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Exhibit A: Matthew James Taylor's The Art of Sharpening Pencils (Styles & Techniques), a website you can go to right now that gets right to the point. Exhibit B: How to Sharpen Pencils by David Rees (previously at Boing Boing), which goes well beyond the point, but only once it's gotten there. Exhibit C: A… READ THE REST

It's a tough one, especially for people who aren't "into" the whole cult of Rubik's Cube variants and the formulas and tricks we can use to solve them. But this video from J Perm describes a straightforward method for solving the 1x1x1 cube [Amazon] that almost anyone can put to use. Next week I'll be… READ THE REST

Ingenuity! Something that always confused me: Cofferdams are temporary while caissons are meant to remain with the construction. READ THE REST

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We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. While bulking up home security is never a bad idea, sometimes you just want a small camera to record the memorable things going on. Some successes only happen once in a lifetime,… READ THE REST