I just paid my yearly renewal fee for my hosting package. It costs me just over $3 USD a month to have this little dog and pony show hosted somewhere. All I know about the datacenter is that it’s somewhere in the United States.
I’m not sure if there’s a cheaper hosting plan elsewhere but even if there was, I don’t think I’d want to go through the hassle of moving hosts. I did that once before, I don’t want to do it again.
All the windows in my apartment are covered by venetian blinds which is what the developer installed when the building was completed. These things are dust magnets and I think I’ve cleaned them twice since I bought my place.
Cleaning blinds are a pain in the ass and I’ve only cleaned them in place which I realize now is a super inefficient way of doing it. The best way to do it is to remove them from their bracket and then dump the whole thing into the bathtub. You can then use the hand wand to spray water all over the blinds to wash them. I suppose you could also fill the tub with water and soap and do a soak as well. I think you might need to avoid getting the metal mechanism at the top wet but I’m not sure.
The issue is that I need to buy a new step ladder to reach the top of the blinds. My windows go all the way up to the ceiling and I only have a step stool that goes two feet off the ground. I’m short, so I need something taller. I see Amazon sells metal step ladders for around $60, so I’ll get one of those.
I do wonder though how easily these blinds will dry. I may need to put down a tarp in my living room and then use a towel to dry off as much water as I can. Well, I can try this with one of my blinds as a test.
A few years ago I stopped drinking Coke products. Before that I had whittled down my carbonated beverage consumption down to just Coke Zero. Personally, I find Coke is the most delicious out of all the carbonated beverages. Realizing that drinking copious amounts of sugar was bad for me, I switched to Coke Zero for many years. It tasted almost exactly like regular Coke but without sugar. I then decided that maybe drinking sugar substitutes wasn’t great either, so I stopped drinking Coke Zero as well.
As some of you know though, a few months ago, I started drinking Coke with coffee as a little “treat” from time to time. A few things are keeping my consumption of that low. First, it’s sold out frequently in almost every store that stocks it. Second, it’s expensive at over $3 for a single can in most stores. In comparison, you can almost get six cans of Coke in some places for $4.
One day last week, I was looking for some Coke with coffee but they were all sold out. My eyes wandered to the regular Coke selection and I saw a six-pack of these small Coke Zeroes that had no caffeine. They have these 222ml cans now, which is great if you want just a small hit of Coke without committing to a whole 355ml can. Anyways, I decided to buy this little six-pack. It was the first time I bought a six-pack of Coke in probably over half a decade.
In the course of about four days, I’ve had two of these little cans, so it’s not like I’m crushing a six-pack in a single day. I’m not sure if this is just a one-time thing. I’m hoping maybe it is. I don’t really need more soda in my life.