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Picker-Uppers
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View ArticleThe Happiest Expats/Nomad Events/Where to Cool Off
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View ArticleJeremy Shorr, STEM Education Consultant
Jeremy Shorr is a STEM education and workforce consultant and futurist who is passionate about innovating the instructional experience for learners of all ages. Jeremy has been recognized as one of...
View ArticleStable Doodle/Mind Window/Chimp Empire
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Turn doodles into fine art Stable Diffusion just launched Stable Doodle, a free website that converts simple sketches into detailed art using...
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Insects
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How to Safely Climb a Ladder
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Submit a tool review for a chance get a $50 Amazon Card
We’re going to award a $50 Amazon gift card to the writer of our favorite review between now and Monday, July 31, Noon PT. Here’s the form to submit your review. Here are some guidelines for writing...
View ArticleToiletries Without Plastic/What We Regret/Canada’s Digital Nomad Visa
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View ArticleBen Gold, Product Designer
Ben Gold is a product designer based in New York City who has a mild obsession with tools. He’s worked on at places like Tumblr, Google, and currently Microsoft. TOOLS:0:00 – Intro0:52 – Swann Morton...
View ArticleVirtual walks/Structural Failures/Five Senses Quiz
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Virtual walks A new genre of experiences has emerged on YouTube. A bunch of channels offer quiet walks in high resolution. The creators hold a...
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Street Smarts
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View ArticleTravel Docs Access/Costlier Brazil/Electric Cruise Ship
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Maker’s Muse
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View ArticleJoe Richards, Summer Camp Director
Joe Richards is a Summer Camp Director, Maker and thinker on the future of summer camps. Joe speaks on Creativity, Leadership, and Life. Joe has spoken across North America with a variety of youth,...
View ArticleListen to Wikipedia/ACER Integration/Advanced search tips
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Listen to Wikipedia Experience the dedication of Wikipedia’s contributors through a captivating symphony of sound and graphics at Listen to...
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Camp Stoves
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What’s in my NOW? — Skyli Shields
Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. Skyli Shields is a current nursing student and working as an intern in the Intensive Care Unit at a major hospital in the area. She...
View ArticleTracking Luggage/Cheap Money Transfers/Adventure Tours Snapshot
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 ArticleRob Ray, Artist
Rob Ray is an artist and Associate Professor of Design at California State University, San Bernardino, where he is currently researching the intersections of site-specific mixed-reality technologies...
View ArticleRetro Recomendo: Office Supplies
Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Our subscriber base has grown so much since we first started seven years ago, that most of you have missed all our earliest recommendations....
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