menga

candles and candy are the only halloween things worth buying

Tue 2024 Oct 8

Every year during the fall season, all the Halloween stuff gets put out for sale in the grocery and department stores. The vast majority of what's sold is crap, except for the candy because it tastes better. I explain why that is here.

The other thing that's worth buying are highfalutin candles, if you get the right kind.

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why i stopped buying casio watches (for now)
Thu 2024 Oct 3

On my wrist as I write this is my trusty Casio WS1600H. I wear it because it has almost every feature I want out of watch. The one thing it's missing is multiple alarms. But it has the countdown timer with auto-repeat (I use that often), great legibility, and is light in weight.

But if I want all the stuff, choices are darned few.

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if my email ever broke, i'd switch to a day planner
Tue 2024 Oct 1

Email. As in messaging on the internet that predates the web browser itself. Before there was browsing, there was messaging. Why? Because it's just text, and that's the smallest, simplest data you can transfer.

I use email to organize my life, so I get all sorts of super nerdy when it comes to using it exactly the way I want. Very recently, I just did a major switch in how I use it.

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do not eat department store food. ever.
Thu 2024 Sep 26

Department stores are where you buy things like cleaning supplies, clothes, laundry detergent and so on. It should never be a place where you buy prepared food.

I first have to explain what "prepared food" actually is. It may sound obvious, but it actually isn't.

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big vs. small casio digital watch legibility comparison
Tue 2024 Sep 24

I own a bunch of Casio digital watches. Something I've always found amazing is the size of a Casio digital watch does not dictate how legible it is... at least most of the time.

What works for something good and legible for a digital depends on a few factors.

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