I think I still have some Ubrique soap sample left… good stuff indeed.

Yeah it is. My favorite frag. I have Lavanille also and they are similar, but Lavendrer, Interrupted is smoother and creamier.

September 10th, 2025

• Brush: Maggard Razors - Tuxedo 24mm Synthetic
• Razor: Fatip Classic Testina Gentile - Chrome
• Blade: V12 Super Platinum (5)
• Lather: Zingari Man - Nocturne - Soap
• Post Shave: Aqua Velva - Musk - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - EdP

1 or 2 more shaves left in this tub, which is thrilling. I’ve been loading lots of soap to get a good lather, so I’m leaning towards only 1 more shave. Typically when I’m on the last shave of a tub it’s sort of like when you’re at the end of a container of ice cream – you have to have a giant bowl at the end, else the next bowl is disappointing.

I have a nightstand that’s about the same sizes as that.

I’ve never had to restore a backup (yet), but to me this is the best feature of Restic.

I used Duplicati for a while (I think it was Duplicati, not Duplicacy) and although the backups seemed to work, I kept reading about people having trouble during the restore process.

Restic is a slight chore to get set up with the environmental variables, figuring out which directories to “–ignore”, etc… but man once it’s set up it’s just great.

Been there, done that. The nubs didn’t work for me. Its fans seem to be more vocal than the people who have thrown it into the garbage.

I bring a tub with me when I travel, and if I want to use a sample I use the lid to smush it/load it.

September 9th, 2025

• Brush: Wolf Whiskers - “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
• Razor: Fatip Classic Testina Gentile - Chrome
• Blade: V12 Super Platinum (4)
• Lather: Zingari Man - Nocturne - Soap
• Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Delor de Treget - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Dove - Men+Care Ultra-Hydra - Cream
• Fragrance: Auntie Anne’s Preztels 🥨 - Knead - EdP

I do like this razor quite a bit. It’s ultra mild, but with sneaky efficiency. I thought Mood Indigo might be my next tub kill, but this tub is just as low if not lower, and with the weather cooling off I’m drawn to this scent. We’ll see what happens, but having two tubs on the block is pretty thrilling.

I’m not sure I fully grasp what you want, but Restic is excellent. I use a cronjob to back up on a schedule. It’s command line only. I think there’s a tool to make it a GUI but I haven’t tried it. They have a Docker image available but it’s weird, you have to pass commands to it, it runs, then shuts down when it’s done. I love Docker but that didn’t quite work for me.

I use Backblaze B2 for storage, but any S3 will do. Restic supports all sorts of storage targets.

Credentials and things go in an .env file, or you can put everything into the command line every time.

When it’s time to restore things, you can fricken mount the whole backup you want and browse the files, copy and paste what you need, etc. That part is really cool to me.

Backblaze is $5 or $6 USD per TB per month, so 500GB will be about $36USD a year.

September 8th, 2025

• Brush: AP Shave Co. - w/Maggard SHD 26mm Badger
• Razor: Joseph Rogers & Sons Near Wedge (10)
• Lather: Zingari Man - Nocturne - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Dove - Men+Care Ultra-Hydra - Cream

$discord

A strange combo of very nice, very close, and lots of weepers. Seeing as how I do like this razor, I can only blame the lather!

I looked at three of the banks/brokerages I use and the results are interesting!

The brokerages present you with step by step screens, and first have you choose the “to” account. Then you click ‘Next’ and choose the “from” account.

My bank presents them on the same screen, going top down. On top you pick the “from”, and below it you select “to”.

So, despite my strong opinion, apparently there hasn’t been any consistency in my experience, granted I don’t transfer money very often.

It’s not a perfect example. The need to pay sort of starts as soon as you put something in your shopping basket. I’m not transferring money to the cashier unless it’s cash – otherwise it goes somewhere else and eventually the store gets it.

It’s just a thought experiment about something reasonably similar, and the similarities for me start after everything is rung up and it’s time to move money.

We have very different brains in regards to this subject.

When I pay for something (moving money) the first thing to do is choose the source. Cash, credit card, venmo, etc. Only once I’ve decided that can I pick where to move it… The cashiers hand, credit card machine, scan a venmo barcode, etc.

APR is a good base, but in my experience you need sort of a heavy load yeah.

I’ve quickly skimmed 3 articles on the subject just now, and the consensus is it just mixes evenly with air. It’ll naturally be more concentrated near the source, but there’s tons of air flow in a house especially when the heat is on. One article even said CO is lighter than air (bit not enough to separate and rise on its own).

September 7th, 2025

• Brush: AP Shave Co. - w/Maggard SHD 26mm Badger
• Razor: Joseph Rogers & Sons Near Wedge (9)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Friends to the End - Soap
• Post Shave: Australian Private Reserve - Raconteur - Aftershave

This shave was littered with distractions. Still, I managed to focus enough to not hurt myself and get a semi-close shave to boot.

Just to be clear because I don’t want anyone to read this and take it as fact…

Smoke detectors detect smoke by looking for particles.

Some devices are combo Smoke/Carbon Monoxide (CO) detectors. They cost more but it’s good to have both and it’s easier to have fewer devices.

You can also get stand alone Carbon Monoxide detectors and absolutely should. It’s odorlesss and very deadly and is produced by burning gas/oil/propane or whatever else you burn to heat your house.

🥂

September 6th, 2025

• Brush: AP Shave Co. - w/Maggard SHD 26mm Badger
• Razor: Union Razor Cutlery 5/8 Full Hollow (11)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Friends to the End - Soap
• Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Sni Mato - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Leather - EdP

Eeked out a decent shave with this razor. Not as keen as my other straight razors are at the moment, and not the closest shave ever. Still enjoyable, though.

I got my wife a few Soap Commander bar soaps a little while ago, and I liked the scent of all of them.

Weird, I find NO base to be on the non-foamy side. I find that whatever size it is after loading, it stays that size while you add water. And it doesn’t take a whole lot of water to make it dense and wonderful.