I’ve found that buying whatever was cutting edge, top of the line from LAST year tends to be the sweet spot for buying computers (and computer parts).

Some bold claims with almost zero reasoning behind it.  Smells fishy.

I just use vinegar. Pour a few cups in the kettle, bring it to a boil, dump it out, rinse well with water, and all the white spots are gone from the bottom of the kettle. If it’s been a LONG time since I’ve done this, I might do two rounds of vinegar.

It helps that my kettle is glass with a stainless steel bottom, so…

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I like finding low priced gems.

First, for gin, a unique and delicious take is made by Barr Hill: honey gin. Delish.

That cilantro thing is genetic. There’s a portion of the population that will never taste cilantro the right way.

Which, for some reason, brings to mind the fact that a portion of the population don’t notice the stink of their pee after eating asparagus.  Again, genetic.

Pretty sure they were Madagascar beans.

Or, get a trtl travel pillow.  Google it.  If you use travel pillows, you’ll thank me.

Years ago, I was gifted a little kit to make your own extract. It came with a little bottle and a half dozen or so beans. I made it. It was better than any extract I had ever bought before.

I’m not sure I would pay the premium to do it again instead of just buying another bottle of extract from Costco, but it was…

I don’t click through slideshows, but the Drunk History series on Comedy Central (I watch ‘em on YouTube) is golden.

Indeed. Wireless charger at my desk, in my car (built into the holder), and bedside, and I haven’t plugged my phone in to charge for years other than when I’m traveling.

There’s no “list slides” button for me, but even if there was, that’s another stupid thing that we’d have to click to see content.  I don’t know if Kinja is trying to intentionally drive away readers, or what, but these slideshows are horrible.

I would jump on this in a heartbeat if YouTube TV was available on all of my Rokus. I replaced all of my Amazon FireTV devices with the superior Roku devices but now Google is demanding Roku do some unreasonable things to get the YouTube TV app on there.

Google is missing out on customers because of this.

Ugh.  Another slideshow.

This does NOT account for pictures that are not weighted evenly, or for wires that otherwise don’t hang perfectly centered. For that matter, neither will measuring.

This technique is excellent for hanging plastic gadgets that have those keyholes on the back, though!

Tell me you don’t know what a blood thinner is without actually telling me.

I’ve had my toaster over 30 years, and it still works perfectly.  Other than emptying the crumb tray and wiping down the exterior, I never clean it.  Perhaps you should invest in a decent toaster?

If you’re going to chop it up in soup or something, I think slicing the bottom off and having access to all of the leaves/petals/whatever-they-are is easier, but this method is ideal if you’re going to leave ‘em whole to throw on the grill.

Also, use a crappy knife on leeks (and other dirty veggies), as the dirt is…

A more important article would be: How to make sure Windows 11 isn’t installed on your Windows 10 PC.

Why, you might ask?

Agreed, with the caveat that knife steels do not sharpen knives. All they do is straighten the edge.

And I’ll take this opportunity to preach that there are no simple knife sharpeners that are worth using. Send your knives to be sharpened professionally, or learn to sharpen them yourself (which involves learning about…