Anything you've done to get your dog to love running and follow enthusiastically aside from the obvious don't go gradually, don't overdo it, make it a rewarding experience?
Switched from wrist to bicep band recently and absolutely love it. I wear it for sleep too. Love not having a visible smart device on wrist and being able to just have 1 "dumb" watch on my one wrist. Bicep band seems to be more accurate and be better at auto activity detection, though that may be because of the recent firmware update too. Just sharing for others.
Hey r/Marin, looking for some good dog walking or dog day care options in Marin.
Some of the ones I know say the dog is out for three hours but they're only actually walking for 45 minutes to an hour and spending the other two hours in the van in transportation, which is not ideal. I've also heard some horror stories with one dog walker posted on this sub that abused dogs.
Looking for recommendations of great pack walks or dog walkers who bring dogs for nice hikes and ideally take them for 3-6 hours.
Larkspur/Corte Madera/Mill Valley area.
I like to fill the sink with warm water and soak my brush in it while I shower. Then I use that sink full of water to rinse my razor off while shaving. When I drain I inevitably end up with hair stuck to all sides of the sink like this.
What I typically do is swipe it all up with toilet paper and throw it in the toilet. But (1) it’s not en enjoyable experience, it’s messy, and puts a rather icky end to a nice shave and (2) the sink still inevitably gets clogged from time to time even if I’m throwing the majority of hair down the toilet, not the sink.
There must be a better way. Has anyone figured this out?
Have barely had it for 1.5 months. I thought it was supposed to be stainless steel?
If so what size crate and what vehicle do you have?
Debating between the L and M Thule Allax for our Sooo and it’s hard to decide / figure out. She’s got long legs as all spoo’s do, but I know car crates need to fit snug.
Would love to know what kind of crate you have, what size, and in which vehicle! Bonus points for pics / poodle tax!
Mogno shave cream
Tatara Masamune
Feather blade
Tatara synthetic brush
Tatara after shave
WTG
XTG
ATG
Mogno is an underrated classic IMO - easy to build a rich lather comparable to proraso green but such a pleasant classic feeling barber scent.
Still getting used to the Tatara brush. It’s my first synthetic. Has lots of backbone, is short and has small diameter and doesn’t handle the way I’m used to with other brushes (Semogue 820 has been my daily driver)
In love with the Masamune, probably my all time favorite razor. So smooth, perfect amount of heft to it that it does the work for you and you can let it glide. Feels both safe and aggressive at the same time. Safe enough that I can pass quite hastily without worrying about cuts even with an aggressive blade
Tatara after shave is very pleasant. I’ve never had liquid after shave like this before. I’m used to these liquids being very harsh and full of alcohol and burning but this one leaves a nice scent and is soothing. What I like about it is it dries quickly and I can apply moisturizer with SPF right after.
Assuming good user condition, not mint / collector grade. Seller says no fungus, no scratches, no separation, focus is smooth, and aperture clicks fine. I’d obviously need to inspect it in person.
It comes with the original Leica lens hood and cap, but no box or case.
Seems quite a bit under market from what I’ve seen.
If so why? If not why?
Tatara Masamune
Tatara Honour Shave soap
Semogue 830
The Tatara gear was for Father’s Day. Overall incredible especially the Masamune. Will do a separate write up on them.
Made in Canada. Nearly 100 years old. I have other razors but this is one I keep coming back to. Love this thing and still going strong.
Anything in particular I should do to it to make sure it continues to age well? I’d love to hand this down to my kids and grandchildren.
Was at DAK coffee roasters in Amsterdam today and chatted with the barista.
In general I'm quite blown away by the coffee I've had there, at this point have tried 3-4 different espresso and it's some of the best I've had.
The barista was suggesting for espresso to aim for 3:1 ratio in under 1 min and to adjust based on taste from there.
For milk-based drinks he says they do a 4 min extraction, which sounds totally crazy to me.
They said that there is no such thing as "over extraction" if the beans are properly roasted.
This seems really counter to the traditional 2:1 in ~35s I read here.
In general, I know DAK does quite a light roast so you need to extract more to get the full range from it.
But can someone please explain this advice more to me? Just looking to learn.
I just got a Hario Buono Pro and noticed that while it adjusts in 1°C increments, once it gets to 96°C it jumps straight to 100°C. So there’s no way to set 97, 98, or 99°C.
Is that normal? And for light roast V60s, how much does that missing configurability between 96 and 100 actually matter?
Feels like a bit of a bummer to pay this much for a kettle and not have full temp control in that range. Curious if I’m overthinking it, or if people actually find those temps useful.
Was all in on Feather because Japan and because they're so known as the "sharpest" but kept getting knicks even with gentler razors and thought it was due to my technique. Switched to Persona with my grandad's Gillette from the 1930's and it's so smooth. Can do ATG on neck - which usually irritated like crazy and risked cuts - with ease. Really like them so far after several weeks, daily shaving.
Anyone else dig Persona blades?
EDIT - Meant Personna (with 2 n's) and I'm specifically talking about Personna Platinum
TL;DR: Avg HR within 0.1 bpm. Whoop 5.0 bicep band basically matched the Garmin HRM chest strap.
A bunch of people in my last post said the wrist optical on the Fenix wasn't a fair reference, so I redid it with a chest strap.
For comparison, the previous run (wrist optical vs Whoop bicep) was MAE 2.6 bpm, RMSE 5.2 bpm, r=0.73. Swapping in the chest strap roughly halved the disagreement, as expected.
When I tried to line up the two streams by absolute clock time, the agreement was way worse (r=0.65). The cross-correlation found that Whoop's timestamps were systematically 44 seconds late vs the chest strap, across the whole run. Same peaks, same dips, same shape, just shifted ~44s later in time.
A few sanity checks:
Once I aligned by curve shape instead of clock, the two lines basically sit on top of each other for the whole run.
Could be a Whoop clock sync issue that day, a Strava export quirk, or a processing delay in how Whoop assigns timestamps. Curious if anyone else has seen this when comparing Whoop to a second device at the second level.
For average and peak HR over a workout, Whoop's bicep band tracks a chest strap basically perfectly. For second-by-second timing alignment with another device, expect a meaningful offset that you'll need to correct for.
Those using a Bambino Plus -- do you manage to get good latte art e.g. rosetta from the auto steam? If so, which settings do you use for froth level and heat?
Gaggia is running on a V3 PCB
Right now I have a Bambino Plus paired with a DF64 Gen 2 grinder. I mainly make milk drinks, but also drink straight espresso sometimes. Usually light to medium roasts.
The Bambino has honestly been great for convenience, quick heat-up, and small footprint but I’d like more control and a more “enthusiast” machine.
One thing I do really like about the Bambino Plus is the near-instant heat-up and not waiting forever between brewing and steaming.
For people who’ve gone from a Bambino Plus to a modded Gaggia: does a PID/GaggiMate/Gaggiuino setup get reasonably close on workflow/speed while giving more profiling/control and stronger steam? Or does it still feel like a lot more waiting/fiddling day to day?