Posted by on under boing boing, popular mechanics, perpetual youth, loose leaf, nels, reference work, strg, menti, bookcase, new york times, encyclopedias, editorial staff, 1930s, 20th century, calendars, hammer, oxford, queries, glance, ss | 
From Popular Mechanics from 1910 comes this advertisement for Nelson's Perpetual Loose-Leaf Encyclopaedia. Reviewed by the New York Times in 1908, the set was supposed to be "A book that never grows old, that is, never antiquated, that will give answer years after its publication to the most modern of queries -- such a book, one imagines, may be found in the great classic of poetry whose verse, metaphorically speaking, breathes the spirit of perpetual youth." Nelson's claimed it had a permanent editorial staff who were "constantly on watch for all important new facts for the benefit of Nelson's subscribers" It was advertised heavily in many types of publications (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Loose leaf was big business in the early part of the 20th Century. Companies were offering "a loose-leaf system for every purpose." One loose-leaf company began in New York City in 1908 and still makes at-a-glance calendars to this day. Other loose-leaf titles flourished such as Nelson new loose-leaf medicine, Winston's cumulative loose-leaf encyclopedia (read online) and Oxford loose-leaf surgery (read online) Nelson's was still going strong in 1930 where a set cost $99.50 plus $6/year for updates -- buy a set, get a free bookcase -- Nelson's stopped publishing updates sometime in the 1930s. Thomas Nelson & Sons is still around today, the world's largest Christian publisher, but their company history curiously makes no mention of their innovative encyclopaedia. See also: "A Solution to the Problem of Updating Encyclopedias" by Eric M. Hammer and Edward N. Zalta, 1997....
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Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Ben) on under skilled craftsman, creatis, sime, dok, nails, hammer |
Ever notice how pulling out nails with a hammer claw leaves marks on the wood? Donald Shenk did, and he decided to do something about it. A skilled craftsman with a commitment to building more efficiently with wood, Shenk saw an opportunity to give the building and DIY world a badly-needed innovation and seized it. The result was the Zadok Hammer Pad, one of those amazing creations that has the two qualities of a brilliant invention: 1) it is dead simple and, 2) everyone will wonder ...
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Posted by on under fake steve jobs, extreme secrecy, ipads, mark potts, ipad, pr tactics, th interview, conflicts of interest, power balance, leakers, cnn, steve jobs, reliable sources, directi, lys, newsweek, breakers, embargo, hammer, apple |
It's no secret that there weren't many
iPads given out
ahead of time. Apple is, of course, notorious for their extreme secrecy and the hammer that inevitably comes down on leakers and embargo breakers. They have the press in the hollow of their hand, with the iPad more than ever. Time and Newsweek are competing for who gets the best coverage of the device both establishments hope will revitalize their industry. The power balance is tipped unusually far in Apple's direction, and while you can't blame them for whipping the world into a iFroth over their new product, you can certainly be annoyed that you don't get to do your job and write about it, as has been the case with many tech journalists. Daniel Lyons, AKA
Fake Steve Jobs, makes a living (or at least a hobby) of reporting and lampooning Apple news. Unfortunately, his controversial status meant that his employer, Newsweek, got pretty much left out of the iPad party. Lyons and
Recovering Journalist blogger Mark Potts weigh in on Apple's tactics and the politics of tech journalism in this interview on CNN's
Reliable Sources.
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Posted by on under sds max, concrete drilling, carbide, power tool, shank, cutters, bosch, hammer, press release, peoe, nbsp |
If you have spent any time drilling into concrete with rebar chances are you have ruined a bit or two. Instead of just powering through it however there is a much faster cheaper way. For repetitive drilling with a SDS-Max or Spline Hammer Drill the best setup we have found is to use a second drill with a carbide cutter. The good news is the second drill would be a much smaller drill (not in hammer mode) either a SDS-Plus Rebar Cutter or coming soon you can also use a strait shank carbide cutter and still be able to cut up to 1.5” rebar. Most people will already have one of those drills so for the price of a cutter ($30-60, Ohio Power Tool) you can save potentially hundreds in concrete bits. Read the full Bosch Press Release below for more info.
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