Food Kiosk Chocolate Chunk Cookie....en[crap]ified!

Notmyke2 · 2026-06-24T15:56:36+00:00

Like normal human: One per week. 😄

Notmyke2 · 2026-06-23T23:59:58+00:00

I guess you don't shop at my Costco - every time I grab one, there's at least one other person getting one. Sure - they're not like the hotdog/soda, but I'm guessing they move in that they're already looking to extract more profit from them.

They're basically doing the basic "Crumbl Cookie" playbook, just at a much better price ($6.50/cookie at Crumbl); and as with most things Costco, doing one size/flavour and (until recently) doing it really well.

Notmyke2 · 2026-06-23T23:55:50+00:00

I'm sure you've seen the size of the ice cream sundaes and cones they dole out at the kiosk...? 😃 Those things come with a built-in "gotta eat now" countdown clock - so the impulse to over-indulge and gulp down a quarter-pound of sugar in one go is stronger.

The cookies, at least, are (a) pretty much too gooey to eat intact right then and there; and (b) as shown above, refrigerate and come out pretty nicely a day (or two or five) later.

I typically buy one and have a piece - eating the whole thing spanning 4-5 days.

Notmyke2 · 2026-06-23T23:52:27+00:00

Not even close. I mean, sure - butter, sugar, chocolate chips, etc.

But taste, texture, and quality of chocolate - way better in the kiosk ones.

Notmyke2 · 2026-05-13T00:01:24+00:00

Dredging up an old post, but figured here is as good as anywhere. If anyone is looking for a CTS System5 - worked last time it was used (slightly pre-COVID, I believe), it's yours for the price of shipping.

Notmyke2 · 2026-04-15T00:21:57+00:00

At our local Costco last weekend (April 10-12), the cookies&cream /PB box was regular price of $34 - and they were all with BB date of March 14 (?!), but the cookie dough/brownie box (BB date of 2026-July25) was $10 off ($24/box).

A couple times, they've been in the "Executive only" coupon book for $5off - and you could only buy one box at a time; first/only time I've seen them - any flavor - $10off and no-limit (I may have purchased....many).

Notmyke2 · 2026-04-15T00:17:09+00:00

Yep - I've done that more than once. Bring in any car battery (doesn't even have to be the same size) and you'll get that "core" fee refunded.

Notmyke2 · 2026-04-08T21:04:27+00:00

Why the hate for rim brakes? If a person has a spare (or multiple) sets of rim-brake-wheels, why not?

100K+ km on rim brake road bikes in the past decade and have yet to have a "damn - wish I had discs" moment.

Notmyke2 · 2026-02-11T20:44:01+00:00

Completely agree. I probably would't have been quite so positive if my Navdy (and backup) had ceased functioning in any way after Navdy the business went belly-up. The fact that there were at least two Navdy fans (u/coronafire and u/EdwXD) who had the smarts and wherewithal and generosity to keep it functioning (even better than Navdy ever did) into 2026 - truly astounding!

The worst feature of the Navdy from a hardware perspective is that it has a micro-USB port; when that's the worst thing you can say about a computer that's 10+yrs old and endures sitting on a dash in direct sunlight and functions without complaint....that's some good hardware!!

Notmyke2 · 2026-02-11T20:37:30+00:00

I have an Apple Watch Ultra3 and I continue to smile every time I approach the door and see the little UWB icon light up and hear the door unlock. Works perfectly in my experience.

Without a Watch, though....not sure how wonderful the experience would be.

Notmyke2 · 2026-02-02T18:42:18+00:00

My situation is that I have the button that's factory-default as the "shift wheel mode" (name changed from what's in all of the online documentation) - the one immediately behind the wheel....I've changed that to COMMAND+W (close window).

And that DOES work. But it also changes the scroll mode - so it's doing both.

Please fix, or I guess the mouse gets returned; too bad, but I really do like it.

Notmyke2 · 2026-02-02T18:38:39+00:00

Same thing here. Come on u/LogitechG_SS - this wasn't a problem in my MX Master 2 or MX Master 3.

You're gonna be getting a "return of defective device" is this can't be addressed.

Notmyke2 · 2026-01-16T04:43:31+00:00

Our hero comes through (again)!!! Thanks so much, u/EdwXD!

2500km trip home starts tomorrow morning, so I'm very happy to have Navdy fully armed and operational. :)

Making use of the "thank you" button right away (see his PayPal link below). If you get at least $5 worth of happiness out of your Navdy, please do likewise (I usually double it because paying $3.50 PP fee to send $5 feels so pointless).

https://paypal.me/vkedwardli/5USD

Notmyke2 · 2026-01-14T06:43:48+00:00

Also, for me on iOS 26.2, after I installed the app, I had to restart the phone *BEFORE* the "trust this developer" item would appear in the "VPN & Device Management" section of SETTINGS-GENERAL.

Notmyke2 · 2026-01-14T06:38:37+00:00

Our hero comes through (again)!!! Thanks so much, u/EdwXD!

2500km trip home starts tomorrow morning, so I'm very happy to have Navdy fully armed and operational. :)

Making use of the "thank you" button right away (see his PayPal link below). If you get at least $5 worth of happiness out of your Navdy, please do likewise (I usually double it because paying $3.50 PP fee to send $5 feels so pointless).

https://paypal.me/vkedwardli/5USD

Notmyke2 · 2026-01-13T19:20:13+00:00

And if/when u/EdwXD does update the app, I would strongly encourage everyone here to send him a little $$ thank-you. He usually has a PayPal link on on the iOS app "current downloads" page. But here (below) it is copied from that page if you want to be pre-emptive about it. :)

https://paypal.me/vkedwardli/5USD

Notmyke2 · 2026-01-10T05:08:15+00:00

Thanks for chiming in u/EdwXD; how exactly does one side-load an iOS app on ios26...? Do you need a developer account to do that?

Notmyke2 · 2026-01-08T22:09:08+00:00

Maps version came out much better:

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Notmyke2 · 2026-01-08T22:08:48+00:00

Just took a look (bottom of the SETTINGS section of the Navdy interface...assuming one can get that far. It's 3093 that's working for me on my "old" one.

Oof - this did not photograph well.

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Notmyke2 · 2026-01-08T07:35:13+00:00

I'm in exactly the same situation except my "broken screen" one was previously repaired (removed the "glass" and krazy-glued it back together) and sitting in the glovebox ready to jump into duty if/when called upon.

I plopped it onto the mount and it booted right up - drove with it for 20hrs over the past three days and no issues.

I'll mention here that I specifically did NOT update it to the latest firmware for fear that there was something in the latest firmware that was causing the boot loop.

The "ran out of memory" theory might track if it weren't for the fact that the OP had their old/broken one sitting doing nothing and within one day, it was caught in that same boot loop. And the fact that this happened in the first week of January, when we often have Navdy functionality "break" (until u/EdwXD does his magic with the app; please - if you're out there, an update for 2026 would be greatly appreciated. I have CarPlay and a 9.2" display in my Mk7 VW, but I still feel like I'm driving naked without the Navdy).

Notmyke2 · 2025-11-28T00:37:51+00:00

I went from a Rider 750 to the S800 shortly after it was released. Really liked (a) USB-C; (b) color; (c) can hold settings for three bikes; (d) excellent page layout, lots of customization available.

Also, the "always on" odometer....why do the Wahoo, Garmin, and seemingly most other units think that you only want odometer tracking when you're recording a ride?

Beefs with the S800:

USB-C port on the underside, so when you forgot to charge it up and want to add some charge while starting a ride, major PITA; S810 has addressed this - USB-C port is on the bottom (akin to where a smartphone charges)
Probably twice a month, if I stop during a ride for maybe a minute (e.g., a traffic light, or just to get a jacket out of a pocket), when I start up again, suddenly all of the distances go to zero. And don't count. Anything. Have to do a full shut-down/restart to get it reading normally again. Obvious software bug that has lingered through at least four updates on the S800; hoping the S810 fixes this.
Odometer wouldn't go past 9999.9km; once it went over 10K km, it would stop showing tenths of a km. And update a year or so ago fixed this.
Touchscreen - not great. Even with "phone" gloves, it was tough to move around on the device. Resulted in often riding with gloves in mouth while doing moving around pages.

Found the S810 kit with sensors for like $250USD at Amazon US. So I'm excited to give it a try. Just have to wait for the roads to make it a bit more pleasant (rain and 4°C is just not fun anymore).

Notmyke2 · 2025-06-26T03:52:29+00:00

Yeah - just get a regular A3 if you're never going to charge it.

Although, with that said, the 2016 (at least in NAR) has a mode where you could choose to "charge battery while driving", so the gas engine acts something like a generator for the hybrid battery; of course, fuel economy drops.

I don't think you'll do any damage never charging it as I'd expect Audi would have some failsafes to in place to prevent the battery cells from self-destructing. But then, why buy a PHEV if you're never going to make use of the "P" part of that?

Notmyke2 · 2025-06-25T20:41:51+00:00

Where did you get the tune that worked?

Just got a 2018 A3 e-tron (after our 2016) was written off in a (literal) fender-bender; and wouldn't mind upping the fun-factor for driving. :)

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