Matisyahu's Blog

One of the things I hate about working in customer services are people who use us as an emotional sound board because god forbid taking responsibility for decisions they made. After dealing with a few of those I went for my usual 11.6km walk tonight to work it out of my system so then I can have a clear head so when I got home I could have a relaxing shower then jumping into bed to relax by watching a few television episodes. The great thing about walking is not just the health benefits (which helps in the weight loss journey) but also the psychological benefits of being able to unwind and deal with stress and other emotions in a productive way rather than trying to eat ones problems away by resorting to binge eating comfort foods.

Google released a Chrome update today and I would suggest if you haven’t updated to do so pronto – plenty of security fixes for some nasty vulnerabilities (link). Along with that AdGuard 5.2.35 has been released – haven’t noticed any regressions but given the amount of big changes under the hood I have a feeling they’ll be taking their time before they make the big leap to a stable version. Looking forward to comparing the final stable version to uBlock Origin Lite once it is released.

It truly is amazing how the government, be it local or central, can get in the way of good work being done to deal with the homeless crisis (link), if they’re failing to upgrade pipes to allow greater density housing in central Wellington then they’re blocking the ability to create a stop gap measure for homeless people until a more permanent solution can be found in the form of building more social houses. Personally I liked the idea I saw in the US with the homeless veterans communal housing where they were small houses along with a facility where the tenants could hang out together – almost like a common room with a television food preparation facilities etc.