Do let us know if Sagsmug have upped their game and whether the product is good and solid unlike previous Sagsmug incarnations.
Also, no bloatware preinstalled… That was one of the reasons that put me off Sagsmug initially.
I am a DeWalt devotee as well, ever regret not going Ryobi? I think DeWalt is more durable over time but two of my goof friends are Ryobi fans and they just get more fun stuff.
Several items:
- Steelseries Apex Pro keyboard
- Steelseries Rival 600 mouse
- Katsu sauce
The keyboard/mouse were kind of an impulse buy when I discovered the padding on my existing mouse starting to deteriorate. My previous keyboard I was putting up with some sections of it having had something sticky spilled on it at some point, but as it was in the numpad area which I don’t use particularly often I just dealt with it. Since I was replacing the mouse anyway, I just decided to replace both.
As for the katsu sauce, I’d never tried it before, but a friend of mine apparently swears by it as their primary dipping sauce for stuff like chicken tenders at this point, so I figured I’d give it a try. It’s pretty good, still have to see how it is with stuff but it seems like it’ll be something I keep stocked in my kitchen from now on.
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I don’t need a lot of ‘fun’ stuff. I buy tools to do tool stuff. I started out with the 18V line and eventually gave that all up and just bought new 20V. I was used to the tool lines, so just stuck with what I already owned.
My new mower and trimmer are Ryobi, but I can’t imagine getting anything else that I can swap those huge batteries into.
I stick with a battery system because of the interchangeable nature, as does everyone. If I make an exception, there needs to be a good reason.
I had started out with a 4V Ryobi system that was really only for charging my phone. That was almost 20 years ago. I still have it.
Then, I got a small set of Black&Decker battery tools that work great on small projects. A small driver, a light, a vacuum. They still work, as well. I use them different places around the house for small stuff.
Now, DeWalt. I have a couple of the battery hats that have USB and 12V plugs, so they’re good for just about anything. The aftermarket batteries you can get on Amazon work very well for me. They’re a lot cheaper, but I only half-trust them. I’ve had 2 bigger ones for almost a year and haven’t had a chance to really give them a workout yet.
I had looked at getting that Ryobi garage door opener system that had all of the modules you could plug into it, but never got one. Now that I have an investment in the Ryobi batteries, I can’t find one anywhere.
Katsu sauce is really easy to make. Catsup, sugar, worcestershire sauce are the main ingredients. You can add ginger, garlic, or other stuff if you feel like it.
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And this is why I love my Pixel 3.
I did a quick burn a few years ago on SteelSeries gear. Let us know how it works. I follow their subreddit and the headphones seem to break a lot, so I am happy sticking with my cheap low-end comsumer grade sennheiser. (Sennheiser has high end lines that target professional users. I can’t afford those.)
I also tend to avoid RGB, but that’s a personal preference.i bought a WASD keyboard because I wanted a keyboard that looked like an 80s relic.
I do have 2 or 3 Steelseries mice around plus a couple of their micro game pads. The one mouse ended up going to the office because my KVM somehow cause the firmware to corrupt regularly and restoring it was a huge pain.
I already have one of Steelseries’ high-end sets of headphones (the Arctis Pro Wireless) and it’s been good to me for about 2-3 years so far now. Both batteries still going strong, no major issues at all.
Keyboard is a little smaller than I expected since there’s nothing in terms of extra “frame” on the left and right sides, but the key action feels decent enough (though I may miss my clicky-keys at some point). Overall seems like decently put together gear, we’ll see if it holds up as well as my Razer stuff did.
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By toys I mean the 8" chainsaw, and a couple other things that look real handy, but I am not changing battery systems for.
I bought a used bread maker on Friday. I’ve made 2 loaves of bread already. One a near failure French loaf that taught me to measure the ingredients better, and a really dense loaf of whole wheat that made me realize that I’m going to have to cut it with white flour.
I’m picking up a used 2-bay NAS today for $20. D-Link DNS-323. It’s the same model that I had originally, and sold after I upgraded to the 4-bay. I need a small one for camera video. I already have a couple of large drives I can put in it. I have an 8TB and a 2TB that I’ll just mirror. I know this will only give me 2TB of storage, but if I ever decide to upgrade I can just buy an 8TB and replace the smaller one, then increase the capacity to match. Simple RAID1.
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You certainly can vary the ingredients, but knowing what can and should be varied comes with experience. I would certainly recommend sticking to the recipes at first before trying variations. But it is definitely worth sticking with it as bread fresh out the breadmaker is really hard to beat.
As for the whole wheat bread, yeah - you do need to mix in some white flour as well. I normally do a half and half wholemeal and white.
If you want a more low-GI bread, crush up a couple of tablespoons of linseed, one tablespoon of pumpkin seeds, one tablespoon of sunflower seeds, and some walnuts and pecans. You will need to reduce the quantity of flour to account for the extra ingredients. It does end up quite dense, but it’s really tasty.
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I downloaded a PDF with 500 bread recipes, so I think I’m covered for variations for a while. Thanks.
I’ve had it a month or so now, but I bought a Korg NTS-1 digital monosynth kit and it’s been remarkably engrossing. I bought it primarily for the delay/reverb effects engine, to be applied to one of my other synths, but it’s entertaining in its own right. And now I’m thinking about acquiring a much more expensive Korg polysynth that uses the same engine. Only too late do I realize that this is a $99 gateway synth.
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I have a bread maker, but I never use it. The bread that comes out of it just isn’t as good as the loaves I make myself, and making it from scratch isn’t that much more work.
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Not all bread makers are made equal 
We have had 4 iterations of the same Panasonic bread maker over the last 15 years or so, and when the current one dies we will get another one. Current version is a Panasonic SD2501. The bread it produces is delicious. It is crusty on the outside, soft in the middle - exactly the way bread should be.
Making it by hand has got to be more work than measuring out the ingredients and then pressing “go” 
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Surprisingly the breadmaker is only slightly more easier than a lot of ‘basic’ bread recipes and I think the result is better. Plus hand made is a lot more flexible! My ‘go to’ is an overnight dough (mix after dinner, let rise overnight) that is intended to make a big round loaf in a Dutch oven, but I’ve found you can make one loaf in the oven and another one or two in bread pans for more traditional loaves. Or even save about 300-400 grams to make a pizza crust in a cast iron skillet.
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Our bread maker is called Marco.
I think given time he will be able to bake bread rolls and bread and sell it. The local bakery’s very limited, and if you want bread rolls, you pay through your nose.
By the by, we are not limiting our kids to “teaditional” roles for males/females, they will be able to tackle anything they like, and make a job out of it.
IMHO in today’s world it just makes sense to have more than one skill, unlike me who’s only skilled in one specific thing (IT).
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“Ook is capable of so much more. If only he would apply himself.”
Oh, I can do welding and other things, but I don’t get a chance to use those skills 
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