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MUJI 0.5mm gel ink pens [0] - I've used these pens for so long that my handwriting goes haywire when using a different make. Perfect balance of smoothness and s
by mattkevan 10y ago
MUJI 0.5mm gel ink pens [0] - I've used these pens for so long that my handwriting goes haywire when using a different make. Perfect balance of smoothness and scratchiness - with fast drying ink, which as a lefty is vital.
Harmon Kardon Soundsticks II – had mine for over a decade and they still sound and look great.
Gaggia Colour espresso machine – looks great, built like a tank, simple to repair, and still produces fantastic coffee after years of benign neglect.
Chromecast – it just works. Feels like the future to use my phone to stream video from the Raspberry Pi to the TV.
AirPlay – it also just works. Recently set up a multi-room audio streaming thing, like a budget alternative to Sonos, using a few Raspberry Pis I had lying about and Shairport Sync [1]. Works much better than I anticipated.
[0] https://www.muji.eu/pages/online.asp?Sec=13&Sub=52&PID=5162 https://www.muji.eu/pages/online.asp?Sec=13&Sub=52&PID=5162
[1] https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync
- omegote 10y ago> Chromecast – it just works. Feels like the future to use my phone to stream video from the Raspberry Pi to the TV. Not quite following you here. Why would you need the chromecast if you have a Raspberry attached to your TV?
- AlecGard 10y agoProbably using the Raspberry Pi as a Media Centre, and then using phone to stream from Pi > Chromecast.
- fao_ 10y agoIt could be: Raspberry Pi in one room, TV in another, Raspberry Pi -> Chromecast -> TV
- mattkevan 10y agoYep, exactly that. A RPi3 with Plex media server hooked up to the router and a bunch of hard drives streaming to the Chromecast in a different room. Tried the Plex app on a Fire stick but for some reason it didn't work nearly as well.
- Eric_WVGG 10y agoMujis notebooks with the dot grid are also excellent, far superior to lined grid notebooks.
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- mattkevan 10y agoYes! Their notebooks are great too. If they ever stop doing the plain A5 spiral bound ones I'll personally go round every MUJI in London and buy their entire remaining stock.
- sjy 10y ago> Chromecast – it just works. Feels like the future to use my phone to stream video from the Raspberry Pi to the TV. I wanted this experience, but the Pi was too underpowered to play 1080p or transcode my existing video collection, most of which wasn't in a Chromecast-compatible format. Trying to skip forward was also really frustrating and delay-prone.
- Sohcahtoa82 10y agoWhich Pi were you using? I found the first gen Pi wasn't powerful enough for 1080p, but the Pi 2 is. I use my Pi 2 as a torrent box and media center just fine.
- seanmcdirmid 10y ago> MUJI 0.5mm gel ink pens I'm not a gel ink pen fan myself, but I'm a big fan of the hex oil ballpoints, I'm using one right now actually. Creamy smooth writing. MUJI has other awesome things: their spoons are so perfectly weighted (e.g. http://www.muji.us/store/table-spoon.html http://www.muji.us/store/table-spoon.html), the linens are soft, as are their towels...I just moved to LA and I'm sad there isn't a MUJI down the street (just Hollywood and Ventura beach).
- lobster_johnson 10y ago> MUJI 0.5mm gel ink pens [0] Yes! They're fantastic. Muji has a lot of excellent, well-designed, minimalist products. (Also some crappy ones, but they're the minority.)