Industrial Strength Design: How Brooks Stevens Shaped Your World by Glenn Adamson The MIT Press 2003, 300 pages, 9.5 x 11 x 0 ...

The Coloring Book for Goths: The World’s Most Depressing Book by Tom Devonald Atria Books 2016, 96 pages, 5.5 x 7.5 x 0.4 ...

Spending money on experiences, such as travel, concerts, and learning new skills, provides more lasting happiness than ...

Versatile Sun Protection Up Top. If you’re like me and don’t have a full head of hair on top, going into bright sunlight without a hat can be dangerous. A hat doesn’t work w ...

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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 The tools might be outdated or obsolete, and the links to them may or may not work.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 ...

Now Offering Paid Subscriptions I’m now offering paid subscriptions to Gar’s Tips & Tools. It’s $8/month or $80/year. So, what do you get for your paid subscription? Same great tips, only carefully ...

I took the advice from this LifeProTip and tracked my natural energy and focus patterns for a week to figure out when I’m most productive. For me, it’s after 1 PM. In the mornings, even though I do ...

Get The Let Them Theory The Let Them Theory is an approach to relationships and personal growth that teaches you how to stop trying to control things you can’t control — especially other people’s ...

Solo Surcharges on U.S. Airlines First reported by Thrifty Traveler and then confirmed by others, it came to light last week that the three big legacy U.S. airlines have been secretly charging solo ...