I will second citric acid.

We had a desktop ice maker with hard water and after about 3 months had issues with ice ejection. Well before then there was visible calcium build-up on the interior surfaces.

Smooth surfaces such as polished metal have fewer areas to harbor bacteria compared to the fibers of a wooden door, for instance. In addition, a flat surface is easier to clean than a round knob.

Another benefit is that some metals have a natural antibacterial property toward bacteria organisms on their surfaces.

Going to pop in with a vote for Kagi. They are paid, but they also run their own index so they don’t use Google at all. Well worth it.

QFT right here. I just started using Kagi this month after being very impressed by the trial period. The $5/month starter plan gives an average of 10 searches per day. It doesnt seem like much but that’s a decent amount of searching for my personal use case. Truth be told I’ll probably end up going for the family plan at $20/month. Up to six users with unlimited search for less than a Netflix subscription.

For sure. I’m going the easy route and just making a webring host site first. Testing out a few codebases right now and should have something this week.

Alright, I’m in. I’ve been looking for something to host on my domain root. New weekend project!

Oh man, I miss the early days of Stumbleupon. So many unique sites.