Daily Note - January 11, 2022

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• Published yesterday’s daily note. The Keyboard Maestro macro I wrote to automate this is proving useful.

• Updated my navigation menu to include Daily Notes and my Coaching services.

• I’m thinking of starting a paid private community at some point, so I was looking at the pricing of the top paid tech newsletters on substack. They range from $5 - $35 per month.

• Continued working on the premium version of my Terminal app: the easiest way to install Ruby on a Mac.

• Started rewriting my Ruby installation guide to simplify it and better communicate the value of the Terminal app. Follow along in this Twitter thread.

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• Did Day 2 of Emma Lovewell’s Crush Your Core program.

• Did a 30 minute power walk around the neighborhood with my wife.

• The freezer in our LG fridge (model LFX23961ST, manufactured in 2009) stopped cooling. Thankfully, the fridge section is still working.

• I called a bunch of the top-rated appliance repair shops listed in Checkbook, but none of them service LG refrigerators. I learned that I had to go through LG to find someone. Luckily, it was easy to get a list of certified services. I looked them up, and the one that had the best reviews was KOAM Home Appliance Service Corp.

• I called KOAM and Gina was very helpful. She said the issue was most likely a failed compressor and asked me to email her a photo of the label inside the fridge. She called back and said the compressor part is discontinued and recommended replacing it.

• Went to Costco to check out fridges. According to Wirecutter and Consumer Reports, LG is the recommended brand. They only had one model on display, so we went to Best Buy where they had a ton. We liked model LG LRFWS2906S (29 cu. ft.), which was within our budget of around $2000. Consumer Reports gives it a 77 rating.

• Costco was our preferred vendor because of their extended warranty and free installation and haul away, but unfortunately that model was not in stock. The only model in stock was LRFCS2503S (25 cu. ft.) for $2049 (vs $1898 for the bigger one).

• We compared them both on the LG website, and we assumed the reason why the smaller one is more expensive is because it uses the newer Linear Compressor which comes with a 10-year warranty, although after the 5th year it only covers the part, not labor.

• In comparison, the bigger and cheaper model is covered for both parts and labor for 5 years, but then nothing is covered after that.

• I tried to look up the difference between the Smart Inverter Compressor and the Linear Compressor, but didn’t find anything useful. However, I did find people complaining about the linear compressor failing.

• The bigger one has 4 split shelves, for more flexible positioning, versus 2 long shelves in the smaller model. The bigger one also has a water dispenser, but the smaller one does not.

• We ended up getting the bigger LRFWS2906S from Home Depot, which was the only place that had it in stock. It should be here on the 20th. I made sure to pay with my Chase Sapphire Reserve card, which extends the warranty by one year.