Went to the library downtown and saw a whole shelf of bullet journals on display.

Am I the only one who just found out how many trees a single mature oak can support?

I was reading an old forestry journal and it said a big white oak can be home to over 500 different insect species. Has anyone else come across a fact that made you look at a common tree totally differently?

Showerthought: a stubborn creosote buildup in a 1920s flue made me switch my brush technique

I used to just push straight up and down, but after that job in the old Craftsman on Maple Street, I started adding a slow twist on the pull-down. Anyone else have a specific move for really old, narrow chimneys?

Remember when we used to heat shrink with a heat gun and a wet rag?

I tried that old trick on a 2018 F-150 bedside last week and the plastic trim piece behind the wheel well warped like crazy. Had to order a new part from the dealer for $85 and explain to the customer why their repair took an extra day. Anyone still use that method on newer trucks, or is it just asking for trouble now?

Found out the first comic book ever sold for 10 cents and it's worth millions now

I was watching a documentary on comic history last night and they dropped this fact. The first Superman comic from 1938, Action Comics #1, originally cost a dime. A copy in good shape sold at auction for over $3 million a few years back. My brain just broke thinking about a 10 cent thing being worth that much. Has anyone else stumbled on a comic fact that just seems totally wild?

I know everyone says to post daily, but I took a full week off my channel in March and my views actually went up.

After I skipped my usual Tuesday upload last week, the algorithm seemed to push my older content harder, and my total watch time for the month in Portland jumped by 15%. Has anyone else seen their numbers improve after a short break?

My portfolio site went from 5 seconds to load down to 1.5 after I compressed my images

I didn't realize how much my huge PNG files were slowing everything down until I ran a speed test last week. Used a free tool called TinyPNG and it made a crazy difference. Anyone else have a simple fix that gave their project a big boost?

Watching my neighbor try to hang a shelf without a level was painful

He eyeballed it, and now it slopes like a ski jump. I keep a 4-foot Stabila in my truck for a reason. How do you guys handle it when you see a DIY project about to go sideways?

I just realized I've lived in the same Albuquerque neighborhood for 15 years.

It hit me when I was filling out a form and had to write the date I moved in. Has anyone else been here longer than they first thought?

Just read that a huge chunk of flooring fails because of bad subfloor prep, not the product itself

I was flipping through an old issue of Floor Covering Installer magazine at the supply house yesterday and saw a stat that stopped me. It said something like 70% of callbacks and warranty claims can be traced back to poor subfloor prep. 70%! I always knew it was important, but that number is wild. It made me think of a job I did about three months ago, a glue-down LVP in a condo. The concrete looked fine, but I spent the extra time grinding down a few high spots and filling the low ones. The homeowner asked why it was taking so long. I almost cut corners to speed up, but that stat proves why you can't. The floor looks perfect now and I know it'll stay that way. How many of you guys have had to go back and fix someone else's rush job because they just slapped planks over an uneven floor?