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Wild Fermentation
Yogurt, bread, beer, kimchi, wine, cheese, miso, kraut, and vinegar are among the many foods produced with the aid of microorganisms. Those are living beasties of a type that we ordinarily try to...
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Lacto-Freedom Pills
I’ve suffered from lactose intolerance since I was a kid. I love dairy, but I’d become even less pleasant to be around than normal after consuming it. The per-meal pills never seemed to work well for...
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Tuffcoat Work Gloves
I was left about a dozen pairs of these rubber dipped kevlar gloves ($10/pair) by the former owner of my house. Good thing, too! I’ve removed 4 crabapple trees, buried electrical cable, dug up hundreds...
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Bifocal Safety Glasses
I happened upon these while on vacation in a hardware store (yes, I go to hardware stores while on vacation). These safety glasses ($12) provide great eye protection and the bifocal lens allows me to...
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Sean Michael Ragan, Author and Former Editor of Make
Our guest this week is Sean Michael Ragan. Sean is the author of three books including The Total Inventor’s Manual, which is on sale now at Costco, Sam’s, and all major book retailers. He’s also a...
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TV for cats/Andy Goldsworthy/Autogenic relaxation
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. TV for cats My daughter likes having our cats hang out in her room with her when she does her homework, but when they start to bother her by...
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Adhesive Key Hider Pouch
Locking yourself out of your vehicle is nigh inevitable. Whether your keys are lost, misplaced or dangling tauntingly from the ignition of your locked rig, you’ve got yourself in a pickle. A recent...
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Every Tool’s a Hammer
I enjoyed Every Tool’s a Hammer ($13) for two reasons. First, it provides a fascinating insight into the mind of an accomplished maker. Adam shares, in often very personal ways, his journey through...
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Band-Aid Fabric Tough Strips
I cook all the meals in my household and have worked in a bunch of manual jobs, from welding to construction, so I have a lot of experience with cuts, abrasions, and burns. After much experience and...
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Mushrooming Without Fear
Can you tell the difference between a head of cabbage and a head of lettuce? Then you can safely pick and eat some wild mushrooms. The key is to learn to identify a few easily identifiable delicious...
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Grip6 Belt
I bought belt ($35+) because I wanted a belt that would be exactly the right size. I’d been planning to buy one of the ratcheting belts but I found this doing some last-minute comparisons. It’s super...
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Ziya Tong, Author of The Reality Bubble
Our guest this week is Ziya Tong. Ziya is an award-winning science broadcaster, best known for her work with Discovery’s flagship show, Daily Planet, as well as NOVA ScienceNow and Wired Science on...
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Letterlist/Tascam DR-10L/Flatland
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Subscribe to newsletters with one click I’m frequently on the lookout for new newsletters and I found Letterlist to be a great website to...
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Screw Pliers
The first time I used these screw pliers ($19) I was amazed that I had lived without a pair for so long. These pliers are designed for screw removal in cases of corroded or stripped heads. Regular...
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Wire Cup Brush and Angle Grinder
We’re not the most diligent people when it comes to cleaning the built-up char & yuck out of our very nice grill. It’s too easy to put off and then it sorta gets forgotten. But I recently realized...
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YKK Plastic Belt Buckle and Plastic Belt
As I became fat(ter) finding long enough belts started to become a problem. At first, I used cloth belts with military-style metal buckles but as those buckles wear down the belts and cause them to...
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Backfriend Posture Back Support
The Backfriend ($170) makes any chair into a back support chair: car seats, desk chairs, stadium chairs, convention chairs, bus benches, a roughly chair-shaped tree trunk… if it has a seat and a back,...
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Milwaukee Off-Set Power Screwdriver Head
I have used my offset screwdriver head ($26) for around 15 years and it enables me to get to screws in tight places where you might otherwise only be able to use a stubby screwdriver. I find that the...
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Adam Savage, Tested.com
Our guest this week is Adam Savage. Adam has spent his life gathering skills that allow him to take what’s in his brain and make it real. He’s built everything from ancient Buddhas and futuristic...
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Chinese sci-fi movie/Rechargeable lighter/Quiet rooms
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Chinese sci-fi movie Chinese science fiction has arrived. A recently translated sci-fi trilogy, The Three Body Problem, by Cixin Liu, won the...
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