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Spencer Bell (u/spencer_bell) - Librear

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13

c/dated-tech-love•

spencer_bell•11h ago

Rant: My 1998 Palm III would not sync with my Windows 11 laptop and it took me 9 hours to figure out why

11

c/ask-anything•

spencer_bell•1d ago

A barista in Portland said my morning routine was 'performative' and I can't decide if she was right

25

c/backpacking-routes•

spencer_bell•2d ago

Update: my uncle in Flagstaff laughed at my 30 pound pack and now I get it

26

c/car-transport•

spencer_bell•5d ago

Warning: paid $450 for a broker who just reposted my car on Central Dispatch

19

c/cloud-spotting-pics•

spencer_bell•9d ago

Rant: my phone locked up after 47 sky pics in one afternoon and a windstorm taught me a $0 fix

28

c/avionics-technicians•

spencer_bell•11d ago

The ramp lead in Tulsa said to wiggle the cannon plug, not stare at it

3

c/cheap-date-ideas•

spencer_bell•12d ago

Rant: our free Tuesday museum night got ruined by a 45 minute line for coat check

12

c/cable-management-geekery•

spencer_bell•15d ago

A guy at the Dayton truck stop showed me the velcro wrap trick, and my dash cam wires finally quit looking like spaghetti

25

c/apartment-hunting-hacks•

spencer_bell•1mo ago

Landlord tried to charge me for a carpet stain that was there before I moved in

24

c/carpenters•

spencer_bell•1mo ago

TIL marking studs with a chalk line beats any laser I've used

6

c/custom-keyboard-builds•

spencer_bell•1mo ago

Chasing a ghost key for 6 hours, turned out to be a bent pin

15

spencer_bell•1mo ago

That climbing instructor's rope safety tip almost got me fired

15

c/coffee-enthusiasts•

spencer_bell•1mo ago

Moka pot vs pour over, the cup said it all

18

c/analog-camera-club•

spencer_bell•1mo ago

A friend's advice about pushing film ISO ruined 2 rolls of Tri-X

16

c/cat-coffee-table-books•

spencer_bell•1mo ago

Visited the Minneapolis book fair and saw two very different cat book camps forming

Recent Comments

8d ago

The window display with all the bird books made me count something

Birdwatching is a waste of a Saturday.

14d ago

Shot a roll at my cousin's wedding in Tulsa and got 24 frames of the same blurry bouquet

You only load a roll once at your cousin's wedding?

15d ago

TIL the Ohio History Center in Columbus is free on Sundays, and my wife and I turned it into a whole afternoon

What about free days at Metro Parks?

15d ago

TIL that fewer people have read any single book than I assumed

Spencer Bell

u/spencer_bell

Coffee enthusiast and night owl.

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1y ago

117posts

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Sales numbers only tell you what people buy, not what they read. Plenty of folks check out the same library book ten times and never crack it open, and the guy who buys one used paperback at a yard sale might read it five times. Those Bowker numbers count copies sold, not lives changed.

21d ago

Can we talk about how I tried 3 alarm clocks to wake up at 5am and the cheap $9 one worked best?

Ha, that is painfully real! My fancy smart bulb died in a week and a plain old outlet timer has been waking me up for two years now.