{"id":27324,"date":"2016-09-11T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=27324"},"modified":"2016-09-08T11:11:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T18:11:35","slug":"travel-tipbrain-appsfrowniesinstantwatcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/travel-tipbrain-appsfrowniesinstantwatcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel tip\/Brain apps\/Frownies\/InstantWatcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Travel tip:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe cheapest bargain of any overseas vacation is the $25 for the travel guidebook, so I always get the latest version. And I have no qualms about cutting it up. I get the large country-scale guide, and then with a razor blade knife I excise only the portions I could possibly use (photo above). Then I staple and bind with clear packing tape for very durable, and lightweight, thin booklets. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watchable:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDPU7G8?ref_=aiv_dp_season_select&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=recomendos-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=f23cfc178a15e4648e43bb657b55d343&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\" target=\"_blank\">Les Revenants (The Returned)<\/a> is a French supernatural television series (with English subtitles) that my wife and I are enjoying. The first episode opens with a terrible school bus accident in the alps that leaves 38 children dead. Four years later, some of the children return home, un-aged and unharmed. Spooky and fun. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apps:<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019ve been enjoying using both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peak.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peak<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elevateapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elevate<\/a> brain-training apps for about a month now. While Elevate has more challenging writing and math exercises that actually teach you as you go, Peak\u2019s problem solving puzzles are addictive, and I get a greater sense of accomplishment after completing them. Plus, I really enjoy competing against previous scores and watching my \u201cbrain map\u201d grow. Here\u2019s a good <a href=\"http:\/\/appadvice.com\/appnn\/2015\/07\/peak-vs-elevate-ios-brain-training-apps-go-head-to-head\" target=\"_blank\">comparison review<\/a>. \u2014 CL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow:<\/strong><br \/>\nFor pithy brilliant insight into the contours of our digital future, I\u2019m following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenedictEvans\" target=\"_blank\">Benedict Evans on Twitter<\/a>, and I subscribe to his <a href=\"http:\/\/ben-evans.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\">weekly newsletter<\/a>. He is creative, quantitative, plausible and fun. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tool:<\/strong><br \/>\nI often get sinus headaches and sometimes when I fall asleep with a headache, I will wake up with deep wrinkles from brow furrowing throughout the night. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00027DMSI\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=recomendos-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B00027DMSI&amp;linkId=a139ebceb12530e9d1d4380b76b98e5b\" target=\"_blank\">Frownies<\/a> helps to prevent these from forming. I\u2019ve already gone through a box and will continue reordering. \u2014 CL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service:<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m a Netflix subscriber, but the built-in title browsing isn\u2019t great. I use <a href=\"http:\/\/instantwatcher.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">instantwatcher.com<\/a>, which lets you browse and search shows and movies in many different ways. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n<p>Want to get our next Recomendo a week early in your inbox? Sign up for next Sunday newsletter <a href=\"http:\/\/recomendo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recomendo: issue no. 7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2323],"tags":[2324],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27324"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27330,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27324\/revisions\/27330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}