Taiwan minor update

Haven't been doing much exciting, largely staying home and reading Cherryh. Had an illness scare a couple days ago, throat feeling off and me preferring high temperature, but it broke after a day.

I was running low on cash, went out to ATMs tonight, and discovered not all convenience stores here have ATMs, neither the Family Mart nor the 7-11. Other branches may, but not those. Used Hilife, later found my supermarket has the same ATM, closer.

At the supermarket I saw someone bike up, simply prop his bike against the wall, and go in. This shouldn't be surprising given all the unlocked bikes I've seen, but still.

Science! I'd suspected my old fridge was warm, confirmed it with my Aranet (and found that Bluetooth can penetrate the fridge walls), and reported the 10 C temps to my host. Yesterday I got a new fridge, with a warning to let the compressor oil settle for 4 hours before turning it on; I'd have liked a warning about that so I could run down my food. But it's on now, and indeed much colder, I've measured as low as 1.5 C near the bottom on max power, though it's a bit warmer right now. Warmest on the upper shelf of the fridge door, as high as 7 C there. I've supplemented the Aranet with some cups of water at various levels in the fridge, so I can stick my instant meat thermometer in and measure them.

I bought a package of Taiwanese sausage tonight, only realizing at home that it's raw. I started microwaving a couple, then switched to the rice cooker's steamer basket; less likelihood of explosion. I may finally break out the hot plate for the rest.