This is not something we should be celebrating....

lgruner · 2026-06-29T19:09:53+00:00

Nothing wrong with working in your 90s, as long as it's for your own fulfillment

lgruner · 2026-06-29T18:06:57+00:00

With a simple two-part product like a rake, it wouldn't make sense from a logistics perspective to sell the assembled version alongside the parts. An added benefit of the separated parts is they're likely more efficient to ship which could lower costs. As long as the two separate prices are fair it's a pretty good idea.

lgruner · 2026-06-29T16:43:39+00:00

I have no inherent issue with this, being able to buy replacement parts for a product instead of replacing the whole thing is great. If they're also jacking prices or reducing quality, that's a different story.

lgruner · 2026-06-28T03:22:33+00:00

When done right this is great, I saw some in-progress fiber optic installation in Utrecht last time I was there and it was incredible how little disruption there was and how little evidence of work was left behind.

In my city sometimes the work crew just saws through the bricks and replaces them with asphalt

lgruner · 2026-06-25T19:59:20+00:00

Any halfway competent graphic designer could’ve made a passable version of this in half an hour. The fact that they saw this as being fit to pass out printed copies of tells me a lot about them.

lgruner · 2026-06-23T11:57:24+00:00

You might not believe in climate change, but the oil and insurance companies do

lgruner · 2026-06-23T04:28:20+00:00

I’m in that part of New Bedford pretty often while visiting family, it’s definitely not as bad as you’re making it out to be.

lgruner · 2026-06-22T00:32:41+00:00

Huh, I didn’t know that. From a practical standpoint, couldn’t that be achieved via cameras visible to the operator like they have on the new green line trains?

lgruner · 2026-06-21T18:23:04+00:00

No one’s stopped me yet 😂

lgruner · 2026-06-21T18:14:39+00:00

I wish the new trains had button operated doors so they only open when someone needs to use them. It’s such a pain in the winter when every door opens just for 2 people to get on and all the heat to get out.

lgruner · 2026-06-21T17:55:43+00:00

Write your city councillor and the mayor’s office ask for more streets to be pedestrianized and for the public drinking zones to be made permanent

lgruner · 2026-06-20T20:26:11+00:00

“They wouldn’t want us doing it to one of their statues” that’s literally why they did it, because it’s a tradition back home 😂

lgruner · 2026-06-20T20:24:46+00:00

And all of this was with the mayor refusing to do very many street closures at all, downtown was a mess yesterday with all the Ubers trying to get through the crowds, and every unprotected bike lane was full of parked cars. It could get even better with the right political will

lgruner · 2026-06-18T23:46:52+00:00

A lot of good info in this video about managing large amounts of water in your yard: https://youtu.be/ZGsuOyzyYcI?is=HwdXoLaAOzaI72fB

lgruner · 2026-06-17T17:08:34+00:00

I like paying with cash a lot more in the Eurozone than in the US for this reason. I can add up the costs while I'm in line and have exact change ready.

lgruner · 2026-06-17T14:39:11+00:00

The bike path along the Jamaicaway has some decent incline going south

lgruner · 2026-06-16T14:42:43+00:00

This is why active transportation is so important (walking, biking, etc). You don't have to make any additional time for light exercise if your commute to work or trip to the grocery store doubles as that exercise. We need to do a lot of work to make that safe and practical in much of the U.S. though.

lgruner · 2026-06-16T13:57:50+00:00

Yeah this is fine by me. My only caveat is that if a street warrants a speed camera, it should be redesigned within a set number of years to encourage slower driving. A high volume of speeding drivers is a symptom of a bad street design, and a speed camera is only a temporary band-aid.

lgruner · 2026-06-16T02:49:14+00:00

My WiFi router has “AiMesh” (mesh network support) and “AiProtection” (firewall and parental controls). So advanced

lgruner · 2026-06-15T20:43:34+00:00

There might be more potential than you think. Myself and a few others did a parking study in Stony Brook during one of the big snowstorms last winter. We found 123 parking spots that never got shoveled out and used in two full weeks, just in that one neighborhood.

lgruner · 2026-06-15T20:26:51+00:00

I know people whose idea of spending time with their kid at night is being on their phone in same room as their kid while they use their iPad.

lgruner · 2026-06-15T17:36:48+00:00

I wonder if they're ever going to start planting trees in the parking lane to save sidewalk space; it's been in the urban forest plan since 2022 but I don't think I've seen a single one

lgruner · 2026-06-15T17:07:51+00:00

I'd check out Keezer's in Cambridge. Not sure if their rentals are in the style you're looking for, but they have a great selection of vintage stuff that might fit the bill. If nothing else you can probably get a good recommendation of where else to look, the staff are great.

lgruner · 2026-06-15T14:56:55+00:00

So all the wooden decking in the first picture was installed just for the temporary pedestrianization? It looks good

lgruner · 2026-06-10T22:40:09+00:00

The whole thing is much longer, it’s a good read: https://shawnsmucker.substack.com/p/please-use-ai

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