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Cool Tools: Skagen Titanium Blue Dial Watch
I have owned a Skagen watch for almost a decade. I grew up on bulky cheap utilitarian watches (which I still own & use while doing work around the house or while camping) and always thought that most fancy watches were boring, heavy and identical. Until I...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 2:16am -07:00T (282 words)
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Cool Tools: ROK Espresso Maker
Over the years, I have tried many different ways to make coffee, from cowboy percolators to French press carafes to Chemex drippers. As I’ve moved through the years, however, the reduced acids of espresso have attracted me, and I happily settled on espr...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 3:01am -07:00T (411 words)
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Cool Tools: Understanding Wood
Wood is one of the most versatile materials known. You can coax it into uncountable forms. However It exhibits extremely complex behavior, as if it were still living. This tome dives deep into woodology, and returns with great insight into what wood wants...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 2:16am -07:00T (265 words)
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Cool Tools: Jimi Wallet
The Jimi Wallet is a minimalist hard-shell plastic case design. It’s the perfect antidote to the “Costanza Wallet” syndrome my dad had, because it forces you to discard all but what you really need.
The Jimi has room for exactly three pi...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 3:01am -07:00T (201 words)
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Cool Tools: Giveaway! Copy of Getting Started with Arduino
Cool Tools is giving away a copy of the book, Getting Started with Arduino* to one person who signs up for the Cool Tools Newsletter between now and Thursday, May 23 at 10pm PT. (Current newsletter subscribers are automatically included in the running.)
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Dateline: 2013-05-17 6:16pm -07:00T (255 words)
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Cool Tools: OXO adjustable measuring cup
OXO has a serious presence in my kitchen, but the one- and two-cup adjustable measuring cups I added four months ago might be the last items I would sell. They are darned near perfect.
I’ve used other plunger-and-sleeve style adjustable measuring cu...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 2:01am -07:00T (262 words)
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Cool Tools: Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms
Once you get hooked on foraging for wild mushrooms, you begin to wonder why you can’t just farm them. Picking mushrooms from your backyard or basement would sure be a lot easier than roaming the hinterlands. Well, so far about 30 different kinds mus...
Dateline: 2013-05-16 2:31am -07:00T (174 words)
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Cool Tools: Lezyne Bike Tire Patch Kit
After years of carrying around a repair kit of bits and pieces for my biking excursions I decided to upgrade and replace almost all my bike gear. I came across this patch kit in a shop in London. Its a small aluminium sleeve containing adhesive patches, a...
Dateline: 2013-05-15 2:01am -07:00T (166 words)
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Cool Tools: Parker Jotter Pen
Earlier this year I purchased a Parker Jotter stainless steel pen based purely on its cool factor as being the pen that James Bond used in the 1995 film Goldeneye, as I had seen on the Bond Lifestyle web page. I searched for it online and ended up purchas...
Dateline: 2013-05-14 2:16am -07:00T (431 words)
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Cool Tools: Bamboo Wok Brush
I use well-seasoned cast iron and carbon steel pans for the better part of my cooking. To clean them, I’ve used the same bamboo wok brush than I bought at a corner market in Sacramento in 1990. I’ve been thinking of buying a new one, just so I...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 2:46am -07:00T (355 words)
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Cool Tools: Glowdoggie Illuminated Dog Collar
The Glowdoggie Ultra is a German-engineered LED lighted dog collar. It allows you to see your dog at night, at a distance. I have had my Glowdoggie collar for about 4 months now. As a professional dog trainer I have seen many, many different collars, and ...
Dateline: 2013-05-12 2:01am -07:00T (246 words)
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Cool Tools: How to Be Invisible
This a book about how to hide from people who want to find you, such as ex’s, disgruntled associates, opportunistic lawyers, private investigators, stalkers, the press, etc. Hiding means obscuring your identity. It is not about hiding from governmen...
Dateline: 2013-05-11 2:16am -07:00T (1146 words)
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Cool Tools: Giveaway! One-year Subscription to TripIt Pro
Cool Tools is giving away a one-year subscription to TripIt Pro ($49 value) to one person who signs up for the Cool Tools Newsletter between now and Thursday, May 16 at 10pm PT. (Current newsletter subscribers are automatically included in the running.)
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Dateline: 2013-05-10 5:01pm -07:00T (76 words)
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Cool Tools: Cool Tools Show & Tell Video Podcast 003
Welcome to episode 3 of Cool Tools’ Show and Tell podcast! This time, I had a video hangout with:
Brian Heater, the Director of Media and Senior editor for Engadget, where he writes features, covers news and hosts the show and podcast. He’s ...
Dateline: 2013-05-10 3:46pm -07:00T (160 words)
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Cool Tools: Cedar stakes for gardening
Growing tomatoes in a garden with limited space is a challenge, since the plants get tall, unwieldy and flop all over once the tomatoes start weighing them down. Keeping the plants off the ground is important, too, so your tomatoes aren’t in the dir...
Dateline: 2013-05-10 2:31am -07:00T (263 words)
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