{"id":37692,"date":"2021-01-17T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=37692"},"modified":"2021-01-11T12:35:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T19:35:31","slug":"page-anchorgreat-coursesthe-quarantini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/page-anchorgreat-coursesthe-quarantini\/","title":{"rendered":"Page Anchor\/Great Courses\/The Quarantini"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elegant bookmark<\/strong>
\nI was coveting this\u00a0Swedish anchor bookmark<\/a>\u00a0($40) back when it was just a Kickstarter and this year I finally bought one for myself. The Page Anchor is made from 316L stainless steel and weighs about 8 ounces and has only one purpose \u2014 to hold a book open perfectly flat. The craftsmanship is so beautiful that it feels like owning a piece a jewelry. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Great university courses<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve long been a huge fan of The Great Courses. These are the best university courses on all manner of diverse subjects, taught by the best university professors, recorded for home consumption. Years ago the courses started out as very expensive audio sets on cassette tape (I audited many courses while commuting), then migrated to CDs, then to audible files, and now are on video. All along, they were premium priced, if not a bit over-priced, but I found them to be worth it without exception. There\u2019s a lot of history and science. I have enjoyed and benefited from too many courses to list, including a memorable one of 48 lectures on Ancient Egypt by Bob Brier, and another on appreciating classical music by Robert Greenberg. Now, yeah!, select courses are available free on Amazon Prime video. A search on Amazon will bring up\u00a0all the current Great Courses<\/a>. But to my frustration, courses will be free for limited times and then revert to paid episodes. For instance the really tremendous course on the\u00a0Ancient Civilizations of North America<\/a>\u00a0is free now. It methodically describes the vast and sophisticated civilizations that existed in my backyard, which I was not taught about. But it will only be available until January 31, 2021, so watch now. (Or I could subscribe to the new Great Courses channel on Amazon for $8\/month.) So far I\u2019ve happy to watch the excellent ones that come up free each month. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Colorful cocktail recipes<\/strong>
\nSince March of last year, my sister Wendy has been posting a creative cocktail recipe on her Instagram channel,\u00a0The Quarantini<\/a>. Even if you don\u2019t drink alcohol it\u2019s fun to see the unusual drinks she has concocted, like\u00a0The Cure<\/a>, which pays homage to the Covid-19 vaccine. Bottoms up! \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Searching by date<\/strong>
\nA really useful, but non-obvious, shortcut to search Google calendar for a particular date is simply to hit the letter G while on the calendar page. Instead of scrolling back month by month, you hit < g > and then enter the date you want. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Instantly search 2 million recipes<\/strong>
\nThis search engine<\/a>\u00a0pulls from more than 2 million recipes that you can filter by ingredients. I\u2019m not a step-by-step recipe follower, but this is great for discovering variations of a recipe and inspiration for ingredients I hadn\u2019t thought of. I\u2019m also impressed that it found two different recipes for my parent\u2019s homeland dish:\u00a0Sopa Tarasca<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 CD<\/p>\n

Tasty coffee additive<\/strong>
\nSomeone recently made me a hot drink containing cinnamon, espresso, oat milk, and lion\u2019s mane mushroom powder, and it was delicious. Now I make my own, using\u00a0KOS Organic Lion\u2019s Mane Powder<\/a>. I use one included scoop of lion\u2019s mane powder, one teaspoon of Ceylon cinnamon powder, a cup of hot oat milk, and a double shot of espresso. Then I whip with a stick blender. It\u2019s a perfect afternoon pick-me-up. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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