Sami

I started a blog—thingsitried.com—for honest reviews and firsthand experiences with restaurants, products, services, and technology. I have a couple of affiliate links on there, but having made no money yet, it is really an experiment to see if anyone cares about anything I write.

2025-04-07
2025-03-23

Silence of the Alarms: My Airhood Rescue Story

Cooking in our house has always been a bit of an adventure—one that usually ends with the blaring sound of smoke alarms. No matter what I try to cook in a frying pan, the alarms seem inevitable. Even with the range hood on full blast, making a simple steak or burger is a guaranteed way to set them off. And it's not just the stovetop—our oven has triggered them too!

thingsitried.com/2025/03/22/si

2025-03-10

Delica Japanese Deli Review: Small Spot, Big Flavors

I found myself in San Francisco for a work event this past week. While I was there, I met up with a friend at the Ferry Building for lunch. Our first lunch spot choice was a new place my friend had heard about called "Lunette Cambodia". Unfortunately, they were closed on Monday and we found that our second choice of "Terrane" closed at 2pm (it was 2:30).

thingsitried.com/2025/03/09/de

2025-03-01

More SEMRush

I've been using SEMRush a lot more lately. I need some backlinks. Bing delisted me and I think it might have something to do with that warning in Bing Webmaster that I don't have enough high quality backlinks. One method I landed on was looking at others in the niche. Throw their domain into SEMRush. What is their authority? How much traffic do they get?

thingsitried.com/2025/03/01/mo

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