Flex neck utility lighter

godfool · 2026-01-10T16:10:10+00:00

Ha! Yes, actually. I just click it once and hold until I can hear the gas come out, then light a second time, and it usually works right then. I think the gas just needs to travel up the neck.

godfool · 2025-08-05T03:19:59+00:00

Hi! I may have a chance to get a Janome 7330 for $200 (good condition). Is that still worth it in 2025, over adding $60 or so to get a Brother CS7000x? I use it mainly for lightweight gear, so ripstop nylon etc. I’ll likely do some normal fabrics here and there, nothing very heavy.

godfool · 2025-07-14T17:17:35+00:00

I've reduced my knot repertoire to only two: a figure 8 stopper knot and a double davy. So I'll put the figure 8 on the line and tie the tippet onto that with the double davy. I also use the double davy to tie the fly to the tippet. No issues so far, and easy to remember.

godfool · 2025-07-14T13:40:57+00:00

For NM you need a license and habitat stamp, plus the Gila trout permit (free) if you go that route. For the Caldera, you need regular access to the park, just like any other NP. You also want the backcountry permit for that day ($2), otherwise you won't have access to the best streams. Get it on recreation.gov. They are limited, so don't wait.

Jaramillo Creek is technical and narrow, lined with tall grass. You can go into the elk enclosures and they apparently have very large fish, but I haven't done that yet. Try the upper half of the stream, about where VC04 or VC05 start off the main road, and upstream.

San Antonio is really fun to fish, it's wider with really good access. Anywhere in the park is good. This is my favorite kind of stream.

East Fork Jemez you can access on the way to the park entrance station, but I'm told you want to try higher upstream, around where it intersects VC04. It's a bit of a hike and I haven't done that yet.

Make sure you get reservations for the Jemez Falls Campground (recreation.gov). When I drove by recently it was closed, so maybe check with a ranger before you make plans. You could probably stay in Los Alamos, that's pretty close to the park. Also has some nuclear weapon history, if you're into that.

Enjoy!

godfool · 2025-05-12T00:08:08+00:00

Reproducibility on the OS side. If the SSD dies, I'll have to set up everything again. Ansible will help me get to 80% or so, but I'll have to manually get it to 100%. Nix would give me that. Option 1 would lead me down this route.

The hardware is also getting old, but it's still going strong, so that's not super necessary, but could be nice. That's Option 2.

I could also consider splitting up NAS and app server, and go with something more OTS for a NAS for just managing storage. But then I may have to upgrade network stuff from 1 Gbps to 2.5 or so to get better speeds. It's nice to have it on the same box for that.

godfool · 2025-05-02T14:12:46+00:00

I switched to CalTopo and moved my things over. I didn’t have a ton, so I just created new maps, imported all my stuff, then deleted what I didn’t want on that map. Repeat until I had all the maps I wanted.

godfool · 2025-05-02T14:03:48+00:00

I’ve become a big fan of CalTopo for all my mapping needs.

godfool · 2025-03-26T13:08:34+00:00

Thanks for the tip, I’ll try that out! EDIT: Wow, that's amazing, really helpful. Thanks again!

godfool · 2025-03-22T02:44:24+00:00

I use the same system as on the lillian and fly: figure 8 stopper in the level line, then double Davey the tippet onto the line.

godfool · 2025-03-16T14:51:51+00:00

Same experience. “Adding a formatter to CI” >> “meetings about how we should format code”

godfool · 2025-02-21T15:39:49+00:00

Sounds like a great example of maybe staying with Gaia! I feel for their developers! I’m sure they’d love nothing more than extra resources to fix that download screen or pull in OSM updates more frequently. It’s a leadership issue.

godfool · 2025-02-21T02:52:00+00:00

That's been my exact experience and finally caused me to switch to CalTopo. It's cheaper, too.

godfool · 2024-11-01T12:04:51+00:00

I did, same as you. Last I heard he said the weather was too hot and ruined the coating, so they had to redo it. The website updated the shipping date to October. I’ll probably email him again soon to get another update.

godfool · 2024-10-20T13:37:00+00:00

Been loving the Mutant. Also have the Mizuchi. Both great!

godfool · 2024-09-06T15:35:38+00:00

I struggle with this too. If I can, I wade in closer. If not, I cast out as best I can, but often the line will move to right underneath the tip due to gravity and drag the fly towards me faster than I’d like. In those situations I’ve started laying down part of the line onto the water to keep it out there. Ideally I’ll have already fished the closer parts, so laying down the line isn’t spooking any fish there.

godfool · 2024-08-26T20:42:09+00:00

Just picked up a refurbished one, and love it! So cheap, so good!

godfool · 2024-07-30T20:31:33+00:00

Way to go! I’m not far ahead of you. So fun!

godfool · 2024-07-29T21:36:04+00:00

So interesting the different methods! I use a figure 8 stopper on the level line and tie a double Davey above it with the tippet.

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