Lesser known Apple Watch workouts

In the early days the web app allowed you log arbitrary activities; it would tote up the calorie value of all of them. Where did they get the activities? From a public domain list of activities and their caloric value--compiled by U.S. government economists starting in the 1930s when they wanted to estimate the caloric needs of Americans to make sure there was enough food for all the hungry farm workers and factory laborers during the Depression.

I was there the day we removed that database and ceremonially typed in "starting a..." and there was no longer an autocomplete for it.

1barring the extra physical requirements for unwieldy pieces of pressed particle board

1,000% this. I can only assume the people who complain about IKEA instructions and/or quality have never purchased a flat-pack furniture product from any other big stores. The assembly and quality-per-dollar are both almost always much worse.

> Also, I don't understand why hex bits for drills are not a thing.

You mean like Allen wrench heads? I expect they strip too easily, under the kind of torque even a very-tame electric driver delivers.

IKEA sells (or used to at least) a battery powered screwdriver/drill with all of the common bits for ikea furniture, including the hex ones. It’s pretty good quality for the price, even has an adjustable clutch for not stripping screws.

Huh? In my experience everything that describes itself as electric screwdriver comes with hex bits in its bit set. IKEA's own drill (Fixa [1]) has a somewhat limited bit set, but also includes two (presumably the two you need to assemble IKEA products).

I'd understand if drills without torque limiter would leave them out, after all the bits are already pretty close to round. But then again, why would those come with bits at all?

1: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/fixa-screwdriver-drill-lithium-...

That said, be careful to set the torque fairly low. (Invest in a driver with a clutch if you don't have one!) It's way too easy to overdrive the fasteners.

It took me a while but I have created a good set for assembling ikea furniture:

dewalt gyroscopic screwdriver: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00DL7QDS2

This screwdriver is KEY to assembling ikea furniture. Not only does it have a clutch, but the twist action gives you the finesse to tighten without spinning the screw and stripping the soft ikea woodlike substances.

I think it preserves your "mechanics feel"[1] you normally only get from hand tools.

allen bits: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B085986848

allen ball-end bit: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E7ZPUE

drivers: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/product/B08RS29QVS

favorite phillips bits: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B003X4YSDU (don't seem to slip as easily)

[1] "zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance"

"There’s what’s called “mechanic’s feel,” which is very obvious to those who know what it is, but hard to describe to those who don’t; and when you see someone working on a machine who doesn’t have it, you tend to suffer with the machine.

The mechanic’s feel comes from a deep inner kinesthetic feeling for the elasticity of materials." ... [read the book for more]

https://images.homedepot-static.com/productImages/9ba9ebd6-8...

I haven’t attempted an IKEA build without my drill for many years.

Search for a quick change or rapid load bit adapter, and then grab any set of standard hex bits.

Oh, absolutely. I've assembled other stuff where the parts didn't match the illustrations, similar-but-not-identical parts weren't labelled, and the order of operations led to impossible steps and I literally had to undo several to change the order. Nothing I've assembled has been as easy as IKEA.

That said, my daughter and I (mostly her) just assembled a dresser from IKEA that took ~6 hours. It had something like 60 steps.

The bees were really angry and we got stung multiple times. Luckily we’re not allergic and were able to run away. They stopped attacking after we were out of range (my guess), about 70 meters away.

Edit: typo.