If you like the idea of simple or ultralight camping, or want to know how to McGyver yourself a lot of useful kit using stuff you can probably find as cast off materials you should check out this site: http://minibulldesign.com/

Lots of great video, fairly inexpensive kit, and some neat ideas to get you thinking.

He has a bunch of videos on YouTube as well (e.g. search for "hasty hooch").

Enjoy.