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Victorinox Swiss Army Recruit Knife
The Victorinox Recruit has been my daily carry for several years now, and as any career of a multi-tool will tell you, there are several times a day to utilize these tools. What, I feel, separates the...
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Using Paper Towel and Wood Glue to Seal Up Molds for Casting
Using Paper Towel and Wood Glue to Seal Up Molds for Casting DL, droppin’ the science. I’ve been loving David Lynch’s channel on YouTube, with his daily weather reports and project updates. In this...
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Auto Center Punch
A simple superior tool about the size of a stubby pencil that punches a tiny depression in metal. It’s used to start a hole or mark a point. But unlike standard punches, which you need to hit with a...
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Todd Lappin, Content Designer
Our guest this week is Todd Lappin. Todd is a writer, photographer, occasional journalist, and full-time geek with a particular interest in transportation, infrastructure, and Chinese and Japanese...
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Plan to Eat/Soul/Packable mirror
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Meal planning made easy I’ve been subscribing to Plan to Eat for about a year, and have found it useful for storing recipes and generating...
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Book Freak #51: Lessons for Living in the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in world history. His books include Sapiens: A Brief History of...
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How to Conquer the New York Times Crossword Puzzle
I’m not a full-on puzzle head (yet). This little book has been a confidence booster with my burgeoning Sunday obsession. There are plenty of helpful vocabulary and practice puzzle books out there, but...
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What’s in my bag? — Roy Chi
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Roy Chi is Business Data Analyst for Google’s Hardware Devices division. As a tech professional, he’s constantly in need of being...
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Mini Booklet Stapler
If you like creating little DIY booklets or zines, but have been frustrated by the short arm length in standard staplers that forces you to curl up (or worse, fold) your notebook pages in order to get...
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Hole Center Measuring Attachment
Welcome to the first GTTST of 2021! I’m really looking forward to where we can take the newsletter this year and how I can best serve you. I’d love to hear from you. What would you like to see more of?...
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Billie Ruben, Maker
Our guest this week is Billie Ruben. Billie is a maker of many kinds. She has a background in theatrical costume making, and has helped run some of the largest 3D printing communities around. She likes...
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Page Anchor/Great Courses/The Quarantini
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Elegant bookmark I was coveting this Swedish anchor bookmark ($40) back when it was just a Kickstarter and this year I finally bought one for...
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Mistake-Proofing
Mistakes are NOT inevitable, but the logical consequences of remediable design. As such, it’s so much easier to avoid them than to correct them, especially if each one becomes a link in a chain of...
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Dr. Killigan’s Moth Traps
I didn’t think we had a moth problem. You don’t really notice them, and if you do see one, a flyswatter is a quick solution. I’d been looking at these Dr. Killigan’s Pantry Moth Traps for a while, and...
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Mr. Beams Amber Nightlight
I’ve had these nightlights for four or five years and I love them. I love the soft reflected light. I love that it feels kinda futuristic to walk through a hallway or into a dark bathroom and have them...
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What’s in my bag? — David Picciuto
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. I’m a woodworker, metal worker, musician, artist, photographer and kart racing enthusiast. I document all these hobbies on my YouTube...
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Marking with a Modified Crow’s Foot
Please help me spread the word about this newsletter. Share one of the tips you liked on your social media and then link back to my newsletter’s home page. It’s a huge help. Thanks! Marking with a...
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John Park, Maker at Adafruit
Our guest this week is John Park. John is a professional maker. He builds creative technology projects, tutorials, and videos for Adafruit Industries. John hosted the Emmy-nominated Make: Television...
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Keto bread recipe/Slow TV Map/Ancient coins
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Fluffy low-carb bread Here’s a super-simple recipe for ultra low carb, fluffy bread. I made a 1-minute video that shows how I make it, and...
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