A life made by hand

In 2003, my pal Mark Frauenfelder (one of the impresarios behind Boing Boing) and his wife Carla Sinclair — two young parents suffering from dot-com bubble burnout — distilled their frustration into a brief manifesto. They made a vow:

To take more control of our lives;
To cut through the absurd chaos of modern life and find a path that was simple, direct, and clear;
To forge a deeper connection and a more rewarding sense of involvement with the world around us.

With these aspirations buzzing ...