Armor All Air Freshening Protectant Wipes
I started using Armor All Air Freshening Protectant Wipes ($9) about a year ago, and they are great. What makes them convenient to use is that they clean, shine, protect, and act as an air freshener —...
View ArticleThe Klutz Book of Knots
You can triumph in 99% of life’s challenges knowing how to tie 6 basic knots — which is probably 4 more knots than you currently know. The thing about knots is that a few will do if you really own...
View ArticleSnow Peak Collapsible Coffee Dripper
I bought the Snow Peak folding coffee dripper ($29) three years ago as I wished to brew coffee while traveling where good coffee is often hard to find or expensive. After studying the various different...
View ArticleSOLE Ultra SOFTEC Insoles
Custom fit insoles created by professional podiatrists and orthotics constructors can make running faster and safer, walking more comfortable, reduce back problems, and improve agility and precision of...
View ArticleWhat’s new in Donald Bell’s Tool Box
In this video I’m going to give you a preview and a quick overview of some of the tools I’ve ordered in recently. Most of these haven’t been tested yet, but I thought you might like an early look. And...
View ArticleThe Shape of Life
This 8-part (4 DVD set) series is a National Science Foundation/PBS production that is the most taxonomic of any presentation I’ve seen. The Shape of Life addresses the 8 major categories of animal...
View ArticleBran Ferren, Chief Creative Officer of Applied Minds
Our guest this week is Bran Ferren. Bran is the former President of Research and Development of Walt Disney Imagineering and is now the Chief Creative Officer of Applied Minds, which he co-founded in...
View ArticleOblique Strategies
How to get unstuck. Pick a card at random and either 1) do what it says or 2) let it lead you to another idea. It’s amazingly effective. This handsomely boxed stack of cards was created by the lateral...
View ArticleEverything is Alive/100 Fantastic Articles/FineScanner
A fantastical factual podcast I am thrilled by this new quirky podcast, that is both fictional and factual. In “Everything Is Alive,” the host interviews inanimate objects, like a pillow or bar of...
View ArticleEagle Creek All-Terrain Money Belt
Although you can certainly get cash in plenty of places overseas, in a good many others ATMs just do not exist. You gotta plan ahead: the Eagle Creek All Terrain Money Belt ($23). is pretty much...
View ArticleEvapo-Rust
Getting rid of rust on tools, antiques, or old junk has always been an irritating and unsuccessful chore for me. But out in the Tube-osphere, guys restoring antiques all swear by Evapo-Rust...
View ArticleBest trauma shears under $10
I don’t think you can ever have too trauma shears, also known as penny cutters. These are all under $10. The first thing you should know is that these come in different sizes. The biggest here are 7.5...
View ArticleBuff
Recently Paul Saffo and Stewart Brand were raving about the Buff, the all-in-one garment. I am picky and a minimalist when it comes to clothing, but the Buff, in addition to being a shape-shifter, also...
View ArticleFiskars Rotary Cutter
Rotary cutters aren’t new tools. It’s just taken me awhile to appreciate how great they are. The Fiskars Rotary Cutter ($10) replaces X-Actos for most heavy-duty cutting jobs in our household. It’s...
View ArticleRösle Garlic Press
Out of the dozen or more different garlic presses I’ve used, the Rösle is the absolute best ($39). The Germanic precision of manufacture is very high. It has a built-in mechanical lever that presses...
View ArticleSteven Levy, Editor at Large at WIRED
Our guest this week is Steven Levy. Steven writes about technology. He’s editor at large at Wired and his books include Hackers, Crypto, Artificial Life and In the Plex. Subscribe to the Cool Tools...
View ArticleEscape room tips/MagPi/Puddle & Pile
Escape room tips Escape rooms are a blast and are now found in most cities. For maximum fun, a small group of people try to solve a roomful of puzzles in order to escape. Here is a quick solid tutorial...
View ArticleRun to Cadence Recordings
Amazon sells the whole “Run to Cadence” series put out by Documentary Recordings. These are recordings of 40 minute call-and-response chants by drill instructors and the grunts as they run in formation...
View ArticleMAC Hollow Ground Chef Knife
This knife is extremely sharp. I use it mostly for vegetables which need a clean cut (carrots, parsnips, etc…) but which are soft enough that they won’t damage the blade (I’ll cut through chicken bones...
View ArticleMetallic Sharpie
The Metallic Sharpie ($3 for 2) is a vast improvement over other metallic pens out there — no shaking the pen before use, and the ink doesn’t puddle up. It dries permanent and shows up great on dark...
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