Events, Life, News

Some Dirty Links for Your Weekend

No Comments 08 April 2010

Looking for some reading material? How about a nice lesson on making knitted postcards? Maybe some crafting advice? Whatever your dirty fancy, we’ve got the best of the best all laid out for you here at Dirty Hands NY. Links: The New York Times highlights the trend of taking photos of your food before you [...]

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Ask Us Dirty Questions!

No Comments 08 April 2010

Go check out the Dirty Hands NY Formspring page. You can ask us anything, as long as it’s related to DIY and dirty-handed things. We’ll share all our secrets, we promise. We’ll even post the questions and answers here if they’re really good. (This isn’t for tips. If you have an awesome DIY recommendation for [...]

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If You Build It, They Will Come

Art, Crafts, News, video

If You Build It, They Will Come

No Comments 07 April 2010

File this one under do-it-yourself community action, bridge-making, street-scum-avoidance, or whatever you like. Astorian Jason Eppink saw a river of scum that covered the sidewalk and froze over in the winter coming from the wall of an Amtrak viaduct. Using recycled materials, he constructed a bridge so that walkers could avoid the mess. Astoria Scum [...]

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Love Us? Hate Us? Take the Dirty Survey

1 Comment 24 March 2010

We know you love surveys – especially short ones. So help us out! Take ours. You’re here reading this anyway. And it’ll only take 2.7 minutes. Ready? OK, go! Loading… Thanks! Keep ‘em dirty.

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From This Week’s Editor: We’re Famous(ish)!

No Comments 18 March 2010

In addition to the beautiful New York City weather we’ve been having this week, March has brought DirtyHandsNY some local recognition, and we’d like to share it with you! The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce has written a short blurb about our site’s Ask the Expert section in this month’s newsletter. Joanne Wilson, Gotham Gal blogger, [...]

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Hello New York!

No Comments 08 February 2010

Welcome to Dirty Hands NY! Our site will begin rolling out this coming Friday with stories, pictures, and info about do-it-yourself New Yorkers. Stay tuned!

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