Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. DJ, newsletter writer, optimist. Making people smarter and happier. My weekly email is crammed full of tips for a better life – and a musical recommendation . — Matt Rutherford PHYSICAL Paper Republic Grand Voyageur XL Leather Journal — I’m a firm believer in hand writing notes to make them stick. Whilst I like drafting things online, I use disposable fountain pens to gather my ideas and record memories on squared paper. Nikon Prostaff 7S Binoculars — I recently moved near the s ..read more

Books That Belong On Paper first appeared on the web as Wink Books and was edited by Carla Sinclair. Sign up here to get the issues a week early in your inbox. A MOVING AND REFRESHINGLY HONEST LOOK AT RAISING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS Hole in the Heart: Bringing Up Beth by Octavia E. Butler (Author), Damian Duffy (Adapter), John Jennings (Illustrator) Penn State University Press 2016, 288 pages, 6.8 x 0.8 x 9.5 inches, Paperback Buy on Amazon This isn’t an easy read, but it’s an important and memorable one. Hole in the Heart, a memoir about giving birth to a child with Do ..read more

Once a week we’ll send out a page from Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities. The tools might be outdated or obsolete, and the links to them may or may not work. We present these vintage recommendations as is because the possibilities they inspire are new. Sign up here to get Tools for Possibilities a week early in your inbox. Bicycling sanity Just Ride This book returns the fun to recreational bicycling. Biking has been taken over by racing style; weekend riders and bike commuters imitate racers in their gear and approach. The author is a long-time bicycle maker, racer, and ad ..read more

Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. Maps in minutes  PamPam lets you create custom maps in minutes and it’s fun to use! I was able to quickly search for and add points of interest by simply describing them to an AI. Then, I customized them with stickers and text. It feels very playful. For an even faster map-making experience, you can copy and paste text or a link to a list of places. PamPam is free for personal use and that includes 5 maps, 100 spots, and up to 500 views per month. I decided to test it out by making a nostalgic map of my hometown in under ..read more

A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of A Better Life for Half the Price and The World’s Cheapest Destinations. See past editions here, where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you. * Happy birthday to us: we just hit issue #100! Thanks for your support and if you upgrade to being a paid supporter, we’ll reward you with an e-book soon that has 104 of our best travel and living abroad tips from our first two years. Digital Nomad Visas On One Page Mark F. stumbled upon this VisaList site that is an alternative to ..read more

Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. Technologist and Podcaster living in Memphis, TN. Always looking to make the best of the next opportunity and a really hot cup of coffee. Tunes:Uncovered is my podcast about songs you probably have not heard but should! — Mark White PHYSICAL Field Notes 56-Week Planner — small but just right for planning my weeks, podcast dates, meetings, etc. Behringer U-Phoria UMC404HD USB Audio Interface — Most of my podcasts are remote, this unit makes it easy to still have channel specific control bu ..read more

Books That Belong On Paper first appeared on the web as Wink Books and was edited by Carla Sinclair. Sign up here to get the issues a week early in your inbox. A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO IMMORTALITY: FROM ALCHEMY TO AVATARS A Beginner’s Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars by Maria Birmingham, Josh Holinaty (Illustrator) Owlkids 2015, 48 pages, 7.4 x 0.6 x 9.7 inches, Hardcover Buy on Amazon Featuring simple, bold, and colorful illustrations, A Beginner’s Guide to Immortality examines humanity’s never-ending quest to discover the secret to eternal life. The book i ..read more

Once a week we’ll send out a page from Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities. The tools might be outdated or obsolete, and the links to them may or may not work. We present these vintage recommendations as is because the possibilities they inspire are new. Sign up here to get Tools for Possibilities a week early in your inbox. Flippant, but painless, world history Cartoon History of the Universe (Volumes 1, 2, 3) Larry Gonick, the over-educated cartoonist, continues his series of book-length comic-strips that illustrate ancient history. This new 300-page installment covers the ..read more

A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of A Better Life for Half the Price and The World’s Cheapest Destinations. See past editions here, where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you. Airline Filtering Site With so many poor or unreliable results coming up in Google searches these days, it’s nice to find a website that answers your questions quickly and accurately. This one called Airlinelist.com is great at showing you filtered results like who is in which frequent flier alliance, the airlines that allow pets in ..read more

Sign up here to get What’s in my NOW? a week early in your inbox. My name is Rick Akin, DDS, MD, and I have been searching for all of life’s good things since childhood. At 52, I find myself returning more and more to the beauty and ideas I encountered during my under-appreciated liberal arts undergraduate education! PHYSICAL Watercolor paint and a brush — I have a favorite brush, colors, papers, and techniques, and I practice every day. I keep all my paintings because it helps me face my perfectionist tendencies. Creating something, no matter how small, tha ..read more