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P.S. How'd your job search work out, CDR? Congrats on the move and a new job, hopefully it's working out for you, over a year later! I sure would like to hear an update if you still come on the forum :D My job search ended up going great, I found an IT job that I am still working in today, fully re...

Where does the time go? It is very amusing to read back this journal and remember the times. It's funny, because I can barely recall writing any of these entries, but I definitely recall the things I was writing about. I don't think my writing captured how depressed I was about my particular job at ...

I stuffed one of these in to catch hairs that inevitably come out in the washer discharge. Works as a strainer. Yes! Even before I unclogged the drain, I got a cheap plastic drain strainer from the dollar store. It started catching the hair, so we weren't adding to the problem. I got something simi...

Moved into a rental place (out of my parent's house) and I have interacted more with a toolbox and tools in the past week then the rest of my life combined. My parents gave me their old vacuum which had lost its suction. I took apart the tubing and found it had a clog right at the power nozzle. I us...

I thought people here might be interested in this building material. This guy found others on YouTube who mixed aircrete with styrofoam and tried it out himself. I thought it was quite interesting because he is starting his YouTube channel further along in the process. He has built a workshop out of...

Congrats on pulling the trigger for the year off! Looking forward to seeing what happens for you in the next year !

I am still alive and kicking. I put the journal on pause because living at home, saving most of my money, and spending most of my time studying IT and programming is a boring log. But that is going to change. DW got a new job in a new city, so we're moving out. Free from the constraints of living wi...

I never threw out the boxes for my video games as a kid, and people thought this was a strange, hoarding-like behavior. Although I did not realize that it would be worth more money, my thinking was I wanted the complete video game, and you get more then just the video game itself when you buy it, so...

The tenant left a working iPhone SE on top of the trash. I don't have the passcode. No idea if I can sell it... If you can reset it to factory default and it doesn't demand an iCloud log in, you're in the clear I think. https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT204306 Even with the password, it would be wo...

I just learned that Audacity recently sold and changed their terms of service in important ways. Bummer. Alternatives? https://fosspost.org/audacity-is-now-a-spyware/ The backlash was so fantastic that the contributors have backtracked on the idea. More info here https://github.com/audacity/audacit...

I don't know if you're still looking, but the place to go in the US is the Goodwill Outlet centers (these are different from regular goodwills). Everything in the store is listed for $1.79 a pound (at least in the super HCOL area where I live), so you can regularly get kids' clothing for under a qu...

Thanks for the note about YKK Zippers @How-DoesThisSound. In May , I did a poor job following the goals set for that month, yet I passed another certification at the request of my boss. They covered the cost, so it was great. June was more of the same. I thought it might be because I set too many go...

Not really related but, Pretty sure our thrift stores bale up clothes and send to West Africa when they don't sell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elU32XNj8PM Some argue (can't remember if they talk about this in the linked program) this system suppresses West Africa's domestic clothing industry fr...

My goal by the end of the summer is to build a bug tracker written in Python with a corresponding database + log-in/authorization. I'm going to log my own bugs while I'm building the actual bug tracker. I plan to have that as my first "portfolio-worthy" project that isn't a toy like a cal...

Congrats on the new gig @ertyu!

Really like the DIY sandbag/medicine ball idea, thank you @basuragomi. Good idea about using some one else's bodyweight. I will keep it in mind for when I can actual lift my own body weight :lol: . Part of the reason I want to learn alterations is to alter thrifted clothing :). @ertyu It never occur...

I'm a Python superfan. It's just a great language for getting stuff done. Was able to automate a bunch of things at my old job using it! The new job is a corporate place, so I cannot install python :lol: . I highly recommend writing scripts to automate things for yourself as practice! Congrats on ge...

Re-reading my post - I suppose my April savings rate is not 'cheating', as I could have blown the return on any number of things, and instead I am choosing to save it, so I should include that as a win! :lol: Obligatory plug for Tiddlywiki - it's organized in a wiki style format so it is incredibly ...

A reminder to celebrate the things you've accomplished. You spent 3-4 hours outside getting stuff done, and it seems that you're kicking yourself for all the things you didn't do after that hard work! I only mention this because personally, I find it hard to celebrate what I've accomplished. I have ...

March 2021 Results 12.06% Spending Rate 87.94% Savings Rate April 2021 Results 1.40% Spending Rate 98.60% Savings Rate The April savings rate is cheating, because I got a significant amount of money back in my tax return. I've saved this money separately from the other money I have been saving. I ha...