Finally setup up my smart home. Lights coming on at dusk across my whole house with varying levels of brightness, from nightlight to lighting up the living room. Shutting down everything in my house and arming my security system all with one phrase. Temp automatically adjusting throughout the day/night for better energy savings. It really just made life a little easier in multiple ways. Especially once you realize there are smart IR blasters.
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My Hue system is probably one of the best things I ever bought.
I live alone, in a suburb north of Stockholm, so during winters it get really damned depressing to leave the office after sunset, and then get home and open the front door to a dark hole.
Being able to turn some lights on before I open the door has made wonders for my mental health, it makes it feel as if there is someone at home taking care of it and waiting for you to come home.
Then in the mornings, using the lights in my bedroom as an alarmclock in combination with my phone makes me get up far quicker.
And when I have guests over I can set the mood and make my apartment look cool.
Using smart lights as an alarm clock is a game changer. Fades on 10 minutes before my alarm, and lets me wake up slowly and drift in and out of sleep during that interim period. Only occasionally do I go all the way until my audio alarm, and this way is way more pleasant to wake up to.
Two* empty cardboard boxes. One is roughly the width and length of my desktop tower; another is ~1/3 of the size of the first.
My desk used to have two drawers, right below the surface top. I was always hitting those bloody drawers with my thigh. Eventually I had enough, unscrewed them, and threw them away.
...ok, but what about the stuff that I stored there? Inside the big box, that is now over my desktop tower. The smaller one and its lid became divisions for the bigger one. It's organised, within the reach of my hands, and far from my thigh.
*actually three. One of my cats saw it on my chair, as I was organising the stuff here, and went into "if it sits, I fits, I call dibs" mode. It's in my living room now.
Roomba.
A roomba. (Long time ago though. Not sure I'd get one of the new models.)
Haven't bought it yet so I'll have to update but I definitely think a street and trail dirt bike will make life so much better, especially where I live.
I'll save so much on gas. All the places nearby like local restaurants, friends houses, and my job all have back roads and trails I can hop on to get to faster. It'll be so much more fun. When something does break or need replaced it'll be easier to do myself. A bike will just be so much better.
Gold Bond eczema relief cream.
Costs a good bit more than "normal" moisturizer lotion. But when I have a flare up that stuff is a life saver.
A drawing tablet. Now I don't have to worry about running out of paper or other art supplies!
20lb blanket. Better sleep means better everything!
The ones I've tried are always too warm. Anybody have advice for cooler ones?
I just run my AC.
An electrical potato peeler.
My girlfriend loves potato purree ... I just couldn't do it anymore
Why not just leave the skins on? Adds a bit of texture. Yukon potatoes work best for this
Potato puree isn't the same as mashed potatoes. Dont get me wrong, I actually prefer mashed potatoes that are a bit more chunky and with the skin, but potato puree is supposed to have a smooth texture without any chunks. Usually people use devices like a potato ricer to make puree, which would get clogged up with the skins
Thanks, I didn't know it was something different! I'm curious -- it's often said that using a device to make mashed potatoes (like a mixer) breaks the starches and makes the mashed potatoes sad and gluey. Is potato puree gluey?
I mean, I don't usually make puree but in my experience it's smooth and silky. I usually just get it at restaurants but from what I read online it's better to avoid electric devices to prevent the potatoes from being overworked so they dont release too much protein, which can cause them to become gluey. But when done right, with a good emulsion of fats like butter and cream it's not supposed to be like that.
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