Rewatched 'The Expanse' season 3 finale and I'm still mad about 'The Adventures of Bobby Draper' getting axed.

I really wanted to see Bobbie's whole arc on Mars, dealing with the political fallout after the gates opened and how her family reacted, which they totally set up but never got to show.

Appreciation post: I was running a 1/2 inch end mill at 500 sfm for months until a scrap pile of burnt tools made me check the chart again

Found a weird way to stop my phone from sliding off the couch arm

I was tired of it falling on the floor, so I put a small piece of that rubbery shelf liner under it. Hasn't moved an inch in three days. Anyone got a better trick that doesn't look so janky?

Vent: I tried a new coal mix for my forge and it was a total bust

I was told by a few smiths at the Tacoma meet that a 50/50 mix of bituminous and anthracite would give a cleaner, hotter fire, but after a full week of testing on my usual knife blanks, my forge ran dirtier and less even than with my old straight anthracite. What's your go-to coal blend for general forging work?

Just realized my book club notes went from a mess to something I can actually use

Honestly, for years I'd just scribble random thoughts in the book's margins or on a napkin. Tbh, I could never find my old points when we met. About three months ago, I started using a simple note on my phone for each book, with three clear sections: quotes I liked, questions for the group, and my main take. Ngl, it took two meetings to get the format right. Now I can actually add to the debate instead of just listening. Has anyone else found a simple trick that made their club prep way better?

That time in Phoenix when a whole corner started to lean because the footings were off

We had to tear out two courses and reset the line after the inspector pointed it out. Anyone ever have a footing guy just not show up with the right measurements?

Shoutout to the old Coleman stove I found at a garage sale in Boise. Used it on a 4 day trip and it boiled water faster than my newer one.

A guy at the library in Austin asked me the weirdest question about asking questions

I was helping out at the local library's community help desk last Tuesday, basically just pointing people to the right sections. This older guy came up, looked confused, and said, 'How do you ask a question when you don't even know what you need to know?' We talked for like 20 minutes about how to start a search when you're totally lost. He ended up finding a book on local bird calls. It was a small thing, but it stuck with me. Has anyone else had a moment where helping someone ask a question was the whole job?

I thought the 'shred' command on my Linux machine was just for show until I saw a forensics report recover a 'deleted' file from a drive I only formatted once.

Now I run 'shred -n 3 -z -v' on any drive before I donate it, but is there a faster method for a 2TB drive that's just as secure?

My wife's grandma in Phoenix said my sourdough was 'too perfect' and lacked heart

She told me to stop weighing ingredients so exactly and just feel the dough, which honestly changed my whole approach. Anyone else get told their baking is too by-the-book?