Recent content by klew

North Olmsted, just outside Cleveland, had light cloud cover, which resulted in diffusion and lack of sharp edges.

Just donated to my local indie bookstore, wonder if I can take them before they make it to the used section (I work there, we can occasionally take donated books before they get to the floor)

I suppose we tend to think of meat as flesh/muscle, egg is a protein-rich pre-meat.

I wonder if I went to my local indie bookstore and bought every single item for sale (books, magazines, gift items, etc.), would that screw them for the near future - having barely anything to sell until the shelves get refilled? I guess they could rush shipping and make special orders, but the...

I'm planning to be in Cleveland, as it's an easy flight, even though Texas has better probability for good weather. Hopefully the hotel won't cancel my reservation to price gouge people like I know happened in 2017.

I've worked with multiple people who typed defiantly instead of definitely, and discovered that some misspelled it "definately" and autocorrect changes it to defiantly. Perhaps others were secretly or undiagnosed dyslexic.

Thanks, I'm set for now. I got two invites the same day and had to decline one.

Another Bluesky invite available please?

I still have an old billfold wallet for when I travel international and want to have local currency, otherwise I used to carry a real minimal wallet like Tin's link to hold ID, one credit card, emergency $20, and a flex spot for wherever I'm going (grocery store loyalty card, library, Costco...

klew was already taken so added numbers to match my oldest still-in-use username

You can't monetize anymore unless you are over a certain threshold for subscribers and some other metric. And you won't get paid for past performance once you reach the requirements. Before this change, I had a little over $100 in earnings, but could never get it paid out.

Took 1387 days for my best performing youtube video to pass 1 million views.

Done all but owned an encyclopedia, those were too expensive for a full set I had one of those half-shoebox-sized portable cassette players that ran off an AC plug or 6 C batteries. Halforums mug for scale.