{"id":29108,"date":"2017-06-25T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=29108"},"modified":"2017-07-14T10:17:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T17:17:48","slug":"change-agentinformed-deliveryworkflowy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/change-agentinformed-deliveryworkflowy\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Agent\/Informed Delivery\/WorkFlowy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Book I&#8217;m devouring:<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m into the newest sci-fi thriller from Daniel Suarez, <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2rpfhwI\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Change Agent<\/i><\/a>. Posits a near future where human faces and bodies can be altered by applying a one-time DNA treatment. In this story, the first to master this experimental technology is the underworld. Hijinks ensue. The speculative science is plausible. \u2013 KK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snail mail in your email:<\/strong><br \/>\nUSPS\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informeddelivery.usps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Informed Delivery<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0free and available almost everywhere in the US now.\u00a0Every morning, I get an email with scanned images of my mail before it\u2019s delivered.\u00a0Most of the time it\u2019s junk, and those days I don\u2019t even bother checking my mailbox, but this service is great if you\u2019re expecting something important. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Task Management:<\/strong><br \/>\nI learned about the the task manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/workflowy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WorkFlowy<\/a> from a <a href=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/workflowy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cool Tools review<\/a>. It\u2019s a hierarchical list maker with a couple of bells and whistles, but its power is in its simplicity and ease of use. I\u2019ve tried more task managers than I\u2019d care to admit, but this is the one I\u2019m going to use from now on. I pay $5 a month just to support them, but the free version is all I really need. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edible:<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m so excited about this <a href=\"https:\/\/cooking.nytimes.com\/68861692-nyt-cooking\/1335039-30-bright-and-beautiful-summer-pastas\" target=\"_blank\">recipe collection of Summer pastas<\/a>\u00a0by NYT cooking. Most of them require ingredients that are out of my comfort zone, which is a good thing, and they all seem fairly easy to make! I\u2019ve already crossed two off my list and they were delicious. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clear vision underwater:<\/strong><br \/>\nIf your eyes aren\u2019t perfect and you wear corrective lenses, you can purchase inexpensive swim goggles with corrective lenses built in. They make a huge difference underwater. I use <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2sC1vLH\" target=\"_blank\">TYR Corrective Goggles<\/a>, about $20. Select your prescription strength, between -2 and -8. \u00a0\u2014 KK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Useful newsletter:<\/strong><br \/>\nMost of the email newsletters I subscribe to go unread. Kevin Rose\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejournal.email\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Journal<\/a> is one I always read. Kevin points to interesting science articles (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2132258-the-brain-starts-to-eat-itself-after-chronic-sleep-deprivation\/\" target=\"_blank\">The brain starts to eat itself after chronic sleep deprivation<\/a>), finds provocative quotes (\u201cGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.\u201c), and reviews products and apps that he finds useful. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/recomendo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Get the Recomendo weekly newsletter<\/a> a week early by email.<\/em><\/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. 48<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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\/29108"}],"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\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29114,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29108\/revisions\/29114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}