{"id":45647,"date":"2026-02-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=45647"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:33:46","slug":"whats-in-my-now-eric-goebelbecker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-now-eric-goebelbecker\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in my NOW? \u2014 Eric Goebelbecker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m a science fiction author, CTO at an online marketing firm, and part-time dog trainer. \u2014&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/egoebelbecker\">Eric Goebelbecker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/02\/wimb-eric-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45648\" width=\"444\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/02\/wimb-eric-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/02\/wimb-eric-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/02\/wimb-eric-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/02\/wimb-eric.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>PHYSICAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/GCvfX\">FiiO JM21<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Listening to music and podcasts free from interruptions and distractions is something we lost around 2008. I wanted that back.<\/li><li><strong>IBM Model M Keyboard<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; After years of trying to find a substitute for this crunchy masterpiece, I picked this one up, did some work on it myself, then finally paid an expert to restore it. It\u2019s glorious.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.authorandco.com\/products\/author-forecast\">Author Forecast<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; I love writing, but I\u2019d often rather be outside on a bicycle. So, having the weather at my fingertips is important. The quotes are a nice bonus.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>DIGITAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nextcloud.com\/apps\/news\">News<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; RSS is still the best way to consume blogs and online news. I run this app on my Nextcloud server.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/moondownload.com\/\">Moon+ Reader<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; this allows me to cheat and plug my Boox e-reader. Rather than be locked into Amazon\u2019s ecosystem, I can read DRM-free books (like mine) on an Android device that also runs every reading app on the planet.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>INVISIBLE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cThose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t think I need to point out how relevant Santayana\u2019s famous assertion is right now. While most of science fiction is about imagined futures, I prefer to write about alternative histories in the hopes that readers might learn from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsinmynow.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sign up here<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to get\u00a0What\u2019s in my NOW?\u00a0a week early in your inbox.<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ec17518-5a1f-4d72-bb4c-90894919687f_600x600.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>issue #243<\/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":[2303],"tags":[2389],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45647"}],"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=45647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45649,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45647\/revisions\/45649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}