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I’m tempted to buy a waffle maker for that idea alone.

Remember: just because you have a “common” blood type does not mean your blood donation is not valuable. In fact, it means your blood is very valuable. Sure O- is the universal donor and they really love those donations because they can give that to anybody, but more people have A+ like me, so every unit I donate… Read more

This is the dumbest thing I’ve heard since “Insurance will cover it.  Let them loot and destroy.  This is the only way to bring attention to their cause.”

The “new audio for waiting rooms” is sadly a chime that plays when someone shows up in or leaves a waiting room, not hold music. Here’s the blog post from Zoom explaining all the updates: https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/05/22/restricted-screen-sharing-by-default-consent-for-unmuting-waiting-room-audio-alert/

Such a great writeup. I often refer to analog clocks (or analog gauges in cars) as “living pie charts” because they engage our brains in entire different, more continuous ways (rather than discrete, overly empirical points in time/speed/temperature/revs, which themselves are continuous). Rates of change are important… Read more

Because it tastes good

NEXUS only works for travel between the US and Canada. Global Entry works for every country. 

Daylight savings time in the winter? The later sunset would be nice, but the sun wouldn’t rise until 8:30am.
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My best purchase this year was packs of merino wool socks from Costco. They’re like a hug for your feet! They keep my feet toasty warm in the winter, but they’re also comfortable through the fall and spring due to their breathability. I bought thirty pairs, and got rid of a whole bunch of my sad little nylon ones. My… Read more

Every little bit helps. My tiny little nonprofit museum gets about $20-25 per quarter through Amazon Smile, but that’s the equivalent of 3-4 people doing individual memberships in our nonprofit society. We’re not going to turn our noses up at it. :)

I’ve been using Inoreader since Pulse was bought by LinkedIn [and, IMO, completely borked its experience]. I’m sure there are other fabulous services out there, but Inoreader serves me just fine with its high-contrast dark mode, multiple layout viewing options, multiple sort-by, reading stats and… Read more

Instead, etc. means “and the rest.”

my god, did you get paid for this?

This is insane. Unless you are one of the few ppl who can just pass out and not snore or freak out or whatever when sleeping then sure.. Read more

I know this is an unpopular opinion here in the Kinjaverse, but... Just act like a professional, and treat them as you would any other customer.

Meet at the local strip bar. They have security, cameras and cash. Plus you don't have to worry about taking wads of cash home, you can spend it instead.

My personal solution was investing in about 60 one cup tupperware containers. I defrost as many as I need at a time. They don’t store as easily, but they don’t break and they are reusable.

As much as I hate the Bruins (as any reasonable person hates each and every Boaton-area team), Ray Lussier’s photograph is perfection. It encapsulates so much that is great about hockey: an all-timer, a goal, and the pure joy of winning Lord Stanley’s Cup - while also just simply being a really cool photo.

For filling nail holes on white walls there is toothpaste ;-)