{"id":36579,"date":"2020-07-12T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=36579"},"modified":"2020-07-07T13:58:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T20:58:20","slug":"newsletter-stackpersonal-vision-trackerbeyond-burgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/newsletter-stackpersonal-vision-trackerbeyond-burgers\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Stack\/Personal Vision Tracker\/Beyond Burgers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Newsletter Stack is a directory of newsletters grouped by\u00a0learning topics<\/a>\u00a0like COVID-19, Philosophy, Design, Wellness, etc. The website seems to be updated frequently. I signed up for all the\u00a0Creativity topic newsletters<\/a>, my favorite one is\u00a0The Creative Independent<\/a>, which explores the emotional facets of \u201ccreating\u201d with a different working artist each weekday. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Home vision test<\/strong>
\nAbout six months ago I bought an\u00a0EyeQue Personal Vision Tracker<\/a>\u00a0for $25. It looks a bit like a microscope and attaches to a smartphone. After installing the app I was able to check my vision with it. The app gave me the same information as an optometrist\u2019s prescription, which I used to buy inexpensive prescription eyeglasses online. I still plan to get eye health exams from\u00a0 an ophthalmologist from time to time, but this is a cheap and convenient way to find out what kind of lenses you need, especially in the middle of a pandemic when going into an optometrist\u2019s office poses an infection risk. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Plant-based burgers<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t eat beef, pork or lamb, but I still miss a good burger. I\u2019m a big fan of veggie Impossible Burgers, but I like Beyond Meat\u2019s burgers, cooked at home, even more. They are really delicious in flavor and texture. You can get patties of\u00a0Beyond Burgers<\/a>\u00a0at Target, Walmart, and Costco, among other retailers. The rest of my family, who do eat beef, love these plant-based burgers too. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Working from home tips<\/strong>
\nThis may be a new thing for you.\u00a0Working from Home Temporarily<\/a>\u00a0is a free 72-page ebook that offers extremely practical advice on how to set up this new lifestyle. Some of the stuff is obvious, but there\u2019s a lot of great tips such as how to upgrade to good connectivity, how set office hours, how to share your home with others who are also working, etc. Available in 3 ebook formats, all free. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Revisiting Standard Ebooks<\/strong>
\nA year or two ago I recommended\u00a0Standard Ebooks<\/a>\u00a0as a resource for free reading. They have since updated their catalog with a lot of new titles, so I thought it was time to re-recommend them. They take public domain texts (by authors such as Robert E. Howard, Edith Wharton, Sarah Orne Jewett, Bertrand Russell), scour them for typographical errors, add excellent cover art, and format them for Kindle and other e-readers. The online catalog is a pleasure to browse, and includes a synopsis for each book. The latest entries include\u00a0The Gambler<\/em>\u00a0by Fyodor Dostoevsky,\u00a0Journey to the Center of the Earth<\/em>\u00a0by Jules Verne,\u00a0Pellucidar<\/em>\u00a0by Edgar Rice Burroughs,\u00a0The Time Traders<\/em>\u00a0by Andre Norton,\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>\u00a0by William Shakespeare,\u00a0A Tangled Tale<\/em>\u00a0by Lewis Carroll,\u00a0The Marvelous Land of Oz<\/em>\u00a0by L Frank Baum, and\u00a0Villette<\/em>\u00a0by Charlotte Bront\u00eb. Join the mailing list or subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on new books added to the catalog. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Another musical time machine<\/strong>
\nLast week I recommended The Nostalgia Machine, and some readers reported that it was glitchy and did not work on their browser. Reader Micael suggested if you have Spotify, try searching for \u201cyear:1992\u201d to get song and artist results from that year, and\u00a0@JMWander<\/a>\u00a0recommended\u00a0Radiooooo.com<\/a>\u00a0which lets you customize a music stream based on decade, country, and slow, fast or weird music. Thanks! \u2014 CD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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