I finally switched from Klein crimpers to the Ideal ones for coax ends

Used Klein for like 6 years cause that's what the old guys all used. Last week I grabbed a pair of the Ideal 30-425s on a whim at a supply house in Denver. Night and day difference on RG6 compression fittings. The Kleins would slip sometimes or not seat the connector all the way. Did 30 ends with the Ideals and not one bad crimp. Way less hand fatigue too cause the handle shape is better. Anyone else made the swap and notice it?

Is it worth finishing a show that falls off hard after season 3, or do you just drop it?

I stuck with The 100 through all seven seasons even after the plot went sideways around season 4, but my buddy quit after three seasons and says he doesn't regret it one bit, so how do you decide when to call it quits on a binge?

Threw $150 at a fancy daily planner and it's sitting in my drawer unused after 2 weeks

Hot take: ditch the Behance slider format for your UX case studies

I reviewed 12 portfolios last week for a friend's agency in Austin, and 10 of them used that same horizontal Behance scroll thing. It hides your actual thinking process behind pretty screenshots. I want to see your messy whiteboard sketches from 3 years ago on that hotel app redesign, not just the final polished icons.

A comment about my pacing made me rethink how I watch shows

I was talking to a buddy about how I can't seem to finish a season of anything lately. He flat out said I was stuffing too many episodes in one sitting and burning out. He pointed out that I treat binge watching like a race instead of a marathon. So I switched things up last month and started capping myself at three episodes max per night. It sounds simple but it actually let me savor the story more instead of just plowing through to the end. Now I'm actually remembering character names and plot details better. Has anyone else gotten feedback that messed with their viewing habits?

Tried mapping out UFO sightings in my county for 6 months and got a weird pattern

I plotted 47 reports from our local MUFON chapter onto a county map and spotted two clusters that don't line up with anything obvious like airports or military bases. One is over a state park where nobody lives and the other is right above a water treatment plant. Does anyone else who's done this kind of mapping see patterns that seem too specific to be random?

Neighbor swore by using dish soap in his paint sprayer... what a mess

My buddy Dave told me to add a squirt of Dawn to my latex paint to help it flow better through my Wagner sprayer, and now I've got bubbles all over my fence that won't pop. Has anyone else run into this trick backfiring on them?

Took a 3 month trade course instead of a 4 year degree and it paid off faster

I was stuck working retail in Phoenix for 2 years making $15 an hour and couldn't figure out how to move up. So I signed up for a 12 week welding certificate at our local community college for $1,200 total. Six months after finishing I landed a job at a metal fabrication shop making $22 an hour with full benefits. Has anyone else here taken a short trade program and seen a big jump in pay?

I finally picked rubber stall mats over epoxy for my garage floor

Went with 4x6 stall mats from Tractor Supply ($45 each on sale) instead of epoxy because I drop tools all the time and didn't want cracks. The rubber smell took about a week to fade but my knees thank me when I'm working on the car. Anyone else made this switch and regretted it or loved it?

Built a dedicated sharpening station after 3 years of using a whetstone on the workbench edge

Tried both a bench vise with a magnetic angle guide and one of those all-in-one sharpening jigs I found at a garage sale last fall, and the jig was way more consistent for keeping kitchen knives at the right angle without slipping, plus it only ran me $15, has anyone else found a decent sharpening setup that doesn't cost a fortune?