Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Repairing the Charging Coaster of a Self-Heating Mug

 My last post explained why I like my self-heating mug so much, but it ended with a well-deserved kvetch: The entire mug becomes useless when a pin on the charging coaster gets stuck. If you Google charging coaster pin, you'll see complaints from all over the Internet about various brands that all have the same problem:¹


One of the pins gets stuck, and no amount of prodding, poking, beseeching, or percussive maintenance will cajole it back into place.

Design of a Self-Heating Mug

...why I went to so much trouble to fix it!

One of my favorite gifts this holiday season was a large mug that keeps my coffee or tea hot. I wish the battery lasted longer, but there are a bunch of really nice features:


Saturday, January 4, 2025

Silly JavaScript Tricks

 ...or "Bookmark(let)s Are Your Friends"

Just a small collection of bookmarks and bookmarklets I created to make web browsing slightly more pleasant.

Fair warning: I speak Java, but not JavaScript. So fee free to laugh at my non-idiomatic code, or better yet, leave constructive comments. You're also welcome to copy, paste, modify, and share any of them. Just remember that most were intended to be quick-and-dirty solutions to problems that pestered me, which means they may fold, spindle, or mutilate any machine they run on. Think of them as week-old leftovers: they may still be delicious, or they may be growing green and black fuzzy critters. Or both.