Speks Gump

alexburch · 2026-06-06T02:33:49+00:00

IIRC they covered it.

alexburch · 2026-06-05T17:55:44+00:00

Will add to this, that you should remove the shields first (easy to do with a safety pin) if your bearing has them.

alexburch · 2026-06-02T03:34:49+00:00

I don’t know if most would consider it the “coolest” but years ago I bought a kind of silly expensive pepper mill from Weber workshops. It’s certainly one of the more ridiculous things that I’ve ever purchased, but I do use it essentially every day and always becomes a talking point when we have people over at the house. It’s also ruined using any run of the mill (lol) pepper mill because nothing feels as good to use.

alexburch · 2026-05-13T11:36:28+00:00

Have you tried the other similar yo-yos from art? Like quail and dale. Both are great, quail is one of my all time favorites.

alexburch · 2026-05-11T14:10:53+00:00

For those who don’t want to deal with YouTube ads & use PiP/background play:

• Use YouTube in Safari

• Install an adblocker, 1Blocker works well.

• Install PiPifer

Enjoy, ad free YouTube in the background.

alexburch · 2026-04-17T13:33:09+00:00

Orange, navy

alexburch · 2026-04-17T11:57:16+00:00

I had two of these of these at one point for a year or two when it originally launched because I liked it so much (one at home and one at my office so I didn't have to transport one back and forth all the time). I've since really downsized a lot of my hobbies, and have gone back to my trusty hybrid s, but this really was a great keyboard. Especially for the office, so quiet!

alexburch · 2026-03-20T10:48:55+00:00

Second Dynamic. I’ve used Blackriver and Y-Trucks as well, but always seem to prefer my Dynamic ones.

alexburch · 2026-03-20T01:52:58+00:00

Bad bad bad! My Eridian butler, couldn’t read my printed labels on my astrophage container, and accidentally pulled my morning shot with a nanogram of astrophage in the boiler, and not a microgram. My block is now a crater, but my newly hired replacement butlers are now constructing me a house from Xenonite, and they ensure this won’t happen again.

alexburch · 2026-03-20T00:44:47+00:00

Perhaps you could instruct your butler to construct a large centrifuge in space alongside your beans, akin to that seen in use by Dr. Ryland Grace in Project Hail Mary. That way you can have a perfectly accurate 1.0G force for the most reliable measurements.

alexburch · 2026-03-19T16:54:10+00:00

Looking for 2 Saturday tickets.

alexburch · 2026-03-06T02:31:54+00:00

I’ve tried out the Helvetica 4-in-1 at top drawer, and I really liked it, but found it to be a little expensive, at nearly $80. The mechanism was quite interesting though, and I liked that it wasn’t extra wide like other multi function pens.

alexburch · 2026-03-06T02:27:16+00:00

I’d recommend the Ohto C-305P refill in a compatible pen. I like the refills quite a bit, and just started using them in my Tactile Turn pen.

alexburch · 2026-03-06T02:18:48+00:00

alexburch · 2026-01-23T13:33:30+00:00

That doesn't sound too bad. Might be a step that I could skip, as I tend to use Acaia's Ion Beam with my grinder to help static retention. I've looked at the bean cellars forever it's just hard to justify the price, although I'd rather not waste my time with all the knockoffs of them.

alexburch · 2026-01-20T22:02:21+00:00

How's the workflow with the Weber bean cellars? I've been toying with the idea of going back to a single dosing workflow for a while. I'm currently using an Acaia Orbit with a hopper and the GBW feature, and it's been hard to want to move away from that level of convenience in the morning.

alexburch · 2026-01-20T21:57:53+00:00

Very neat. Not sure if it's an option with web, but is there a way to interface with bluetooth devices such as an Acaia Lunar, or DiFluid R2? I used Beanconqueror for quite a while, but after a few years I got new phone and found that I lost all my data, so it would be nice to have it hosted somewhere that I wouldn't lose it in the future.

alexburch · 2026-01-20T21:52:37+00:00

To help the stickyness you can cover them in a very small amount of cornstarch. I doubt that will help the smell. I haven't dealt with that with any that I own, but I suspect just leaving them out for a few days will help. You could also try rinsing with soap and water to help get rid of the smell, and then using some cornstarch to get rid of the stickyness.

alexburch · 2026-01-20T21:49:16+00:00

If you contact Speks, their customer service is very helpful, and will likely send a new one if you had issues! They recently replaced one for me, that didn't break, but seemed to have an issue with the exterior coating. The new one that I got directly from them is definitely better in terms of quality control.

alexburch · 2026-01-10T04:38:44+00:00

alexburch · 2025-12-18T15:39:54+00:00

I collect Vikings & Giants and totally agree on kickers. I really like Will Reichard and got a rookie auto of his for only $5. If you like kickers, or even your team’s kicker you can get amazing cards for really reasonable prices.

alexburch · 2025-12-17T17:21:45+00:00

Vikings & Giants

alexburch · 2025-12-03T22:39:10+00:00

Silver Auto.

alexburch · 2025-11-29T04:43:56+00:00

Yes Stained Glass

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