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Best productivity hacks/Better soldering iron/Copper bookmarks
Best productivity hacks Dozens of different methods to increase one’s productivity are explained, compared, and ranked on this 16-minute video, The Best Productivity Hacks. The rankings are immaterial,...
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PlastX Clear Plastic Cleaner and Polish
After my project car sat on jack stands through the winter it took some deep cleaning to bring it back to daily driver duty. The headlights were a little hazed and got coated with redwood sap as well....
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What’s in my desk? — Kevin Kelly
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. What’s on my desk? A lot of gear is piled off to the side of my desktop iMac. 1. Alexa, inside an Echo Dot. I ask Alexa all kinds of...
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$5 Handheld magnifier/Favorite hex keys/Foldable water bottle
Recomendos: 40x Handheld Magnifier Bondhus Balldriver and Hex T-handles (Metric) Bondhus Balldriver and Hex T-handles (Imperial) Vapur Element Flexible Water Bottle Subscribe to our YouTube channel...
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Mobile Plug Inverter
You plug this solid-state inverter into your car’s lighter socket and power whatever 110 volt AC appliance you want, 75 watts max. No need for special DC gadgets. It’s made for recharging cell phones...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Stepper Motors
If you’ve noticed a slight interruption in delivery of this newsletter, I am in the process of moving. For the next few weeks, newsletters will come out as I’m able and have enough decent content. I...
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JarPop
The JarPop jar opener is the best five-dollar gizmo I’ve ever bought. It’s what I gave my mother for Christmas last year. It’s a beautifully simple bottle-cap-opener for lidded jars. It breaks the seal...
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Jeff Yang, Cultural critic and author
Our guest this week is Jeff Yang. Jeff is a cultural critic, author and futures thinker whose latest book RISE: A pop history of Asian America from the Nineties to Now, will come out from Houghton...
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River Runner/LingYourLanguage/List of spy books
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Landscape virtual tour This is so cool. River Runner is a virtual tour of the US that follows watersheds. On the website, pick a place in the...
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8-Inch Bottle Cleaning Set
I have been using these brushes for a couple of years. They work great. I use them in the kitchen and the shop. They are small enough that I can get into small and curved containers or parts. I used to...
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Milwaukee 1/4″ Hex Impact Driver Kit
I work doing building maintenance. Portability is really important to me so I’m always looking for the most compact tools I can find. I started carrying this Milwaukee 1/4″ Hex Impact Driver on a daily...
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What’s in my WFH setup? — Juris Kristobans
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Juris Kristobans is the creator of Modern Different. Modern Different is a resource and newsletter that lets you discover modern and...
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Zometool/Mini pet hair remover/Tear by hand tape
Recomendos: Zometool Basic Creator Kit Lilly Brush Mini Pet Hair Detailer Scotch Tear By Hand Packaging Tape Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more Cool Tools reviews
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Making a Simple Storage Case Rack
What was your favorite tool this year? Why? It doesn’t have to be a new tool just one that comes to mind when asked this question. Send me your answers (with a pic, if possible). I want to do a...
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2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Camille’s Picks
The editors of Cool Tools have curated a number of gift suggestions selected from our website, newsletters, videos, and podcasts. This week: former web manager Camille revisits some of her favorite...
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Windell Oskay, Robot Designer
Our guest this week is Windell Oskay. Windell is the co-founder of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, where he designs robots for a living. You can find Windell on Twitter @emsl. Subscribe to the...
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2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Kevin’s picks
Instead of suggesting the best products that I encountered this year, I want to suggest the best products I know about and still use today. Think of these as golden oldies, that are still golden....
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Claudia’s Holiday List/Identify that light in the sky/Double inhaling
3 things to cultivate meaning Last year, I made a shopping list of everything that made me happy in 2020. This year I have been trying to be less of a consumer, so I only have three things that I would...
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ThumbScraper
I did a search on your site and found all the scraping tools recommended over the years, but the ThumbScraper was not there. While it may accomplish the same as the others, it’s the thumb indentation...
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Portable Coffee Kit / Homemade Flower Press / Pom Pom Maker
Links: Mini Thermos Starbucks VIA Instant Coffee Anthony’s Heavy Cream Powder Vending Machine Clear Capsules Blotter Paper Pom Maker
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