Back in 2012 I tried to make a simple website with just Notepad

I typed out my HTML and saved it as index.html, then opened it in my browser. The page showed up, but all the text was just one big block with no spaces or line breaks. I spent an hour checking my tags before I realized I had written everything in one line without pressing enter. I learned that browsers ignore the white space you type in the code file. Anyone else run into weird formatting issues when they first started?

Looking through my old work logs from 2008 and the part prices blew my mind

I was cleaning out my garage and found a binder with my service invoices from when I first started. A common fridge control board I replaced back then cost $47, and the same exact part is now $189 from my supplier. I found this out just yesterday when I quoted a repair and had to double check the price. Has anyone else noticed a specific part that's tripled in cost over the last ten years?

Update: My barista in Austin said 'the water is half the drink' when I asked about my sour pour-over.

I started using filtered water instead of tap and it fixed my whole brew. Has anyone else had a simple change make that big a difference?

Just saw a dryer that went from a 45-minute cycle to under 20 after I swapped the heating element and cleaned the vent path.

The homeowner said it had been getting slower for about four months, but the real fix was finding that crushed section of flexible duct behind the unit, you ever run into that where the symptom points one way but the cause is another?

Rant: The game cafe in my town has a 'no phones' rule for certain tables

I went to The Rook's Nest last Friday and saw they have three tables marked with a small sign that says 'analog zone'. They don't let you have your phone out at all if you sit there. I used to think that was a dumb rule, but watching a group play a full game of Root without anyone looking at a screen changed my mind. The whole table was just talking and laughing the whole time. Has any other place near you tried something like this?

Spent a full day figuring out why my new smart plug kept dropping offline

I got this new smart plug last month and it kept disconnecting from my Wi-Fi every few hours. I spent like eight hours total resetting my router, moving it closer, and checking all the app settings. Turns out the plug just didn't play nice with my mesh network's 5GHz band, and I had to force my phone to connect to the 2.4GHz network during setup, which the instructions buried in a footnote. Has anyone else had to do this weird workaround with their smart home stuff?

My brisket probe failed halfway through a 14 hour cook last Saturday. Do you trust wireless thermometers or stick with old school analog?

Just saw a guy at the farmers market use a cabbage leaf as a weight

I was at the Saturday market in Boise, buying stuff for sauerkraut. This older guy next to me was talking to the vendor. He said he never buys glass weights anymore. He just saves the big outer leaves from his cabbages. He folds them up and tucks them on top of the shreds before sealing the jar. Said it works perfectly and you just compost it after. I tried it last week with a batch of kimchi. It kept everything under the brine way better than my old plastic lid trick. Anyone else use veg scraps as weights?