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by drmollytov
Mon May 05, 2025 9:20 pm
Forum: Gardening
Topic: Plant Request!
Replies: 2
Views: 6859

Re: Plant Request!

Mustard greens! Their roots are good for breaking up heavy soils, and they won't get too tall if you harvest them and/or trim them before they go to seed (which you should unless you want a billion baby mustard plants next year). Leafy greens tend to coexist nicely with alliums.

You can probably ...
by drmollytov
Mon May 05, 2025 9:12 pm
Forum: Phones
Topic: FOMO when switching to a dumb phone
Replies: 6
Views: 2885

Re: FOMO when switching to a dumb phone

I didn't switch to a dumb phone, but I did make some changes that have really helped my relationship with my phone. I still use it about 90 minutes a day, but most of that is spent reading, listening to music, or doing useful tasks like banking or navigation. None of it is spent doomscrolling ...
by drmollytov
Sat Apr 26, 2025 11:31 pm
Forum: Journaling
Topic: Journaling Techniques
Replies: 1
Views: 1500

Re: Journaling Techniques

I throw everything into a single-subject college-ruled notebook. I go through about one a month.

On the back/final page, I list what's in the notebook. This list usually gets made as I'm using the notebook. This month's has entries for "to-do lists," "blog/article topics," "journal," "work stuff ...
by drmollytov
Sat Apr 26, 2025 11:23 pm
Forum: Phones
Topic: Endless scroll creep of smartphone apps really killed the smartphone for me.
Replies: 12
Views: 47854

Re: Endless scroll creep of smartphone apps really killed the smartphone for me.

Honestly, the only thing that saved the smartphone for me was leaving social media entirely, downloading NewPipe, and using an RSS feed reader for any news and blogs I still wanted to access.

Now mine gets used a not-intrusive amount of time per day (about an hour and a half according to my time ...
by drmollytov
Sun Apr 13, 2025 1:02 am
Forum: Good News
Topic: Nice and funny things that happened to you today
Replies: 3
Views: 17022

Re: Nice and funny things that happened to you today

Not today, but: I run a high school library. I'm also on the marching band staff, so I see the band kids a lot.

Earlier this week, a kid walks in and shows me their latest 3D printing class project.

I say, "...is that a 3D printed piccolo trombone?"

The kid lights up and says "YES! Thank you ...
by drmollytov
Sun Mar 23, 2025 12:29 pm
Forum: Music Players
Topic: Finding New Music
Replies: 12
Views: 45048

Re: Finding New Music

I have long relied on college radio stations for this. My current favorite is WIDR, which comes out of Western Michigan University and recently won a bunch of awards:

https://www.widrfm.org/

There's also Radio Garden, which gives you access to radio stations from around the world:

https://radio ...
by drmollytov
Wed Mar 12, 2025 10:54 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Bullet Journaling & Fountain Pens
Replies: 2
Views: 5319

Re: Bullet Journaling & Fountain Pens

I tried bullet journaling years ago, but at the time it felt both too busy and not robust enough for my needs. I might try it again, though, since I'm in a completely different career/situation now.

I have a bad habit of buying fountain pens "as a treat." My current daily driver is a Lamy Safari ...
by drmollytov
Wed Mar 12, 2025 10:45 am
Forum: Phones
Topic: What phone are you using?
Replies: 23
Views: 55485

Re: What phone are you using?

I currently have a Sony Xperia 10iii running Sailfish OS. I considered switching to a dumbphone, but I travel enough and have weird enough dietary needs to be uncomfortable not having access to search in my pocket. This also allows me to change my tickets on the go if I need to (and I often do ...
by drmollytov
Mon Mar 03, 2025 11:59 pm
Forum: Books
Topic: Favourite quirky "feature" in a book?
Replies: 3
Views: 25980

Re: Favourite quirky "feature" in a book?

Not sure it's exactly what you mean, but for me it has to be The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316868/the-book-with-no-pictures-by-bj-novak/

It is, as advertised, a children's book that has no pictures. The humor is entirely in the delivery. It's my ...
by drmollytov
Sun Mar 02, 2025 9:19 pm
Forum: Computers
Topic: The Cloud Firewall extension for Firefox is funny (but not)
Replies: 1
Views: 4807

The Cloud Firewall extension for Firefox is funny (but not)

I installed the Cloud Firewall extension for Firefox today. It allows you to block sites that come from Amazon, Apple, Cloudflare, Google, Facebook, and/or Microsoft. (you can toggle which in settings)

...It broke like half my bookmarks. :lol: Which is funny, but also not, since it indicates just ...