Found a free hotel breakfast hack in Bangkok that's almost too good

Stayed at a place near Khao San Road where the breakfast buffet had a 'make your own sandwich' station. I grabbed a couple extra rolls and some fruit at the end, packed them in a napkin, and had lunch covered for under 50 cents. Anyone else found a hotel amenity that basically becomes a free meal ticket?

Just read that the average coffee enthusiast in the US spends about $1,100 a year on beans and gear. Found it in a survey from the National Coffee Association.

Found my old PS1 memory card and it corrupted my entire save for 'Gex: Enter the Gecko'

This happened just last night when I dug out my old console from the basement. I was so excited to finally beat that weird hotel level I got stuck on as a kid. Plugged in the memory card, loaded up the game, and my 98% complete file was just gone, replaced with garbled text. All those hours spent collecting those remote control TVs, poof. Has anyone else had a memory card totally fail on them after like 20 years in a box?

Hot take: A client ghosted me after I finished a $1500 logo project, so I sent a final invoice with a late fee after 30 days and they paid it immediately.

I was working from my home office in Portland, the payment was 60 days overdue, and I added a 5% fee which finally got a response and the full amount, so do you think that's a good move or does it just burn bridges?

Saw a huge old oak with a weird growth pattern in a park near Cincinnati

I was walking through Eden Park yesterday and stopped to look at this massive white oak near the overlook. It had this big, burly burl about eight feet up on the trunk, but the crazy part was how the main branches grew in a perfect spiral around it (like a corkscrew, you know?). I've never seen a tree manage its structure like that to work around a defect. Has anyone else run into a mature tree that grew in a full spiral like that?

Unpopular opinion: I see way too many crews rush the bull float on a hot day just to get to the edging.

Letting that bleed water come up fully before you touch it, even if it means waiting an extra 20 minutes on a 90-degree pour, is the difference between a surface that dusts in a year and one that holds up.

Shoutout to my new drafting chair, it was a game changer

I finally bit the bullet and spent about $350 on a proper ergonomic chair after my back was killing me from my old kitchen stool. It's only been a month, but the difference is huge, I can work a full 8 hours without that ache in my shoulders. The lumbar support and adjustable armrests were totally worth the money. I feel dumb for putting it off for so long. Anyone have tips for good posture habits to go with the new setup?

Question about a weird electrical drain on a 2015 Civic

I had a car last week with a dead battery that kept coming back. The customer said it was fine for a day after a jump, then dead again. I figured it was a simple draw, but tracking it down was a nightmare. It ended up being a bad control module for the power mirrors that was staying live, and it took me almost 8 hours over two days with my multimeter to find it. Has anyone else run into a parasitic draw that was something totally small and weird like that?

Appreciation post: My old flip phone finally convinced me about wireless earbuds

I thought they'd just fall out, but my friend's AirPods stayed in perfectly during a 5-mile run in Denver last month. Anyone have a good budget pair that actually stays put for workouts?

Always thought those new composite gaskets were just hype

Last month on a job at the Miller plant in Green Bay, we had a 300 psi steam line that kept weeping with the old style. My foreman, Carl, made us switch to a graphite composite type. Held perfect through three full pressure cycles. Anyone else run into a spot where the new stuff actually saved your bacon?