{"id":30203,"date":"2017-11-26T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=30203"},"modified":"2017-11-26T18:23:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T01:23:32","slug":"american-kingpincost-of-electricityweighted-blanket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/american-kingpincost-of-electricityweighted-blanket\/","title":{"rendered":"American Kingpin\/Cost of electricity\/Weighted blanket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Book I enjoyed<\/strong><br \/>\nI zipped through Nick Bilton\u2019s crime thriller about the rise and fall of Dread Pirate Roberts, founder of the Silk Road dark website, where anyone could buy drugs or weapons anonymously. It\u2019s a real life Breaking Bad story of a likeable dreamer who invents his own idealistic libertarian world, but then with good intentions slowly succumbs to his absolute unregulated power; he hires hitmen to kill an employee he believes embezzled him. His artful take-down in a public library was a satisfying climax.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2jyggvG\" target=\"_blank\">American Kingpin<\/a>\u00a0is a fast book, economically told, with just the right amount of technical detail about the dark web, bitcoin, and anonymous servers. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n<p><font color=gray><strong>How much does it cost to keep your laptop on?<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/smallnotebook.org\/2008\/06\/09\/how-to-find-the-cost-of-electricity\/\" target=\"_blank\">This post from Small Notebook<\/a>\u00a0shows you how to calculate the cost of running an electrical appliance. It turns out leaving a laptop running for a year costs over $200! \u2014 MF<\/font> [Commenters have pointed out that this formula is wrong. &#8212; MF]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weighted blanket alternative<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you\u2019ve ever had a panic attack or prone to anxiety,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/weighted-blanket-for-anxiety\" target=\"_blank\">a weighted blanket can be helpful<\/a>\u00a0but pretty pricey. A free alternative if you\u2019re ever in need is to take a shower with a towel wrapped around you. The towel will be made heavy by the water and the calming effect is that it feels like a warm hug. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pretty framing<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.framebridge.com\/frames\" target=\"_blank\">Framebridge<\/a>\u00a0has the best looking selection of affordable frames that I have seen online. I ordered a digital print framed in gold bamboo, because I wanted to break up all the wooden frames we have hanging and it looks fantastic! The print quality was great and it was delivered within 7 days. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brush pens<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B01M71S9DU\/recomendos-20\" target=\"_blank\">Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pens<\/a>\u00a0come in a 2-pack for less than $5. They look like pens, but instead of a nib they have a brush, which allows you to draw lines of varying widths. They\u2019re a lot of fun to use. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quotes I&#8217;m pondering<\/strong><br \/>\nTo achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time. \u2014 Leonard Bernstein<br \/>\nNo, no, you\u2019re not thinking; you\u2019re just being logical. \u2014 Niels Bohr<br \/>\nSeeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees. \u2014 Paul Valery<br \/>\nLife is full of obstacle illusions. \u2014 Grant Frazier<br \/>\nIf you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you\u2019ve launched too late. \u2014 Reid Hoffman<br \/>\nBabies are such a nice way to start people. \u2014 Don Herold<br \/>\n\u2014 KK<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/recomendo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Get the Recomendo weekly newsletter<\/a>\u00a0a 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. 70<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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\/30203"}],"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=30203"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30212,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30203\/revisions\/30212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}