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I am rebuilding a small brochure site: home, services, about, contact and one FAQ page. There is a contact form, but otherwise almost everything is static. My default at work is a component framework, so I started there...
I'll be away alone on my birthday. I'm not upset about it, but I don't want the day to dissolve into ordinary sightseeing and an early dinner. My current idea is one memorable activity, a nice meal and a call home, witho...
I'm considering a used car with higher mileage than I originally wanted, but its service records are unusually complete: regular oil changes, documented repairs and consistent ownership. A lower-mileage alternative has p...
I keep moving money from savings back into checking because a few bills hit earlier than expected. The total monthly budget is fine; the timing is the problem. I'm considering a permanent checking cushion equal to severa...
I committed `dist/` and other generated files into three tiny Git projects before I understood `.gitignore`. Adding those paths to `.gitignore` stops new untracked files, but Git still tracks the ones already committed....
I can look at a printed city map and remember roughly where neighborhoods sit relative to one another. A phone map gives much better turn-by-turn instructions, yet I keep zooming in and out without building the same ment...
My monstera keeps putting out healthy new growth, yet every few weeks one of the oldest leaves turns yellow and drops. It's not a sudden mass of yellow leaves and there are no visible pests. The pot drains, and I wait un...
I sanded a pine shelf through 120, 180 and 220 grit, wiped the dust off, and put on a medium-brown stain. The result looks like a map of islands: dark patches beside areas that hardly took any color. I tested a scrap aft...
I compared two English translations of the same older novel and the narrator felt like a different person. One is smoother and modern; the other is stranger, sharper and funnier. Same events, noticeably different persona...
I want deeply browned mushrooms, but mine dump water into the skillet and simmer sadly until dinner is almost ready. I usually crowd them because it seems wasteful to cook in batches. I'm trying a wider stainless pan, hi...
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