{"id":33295,"date":"2019-04-07T02:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=33295"},"modified":"2019-03-21T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T00:05:39","slug":"online-figure-drawingrenting-toolstunefind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/online-figure-drawingrenting-toolstunefind\/","title":{"rendered":"Online figure drawing\/Renting tools\/Tunefind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Online figure drawing<\/strong>
\nI live close to the Art Director\u2019s Guild headquarters in Los Angeles, which has weekly evening figure drawing classes. My daughter and I go there occasionally, but I recently discovered a site called Line of Action that has a useful\u00a0figure drawing practice system<\/a>. It shows you a series of figure models posing for specified periods of time, just like a real figure drawing session. The hands-and-feet tool is especially useful (and challenging) for me. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Renting Tools<\/strong>
\nReminder: Your local Home Depot or other big box building store\u00a0rents an amazing array of tools<\/a>. Not just carpet shampooers, but carpet dryers, concrete cutting saws, pipe locators, ditch diggers, stump grinders, wallpaper removers, cherry pickers \u2014 all kinds of tools you will use only once in your life. Check out their selection. It\u2019s a great way to try out a tool. My rule is if I want to rent a tool a second time, it\u2019s worth buying. Last year I rented an electric power-washer. This year, I bought one. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Figure out what song was playing<\/strong>
\nWhenever I\u2019m watching TV and a song catches my ear, I often don\u2019t have the chance to ask Siri what it is.\u00a0Tunefind<\/a>\u00a0is great for that, because the next day I can just look up whatever show I was watching and listen to clips of all the songs that were played during that episode. Once I find the song, I can be redirected to listen on Spotify or search for the song on Youtube. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Low-cost compact prism binoculars<\/strong>
\nI bought two of these\u00a0handheld binoculars<\/a>\u00a0($23) for an upcoming Rolling Stones concert my wife and I are going to. They are small and light enough that \u00a0I could put them in a daypack and not know they are there. The optics are excellent, especially for the price. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Touring by bicycle<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m a huge fan of bicycles as the ideal way to tour. You see more than in a car, but you cover more than walking. Inexpensive, too. The\u00a0Adventure Cycling Association<\/a>\u00a0is dedicated to encouraging bike touring in the US and offers very detailed maps and guides for many routes, short and long \u2013 including those paths without cars. I used their fantastic maps to bicycle 2,000 miles from Vancouver to Mexico along the Pacific coast with minimal traffic, hills, and hurdles. Plus tons of other help for bike touring. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

A view for your cat<\/strong>
\nThe best gift you can give your indoor cat is a great view and a comfy place to nap. I\u2019ve owned both the\u00a0original Kitty Cot<\/a>\u00a0($50) and the\u00a0less expensive version by Oster<\/a>\u00a0($20), and they\u2019re both great. The Kitty Cot offers more size options and the Oster Sunny Seat has a machine washable cover and can hold up to 50 pounds. Every time I witness my little furry Frida sleeping or lounging in her perch enjoying her view, I think about what a smart purchase this was. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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