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What’s in my desk? — Julie Sokolow
Julie Sokolow is the director of the new documentary Barefoot: The Mark Baumer Story. The film profiles an activist who walked barefoot across America to protest climate change. She’s also the director...
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OXO Swivel Peeler
It is hard to imagine how the traditional kitchen peeler could be substantially improved. Remarkably, the OXO Good Grips Peeler accomplishes this. Easier to use, vastly more comfortable for long...
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Heavy duty mic/Spoon carver/Can dispenser
Recomendos: Heavy duty mic Spoon carver Can dispenser Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more Cool Tools reviews
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Easy Fermenter Wide Mouth Mason Jar Lid Kit
Since April 2016 Amazon has been selling this lid-kit. I’ve used it to make hassle-free (no-“burping”) kimchi. Once fermenting is complete, these lids can be reused to make new batches and replaced by...
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Joe Szuecs, Founder of the Maker Music Festival
Our guest this week is Joe Szuecs, the founder of the Maker Music Festival. Joe is also the president of Chimera Arts maker space located in Sonoma County, California. Joe is a software developer,...
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Book Freak #55: How to Design Your Life
Bill Burnett is a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University and currently the Executive Director of the Design Program. Here is advice from his book, Designing Your Life: How to Build a...
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Tiny purchases/Grief Deck/Retractable electric cords
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Tiny purchases that improve life Ask Metafilter asked its users: “What tiny purchases changed your life drastically?” The dozens of answers...
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StylusReach Flexible Flashlight
My brother-in-law, who’s a tool salesman, gave me a StylusReach Flexible Flashlight for Christmas. It’s a natural white super bright LED light on a flexible, shielded cable. The LED has a rated life of...
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Karen Kay Buckley’s “Perfect Scissors”
The perfect set of sewing scissors are, to some degree, a matter of taste — and a matter of the job at hand. In my opinion, for long, straight cuts or gentle curves, nothing beats a rotary cutter (such...
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What’s in my cigar box? — Josh Glenn
Josh Glenn is cofounder of the commercial semiotics agency SEMIOVOX and editor of the website HILOBROW. He is coauthor of the UNBORED family activity guides, SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS, and other books...
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Frying Pan Scraper
This chip of plastic is a pan scraper. It’s one of my favorite kitchen tools. See how the corner radii are different sizes? That’s so you can scrape burnt food from the curved sloping edges of...
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Restoring and Re-Creating an “Intimate Contact” Vise
[Welcome to a surprise (to you and me both) weekend edition, brought to you by a newsletter app hiccup that caused me to lose a bunch of content on Friday.] *** I hope you’re all having a good summer....
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Countersink Drill Bit/Rainbow Maker/Teeny Turner Screwdriver
Recomendos: Countersink Drill Bit Rainbow Maker Teeny Turner Screwdriver Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more Cool Tools reviews
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Kaboost Booster Seat for Dining
As our toddler transitioned from sitting in his high chair to using regular chairs, we were on the lookout for a booster seat for regular home use. Some seats were more appropriate for portable use,...
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Joe Grand, Hardware hacker
Our guest this week is Joe Grand. Also known as Kingpin, Joe is a computer engineer, hardware hacker, teacher, daddy, honorary doctor, TV host, member of legendary hacker group L0pht (pronounced...
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Joe Szuecs, Founder of the Maker Music Festival
Our guest this week is Joe Szuecs, the founder of the Maker Music Festival. Joe is also the president of Chimera Arts maker space located in Sonoma County, California. Joe is a software developer,...
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Joe Grand, Hardware hacker
Our guest this week is Joe Grand. Also known as Kingpin, Joe is a computer engineer, hardware hacker, teacher, daddy, honorary doctor, TV host, member of legendary hacker group L0pht (pronounced...
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Super glue gel/2-way door rule/AllTrails
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Super glue gel Super glue is runny, which can cause it to drip when you apply it to a vertical surface or be absorbed when you apply it to a...
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Paderno Spiral Vegetable Slicer
The Paderno spiral vegetable slicer is made of plastic and it looks like it would snap into pieces as soon as the crank is turned, but don’t let its appearance fool you. This thing has a set of three...
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Easiest Pliers for Looping Wire
Tool: Beadsmith 1-Step Looper Pliers, 3mm Also shown: KNIPEX – Long Nose Pliers, Round Tips Transcript
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