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Cool Tools 2019 Holiday Gift Guide: Claudia’s picks
The editors of Cool Tools have curated a number of gift suggestions selected from our website, newsletters, videos, and podcasts. This week: Claudia’s picks! Sanuk Yoga Slings are made from recycled...
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Sheffield Ultimate Lock Back Utility Knife
I received the Sheffield 12113 Ultimate Lock Back Utility Knife as a gift almost 10 years ago and liked it so much that I bought one for my house and keep one in my car. The checkered handle is...
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Four Favorite Tools
We asked 150 remarkable creators to rave about four of their favorite tools. Their fabulous picks range from small phone apps to industrial-scale machines. It’s the usual diversity of Cool Tools in...
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Book Freak #28: A Guide to Personal Freedom
Book Freak is a weekly newsletter with cognitive tools you can use to improve the quality of your life. Surgeon Don Miguel Ruiz had a near-death experience that caused him to rethink the way he had...
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ClampTite
This clever little tool ($38) forms clamps from stainless steel wire. As a commercial pilot in Alaska, I have used this many times over the years in emergency situations. I often operate in remote...
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My Favorite Multi-Driver
Transcript Tools (Recommended): Picquic 48105 SIXPAC Plus Multi Bit Screwdriver Picquic 88102 Mariner Multi Bit Corrosion Resistant Screwdriver Tools (Other): Wiha 77791 Ultra Driver 26-in-One Multi...
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Komelon Speed Mark Tape
Because of improvements in tape-measure technology, even a cheap fat 25-foot tape can extend in the air without support ten feet or more, can deal with 99% of my needs, and will roll up into a...
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What’s in my bag? — Terrie Schweitzer
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Terrie Schweitzer is the editor of Better Humans for Coach.me, and on the weekend she’s a professional bubble entertainer with Big Top...
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Book Freak #29: How To Be More Productive
Book Freak is a weekly newsletter with cognitive tools you can use to improve the quality of your life. This week, I’m presenting advice from Charles Duhigg’s book, Smarter Faster Better: The...
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Mirado Black Warrior Pencil
The Mirado Black Warrior pencil ($8 for 36 pencils) is made in the USA from high quality materials, available practically everywhere, and, very importantly, cheap (hey, it’s a pencil, after all). The...
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Fiskars Splitting Axe
I recently moved to a small farm on the outskirts of Baltimore. My favorite feature of our new humble abode is the outdoor fire place. However, I have been run ragged keeping up with splitting enough...
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Dan Slaski, Product Designer
Our guest this week is Dan Slaski. Dan is a product designer, Ironman triathlete and blogger of all things digital manufacturing. By day, he tackles crazy engineering problems and puts machines in some...
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Four Favorite Tools/World’s cheapest destinations/Public Wi-Fi troubleshooting
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. 300-page tool recommendation book Kevin and Mark host a weekly podcast called Cool Tools. For more than 5 years now they have invited notable...
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Cool Tools 2019 Holiday Gift Guide: Kevin’s picks
The editors of Cool Tools have curated a number of gift suggestions selected from our website, newsletters, videos, and podcasts. This week: Kevin’s picks! Best belts I use only nylon web belts. They...
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Best Toolkit for Removing Interior Car Panels
Show notes and transcript Tools: Tresalto Auto Trim Removal Tool Kit ARES 70227 Related tools mentioned: Noico 80 mil 36 sqft car sound deadening mat -- Donald Bell[Cool Tools has a YouTube channel...
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What’s in my bag? — Steven Leckart
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Steven Leckart is a writer/director (and former editor of Cool Tools). In 2019, he wrote the two-part documentary “What’s My Name |...
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Favorite Pocket-Size Tools
Here are some of our readers’ favorite pocket-size tools. — MF The Gerber Dime Multi-Tool ($29) has become and item I carry everyday. At times I carry bigger multi-tools, but even then, everyday I...
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Melissa Kirsch, Editor-in-Chief of Lifehacker
Our guest this week is Melissa Kirsch. Melissa is the editor-in-chief of Lifehacker, as well as the author of The Girl’s Guide and the co-host of Lifehacker’s podcast, The Upgrade. Subscribe to the...
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Mark’s gift guide/Beautiful news/Free therapy
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Cool Tools Gift Guide: Mark’s picks Every year the editors of Cool Tools curate a number of gift suggestions selected from our website,...
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Cool Tools 2019 Holiday Gift Guide: Best Gifts for $10 or less
The editors of Cool Tools have curated a number of gift suggestions selected from our website, newsletters, videos, and podcasts. This week: Best Gifts for $10 or less! Kum Long Point Pencil Sharpener...
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