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Cake day: September 21st, 2023

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  • “It doesn’t exist if it isn’t written down”. Someone said that to me long ago, and it really changed my perspective.

    I recently came across the PARA concept - everything we deal with falls into one of these 4 categories: Projects, Area of Responsibility, Resource, Archive.

    I restructured my OneNote notebooks to use it, and it’s been a game changer. Now when an idea comes my way, I can immediately categorize it so I know what to do with it (even if just on my head). I added a final R to my notebooks - Reference, because I save a lot of info that I need access to.

    It surprised me that at any one time I have about 30 ongoing personal projects. Seeing them laid out as tabs in my notebook makes them more apparent, instead of just floating around in the back of my head. I’ve even Archived a few after seeing them languish, and realizing they were fleeting ideas I really don’t need or have time for.







  • Changes by shitty apps wanting to start with windows and register for context menus.

    I’ve had windows machines run fine for 10 years, and some having trouble at 6 months. The difference being the problematic machines I’ve made tons of changes, installed tons of risky apps.

    I’ve also run registry cleaners as a test, and it’s made a world of difference.

    In short: crappy apps make windows run poorly.




  • Fear of change? Hahahahaha

    No, I just know what’s involved, with the unpredictable “gotcha” a year from now.

    Not to mention the knowns. Holy hell switching from Windows to Linux is very problematic for typical end users. Yes, the UI is that different, even with “friendly” distros.

    You say your grandma made the switch? OK, so someone who uses a browser for everything and doesn’t actually use office.

    Let’s see Libre office open an excel spreadsheet with tables.

    Or edit a word doc and send it back and have it not be screwed up.

    Not migrating is practicing risk mitigation. Hell, I can’t change a single setting on work systems without validating that change in the lab first. And you want people to switch entire operating systems. For what?

    So stop this fear projection nonsense.

    (And I work with Linux every day on multiple distros).




  • That looks like the fan for the convection part of the oven.

    Good luck. You can clean it, but it’ll look just like that again in no time. That’s not really dirty for an oven, in my mind.

    Know why commercial ovens look like they do? There’s only so much cleaning you can do in it’s down time.

    I wouldn’t leave puddles of stuff in an oven, just that they’re going to get coated/caked/baked on, especially since these consumer ovens use a cheap sheet metal inside, which is very hard to clean or keep clean. It’s not stainless or an enamel, which are very hard, non-porous surfaces, which makes them easier to clean.

    Most likely the owners manual says to clean it just run it on max for a period of time. That will carbonize whatever is caked on, making it easier to scrape off.