Whole Earth, Winter 2000

“This issue has been filled from books and tools around his home — ‘discovered’ by taking a moment and perusing the household shelves; maybe poking around in closets and drawers, and saying ‘these excite me at this moment of life.’ The items are idiosyncratic; not an attempt at a comprehensive selection as might appear in a Whole Earth Catalog.”

Published: Winter 2000
Collection: Whole Earth Magazine
Links: Internet Archive, Download PDF

Sections:

Tools Are Revolution4
Books and Resources77
Backmatter85

Whole Earth, Winter 2000

TOOLS ARE REVOLUTION
1. 1. Tools Are the Revolution by Kevin Kelly
    4
  2. How to Design a 10,000-Year Clock by Danny Hillis
    6
  3. The Rosetta Disk by Kevin Kelly
    10
2. PLACES
  1. ExactSet Travel Clock
    12
  2. Analog Atomic Wall Clock
    12
  3. IWC Fliegerchronograph
    12
  4. Watch
    12
  5. Correlated History of Earth
    12
  6. Histomap of World History
    13
  7. Chronicle of the World
    13
  8. Atlas of the Year 1000
    14
  9. The Year 1000
    14
  10. World War II The Lost Color Archives
    15
  11. The Victorian Internet
    15
  12. Rush to Riches
    15
  13. Sky Atlas 2000.0
    16
  14. Magnificent Universe
    16
  15. The Universe Map
    17
  16. Earth From Above
    17
  17. The Times Atlas of the World
    18
  18. Ethnologue
    18
  19. Baraka
    19
  20. Mercator’s World
    19
  21. Breath by Breath
    19
3. WHOLE SYSTEMS
  1. Skulls and Bones
    20
  2. Make Your Own Dinosaur Out of Chicken Bones
    20
  3. The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide
    21
  4. Trailmaster Trail Monitor
    21
  5. Garmin GPS
    22
  6. Thommen Altimeter
    22
  7. Brunton Classic Compass
    22
  8. Kestrel 3000 Pocket Weather Meter
    22
  9. Danner Boots
    23
  10. Skillers Duckweave Pants
    23
  11. Mephisto Shoes
    23
  12. Nike Air Mocs
    23
  13. Ridge Rest Sleeping Pad
    24
  14. Tilley Hat
    24
  15. CamelBak Hydration Systems
    24
  16. Otterbox
    24
  17. Princeton Tec Matrix LED Headlamp
    24
  18. SEAL Pup Knife
    25
  19. Swiss Army Champ Knife
    25
  20. Boye Knives
    25
  21. Sharpmaker
    25
4. NOMADICS
  1. Rick Steves’ Europe Through the Back Door
    26
  2. Leica Trinovid Binoculars
    27
  3. Travelpro Rollaboards
    27
  4. World Heritage Sites
    27
  5. The Secret Museum of Mankind
    27
  6. Sadhus
    28
  7. African Ceremonies
    29
  8. Passages
    29
  9. Fantasy Worlds
    30
  10. Rough Guide World Music
    30
  11. The Alan Lomax Collection
    31
  12. Jean Shepherd
    31
  13. Listen to This!
    31
  14. Books on Tape (Again)
    32
  15. Bose Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headset
    33
  16. BlackBerry
    33
  17. Good Cheap Almost New Cars
    33
  18. Honda EU Series Generators
    33
  19. TalkAbouts
    33
5. SHELTER AND LIVELIHOOD
  1. Home Comforts
    34
  2. Smarthome.com
    34
  3. The Gardener’s Guide to Growing
    35
  4. Temperate Bamboos
    35
  5. Building Bamboo Fences
    35
  6. Self Reliance Journal
    36
  7. Handmade Houseboats
    36
  8. Making the Best of Basics
    37
  9. Penzeys Spices
    37
  10. Ultimate Fit or Fat
    38
  11. Body for Life
    38
  12. Power Bars
    39
  13. The Merck Manual of Medical Information
    39
  14. Die Broke
    40
  15. Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
    40
  16. The New Yorker Book of Money Cartoons
    40
  17. A Framework for Understanding Poverty
    41
  18. Foreign Affairs
    41
6. TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY
  1. McMaster-Carr Online Catalog
    42
  2. eBay
    42
  3. Pocket Ref
    42
  4. Don Lancaster
    43
  5. Sewing Awl
    43
  6. Hiring Smart
    43
  7. Rembrandts in the Attic
    44
  8. Case Against Patents
    44
  9. High Tech Start Up
    44
  10. The Innovator’s Dilemma
    45
  11. Cruising Home Depot with Jay Baldwin
    46
  12. T-Handle Taper Reamer
    48
  13. Rechargeable NiMh Batteries
    48
  14. Dimensionator Tapeless Tape Measurer
    48
  15. Panasonic Cordless Drill
    48
  16. Telecosm
    49
  17. Crypto
    49
  18. My Tiny Life
    49
  19. Levenger Lap Desk
    50
  20. CapShare Portable E-Copier
    50
  21. Low-temperature Glue Gun
    50
  22. CD Shrink-Wrap Opener
    50
  23. Fiskars Paper Trimmers
    50
  24. Sheaffer Targa Fountain Pen
    50
  25. File Filosophy
    50
  26. Eames Design
    51
  27. The Films of Charles and Ray Eames
    51
7. COMMUNITY
  1. Blogging by Mark Frauenfelder
    52
  2. Really Useful Web Sites
    55
  3. Community Building on the Web
    56
  4. Webconferencing
    56
  5. Guerilla Wireless
    56
8. MEDIA
  1. The Tipping Point
    57
  2. The Self-Made Tapestry
    57
  3. True Films
    58
  4. Kevin Kelly & Richard Kadrey
    58
  5. Netflix
    60
  6. Cheap Home Theater
    61
  7. B&W Magazine
    61
  8. Chased by the Light
    62
  9. Art Byte
    62
  10. Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
    63
  11. Wacom Tablet
    63
  12. Digital Photography Kit
    64
  13. Shoebox Holography
    64
  14. Olympus Stylus Zoom 140
    64
9. LEARNING
  1. The Ultimate Visual Dictionary
    65
  2. Open Here
    65
  3. Crystal Set Projects
    66
  4. Live Wire
    66
  5. The Way Things Go
    67
  6. Silly Putty
    67
  7. Zome System
    67
  8. Kid Pix
    67
  9. The Universal History of Numbers
    68
  10. Mathematics
    69
  11. The Complete Home Learning Source Book
    69
  12. Great Courses on Tape
    69
  13. You're Too Kind
    69
  14. Serious Play
    70
  15. All-Star Games
    70
  16. Robo sapiens
    71
  17. Nonzero
    71
  18. Finite and Infinite Games
    71
1. 1. Thinking With Your Hands by Maya Lin
    72
  2. A Letter from Bangladesh, December 2050
    83
BOOKS AND RESOURCES
1. 1. The Paper Propeller
    77
  2. The New Complete Guide to Vibrators
    78
  3. The Technology of Orgasm
    78
  4. President Barbie 2000
    78
  5. Organizing from the Inside Out
    79
  6. Sorehand
    79
  7. Repetitive Strain Injury
    79
  8. Dragonflies and Butterflies through Binoculars
    80
  9. The “Best” Binos
    80
  10. The Chicken Book
    81
  11. Extraordinary Chickens
    81
BACKMATTER
1. 1. Letters
    85
  2. Maniacals
    88
  3. Gossip
    90
  4. Updates
    91
  5. Bookbrawl
    91
  6. Readers Service
    95

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