{"id":39706,"date":"2022-02-06T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=39706"},"modified":"2022-01-31T15:05:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:05:43","slug":"colorkudie-with-zeroweird-old-book-finder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/colorkudie-with-zeroweird-old-book-finder\/","title":{"rendered":"ColorKu\/Die with Zero\/Weird Old Book Finder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Like Sudoku, but with colors<\/strong>
\nColorKu<\/a>\u00a0is a nice looking wooden game board, with holes that hold colored wooden marbles in nine different colors. Game play is just like Sudoku, but this version makes it fun to play with others. It comes with about 100 starting problems, but you can use any Sudoku problems by assigning each color a number. I gave this to my sister for her birthday and she loves it, too. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

You should die broke<\/strong>
\nTo maximize your life enjoyment, you should die with no money left over. Spend your money while you can get the most experiences from it, not when you are old. Give away what you are going to give away (to kids or charity) while you can enjoy and direct it, and when it makes the most difference to the receiver. That\u2019s the well-reasoned, persuasive argument of this book,\u00a0Die with Zero<\/em><\/a>. (The message is similar to\u00a0Die Broke,\u00a0<\/em>a book\u00a0<\/em>that I have recommended in the past, but\u00a0Die with Zero<\/em>\u00a0is much better in its explanation,\u00a0 and practical advice on how to balance your account to zero.) Everyone should consider this positively affirming strategy. It\u2019s been life-changing for me. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Weird Old Book Finder<\/strong>
\nClive Thompson created this\u00a0search tool for weird old books<\/a>\u00a0in an attempt to\u00a0rewild<\/em>\u00a0our attention. It only finds books one at a time and in the public domain, which you can download. I found this 1901 copy of\u00a0Studies of Trees in Winter<\/a>, which is actually a book I came across in a Berkeley library years ago and have been searching for. I also discovered this \u2014\u00a0definitely weird \u2014\u00a0<\/em>rare manuscript titled\u00a0The Complex Vision<\/a>\u00a0by poet\/philosopher John Cowper Powys. I love tools like these that help me break free from the same old internet loop. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Best spa tablets<\/strong>
\nEvery evening for the past 20 years I do a short dip in our hot tub just outside our bedroom doors. The totality of my maintenance for the hot tub consists of adding one bromide tablet per week. That is all I do. Having tried different tabs over the years, the best ones are\u00a0Clorox Spa Brominating Tablets<\/a>. They give consistent clarity and have the least smell. The water is almost odorless. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

3 simple ways to exercise your brain<\/strong>
\nStanford creativity expert\u00a0Sarah Stein Greenberg<\/a>\u00a0contributed this short write-up on\u00a0brain exercises to flex your creative muscles<\/a>. What stood out to me was\u00a0Seeing<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>where she suggests finding a photograph capturing scenes of life with multiple subjects and lots of details and answer the following questions: What\u2019s going on in the picture? What do you see that makes you say that? What else do you see? What do you see that makes you say that? \u2014 and then repeat, over and over again form multiple perspectives. The other 2 exercises are\u00a0Shadowing<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Studying the solution that already exists.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Read the full article here<\/a>. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

52 things Jason Kottke learned in 2022<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe number of people born in Antarctica (11) is fewer than the number of people who have walked on the Moon (12).\u201d That\u2019s just one of\u00a052 surprising things<\/a>\u00a0blogger Jason Kottke included in his year-end post.\u00a0 Here\u2019s another: \u201cCannabis delivery isn\u2019t legal in Maine, so this enterprising online shop employs \u2018psychics\u2019 to \u2018find a wide selection of your lost weed and drop it off at your home.\u2019\u201d \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

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