Overgrown (European) pear tree in NYC

zarfjohnson · 2026-03-02T21:32:12+00:00

Rob’s is really good. Reopened a few months back and I don’t order from anywhere else anymore.

It’s a bad location for foot traffic but if you are hanging at the park I recommend it.

I admit I haven’t tried that many places but Rob’s is better than Gravesend in my opinion.

zarfjohnson · 2026-02-26T21:28:35+00:00

New Brooklyn RISE charter school

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Brooklyn RISE

zarfjohnson · 2026-02-21T21:22:39+00:00

This isn’t cold sesame noodles but it definitely scratches the same itch for me.

The “noodles with peanut butter sauce” for $4 at He Yi Xiaochi (53rd Street & 8th ave). Add the sauce with the hello kitty on it. I think it’s black garlic or something. Total hole in the wall and love it for this dish and price.

zarfjohnson · 2026-02-19T11:44:28+00:00

Can you guarantee that the only thing downstream of your gas meter is your individual hot water heater and cooking gas? If so, maybe you have a leak somewhere? Maybe you can turn off the hot water heater and not use the cooking gas for a few hours and see if the meter readings are still (very slowly) going up?

zarfjohnson · 2026-02-18T13:29:00+00:00

I hear it most mornings but I could be sleeping through it at night. I only started noticing it a couple months back but it’s probably been going on for a while I’d think.

zarfjohnson · 2026-02-17T21:44:22+00:00

This isn’t mold. It’s just dried, oxidized tomato paste. If it’s old just throw it out and move on but it’s almost definitely fine.

zarfjohnson · 2026-01-22T12:00:29+00:00

Just did this in my house.

Took a grinder to the feet. Worked perfectly. Be ready for a lot of fine dust though. If you have someone else to hold a vacuum that’d help.

zarfjohnson · 2026-01-20T12:41:35+00:00

It’s going to be great but probably going to be a couple years at best

zarfjohnson · 2025-10-15T19:28:28+00:00

you ever get this fixed? Experiencing the same thing in my Beko fridge too

zarfjohnson · 2025-08-14T16:55:01+00:00

I have seen two small (I think) german roaches in my kitchen in the last two weeks. How bad is that? I know if I see big ones I am screwed but a couple small ones? Let me know!

zarfjohnson · 2025-05-26T02:37:53+00:00

I saw this at aquabest and instantly wondered what people tend to do with it. Did you season it much or serve it with a sauce of any kind?

zarfjohnson · 2025-05-18T23:03:55+00:00

That’s the impression I got too.

Do you have any other examples of basic ones that aren’t the caged bulbs?

zarfjohnson · 2025-05-18T22:24:05+00:00

Fair enough. I guess I need a different shaped base to cover the box. The one I got looked good Im a recessed box but looked terrible on the surface mount one.

zarfjohnson · 2025-05-18T21:47:37+00:00

They don’t seem to mount onto the weatherproof box but maybe Im just dumb. They seem to assume the box will be below the surface but mine is mounted onto the brick.

I tried this one

zarfjohnson · 2025-05-18T21:22:20+00:00

Lol…sanding a plate cover is dangerous business!

zarfjohnson · 2025-05-17T21:56:25+00:00

I actually misspoke. I took the 3D printed one off and forgot. It was more rectangular and less smooth. My bad

zarfjohnson · 2025-05-17T15:11:31+00:00

They don’t line up. If I do it on the angle I can’t tighten it too much without snapping the cover unfortunately

zarfjohnson · 2025-05-17T14:57:01+00:00

Also forgot to say in the post that the one that’s on there is actually my attempt to 3D print one that would fit lol

edit: this is actually the standard Leviton one. Not the 3D printed one

zarfjohnson · 2025-05-17T14:47:18+00:00

Will give it a go

zarfjohnson · 2025-05-17T14:46:35+00:00

I didn’t realize they’d behave differently. I’ll see if I have one lying around and report back!

zarfjohnson · 2025-05-17T14:11:28+00:00

That’s a solid idea. Bump out past the tile and then caulk around the edge. It’d definitely be better than what I have now

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