Hatch Rest Go/Favorite gel pen/The Big Dig
Recomendo - issue #392
Portable sleep sounds
The Hatch Rest Go, a tangerine-sized portable sound machine, offers high-quality white noise and soothing sounds for better sleep. It's USB-C rechargeable and provides a richer sound than smartphone apps. My nephew and his wife successfully use it for their infant. Impressed, I also purchased one and now use it nightly. — MF
2023’s Favorite Pen of the Year
About twice a year I will treat myself and buy Sampler Packs from JetPens (as previously mentioned). In 2023, I bought 4 Sampler Packs and my favorite pen to have discovered is the Pentel EnerGel RTX Gel Pen (0.7 mm). I can’t describe it better than the very talented JetPens copywriter does, so here is their very accurate description: Boasting buttery smooth writing, crisp lines, and intensely pigmented color, the Pentel EnerGel is a workhorse pen that even the choosiest pen enthusiasts enjoy. You can buy single pens from JetPens for $2.90 each, but the larger packs are cheaper on Amazon right now. — CD
Big build podcast
America finds it nearly impossible to build big projects now. The Big Dig is a brilliant 9-part podcast that uses the US’s most expensive infrastructure project to explain, blow-by-blow, how it overcame all the forces trying to prevent it from being completed over 30 years. This podcast is classic, dramatic, thrilling – one of the best podcast series I’ve ever heard – and perfect for anyone trying to make something big happen. — KK
Free stock photos
Pexels and Upsplash are two of the best sources for free, royalty free stock photos. Search, download, and use anyway you want, for free. They have a different feel than AI generated images, and can be worth the effort to find. No account needed. — KK
How to put on a clasp bracelet by yourself
To put on a clasp bracelet by yourself, use a bobby pin or unbent paper clip. Hook it through the bracelet's ring, pinch the pin's end between your fingers and palm, and attach the clasp to the ring. Here’s a video that shows how to do it. — MF
NPR’s New Year’s Resolution Planner
I love making resolutions and am never the least bit shameful or embarrassed if I pivot or don’t accomplish them. If you need inspiration for new resolutions, NPR put together their Life Kit expert guides and created a resolution planner for all the aspects of your life that you might want to improve or change this year. I was intrigued by the “Embrace my perfectionism” resolution which let to their What Kind of Perfectionist Are You? quiz. I took it and tied between Classic Perfectionist and Messy Perfectionist, which means I’m highly organized and reliable, but sometimes struggle with follow-through when distracted by new passions — which is true! So I’m embracing it. — CD
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Hi MF-
As an alt- to a sound machine Ive used Alexa which has various colired noises incl brown. But I figgered out there's playlists for sleeping. I particularly like Deep Sleep but not all of it so I told Alexa to make a playlist called Sleeping and when I heard a track on one sleep playlist I liked I told Alexa to add it to my Sleeping playlist. Now I have one that works for me and my wife likes it to. I tell Alexa to play my playlist Sleeping for 20 minutes and I bet I'm konked out in 10.
Cheers,
-Rick