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Robert Stephens, Founder of The Geek Squad
Our guest this week is Robert Stephens. Robert is the founder of The Geek Squad and former CTO of Best Buy. The Geek Squad turns 25 this year, employing over 24,000 people. A native of Chicago, he now...
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Online figure drawing/Renting tools/Tunefind
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Online figure drawing I live close to the Art Director’s Guild headquarters in Los Angeles, which has weekly evening figure drawing classes....
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Tala Cook’s Measure
My granny bought this Tala Cook’s Measure for me when I first left for university, and I’ve taken it with me everywhere since. I love baking, but proper scales are either too heavy or too delicate for...
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Glorious One-Pot Meals
Elizabeth Yarnell has developed an easy, tasty, and fast method of one-pot cooking she calls “infusion cooking.” More or less, it’s the opposite of slow-cooker cooking. The ingredients are layered in a...
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Slip N Snip Folding Scissors
I carry these little, folding scissors with me everywhere. They are very sharp, and fold and unfold very easily. They are also very powerful considering their size. Best of all they have a very slim...
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Clever Coffee Dripper
I was inspired by the recent review regarding a simple cone/filter combo for making a great cup of coffee. I’m of the same opinion. I’ve tried making single-serving coffee using various methods and...
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Terri Schweitzer, Editor of Better Humans
Our guest this week is Terrie Schweitzer. Terrie is the editor of Better Humans for Coach.me, and on the weekend she’s a professional bubble entertainer with Big Top Bubbles. She loves unconventional...
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Klockit
This is a follow up to Kevin’s post on Recomendo regarding using DST adjusting wall clocks. If you have old clocks with mechanical, electrical, or non-functional movements that either don’t work you...
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Manipulating social media/Aluminum mousepad/Manage conflict
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Social media manipulation explained This well-done 3-part YouTube series by SmarterEveryDay will make you smarter about how/why social media...
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Nifty Kutter
Here is the Nifty Kutter (nee HandiKutter). It is a realization of k.i.s.s. – Keep it simple, stupid. It is an aluminum holder of single edge (or I suppose double edge too) razor blades that with a...
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Avantek White Noise Sound Machine
I was recently given five white noise machines to review, one of which was the Avantek White Noise Sound Machine ($36). I’ve got to say that the Avantek is the one that impressed me the most. My...
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RIDGID Faucet and Sink Installer
I’ve installed, removed and replaced quite a number of sinks in my day. Recently, I set out to replace the leaky faucet on my mother-in-law’s slop sink. The faucet was 22 years old and the plastic...
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Izumi Sweater Shaver
I’ve been using the Izumi electric sweater shaver ($24) for almost two years and have found it to be by far the easiest and most effective way to remove lint from my sweaters and fleeces. It removes...
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Seiko SKX007 Automatic Watch
I have had this wristwatch ($248) for about two years. It self-winds (i.e. automatic), accepts nato straps, looks nice, is waterproof (to 200M as it is a true dive watch), and rugged. I haven’t broken...
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Donald Bell, Maker Update
Our guest this week is Donald Bell. Donald creates tool review videos for Cool Tools. He also hosts a weekly YouTube show called Maker Update, which collects interesting projects, news, tips, and tools...
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Smartphone shortcuts/Laura Olin/Specialty pillows
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Smartphone shortcuts The ever-helpful David Pogue has a fantastic list of smartphone shortcuts I had no idea were possible. They save lots of...
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Pin Locks Enamel Pin Keepers
If you wear enamel pins, particularly pins that have any kind of sentimental value to you, I highly recommend a set of pin locks. ($6 for 12) I picked up a set of ten pin locks similar to these at...
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Pizza Stand
I’ll bet almost everyone’s “used” one of these wire stands ($8) at a pizza joint. Nothing amazing there. Of that “almost everyone,” how many have also been jammed up on a family table during a holiday...
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Loosen Plier Joints with Valve Grinding Compound
I don’t know how good pliers are made (rivet joints and box joints) so that they don’t seize up immediately. One extra whack of the big factory hammer seems to me like it’d wreck most efforts to make a...
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Radio Controlled Clock (“Atomic Clock”)
We keep a wall clock in our main morning shower/prep area. The one we’ve been using for years was starting to get a bit unreliable. Time to upgrade? Oh, yeah. La Crosse makes a clock with a radio in it...
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