Getting Paid to Move/Stopovers/2023 Nomad Conferences
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Olympus WS-802 digital audio recorder
You have probably heard that if your YouTube videos have poor audio, people will stop watching them in less than five seconds. Knowing this, I strive to have excellent audio in my YouTube videos. My...
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Epoxy Tools Utility Mat
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View ArticleLee Ellman, Urban Planner
Lee Ellman is a lifelong resident of New York and an urban planner working to make the city of Yonkers, NY a better place. TOOLS:0:00 – Intro0:46 – Two old ice picks6:04 – Ritz oven mitts9:29 – Bish...
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Dremel Cordless Rechargeable Hot Glue Pen
I absolutely love the compact design of this glue pen. It is easy to hold and maneuver and is comfortable in the hand. The precision drizzle tip allows just the right amount of glue exactly where it...
View ArticleUnsweet treat/Pace of Life/Background remover
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Unsweet treat Instead of having something sweet after dinner every night, I’m eating a small bowl of chia seed pudding. I like its consistency...
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Multitools
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View ArticleWhat’s in my NOW? — Alex Giedt
Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. I’m a CA kid who is now splitting time between the SF Bay Area and Maine. By trade, I’m an analyst/marketer. I’ve never been cool but...
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Thumb Scraper Tool
I did a search on your site and found all the scraping tools recommended over the years, but this one was not there. While it may accomplish the same as the others, it’s the thumb indentation design...
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Kreg Pocket-Hole Jig 720 Pro
I bought this pocket-hole jig about a year ago and couldn’t be happier. This has been my first venture into pocket-hole joints, and from the first time I used it, I wished I had utilized this method...
View ArticlePowerful Passports/Eternal Spring Locations/Best Electronics Value
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View ArticleShawn Levin, Data & Technology Leader
Shawn Levin is a data management leader interested in data visualization and behavioral psychology. Shawn works in the tech industry and teaches data visualization in Philadelphia. Shawn blogs about...
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GorillaLine Retractable Clothesline
For the past few years, I have been utilizing these clotheslines which, while not technically a “tool,” have proven to be quite practical when I need them and out of the way when I don’t. I initially...
View ArticleCreep Mart/Legacy batteries/Perplexity.ai
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Fantastic fake toys Creep Mart is one of my new favorite Instagram accounts. The feed consists of AI-generated images of imaginary monster...
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Clamps
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View ArticleChoosing Where to Live/Goodbye Golden Visas/Purifying Bottle Cap
A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of A Better Life for Half the Price and The World’s Cheapest Destinations. See past editions here, where your like-minded...
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In Search of the Best Battery-Powered Nailer
Gar’s Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales is published by Cool Tools Lab. To receive the newsletter a week early, sign up here. Send me a tip or tool recommendation.Tell me a shop tale.Buy my books (Tips and...
View ArticlePaige NeJame, Writer
As one of the writers of The Carbon Almanac, Paige NeJame wrote the “climate change for rookies” section as well as the free kid’s book “Generation Carbon it’s time to start.” Her motto is “the right...
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Sewing
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View ArticleSubjective Effect Index/AI hotel reviews/Dream stream
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Descriptions of altered states The Subjective Effect Index currently has 235 descriptions of sensory, cognitive and physical effects that may...
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