Lol, the quick rinse worked fine for me too, I never bother with the long soak and my fries still crunch.

Oven behind fridge? Classic AI design chaos!

Shooting in Joshua Tree last month, I got maybe two or three faint streaks across a 30-second exposure at most. You're right on the money, @derek_schmidt. Stacking just ten frames completely averaged them out in the final image. People do seem to panic over something that basic processing fixes.

That's fantastic the native flowers were such a hit. My own track record with local plants is a bit more grim, mostly involving things I've managed to kill through sheer neglect. I once over-loved a pot of marigolds to death. So the fact you pulled this off and inspired a class project is really wonderful. It's always a great feeling when a creative risk works out better than you hoped. Getting the kids excited is the best kind of reward.

I switched to a different wheel builder for my last custom wheel build. Found a smaller shop online that hand-builds to order, and they had my spokes cut and shipped in under a week (they use Sapim, which was fine for my needs). The wait for niche parts can be brutal sometimes.