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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • I’ve been considering a 3D printer for a few years but have no interest in Warhammer models. Seriously, every once in a while I’ll look online to see if I can find a purpose for a 3D printer. Not so far.

    With the tablet on the other hand, with streaming and a family of varied interests, I got used to media consumption on an iPad (and either a speaker or headphones, depending). At this point, my TV is more a waste of money, because no one ever watches it. I no longer have any form of stereo, nor a desktop computer, and my laptop is less convenient for media. After seven years, my iPad no longer gets updates and has slowed way down - actually I wonder if there’s something wrong with the WiFi on it. It’s time.

    I’ve honestly found Lemmy really refreshing that I can talk about really anything and there is someone that is interested. It’s been nice to vent.

    For sure. Sometimes it’s easier to relate to a bunch of strangers with shared interests than those in our lives who have different interests




  • If you can afford it, try one of the meal kit services. I did that for teaching my kids how to cook, but also got a lot out of it. They deliver a package of ingredients, already planned and proportioned, and easy to follow steps. It really helped me step up to more elaborate meals.

    Another approach is to find some part of cooking you can get enthusiastic about. If you are excited to do something, you’ll spend more time getting it right. Maybe it’s a different cuisine, or appliance, or tools. For example, I got enthusiastic about cast iron cookware: less forever plastic, buy it for life, can be cheap, but you need new habits for heat control and for cleaning. While learning those, I upped my skillet game



  • I’ve done this for a few years - if anyone asks what I want, it’s to spend time with my kid and I’ll get myself something frivolous.

    • now that kids are teens and there’s only one left at home, I’ll take any of his time I can get
    • I’m a geek, a gadget freak, and I realized long ago that my interests are specific enough to not be worth explaining to people

    This year I’m buying myself a new iPad. That’s also well over the limit for gifts (I used to take my ex on trips for hers so she’d have experiences in addition to gifts, but that cost is somewhat hidden)








  • Generally “Reader Mode” is sufficient and I have my browser set to that by default. However sometimes sites are not functional in reader mode and those are usually the same ones that are most toxic.

    It also drives home the point of how poor the internet is with accessibility. Imagine having to rely on reader mode to get through the toxic sludge that makes up most of the internet, but yet we have to rely on every day

    Edit: yes, I was also using an adblocker but iPhone adblockers are limited and in this case useless