WINDOW + MIRROR CLEANING SPRAY
Looking for clean and streak-free windows and mirrors? This quick drying spray will do the trick!

1 1/2 cups water
1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 1/2 tablespoons rubbing alcohol
3 drops peppermint essential oil
Mix in spray bottle, spray liberally on surface if it’s glass and on the cloth if it’s a mirror, and wipe clean with a window + mirror cleaning cloth.

My friend owns a tire shop and gave me a critical tip a few years ago. Odyssey's are heavy and would benefit from using like a Michelin Defender LTX M+S type tire (suv/highway truck), but more importantly you need to understand UTQG in regards treadwear. Many tires have a UTQG of 400-600. The lower the number the lower the service life. Today's more durable tires carry UTQG treadwears of 700-800+.

The stock tires that came on our Odyssey was a 480 UTQG. They lasted 32k miles. The set I'm on right now is the Michelin Defender which is a 800 UTQG. I now have 63,000 miles on those tires and they are at 6/32nds. I'm hoping to hit 70k on these tires and I will use the same exact tire. They aren't the cheapest. I paid $918 after tax for them installed and road forced balanced.

I cross-shopped the Continental TrueContact Tour and the Michelin Defender LTX. Had a great experience with the Defender LTX on a prior Toyota Sienna minivan, but read promising reviews of the LX25s. One nice thing about the Continental LX25s is that the 235/55/19 variant comes with a rim protector. Certain drivers to be unnamed have caused havoc on the rims of the minivan -- hoping the new tires offer some added protection.

Also https://wakamaifondue.com/

Is there a site or tool that can tell me the metrics for a font, e.g. the cap and x heights?

Simple and easy way to view the content of font files.

Mark Simonson
OpenType (and TrueType) fonts are made up of tables which hold various kind of font data, such as metrics, naming, hints, layout features, kerning, and character outlines.

The cap height and x-height are stored in the “OS/2” table under the entries “sxHeight” and “sCapHeight”. (Some fonts, especially older ones, may not have these two entries. They are not required.)

The values are relative to the UPM (units per em) of the font. Most fonts have a UPM of 1000 (OTF) or 2048 (TTF), but other values are possible. The size of the units in a font are relative to the size at which the font is displayed. The em is scaled to the font size. The UPM can be found in the “head” table in the entry “unitsPerEm”.

For example, a typical cap height value for a font with 1000 UPM is 700 units, or 70%. So if the font is displayed at 36-point, the cap height is 70% of 36, or 25.2 points.

There isn’t a tool or site I know of that shows just metrics, but there is a site that can show most of the data in a font, including metrics: FontDrop! The metrics are shown in the “Data” tab.

https://jkorpela.fi/x-height.html

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Webfont icons — what typographers would traditionally refer to as dingbats — are an important part of modern web development. There are so many advantages to them:

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I've used https://icomoon.io for years, because of its great selection of free icon fonts and also because it's quite easy to import self designed svgs and turn them into glyphs. It's easy to use and all relevant functionalities are free of charge.

https://web.dev/optimize-webfont-loading/#customize-the-text-rendering-delay

What makes the proper font selection important for a website? The right typography makes your users take a call to action and increases your website's conversion rate.

Adobe Illustrator is a fantastic vector creation tool and you can create a lot of things without ever using the Pen Tool. However, if you want to use…

Using Apple Configurator 2
Download an app from App Store to you phone
Open Apple Configurator 2 on your Mac and log into your Apple account
Connect your phone to your Mac using a USB cable
Into Apple Configurator 2 select your phone
Then tap on the “Add” button in the top, then tap on “Apps” button
Choose the app and tap on “Add” button
Finally it could tell you an app already exists, but don’t worry — just be in a hurry to grab an .ipa using this path:
~/Library/Group\ Containers/K36BKF7T3D.group.com.apple.configurator/Library/Caches/Assets/TemporaryItems/MobileApps/

My wife and I bought a house a few months back and ripped out the carpet from the stairs (don't have before pics …

Wood doesn't really move length-wise with a change in relative humidity, only radially and tangentially:

https://workshopcompanion.com/KnowHow/Design/Nature_of_Wood/2_Wood_Movement/2_Wood_Movement_Images/NOW_2_7_288.jpg

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The stringer—that notched framing member that supports the treads and risers—is typically made of pressure-treated 2x12. Laying it out is the first, and toughest, step in building stairs.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/finehomebuilding.s3.tauntoncloud.com/app/uploads/2020/03/02151835/TohtDeck7_B.jpg

Every Friday I recommend a typeface, write about for what digital appliations it works best, and where to better not use it. Subscribe to the Pimp my Type Newsletter and get them directly to your inbox.

Here is not a bad article from HBR about “unleashing overlooked talent,” and I’ll just direct you to the part that matters before we get into this more deeply:

https://hbr.org/2022/07/unleash-your-organizations-overlooked-talent?ab=hero-subleft-1

WHY does talent get ignored?

• Most managers are busy, with “busy” supposedly meaning “productive” (it does not, truly) and usually “busy” also meaning “I get a lot of email, most of which I could delete, but I don’t delete it so I can complain about the volume of email.” You just say “It’s the busy season!” or “Everything is so crazy right now!” and you’re good. That allows you to not notice talent.

• Everything about white-collar work is tied to tasks. All that matters to most managers is people completing tasks. Tasks tasks tasks. Most places are barely “strategic” whatsoever. When you are largely being judged on tasks, it is nearly impossible to be seen for talent. Your managers can only look at you as “x-amount of deliverables this cycle,” etc.

• Talent actually scares a lot of managers, because it represents someone potentially coming for their perch, and that’s terrifying to them. It’s oddly in the incentive structure of most managers to suppress new talents in the name of personal relevance and income earning potential, even though the company claims to care about “innovation” and “world-shifting ideas.” Funny, no?

• It’s easier and more comfortable to put people in boxes. A security guard is a security guard. He’s not a docent. That’s fucking crazy, Janet. Go get me a burrito for lunch.

A drywall expert reveals some of his best tips and tricks so you can handle the job like a pro.

Bend your blade

You don’t want your blade to be perfectly flat. Bend your blade so it has a slight curve, and mark the concave side so you always know which side is which. Josh will use the convex side to feather out the edge of the joint, and the concave side to float over the joint.

Consistency of yogurt

Butt joints made easy

Drywall sheets have depressed edges that account for the thicknesses of tape and mud. When you cut a sheet, you lose that edge. On a piece of pine, Josh cuts a concave shape on one side with the table saw blade set to two degrees. This helps pull the edges of drywall in, forming a valley for tape and mud. This creates seamless joints between studs.

Staple and Tape your corner bead

Tearaway bead for exposed edges

Whenever drywall meets another surface like stone, brick or paneling, you need a way to neatly finish the edge. Tearaway bead gets you pro results with minimal effort. It attaches just like corner bead, but the compound is applied just up to the back edge. Once it dries, the tearaway strip easily pulls off, leaving a nice, finished edge.

Popular Mechanics ~ 1954

In this article we look at how to generate random dates in SQL Server to build a sample dataset along with code and examples.

SELECT DATEADD(DAY, RAND(CHECKSUM(NEWID()))*(1+DATEDIFF(DAY, @StartDate, @EndDate)),@StartDate) AS 'SalesDate';

CHECKSUM(NEWID()) is the salt for the rand() function

NEWID() generates a random unique ID for a row. Ordering by NEWID() will randomly order query results. Adding a TOP statement will return a finite number of random rows. For example, to get 10 random rows from a table:

SELECT TOP 10 * 
FROM tablename 
WHERE condition
ORDER BY NEWID()

A series of tips including dos and don'ts for better stair tread installations.

Do apply "glue blocks" where possible, on all of your stringers prior to tread installation. Glue blocks are approximately 4-inch blocks. Where possible, these blocks should be installed at every wood-to-wood contact point on the underside of the stair. This helps maintain stability of the riser and the integrity of the stringer, which also helps ensure a solid floor without squeaks.

• Install the risers with a level top edge slightly above the top edge of both the blocking and the stringers.
• Never nail into a block from either a tread or a riser.
• The important thing is to remember to install riser, tread, riser, tread or install the risers first.

Do seal the sides of the tread and riser in closed stair wells.

Don't fasten treads and or risers with only nails or staples. The adhesive is much more important than the fasteners. There will be times when fastening may be limited, so a good adhesive is critical.