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Oct 11, 2020Liked by Vicki Boykis

On the topic of "Repair shop", I recently moved to a new city and for the time being am staying at a hotel. It has limited english channels, BBC one and two among them. I spend a lot of time on there, and cannot recommend BBC enough. It is a happy respite from all the loud, fast programming everywhere else. A few recommendations : Repair shop, Garden Rescue, Comfort foods.

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Oct 8, 2020Liked by Vicki Boykis

This kind of yearning for the tangible is exactly why I run a hackerspace. The number of tech workers and office people who come in and are blown away by the experience of learning to make something themselves and hold it in their hands is one of the few pure joys I have left.

It almost doesn't matter what it is, from duplicating a part for an out of warranty dishwasher, a 3d printed knicknack, all the way up to a complex tool or project they've always dreamed about but no one ever makes for them to buy, it's all the same. There's joy in any tiny scrap of the universe we shape ourselves.

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