The mechanical simplicity of this pull-string controlled most useless machine is delightful. You can see the metal gripper which is reaching up to tug on a light-fixture-style pull chain. This is how ...

GOPO brand "Pull String Teething Toys" have been recalled because they can cause respiratory distress and fatal choking, according to a news release from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Just wondering what folks' go-to "string" was for pulling runs through existing house walls. I thought (hoped?) that what appeared to be conduit into my house's wiring box went all the way to the ...