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Headphones: While Working at My Desk: Bose Noise Cancelling 700. Life-changing for me. While Working with Powertools: The ISOTunes SafeMax. Absolutely ex

Headphones: While Working at My Desk: Bose Noise Cancelling 700. Life-changing for me. While Working with Powertools: The ISOTunes SafeMax. Absolutely excellent for protecting my ears and they sound great when playing music through them. Slippers: Gecko-Man. The arch-support was very necessary. Turns out spending an entire year in regular slippers was bad for my feet. Bread Book: "Flour Water Salt Yeast". I've baked everything in this book at least twice and some things tens of times. Almost every loaf and pizza pie has been excellent and my sourdough is going strong at around 2.5 years old. Chair: Herman Miller Embody. High Quality, super-comfortable, with a 12-Year Warranty - costs about the same as buying a new chair every two years. Mouse: Logitech MX Master 2S. Excellent all-around. The scroll-wheel is my favorite part Keyboard: WASD with the Cherry MX Brown switches. Never a problem, always great. Office Fan: Vornado. Tiny and powerful. A bit loud, but for the price, it's excellent. Great as an outdoor fan as well.

100011_100001 5y ago
Bread Book...which one? Or is the name of the book "Bread Book". I have been making sourdough for about 2 years as well, but I am looking to expend to more baking using my starter.
- yawnxyz 5y ago
  the book is called "Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast" — it's my first foray into bread-making, and it's very well-written! It gets a bit into starters, but you might be too advanced for it
  - 100011_100001 5y ago
    Reading comprehension failure. I read it as using only four ingredients, not as a title. I have "Tartine Bread" that I've been using, but like I said I was looking into expending my baking abilities. Thanks for the recommendation.
    - enobrev 5y ago
      I should have added quotes for clarity. Just edited my comment. I definitely learned quiet a bit from that book, and every recipe is written as if you've never read the others, so it's easy to jump around. I've been baking bread for about 3 years now, and I still use that book pretty regularly.
      - 100011_100001 5y ago
        It arrived yesterday. Seems pretty good.
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- Der_Einzige 5y ago
  It's also funny because "the bread book" may refer to "the conquest of bread* which is a seminal tome if anarcho-colletivism
- samcheng 5y ago
  I'd like to recommend "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" as a next-level bread book. Full of recipes, techniques, photos, and history.
sumedh 5y ago
> Chair: Herman Miller Has anyone done a blind test between a genuine Herman Miller and a knock off or another similar chair. I suspect people say its good just because of the brand name.
- enobrev 5y ago
  I've used quite a few office chairs over the years - mostly in the $200-$300 range, and before I decided to buy the Embody, I went to the Design In Reach store to try it out. I'm 6'6", so making sure I could actually fit in the thing was essential. I tried out the Embody and the Aaron and a few others. It is legitimately a high-quality chair. I've had mine for three years now and it's absolutely solid. By this time with other chairs I'm generally starting to shop around again due to discomfort, or pieces falling off, or the hydraulics not working as well, or squeaks and creaks. When it arrived there was no need to put it together. It just rolled out of the box fully assembled. The arm rests and back still adjust as smoothly as the day it arrived. No squeaks or creaks. And that warranty is hard to beat. I'm not one to chase brands, by a long shot. But HM absolutely nailed it with this chair (imo).
- TacticalCoder 5y ago
  I've got my Aeron since ten years and use it daily. It's still like brand new. I don't think I could sit in any knock off and not immediately notice the difference. It took 30 minutes to set up (ten years ago) and I haven't changed anything since then. I put my hands behind my head and the chair slowly leans back: that's the "easy" trick to configure it properly. The one main complain I see about it is the frame hurting people's legs / preventing proper blood flow but I think that's people sitting in Aeron chairs not configured properly. I don't just like the "pellicle mesh" (no sweating) and how great it feels, I also like that it's ten years old and is basically like new despite daily use. As a funny sidenote: during the first covid lockdown I got stuck for three months not at my home and had to use a really crappy chair (as in: an old chair, not meant for office work at all) and within weeks I developed terrible back pain. It was so bad I had someone lend me one of his Aeron.
- theandrewbailey 5y ago
  I got one at home about 5 years ago, and have sat in it every day. I'm not sure if it's heavenly (or what that would mean for a chair), but I've never once felt uncomfortable sitting in it. It's firm (but not hard), breathable, and very well built. I'm generally not conscious of how much the chair I'm sitting in costs, so I'm not sure how other chairs that cost this much (or even a third as much) feel. If the bar is 'never uncomfortable while sitting in it', then it's absolutely worth it.
riffraff 5y ago
> Chair: Herman Miller Embody. High Quality, super-comfortable, with a 12-Year Warranty - costs about the same as buying a new chair every two years. I really like some of the Herman Miller chairs, and I plan on buying one when my current one breaks, but I don't get this: why would you need to buy a chair every two years? My IKEA Markus ($200) is older than that (I think 5 years?) and it's still fine.
- enobrev 5y ago
  Never tried the IKA Markus, but I've had quite a few office chairs quickly go downhill at the 2-3 year mark. I'm pretty big at 6'6" / 275lbs, and I am legitimately in my chair for 50+ hours per week, so that may have something to do with it. But this is the first chair I've owned that, after 3 years of constant use, is still in excellent condition.

100011_100001 5y ago

Bread Book...which one? Or is the name of the book "Bread Book". I have been making sourdough for about 2 years as well, but I am looking to expend to more baking using my starter.

yawnxyz 5y ago
the book is called "Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast" — it's my first foray into bread-making, and it's very well-written! It gets a bit into starters, but you might be too advanced for it
- 100011_100001 5y ago
  Reading comprehension failure. I read it as using only four ingredients, not as a title. I have "Tartine Bread" that I've been using, but like I said I was looking into expending my baking abilities. Thanks for the recommendation.
  - enobrev 5y ago
    I should have added quotes for clarity. Just edited my comment. I definitely learned quiet a bit from that book, and every recipe is written as if you've never read the others, so it's easy to jump around. I've been baking bread for about 3 years now, and I still use that book pretty regularly.
    - 100011_100001 5y ago
      It arrived yesterday. Seems pretty good.
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Der_Einzige 5y ago
It's also funny because "the bread book" may refer to "the conquest of bread* which is a seminal tome if anarcho-colletivism
samcheng 5y ago
I'd like to recommend "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" as a next-level bread book. Full of recipes, techniques, photos, and history.

sumedh 5y ago

> Chair: Herman Miller Has anyone done a blind test between a genuine Herman Miller and a knock off or another similar chair. I suspect people say its good just because of the brand name.

enobrev 5y ago
I've used quite a few office chairs over the years - mostly in the $200-$300 range, and before I decided to buy the Embody, I went to the Design In Reach store to try it out. I'm 6'6", so making sure I could actually fit in the thing was essential. I tried out the Embody and the Aaron and a few others. It is legitimately a high-quality chair. I've had mine for three years now and it's absolutely solid. By this time with other chairs I'm generally starting to shop around again due to discomfort, or pieces falling off, or the hydraulics not working as well, or squeaks and creaks. When it arrived there was no need to put it together. It just rolled out of the box fully assembled. The arm rests and back still adjust as smoothly as the day it arrived. No squeaks or creaks. And that warranty is hard to beat. I'm not one to chase brands, by a long shot. But HM absolutely nailed it with this chair (imo).
TacticalCoder 5y ago
I've got my Aeron since ten years and use it daily. It's still like brand new. I don't think I could sit in any knock off and not immediately notice the difference. It took 30 minutes to set up (ten years ago) and I haven't changed anything since then. I put my hands behind my head and the chair slowly leans back: that's the "easy" trick to configure it properly. The one main complain I see about it is the frame hurting people's legs / preventing proper blood flow but I think that's people sitting in Aeron chairs not configured properly. I don't just like the "pellicle mesh" (no sweating) and how great it feels, I also like that it's ten years old and is basically like new despite daily use. As a funny sidenote: during the first covid lockdown I got stuck for three months not at my home and had to use a really crappy chair (as in: an old chair, not meant for office work at all) and within weeks I developed terrible back pain. It was so bad I had someone lend me one of his Aeron.
theandrewbailey 5y ago
I got one at home about 5 years ago, and have sat in it every day. I'm not sure if it's heavenly (or what that would mean for a chair), but I've never once felt uncomfortable sitting in it. It's firm (but not hard), breathable, and very well built. I'm generally not conscious of how much the chair I'm sitting in costs, so I'm not sure how other chairs that cost this much (or even a third as much) feel. If the bar is 'never uncomfortable while sitting in it', then it's absolutely worth it.

riffraff 5y ago

> Chair: Herman Miller Embody. High Quality, super-comfortable, with a 12-Year Warranty - costs about the same as buying a new chair every two years. I really like some of the Herman Miller chairs, and I plan on buying one when my current one breaks, but I don't get this: why would you need to buy a chair every two years? My IKEA Markus ($200) is older than that (I think 5 years?) and it's still fine.

enobrev 5y ago
Never tried the IKA Markus, but I've had quite a few office chairs quickly go downhill at the 2-3 year mark. I'm pretty big at 6'6" / 275lbs, and I am legitimately in my chair for 50+ hours per week, so that may have something to do with it. But this is the first chair I've owned that, after 3 years of constant use, is still in excellent condition.