If a business has just opened, many materials are often shipped in pallets or crates. Businesses may want to discard of this material quickly and efficiently, so they may be willing to give it away for free on request. Stop by new businesses and talk to a manager. Oftentimes, managers are eager to discard waste to get the store running. The manager may be enthusiastic about unloading unwanted shipping crates on you. However, you may not get the wood you desire in this process. You're limited to the materials used in crates. You may want to ask to see the crates before deciding to take them, as you may dislike the color, texture, or grain. Construction sites and burn sites generate a huge amount of waste. A large amount of wood may be found in dumpsters of these areas. Always ask permission before going through dumpsters. You want to make sure you're legally allowed to salvage wood from such places. One major downside is you have to dig through a dumpster. You'll have to do things like wear gloves for your own safety. Oftentimes, furniture is abandoned on the side of the road. People moving quickly may not have time to bring furniture with them, and simply leave it on the roadside. If you find roadside furniture made of quality wood material, you can salvage the wood for free. If you live near a college town, you could take a drive through the neighborhoods there. Roadside furniture is very common in college towns. One major downside is that you have to breakdown the furniture yourself. This adds labor, and there may be extra costs for materials. If you're part of a woodworking community, people may sometimes have scrap wood they're willing to give away for free. The site Freecycle was actually specifically made to give away wood for free. You will have to be vigilant about monitoring such websites to find wood that meets your needs. On some woodworking forums, people may request a small favor in exchange for wood. If you're willing to put a small amount of labor into the process, you can get wood for more or less free.

Summary: See if new businesses have scrap wood. Look for wood at construction sites and burn sites. Salvage roadside furniture. Go to online woodworking forums.

If you're making the site for yourself, you probably already know the answer to this. If you're making the site for another person, company, or organization, you'll need to find out what they expect from the site and its functionality. Everything you decide here will have an impact on the final website. Does it need a storefront? Do you need user comments? Will users need to create accounts? Is it article-oriented? Image-oriented? All of these questions and more will help inform the design and structure of the site. This can be a drawn-out process, especially for larger companies with lots of people involved in the project. A site map diagram is like a flow chart and shows how users move from one page to the next. You don't even need pages at this point, just a general flow of concepts. You can use a computer program to create a diagram, or sketch it out yourself on a piece of paper. Use the site map diagram to show how you envision the web page hierarchy and connectivity. A popular method for a group is to use a stack of cards to figure out everyone's ideal approach. Take a stack of note cards and write the basic content of a single page on each one. Have your team organize the cards in the way that they deem most useful. This is best for situations when you are collaborating with others to create a site. This is the original low-budget planning method, and allows you to quickly erase or move content and reroute it. Draw the design on pieces of paper and connect them with string, or draw the outline on a whiteboard. Great for brainstorming sessions. This is more geared towards redesigns than new sites. Enter each of your pieces of content or existing pages into a spreadsheet. Make notes as to the purpose of each one and use this list to determine what goes and what stays. This will help cut the fat and simplify the redesign process.

Summary: Determine the site's functionality. Create a site map diagram. Try some card sorting. Use paper and a bulletin board, or a whiteboard. Take a Content Inventory.

Before you travel to Angel Island from Tiburon, you should check the ferry schedule online at the following website: http://angelislandferry.com/schedule/. This ferry does not run year round on weekdays. For example, in January and February the ferry only operates on Saturday and Sunday. The Tiburon ferry terminal is located in the town of Tiburon at 21 Maine street. In order to get to the terminal, you will need to drive or take a taxi. You can get directions by using Google maps or any other GPS technology. Tickets for the Tiburon ferry to Angel Island can only be purchased when boarding the boat. The cost roundtrip is $15.00 for adults, $14.00 for seniors aged 65 and older, $13.00 for children aged 6-12, $5.00 for children aged 3-5, and free for toddlers under the age of 2. This cost also includes your entrance fee to the state park of Angel Island. The Tiburon ferry only accepts money in the form of cash or checks. You can not pay using a credit card. If you are travelling with a bicycle an additional cost of $1.00 will be charged. Board the ferry to Angel Island. The trip should take approximately 12 minutes.

Summary: Check the ferry schedule. Arrive at the Tiburon ferry terminal. Purchase tickets for the ferry. Take the ferry to Angel Island.

You can polish any stone you wish, but there are certain characteristics of a stone that will make it easier to polish. If you want an easy stone to polish, pick a somewhat softer stone like onyx, limestone or calcite. Stones that are very hard will take a much longer time to polish. However, though hard rocks take a long time to sand, they yield more shine than softer rocks. To tell if a stone is soft, scratch it with another rock. If the scratch looks chalky, the stone is soft. Also try to pick a rock with a roundish shape, without major protrusions or indentations. If your rock is dirty, wash it thoroughly with soap and water. Use a scrub brush to remove any stubborn dirt or debris. After you are done washing the rock, pat it dry. If you want your rock to be rounder, use a small hammer or a chisel to chip away at the stone. Put on safety glasses to protect your eyes from chipped off rock, and wear safety gloves if you wish. Chip at any outcroppings or sections that jut out. If you are happy with the shape of your rock, don't worry about shaping it. You can also rub the stone over a slab of concrete to break off any protrusions. 50 grade is the roughest grade of sandpaper, and is great for further shaping your rock. Use the sandpaper on any protrusions or bumps in the rock you want to smooth. If you are happy with the overall shape of the rock, give the rock an even sanding with the 50 grade sandpaper to smooth it evenly. Take the stone and rub it with the 150 grade sandpaper. You may notice that the coarse 50 grade sandpaper left scratches in the rock; go over these scratches with the 150 grade sandpaper to smooth and erase these scratches. Do an overall sanding of the rock with sandpaper in a grade from 300 to 600. Focus particularly on any scratches in the rock. This grade of sandpaper is fine and won't create scratches, but it can correct any scratches left by the sandpaper in other grades. After you are done sanding your rock, polish it using leather and tube polish. Purchase a tube of polish and a sheet of leather from a hardware store if you don't already have them around the house. Then put a couple dabs of polish on the leather and rub the stone against it. This should give the stone a beautiful, lustrous shine. Make sure not to buy colored polish, or it may stain the stone.
Summary: Choose the right rock. Wash the rock. Shape the rock. Rub the stone of rough grade sandpaper. Use fine grade sandpaper to remove scratches. Sand with 300 to 600 grade sandpaper. Rub the stone with a piece of leather with polish.