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October 2003

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LIST

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At home book binding

Plastic Comb Binder

A must-have

Mac OSX: The Missing Manual

Flexible, secure, easy to administer

SelfGrip

Run long by walking sometimes

Marathon

A frisbee for clowns and kids

Beamo

Home-based baby heartbeat monitor

Fetal Doppler

Silver clay that becomes silver metal

Precious Metal Clay

All-in-one landscape tool

McLeod Fire Tool

Safe and more accurate

Non-mercury Thermometer

Super lightweight backpacking stuff

GoLite Gear

Modest quantities of unusual materials

Small Parts

Perfect for cutting rolls

Rolling Scissors

How to set one up

The New Farmers' Market

Sewing together

Community Quilts

Simple boats a group can make

Community Boatbuilding Manual

Tracking the sales of items on Amazon

Junglescan

Baby food on demand

Happy Baby Food Grinder

The people's truck

Toyota 4x4

Stretchy thermal wear

Maxit Workout Clothing

GrandTec Virtually Indestructible Keyboard

Pocketable keyboard

Screwpull Lever

World's easiest wine bottle opener

Varmit-free compost maker

Urban Compost Tumbler

Heavy-duty waterproof bags

Ortlieb Dry Bags

Unoxidated wine as medicine

Box Wine

Duct tape without the residue

Gaffer's Tape

Preventing poison oak and ivy

Ivy Block