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Baller ToDo/Artificial trees/Portable back support
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Visualize your to-do list The “Urgent-Important” decision making matrix seems to be trending real hard (according to all the productivity posts...
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Cheap Dremel Clone
I’ve been using this Wen rotary tool for a few months and I’m really happy with it. It’s much cheaper than a Dremel tool and accepts Dremel bits, which I already have in abundance. If you don’t have...
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What’s in my bag? — George Mokray
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. George Mokray is a lifelong independent scholar. For over a decade, he’s published a free weekly listing of Energy (and Other) Events...
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Over-the-Door Organizer
Living in a small mobile home taught me: when you run out of space, think vertical. These over-the-door multi-pockets are generally called “shoe organizers”; but though I have seven of them around the...
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White Goose Down Pillow
Why would I spend $130 on a pillow? Because this is the best pillow I have ever slept on, and the last pillow I will ever buy. I have tried a lot of pillows over the years, but none of them were quite...
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Kurt Kohlstedt, 99% Invisible
Our guest this week is Kurt Kohlstedt. Kurt writes and talks about design and cities at the popular podcast 99% Invisible. He has been covering design, art and urbanism professionally across various...
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Recomendo, Expanded
We’ve gathered 1,000 of our best recommendations featured from our free newsletter, Recomendo and arranged them into a 217-page book. Each recomendo is a brief rave about a cool tool, great thing to...
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2020 Happy List — Mark
Instead of a gift guide this year, we’ve written lists of things that made us happy in 2020. Here’s my list. Kevin and Claudia’s will follow. I started using an ice cream maker I hadn’t touched for at...
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Mathematical art/Gmail snooze options/Brainstorming tool
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Mathematical art I have a soft spot for curiosities — unusual artifacts, either born or made. In fact, I have a whole wall of them in my...
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Best Lockdown Coffee Maker
Tool: GROSCHE Charcoal Milano Stovetop Espresso Maker, 6 cup Also mentioned, the classic Bialetti 6 Cup Moka Stovetop Espresso Maker Transcript
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Rain-X
If you ever drive your car during rain and you haven’t discovered Rain-X, you are probably driving far less safely than you could. Rain-X is an exterior window (windshield, mirror, rear-window)...
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What’s in my bag? — Editor Favorites
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. As the Editor of What’s in my Bag? I get to check out all the cool things people carry around. For this issue, I’ve chosen my favorite...
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Cuisipro 3-in-1 Funnel Set
Many years ago I bought the Cuisipro 3-in-1 Funnel Set. The set has four pieces: There is a tiny red funnel, a medium-sized gray funnel, and a large red funnel. The pieces all screw together so you can...
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Cheap Fluke Digital Multimeter
Cheap Fluke Digital Multimeter The 101 of reliable DMMs In this video, Adam Savage looks at digital multimeters (DMM). He talks about high-end models, like the Fluke 77, and a cheap starter Fluke, the...
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Colin Marshall, Essayist
Our guest this week is Colin Marshall. Colin previously hosted the podcasts The Marketplace of Ideas and Notebook on Cities and Culture. Now living in Seoul, he writes for publications like Boing...
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2020 Happy List — Kevin
Rode Wireless Go Recording great sound is the key to making good video. I get pleasure in the total plug-n-play goodness of a Rode Wireless Go. This pair of tiny devices allows me to record myself or...
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Recomendo: Expanded/Mark’s Happy List/Impeccable IP
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Recomendos, organized Good news. We’ve rounded up the best recomendos from the past four years of this newsletter and have organized 1,000 of...
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RiteHite Clamps
Tools (Recommended): Bessey 375L RiteHite Self-Positioning Hold Down Clamp – 3/8″ stud Bessey 376S RiteHite Self-Positioning Hold Down Clamp – 3/8″ stud, long reach Bessey 501S RiteHite...
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The Complete Joy of Homebrewing
There is not a better introduction to the universe of homebrewing than The Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charles Papazian. It covers history, equipment, ingredients, chemistry, beer styles, and...
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The Bread Baker’s Apprentice
New to bread-making, I’ve been looking for a great guide. I found and fell in love with Peter Reinhart’s book. It has beautiful photographs, and has motivated me to experiment. I’m now one-third of the...
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