We're doing surplus at work and it's finally time to send this little one on its way. After nearly 26 years, it still works like new and has been used up until now, because it readily accepts funky video frequencies from various rackmount servers at which expensive KVM systems balk.

#WellMade #GotOurMoneysWorth

Small #kitchen #appliance #review:

We've gone through a number of coffee makers over the years. Nothing fancy; just automatic-drip makers. The water here is hard on them, and I work at home, so we make coffee at least twice a day, every day. I've worn out units from most of the big common brands (#ProctorSilex, #BlackAndDecker, #Cuisinart, #HamiltonBeach, maybe others).

My most recent one packed it last week, after "Cyber Monday", so selection in stores was pretty limited. I wasn't ordering online because everyone was giving week-out delivery estimates at that point, and we weren't waiting a week for #coffee.

I ended up buying one from a brand I'd never heard of before, #Tru (which they style as TRU). I looked up the company; apparently, it's a US family-owned company. Still made in China, I believe.

And damn if this thing isn't designed and manufactured better than most of the ones I've worn out over the last 25 years. Much better and less annoying user interface, better layout of the water reservoir and grounds holder, more rigid, and yet more compact than others.

And it's one of the least expensive ones out there, around CDN $30.

If it holds up to use, I'll definitely be looking for this brand again the next time I need a small #KitchenAppliance.

#WellMade #WellDesigned #recommended

I need the phone number of whoever built those cabinets! 😁
#anythingfortheviews

#funny #video #durable #wellmade #hangup

Ode to a well-designed thing:
On ordering a new 5-pack, I realized I have been using Pentel P205 mechanical pencils, design unchanged, for more than 50 years. Nicely done, Pentel!

I would probably never have to buy new ones, except I keep "loaning" them to people and not getting them back...

#engineering #drawing #drafting #random #wellmade

Time for an #intro

This is a story in which something is always about to happen and in which nothing happens.

#introduction
#retrocomputing
#vintagecomputing
#wellmade #things
#mushrooms
#psylocybin
#scotch
#poetry
#cycling
#connections
#pnw
#hebrides
#and #one #cat #jezebel