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Campaigns for the right to repair and runs community fixing parties, publishing the data on what breaks and why.
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The Restart Project sits in DIY & Life Hacks under Learn, filed as coffee break.
About this category: Build guides, repair databases and instruction sites for physical tasks. The internet at its most straightforwardly useful.
Yes. The Restart Project is free to use and needs no account.
No. You can use The Restart Project without signing up for anything.
Yes. The Restart Project works on phones as well as desktop browsers.
Yes, we file it as safe for work. It also works muted.
We file it as "Coffee break": Five to fifteen minutes of proper attention.
Fifty years of home renovation broken into how-tos, with actual tradespeople explaining why the obvious shortcut fails.
Instructions for very nearly anything, illustrated in that unmistakable cartoon style. The artwork alone justifies the visit.
Thousands of free electronics tutorials with full wiring diagrams and working code. The gentlest on-ramp to microcontrollers there is.
Free woodworking plans with cut lists and costed materials, aimed squarely at people who own exactly one saw.
A team counted every squirrel in Central Park and published the data, the maps and a full illustrated report on the findings.
One family documenting Chinese home cooking across two generations, with real detail on ingredients and what you can substitute.
A rescue that livestreams its foster kittens and feral colonies around the clock, with vets narrating in the chat.
A complete free typing course with lessons, tests and games, the sort of thing schools pay for and this one does not charge.
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