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08/11/2023


2023/11/08#p1

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Kev listed his defaults for things he uses in response to something going round the blogosphere (inspired by episode 97 of the Hemispheric Views podcast). A bit like a /uses page but in post form.

Never one to pass up on something like this I thought I'd list mine, though it's a little boring compared to others and considering that my life online is fairly well contained:

  • Mail Server: mail included with web hosting
  • Mail Client: Spark (trying mail.app on the Mac)
  • Calendar: Google Calendar
  • Contacts: Google Contacts
  • Cloud File Storage: iCloud, Dropbox
  • RSS: my own /reader page
  • Browser: Arc (Mac), Brave (Android)
  • Search: Ecosia
  • Chat: Facebook Messenger (because of family)
  • Notes: my own /notes page
  • To-Do: my own /notes page
  • Shopping Lists: my own /notes page
  • Music: Spotify and local files
  • Podcasts: between services (was Google Podcasts)
  • Password Management: Bitwarden
  • Code editor: VSCodium

Extra

  • Launcher: Raycast
  • Blogging: (b)log-In (my custom CMS)

Above all else, my list shows that I'm not trapped within any particular ecosystem although, if I had my way, more of these would be using something I built myself. 1

Robb Knight is collecting a list of those who have participated.


  1. that probably means I'm now going to build more things 🤦‍♂️ 

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2023/11/08#p2

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Well, the past few days have been ... I'm trying to find the right words ... intense, stressful, exhausting, painful, but ultimately rewarding.

We had a new bed delivered on Monday, our old one had definitely seen better days. Deciding to treat ourselves we went for one a fair bit bigger. It is a divan style bed with drawers in the base and they always come in two halves. Our old one went up and down the stairs without a problem so we didn't think anything of going large.

You can tell where this is going.

New bed delivered. Old bed taken away. New bed won't go round the corner at the top of the stairs!

I took off the handrails and a decorative piece at the top of the wooden support pillar. Nope! No amount of twisting, turning or applied geometry was going to make the two halves of the base go round that corner. Frustratingly, it was only a few inches out.

So, what were the options:

  • send it back and have no bed,
  • try lifting it up through the faux-balcony in the spare room,
  • take it apart and move it in bits

I'm not entirely sure it would have gone through the doors of the faux-balcony and, besides, we don't have any straps or lifting gear.

So that's how, come Monday evening, I was sat on the floor of the lounge, against all better judgement, taking half of the bed apart! 😊

Anyone who has seen inside a divan bed base knows that (despite the extortionate price charged) they're put together pretty cheaply: wood and cardboard all held together with what are essentially long staples. Monday night ended with me exposing the innards and panicking about what to do next.

To say I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown wouldn't be too far from the truth. My wife eventually sent me to bed (in the spare room) before I lost it.

On Tuesday I got an end off – time to try the stairs. So close, about another inch or so needed. Off came the other end ... success! Rinse and repeat with the other half. Now I had 6 bits of bed in the right room but needing to be reassembled and the covering fabric all stapled back into place.

Once the bed was apart, the 'staples' were of no use so I opted for nails. Reassembly complete I bought a heavy duty stapler (ideal for upholstery, so it said on the pack) and set about re-covering the exposed insides.

It got too late so reconstruction carried over to today. I woke with my left shoulder having seized and sending shooting pains down my arm and up my neck, but the bed wasn't going to finish itself.

Around two and a half days after delivery we now have a complete bed and can actually sleep in it tonight. \o/ Seeing it back in one piece (well, two) with a pretty neat job on the upholstery has made me so proud of what I've done. But if anyone hears me say "let's get a big one" again just slap me!

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James says: Reply to James
New bed delivered. Old bed taken away. New bed won't go round the corner at the top of the stairs!I took off the handrails and a decorative piece at the top of the wooden support pillar. Nope! No amount of twisting, turning or applied geometry was going to make the two halves of the base go round that corner.
Japanese houses are notorious for this. Our old place, which was new and not tiny, couldn't even fit a queen-sized bed up the stairs. As these kinds of things are common, when you order something big, often the delivery company comes to measure first to ensure it can go where it needs to go. Ultimately, we did what a lot of people do and got two singles and pushed them together.
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