhất Hạnh Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist Lives in Plum Village in the Dordogne region in the south of France Has published more than 100 books, including more than 40 in English