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How to be a better writer/Best USB-C cables/Unconsenting Media
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. How to be a better writer My friend Gareth Branwyn has been writing books and articles for top-tier publishers for decades. He recently wrote...
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WoofTags
I’ve owned these clip-on dog tags for nearly a decade across two dogs and never had a problem with them. The design prevents the jingle that most standard tags make practically every time your dog...
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Book Freak #19
Tips about how to enjoy the run-up to a planned event, from the book What the Most Successful People Do on the Weekend: A Short Guide to Making the Most of Your Days Off, by Laura Vanderkam. Enjoy the...
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Screw-y Spring-y Terminal Thingies
Transcript Tools: RadioShack® Science Fair-Style Spring Terminals – Pack of 25 How to Use a Breadboard! Handbook How to Use a Breadboard STEM Kit FUZE 840 Socket Breadboard – Black -- Sean Michael Ragan
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Tovolo Silicone Mixing Spoon
Without pontificating about the long history of spoons and new materials like silicone, the combination of the two by Tovolo is remarkable in their mixing spoons ($10). The relatively soft silicone...
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Book Freak #20
In this issue of Book Freak we present tips about how to solve problems, from the book The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird Occasionally go back to the basics...
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Pahlavandle Indian Clubs
Pahlavandles are a pair of handles to convert used soda/water bottles into Indian Clubs. I learned about the handles from a friend who runs a training facility in Dublin; he hosts a club workshop every...
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What’s in my bag? — Glenn Fleishman
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox Glenn Fleishman is a tech journalist and print historian who writes breaking news from the 19th and 21st centuries. His most recent...
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Zip Kicker
When you are working in the special effects industry there’s never enough time. You have to make things — and make them work — right now. One of the secrets of every special effects master is the use...
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E-Z Foldz Step Stool
I have two of these nifty folding stools ($16), one for my garden shed, and one that (mostly) lives in the kitchen. They’ve been kicking around my house for 2-3 years now, and I’m incredibly impressed...
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Jeremy Kirshbaum, Research Affiliate at IFTF
Our guest this week is Jeremy Kirshbaum. Jeremy is a researcher, strategist, and entrepreneur. He splits his time between West Africa, China, and California, where he is from, partnering with people to...
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Future Fonts/Terrain Maps/Gottman Card Decks
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Early Bird Fonts Future Fonts is a website where type designers offer early versions of beautiful typefaces at low prices ($5 and up). Some...
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Coghlan’s 12-in-1 Scissors
I am a long time tent camper who camps on the cheap at primitve camp sites where I haul in my own water and haul out my own waste. I camp with either a 4X4 truck or Subaru Outback. My approach is...
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Book Freak #21
Book Freak is a weekly newsletter with cognitive tools you can use to improve the quality of your life. In this issue of Book Freak we present tips by Fred “Mister” Rogers, from his book, You Are...
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Best Pneumatic Engraver and Vise for Beginners
Tools: Pneumatic Burin Engraver ($200-$5,000) Engraving Block 5-inch Ball Vise ($120) Links mentioned: Steve Lindsay Engraving Tools Shaun Hughes Engraving videos “I’m just beginning with engraving...
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Gardena Mechanical Water Timer
I use these Gardena Mechanical Water Timers ($33) in my yard and have for at least five years. It is a simple mechanical water timer that is a case of analog simplicity. Set it and it simply runs for...
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Tovolo King Cube Ice Tray
I don’t own a fridge with an ice maker, and so for the past few years have been relying on the cheap white ice trays that seem to inhabit everybody’s freezer. They’ve done their job, but never very...
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Book Freak #22
Book Freak is a weekly newsletter with cognitive tools you can use to improve the quality of your life. In this issue we present advice from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s classic book about motivation,...
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What’s in my bag? — Dennis Nishi
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox Dennis Nishi is an Emmy-winning multimedia producer that currently works for public television and radio. He’s also a contributing...
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Tick Key
Though I wish my dog’s tick prevention worked 100% of the time, it just doesn’t. The Tick Key ($7) makes the unpleasant task of removing ticks much easier. I purchased the key shaped tool a year ago...
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