{"id":44240,"date":"2025-05-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=44240"},"modified":"2025-05-22T12:33:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:33:44","slug":"smokeless-fire-pit-pirate-radio-map-human-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/smokeless-fire-pit-pirate-radio-map-human-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Smokeless fire pit\/Pirate radio map\/Human laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><strong>Smokeless fire pit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We wanted a portable fire pit for our patio, and my wife insisted that it be as smokeless as possible, so we settled on an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/334d2537-2717-45e9-85a2-9c257508f7d5?j=eyJ1IjoicWhzZCJ9.43b2R3rw6IiN-HtRJgFPT8SnfQYuOnhFYxRGgrjtTgQ\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">East Oak Smokeless Fire Pit<\/a>. I was pretty dubious about the smokeless part, but much to our delight, the East Oak burns all kinds of wood (from split firewood to 2&#215;4 scraps) with almost no smoke once it gets going. We got the 21-inch version which is large enough. It is made of stainless steel so it has withstood standing outside for all seasons well. The retail price is listed as $270, however recently it has been selling for $160 or less. (Reminder you can use&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/4940f137-b3ea-435c-a40f-7a255b25c1f1?j=eyJ1IjoicWhzZCJ9.43b2R3rw6IiN-HtRJgFPT8SnfQYuOnhFYxRGgrjtTgQ\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Camelcamelcamel<\/a>&nbsp;to alert you to a target price on Amazon.) \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Human behavior rules<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/d1af4767-1628-468d-856e-911b01159b3b?j=eyJ1IjoicWhzZCJ9.43b2R3rw6IiN-HtRJgFPT8SnfQYuOnhFYxRGgrjtTgQ\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grand Encyclopedia of Eponymous Laws<\/a>&nbsp;is a collection of 200 playful observations about human nature. Many of them are new to me. A few samples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Time Cube Law: \u201cAs the length of a webpage grows linearly, the likelihood of the author being a lunatic increases exponentially.\u201d<\/li><li>Wadsworth Constant: \u201cThe first 30% of any video can be skipped because it contains no worthwhile or interesting information.\u201d<\/li><li>Akin\u2019s 10th Law: \u201cWhen in doubt, estimate. In an emergency, guess. But be sure to go back and clean up the mess when the real numbers come along.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Pirate Radio Map<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/0903d262-462c-4bd1-ad14-1c0b6bb5c3b6?j=eyJ1IjoicWhzZCJ9.43b2R3rw6IiN-HtRJgFPT8SnfQYuOnhFYxRGgrjtTgQ\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sound map of Brooklyn\u2019s pirate radio stations<\/a>&nbsp;is an audio archival project that lets you tune into the underground and countercultural broadcasts of past eras. When I was a child, my dad was a long-haul truck driver, so I would listen to Coast to Coast AM to feel close to him. I\u2019ve always been fascinated by all things radio-CB radios, ham radios, pirate radios. The little girl in me still loves the lo-fi quality and fringeness of it all. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Sprinkler key hide<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you still use keys for your front door lock, this small $4 hard plastic holder is the most perfect one I\u2019ve found to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/d7b226f9-043e-4a32-a746-c32e7382cc23?j=eyJ1IjoicWhzZCJ9.43b2R3rw6IiN-HtRJgFPT8SnfQYuOnhFYxRGgrjtTgQ\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hide a spare key<\/a>. It is disguised exactly as the black top of a sprinkler in your garden or lawn. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Park poetry service<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Oliva Dodd goes to public parks with a folding table and a manual typewriter. She invites strangers to open up and tell her something personal about their lives. After a moment\u2019s reflection, Dodd types a poem on a card, which she reads out loud to the person. As you can see on her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/0861ab4f-c543-4da9-9376-66c3c7cef4ee?j=eyJ1IjoicWhzZCJ9.43b2R3rw6IiN-HtRJgFPT8SnfQYuOnhFYxRGgrjtTgQ\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, the recipients are sometimes moved to tears by the poignancy of the poems. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>5 Habits of Super Calm People<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/db26353e-6e78-437e-9aac-e24418718a16?j=eyJ1IjoicWhzZCJ9.43b2R3rw6IiN-HtRJgFPT8SnfQYuOnhFYxRGgrjtTgQ\" target=\"_blank\">This article<\/a>\u00a0explores the perspectives necessary to cultivate calmness, but I think the key takeaway is that super calm people are not free from chaos. Instead, they have developed the ability to respond to chaos with acceptance, self-responsibility, flexible thinking, presence, and a natural alignment with the cycles of life. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/recomendo.com\/\">Sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recomendo &#8211; issue #463<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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\/44240"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44240"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44245,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44240\/revisions\/44245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}