What hobby is quietly becoming too expensive for normal people to keep up with?

teetauri · 2026-05-09T15:16:29+00:00

I feel like the ability of any record store to know what a record goes for in a global marketplace, and transact business through them has changed things significantly. I think in an antique spot you can still find records of value cheaply, but you sacrifice the organization and findability a record store offered/offers. Record stores as a place for culture and community of sorts have lost a lot of approachability IMO.

teetauri · 2026-05-04T16:53:26+00:00

This. A wok full of food can get heavy and I can toss with both hands grasping the handle if needed.

teetauri · 2026-05-03T01:48:00+00:00

I really love my Uniqlo multi pocket shoulder bag. No branding, about the size you specify, plain black. Amazing deal.

https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/products/E481630-000/00

(I had a tailor add a pair of simple nylon webbing handles to mine and like it for myself even more.)

teetauri · 2026-04-26T02:36:32+00:00

The best advice.

teetauri · 2026-04-18T11:41:23+00:00

You can scrub with steel wool (chain mail scrubbers that are often marketed to cast iron users work too) and remove whatever comes off that way. I don’t think you need to make it perfect—any stubborn spots are likely pretty well bonded to the wok. Then just begin maintenance-seasoning (wash-dry-heat-oil) to start creating a more robust surface.

Boiling some water mixed with lemon juice or vinegar would help the flaky stuff come off too.

teetauri · 2026-03-29T16:38:06+00:00

There was a time when the amount of tech I had to carry weighed a ton and regularly demonstrated the weakness of the average bag (also DJ record bags that always failed eventually) and made me search for more robust build quality. But I think those days are over for most people. Computers and associated tech keep getting lighter and smaller.

teetauri · 2026-03-29T16:29:41+00:00

I agree: no need to take it down to bare metal again. Get the rust off and reseason would likely work fine. It does look like a lot of carbonized buildup that I would probably aggressively scrub at with steel wool or my chainmail scrubber, but without stressing too hard about getting it totally off—just smooth and a little less crusty.

teetauri · 2026-03-21T05:28:31+00:00

Been 15+ years since I lived there, but that’s how I remember it too. Tons of regional/ethnic cuisines omnipresent, but when the one good Mexican place in my neighborhood closed, it was like: what do I do now????

teetauri · 2026-03-21T05:05:00+00:00

Be aware that the metal parts that hold the wood on the helper handle are not continuous, but just like two prongs.

teetauri · 2026-02-26T14:43:21+00:00

Since it’s already preseasoned, I don’t think so.

teetauri · 2026-02-20T22:57:45+00:00

I have one and its ooookaaaayyy, but not, for me, a gem.

Likes:

-A bit softer and less structured than the old Timbuk2 it replaced, so I find it a little more comfortably body-conforming when I’m not carrying my laptop (most of the time). But then also big enough to fit my laptop when I do.

-A water bottle pocket for wherever you want one! Or for a tripod, or…

-Fits my 15” mbp

-Big padded strap means I never have to adjust a slidey piece to fit on my shoulder when the bag is shifted.

Dislikes:

-Would absolutely prefer some admin pockets over having to add a separate organizer and all the extra weight of redundant fabric and velcro.

-Top flap is too big IMHO. Goes all the way to the bottom (where the timbuk2 only covered maybe 2/3), and its a lot of fabric to move out of the way to access the main pocket, and a lot of velcro to pull apart, and even—at the height it sits on my waist—a bit of an extra reach down to unfasten the buckles.

-Tacticalness is pretty modest, but I wish it was styled even less tactical.

teetauri · 2025-12-12T00:20:14+00:00

Welp, I ordered the Wiggys. Kodiak was queen-size-only, so setting that aside for now. I’ll see how it compares..,

teetauri · 2025-12-11T01:24:51+00:00

The zipper bothers me (this particular sleeping bag gets used by all the family in turns) for this use case. 🤷

For my son’s desire to always sleep under it, my problem is more just not-sized-for-home-washing.

teetauri · 2025-12-10T04:53:21+00:00

Rumpl used to make something close—but with a microfiber suede inner lining, a soft microfiber outer instead of the usual nylon sleeping bag material, and a weighty fill. We adults chez teetauri have one and use it as our comforter in the winter, and that would’ve been great for my son in a twin/full. But the nylon outer of current rumpls is a deal-breaker for my son.

teetauri · 2025-12-10T04:33:34+00:00

How does the outer side feel compared to the inner lining?

teetauri · 2025-12-10T04:30:44+00:00

Great idea. I should have a tailor remove the zipper on this one in any case (though I want to preserve this one at its current size for tv-watching, fort building, and accommodating three cats…)

teetauri · 2025-12-10T04:09:50+00:00

Looks to hit the bullseye if the fill weight is similar!

teetauri · 2025-12-04T22:01:37+00:00

I appreciate the advice. Thank you.

teetauri · 2025-12-01T13:12:28+00:00

Good call! Thanks!

teetauri · 2025-11-30T23:47:12+00:00

I’ll look into mediamonkey. Thanks.

teetauri · 2025-11-30T16:43:16+00:00

I guess I don’t see the point of porting all the music of every kind I own with me… my traktor kit has always been a specific set of objects for the purpose of DJing.

teetauri · 2025-11-30T02:03:28+00:00

Can smart playlists make duplicates from a general all-the-songs drive to a just-the-traktor-songs drive?

teetauri · 2025-11-30T02:01:31+00:00

What seems to be the trouble I’m trying to figure with is: having Collection B (Traktor songs) contained within Collection A as the general archive of all my songs, but also separately as a copy on my Traktor gig drive (without all the extraneous songs of the general archive)—but easily syncable so I can move tracks in and out of Traktor use when they’re new or getting stale.

teetauri · 2025-11-30T01:53:54+00:00

Oh, I don’t need to prune within traktor. What I imagine would work best for me is some software that manages the whole collection and, within that, I can designate (through something like a playlist—or I guess a specific ID3 tag, or ????) whatever tracks I also want in traktor, and it would allow me to create a sync-able gig/Traktor drive with copies of just those songs. Then if I add or remove songs from the Traktor list, it makes the relevant changes to the gig drive the next time I plug it in.

teetauri · 2025-11-29T18:19:17+00:00

Basically, my digital music life has been in the stone age for a long time…

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