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I was able to spend the day off the phones replying to emails and other office related work then after work I went for a walk then came home to have the last bit of the turkish bread I bought on Tuesday (I put in the freezer to keep it fresh – I defrosted it then heated it in the oven) and watched a few television episodes I have missed (on my day off next week I’ll try to catch up in my spare time on a few tv series I have missed).

I’ve talked about looking into Microsoft 365 but I was going to fiddle around tonight but I’ll wait for my day off on Monday to be in the right headspace where I can put all my focus rather than being semi-focused resulting in a mistake being made. The downside with the Microsoft 365 account is the silliness of Microsoft creating an artificial distinction between their consumer service and their business service meaning if you want to make use of XBox or Phone Link then you need to have a consumer account. The big question is this – if I am going to go down the path of using Microsoft then do I have a consumer account as my main account where all my devices are logged into then setup an Exchange Online account purely for supporting the custom domain emails with my consumer one being where I store all my files. The other option is to have the Microsoft 365 account as my main account but leave the consumer account for when I want to use Phone Link and maybe use an XBox in future.

I’m leaning towards the consumer as my main and a Exchange Online purely for my email so then I have a single account that glues together all my devices into a single ecosystem which also works better with Samsung given that the integration between Samsung Gallery and OneDrive only works with consumer OneDrive. With that being said, Android integrates best with Google Workspace not to mention Chrome, compatibility etc. I’m 99% sure I’ll stay with Google but it is good to see what the alternatives are that exist rather than blindly going with a solution without first doing an investigation into those alternatives.

Regarding the September update, everything is working smoothly so far – no regressions. As I’ve said in the past, it is always funny how there appears to be a never ending of people posting their tales of woe on the internet about how the latest Windows update has broken something and yet here I am, as cool as a cucumber, without a single problem. I’m going to go out on a bit of a limb and guess that because I don’t fiddle around with things I don’t understand I don’t inadvertently break things then blame Microsoft for my own stupidity.

There there some information floating around on the internet that the One UI 8 will start rolling out on 18 September 2025 (link) however there is also the September 2025 update for One UI 7 as well. Given the date it makes me wonder whether 18 September is when Samsung will start making it available to carriers then maybe we’ll start seeing the roll out begin in October after they get feedback from carriers, make any necessary changes then start rolling out the update to end users region by region.

Daily writing prompt

What are your favorite types of foods?

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My favourite foods when it comes to a meal I can make myself would be: lamb burgers with ploughman’s relish, lamb patty, beetroot, tomato, red onion, cos lettuce and garlic mayo in between a kaiser roll or a pan seared salmon with steamed vegetables with a drizzle of hollandaise over the top. For desert depending on the whether, if it is cold weather then it is something like a stick date pudding with either custard or ice cream (depending on the mood I’m in) or on a hot day then it is either a banoffee pie or a cheesecake with a berry compote. If it were a restaurant then it would be a slow cooked lamb shank on a potato mash, a red wine gravy paired up with a Otago Pinot Noir along with a rustic desert like a sticky date pudding or maybe a apple and rhubarb pie with some ice cream.