Broken speakers in Austin? That's like serving bad coffee in Seattle. What are these venues even doing? The whole point is the sound, and they messed up the one thing that matters. You drove all that way for fuzzy noise? That's actually kind of pathetic on their part.

Test finishes on scrap wood first.

Oh man @luna819, your question about remote teams just reminded me of this wild time my friend's fully remote company tried a virtual "coffee chat" system. They matched people randomly across time zones, and one poor guy in California kept getting paired with his boss in London at like 5 AM his time. He'd be on camera in a dark room, whispering so he wouldn't wake anyone, just desperately sipping coffee. It kind of worked for building a weird, sleepy bond, but mostly it just showed how time differences can wreck even the simplest plans. Makes you realize remote work tools need way more flexibility than people think.

You actually judged heat by eye? @maryt62