Matisyahu's Blog

Thought I may as well make a blog post before I head off to sleep – tonight has been really cold and when i mean cold I mean getting down to 0°C so I’ve been having my heater going all night. Sure, the electricity bill is going to be horrible but the alternative is getting cold then sick resulting in higher costs getting myself better again – the old story of an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. It is funny, during the summer I complain about the constant heat and then when winter comes it is dealing with the cold weather but to be honest I’d sooner deal with cold weather than hot weather because it is easier to keep warm with an extra layer of clothing along with the heater going vs. when it is hot and trying to cool down where even a fan with windows open doesn’t really do much.

After much toing and froing I’ve decided that I’ll be moving to One NZ (formally known as Vodafone NZ) for my ISP as well as my mobile. I’ll probably head in tomorrow because it is a good excuse to get myself out of the house for the day – I start to feel like a recluse after a while even though I’m not a great socialiser I do like to get out of the house when I can. I was tempted to go with 2 Degrees but the coverage where I live isn’t as good as Spark or One NZ not to mention that 2 Degrees uses CGNAT which can cause problems when working from home so for the sake of my sanity I decided to go with the safer option with the added benefit that One NZ has IPv6 as well. Oh, and I still have my old SIM card from One NZ which means I can get things setup pretty quickly.