{"id":37617,"date":"2020-12-27T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=37617"},"modified":"2020-12-21T11:48:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T18:48:28","slug":"claudias-happy-listdigital-legacycovid-dash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/claudias-happy-listdigital-legacycovid-dash\/","title":{"rendered":"Claudia&#8217;s Happy List\/Digital legacy\/COVID Dash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Claudia&#8217;s Happy List<\/strong><br \/>\nOne thing I have to be grateful for is that this was the year I got better at making myself happy. For me, that meant creating an ideal work-life balance, carving out creative time, hiking with my dog, mastering the art of relaxation, and finding new ways of showing my family and friends I love them.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/2020-happy-list-claudia\/?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">Here are the \u201cthings\u201d that helped me accomplish that.<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 CD<\/p>\n<p><strong>My digital legacy<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m thinking about what stuff \u2014 if any \u2014 I want to save after I die. My blog? Instagram? My 200,000 photos on a hard disk and in the cloud? My bank account? And for the living, where are my passwords? Today is the best day to figure this out. This WSJ article on digital legacies,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/what-to-do-before-you-die-a-tech-checklist-facebook-google-amazon-twitter-11608310486?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWhat to Do Before You Die: A Tech Checklist\u201d<\/a>, is a wonderfully comprehensive outline of what I should be asking myself, and you too, no matter your age. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joining vaccine trial<\/strong><br \/>\nI volunteered to join a covid vaccine trial near me by using this site,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coviddash.org\/?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">Covid Dash<\/a>. Points me where to go so I can sign up. There are currently 70 other vaccines still in development around the world. By volunteering, I help science and all people, and I may get a vaccine earlier. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lightning cables in bulk<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s criminal that Apple doesn\u2019t use USB-C or Micro-USB for charging. Its Lightning cables are shoddy and suddenly stop working with no visible signs of wear. I\u2019m almost ready to switch to an Android phone, but until I do, I\u2019m going to buy bags of cheap third-party Lightning cables, like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/lightning-cable?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">this 5-pack<\/a>. I\u2019ve used them for a month so far with no issues. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Understanding money<\/strong><br \/>\nMy friend Brad recommended a 2011 episode of\u00a0<em>This American Life<\/em>, titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/423\/the-invention-of-money?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">The Invention of Money<\/a>.\u201d It\u2019s a crash history about money as a useful fiction, beginning with the giant limestone discs used as money on the island of Yap. \u2014 Mark<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out what your intrinsic values are<\/strong><br \/>\nThis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/programs.clearerthinking.org\/intrinsic_values_graphic\/graphic.html?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">free tool\/test<\/a>\u00a0from Clearer Thinking helps you learn what beliefs and principles are most valuable to you. These \u201cintrinsic values\u201d are things you would still value even if you got nothing back from it. I learned my values align more with Libertarian philosophy, and compared to the United States, my values are somewhat more like those of people in Sweden. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recomendo: issue no. 232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2323],"tags":[2324],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37619,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37617\/revisions\/37619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}