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kirstendirksen

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November 4, 2009 (16y ago)
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I used to be a tv producer in New York for US networks like MTV, Sundance Channel, Discovery and Oxygen. I've since moved to Barcelona, Spain where I live with my Spanish husband and two young girls.

We have a website- faircompanies.com - that we both work on. I do a bit of freelance television/video production work. And now I'm working on the early rounds of making a documentary on happiness.

  1. Remote food grow: FarmBot and NASA hands-on robotics [video] (youtube.com)
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  2. Homemade Spaceship: a handbuilt tiny American Dream house (VIDEO) (faircompanies.com)
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  3. Lego-style apartment transforms into infinite spaces (faircompanies.com)
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  4. This Woman Lives in a 90-Square Foot Apartment in Manhattan (VIDEO) (tv.gawker.com)
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  5. $1000 kit solar house for world's poor by Idealab's Bill Gross (faircompanies.com)
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  6. When all you own fits in a boat... a liveaboard's secret to happiness (VIDEO) (youtube.com)
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  7. House in a suitcase: all contents of house pack into 2 trunks (VIDEO) (faircompanies.com)
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  8. Matt Dieckmann (1981-2010): EVs (cycles) will be faster than gas-powered (video) (youtube.com)
    3 points 1
  9. MakerBot and the rise of libertarian tech (VIDEO) (faircompanies.com)
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  10. Crowdsourcing tiny home design (a 420-sq-ft Soho pad) (faircompanies.com)
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  11. TreeHugger.com founder Graham Hill on LifeEdited (video) (faircompanies.com)
    2 points 0
  12. A river, Heraclitus and the meaning of life (video) (youtube.com)
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  13. Gandhi, Malcolm X, DIY, open source & happiness (video) (faircompanies.com)
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  14. A frugal wardrobe: think, then shop (video) (faircompanies.com)
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  15. A HN couple responds to What Makes You Happy? (Video) (youtube.com)
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  16. Ask HN: What makes you happy? What is your American Dream?

    I am working on a documentary on the "new" pursuit of happiness. The "old" pursuit of happiness and the American Dream seem to have gotten tangled in money and possessions, but there seems to be some movement toward a…

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  17. Call for submissions for open source documentary on "new" pursuit of happiness (faircompanies.com)
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  18. Design to save the world: less materials, more service (faircompanies.com)
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  19. Passive solar glass home: watching the sun move (faircompanies.com)
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