This is gonna sound dumb but an ice scoop for my freezer. Always just used my hands or cup but it would make it slightly annoying to get the right amount of ice. Plus if I’m making cocktails for other people it’s just so much easier and more hygienic.
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#292A pair of running shoes that actually fit human toe shape (Altra). Years of wearing pointy shoes gave me a Morton's Neuroma and severely limited my aerobic activity.
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#293An AeroPress. $30 for a fast and good enough way to make espresso.
I put my Aeropress coffee in a cocktail shaker, add ice, oat milk, and a tiny bit of maple syrup. Shake and pour. The result is awesome and much cheaper than the $7 iced latte you'll get at a coffee shop.
I love the Aeropress and have been rocking it since Obama's first term.
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#294A one-hour shopping session with a personal stylist, at about $175. I desperately wanted to break out of my t-shirt/blue jeans habit, but parsing clothes sizes, trying things on, and getting opinions is equal parts sorcery and torture for me. (I'd tried Stitch Fix and felt like it wanted to reinforce my habits rather than break me out of them.)
After sending her details about my problems and the kinds of styles I admired, the stylist experience was very old-school retail — a department store — but she was unexpectedly pragmatic, giving great advice about picking durable clothes and materials that specifically fit well on me, with lots of wink-and-nudge budget advice (like "This would look great on you for $50 less" followed by flashing me a Nordstrom Rack or Poshmark listing of it).
Also, finding out that the department store has a complimentary tailoring service for hemming and adjusting the waistline on pants you buy from there permanently changed my clothes shopping process.
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#295A keychain that acts as a coin to unlock shopping carts. A retractable USB-C to C cable for my backpack. Replacement keys for my butterfly keyboard MacBook. It’s a drop in replacement that delays a new laptop purchase. Warm wool socks and sweaters Paperlike screen protector and metal nib for my iPad mini and Apple Pencil A 3 meter long USB-C to C cable
My employer actually gives out a keychain like that in their welcome packs. I was impressed that they care enough to think of it.
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#296I work from home - with a 5 minute screensaver with complicated password required by corporate - USB MouseJiggler - https://www.amazon.com/Undetectable-Computer-Simulate-Moveme... Best - Purchase - Ever - !
I used "Don't Sleep" with a good success
http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/DontSleep
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#297A sleep blindfold with Bluetooth headphones built in. It helps me stay asleep until the alarm goes off, and listening to ambient music helps silence the thoughts that used to keep me up all night.
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#298I work from home - with a 5 minute screensaver with complicated password required by corporate - USB MouseJiggler - https://www.amazon.com/Undetectable-Computer-Simulate-Moveme... Best - Purchase - Ever - !
my wife took my $5 timex watch and just put her mouse on the face of it. kinda blew my mind because her request was very out of left field. but it works!
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#299I gave up on flaky WiFi mesh networking and connected the APs to my home's inactive cable wiring using MoCA adapters. Local bandwidth increased 4x, and I was able to achieve solid coverage throughout the house.
I also replaced a rock, a brick, and a rubber wedge with magnetic door holders, each about $5. Now when we're bringing in the groceries, we can keep the door open without the rock, and it's easy to close when we're done.
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#300CO2 sensors for every room in my apartment. Before monitoring the CO2 levels I did not realize the relation of tiredness, mental fatigue and high CO2 levels.
CO2 in atmosphere: 0.04%.
What sort of levels is it inside? Isn't it inert? (hence the problem of global warming)