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$25 RTL-SDR dongle to sate intellectual curiosity about radio $5 / mo // $ 60 / yr digital ocean droplets for intellectual curiosity about web dev Not exactly within budget but ~$400 gym membership (from Costco.. so, factor in the amortized cost of that, too, I guess) for 24 hr fitness for 2 years - going to the gym has been a HUGE game-changer for me. Never really did it before with any discipline, and already withi…
Sadly, probably my Amazon Echo!
I bought a water flossing machine. I've been flossing for more than a year, but there were always bits of my gums that stayed kind of sensitive. According to my dentist it was "possible to do it right, but hard", which I took to mean I was bad at flossing. Now I floss in the evening after dinner with regular floss and use the water flosser twice a day. Works like a charm, I would have gotten one ages ago if I knew th…
A (under $50 refurb) Apple Magic Keyboard 2. I was always struggling with muscle memory on different keyboard layouts so having something that's 95% identical to my MBP keyboard helped a lot.
Linode $5/month servers. Couldn't be happier with them as a place to park all those little sites for friends and side projects, mostly running Wordpress.
Plus it makes a fun hammering noise which makes me feel like I am doing something important.