Via boingboing and ThinkGeek -- Some folks have found good use for the metal tins used to store funky, oily sardines. Check out the Survival Kit in a Sardine Can, complete with "emergency medical supplies, nourishment, navigation aids and more."
Dorian Paskowitz left a successful medical practice to take up the nomadic life of a surfer. Oh, and he took his wife and nine children along for the ride. And they all lived in a 24 foot camper. For years.