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Lifehacker: You oversee a series for MAKE magazine in which you challenge readers to escape from or survive MacGyver-esque situations, and you detail the equipment they have: a backpack with a canteen and sleeping bag, glove box supplies.
The Man Behind MacGyver: Swiss Army Knife Or Duct Tape? | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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The funny thing about the Punisher - that I think takes away from his appeal, if it's allowed to detract from his more action oriented, kick-ass approach to things - is this MacGyver-esque obsession with gadgetry.
Lexi Alexander Talks Punisher: War Zone Status « FirstShowing.net 2008
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What MacGyver-esque uses have you pulled from your mobile camera?
Use Your Mobile Phone Camera to Find Your Parked Car | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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Lifehacker: You oversee a series for MAKE magazine in which you challenge readers to escape from or survive MacGyver-esque situations, and you detail the equipment they have: a backpack with a canteen and sleeping bag, glove box supplies.
The Man Behind MacGyver: Swiss Army Knife Or Duct Tape? | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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What MacGyver-esque uses have you pulled from your mobile camera?
Use Your Mobile Phone Camera to Find Your Parked Car | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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Using my MacGyver-esque coathanger contraption, I fished down the hole and brought up a huge, stinking wad of black, oozing, toothpaste-and-spit-encrusted hair.
The One Where I Realize That There Are Some Jobs I Am Not Qualified To Do 2005
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Using my MacGyver-esque coathanger contraption, I fished down the hole and brought up a huge, stinking wad of black, oozing, toothpaste-and-spit-encrusted hair.
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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In a MacGyver-esque fit of inspiration, my dad fashioned a crude muffler out of soda pop cans, sending us over to the garbage (this was the pre-recycyling era) at a nearby store to fetch raw materials.
the flux capacitor! 2003
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What's your most memorable MacGyver-esque moment, where you fixed or boosted your situation with just some basic supplies and ingenuity?
Lifehacker Kevin Purdy 2010
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Keep Labor in place, Abbott argues, and we'll soon be up to our ears in bloated, nasty bureaucracy; elect the Coalition, and its policies will be executed to perfection by a MacGyver-esque public servant wielding nothing more than a roll of twine and some gaffer tape.
ZDNet Australia 2010
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