Tag: tools

  • Five Books

    Five Books

    A website & newsletter that recommends five books to read in specific genres, and has an ‘expert’ explain why they’re recommended → https://fivebooks.com/ Tools don’t just have to be about building physical goods! If you’re a book reader, you’re forever on the lookout for help in finding new books, and this newsletter has been one…

  • Periodic Chart

    Periodic Chart

    Interesting way of showing how we use, in real life, each of the elements in the periodic chart → https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502751/illustrated-periodic-table-shows-how-we-regularly-interact-each-element I was going to make it a tool theme here this week, but maybe it’s now transmuted into periodic chart week. You can even buy a poster of today’s chart here. I think I once…

  • Cabin Renovation

    Cabin Renovation

    A video series where a Dutch man renovates & modernizes a stone cabin in the Italian Alps → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo8_5d9yGq4 Warning: There are almost 100 ~45 minute videos (and counting) in this series, so it’s essentially slow television. He also barely talks in the videos, which means you’re in for an almost purely visual experience (though…

  • Periodic Tools

    Periodic Tools

    The most important tools in the world, depicted & detailed in a form similar to the periodic table of elements → https://periodictableoftools.com/index.html I absolutely love the internet. I mean, who takes the time to make & post something like this, for free? Sure, he’s trying to monetize it by selling merch for it, but it’s…