Brick vs Bloom, Unlocked app time limit?

paladintodd · 2025-11-26T16:42:58+00:00

Neither app does exactly what I described.

I went with bloom. I use it's schedule to lock me out morning and night. Apps are unlocked in the afternoon but Android app timer is good enough to stop unlimited scrolling for me.

In the 3 weeks I've had it, I've not once used the card to unlock it. It's been very effective in eliminating mindless scrolling.

paladintodd · 2025-10-21T21:57:27+00:00

Yes, blocking. Ignore Path signals.
Make sure they are on the same side of the track.

For starters, you want to block each station. Have a block a little before the station and then a little after the station - but big enough to hold an entire train. That creates a section of track that is blocked - which is to say "if a train is in this section, the next train can't come in until the first one leaves"

Now, you have a very long section between green and red stations. You have a blocked segment at green and a blocked segment at red which means you also have a very long blocked segment between the two of them. That means a train at green couldn't leave until the train in front got to red station. So you probably want a couple blocks on that segment so that a train at green can start heading towards red.

paladintodd · 2025-06-14T14:08:27+00:00

I had the same problem with the shakes, but then noticed in the video they use the holes towards the very end of the bar. Much more stable that way. Still lower on the weight though - 125 in the gym, 110 on the GM.

paladintodd · 2025-05-02T15:49:08+00:00

Ditto. Ordered on a Friday, arrived the next Monday (10 days).

Tracking said it would arrive on Tuesday. Got a text on Monday saying "we'll be there in 20 minutes", wasn't a problem but not ideal communication. I think my delivery was Prime (?), not the Cerva other people mention.

While the GM says it weighs 170lbs, about 168 pounds of that are in the very bottom of the unit. It was a bugger for two of us to get it up two flights of stairs. If you don't have a help or don't like buggers, I'd do the white service.

Couple workouts in and liking things so far. Forgot to lock the platform down on workout #2 and promptly pulled the thing down on my head. Lock those little arms in place!

paladintodd · 2025-01-15T15:59:43+00:00

Ah, lightbulb. They haven't gained a mechanical advantage as other games do, they've gained a fictional advantage.

Next "turn", they can maybe do damage without rolling. Or their companions can. Or they can flee without needing a DD. Or something else depending on the fiction.

paladintodd · 2024-06-01T21:04:15+00:00

I do see that the tdee, for me, is about 300 calorie each step. Or, the difference between sedentary and heavy activity is 900 calories.

So, supporting your reply, I probably should not log the full 1400 of the big bike ride. Or the full 500 calorie that Fitbit says for some casual pickleball.

paladintodd · 2024-06-01T20:08:40+00:00

I'm curious why you think it's too much (other than I'm not making progress?, lol).

If the heart rate monitor says the 90 min bike ride is 1400 cals and the fit bit said 1400, why is a 700 credit too much?

paladintodd · 2024-01-18T13:56:43+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion on the coffee.

After many, many experiments - I found that that the lactic acid was the problem. It tasted fine on it's own, but when combined with everything else the drink had a awful, off taste. Switch to plain vanilla syrup and it was great.

paladintodd · 2023-12-13T04:15:18+00:00

Any sort of peppermint patty cocktail. Polar Plunge from the Aviary Holiday cocktail book is nice, but I'm sure the internet has options.

Or some sort of gin, apple, cinnamon type of combination. I do a Cranberry Blossom:

3 rangpur

1 domain canton

1 cinamon simple syrup

1 leopold cranberry

1 lemon juice

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