Replaced a 500GB m.2 with a 4TB so I could comfortably put cachyOs and win11 on the same drive and free up a different drive for whatever.
Cool! How much was it?
$275
Nice
Tea. Its always tea. It’ll be tea again soon.
What’s your favorite?
2021 Camphornought from white2tea. Its like chocolate, wood, and leather.
I’ve been on a big puerh binge.
Honorable mention: 2016 Fade (also from white2tea).
What’s important about year with tea? I find this super intriguing.
Ah these are puerh tea! That means they are fermented. So like other fermented products (wine for example) they change with age.
If you ever want to buy some you should know there are two different types:
Raw (sheng): This came first. This tea is slow aged, and anything younger than 10 years is like a really unique green tea or light oolong. I’ve not had sheng older than 10 years because it gets really expensive.
Ripe (shu/shou): This was made to imitate what 20-30 years aged sheng taste by doing a hot humid quicker fermentation (wet pile). I’d still wait a year or so after these are made because that quick fermentation can leave a funky taste that fades with time.
2021 Camphornought is a ripe. It being 4 years old means it has like no wet pile taste.
2016 Fade is a raw. It taste like a green oolong with a bit of woodyness I love and seem to only find in puerh.
I was today years old when I learned about the existence of the complexities of tea.
I would love to love tea (and coffee) but for whatever reason, warm things make me super tired. If this is ever NOT an issue, I’ll keep these in mind. Thank you!
Totally! I love info dumping about tea, so thanks for giving me a reason to!
Over 100 bucks on a really high quality flashlight. Actually bought 2, one for work and one to keep in my car.
I got into a pretty rough accident so I bought Metal Gear Solid V again (not on sale), so I could play laying down on my handheld. I figure it cost me $40 for at least 100 hours. Cheaper than a movie but I really shouldn’t be spending $40 right now.
Flight and hotel for Iceland next August for the eclipse.
A rotring mechanical pencil, i really like having a lot of control and precision when i write. so i thought lets get one that’ll last me a lifetime and more, dont regret it a thing,since my handwriting is legible now
Book nooks…
Not that expensive, but pure wasted useless money indeed…
But they are satisfying to build…
Got me a pair of AirPods Max. Used, refurbished. Fantastic for what I need them for.
A much needed soldering station. It’s not a WS81, but I don’t need that many watts, as I only solder tiny stuff. I still consider a Weller WE1010 a bit of a splurge, though. At least when compared against the shitty one that finally broke a couple of days ago, it’s a massive upgrade.
Sadly, DHL has my package in hold for unknown reasons.
I moved to an area that has a lot of steep hills, so I splurged on a front hub motor e bike conversion kit for my 18 speed. Now maybe my out of shape self can make it to town and back.
A assortment of Japanese pens and mechanical pencils. They’re all like $5-15 each. The kuru-toga advance pencils are pretty cool because they spin the lead a small amount between strokes so you don’t end up with a sharp point on one side.
I have a kuru toga, it’s great.
A pair of Doc Marten Oxfords. For about three years I’ve been buying shit quality department store dress shoes for $60 a pop when they inevitably disintegrate every few months.
My Apple Watch SE1 exploded (not really but a spicy pillow popped the screen off adhesive). Got an SE3 because Apple seems dead set on delaying interoperability with third party smartwatches in the EU as much as they can. I thought I could stay on iOS 18 because SE3 is compatible with iPhones going back to XS but it looks like I’ll have to update to Liquid Ass. According to the progress bar downloading the update will take 4 days so I can watch how pretty my new watch looks on my desk. Really happy with the purchase so far /s
I swore I’d never pay full price for a game charging $70, but a sibling who I don’t get to see very much anymore recently got it and is super excited to play it with me. I figured the extra cost is worth the good memories and bonding.
It’ll be 100% tencel lyocell bedding soon, but I’m waiting to see if any brands I’m looking at go on sale for black friday
