Papers, Please/Will We Ever Get Fusion Power/Magic Color Picker
A weekly newsletter that gives you 6 brief personal recommendations of cool stuff. Papers, Please Prospects of fusion energyThe arrival of reliable cheap fusion energy on Earth would be a revolution nearly as important as AI. Fusion is a synthetic sun, with relatively benign byproducts. For 70 years, experts have predicted it to be “20 years away;” It is still 20 years away. This excellent summary of the state of the art in fusion energy explains why progress has been so slow and why it may speed up now. Or not! Easy to read and smartly informative, Will We Ever Get Fusion Power is the best thing I’ve read on fusion, a brief and succinct article, highly recommended. — KK Magic Color PickerHere's a fun new way to explore and pick out colors. The Magic Color Picker converts your text descriptions into precise color codes. For example, here is the color generated for “sunny day but overcast”. — CD Self-sharpening pencilI like this hi-tech mechanical pencil from Japan because it sharpens itself so that it produces a very consistent line, no matter how long you use it. The Uni Kurutoga Advance ($9) contains a novel mechanism that rotates the pencil lead each time it touches the paper, so that it wears evenly and maintains a uniform point. So clever! It currently is only available for very fine 0.5mm lead. — KK Email like a bossThis is a useful guide to emailing like a “boss” that I found on Reddit. It lists the most positive and effective way to rewrite your messages based on the intention. Here are some examples I want to adopt: If your intention is to say “You’re welcome,” instead of saying “No problem/No worries” say, “Always happy to help.” If you want to know if the recipient understands something, instead of asking “Does that make sense?” say “Let me know if you have any questions.” When you want to convey that you know what your doing, instead of saying “I think maybe we should …” say “It would be best if we …”. — CD Virtual city walksCity Walks is a website of videos taken by people walking along the sidewalks of cities from around the world. Just click on a city from the list and the video starts playing. Most cities have more than one video, so you can click the city name to load a new one. Make sure to click the sound toggle on, too. I found the video of a busy open-air market street in Rawalpindi, Pakistan to be especially interesting. — MF Recomendo Unclassified Ads work! Here’s how to reach over 84,000 subscribers for just $150. UNCLASSIFIEDS Defer is a task inbox app to get to-do's out of your head. No futzing about with which app, folder, or tags to use. Just write! Syncs between your iPhone to your Mac's menu bar with no signup needed. Now with new features like snooze dates, webhooks, and multi-select. Travel hands-free! RetraStrap: Retractable shoulder strap for carry-on luggage. Easy to use, fits most wheeled bags. Perfect for coffee runs, texting, or pushing strollers while traveling. Free shipping worldwide! Use this link for $3 off. Stop missing great content buried in your messy inbox. Meco declutters your inbox by moving newsletters to a dedicated reading space. Easily manage subscriptions, add notes/highlights, get personalized recs, read offline & more. Recomendo is published by Cool Tools Lab, a small company of three people. We run the Cool Tools website, a YouTube channel, a podcast, and other newsletters, including Gar’s Tips & Tools, Nomadico, What’s in my NOW? and Book Freak. Recomendo is copyrighted by Cool Tools Lab, LLC. Commissions may be earned from the links above. |
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Sunday, June 16, 2024
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Monday, June 3, 2024
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