{"id":16566,"date":"2014-06-03T13:02:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T20:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=16566"},"modified":"2017-04-10T15:52:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T22:52:56","slug":"author-and-wired-columnist-clive-thompson-cool-tools-show-002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/author-and-wired-columnist-clive-thompson-cool-tools-show-002\/","title":{"rendered":"Author and Wired columnist Clive Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/152642922&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this entertaining second installment of the Cool Tools podcast, Clive Thompson, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1594204454\/cooltools-20\">Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better<\/a>, discusses the problem with laptop calculators, a surprising use for uncommonly bad tools, and what we all can do to stop stock photos from ruining the internet\u2026 all while introducing us to some terrific cool tools. (Listen to episode 001 with guest David Pogue <a href=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/david-pogue-of-yahoo-tech-cool-tools-show-001\/\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/cool-tools-show-and-tell\/id605920446?mt=2\">Subscribe to the Cool Tools Podcast on iTunes<\/a> |<a href=\"http:\/\/feedpress.me\/cooltoolsshow\"> RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/o9XjFd\">Transcript<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedpress.me\/cooltoolsshow\" class=\"urilv-button\" name=\"feed-7810\">Subscribe to Cool Tools Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smarterthanyouthink.net\/\">Clive\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clive\u2019s Wired column, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/05\/stock-photos\/\">Only You Can Overthrow the Tyranny of Awful Stock Photos<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are Clive&#8217;s tool picks, with quotes from the show:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/soulver.jpg\" alt=\"soulver\" width=\"475\" height=\"221\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/soulver.jpg 475w, https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/soulver-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acqualia.com\/store\/soulver\/\">Soulver<\/a>: $12-18<br \/>\n&#8220;The guys who made Soulver decided to create a calculator that actually didn\u2019t try and look like an old calculator, and as a result it&#8217;s way more fun to use. You can type in semi-regular expressions like &#8216;this times that minus this&#8217; and you can take a result from one column and drag it down into another so you can do dynamic addition and subtraction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/dymo.jpg\" alt=\"dymo\" width=\"475\" height=\"460\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/dymo.jpg 475w, https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/dymo-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/dymo-309x300.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B004E2RQO8\/cooltools-20\">Dymo DYM12966 Plastic Label Embosser<\/a>: $14.84<br \/>\n&#8220;This is actually a sub-par labeler, but it\u2019s fantastic for art projects!&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/ifixit.jpg\" alt=\"ifixit\" width=\"475\" height=\"461\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/ifixit.jpg 475w, https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/ifixit-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/ifixit-309x300.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifixit.com\/Store\/Tools\/26-Bit-Driver-Kit\/IF145-028\">iFixit 26 Bit Driver Kit<\/a>: $20<br \/>\n&#8220;I only use it once a month but whenever I use it it\u2019s the only thing that will fix whatever stupid little electronic thing has fallen apart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/live-scribe.jpg\" alt=\"live-scribe\" width=\"475\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/live-scribe.jpg 475w, https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/live-scribe-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/06\/live-scribe-393x300.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1kudU8F\">Livescribe Pen<\/a>: $130 &#8211; $200<br \/>\n&#8220;I\u2019ve been using this for five years and it has been incredibly transformative of my note taking as a reporter. I use it in face to face situations and it allows me to be as comprehensive or un-comprehensive as I want with my written notes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Clive Thompson &#8211; Cool Tools Show #2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1559],"tags":[1555],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16566"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28656,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16566\/revisions\/28656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}