One year with a 38mm Murph … a short review

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After one year with my Hamilton Khaki Murph 38mm it has shown to be a workhorse. Barely a scratch (mostly on the bracelet) and the movement has kept its accuracy to less than 3 seconds per day closer to 1 second). Fantastic overall for its cost-to-performance.

Very comfortable to wear.

It was my first no-date three-hander. It is so easy to set up from no power. It is a hassle-free watch. 80 hours of power reserve means many Mondays I have returned to it without missing a beat.

I have noticed some markings on the rotor which may be due to moisture. It has been worn cold many times with abrupt transition to warm temperatures. I may have to take better care in this area, drying the watch properly after wear.

Anniversary 20th

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It’s been twenty years. How much and little I have written.

Not much about sustainability these days (there is nothing sustainable about my life right now). Though it is an important other things are more urgent.

Stuff I do not write about are the ones that occupy me the most. That’s the irony and reality.

Anyway, there are hints of it here. You will see them.

All Wordled Out

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Today, I finish all the Wordle available up to this day. That’s 1,688 wordles.

These are my tips for consistent results. For the first guess

  • use high frequency letters
  • use five unique letters
  • balance out between consonant and vowels (2:3 is best in my opinion).

For the second guess:

  • use revealed letters but shift position if yellow, and stay if green (just as in hard mode)
  • use new set of unrevealed letters
  • use high frequency letters
  • if a vowel is revealed in the first guess don’t guess with a second unrevealed vowel.

70 percent of words will have 5 unique letters. Over 25 percent will have 4 unique letters (one repeated). Less than 3 percent will use 3-or-less letters.

4 guesses is a par. 3 guesses is a birdie. Failing to finish in six guesses should be at a rate of less than once a month.

Generically Dependent Continuant

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A genetically dependent continuant (GDC) is something which depends on a substrate to “exist”.

Latin as a dead language could be thought of as a GDC which survives until today even though as a language it is not used within any culture.

Another example is the Inca culture. It survives not because the culture has survived but because the descendants see evidence of it and remembers because of objects relating to Inca culture have survived and reminded them of its past presence.

Once all people who know of the Inca culture, and once all related objects disappear Inca culture will vanish, that is, seize to exist.

Aoinishiki

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Congratulations to Aoinishiki. He will undoubtedly become the next Yokozuna. In the three year since his debut he has lost all but 34 times from over five-hundred bouts. Amazing record. His win this January was astounding including the final day’s match. The kubinage (neck throw) move was clean and mature for someone so young. Looking forward to the next tournament already.

One and done? Nah!

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I have found my one-and-done watch—the Hamilton Murph 38mm on the bracelet. Great watch. Simple. Useful. Beautiful. Durable. Reliable. The best for the price.

After six months of almost wearing it everyday I have finally gotten a little sick of it. I have two watches on bracelet (a Jazzmaster GMT and Seiko 5 GMT), and a diver (an Orient Star ISO compliant) on the rubber strap which I can wear during the summer. So sometimes, like today, I want to wear something different. This is particularly true of the weekends. I like to wear something different (just as I don’t like wearing my casual weekend clothes for work).

I just couldn’t wear the same watch everyday and weekend. Such is being a fashion victim.

So like clothes we choose accessories to match. Not everything matches, though some watches can go with a lot.

I would probably take the Murph with me on trips since it is so versatile. But at home, I can keep a choice.

Not to lose oneself

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Non-self is not to lose oneself to emptiness or nothingness. This is to gain a different kind of self that is utterly full and truly something.