Mitch's Blog

On Reddit: What’s a small quality-of-life upgrade at home that you now refuse to live without?

My response: This cushioned lap desk. I bring my laptop into our sunroom, sit on the daybed cross-legged and read and type in comfort. I’m using it with my MacBook right now!

The original post has been removed by the subreddit’s overzealous moderators (an example of why I rarely post to Reddit anymore)), but you can still read the comments.

2026-09-01

I preordered a Clicks Power Keyboard at the beginning of the year and it arrived a few weeks ago. It’s a BlackBerry style thumb keyboard that attaches to your phone using the phone’s built-in MagSafe or Qi2 magnet.

So far, I’m not finding it to be practical — it’s uncomfortable to use with my Pro Max iPhone. Typing on the screen keyboard is faster and more comfortable than using Clicks.

But it’s a fun little gadget and maybe I’ll get faster and more comfortable with practice.

After first trying it, I decided to send it back but i kept putting it off and now I’m glad I hung on to it.

2026-09-01

I just spent an hour shredding cardboard boxes that I was saving because they could be useful for something. Perfectly good boxes, destroyed like garbage.

This is a very difficult moment for me and I ask for your emotional support.

2026-09-01

Søren Kierkegaard, 1847 www.reddit.com/r/walking…_danish_philosopher_s%C3%B8ren_kierkegaard_in_1847/

The Coming Meat, 1880 reddit.com/r/vintage…_coming_meat_1880/

King of the Fourth Planet, by Robert Moore Williams. Cover artist: Ed Emshwiller reddit.com/r/CoolSci…_of_the_fourth_planet_by_robert_moore/

2026-09-01