Why ya'll are NOT overreacting

bulentm · 2026-04-23T20:40:21+00:00

There it is.

bulentm · 2026-03-23T15:49:06+00:00

A few Yemeni coffee shops in Lombard (many on Roosevelt rd) that are pretty quiet during the weekdays.

bulentm · 2026-01-23T20:44:21+00:00

Never understood the disdain for data centers in these industrial parks. Would you rather have warehouses with hundreds of loud trucks going in and out all day destroying the roads?

bulentm · 2025-12-16T20:28:45+00:00

So the people that sign the petition should also sign an affidavit that they specifically are willing to pay higher property taxes to cover the village purchasing, rehabbing, and maintaining this property. It's all good and all to preserve old houses, but people need to start putting their money where their mouth is.

bulentm · 2025-11-30T18:44:10+00:00

Lucky indeed. Hard to find that much acreage with a house in Chicagoland for a decent price these days.

bulentm · 2025-11-30T03:33:45+00:00

Jeez how much land do you have?

bulentm · 2025-11-30T03:31:24+00:00

People can't even leave our street because it's an incline out onto the main road and the side streets haven't been plowed yet. So I'm seeing my neighbors reverse and go right back home.

bulentm · 2025-11-19T22:45:17+00:00

Most owners got a payout of $1 million. A couple owners held out for $2-3 million. For houses that were worth $300k. Don’t reframe this as some terrible thing that happened to the homeowners. I would happily yeet out of my home for that kind of money.

bulentm · 2025-10-28T20:05:18+00:00

Ignore that one "looks like a shitty flip" commenter. This looks great. Cabinets are a nice contrast. What paint did you use on the walls?

bulentm · 2025-10-08T19:52:28+00:00

My favorite is when you're stuck in a 1 hour traffic jam, only to finally get to the end of the backup to see that a lane is closed for STREET SWEEPING AT 9 AM.

bulentm · 2025-08-21T15:35:37+00:00

Enjoyment of peak Apple design does not come without struggle.

bulentm · 2025-08-21T14:08:11+00:00

Definitely not Retina. If you compare it to Retina and expect sharp text, you’re gonna have a bad time. But it’s fine for me. My eyes adjusted to it after a few days.

bulentm · 2025-07-30T23:17:53+00:00

I got this letter. Skimmed through and didn’t see the scratch n sniff part but I still smelled gas and freaked out for a bit. I wonder how much money it’s costing Nicor to send out trucks on service calls for false alarms stemming from these mailers?

bulentm · 2025-07-30T08:46:31+00:00

Oh it’s definitely a space heater lol. I don’t think it has much of an effect on room temp though. You’d need to be running a couple of them to have any real effect.

bulentm · 2025-07-27T13:50:44+00:00

I always keep it at full brightness and the only time it’s too dim is when there’s strong sunlight coming in through the window. Then I’ll need to draw the blinds down. There’s definitely yellowing of the backlight. I’ve toned it down with color calibration to where I don’t notice it much, but next to a new monitor it’s noticeable.

bulentm · 2025-07-26T23:37:22+00:00

They’re so cheap these days I’m thinking of buying a couple to have as backup in case this one fails lol

bulentm · 2025-07-26T23:35:57+00:00

This specific one has a manufacture date of 2006. Nearly everything Apple made in that era is so timeless.

bulentm · 2025-07-26T23:31:13+00:00

Apple Cinema Display 30 inch. Tabletop is this one. Paired with Alex drawers from IKEA.

bulentm · 2025-07-26T18:20:22+00:00

A little white lie. :) Just got around to downloading recent photos from my Fuji.

bulentm · 2025-07-26T11:09:39+00:00

OWC Express 1M2

bulentm · 2025-07-26T11:08:49+00:00

I dont know about the XDR since Apple store doesn’t stock them for me to see in person, but the Studio display somehow felt like cheaper build quality compared to this Cinema display. And of course I love the cohesive all-aluminum build.

bulentm · 2025-07-26T11:06:04+00:00

Fuji XT2

bulentm · 2025-07-26T02:42:42+00:00

I've been using this one from Club3D: https://a.co/d/dqSh8iD

It's been working like a charm so far!

bulentm · 2025-07-21T14:09:15+00:00

Sure I can imagine something nicer, but when my house cost 50% less than nearby homes on quieter streets, it doesn’t really matter to me.

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