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Pentium 4's are still very serviceable if you use Ubuntu. To really make it nice, a gig of ram is a good thing. I've taken several P4s that people were throwing out over the past few years, and resurrected them with a dab of memory and an Ubuntu install.

I'm a big fan of tech, but there are times when using analog (in this case, a paper map) is better than digital.

I dunno timgray was entirely serious, and it didn't sound too different!

I agree. Linux makes older computers new again! You load on a user-friendly distro and hand them down to your kids, a starving college student, grandma, or even keep it yourself.

Wow. I'm really hoping that this is a joke.

I have to laugh at this. When my son was little, a friend kept asking me: "Why won't your son do ___? Why don't you just make him do it? My son (same age) has learned to be entirely compliant already!" Five years later, I ran into her again, and she apologized. She said, "I used to be so hard on you, and after having…

Grain based items can heat up a bin. If the bin gets too hot, it can kill the worms.

You don't need many to start out. You can even take some plain dirt (you can add shredded paper, sawdust, leaves or other fancy fillers, such as peat moss, but dirt is easy to find for a beginner) and fill a 5 gallon bucket about 3 inches deep. Throw in a handful of corn meal and mix it up. Dampen the bedding until…

They're writing about what they use. If they don't use WebOS or Symbian, they won't write about it. I think @hoodiot made a good suggestion. Write an article yourself and submit it. I'm sure that if it's well written, they'll be happy to publish it.

I think this is a pretty good idea. I've helped lots of people with their computers, but if they keep doing reckless things and keep calling me for help, eventually, I stop coming. Two people in the past specifically come to mind. I reinstalled their systems, got it back running, and within weeks they were trashed…

Good for you! Our garbage output dropped about 50%, too.

Actually, no. Worms will eat pretty much anything that isn't too salty (potato chips) or acid (vinegar). The reason why most people don't put dairy or meat in their bins is that it attracts feral animals. They can process fatty things in moderation, citrus in smaller amounts.

I started out with only 200 worms.

LOLOLOL!

Pretty good idea!

When you feed the worms, it will seem like the level of contents of the bin gets pretty full. After the worms have been at it for a while, everything will collapse and the level will drop. It will seem as if you never put anything in at all. You'll keep doing this and it will be like there's 'no bottom' and that it…

Actually, you have fewer problems with wandering worms when the lid is off. Worms hate dry conditions, and they hate light. Dry and light are literally worm killers. Leave the lid off in a lighted area, and they'll certainly stay put.

How you harvest depends on what kind of system you're using. Let's say you're using a Rubbermaid bin system as mentioned in the original article. You'll take a 3rd Rubbermaid bin, put holes in it like the 2nd bin, and put some dampened bedding and food scraps, and then set this in the 2nd bin, with the bottom touching…

It won't. If you do an indoor bin, you'll bury any inputs in the bedding, and the worms will take care of the rest. I have a worm pile right next to my front door (outside), and no one knows it's even there. The way the house is set up, if there was a smell, you'd know it right away when you knocked on the door.