{"id":46809,"date":"2026-08-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=46809"},"modified":"2026-08-28T00:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:58:21","slug":"creator-tutor-reset-reference-card-keychain-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/creator-tutor-reset-reference-card-keychain-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Creator tutor \/ Reset reference card \/ Keychain glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Creator tutor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I watch a LOT of YouTube videos about making stuff. Mostly people in their workshops making furniture, or props, or costumes, or miniatures, or their own tools, or weird art. One of the best teachers in this maker-verse is Laura Kampf<\/a>. Based in LA, she calls herself the Janitor of LA because she likes to pick up junk and turn it into useful stuff. I like her style, both her style in videos and her style of creations. She is a born teacher, and more than most makers, manages to extract teachable pithy advice from what she does. As just one example: she says the best art pieces come from pairing worn, old junky things with new glossy parts for contrast, so the artifacts are hybrids \u2014 slick new knobs on a rust box \u2014 which is true but it would have taken me a long time to notice that. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reset your nervous system<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is a reference card of nine somatic exercises<\/a> for resetting your nervous system. Three of them made me realize I\u2019ve been instinctually self-soothing for years: the physiological sigh helps me expel anxious energy, situational humming has been happening without my awareness since childhood, and the butterfly hug helps slow me down and relax. I didn\u2019t realize humming was self-regulation until I was an adult, after enough annoyed people pointed it out and I looked into it. If you read through the rest, you might recognize a few things your body already knows how to do. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travel advisories world map<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Department of State website has an at-a-glance travel advisories world map<\/a> that shows the safety of different countries. You can click on any country to see the full travel advisory. I was surprised to see that many European countries, such as Germany, are at Level 2 (Exercise increased caution), while Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan are at Level 1 (Exercise normal precautions). \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copy and paste, intact<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Copynpaste<\/a> is a one-tool webpage for moving text between apps without losing its formatting. Paste in something bolded, italicized, or otherwise styled, choose where it\u2019s going, and it converts the formatting into the language that app understands, all privately in your browser. The tool feels related to another one I\u2019ve recommended before and still use at least once a week: ConvertCase<\/a>, which does exactly what it says. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irregular newsletter<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Neal Stephenson publishes impossibly long science-fictiony novels. He also is a keen observer and writes an irregular Substack with much shorter essays featuring his eclectic interests. He doesn\u2019t post often on Graphomane<\/a>, but it is always interesting when he does. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keychain reading glasses<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a hassle to carry reading glasses everywhere I go. I bought some ThinOptics Keychain Reading Glasses<\/a> that bend in half and slide into a case the size of a car key. They pinch comfortably on my nose, so they don\u2019t need arms. They are nearly flat and incredibly lightweight. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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