Hit 100,000 miles on my 2012 Civic last night and the check engine light went off like it knew

I was driving home from work around 11 PM on I-35 and the odometer rolled over to 100k exactly. Right as it hit, the CEL that had been on for 6 months just turned off by itself. No joke. I stopped at a gas station and checked the codes with my scanner and everything was clear. Has anyone else had a car do something weird like that at a big milestone?

Cracked my basement floor trying to level it with the wrong product - self leveler vs. patching compound?

Picked a folding e-bike over a full-size one for city commuting

I went with a folding e-bike for my 3-mile commute downtown because I can take it on the bus if the weather turns. It's been 2 months and I've saved about $40 a month on parking tickets alone. Anyone else found folding bikes worth the smaller wheels?

Showerthought: never realized how much mortar gets wasted on a typical house until I ran the numbers on my last job

Found out from an old estimator's spreadsheet that a standard 2,000 square foot brick home wastes around 15% of the mortar mix just from cleanup and overmixing, which is roughly $400 down the drain per project, and I'm wondering how many guys actually track that loss or just write it off.

Had a talk with my uncle about the Sega Saturn last weekend

He said the Saturn had better 2D fighters than the PlayStation and brought up how X-Men vs Street Fighter ran smoother on it. I always dismissed the Saturn but now I'm wondering if I missed out on something.

My AI writing assistant just hallucinated a fake court case in my legal brief

Last Tuesday I was proofreading a draft my AI helped with for a client and noticed it cited a case called 'Miller vs. State of Ohio 2023' which doesn't exist. I had to rewrite the whole section from scratch and now I triple check every citation before sending.

Changed my mind about thinning shears on thick hair

I always used regular shears for everything. But after a client with super thick curly hair said my texture was uneven, I tried blending shears on the top layer instead of point cutting. Made a huge difference in the flow. Anyone else switch up their tool mid-cut and get better results?

Tried PVA glue instead of wheat paste on a rebind and instantly regretted it

I was rebinding a 1980s paperback last weekend and figured PVA would hold up better long term, but the paper started buckling within 10 minutes and the spine looked like a wrinkled potato. Wheat paste gave me way more working time to adjust everything, and it dried flat without any drama. Do you guys ever experiment with different adhesives on older paperbacks, or is that a disaster waiting to happen?

That $50 productivity app I bought literally made me less productive

I dropped $50 on an app that promised to 'optimize my workflow' and 'eliminate distractions.' Ended up spending two hours just tweaking settings and reading tutorials. By day 3 I was back to using a plain notebook. The whole thing felt like a scam from the start. Has anyone else fallen for a so-called productivity tool that just wasted your time?

Found my weird comfort food combo by accident during a power outage

My power went out for like 6 hours last Tuesday in Austin and all I had was a can of cold cream of mushroom soup and some stale saltines. I mixed the soup straight from the can with crushed crackers and ate it like a weird paste. Now I actually crave it sometimes, is this totally insane or has anyone else stumbled into a strange comfort food that way?