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    The Right Tools for the Job – II

    Friday, November 16th, 2007

    I was in Pentecost island last week, visiting some members of my extended family in Lalwari, a village located almost in the clouds in the island’s mountainous spine. The village is only accessible by footpath, meaning that day-to-day life is almost entirely without automation of any kind.
    Half an hour’s walk down a muddy mountain trail [...]