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Picture Frame And Mirror Hanging Assortment
This Storehouse picture/mirror hanging 200 piece assortment from Harbor Freight (SKU 67666) comes in handy around your house or apartment, especially for its low price of $3.79. I bought one about t...
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Squeezing Tool / Minted.com / Lochness Monster
Links: Big Squeeze Tube Xmas Card Printing Services: Minted Shutterfly Paper Culture Nessie Hunter sculpture
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Gross Anatomy Dissection Kit
I find myself using this dissection kit all the time for electronics. It has two different sizes of hemostats, it has a scalpel blade, it has a couple of different kinds of forceps — one has teeth on...
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What’s in my photo bag? — Lawrence Lazare
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. After a 25-year career as an eCommerce product leader, I recently retired after the loss of my central vision caused by Stargardt...
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My Top 5+ Tips for 2021
Welcome to the last newsletter of 2021. I sincerely hope you enjoyed and benefited from this publication. It may be corny to say, but this newsletter is more to me than just a list of shop tips and...
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Orson Rossetto, Mechanical Engineer
Our guest this week is Orson Rossetto. Orson is a Mechanical engineer, programmer, and traceur from Carnegie Mellon, and he’s the lead developer for Ethereal Matter, a company translating virtual...
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Tree of Life/You Don’t Know Africa/Tip of my Tongue
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Explore the Tree of Life OneZoom is an interactive tree of life that allows you to zoom in and out and explore the connections between 2.2...
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PowerLix Popcorn Popper
This simple silicone bowl allows me to make popcorn without any oil and it usually pops all the kernels (1/4 cup) in 2 minutes. The loose lid keeps the popped corn under control and in the bowl. As the...
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Fiskars PowerGear Bypass Pruner
This hand clipper is a really cool ergonomic innovation. It uses an ingenious gear design to easily slice off sticks that are 3/4 inch in diameter. As you squeeze, the bottom handle rolls slightly and...
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Fluke VoltAlert
This is a non-conductive (plastic), non-contact voltage sensor that glows red and/or beeps in the vicinity of an energized conductor. In other words, it lights up near a “live” wire. You don’t actually...
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Shape Catcher/Deep hyperlinks/Wandermap
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Unicode character recognition If ever there is a time that you need to identify or find a symbol, shape or character, this Shapecatcher tool...
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Drain King
Brilliant invention for clearing clogged drains without caustic chemicals. The Drain King comes in different sizes for different drain diameters. You attach it to a hose, and say for the kitchen sink,...
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Gerber Dime Micro Tool
The Gerber Dime Multi-Tool has become and item I carry everyday. At times I carry bigger multi-tools, but even then, everyday I always have my Gerber Dime with me. The size of the tool is just over 2...
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Giant Hornet / WikiReader / Kodak Smile Instant Printer
Links: Revoltech RevoGeo Vespa Mandarinia (Asian Giant Hornet) WikiReader KODAK Smile Instant Print Digital Camera
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Picquic Sixpac
The Picquic Sixpac may be the last multi-bit screwdriver I’ll ever need to buy, but it wasn’t the first. I’ve gone through a dozen less successful attempts at this kind of tool, always losing at least...
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What’s in my art studio? — Ed Epping
Ed Epping‘s current body of work, CORRECTIONS (2015-present), uses drawings, sculptural forms, collages, books, and public projects to explore the social injustices of over-criminalization and mass...
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Humankind/Samplerman/Old Book Illustrations
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. The inherent goodness of humans This is the most important book I have read in a long while. Humankind: A Hopeful History overturns a belief...
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Pocket Caliper
This yellow plastic caliper is lightweight, reasonably durable (I lose it before it wears out) and pocket-friendly (only 4 inches long). I use it frequently during house or auto repairs to ensure the...
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What’s in my drawer? — Nicole Harkin
Sign up here to get What’s in my bag? a week early in your inbox. Nicole Harkin is a writer and a photographer living in Washington, DC. Her first book, Tilting, A Memoir, was about her childhood...
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Hanging Devices That Have Keyhole Mounts
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a safe, fun, and restorative holiday. And I hope you’re ready for another year of trading tips, tools, and tales from the workshop. As always, please share your...
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