Three coats of plaster later and I've got a ceiling that looks better than my landlord's work, but my shoulders feel like I ran a marathon with a bucket on my head. The old guy in Vermont made it look so easy, like he was frosting a cake instead of wrestling with a hundred pounds of wet powder. I've got a crack in my hallway too, and I'm pretty sure it's going to stay there until I sell this place or it brings a wall down, whichever comes first.

Honestly, the Palm Tungsten's alarm was actually pretty solid for its time, but that gentle beeping is a lot quieter than most modern phones. Tbh, my old BlackBerry had a feature like that, plus a physical mute switch that I only found years later when I was messing with it for fun. Ngl, it took me forever to realize the bedside clock app on my tablet had a sunrise simulation option, which beats any beeping for me. Just goes to show, sometimes the boring built-in stuff is the best.