{"id":27762,"date":"2016-11-28T02:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=27762"},"modified":"2016-11-22T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T00:12:16","slug":"cool-tools-2015-holiday-gift-guide-podcasters-choice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/cool-tools-2015-holiday-gift-guide-podcasters-choice-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Tools 2016 Holiday Gift Guide: Podcaster’s choice"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month and next month, we are presenting a series of gift suggestions selected from the pages of Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities<\/a> (which itself makes a great gift), and from the website. This week: picks from our podcast guests.<\/p>\n

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\n“The Janome HD3000 Heavy Duty Sewing Machine<\/a> ($400) is, for me, the prosumer heavy duty sewing machine that won\u2019t break the bank. There\u2019s a specific foot for doing a surger stitch and I\u2019m sewing with fur lately as part of a costuming thing and the fur requires a serger stitch for maximum strength.” — Adam Savage<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cMushroom coffee<\/a> is exactly what it sounds like. It is coffee with mushrooms in it. In this case, it has instant coffee, about 40 milligrams of caffeine in a full packet, which is very low. Generally speaking, a cup of espresso might have 80 milligrams. A really strong cup of coffee might have 150 milligrams. This is 40, but it\u2019s combined with different types of mushrooms and substances. It has, in my case, a very profound cognitive effect. This has been something that I am using as a cognitive tool and just an experimental food right now, which I\u2019m fond of.\u201d — Tim Ferriss<\/p>\n
\n\u201cHow to Read a Book<\/a> ($12), is a tool about different techniques and strategies for extracting the content of books. You\u2019d think it was a lot simpler than that based on the title, but it really teaches you strategies that I think are great. I wish I had read it when I was in my first year of high school.\u201d — Star Simpson<\/p>\n
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\nI tried the Vitamix 5300 Blender<\/a> ($430) and the smoothie that I made \u2014 the world stopped and everything went dark and a spotlight went down on the smoothie. It was the best thing in the world. I was full. I was full all day. I had energy. I lifted a car off of a fire hydrant in the garage. It was amazing what I was able to do. It\u2019s been the most amazing thing. \u2026 Anything blends in this.\u201d — Dan Benjamin<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cSomething I love is my Hario Ceramic Coffee Mill<\/a> ($26). It\u2019s less than $30 and one of the things I really like about it is it\u2019s quite a bit of work. It might not seem like a selling point but \u2026 I get more of a boost to my morning to making my coffee than I get from the coffee itself, and there\u2019s also a meditative quality about it.\u201d — Hugh Howey<\/p>\n
\nWant more? Check out our other 2016 gift picks<\/a> as well as our 2015 Gift Guide<\/a>, 2014 Gift Guide<\/a> and our 2103 Gift Guide<\/a><\/p>\n
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