{"id":35997,"date":"2020-05-03T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=35997"},"modified":"2020-04-29T10:29:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T17:29:20","slug":"chilledcowstreamyardbetter-pen-holder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/chilledcowstreamyardbetter-pen-holder\/","title":{"rendered":"ChilledCow\/Streamyard\/Better pen holder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Non-stop music as a soundtrack to your day<\/strong>
\nAt 3PM on a Thursday afternoon I\u2019m one of 41,875 other people listening to the livestream of the\u00a0ChilledCow lofi hiphop radio station<\/a>\u00a0on YouTube. Over 5 million people subscribe to ChilledCow, and I imagine the vast majority of them are students. I learned about it from my 16-year-old daughter who plays it on her headphones while she does her homework. I find that I can listen to the relaxing music for hours and hours while I work (that is, when I\u2019m not in a Zoom meeting.) \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Live streaming broadcast studio<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve been a guest on a number of live streams that use StreamYard.\u00a0StreamYard<\/a>\u00a0is the emerging tool that enables you to broadcast live streaming video. The host invites up to 10 different guests to join via their incoming video connections. The guests meet off camera in a \u201cgreen room.\u201d Then like a studio producer, the host can mix which guests appear in the stream, which remain on deck in the green room, which other visuals to show, and overall to control what is streamed out live to YouTube, Facebook, etc., or your own website. Works pretty well. Conceptually this is a mini-broadcasting studio. It costs $25 per month to host, with a free trial option. Guests only require a web browser. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Better pen holder<\/strong>
\nA while ago I recommended a\u00a0pen holder strap<\/a>\u00a0that I was really excited about (and still am because it\u2019s French and pink<\/em>), but thanks to\u00a0Rayan Parikh<\/a>\u00a0sharing what\u2019s in his bag, I\u2019ve now discovered these\u00a0adhesive pen holder loops<\/a>\u00a0($6\/5pk). I\u2019ve stuck these on all my notebooks so that I always have a pen ready. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Virtual white board<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve been trying out\u00a0Miro<\/a>, a shared white board for video calls. This is a free web-based tool that allows all participants to draw, or post notes, on the same white page in real time. You open Miro in another browser tab while you zoom, so you and your collaborators can sketch, diagram, write down formulas together. Like standing around a white board. You\u2019ll need a drawing tablet such as an iPad, Surface, or Wacom tablet on your end. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

A self-cleaning litter box that works<\/strong>
\nThe\u00a0Litter-Robot<\/a>\u00a0is what it sounds like \u2013 a cat litter box that performs a self clean every time one of my three cats uses it. The manufacturer sent me one to try out, and\u00a0 it\u2019s changed an unpleasant twice-a-day cleaning routine into an easy once-every-two-days task of dumping a tray of litter clumps into the trash. It\u2019s basically a rotating barrel with a screen. Your cat hops in and does her business, and a few minutes after she hops out the barrel slowly rotates, depositing the clumps into a tray, and returning the clean litter to the barrel. It comes with a smartphone app, which I initially thought was ridiculous, but turned out to be useful in alerting me when it\u2019s time to empty the tray. This thing costs $500, which is a crazy amount of money for a litter box. But think of it on a two-year timeframe: is worth a dollar a day to eliminate an unpleasant chore? \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Focus a wandering mind<\/strong>
\nThis infographic has\u00a09 suggestions for focusing your wandering mind<\/a>. A couple of them I\u2019ve never heard before, like taking 1 minute to doodle to help cognitive performance, and a yoga hand trick to reduce stress. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

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