I was at the art museum in Cleveland and saw something about hair

I went to the Cleveland Museum of Art last weekend and spent a long time in the Renaissance portrait gallery. I noticed that in almost every single painting, the subjects had these incredibly intricate braids and hairpieces, way more complex than I'd ever tried. It hit me that those artists were basically documenting the hairstyling trends of the 1500s, just like we post photos now. Has anyone else gotten styling ideas from old paintings or historical art?

Unpopular opinion: I thought 'cold DM outreach' was a total waste of time for getting clients.

I forced myself to send 10 personalized messages a day for a month after reading a case study, and it actually landed me a $2,500 project. What's a growth tactic you were wrong about?

Warning: a homeowner in Boise made me rethink my whole approach to underlayment

I was finishing a glue-down vinyl job last week, and the client asked me why I was using a 6mm pad instead of something thinner. He said his last installer told him a thick pad could void the warranty on rigid core planks. I checked the manufacturer specs right there, and he was totally right. I've been doing it that way for years without a second thought. Has anyone else had a warranty call over something like this?

Had a maple limb kick back on me in a tight backyard in Portland last spring.

The notch closed early, the piece barber-chaired and swung right into the fence, but I had a secondary line on it so we just had to replace three panels instead of the whole thing, anyone have a better trick for those narrow spaces?

Back in 2010 I thought buying pre-cut veggies was a huge time saver, now I just grab a whole cabbage for like $1.50

Visiting the Cahokia Mounds and the thing that got me was the sheer SCALE

I was in Illinois last month and finally went to the Cahokia Mounds site. Standing at the base of Monks Mound, you just can't grasp how massive it is from pictures. The guide said it took over 300 years to build, moving that much earth basket by basket. It completely changes how you see pre-Columbian North America. Has anyone else been there and felt totally humbled by the place?

Serious question, I've been blow-drying my clients' hair with the nozzle off for five years because I thought it gave more volume. A new stylist at my salon in Boise just asked me why I was doing it that way.

Heads up about the new construction site off Route 9 in Millville

I drove by there yesterday and the ground support for the mobile crane looked like it was sitting on pure, uncompacted fill dirt that had just been dumped, which is a major red flag for anyone setting up.

Finally got my Python script to run 5 times faster

I was trying to pull data from a website for a small project. For a month, I used a method that checked each page one by one, and it took about 20 minutes to finish. Yesterday, I tried using the 'requests' library with a simple loop instead of my old way, and the whole thing ran in under 4 minutes. The difference was just learning to let the library handle the connections. Has anyone else had a big speed boost from switching a basic method?

Had to choose between a 4-inch and 6-inch block for a garden wall in Denver, went with the 4-inch and it worked out