{"id":36275,"date":"2020-06-07T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=36275"},"modified":"2020-06-01T10:37:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T17:37:03","slug":"17-questionssuper-vectorizer-2list-of-bookmark-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/17-questionssuper-vectorizer-2list-of-bookmark-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Questions\/Super Vectorizer 2\/List of bookmark managers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Self-Review Questions<\/strong>
\nThe lifehacking guru Tim Ferriss compiled 17 questions he frequently asks himself, which I find useful to review myself every now and then. They are meant to help ensure that I spend my time on the right things. You can download them as a\u00a0\u201c17 Questions That Changed My Life\u201d PDF<\/a>. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Easy image vectorizing<\/strong>
\nI frequently need to convert a photo or scan into vector art. I typically use Adobe Illustrator\u2019s Trace function, but it\u2019s finicky. Illustrator is also very expensive. Recently I discovered this $19 app called\u00a0Super Vectorizer 2<\/a>\u00a0that does just one thing \u2013 converts raster images into vector images. I\u2019m impressed with the results. Here\u2019s a\u00a0before<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0after<\/a>\u00a0of a sketch I drew, and here\u2019s a\u00a0before<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0after<\/a>\u00a0of a photo I found in the\u00a0JumpStory image library<\/a>\u00a0(which I recommended a couple of weeks ago). \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Every bookmark manager ever made<\/strong>
\nMy bookmarks are getting out of hand, so I knew I had to devote some time to finding a manageable solution. This is a great list of \u201cEvery bookmark manager ever made<\/a>\u201d (last updated November 2019). Thanks to that list, I went with the app that I found most visually-appealing, called\u00a0Raindrop.io<\/a>\u00a0($28 yearly), which lets me do a full-text search of every webpage I\u2019ve ever saved. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Serious lockdown viewing<\/strong>
\nTo have a research station on another planet, we have to figure out how to recreate a tiny biosphere for humans. That\u2019s what the\u00a0Biosphere 2<\/a>\u00a0project in Arizona was trying to do in 1991. I was so interested in this experiement that I spent time locked inside their test module. But this $150 million structure was built by a theater group instead of scientists, and therein lies the drama worthy of a film. Skip the comedy (Biodome, 1996) and watch\u00a0Spaceship Earth<\/a>\u00a0(2020), a new sympathetic documentary on this remarkable project. What they learned, of life support and human dynamics, should be better known. (Imagine being really locked down for 2 years.) Streams on\u00a0Hulu<\/a>,\u00a0Amazon<\/a>. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Huge gallery of high-res retro art<\/strong>
\nBelieve it or not, Flickr is still around, and I hope it stays because it\u2019s a great place to store and share images. One of my favorite Flickr folks is designer James Vaughan, who has amassed a\u00a0gallery of over 20,000 images<\/a>\u00a0from decades past, including advertising illustrations, paperback book covers, movie posters, LP covers, and more. I frequently get lost here. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Autocorrect your negativity<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve developed this small habit of editing my internal monologue when I catch myself saying something negative or absolute. If the thought \u201cThis sucks \u2014 it\u2019s never any fun,\u201d pops into my head, I immediately correct myself with \u201cThis sometimes sucks. It\u00a0might be<\/em>\u00a0fun.\u201d If I don\u2019t autocorrect myself I stay stuck in a negative mood, but when I do, I let go of the negative outcome and just roll with whatever. I first came across this trick here:\u00a0This Small Change in Your Language Can Help Downplay Negativity<\/a>. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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