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A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of A Better Life for Half the Price and The World’s Cheapest Destinations. See past editions here, where your like-minded...
View ArticleMarc Payne, IT specialist
Marc Payne is an IT specialist working for the Federal Government. My passion is flipping items via thrift stores, yard sales and retail arbitrage on Ebay and Amazon. You can find Marc on Twitter...
View ArticleViewtainer/Tools: A visual exploration/Eternal Sunset
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Squeeze-top storage The Viewtainer is a cleverly designed storage container made from clear plastic. It lets you easily see the contents,...
View ArticleEveryday Carry
Once a week we’ll send out a page from Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities. The tools might be outdated or obsolete, and the links to them may or may not work. We present these vintage...
View ArticleBook Freak 147: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
Get The Experience Machine Imagine your brain as a master illusionist, constantly weaving the fabric of your reality from the threads of expectation and sensation — this is the premise of The...
View ArticleHard Drive Crashes/Onward Tickets/Immigration Smiles
A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of A Better Life for Half the Price and The World’s Cheapest Destinations. See past editions here, where your like-minded...
View ArticleCasper Kelly, Writer/Director
Casper Kelly is a writer/director of weird TV and movies including the viral short Too Many Cooks and the 2023 horror movie Adult Swim Yule Log. His website is casperkelly.com and he’s on Twitter and...
View ArticleRetro Recomendo: Toys & Games
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Our subscriber base has grown so much since we first started seven years ago, that most of you have missed all our earliest recommendations....
View ArticleSlicers
Once a week we’ll send out a page from Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities. The tools might be outdated or obsolete, and the links to them may or may not work. We present these vintage...
View ArticleGar’s Tips & Tools – Issue #169
Gar’s Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales is published by Cool Tools Lab. To receive the newsletter a week early, sign up here. Hidden Tools Within Tools Leah Bolden has done some eye-opening videos in the...
View ArticleFrench Price Gouging/European Ski Values/Packable Travel Lantern
A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of A Better Life for Half the Price and The World’s Cheapest Destinations. See past editions here, where your like-minded...
View ArticleMike Harris, Legal Assistant
Mike Harris legal assistant, bookworm and amateur photographer who likes the surreal and the silly. Mike writes a newsletter called ThinkTrove, where he wrangles the week’s wonders. TOOLS:0:00 –...
View ArticleElf Gift Wrap Cutter/Better Reddit search/Ultimate guide to EQ
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Wrapping paper aid For wrapping presents, I have found this simple gadget helpful. The Elf Gift Wrap Cutter is a short plastic tube that...
View ArticleCycles
Once a week we’ll send out a page from Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities. The tools might be outdated or obsolete, and the links to them may or may not work. We present these vintage...
View ArticleGar’s Tips & Tools – Issue #170
Gar’s Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales is published by Cool Tools Lab. To receive the newsletter a week early, sign up here. Looking for a Mechanics Tool Set? On the latest Project Farm, Todd looks at...
View ArticleWhat’s in my NOW? — Hannah
Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. I’m a 26-year-old product manager working in the startup sector while slowly progressing through a maths degree. I’m currently on 5...
View ArticleSub-$25 Gifts/Travel Trends/Bad “Where to Go” Advice
A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of A Better Life for Half the Price and The World’s Cheapest Destinations. See past editions here, where your like-minded...
View ArticleCreativity, Inc./Cry Once a Week/Voyager Golden Record
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. The mistakes of Pixar Managing creative people is a whole ‘nother skill than just being creative yourself. The best practices for managing a...
View ArticlePsychedelics
Once a week we’ll send out a page from Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities. The tools might be outdated or obsolete, and the links to them may or may not work. We present these vintage...
View ArticleWhat’s in my NOW? — Jennifer S.
Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. I am an econometrician working in the Pharma industry, finding trends and patterns in the chaos of data. I exercise my creative...
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