Oh, that is unfortunate. I’m surprised they haven’t fixed it by now.

No, I don’t have any experience with Frank Green products. Hopefully they don’t have the smell issue.

The slide lid is really nice, it keeps almost the same heat retention as the standard lid.

Somehow, I’ve justified a lot of Fellow products to myself haha, they are all very well designed and look so good on my counter.

They definitely aren’t the cheapest option, that’s for sure. They do their job well, and they don’t leak at all with the standard lid. The wide opening is definitely a very nice feature, it does feel more like drinking from a traditional mug.

One thing to note, and I haven’t experienced this myself, is that some people have reported that the ceramic lining can absorb some unpleasant odors. Though I think that was just the early batches, and has since been fixed.

I’m a big fan of the Fellow Carter Move mugs. They definitely keep coffee hot (or cold) for quite some time. I actually have to cool off my freshly brewed coffee before I put it in the mug if I want to drink it in without waiting a long time. There are a few lid options, but I’ve found that the standard lid and slide lid keep temperature the best. There’s also several sizes available, though the 20oz is listed as a cold mug, it’ll work with the hot lids.

I realize I sound like a shill for the brand, but I just really like the mugs haha.

I think you’re right about the plate with studs. On the other hand, I’m pretty sure a tile without studs can be put between studs like that and be legal.

Looks like that is a home brew cap of some sort.

I like to use a French press for my iced coffee so that it has more body and a thicker mouthfeel. I use James Hoffmann’s French press method, but use a 1:14 ratio of coffee to water. The water is split 70:30 water to ice. After the brew is done, I just pour the “concentrate” over the ice to cool it, then pour over fresh ice in a glass.

My standard brew ends up being 32g coffee, 315g water, and 135g ice.

I use the Home Assistant Cloud Remote Control feature, which gives an external URL essentially. It does run through Home Assistant’s servers for external access, but I don’t really mind. I was using a DIY DuckDNS setup, but decided to start using HA Cloud for the Google Assistant integration. Using Remote Control is really easy, and I don’t have to think about my setup.

Currently using wezterm, mostly because it supports font ligatures and alacritty doesn’t (I really like the fancy symbols haha). I do use the window management in wezterm, but I’d go back to tmux if alacritty implements ligatures.

That’s my answer as well. The book is just so bleak. I read it over a decade ago, and I have thought about re-reading it, but can’t bring myself to do it. It is a really good read though.