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LIST

FULL

Most all-around practical

Tilley Hat

Premium freestanding net

TropicScreen Mosquito Tent

Audio slow motion

Amazing Slow Downer

Reusable menstrual capture

The Keeper / Diva Cup

Micro-niche, long-tail publishing

How to Sell Your Book, CD, or DVD on Amazon

Old book; new cheap digital version

Cool Tools

Low-rent science hacks

Gonzo Gizmos

Cubic-foot heat

Extremely Tiny Woodstoves

Answers from the hive mind

Ask Metafilter

Digital, easy, inexpensive

Blood Pressure Monitor

Instant cable wraps

Velcro Grip Ties

The why of knitting

Knitting Without Tears

Easy, rapid plant cloning

Rooter Pot

Inexpensive great snowshoes

Denali Classic Snowshoes

Tenacious wrench

Knipex Cobra Pliers

TiVo for radio online

RadioTime

TiVo for radio

Griffin RadioShark

Temperature-sensitive spoon

White Hot Infant Feeding Spoon

Web-based project management

Basecamp