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Backyard Chickens

Once a week we’ll send out a page from Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities. The tools might be outdated or obsolete, and the links to them may or may not work. We present these vintage recommendations as is because the possibilities they inspire are new. Sign up here to get Tools for Possibilities a week early in your inbox. ...

Mon May 6, 2024 18:17
Retro Recomendo: Music

Our subscriber base has grown so much since we first started seven years ago, that most of you have missed all our earliest recommendations. The best of these are still valid and useful, so we’re trying out something new — Retro Recomendo. Once every 6 weeks, we’ll send out a throwback issue of evergreen recommendations focused on one theme from the...

Sun May 5, 2024 18:13
Gar’s Tips & Tools – Issue #177

Gar’s Tips, Tools, and Shop Tales is published by Cool Tools Lab. To receive the newsletter a week early, sign up here. An Arty Intro to Screws Van Neistat’s videos are the kind of content that likely gives some makers hives, especially pros. He is obviously following in the aesthetic footsteps of artist-maker Tom Sachs....

Fri May 3, 2024 18:11
Hotels for Sale/Airline Points Devaluations/Attractive Cities for Living

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 friends can subscribe and join you. Want to Buy a Hotel in Portugal? A lot of travelers and remote workers dream of owning their own B&B or...

Thu May 2, 2024 18:13
What’s in my NOW? — Spanner Spencer

Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. I am the Head of Community at Boltplus.tv, where I also host my very own free, online Star Trek quiz show. — Spanner Spencer PHYSICAL Mini Portable Keychain Light: A very minor purchase to take an order over the threshold for free delivery, this mini...

Wed May 1, 2024 18:07
Fresh Made Simple / What Do You Do With an Idea?

Books That Belong On Paper first appeared on the web as Wink Books and was edited by Carla Sinclair. Sign up here to get the issues a week early in your inbox. FRESH MADE SIMPLE: A NATURALLY DELICIOUS WAY TO EAT: LOOK, COOK, AND SAVOR Fresh Made Simple: A Naturally Delicious...

Tue Apr 30, 2024 18:25

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