Yesterday morning, I put a set of folding shelves, a stainless steel trash can, and a smaller plastic trash can at the end of our driveway with signs that said, "FREE". I went inside to get more stuff to give away.  When I returned 15 minutes later, a woman was hauling the trash cans away on her bike. The shelves were already gone.

Well, I thought I'd wait until November 5th (today), Bank Transfer Day, to actually transfer money from my big bank to Prosper, the leading peer to peer lending marketplace. Turns out it isn't that simple. And seems others are figuring that out too, like my friend Liz McLellan of Hyperlocavore who noted on Shareable's Facebook wall that her bank is closed today.

Where does 3D printing and species protection intersect? Hermit crabs, apparently. Makerbot Industries, who make do-it-yourself 3D printers, launched Project Shellter last Tuesday. Project Shellter intends to leverage the Makerbot community's design talent and network of 5,000 3D printers to design and produce shells for hermit crabs who face a species threatening, man-made housing shortage.

I had a dream of a well-organized multi-family garage sale. Alas, it did not happen. Life intruded, and the sale flopped as a sale but succeeded in unexpected ways.

I planned to follow the advice of Jessica Reeder about how to throw a successful yard sale. However, I disregarded her first bit of advice - start planning early - and that pretty much sealed the sale's fate. Consider this post one where you learn from my mistakes.