Hades

Just saw on RNZ a story about a elderly gentleman up north that's lost pretty much everything in a house fire.

I don't know the guy at all, but have deep empathy for his situation. Beyond the loss of his home, beyond the loss of his taonga, it's just a deeply traumatic thing to go through.

He's got a givealittle setup, if anyone else feels the urge to donate.

I pretty much only take off my glasses to sleep and shower. In a sense, they're part of my face, so I'd rather get a pair I feel good about.

I feel like I'd still want to try them on first. They might be just different enough that they end up looking wrong?

I probably should have prefaced all of this by saying I am an absolute pedant.

It's the hinges that screw up for me. As below, I'm probably going to try get stuff in store, but good food for thought on the make.

I'm a bit skeptical about buying frames without trying them on first. I find a lot of frames don't look as good as I'd hoped once I see them on my face (this could be my face's fault to be fair).

And virtual means of trying on glasses isn't the same, I reckon. Slight differences in how the software measures your face size could mean they end looking different on you in real life.

I suppose I could buy a bunch, and be statistically pretty likely to get something that looks good, but that seems like it'd be creating a lot of unnecessary waste.

So yeah, maybe I'm just not savvy enough for these modern times, but I'd prefer to do it all in store.

Haha, fair enough. It always seemed like a bit too much effort for me as well, but I'm a stalwart black coffee guy anyway.

You could try foaming your milk using a french press.

Basically, you warm your milk up then put it in the french press, and repeatedly plunge it up and down until it foams up. Worked well with oat milk when I tried it.

Edit: this video gives a bunch of tips for imitating espresso without a machine, including using the aeropress to brew your coffee, and a french press for the milk. https://youtu.be/ZgIVfU0xBjA

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Friends, I've discovered today is International Beer Day. It's on Wikipedia, so it's legit.

According to Wikipedia we can observe this noble day with such time honoured events as trivia nights, beer flights, and binge drinking.

On speaker recommendations, I'm a huge fan of my Edifier R1700BT speakers. They're a fantastic budget option, and can go for under $200 on sale. They have more cabling than a UE boom, but you could connect them to your PC via Bluetooth, and they sound gorgeous.