NATO Alphabet Converter/Huge If True/Framework for letting “it” go
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Easy NATO phonetic alphabet converter After one too many frustrating calls trying to spell out airline confirmation codes (“No, B as in Boy,...
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Durables
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Pontiac Pizazz!/ Aleister & Adolf
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What’s in my NOW? — Steven Finkelstein
I’m a Data Scientist from the Washington, D.C. area who loves writing about data, tech, and finance. I provide a career advisory service for data science professionals. You can find me at...
View ArticleSpain’s 100% Tax/Cheaper Skiing in Europe/Eagle Creek Gear Warrior
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View ArticleLego portraits/Brain rot tips/Glicol
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Lego portraits A cool way to make some unusual art is to render an image in Lego. I used a kit from BrickMe that turned a photo of my wife...
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Vagabonding
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Dragon Was Terrible / Comic Book Fever
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What’s in my NOW? — Leonor M.
Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. I’m a photo editor, producer, and passion-project enthusiast. I was born and raised on the Upper West Side in New York City and now I...
View ArticleAirtags Data Sharing/Currency Declines/2025 Flight Prices
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View ArticleCalling out room dynamics/Teeny phone tripod/Purse hook
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. The art of naming what’s in the room This article on “The Art of Calling Out Room Dynamics” is geared toward high-stakes professional...
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Windshield
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Appetites: A Cookbook / Pride and Joy
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What’s in my NOW? — Kern Kelley
Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. I am a K-12 Technology Teacher who presents globally on student agency and educational technology. My students produce a weekly...
View ArticleRemote New Zealand/$15K Hiking Fee/Southwest Airlines to Europe
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Gar’s Tips & Tools – Issue #194
Gar’s Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales is published by Cool Tools Lab. To receive the newsletter a week early, sign up here. Making Your Own PCBs In this video, part of Becky Stern’s excellent electronics...
View ArticleOversized winter scarf/Shogun/I Don’t Have Spotify
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Oversized winter scarf I sent this UGG oversize sherpa scarf to a friend in the Rocky Mountains, and their enthusiastic response convinced me...
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Bikes Without Cars
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Snow White / Earth and Space
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 DARKLY STYLIZED NOIR SNOW WHITE SET...
View ArticleMonkey Tool/Bali Fake-outs/Digital Nomad Bargains
TSA-friendly Monkey Tool I mentioned the handy and thin Monkey Tool before but that was back in 2022 so I’m bringing it up again. Dozens of trips later, I still haven’t run into any problems with...
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