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Cool Tools

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This blog serves not as a gadget review site, but rather a Do-it-yourself tool review site.

It has interesting tools reviewed on the blog; such as flashlights, shoe insoles, welding jackets, metal polish, tool kits, etc. I do not think I will maintain my subscription to this blog, since I am not a great fan of DIY tools, but it might be appealing to a lot of people.

The only down side of this blog: Titles of posts are generally not on the same page as the relevant texts. I do ot know if this is something fixable, because readers will choose different text sizes on their Kindles. a practical way to overcome this problem: Choose the article you would like to read from the articles list, rather than pressing the next page button to reach the article you would like to read.

So far, Gizmodo and Cool Tools are my very favorite blogs on Kindle. Cool Tools is NOT just for DIY people. There are neat products on there that are not tools, but useful gadgets, clever inventions, and handy devices that people can use. I have already clipped over ten articles off Cool Tools for later due diligence and that's been less than a week. Now, I am handy and I do like a nice tool, but to say that everything in there is tool related is way too limiting. Try the 14 day free trial and I bet you will conclude as I did that Cool Tools deserves the 2 bucks a month to deliver this useful, timely, great scoop to your Kindle on a daily basis. I look forward to seeing what neat thing they will come up with next, and between Gizmodo and Cool Tools, I think I'm getting scoop at the bleeding edge, which is where I like to be!

I had never heard of Cool Tools until I bought my kindle and subscibed to it here. It's a great source of information on all kinds of things: tools (of course), gadgets, clothing, kitchenware, you name it. I really like the variety in the type of things that are covered and have found about some very useful items.

UPDATE (May 09) - About a month ago Cool Tools switched to a new writer/editor, then a couple of weeks later, it appears as though they changed again. It is clear that the blog seems to be in state of flux. Time will tell if they will continue to maintain the high quality of posts they have written in the past.

I have been receiving this blog for many months now and I really enjoy it. I am one of those Kindle owners that keeps the wireless off for long periods of time. The first thing I always look at when I do turn on the wireless/download is this Blog. It has turned me on to many things that I have since purchased... For instance, I travel every week for work, and Cool Tools did a write up on a Coffee Mug that was stainless steel, dishwasher safe, and didn't leak. I take that mug with me everywhere! After going through security, I load it up with green tea (I don't do coffee).... It has given me many hours of pleasure....

...and an excellent repository for many different types of tools. Kevin Kelly (one of the founders of WIRED magazine) is the person who created this blog and since I believe in following talent, I subscribed immediately when I read his name was attached. This blog posts daily and the tools are usually household but can be kitchen items, automotive tools, or general-purpose tools to name but a few. I am in the process of renovating an old house and I am a sucker for all-things gadgety. I have delved into the archives quite a bit for tool-buying help. Some recently highlighted tools which I ordered: a car scraper available from Amazon for $4.00 that really is better than other scrapers as it is not prone to scratch windows and some peg-board retainers which act as a small cross bar which make a more sold "t" shape from the "j" shaped pegs. Definitely worth the $2.00 a month.....

After a month and a half of reading this, I found that there's nothing COOL about it; it is poorly edited for Kindle. Do your self a favor and spend $1.99 to something better. There's the free online version which in a way is much better: [...]