CULTURE BUZZ: As the availability of urban apartment space continues to decline, a whole new style of library has begun popping up around the country. They’re tool libraries, and for just a few dollars a month members get access to a garage full of tools and community resources to help perform simple home maintenance and repair. In Philly, annual membership is only $20 a year and gets you access to cool tools like squirrel traps, lawn mowers, and chainsaws.

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1. The West Philly Tool Library
2. Community-Building Tool Libraries
3. Industrial Tinkering Place
4. Public Libraries for Tools
5. Tool Libraries: The Sharpest Tack in the Shed
6. West Philly Tool List
7. Building Dreams (Affordably)
8. Berkely’s Tool Lending Library
9. List of Tool Lending Libraries

The Library of Congress produces a braille version of the girlie magazine. I guess the blind are the only people who actually do read Playboy for the articles.

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1. Related: Porn For The Blind

STYLE BUZZ: A volunteer run organization in Australia loans out clothing to unemployed people for crucial job interviews. There’s not much buzz on these yet, but we’d love to see someone take the idea and run with it. It almost seems like something we can’t believe doesn’t exist in America yet.

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The Best Links:

1. US-based Nonprofit: Dress for Success
2. Treehugger Touts the Reusability Factor of Clothing Libraries in Australia and England
3. Great Idea for Moms Growing Out of Their Maternity Clothes
4. Clothing Library Keeps 1500 Outfits on Hand for Homeless People with Job Interviews