On Coffee Makers: Don’t Put a Machine Between You & the Most Important Drink of the Day

When I was a kid, my parents' old Mr. Coffee broke. Because money was tight, it wasn't replaced for some time. I remember waking up one morning and finding my mom making a cup for herself by perching the brew basket from the broken maker over a mug and pouring boiling water from a kettle.

For me, seeing this bit of kitchen MacGuyvering became a truly paradigm-shattering moments. Until then, I thought coffee required an electric drip machine — that it was the only way coffee could be made at all. But seeing this patient pouring of water over grounds, it became clear that the machine wasn't necessary. Some things you really can make yourself. … Continue reading on ManMadeDIY.com

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'Jumanji' Hangs On to #1 Spot Over MLK Weekend, Topping Four New Wide Releases

For a second weekend in a row Sony's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle takes the weekend's top spot, this time holding off three new wide releases over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend as well as Fox's nationwide expansion of Steven Spielberg's The Post, which finished in the runner-up position. As for the weekend's three brand new releases, Lionsgate's The Commuter managed to exceed expectations while both Paddington 2 and Proud Mary fell a bit short. Meanwhile Fox's The Greatest Sh...

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Stop Marring Your Wood: How to Make Leather Holdfast Pads for Woodworking

I'm a huge fan of having a few rows of dog holes in my workbench top. And, more than anything else, I use them to secure a holdfast - an ancient and genius piece of design that secures your work to the work surface with a simple tap from a hammer or mallet. When your ready to release it, just hit the back and it's free. Seriously - it's ten times fast than clamping, and you can fasten your work anywhere across the bench top. Brilliant.

To speed up the process even more, I wanted to come up with a permanent way to protect the wood from the force of the steel being banged into it. You can use a hardwood scrap between the holdfast and the workpiece, but I figured there's reason to spend twenty minutes once and protect my work forever. No digging around for scraps required. 

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'Jumanji' Seeks to Hold Off Four New Wide Releases Over MLK Weekend

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday this marks the third weekend out of the last four to feature a long weekend at the box office, and with it comes three new wide releases along with the nationwide expansion of Steven Spielberg's The Post. New releases include WB's pick-up of Paddington 2 from the Weinstein Co., Screen Gems' Proud Mary starring Taraji P. Henson and Lionsgate's release of The Commuter re-teaming Liam Neeson with director Jaume Collet-Serra for the fourth time. Yet, d...

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Staying Sharp: 9 Knives Every Man Should Own

A few months ago, in the midst of a day full of projects, I had a bit of an a-ha moment. I was in my workshop, using the table saw to slice up some Baltic birch plywood, when a timer on my phone went off, reminding me to take a break and go chop a bunch of vegetables to add to the slow cooked stock I was simmering in the kitchen. … Continue reading on ManMadeDIY.com

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December 2017 Closes Out the Year with Record Grosses

The December box office delivered a record $1.323 billion in ticket sales, an 11% improvement over last year. The month was super-charged by the more than $517 million brought in by Disney's Star Wars: The Last Jedi as well as the performance of Sony's late year hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. As a result, what was a year-to-year deficit of -4.3% heading into December, 2017 finished down -2.7% when compared to 2016's record grosses becoming the third year in a row to finish with over $...

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Sick Day

When you work from home and don't have things like paid time off, it's tough to decide when to take a day off when you're not feeling well. There's no one you actually "call in sick" to, and since you're simultaneously both always and never "at work," there really isn't anything from which to stay home. You're not at risk of infecting any office mates, and, for many of us, not working means not getting paid. 

And then there days like today. When you get up, acknowledge you feel truly terrible, but still manage to open the laptop and pretend like you're going to get something done. And then its horrible and you're so completely ineffective that you finally admit it would just be better to try to rest, heal up, so you can actually accomplish something tomorrow. Because if you don't, you'll just be muddling through at compromised strength for the next week, which is a much bigger loss than just taking a nap in the first place.    … Continue reading on ManMadeDIY.com

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