{"id":38112,"date":"2021-03-28T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=38112"},"modified":"2021-03-25T13:08:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:08:43","slug":"the-good-ancestorartsy2021-documentaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/the-good-ancestorartsy2021-documentaries\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Ancestor\/Artsy\/2021 Documentaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to be a good ancestor<\/strong>
\nThe book\u00a0<\/strong>The Good Ancestor<\/a>\u00a0is my pick for presenting the best practices of long-term thinking. It makes the case for why generational-scale thinking is beneficial, and summarizes what we know about implementing this framework. The aim is to make sure future generations succeed, which sometimes works against the easier goal of succeeding right now. For a teaser, you can watch a\u00a030-minute talk<\/a>\u00a0the author, Roman Kzrznaric, did for the Long Now Foundation (which I co-chair). \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Discover new artists<\/strong>
\nI took one Art History course in college, but everything else I\u2019ve learned about the art world has been piecemealed and picked up through occasional museum visits. But since I created a free account on\u00a0Artsy<\/a>\u00a0my whole aesthetic world has opened up. Every day I get an email digest of contemporary art for sale, current collections in galleries all over the world, and features on up-and-coming artists. (You can set your preferences to receive only one email per week.) I don\u2019t plan on actually buying anything, although I am coveting everything created by\u00a0Leonora Carrington<\/a>. When I see something that draws me in, it takes me down a rabbit hole of artist bios and their work and if they\u2019re on Instagram I immediately follow. I\u2019ve been slowly muting the meme accounts, influencers, and friends who overpost selfies, and I\u2019m curating an Instagram stream of beautiful art to inspire. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n

The best documentaries of 2021<\/strong>
\nIf you\u2019re in the mood for a documentary but aren\u2019t sure what to watch, bookmark this list of\u00a0Esquire<\/em>\u2019s best documentaries for 2021<\/a>. Some of the documentaries, like Peter Jackson\u2019s Beatles documentary won\u2019t come out until later this year (but be sure to check out the\u00a0sneak peek<\/a>). \u2014 MF<\/p>\n

Cheap hand truck<\/strong>
\nOn my short list of under-appreciated items that every homestead should have is a\u00a0lightweight movers\u2019 hand truck<\/a>. I use my hand truck far more than I ever guessed. I use it to haul appliances, bulk beverages or bottled water, boxes of books, 5-gallon tubs of paint, bags of soil \u2014 anything remotely heavy that I prefer to roll. If you have a garage of stuff, you\u2019ll use it. And it\u2019s the savior when you help friends move. It\u2019s cheap, too ($40), considering it will outlive me. Taller,\u00a0slightly heftier ones<\/a>\u00a0are slightly more expensive ($63). \u2014 KK<\/p>\n

Pass phrases are the new passwords<\/strong>
\nAfter I shared last week\u2019s graphic \u2014\u00a0How long would it take to hack your password<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Recomendo reader\u00a0John McConnell<\/a>\u00a0reached out to share that\u00a0pass phrases are the new passwords<\/strong>. \u2014 CD
\nThe password thing is very true. A guy named Jason Fossen<\/a> (one of the absolute smartest Windows people on the planet and author of the Securing Windows SANS courses \u2026 ) showed me this back in 2017 and he actually did some calculation to push the chart all the way out to 100+ character passwords. Pass phrases are the new passwords and if long enough are virtually unbreakable at this point. Even without special characters. Your favorite passage from an obscure book is a good starting place. My pass phrases are about 40-50 characters each.
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Rowing machine recommendation<\/strong>
\nI wasn\u2019t sure what to expect from a sub-$250 rowing machine, but the\u00a0Sunny<\/a>\u00a0has proven to be a solid machine. It was easy to assemble (and came with a screwdriver, hex keys, and wrenches). Operation is smooth and very quiet. Resistance is magnetic and adjustable from 1 to 8. The tiny-display \u201ccomputer\u201d that tracks calories, times, and strokes is hard to read and not illuminated, but I use the countdown timer on my phone or watch anyway. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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