{"id":27840,"date":"2016-12-18T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=27840"},"modified":"2016-12-15T15:31:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T22:31:43","slug":"pursearabian-sandsphoto-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/pursearabian-sandsphoto-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Purse\/Arabian Sands\/Photo gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Money Saver:<\/strong>
\nI have a small amount of money in the form of bitcoin. I discovered Purse<\/a>, which lets me buy things on Amazon using bitcoin at a 15% discount. So far I\u2019ve purchased two items over $100 each, and it has worked without a hitch. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Readable:<\/strong>
\nTo get as far away from my bubble in Silicon Valley, I am enjoying reading Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger<\/a>. Written in 1959 (not that long ago) this classic travelog describes the extremely remote path of Thesiger in the Empty Quarter of Arabia. He goes native with the Bedouin, and after years of traveling with them he can convey their alien mindset. They are not just pre-modern, they are pre-literate, primeval. The book plunges me into a wholly different way of seeing the world, which is why I keep reading. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Tool:<\/strong>
\nMy favorite use for the Fujifilm Instax printer<\/a> is for printing out small photo gifts. It\u2019s portable, so you can take it to parties and it only takes a few minutes to wirelessly connect and print out photos straight from your phone. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Tip:<\/strong>
\nWhen texting, at the end of sentence hit the space bar twice and it will easily put a period in the right place. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Better C to F:<\/strong>
\nRecomendo reader Don wrote to tell us, \u201cYour Centigrade to Fahrenheit conversion [from Recomendo #20<\/a>] works \u2018sorta\u2019 as long as the result of doubling the C number is a two-digit number. I\u2019ve always doubled the C number and subtracted 10%, then added 32. Most folks can figure out 10% and subtract it. Also, this doesn\u2019t result in an approximation, but the correct result.\u201d \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Service:<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve used Canvas on Demand<\/a> twice now and I am very satisfied with the quality of their premium thick wrap canvases. Sign up for the newsletter<\/a> and wait for their 50-70% off promos, which happen about once a month. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

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Recomendo: issue no. 21<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2323],"tags":[2324],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27840"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27843,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27840\/revisions\/27843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}