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Dinner is chicken thighs, roasted vegetables and rice. Every part takes a different amount of time, so one thing always sits getting cold while another finishes. I'm finally trying to plan backward from when we want to e...
My small command-line project works, has basic tests and solves the problem I built it for. But I keep finding reasons to rewrite it: cleaner abstractions, prettier output, one more option. Three weeks later I've learned...
I read an odd, beautifully written science-fiction novel and loved it, but lists of ‘best sci-fi’ mostly suggest action-heavy series that don't sound similar at all. Maybe what I enjoyed wasn't the genre label but its la...
The basement develops a musty smell after several humid days, but I don't see standing water or an obvious leak. A small dehumidifier helps, which suggests moisture in the air, but I don't want to hide a drainage issue....
Our dates fall in Japan's rainy season, but we still want gardens, neighborhoods and day trips rather than an itinerary made entirely of museums. I'm planning flexible outdoor blocks with indoor alternatives nearby, dece...
I used to remember birthdays through a vague mental calendar and inevitably missed somebody. Now I set repeating reminders a week ahead and on the day, which feels practical but slightly unromantic. Does anyone actually...
A town we're considering as a day trip is two hours from our base by train. That gives us perhaps five hours there once we factor in breakfast and the return journey. It's enough for the main sights but not much time to...
A photo looks warm and balanced on my laptop, then strangely cool and saturated on my phone. Both screens are set to their ordinary defaults, and I edit in a reasonably lit room. I don't need print-studio precision, but...
A month of inconsistent training did less damage than I expected. My first session back was lighter and shorter, but basically fine. The hard part was going again, not rebuilding everything. Useful reminder: a disrupted...
I've made elaborate workout plans involving a dozen exercises and then stopped going after two weeks. What I can actually stick with is a short routine: a squat or hinge, a push, a pull, and some walking. It feels embarr...
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