Month four of job hunting feels very different from week one. At first I could spend a whole morning on applications; now opening another job board makes me tired before I've started. I still need a routine, but tracking...
- job-search
- keeping
- search
- routine
Routing across the end grain of a small hardwood panel keeps leaving a chipped corner just as the bit exits. The cut looks clean until the last centimeter. The bit is sharp, and I'm not taking the full depth at once. I k...
- woodworking
- tear
- routing
- across
Our flight home leaves from an airport outside the main city. We could spend the last night in the city and take an early train, or move to a bland airport hotel the day before. I hate wasting the last evening, but a mis...
- travel-planning
- choosing
- spend
- final
After a late arrival I sometimes have a choice between an inexpensive public-transport route with transfers and a taxi that costs much more. In daylight I wouldn't think twice about the train. When I'm exhausted, carryin...
- solo-travel
- spend
- extra
- taxi
My car has visited the same workshop several times for different minor issues. Each repair sounds reasonable, but the bills keep arriving and I'm beginning to wonder whether underlying problems are being missed. I don't...
- car-repair
- repeated
- small
- repairs
My partner loves live music and late-night neighborhoods; I naturally wake up early and want quiet mornings. On past trips one of us always ended up tired and grumpy. This time we're considering a few late nights with sl...
- travel-planning
- planning
- couple
- person
A small unexpected payment arrived, and suddenly every postponed purchase feels urgent: replace the chair, upgrade the phone, book a weekend away. None is unreasonable individually. I'm considering leaving the money unto...
- personal-finance
- handling
- small
- windfall
I like scrambled eggs soft and glossy, but mine are either wet and loose or fully set and rubbery. I'm cooking in a nonstick pan over medium-low heat and stirring fairly often. Maybe I need to take them off the heat earl...
- practical-cooking
- scrambled
- eggs
- soft
I have a small frontend calling an API I control. Locally, the frontend runs on one localhost port and the API on another and the browser request succeeds. Once I deploy the frontend, the same request is blocked by CORS....
- cors
- api
- deployment
- debugging
The plants nearest my window get wonderful light but will be pressed against cold glass in winter. Moving them a meter into the room feels safer for temperature but drastically reduces the available light. I have a potho...
- houseplants
- moving
- plants
- away