{"id":36634,"date":"2020-07-19T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=36634"},"modified":"2020-07-13T12:03:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T19:03:26","slug":"window-swaptelescoping-laddersymbololology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/window-swaptelescoping-laddersymbololology\/","title":{"rendered":"Window Swap\/Telescoping ladder\/Symbololology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Travel without moving<\/strong>
\nI just spent the last ten minutes on\u00a0Window Swap<\/a>\u00a0staring out a window in\u00a0Villalago, Italy, where I could see the mountains and hear birds chirping and church bells ringing.\u00a0Anyone is welcome to submit video (and audio) of their window view, and with the click of a button you can bounce around all over the world. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Telescoping aluminum ladder<\/strong>
\nLike magic, my 12-foot ladder will telescope down to less than 3 feet. I can throw this Telescoping Aluminum Ladder<\/a> in the trunk of my car, but more importantly, I can effortlessly move it through our house under my arm when I need to reach high ceiling bulbs or skylights, etc. It collapses instantly when done and stores in a closet. It\u2019s what a home ladder should be. There are a bunch of no-brand models, almost identical, for about $100. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Characters that aren\u2019t on your keyboard<\/strong>
\nA lot of characters aren\u2019t on your keyboard, but you might find them useful. For example, \u2660, \u2663, \u2665, and \u2666. An easy way to browse and use these hidden characters is by visiting\u00a0Symbololology<\/a>, a one-page site with about 500 non-keyboard characters. Symbololology,\u00a0 where have you been all my life\u203d \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Best virtual museum<\/strong>
\nGoogle hosts one of the best virtual museums in the world. They\u2019ve scanned many thousands of the world\u2019s masterpieces at super high resolution. So from my home I can visit their \u201cArts and Culture<\/a>\u201d site and by scrolling get very very close to the art \u2014 much closer than I could in a physical museum. I\u2019ve seen many of the originals in their home museums, and I feel I was seeing them for the first time here. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Over 180 useful Mac apps for $10 a month<\/strong>
\nSetapp<\/a>\u00a0is a subscription service for Mac applications. I pay $10 a month for over 180 useful applications. I don\u2019t use all of them, but the ones I use are indispensable throughout my day. I use Meeter to quickly enter scheduled Zoom meetings. I use Mosaic to move and place windows on my desktop. CleanMyMac X has a bunch of useful utilities to free up disk space and delete apps and large files. IM+ puts my Google chats and Slack groups into one convenient place. Downie makes it easy to download YouTube videos. Forecast bar is a great menu bar weather application. I could go on and on, but you get the idea. Setapp also adds new applications into their offerings frequently, and I\u2019m always eager to check them out. If you have a Mac and are interested in design, productivity, and utilities, this is a no-brainer. (I\u2019ve mentioned Setapp on Recomendo before but they\u2019ve added so many useful apps to their collection that it was\u00a0 time for an update.) \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

A notepad that follows you<\/strong>
\nAfter my recent computer upgrade, I lost my\u00a0Papier chrome extension<\/a>\u00a0that I previously recommended for taking notes in your browser. The website no longer works and it doesn\u2019t exist in the chrome store and I was really bummed because it\u2019s so useful to just be able to open a tab and have a space to write out your to-do list, or do a brain dump, or collect quotes. Thankfully, I was able to find an alternative created by a Google AI designer called\u00a0Mindful (Beta)<\/a>. What\u2019s better about Mindful is that it syncs with my chrome account so I can access my notes on both my desktop and laptop. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

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