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Textmate 2 - It's such a well-engineered piece of software, and it's gorgeous. Bialetti Brikka - Such an elegant design, and it makes delicious coffee, Italian

Textmate 2 - It's such a well-engineered piece of software, and it's gorgeous. Bialetti Brikka - Such an elegant design, and it makes delicious coffee, Italian-style. Nespresso - If Apple made espresso machines. The espresso tastes great and it's easy to clean. Patagonia MLC 45L - My pet peeve with luggage is that the good stuff tends to be heavy. Not this! It's big enough for extended travel, has backpack straps if you need it, durable (w/ lifetime guarantee), and is well-designed without being "design-y," if that makes sense. Charles Schwab checking account - Okay, not a physical product, and doesn't have very impressive visual design, but well-designed regardless. No account minimums or fees, the best customer service I've ever experienced, no foreign transaction fees, and they rebate any and all ATM fees worldwide. It's the absolute perfect money bucket. Blundstone boots - The perfect footwear if you're unsure of conditions. Hiking--check. Going to dinner--check. Walking in the city--check. Walking through snow--check. Traveling--check. They're very, very comfortable. Elixir (programming language) - This is what happens when a tool is made for one's own use, as opposed to being designed for a hypothetical "other" who doesn't exist. It's magical.

PTRFRLL 10y ago
Has Schwab upgraded their web security recently? Last time I looked at them, they had a 8 character upper limit on their password field that they then lower-cased.
- deftturtle 10y ago
  Lol this kind of stuff isn't a priority for most websites. But you'd think financial operations would be the first to update.
- whitepoplar 10y ago
  Yes: http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/client_home/password_format http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/client_home/password_for... They also have 2-factor auth, which can be enabled by request.
rkuykendall-com 10y ago
I'm so annoyed that the awful Textmate 1 website is still the first result on Google, and has not been replaced. Every time I recommend it, I have to go into an explanation of how to ACTUALLY find the editor, so they don't just see the one from 2005 and leave. https://github.com/textmate/textmate https://github.com/textmate/textmate
sparkling 10y ago
Sorry for being weird, but what Blundstone boot model exactly are you refering to? This one? http://www.blundstone.com/shop/black-mens-or-womens-premium-leather-v-cut-boots-style-510 http://www.blundstone.com/shop/black-mens-or-womens-premium-...
- whitepoplar 10y ago
  No, not being weird at all! :) This video does a good job showing the differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM68SNtODqs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM68SNtODqs If you do decide to get a pair, note that they need some time to break in; mine were uncomfortable at first!
  - aristidesfl 10y ago
    Did the boots break in, or your feet? :P
asafira 10y ago
I would almost agree with Charles Schwab. I really think they are likely the best option in most cases ..That extra almost comes from their revamps of their Android app over the years. The new UI's just don't see much consistency, and the UX for cashing a check is especially weird and unintuitive. Why do I have to select an account if literally only one account has checking cashing enabled? Why is the whole UI otherwise unresponsive unless you click the doesnt-look-like-a-button "account" box? Weird.
bubblethink 10y ago
Isn't Charles Schwab terribly insecure ? There was a post here a year ago about their password and 2fa policies.
anonu 10y ago
I'm a big fan of my Schwab account too. But I'm a bit angry at them recently. The standard protocol for an expired card... I believe... Is to send a new one a month before expiration. I was caught in a foreign country without my Schwab debit card of choice. Spent thirty minutes on an international call only to be told that my card was expired. I know, I know, I could have inspected my card a little closer. I feel that this was a cost cutting measure on their part...
gurkendoktor 10y ago
> Textmate 2 - It's such a well-engineered piece of software, and it's gorgeous. I use TextMate 2, and it's great because there's nothing unusually dumb about it. But I still miss TextMate 1.x every single week. I often want to drag two or three folders onto the TextMate icon in my Dock and have a TextMate "project", with no other files or directories other than what I've dragged. This was such a great and intuitive use of the macOS Dock, and a feature that I haven't ever found anywhere else. Doing it by hand with .tm_attributes is such a pain that I might as well just create symlinks to recreate the feature. I think TextMate 1.x was a better-designed product than 2.x, even though I have no doubt that the source code was a mess.
oftenwrong 10y ago
The MLC is my go-to for standard travelling (not a climbing or backpacking trip). People tend to choose wheeled suitcases because they think carrying a heavy suitcase is difficult, but eliminating the wheels, handle and frame, will save a significant amount of weight. For example, the wheeled version of the MLC weighs 1.5kg (over 3lbs) more than the normal version. For a carry-on size suitcase, using a lightweight, non-rolling option makes much more sense. Main downsides: The MLC good for carrying clothing and flat items, but it's not so great for carrying non-flat things, although it can do it. It is also a little large, and has no compression straps, so you need to use packing cubes or absorb the excess space with something (e.g. those plastic air bubbles that come in packages sometimes).
tmnvix 10y ago
> Nespresso Anything that creates such an inordinate amount of waste is not well designed in my book. Even the inventor of coffee capsules regrets creating them due to the ridiculous amount of waste. > Bialetti Brikka Yes! > Blundstone boots And yes!
- rockostrich 10y ago
  I agree. It's so weird to see the two mentioned side by side. Nespresso is great for the user. You just have to buy the pods and machine and you will have the caffeinated beverage that Nespresso makes. But then you look at the Bialetti (or any moka pot) and you wonder why so many people own Nespresso (and other pod based coffee makers. All you have to do is get coffee grounds and you're good to go. Fill the reservoir with water and the puck with grounds and throw it on the stove. Sure, it might take 1 or 2 more steps, but it will almost always make a better cup of coffee and you are not wastefully throwing out plastic every time you make a cup.

PTRFRLL 10y ago

Has Schwab upgraded their web security recently? Last time I looked at them, they had a 8 character upper limit on their password field that they then lower-cased.

deftturtle 10y ago
Lol this kind of stuff isn't a priority for most websites. But you'd think financial operations would be the first to update.
whitepoplar 10y ago
Yes: http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/client_home/password_format http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/client_home/password_for... They also have 2-factor auth, which can be enabled by request.

rkuykendall-com 10y ago

I'm so annoyed that the awful Textmate 1 website is still the first result on Google, and has not been replaced. Every time I recommend it, I have to go into an explanation of how to ACTUALLY find the editor, so they don't just see the one from 2005 and leave. https://github.com/textmate/textmate https://github.com/textmate/textmate

sparkling 10y ago

Sorry for being weird, but what Blundstone boot model exactly are you refering to? This one? http://www.blundstone.com/shop/black-mens-or-womens-premium-leather-v-cut-boots-style-510 http://www.blundstone.com/shop/black-mens-or-womens-premium-...

whitepoplar 10y ago
No, not being weird at all! :) This video does a good job showing the differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM68SNtODqs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM68SNtODqs If you do decide to get a pair, note that they need some time to break in; mine were uncomfortable at first!
- aristidesfl 10y ago
  Did the boots break in, or your feet? :P

asafira 10y ago

I would almost agree with Charles Schwab. I really think they are likely the best option in most cases ..That extra almost comes from their revamps of their Android app over the years. The new UI's just don't see much consistency, and the UX for cashing a check is especially weird and unintuitive. Why do I have to select an account if literally only one account has checking cashing enabled? Why is the whole UI otherwise unresponsive unless you click the doesnt-look-like-a-button "account" box? Weird.

bubblethink 10y ago

Isn't Charles Schwab terribly insecure ? There was a post here a year ago about their password and 2fa policies.

anonu 10y ago

I'm a big fan of my Schwab account too. But I'm a bit angry at them recently. The standard protocol for an expired card... I believe... Is to send a new one a month before expiration. I was caught in a foreign country without my Schwab debit card of choice. Spent thirty minutes on an international call only to be told that my card was expired. I know, I know, I could have inspected my card a little closer. I feel that this was a cost cutting measure on their part...

gurkendoktor 10y ago

> Textmate 2 - It's such a well-engineered piece of software, and it's gorgeous. I use TextMate 2, and it's great because there's nothing unusually dumb about it. But I still miss TextMate 1.x every single week. I often want to drag two or three folders onto the TextMate icon in my Dock and have a TextMate "project", with no other files or directories other than what I've dragged. This was such a great and intuitive use of the macOS Dock, and a feature that I haven't ever found anywhere else. Doing it by hand with .tm_attributes is such a pain that I might as well just create symlinks to recreate the feature. I think TextMate 1.x was a better-designed product than 2.x, even though I have no doubt that the source code was a mess.

oftenwrong 10y ago

The MLC is my go-to for standard travelling (not a climbing or backpacking trip). People tend to choose wheeled suitcases because they think carrying a heavy suitcase is difficult, but eliminating the wheels, handle and frame, will save a significant amount of weight. For example, the wheeled version of the MLC weighs 1.5kg (over 3lbs) more than the normal version. For a carry-on size suitcase, using a lightweight, non-rolling option makes much more sense. Main downsides: The MLC good for carrying clothing and flat items, but it's not so great for carrying non-flat things, although it can do it. It is also a little large, and has no compression straps, so you need to use packing cubes or absorb the excess space with something (e.g. those plastic air bubbles that come in packages sometimes).

tmnvix 10y ago

> Nespresso Anything that creates such an inordinate amount of waste is not well designed in my book. Even the inventor of coffee capsules regrets creating them due to the ridiculous amount of waste. > Bialetti Brikka Yes! > Blundstone boots And yes!

rockostrich 10y ago
I agree. It's so weird to see the two mentioned side by side. Nespresso is great for the user. You just have to buy the pods and machine and you will have the caffeinated beverage that Nespresso makes. But then you look at the Bialetti (or any moka pot) and you wonder why so many people own Nespresso (and other pod based coffee makers. All you have to do is get coffee grounds and you're good to go. Fill the reservoir with water and the puck with grounds and throw it on the stove. Sure, it might take 1 or 2 more steps, but it will almost always make a better cup of coffee and you are not wastefully throwing out plastic every time you make a cup.