Retro Recomendo: Music
Our subscriber base has grown so much since we first started seven years ago, that most of you have missed all our earliest recommendations. The best of these are still valid and useful, so we’re...
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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 The tools might be outdated or obsolete, and the links to them may or may not work.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 ArticleA Contract with God / How to Survive in the North
Books That Belong On Paper first appeared on the web as Wink Books and was edited by Carla Sinclair. Sign up here to get the issues a week early in your inbox. A CONTRACT WITH GOD — THE REVOLUTIONARY...
View ArticleWhat’s in my NOW? — Felix Bölter
Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. Hi, I’m Felix, 33, married with two kids. By day I’m a Police Officer, by night I write a newsletter and blog about the challenges of...
View ArticleVenice Entrance Fee/Flying With Weed/ATM Fee Differences
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...
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Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Draggable index cards I’ve tried using mind maps and Kanban board tools for brainstorming and organization, but they often become...
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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 The tools might be outdated or obsolete, and the links to them may or may not work.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 ArticleZonzo / Stuck in the Middle
Books That Belong On Paper first appeared on the web as Wink Books and was edited by Carla Sinclair. Sign up here to get the issues a week early in your inbox. ZONZO CONTINUES THE TRADITION OF MOX NOX...
View ArticleWhat’s in my NOW? — Larissa Fernandes
Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. The most consistent and successful thing I have been in my life has been a mother. With my 14-year-old, we respect each other, we have...
View ArticleTravel Keyboard/Baja Ferry/Best U.S. Airlines
Bluetooth Keyboard for Better Posture Most of us with a home office or regular co-working space have a better ergonomic set-up there than when we take our laptop on the road. It’s easy to get slumped...
View ArticleCollage/Silence/Thickest Sharpie
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Explore the world of contemporary collage Collé is a weekly email that explores the world of contemporary collage. Each issue highlights a new...
View ArticleScrewdrivers
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 ArticleFrontiers of Space / Garbage Night
Books That Belong On Paper first appeared on the web as Wink Books and was edited by Carla Sinclair. Sign up here to get the issues a week early in your inbox. PROFESSOR ASTRO CAT TAKES YOUR CHILDREN...
View ArticleWhat’s in my NOW? — Isaac Stephenson
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View ArticleArgentina Cash/Weak Currencies/Cameras in Airbnbs
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 ArticleSecond Brain/Attention/Find Your Books
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Mathematica creator Stephen Wolfram discusses AI Don’t miss this Reason Podcast interview with computer scientist Stephen Wolfram on the...
View ArticleEyewear
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 ArticleI am Jim Henson / The Playful Eye
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View ArticleGar’s Tips & Tools – Issue #178
Gar’s Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales is published by Cool Tools Lab. To receive the newsletter a week early, sign up here. Now Offering Paid Subscriptions I’m now offering paid subscriptions to Gar’s...
View ArticleMichelin-star Taco Stand/Expat Mailbox Rentals/REAL ID Deadline
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...
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