I Tried Making Butter, and It Was A Disaster

by suburban | Aug 20, 2010 | Cooking, Food

Well, I tried mak­ing some home­made but­ter.  And, maybe dis­as­ter was the wrong word… Appar­ent­ly, my biggest mis­take was using heavy cream that was “ultra pas­teur­ized.”  It turned out like flat whipped cream sludge.  It prob­a­bly could... Read more

Get SHTF Weather Alerts Via Email or SMS/Text Message

by suburban | Aug 19, 2010 | Iphone/Smartphone, Preparedness

So, while at a con­fer­ence in NYC yes­ter­day, I met an asset man­age­ment guy that invests in domain names and unique busi­ness mod­els behind them.  One of them was Alerts.com.  Alerts.com is a ser­vice that will alert you to a sit­u­a­tion or issue that... Read more

I Just Finished Dave Canterbury’s Book, “The Pathfinder System, Survivability for the Common Man”

by suburban | Aug 19, 2010 | Books, Bushcraft, Dave Canterbury

Well, I burned right through this book.  I actu­al­ly fin­ished it a week ago, Thurs­day.  It should real­ly be called, Sur­viv­abil­i­ty for the Com­mon ‘Sense’ Man.  Dave takes a no non­sense real com­mon sense approach to the con­cept of ‘what if I... Read more

Fortify Your Winter Camp if You Bug Out

by suburban | Aug 18, 2010 | Bug Out, Survivalism, Weather

So, I thought this was pret­ty cool, and some good advise.  In the event you have to bug out in the win­ter whether you start out on foot, or start out in a vehi­cle and then end up on foot in the win­ter with an ample lev­el of snow on the ground, you may end up... Read more

Just Bought “Build the Perfect Survival Kit” by John D. McCann

by suburban | Aug 17, 2010 | Books

So I just bought the book, “Build the Per­fect Sur­vival Kit” by John D. McCann.  It has been around for a few years, but I fig­ured it was worth the read, and will write a review of it when fin­ished.  I will let you know whether or not this book makes the... Read more