ooh.directory
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Recently, I came across ooh.directory. A blog directory that lists blogs from all sorts of categories. (My blog is listed there, too).
2024
My first week with a safety razor 🪒
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I’ve tried a few shaving methods since I started growing a beard in puberty. I started with a Gillette Mach 3, various no-name shavers because the cartridges are cheaper, and two electric shavers.
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Today I learned that there is furniture made of cardboard! What a crazy idea…
Sure, some IKEA furniture these days is also made of cardboard, but they try to hide it. ROOM IN A BOX or KarTent, on the other hand, don’t try to hide it and use it to market themselves as sustainable.
Since we needed a guest bed, I ordered a cardboard folding bed from KarTent and am very interested to see how good it will be.
I will keep you updated…
My February ‘24 in Review
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February has come to an end. It’s time to take a brief look back.
Where’s the perfect domain registrar?
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Why is there no pure domain registrar?
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I was just looking at SSD prices and wow, have they gone up! Last year in May I ordered a Crucial P5 Plus with 1 TB for 79,99 €. In the late summer of last year, the price was as low as 59,90 €. But now the lowest price I can find is 92,81 €, the second lowest is 134,28 €. 😱 Seems like I should wait a bit before buying a new drive to back up all the tape videos…
Microsoft’s Reading Coach
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My English pronunciation can be improved — a lot. But now I can use Microsoft’s Reading Coach. This is a new AI tool for practicing reading (in English).
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Using non-Apple hardware usually has one big advantage: Much better upgradeability.
Even though my laptop isn’t as modifiable as the Framework Laptop (it was a lot cheaper, though), I just upgraded its battery from the 36 watt-hour version to double that, 73 watt-hours. Pretty good for a 14" laptop, I think. Based on past battery performance, this new battery should easily last 10 hours of my typical usage.
Past upgrades: 16 GB to 40 GB memory, 512 GB to 1 TB storage.
Trying Spaceship.com
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Some time ago, I somewhere read about Spaceship.com, a new player in the domain registration business, and registered an account to try it out. Some things kept me from transferring any domains to it (don’t really remember anymore, though), but it was also still in the beta phase back then.
My January ‘24 in Review
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And now January of 2024 is over. Time to take a quick look back.