Mexican Residency/Pilot Shortages/Streaming Services Abroad
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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Sam McDonald is a tech enthusiast. Originally from Ireland he has lived in Berlin for almost a decade now. In that time he has worked at a range of startups and currently works as a Technical Writer....
View ArticleChatbot guide/Cut a bell pepper/Free Smithsonian images
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. How to use a chatbot for everything If you take a search engine (Bing) and add a chatbot (GPT-3) you get a brand new thing bigger than search...
View ArticlePutting Together the Lightest Possible EDC Toolkit
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View ArticleAsia Travel Prices/Proven Online Businesses/Flight Deals
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...
View ArticleMatt Candler, Founder of My Next Electric
Matt Candler has been scaling companies and coaching people who lead them for 25 years. In 2010, he launched an organization called 4.0 to help entrepreneurs build better learning spaces and tools....
View ArticleMagicFiber Cleaning Cloths
As a long-time glasses wearer, I’ve often found myself cleaning my lenses with the bottom of my shirt. However, there are times when this method simply isn’t enough, especially when my glasses become...
View ArticleBookFinder/”Right Now” list/Opinionate.io
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Best used book finder The best online source for used books is BookFinder. Its bare bones design is unchanged from 1997 and feels like a...
View ArticleNomadics
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View ArticleAdding Foot Switches to Your Shop Tools
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View ArticleLast Country Opening/A Swiss Bargain/Travel Towels
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...
View ArticleKeith Kelley, Integrated Technology Teacher
A Maine educator for more than 33 years, Keith Kelley is currently teaching Integrated Technology. Having taught Language Arts, Social Studies and serving as the School Librarian, he is now teaching...
View ArticleUniverse Splitter/Crystallized Lemon Packets/Best tool evaluator
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Quantum Decision Maker If I can’t make a decision on something I like to consult my Universe Splitter app ($1.99 iPhone, Android). I enter two...
View ArticleHats
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View ArticlePreserving Wood with Fire
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...
View ArticleWhat’s in my NOW? — Michelle Lynn
Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. I work for a non-profit in the performing arts. I spend my free time exploring the city I live in, reading, taking a Peloton ride with...
View ArticleBali & Nepal Crackdowns/Best Ski Bargains/Finding Balance
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...
View ArticleJohn O’Brien, Revolution Makerspace
John O’Brien is a maker, tinkerer, and father of two. He and his wife founded Revolution Makerspace in 2022. TOOLS:0:00 – Intro0:55 – Thunder Laser Nova 51 laser cutter6:03 – SCM minimax cu 300c12:11...
View ArticleTitanium spork/Cheap phone calls/Visioning exercise
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Titanium spork Seven years ago, I bought a cheap, lightweight Toaks titanium spork. I take it with me whenever I travel. I use it rather than...
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