Word: do-it-yourself
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...biggest problems with home photo printers is that the results have too much of a sketchy, do-it-yourself quality. Now, printing digital pictures at home just got more appealing, thanks to two new compact photo printers, from Olympus and Sony. Both hook up directly to a digital camera, eliminating the fuss of connecting to a PC. They use a printing process called dye sublimation, which heats the ink and vaporizes it into the photo paper. The result: glossy, 4-in.-by-6-in. prints that are virtually indistinguishable from the ones you get from a professional photo lab. Even...
...added that in a culture seduced by overly high production values, it is important and encouraging to see such a grassroots, do-it-yourself aesthetic succeed artistically...
...do-it-yourself homemaking from a former Martha Stewart editor. The second test issue (produced by Time Inc.) comes out this week...
...hottest product on South Korea's biggest TV shopping channel is not the latest kimchi fridge or camera phone. It's a do-it-yourself kit for Koreans wanting to emigrate to Canada. More than half of Koreans in their 20s and a third of thirtysomethings say they want out, according to a recent Gallup poll. That might sound strange for a country whose rapid economic development has made it a model for other Asian nations. But it says a lot about the despair of Koreans, who face a sagging economy, a seething nuclear crisis across the border, rancorous local...
NEOPS (short for neopunks) embrace the do-it-yourself ethos of punk as an alternative to mass production. They're the anti-Wal-Mart generation--progressive and experimental, emphasizing imperfection and originality over uniformity. A neop would rather discover a chair in a Dumpster than buy it at Pottery Barn and is likely to opt for handmade or customized clothes instead of off-the-rack. "The handmade thing comes about because independence is an important thing here," says Hively. "There's an undercurrent of rebellion. It's like, 'I don't have to wear a suit to work. Nobody...