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Long-form listening<\/strong>
\nOne of the best books I ever listened to is\u00a0Shantaram<\/a>. This very long story \u2014 43 hours! \u2014 is the fictionalized autobiography of an Australian outlaw who hides out in the slums of Bombay, is thrown in Indian prison for drug dealing and eventually follows his guru to fight for the muhadjin in Afghanistan. He is a holy thief, a wise sinner, a coyote trickster, and this meld of the sacred and profane is what gives the story its epic rousing power. The narrator in the\u00a0audible version<\/a>\u00a0does hundreds of foreign accents pitch-perfectly and captures the enthusiasm of the Indian sub-continent. Even after 43 hours I wished the story-telling would never end. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Best news app<\/strong>
\nSmartnews<\/a>\u00a0is a free, lightweight, mobile app for iOS and Android. It presents the top news stories in different categories and is updated frequently. You can add your favorite news sites to it, too. When I want to find out what\u2019s going on, it\u2019s the first place I go. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Indie online projects<\/strong>
\nMakeHub is an crowdsourced list of interesting and useful projects by indie developers. You can sort by which has the most social media followers or votes on Product Hunt. Through MakeHub, I came across\u00a0colorkuler<\/a>, which extracts and displays your instagram color palette, and had fun comparing my palette with people I follow. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

High leverage philanthropy<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve been making micro-loans to entrepreneurs in the developing world via\u00a0Kiva<\/a>\u00a0for 10 years. I loan small amounts (less than $100) to say, women in Africa hoping to buy a sewing machine to start their own sewing business, or herders in Bolivia needing some equipment to make cheese, and soon enough they will repay the loan, so I can re-loan the money again to someone else. I\u2019ve gone through 4 cycles of loans for my first money, and there is less than 0.1% delinquency \u2014 a rate any bank would die for. 100% of my money goes to helping the individuals I select; Kiva\u2019s operating costs are funded separately. The money keeps going around. It\u2019s one of the best bargains in the world. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Worry about it later list<\/strong>
\nI got the idea to make a worry list from this\u00a0Forbes article on organizing your feelings<\/a>. I keep a sticky note on my laptop and when something is bugging me I add it to the list and mentally shelve it until later. By the end of the day, most of it doesn\u2019t matter and then I get to cross it out and that feels great. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Moth catcher<\/strong>
\nWe have pantry moths in our kitchen cupboards, and can\u2019t get rid of them. But we can greatly reduce how many there are with\u00a0these moth traps<\/a>. They look like little scout tents but the inner walls are coated with a sticky substance. Once every 9 months we replace the trap, which by then is covered with the creatures. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

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