{"id":33291,"date":"2019-03-31T02:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=33291"},"modified":"2019-03-21T16:59:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T23:59:39","slug":"social-mission-bollywoodpytsketch-pad-for-all-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/social-mission-bollywoodpytsketch-pad-for-all-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Social mission Bollywood\/Pyt\/Sketch pad for all media"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Social mission Bollywood<\/strong>
\nTwo notable Bollywood films give you that special dose of outlandish song, dance and rom-com drama that you expect with a Bollywood extravaganza, plus they advance a vital social cause. And they will give you deep insight into today\u2019s India. Both films are about a maverick who takes it upon himself to undo an entrenched detrimental Indian custom. Interestingly, the same Bollywood super-star, Akshay Kumar, plays the protagonist in both films, which are based on true stories.\u00a0Toilet: A Love Story<\/a>\u00a0is the movie version of a real guy who tried to put toilets in his home against the wishes of the village, and his wife is pressured to divorce him for this affront, and how this became a national campaign.\u00a0Padman<\/a>\u00a0is the true story of a guy trying to get Indian village women to use sanitary pads instead of being quarantined outside during menstruation. He invents a way to make the pads cheaply, which he tests on himself. (!!!) His wife also divorces him. But all ends well in both films \u2014 it\u2019s Bollywood! There is a third film, a straight documentary about the real Padman, called\u00a0Period. End of Sentence.<\/a>\u00a0This won an Oscar this year for a documentary short. Quite inspirational. All three films can be streamed on Netflix with English subtitles. The first two are painless entryways into Bollywood. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Danish word for stressful situations<\/strong>
\n\u201cPyt\u201d is now in my vocabulary thanks to this\u00a0Fast Company article<\/a>. It doesn\u2019t have an English translation, but Danes use it as an interjection to frustrations or mishaps. It means something like \u201cOh, well,\u201d and is used as a reset button to accept the situation and refocus rather than react. I like it because it sounds like a cute short curse word. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Sketch pad for all media<\/strong>
\nMy art student daughter has been using these spiral-bound\u00a0Canson Mix Media 7×10 drawing pads<\/a>. I started buying them for myself, too. The heavy paper easily handles ink pens, watercolor, and Copic markers, and has a nice texture for pencils. A 60-sheet notebook is only $7. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Use Dropbox within Gmail<\/strong>
\nIf you use Dropbox, installing the\u00a0Dropbox Chrome extension<\/a>\u00a0is a timesaver. I no longer have to search for files in subfolders to copy and paste share links. With the extension, I can access all my folders and recent files and attach them in a message without having to leave Gmail. If someone sends me a dropbox link, I can download it directly to my computer without being redirected to another window \u2014 all these saved clicks add up! \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Automatic product comparisons<\/strong>
\nWhen researching a product online, type in the item in Google and then add \u201cvs\u201d. Google will auto-complete with the most popular, and highly rated, alternatives, and the top link will educate you quickly. Then \u201cvs\u201d autocomplete the new item and you\u2019ll have a good sense of the field. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Another use for Starbucks cards<\/strong>
\n(This tip comes from Recomendo reader Andy Kegel, who saw my\u00a0<\/em>tip about converting leftover foreign currency to Starbucks credit<\/em><\/a>.)<\/em>\u00a0\u201cMore and more rebates come as prepaid credit\/debit cards. It\u2019s hard to find something for exactly the face amount, so I feel like I\u2019m always gifting back part of the rebate via unspent residuals. So now I put the whole amount on a Starbucks card or similar and I can spend the entire face value.\u201d \u2014 MF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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