Put it to work tonight
Practical know-how for the kitchen, the house, the sky and the shop.
- Read a wine label
- See the Milky Way
- Stop a running toilet
- Eggs: boiled, fried, scrambled
Skills In Everyday Practice
Everyday know‑how, two minutes at a time.
SIEP turns the things you bump into every day into short animated lessons: how to read a wine label, what the lines on a weather map mean, why your eyes swear two identical greys are different. You learn by doing: tap, choose, watch it happen. Everything you finish lands in your nest, and a one-minute daily practice keeps it shiny.
2-3 minutes each
Tap and choose, no walls of text
A minute a day keeps it
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115
topics
748
lessons
2-3
minutes each
Three kinds of lesson
Things you can use, share or handle.
Every lesson has one job. Some you put to work tonight, some make a great story tomorrow, some get you through a slightly awkward moment.
A story worth telling
The surprising bits behind maps, clocks, paintings and the moon.
- Baarle: a town of enclaves
- The moon illusion
- Spain's clocks are an hour off
- Who paid for it
Awkward, made easy
The moments people quietly dread, with a plan for each one.
- Order from a wine list
- When to clap
- You forgot their birthday
- What to wear to a funeral
How it works
Learn it by doing. Keep it in your nest.
1
Tap, choose, see it happen
Every lesson is a small animated scene. You find things, pick answers and watch the idea play out in front of you.
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2
It lands in your nest
Finish a lesson and its topic becomes a shiny trinket in your nest. Magpies collect shiny things; ours collects what you've learned.
3
A minute a day keeps it shiny
Trinkets tarnish as you forget. A few quick questions a day, from the lessons you did, polish them again.
78%nest shine
Everyday practice
What you learn stays shiny.
Much of what you read fades within days. SIEP keeps it: every lesson you finish goes into your nest, and each trinket slowly tarnishes the way a memory fades. A short daily practice asks you about the dullest ones first.
- Right answer? The trinket shines again, and it fades more slowly next time.
- Wrong one? You see the answer, and the lesson is one tap away.
- One nudge a day, at a time you pick, only when something is getting dull. No streaks to lose.
The nest and daily practice are in the app.
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Which plant copes best with a dim hallway?
A ZZ plant
A variegated pothos
A spider plant
polished: +38% shine
All topics
115 topics, from wine to the night sky.
Pick any lesson in any topic. Your first 3 are free, and they stay open for good.
Wine
Small talk
Money
Night sky
Coffee
Architecture
Formula 1
Paintings
Cooking
Weather
Everyday history
Money abroad
Garden birds
Sayings
Laundry
Maps
Perception
False friends
Internet
Food labels
Thinking traps
Light
Calendar
Classical music
Kitchen chemistry
Numbers in the news
Trees
Place names
Price tricks
Time zones
Menus
Flags
Memory
Jet lag
Energy bills
Football
Phone photos
Dress codes
Manners abroad
Tennis
Science myths
Cheese
Persuasion
The moon
Inventions
Job interviews
AI
Awkward moments
Survival phrases
Plumbing
Beer
Borders
Art movements
Animal superpowers
Body quirks
Chess
Earth records
Everyday physics
Romans
Jazz
Gadgets
Borrowed words
Film language
Capitals
Bad arguments
Units
Customs
Englishes
Gifts
Clocks
Decisions
Flying
The planet
Knots
World cuisines
Splitting costs
Heating
Houseplants
Budgeting
Presenting
Tools and walls
Knife skills
Moving house
Meetings
Work email
Sleep
Getting a pet
Paperwork
Feedback
Hosting
Negotiating
Buying a car
Painting
Word myths
Passwords
The EU
Sun and seasons
Ties and knots
Alphabets
Backups
Airports
Wifi
Appliances
Your phone
Untranslatable words
Household machines
Trains
Clothes care
Fabrics and quality
Pack smarter
Getting around a new city
Road signs abroad
The 20th century in moments
Habits that stick
Card games for any table
hello!
from the lesson on BaarleA house belongs to the country of its front door.
Your guide
Meet the magpie.
Magpies collect shiny things. Ours collects useful ones, keeps them in its nest, and carries a red pen to circle the bit that matters. You'll find it in every lesson, perched on whatever you're looking at.
Your first 3 lessons are free.
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