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Rice cooker
Have you tried a slowcooker? It makes making thick stews out of cheaper cuts of meat or beans really quick and easy. My cooking got a lot healthier after I got one. Beef stew: Onion 2 leeks Carrots 6 smallish potatos >Slice them all up into inch cubes 1kg stewing beef (cheap) 4 beef stock cubes in a teacup of boiling water *2 cans of guiness (10 min prep) Put the lot in a slow cooker. Turn it on before you head to wo…
A fountain pen. I grew up using pencils and ballpoint pens. I swore off fountain pens after some frustrating, messy experiences. In hindsight, I think I still lacked the fine motor skills necessary to get the best out of a fountain pen. I took an interest again when I started working on a website selling fancy $2000 models, but the one I bought was less then $10. In my downtime I retrained my hand, and learned tradit…
Good Kitchen Knives Ideally, a whole block of them, but all you really need is one, and that'll run you less than $100. No more laboriously sawing through an onion with that flimsy dull serrated piece of worthlessness. A good sharp knife should glide right through anything you care to stick between it and the board. Onions, tomatoes (without squishing), probably even your thumb a few times until you learn how to use…
A halfway decent burr grinder for coffee.
I know it says "everyone", but for any male: a top quality shaving cream to try for while. I used to think Edge, Barbasol, etc was good enough and the boutique ones were for snobs and no difference. Then I tried a few. Like night and day difference in closeness and after shaving comfort. You will not go back. Not even that expensive considering you can use less per shave because of the quality. The two best I have ev…
When you're ready to go the next step, a safety razor will go a long ways towards a better, less irritating shave as well. 6¢ blades mean you're not as inclined to use them past getting dull, less plastic waste, and a stupidly close shave.
1936 Gillette DE FTW.
A spotify subscription, any song ever at your fingertips, all day. I just hope those guys do the same thing with movies.
i would say mechanical keyboard since we spend so much time on the computers. but the great mechanical keyboards are over $100...should be able to get a second hand one for cheap.
I recommend picking up an IBM Model M. There are plenty out there for around ~ $20 (PS/2, no Windows key). Toss in a PS/2 -> USB adapter and you have an extremely high quality keyboard for next to nothing.