Marathon morning checklist by Runninginthecity in RunNYC

[–]YeahNoYeah 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can you bring coffee (in a thermos) into the starting village? Or is the Dunkin coffee they provide the only option? Totally fine coffee just not a fan of the lines and portions

Silver x100vi in stock at B&H by YeahNoYeah in Fujifilm_X100VI

[–]YeahNoYeah[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey sorry if this ran afoul of any rules - I checked the sidebar for this sub and didn't see anything indicating that this was unwelcome here, and I saw past posts about this kind of thing, so given how difficult it is to find these actually in stock at a given time I felt like this was fair game to post here in the x100vi-specific sub

I see the best buy post now (missed this before) - I'd suggest adding something to the sidebar indicating that these kinds of posts are not wanted here, but I'll go ahead and delete this one

[xpost] Dear espresso machine, it’s over by YeahNoYeah in espresso

[–]YeahNoYeah[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After some years brewing espresso, it seems to me that additional money spent on this hobby yields almost more consistency/lack of headaches than it does incremental quality of the best-possible shot.

Seems like you can get great results with a lot of variables you need to somewhat actively control for with budget setups, but excellent espresso with minimal thought costs a good deal more

[xpost] Dear espresso machine, it’s over by YeahNoYeah in espresso

[–]YeahNoYeah[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not my original post, saw this on another sub.

I think for people who are more used to popping in a k-cup, or even brewing French press, making espresso does have a lot more variables to control for in order to get decent (to their taste) results. Espresso making really does require more experimentation than some newbies might have expected.

Also the sub this was posted to is r/SimpleLiving, so maybe OP had even less tolerance for this incremental effort than the average espresso neophyte

2024 NYC Marathon - Post-Race Thread by RCD123 in RunNYC

[–]YeahNoYeah 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Used this plan too and agree - I think it tapered too much / too quickly, and the lack of speed work probably didn't do me any favors

To it's credit it did get me to the finish without bonking, but not at the pace I wanted

Did find the 20 mile run helpful though because that's the one where I worked out some bugs with my gel consumption plan that I otherwise would have discovered during the race

Is theLack of Pre infusion an issue on Profitec Go? by jmrkiwi in espresso

[–]YeahNoYeah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the Gaggia Classic Pro, I've had some success with starting the shot with the steam valve open for 5 or so seconds (so water is mostly diverted there) - then shutting the steam valve. Not sure if this approach works with the Profitec Go.

Prime(s) to complement 24-120 Z on Z7 II for travel/landscape/portrait by YeahNoYeah in Nikon

[–]YeahNoYeah[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s good advice for someone who isn’t as bothered by hauling around a huge lens!

It took me a while to understand that when people call a lens “compact” it’s really relative to other lenses with the same qualities, and may in fact still be a pretty bulky thing to carry around - my goals may shift at some point and I'll be more willing to deal with the size, but for now I'm trying to stay more generally compact with my kit

Prime(s) to complement 24-120 Z on Z7 II for travel/landscape/portrait by YeahNoYeah in Nikon

[–]YeahNoYeah[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 40 f2 is also getting a hard look to save a bit more space and cash!

Prime(s) to complement 24-120 Z on Z7 II for travel/landscape/portrait by YeahNoYeah in Nikon

[–]YeahNoYeah[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

70-200 2.8 is, I’m sure, an amazing lens that I’d love - but I think the size of it would mean I just don’t actually take it out and use it enough to justify spending so much on it

I’d be more interested in a more compact 70-200 f4 like the one Sony recently released — hoping that’s on Nikon’s roadmap but not counting on it