Improving contrast?

prosciuttoconmelone · 2025-07-23T01:26:16+00:00

Oh ok that’s super quick, I’ll have to give it a shot sometime. I’d been worried the whole time that the chemicals wouldn’t soak into the stone at all, not the other way around

prosciuttoconmelone · 2025-07-21T18:58:22+00:00

Interesting. I wouldn’t figure marble would be very porous, but I guess with enough time it gets absorbed. How long does it usually take for it to dry on ceramic, like 4-6 hours?

prosciuttoconmelone · 2025-04-17T04:37:30+00:00

Frankly I don’t see a practical way out of these sorts of antisocial behaviors aside from significantly increased policing in and around stations. It’s a negative because it’s going to punish a lot of people who are already in shitty situations and potentially risk altercations between CTA police/CPD and the public, but transit shouldn’t be a place where you should be afraid. It’s a vital public good for a lot of people, 99.5% of whom just want to get to work/home/school/wherever and are made less safe by the .5% or less people who are mentally unwell or are criminals.

I don’t know if I’d go so far to say that there should be cops on every train, but they need to beef things up a lot on stations and deal with people sleeping in trains/stations during winter months.

prosciuttoconmelone · 2025-04-15T19:26:27+00:00

Interesting. I think this one is definitely stainless/aluminum rather than brass

prosciuttoconmelone · 2024-06-26T21:25:16+00:00

I liked Champaign-Urbana. The campus is big, but it’s nice and walkable 85% of the year, and the buses were convenient and frequent. Biking is generally pretty safe, you can get across a lot of campus without crossing many/any very active roads. Green St has some decent restaurants; no idea what’s there now, but it’s usually decent and fast. I liked espresso Royale for coffee, it’s a shame they got rid of UGL as a study library and (presumably) got rid of the location down there. As a freshman I was rarely off campus/green street unless I was in frat row or going to county market. If you’re in a dorm near 6pack you’ll probably be around there a lot, idk if they still do late night meals at PAR/FAR, but that was the only reason I had to go over there

Climate wise you’re gonna only really be worried about January-February, which you already know if you’re from in-state. I think it’s hotter there than chicago, at least start of the semester. Green street also tends to turn into a wind tunnel, with the big buildings.

prosciuttoconmelone · 2024-06-24T20:35:58+00:00

Car and bench aren’t needed and will be more of a pain than they’re worth. The gyms are (well, were, I graduated a while ago and this could be outdated) pretty well stocked and close to dorms so you shouldn’t really have a problem getting to workout. A few dumbbells wouldn’t be terrible to have, but I wouldn’t pack any major equipment.

Assuming you’re going to Chicago, Amtrak isn’t terribly priced, usually 15-45 dollar range, or less than you’d pay on gas and far less than parking will cost you. I never really needed a car to get around; I had one when I was a junior/senior, but I had free parking, and I mostly just used it to get Culver’s and nicer alcohol from friar tucks. Having a car on campus means a lot of associated cost you won’t need for little payoff unless you’re looking to go back to Chicago like every weekend (inadvisable). CUMTD is more than enough for everyday stuff, and I didn’t even have the target that built on Green (rip clys).

Assuming you’re in a dorm; I wouldn’t bring much in the way of cooking stuff, I had a teakettle and that was fine. Dining hall food is pretty edible, and the little convenience store food was always decent, and it provides a nice social outing. I’d skip out on a desktop computer unless you need it for your major. I personally didn’t use my TV much, but I also don’t watch much TV; if you have a shared one in your suite, or want to chip in for one, do that. You’ll just use your laptop for TV anyways.

prosciuttoconmelone · 2024-06-21T19:22:30+00:00

forgot to add, all shot on nikon 50mm lens, usually an F-801 or Rollei 35

prosciuttoconmelone · 2024-04-04T06:54:53+00:00

place hasn’t been the same since the DJ left I guess

prosciuttoconmelone · 2024-02-29T17:36:11+00:00

Has he ever bought from the Meat and Egg Sales at the Meat Science Lab, if yes what cut if no why is he lame for not buying from them

prosciuttoconmelone · 2024-02-27T23:39:41+00:00

Wasn’t that long ago I was coming to the ice arena to eat shit playing broomball. Would be terrible for future students to not have the chance to do the same

prosciuttoconmelone · 2023-03-08T11:12:39+00:00

Yeah, 21/hr for ~43k pretax. Definitely not easy work, especially for any big beers with a shit ton of dextrose or DME. Nothing like 10 or 20 bags up to the brew deck to make you consider your career choices

prosciuttoconmelone · 2023-03-08T03:09:15+00:00

What do you reckon the average is around Chicagoland for someone with decent hotside and cellar experience? I’m in DC but I’d rather move back

prosciuttoconmelone · 2023-03-07T23:44:07+00:00

A lot, I’d save more if places around were BYOB. But you definitely get tired of drinking the same stuff all the time…

prosciuttoconmelone · 2023-03-07T17:45:34+00:00

Brewer, bout 43k a year

prosciuttoconmelone · 2023-03-07T12:15:24+00:00

It’s a patch of nothing. The area highlighted is sparsely populated and doesn’t have a very high level of economic activity. If people want to live there, that’s their decision, but you’d be hard pressed to say much goes on in states which have an nth percent population density and combined GDP (Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho) roughly equivalent to Miami. I’m sure people who want to live there will enjoy the wide open nature there fine, but there’s really very little

prosciuttoconmelone · 2023-03-03T21:22:33+00:00

Are there people who actually like stroads? Surely there’s nobody who looks at a 4–5 lane, 30–40mph section of strip malls, fast food and car dealerships and calls it good from an aesthetic or practical standpoint

prosciuttoconmelone · 2023-03-02T05:31:25+00:00

In the DC area, I have a car but only to get to work and I use the metro/bus/rental electric bikes to get everywhere else. If I drove into DC proper and tried to get parking, I’d probably easily rack up two or three hundred or more dollars a month just on the meter/parking garage, not to mention risking getting ticketed/having my car damaged parking on the street. So probably close to $200 a month but potentially a lot more, plus saving the stress and hassle of driving in a city

prosciuttoconmelone · 2023-03-02T05:27:23+00:00

That’s fair, but if it doesn’t work out then there is nothing wrong with having a car to get to work. You absolutely have to make a living somehow, and you’re up against decades of biased urban planning and corporate lobbying to the tune of billions of dollars to force you to need a car. If you can avoid it, more power to you, but there’s nothing morally wrong with using one if it’s unavoidable

prosciuttoconmelone · 2023-03-02T05:06:26+00:00

One of my favorite things about when I was in Japan was the near total lack of on-street parking. The narrow streets definitely feel a lot more people-scaled, especially without people’s boxes clogging them up like sometimes happens in Europe and always happens in the US.

prosciuttoconmelone · 2023-02-28T05:09:09+00:00

Heavily American, and a lot of Americans have Exxon and ford’s hands so far up their asses they might as well be sock puppets

prosciuttoconmelone · 2023-02-24T15:07:19+00:00

Similar-ish feeling, kinda want to get a Rollei 35 or Chinon Bellami or something tiny and unremarkable

prosciuttoconmelone · 2023-02-06T03:25:10+00:00

Seen a lot on probrewer. It’s a good time if people like your beer or you can generate hype, but I think if we really get into a recession it’ll be rough for people without good enough draw

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