Matisyahu's Blog

The body is gradually mending itself after the accident on last week – I had a chat to the doctor as I needed to follow up on getting ACC sorted out, he advised that I get it sorted out when I go to my local GP on Friday to as a follow up to a few health related issues that were raised which I’ll speak to my doctor about. On plus side at least the appointment is scheduled for 4pm – afterwards I’ll grab a coffee and either head home or maybe stop off at mum’s place for dinner. Long story short, it will be a long road to recovery but I’ll eventually get there. I popped into the GP today and got the issue with ACC sorted out and scheduled a blood test – the GP said it was good that I started getting my lifestyle sorted out with the diet change I have made but thought it would be best to get a blood test to find out where things stand at the moment and whether there is anything additional that may need to be done.

Maybe this whole accident worked out for the best – picking up an issue that may have gone unnoticed until it was too late. Reminds me of watching those YouTube shorts where people will take their car in for something minor like an oil leak and then the technician dives in deeper to find that there is a lot more occurring under the hood that needs fixing.

I’ve updated Chrome and AdGuard Version 5.0.176 – things are going pretty good so far. I’ve uploaded macOS, tvOS and iOS to the latest version then gave the updated Safari a try but the extension framework is still very much limited in functionality when compared to what Chrome and Firefox offer. I always like to give Safari a chance – I don’t want to be one of those sort who run a piece of software into the dirt based off a bad experience many years but haven’t used it recently. I always hold out hope that something will improve but I keep my expectations realistic.

I’ve given uBlock Origin Lite a try on another profile to see whether there have been improvements blocking but believe it’ll still be very much limited when compared to AdGuard which uses a variety of javascript libraries to stop the sort of annoying popups (along with supporting rules the end user has also setup) particular the way some websites will have hidden areas where if you click it opens up a new window or pressing play results in another window opening. With that being said, I’m always looking over at Firefox to see what they’re doing as so far as bringing their browser into greater compatibility with web standards as to avoid situations where there is incompatibility between a website and the web browser one chooses to use.

On Wednesday I popped down to the mall, had a cappuccino and muffin from muffin break then headed into Spark to see what the latest crop of Android phones are like. The Samsung S24 Ultra is a pretty good device but it’ll be interesting to see what the Samsung S25 Ultra brings along with Android 15. When Android is updated the OEM keeps with the same release of the linux kernel but when a new phone is released the newest long term supported version – in the case of Android 15 it is the linux kernel version 6.6.