{"id":28612,"date":"2017-04-02T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=28612"},"modified":"2017-03-30T16:54:38","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T23:54:38","slug":"ankibooking-comsideways-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/ankibooking-comsideways-dictionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Anki\/Booking.com\/Sideways Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learning:<\/strong>
\nAnki<\/a> is a free flashcard program that uses the Spaced Repetition System (SRS) to present words or facts you have trouble remembering more frequently than ones you can recall easily. I\u2019m using Anki based on the advice in the book Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It<\/a>, which I highly recommend. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Travel booking tip:<\/strong>
\nI travel in other countries a lot, often in remote places, and when I do I prefer smaller hotels, hostels, guesthouses, homestays, inns and Airbnb. Over the past decade I\u2019ve used many apps and sites for booking smaller places in Asia, Latin America and Europe, but in the last 3 years I\u2019ve settled on Booking.com<\/a> as my go-to. It has a unified interface to 1.1 million hotels and guesthouses worldwide, with the widest coverage and selection, accurate prices and info, high reliability (if they say you have a reservation, you do), and they make it very easy to change or cancel. If I can, I will always book through Booking.com<\/a> rather than the hotel direct. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Pasta Recipe:<\/strong>
\nI grew up eating Prego sauce spaghetti and as an adult had a hard time enjoying less sugary alternatives. This America\u2019s Test Kitchen Skillet Lasagna<\/a> recipe (free on Food.com<\/a>) is my new favorite. I substitute the meatloaf mix with ground beef and lasagna noodles for spaghetti broken in half to fit into the skillet. Also, my husband doesn\u2019t like ricotta, so I\u2019ve been subbing with white cheddar. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Dirt Cheap Transcription:<\/strong>
\nVoiceBase<\/a> takes audio recordings and turns them into text. It also analyzes the text to identify subjects and keywords, and can play back the audio as it highlights the text. It\u2019s not as good as a human transcriber, but it does a decent job and is much cheaper (2 cents a minute compared to $1 a minute for a human).You get $60 in free credit<\/a> to try it out, too. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Learning:<\/strong>
\nThe Sideways Dictionary<\/a> project uses analogies to explain technology.\u00a0You can contribute your own, upvote those you like or downvote those you don\u2019t find helpful. Here\u2019s one to describe API: \u201cIt\u2019s like a LEGO brick. An application without an API is like a LEGO brick without nodules (are they called nodules?) \u2013 it\u2019s not much fun and you can\u2019t build anything new with it.\u201d \u2014\u00a0by Nick Asbury.\u00a0I can feel my mind expanding. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Watchable:<\/strong>
\nI really loved the science fiction movie Arrival<\/a> (pictured above). It is one of those very rare movies that is better than the short story it is based on. In the movie they make the science clearer, and at its heart, despite the science, it\u2019s a sentimental drama. I\u2019m not giving much away to tell you that the central notion of the film is that language rewires your brain to think differently, and that if aliens could give you a language that was structured without linear time, you could predict the future. Enjoy! \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

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