{"id":33517,"date":"2019-05-19T02:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=33517"},"modified":"2019-05-17T11:14:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T18:14:23","slug":"tv-for-catsandy-goldsworthyautogenic-relaxation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/tv-for-catsandy-goldsworthyautogenic-relaxation\/","title":{"rendered":"TV for cats\/Andy Goldsworthy\/Autogenic relaxation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TV for cats<\/strong>
\nMy daughter likes having our cats hang out in her room with her when she does her homework, but when they start to bother her by rubbing against her or standing on her papers, she told me she shows them\u00a0YouTube videos made for cats<\/a>. I didn\u2019t believe they worked, but I tried one (it shows mice and birds eating seeds) and my cat was engrossed for the entire 14-minute video. \u2013 MF<\/p>\n

The importance of play<\/strong>
\nAndy Goldsworthy is an artist I pay attention to. Goldsworthy is famous for his playful, intricate rearrangements of leaves, twigs, ice, and stones in natural settings. An incredibly enchanting documentary about his work,\u00a0Rivers and Tides<\/a>, shows him as he works outside overcoming pieces that keep failing, so for a brief moment I see the world as the artist does, as invisible flows revealed by play. Recently the same documentarian made a second film recording a more mature Goldsworthy working on more ambitious projects. This doc, titled\u00a0Leaning into the Wind<\/a>, accomplishes the same trick of helping me see the world differently, and via Goldworthy\u2019s example, to take play seriously.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 KK<\/p>\n

Fall asleep faster<\/strong>
\nWhen I have trouble sleeping listening to the\u00a0Autogenic Relaxation by Meditation Oasis<\/a>\u00a0usually knocks me out. The audio guides me through relaxing all my limbs starting with my feet. I rarely make it past my neck. Here is a link to\u00a0download the meditation<\/a>. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Duplicate travel items<\/strong>
\nI have found it useful to purchase a duplicate set of cords, cables, chargers, desktop items, earphones, etc that I carry in a dedicated bag just for travel. Increasingly I\u2019ve added duplicate articles of clothing, shoes, hats to my carry-on luggage. They never leave. That way I don\u2019t have to pack, but more importantly, I don\u2019t ever forget anything. The cost of duplication is minimal for the benefits. \u2013 KK<\/p>\n

OXO Good Grips silicone pot holder<\/strong>
\nThis\u00a0pot holder\u00a0<\/a>($10) is a padded fabric envelope with a knobby silicone sheet on one side, Nothing can slip from its grip. I even use it to open stubborn jar lids. \u2013 MF<\/p>\n

Make your portrait a poem<\/strong>
\nI love poetry, so this Google AI experiment \u201cPoemPortraits<\/a>\u201c was something I enjoyed playing with. I donated the word \u201csupernatural\u201d which then produced a unique two-line poem, pulling from more than 20 million words of 19th century poetry. Then I took a selfie with my laptop camera and the\u00a0poem became my face<\/a>. I am now a part of the ever-expanding and evolving machine-created poem. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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