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Recomendos, organized<\/strong>
\nGood news. We\u2019ve rounded up the best recomendos from the past four years of this newsletter and have organized 1,000 of them by subject, and illustrated most of them, in a 217-page book. This book,\u00a0Recomendo: The Expanded Edition<\/em>, is a better way to search for past recommendations, browse for cool stuff you missed, or catch up if you are a new subscriber. This hefty paperback is available in two flavors: a\u00a0$13 B&W version<\/a>, and\u00a0$30 for a color version<\/a>. It makes a great gift, too, with neat, uncommon, and useful things for almost anyone. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

My happy list<\/strong>
\nEvery year for the last seven years, Cool Tools has published an annual holiday gift guide (you can\u00a0check them out here<\/a>). This year, we decided to make lists of things that made us happy in the year 2020. You can read\u00a0my list here<\/a>. Kevin and Claudia\u2019s lists will run in the following weeks \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Diagram beauty<\/strong>
\nI find a deep beauty in stylized diagrams required for patents. The clarity of the designs is a magical misdirection because the patent\u2019s function is usually mysterious. Each week, the illustrations accompanying the patents filed the previous week at the US Patent office are featured in the blog\u00a0Impeccable IP<\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s pure design eye candy. Enjoy! \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Fridge magnet poetry<\/strong>
\nFor the past week I\u2019ve been visiting\u00a0frij.io<\/a>\u00a0to play with word magnets. Every day the word bank is swapped out with new nouns and verbs and emojis you can use to create poetry or funny phrases. Linking words and images in a fun and weird way works as a mental palette cleanser during my workday. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Improve your language listening skills<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve been listening to Japanese stories on\u00a0Beelinguapp<\/a>, a smartphone app that reads stories in 14 different languages. I set the speed at 50% so I can read along as a native speaker tells a simple story. Beelinguapp is free for iPhone and Android, and you can get the\u00a0premium version<\/a>\u00a0(which has more stories and other useful features) for $40. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

An illustration of Happiness<\/strong>
\nI had a very happy aha moment when I came across\u00a0this illustrated insight of happiness<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0More to That<\/a>\u00a0newsletter. \u201cHappiness is the difference between what you have, and your definition of enough.\u201d \u2014 CD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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