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Introduction	I'm the kind of person who rakes his leaves because he hates to hear the leaf blower; the kind of person who goes out to the garage and builds a "get-by" because I hate to spend money on stuff that's not going to do exactly what I want; the kind of person who wants to know how things work; the kind of person who believes that we're basically and fundamentally overly-reliant on technology; and the kind of person that believes in the need to reduce our fossil fuel consumption. I'm starting the empoweredtools website to talk about tools - old tools, new tools, maybe even imaginary tools - that rely on human power and that put ingenuity in the place of a plug. I hope that you will see something here which will either aid you in your daily life, or inspire you to create and share some of your own solutions. Thanks for coming by.

Introduction

I'm the kind of person who rakes his leaves because he hates to hear the leaf blower; the kind of person who goes out to the garage and builds a "get-by" because I hate to spend money on stuff that's not going to do exactly what I want; the kind of person who wants to know how things work; the kind of person who believes that we're basically and fundamentally overly-reliant on technology; and the kind of person that believes in the need to reduce our fossil fuel consumption. I'm starting the empoweredtools website to talk about tools - old tools, new tools, maybe even imaginary tools - that rely on human power and that put ingenuity in the place of a plug. I hope that you will see something here which will either aid you in your daily life, or inspire you to create and share some of your own solutions. Thanks for coming by.