Guy named Mike at the shop I started at swore by just doing drain and fills by hand. Said the machines push crud loose and cause leaks. Laughed it off until I used a machine on a 2005 F-150 with 180k miles. Heater core blew out 3 days later. Customer was pissed. Ever had a machine cause more problems than it fixed?
I went with what the engineer stamped instead of listening to you guys and now I'm dealing with frost heave on a 40k shed foundation. Should I just bite the bullet and dig it all up next spring or is there some bandaid fix I'm not seeing?
I was making rice for years by boiling it in a pot of water and then pouring it into a colander. Thought I was being clever because it never burned. Then my buddy from Texas roasted me about it and showed me the absorption method. I honestly felt like an idiot. Now I hit it with a 2 to 1 water to rice ratio and let it steam covered for 18 minutes. Comes out fluffy every time. So the debate is: are you team boil and drain or team absorption? Anyone else grow up doing it the wrong way like me?
Six months ago I had to decide between a $300 sit-stand converter or a $600 standing desk frame. I cheaped out and went with the converter because I already had a nice desktop surface. Now my keyboard tray wobbles like crazy whenever I type fast, and I can barely fit a second monitor on it. The converter takes up so much space that my mouse pad hangs off the edge. Wish I just saved up the extra cash and got the frame. Has anyone else regretted going budget on a desk setup choice?
I was messing around on CodePen last night trying to make a simple background for a portfolio piece and stumbled on someone's post about using layered linear gradients with slight angle shifts. Turns out you can get a pretty convincing wood texture just by stacking 5 or 6 gradients with different brown shades and tight repeating stops. Has anyone else tried making organic textures like wood or marble with just CSS, or is there a trick I'm missing to make them look less blocky?
I was looking through the PCT water report last night and stumbled on this stat that threw me off. From the desert section near the San Felipe Hills all the way past the Aqueduct, it's like a 100 mile gap where caches are totally unreliable. I always thought you just hit creeks every 10 miles or so, but nope. Guess I'll be planning a lot more desert drops if I ever try that stretch. Has anyone here actually done that section in a dry year and found a secret water source?
Did my 100th residential alarm install last Tuesday over in Oak Hill. Wasn't keeping count at first but my partner mentioned it after we wrapped up. We were mounting the main panel in a basement that had zero prior wiring. Had to run all new contact zones through old plaster walls. That job made me realize I've been doing this way longer than I thought. Never considered myself a veteran or anything. But hitting that number made me stop and think about all the crawl spaces and attics I've been through. Anyone else ever hit a milestone that made you see the job different?
Why did nobody tell me that parchment paper with holes is a thing or that I should just buy those silicone liners instead of scraping away at caked-on gunk like a fool for almost an hour, has anyone else had this same rude awakening?
I was at a small gallery showing in Portland last month when a guy who does color grading for films looked at my screen and said 'your blacks are eating the detail'. I figured he was just being picky, since I liked the bold contrast. Tried his advice on my next piece, swapping #000000 for a dark blue-gray. The shadows actually had depth for the first time and the whole composition popped. Has anyone else had a color rule they ignored for years until someone proved it works?
I stopped by this place called Brew & Bread off South Congress last weekend. Their menu board is bright yellow with thin white text and I could barely read it from 3 feet away. The owner said a designer friend picked the colors and thought it looked 'modern.' Has anyone else run into a business where the contrast was just totally off for reading?