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Cake day: June 5th, 2025

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  • Definitely weird. WiFi connections are poor, but VPN connection over the same WiFi link is good.

    That makes me think perhaps DNS like others have said, or it could be something with your local routing table trying to reach something that’s not reachable. I would probably check the routing table first for anything weird. Like, you might have a static route applied from DHCP, but it’s ignored by your phone OS.

    Since you can reproduce it in the browser I would probably look next at browser dev tools (F12). Go to the network tab. Then reproduce the problem. Once the task properly finishes, hit pause and sort by duration. You can also right click the headers and add a Timings>Latency column. See if there’s anything interesting.

    Like, are the slow steps hitting a new domain name? Is there a slow POST among faster GETs? Is a step repeating after a timeout?

    If nothing’s obvious there I would be tempted to repeat but lower level with wireshark to get the whole network picture. Get a good capture of the problem with a general sense of the timing of the problem pauses (in seconds from the start of capture). Find them in the cap and see what’s what. Compare good vs bad if no clear trends present themselves.













  • Nice setup. I really like the custom pouch. that’s the kind of thing I like to make.

    Is that elastic webbing stitched as a bit storage?

    I had high hopes for the SOG Powerpint. The bitholder is genius, as is its compound leverage for the pliers, like other SOG multitools. And then the can opener snapped off while trying to open a can. Maybe I did it wrong, but I’ve used SAK can openers (new and old style), p-38s, p-51s, pocketknives and even chefs knives to open cans without any trouble. But that Powerpint opener was defeated by a can of tuna. it seems not sharp enough and beveled the wrong way for its placement in the knife. When the can started bending in I stopped and gave it a bit better edge. But it puts the cutting edge a bit away from the rim, and that lets the lid stretch. If you flip it and try going the other way round then the handle gets in the way so you can’t pivot it properly.

    After it broke I used the main knife blade and got the can open in 1/10th the time I spent fiddling with the opener. But this ended the Powerpint’s use as my one blade while traveling. Now I prefer a SAK (better scissors too) and Knipex pliers.