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A french butter cup! It works by pouring a bit of water in the outer cup and the inner cup that holds the butter, fits upside down. Keeps it fresh without oxidation. I love real spreadable butter on my bread and together with my bread slicer, I’m a happy man :)
Now I have I will buy them as a Christmas gifts for this year. Thank you.
A french butter cup! It works by pouring a bit of water in the outer cup and the inner cup that holds the butter, fits upside down. Keeps it fresh without oxidation. I love real spreadable butter on my bread and together with my bread slicer, I’m a happy man :)
pleasae tell me about the bread slicer. For me, and 2020 not 2022, a used bread machine. Fresh multigrain bread with only natural ingredients early in the morning, smells wonderful, and makes you want to get up. Also does pizza dough, the kids make all kinds of chocolate bread, cloud bread, etc, etc. All stuff that's really just a bit too much hassle for a busy family to do manually, requires handling a hot oven, etc…
Not being flippant, but some MDMA. It makes a huge difference to my quality of life if used occasionally.
a Snoo bassinet for the child
I am always a little surprised when peers who have newborns _don’t_ go the Snoo route. It’s expensive but a) can be rented or b) resold for much of its value.
Books. Every year the "thing" that most enhances my life is culture. I read voraciously, read to calm myself, my brain, and to generally shut off technology.
Home office lighting. In my home office room (10.5 m²/115 sq. ft), I used to have 4 neutral-white (3000K) LED bulbs of average brightness (450 lm). I replaced them with the same number of cool-white (6000K), super bright LED bulbs (900 lm). What a difference! It took a few days to get used to it, but I am very happy with the change. I feel much more energized at work. I sometimes work before bedtime, and I was worrie…
Steam Deck. I got it to replace playing games on an Intel Mac, as Mac has become a worse platform for gaming (32bit dropped, OpenGL deprecated, no Vulkan support, and now developers would have to support Apple Silicon). The plan was to use it mainly in desktop mode, but it has been really amazing for handheld gaming, that I game more on the couch and in bed with it than as a desktop. Also Proton works really well and…
On the day I received it, I had the feeling that my Steam Deck would end up closed in its case taking dust, once the “new gadget” sensations would have worn out. In fact, something similar happened to me a couple of years ago with Stadia.
But after ~6 months I am still in love with this pocket PC, well after the usual honeymoon. I finally found the best way to play Paradox games and many indie gems right on my couch, reducing the friction that is involved in gaming while being “tied” to your desk.
Now, every 30-40-mins slot is the ideal moment for a gaming session, instead of mindlessly killing time with doomscrolling or casual activities on my phone.
I didn't "purchase" anything - but I upgraded from a "cleaner" to a "housekeeper". What's the difference, you might ask? My wife and I are both working parents and we commute to London at least twice a week, leaving very little time for things like laundry and general tidying up. We have an absolutely fantastic lady who comes in 3x a week, and rather than only doing the usual cleaning, i.e. mop the floors, clean the…
May I ask how much does an assistant like that cost? If you cannot (don't want to) tell the price in absolute terms, then maybe in relatives one? (e.g., 5% of your monthly net income?)
For some people that would be ludicrous, for others it's an absolute bargain.
Right now we bring somebody in for 2.5 hours every 2 weeks to do bedding, vacuuming, kitchen and bathroom cleaning. Totally worth it, but sometimes the laundry backs up when we're busy and becomes a mission. We might up it a bit next year and get laundry included.
Playing on the couch is hard with 2 children, and we go to bed early, so I didn't have any way to play that didn't involve sacrifice.
With the steam deck, I can play 1 hour in bed before sleep, hug my sleeping children and my wife and then sleep.
Really helps relaxing
A Herman Miller Embody. It was too much money for me, but I can’t go back to cheap chairs now. My back is messed up after diving off a boat many years ago. I could sit in my old chair for about ten minutes before it started giving me searing pain. I can sit in the embody for about an hour before I need to get up and stretch, but my back doesn’t hurt from sitting in it at all. It was a pain to configure, plus it needs…