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Stovetop Espresso/Functional Solutions/❣️
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Stovetop Espresso I’ve owned a few different stovetop espresso makers, and my favorite is the Milano 6-cup from Grosche. I especially like...
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Forclaz Extend Hiking Transport Bag
After a lifelong search, I have found the perfect bag — a sturdy waterproof zipped duffel which is also a real and serviceable backpack. Adjustable 40 – 60 liter capacity. Great as carry-on or...
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Uni Posca 0.7mm White Marker
For permanent markers, Sharpies are a beloved and widespread choice. For non-permanent markers, the Uni Posca line is my go-to choice. They are water-based, non-toxic, dilutable (they do smudge if not...
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What’s in my bag? — Ariel Waldman
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Ariel Waldman is the chair of the council for NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program. As PI, she led an expedition to Antarctica...
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Tiger Ritza Wax Thread For Hand Sewing
I sometimes dabble a bit in leatherworking, making notebooks, accessories, sheathes, or just fixing things like torn tarp corners by reinforcing them with leather. As I don‘t do it professionally I do...
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Charles Platt, Author
Our guest this week is Charles Platt. Charles used to write science fiction, was a senior editor for Wired magazine, and is the author of several books about electronics, one of them an Amazon...
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Build an audience/Mochi squishies/Nemo’s Dreamscapes
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Building an audience Most overnight successes take at least 5 years. As Dave Perell notes in his newsletter Monday Musings, “[Marques Brownlee]...
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5 Must-Have Soldering Upgrades
Tools: Engineer SS-02 Solder Sucker Also see our separate video for a closer look at the Engineer SS-02. Hakko Wire Tip Cleaner Solder Spool (Adafruit link to Helen’s specific model) PanaVise Jr....
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Pocket-to-Kindle
Whenever I come across a great-looking article it is often extremely tempting to put everything on hold to read it. Yet that is rarely a good idea especially with longer-form stories that can eat up a...
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What’s in my desk? — Lisandro Gaertner
I write, design games, draw and help people manage their knowledge and learn collaboratively. — Lisandro This is a floating desk. I set it up in the morning to work, and fold it when I am done to...
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Used Cardboard Boxes Ordered Online
Prior to a recent apartment move our movers suggested this service for discount moving boxes, and I’m glad they did. This company purchases box stock in bulk from commercial businesses and resells them...
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More on 1-2-3 Blocks
For the next reader-contributed content, I want to talk to you all about DIY storage tech – storage systems made from milk jug bins, detergent boxes, jelly jar racks, etc. Anything either made from...
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Silberschnitt 2000 Glass Cutter
At work, we occasionally have to cut a bunch of optical mirrors or anti-reflex-coated float glass to precise measurements. It‘s a fairly thin glass substrate, too, being about a millimeter thick, and...
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Alberta Chu, Founder of ASKlabs
Our guest this week is Alberta Chu, Founder of the boutique digital content production company ASKlabs in Boston MA. Alberta is a cultural producer, independent curator, digital content creator, and...
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Rules of “No”/Hidden in Plain Sight/Vtubers
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. The rules of “No” In his newsletter James Altucher reveals how he decides to say yes or no to opportunities. Here’s what he wrote: Two out of...
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Pre-Threaded Sewing Kit
Periodically you or someone else will rip a seam or have a dangling button, etc. Fixing a seam with an office stapler in an emergency is a really inferior solution. Keep a pre-threaded sewing kit in...
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Blue Snowball USB Microphone
Years ago my headset broke. Being in need of a new USB microphone but not wanting to spend too much I looked around local classified ads and stumbled over a pretty good deal for a used Blue Snowball. I...
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What’s in my desk? — Aaron Pressman
I am a senior writer at Fortune magazine based in Boston. I’ve been a business journalist for a few decades at outlets large and small, some still around and some long gone. — Aaron Pressman About...
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Jonard Electrician Scissors
When I used to work on cabling (fiber optic and copper) in the field, I found the most frequent tool I reached for was my electrician’s scissors. Over the years, there have been a few “improved”...
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Better Shutter Button
Every issue, I get many email from readers telling me how much they love this newsletter and look forward it to each week. But, my subscriber base is growing glacially. If you’re a fan, please spread...
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