TIL my old way of fixing blurry photos is totally gone now

Back in 2018, I'd spend maybe an hour in Photoshop trying to sharpen a blurry picture from a party... it never looked right. Now, I just drop it into an AI tool and hit 'enhance'. The change happened around two years ago when those apps got really good. It fixes focus and even adds detail that wasn't there before. I still can't believe how fast it works. What's the weirdest thing you've fixed with an AI photo tool?

PSA: My grinder was making a weird clicking sound for a month

I thought it was just a loose bean or something, but it turned out to be a tiny piece of a broken burr that had chipped off (I must have hit a rock or something). It took me literally four weeks of ignoring it before I finally took the whole thing apart and found the culprit. Has anyone else had a grinder burr chip on them, and is it a sign I need a replacement set?

Had a 2007 Civic come in with a rough idle that turned out to be a cracked intake boot, but only when the engine was hot.

Vent: My old way to seat a stubborn tire versus the zip tie trick

Had a customer's gravel bike with a tire that just would not pop onto the rim... spent like 20 minutes fighting it with my regular levers, sweating and swearing. My buddy texted me and said to try the zip tie trick, where you put a few around the tire to hold the bead in the center channel. Tried it with three zip ties, and the thing seated with a single pump of the floor pump. Has anyone else found a weird little trick that saved your sanity on a simple job?

Pro tip: A consistent sleep schedule turned my freelance chaos around.

Waking up at the same time daily has given me so much more energy.

From tourists to neighbors: the quiet change in my nomad hub

Everyone says the point is to see as much as possible, so why are so many people signing six-month leases? I think staying in one place for a while beats ticking countries off a list. Are we redefining what it means to be a digital nomad?

Seeing storm damage turned me into a crown thinning believer

I always thought thinning big tree crowns was just extra effort with no real gain. After a bad wind event, the trees I had thinned stayed strong while others lost limbs. Do you make crown thinning a regular part of your tree care plan too?