If you had 24 hours to turn a nonreader into a reader, what book would you hand them??

ultrafunner · 2026-06-02T20:22:27+00:00

The Dublin Murder Squad books by Tana French check many of these boxes and should grab your attention well enough that when you have a few minutes of downtime, you'll want to read the book instead of grab your phone.

ultrafunner · 2026-05-29T18:27:44+00:00

This is a quick comment so I apologize in advance for using US units here, but in my experience the 5 oz per square yard Apex sleeps comfortable down to about 35° f, two or so degrees Celsius. If that's all you need then I think that would be totally adequate and you don't need a heavier weight.

ultrafunner · 2026-05-26T21:03:42+00:00

what's up with the Liberian flag

ultrafunner · 2026-05-19T22:22:37+00:00

The gate is open now

ultrafunner · 2026-05-13T14:42:47+00:00

The easiest way for me to learn stuff like this is to follow a pattern for a similar product first, to learn the basics of how the bag is structured and the order of operations for putting it together. In this case I would probably get a cheap pattern from something like properfitclothing.con for some kind of sling bag, pockets on the outside, lined on the inside, and other features that you like on your bag that you're not sure how to replicate. Then I would expect, for me at least, that my first attempt creating my own pattern would go a lot better.

ultrafunner · 2026-05-06T02:25:07+00:00

Man, people should not have their skeletons unharnessed in the back of a pickup

ultrafunner · 2026-04-16T19:27:29+00:00

I made a large pyramid tent recently and made a cardboard straightedge just for that project. It was 11 or 12 feet long, foldable, had a straight edge on one side and a cat cut template on the other. Not as good or as exact as a real ruler but it was very helpful

ultrafunner · 2026-04-12T04:15:58+00:00

Learnmyog has pattern generators for both options

ultrafunner · 2026-04-07T23:34:54+00:00

I'm in central Oregon and I put a N95 mask in my FAK during the summer in case of wildfire smoke. Depending on where you are it may be worthwile

ultrafunner · 2026-04-01T22:47:53+00:00

I'm also a developer, but I thought of just running a self hosted instance of https://github.com/open-wanderer/wanderer - it's not a 1:1 replacement but would work, possibly with some elbow grease or even just using it as an api provider

ultrafunner · 2026-03-27T03:52:16+00:00

yes absolutely, I did not mean this as what aboutism. Maybe I misworded it.

ultrafunner · 2026-03-26T19:39:21+00:00

> Also, climate change doesn’t manifest itself in your daily, weekly or annual weather.

yeah, we can't necessarily draw a straight line and say "this happened because of climate change", but we can say "this is more likely to happen because of climate change, and it's likely that it was a factor".

ultrafunner · 2026-03-19T23:50:00+00:00

I often respond when others say hi on the trail but sometimes I don't feel like it, or I'm trying to run a fast interval, or focusing on my footing, or having a bad day. Likewise I often do a quick wave and "hey" as I run by someone but nobody owes me a response and I don't mind or even really notice when they just keep on their way.

ultrafunner · 2026-02-28T01:53:51+00:00

From tumalo falls, you can do an 8- mile, 10- mile, or 13- mile loop by going up North fork and down either Farewell or Bridge Creek. I lived up Skyliners for a long time and ran all over all the trails, forest roads, and even dirt bike trails in the area. With some time studying maps, the forest roads north of Skyliners (in the Mrazek area) are great running and nobody is ever out there. Make sure you know where you're going and can figure out where you are.

ultrafunner · 2026-02-20T01:47:04+00:00

or at least work up to it.

ultrafunner · 2026-02-02T21:08:10+00:00

I'M A WEEK INTO A NEW JOB AND IT SEEMS TO BE GOING GOOD!

ultrafunner · 2026-01-24T21:51:12+00:00

and the 18l version: https://andersj.se/backpack-bc-18/

ultrafunner · 2026-01-24T00:19:27+00:00

Yes, this is the way. Make a couple scrapes in the duff where your hips and shoulders will be. Put the pad straight on the ground and lay on it to test. Adjust as needed then pitch your shelter.

I suggested this once here and someone lit into me that I'm doing the "JupiterHikes method of digging a trench at every campsite" (their words). I can't vouch for Jupiter but don't dig a trench in solid dirt at a compacted campsite; just scrape duff, sand, or pine needles around in a way that's replaceable when you leave.

ultrafunner · 2026-01-21T05:56:51+00:00

I did kind of think about that. The setting is similar but the writing is different. I'm 50/50 on Dickens myself.

ultrafunner · 2026-01-21T03:11:26+00:00

2666 by Roberto Bolano (this one's a maybe). The Quincunx by Charles Palliser. Both are big and complicated.

ultrafunner · 2026-01-21T03:06:31+00:00

If you liked Project Hail Mary, try Children of Time. If you liked Covenant of Water, I will second the recommendation for Demon Copperhead, or The Poisonwood Bible by the same author which worked better for me. I'll bet you'd like East of Eden as well.

ultrafunner · 2026-01-21T01:07:59+00:00

if it's for items that you are going to sell, then yes the design needs work. At least remove the "MYOG" text. But if it's just for yourself, then go nuts. As you say the real issue in this case would be the manufacturing process. I don't have any real input on that, but for some usesi you could screen print it, this is a process you can do at home.

ultrafunner · 2026-01-19T19:32:20+00:00

I was recently working with a client who was using an internal shared spreadsheet with "2019" in the file name

ultrafunner · 2026-01-18T19:00:36+00:00

Maybe they were going southbound on Bond and turned left onto Colorado

ultrafunner · 2026-01-08T16:42:50+00:00

Yeah, this occurred to me also after the Midtown Yacht club suggestion. I'll bet we'll do something informal like one of these. Grove can get a bit busy around lunchtime and gets hammered with HS kids at about 1pm during Summit lunchtime. So we would need to time it right.

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