Matisyahu's Blog

Another day another dime and this morning Santa came late and dropped off a chest freezer that’ll be put into my office (no room in the kitchen) where I’ll gradually build up a good supply of food so that there is less temptation to buy take outs. It’s been a week of taking this approach and the net result has been two weeks where no takeaways have been purchased which has not only benefited my budgeting my also help my general health overall so I’m going to keep pushing forward, focus on improving my cooking skills to the point that cooking at home is enjoyable rather than a burden.

I’ve finally filed the leave with my boss where from 27 May to 27 June I’ll be heading over to Europe for a month – flying into France then takin the Eurostar over to spend time in London then offf on a 22 day tour around the United Kingdom. I’m gradually saving up money for spending money while I am over there but something that I am going to do, which I don’t normally do, I’ll be taking photos. Yeah, I have a bit of an aversion to taking photos of myself but I’ll be happy to take plenty of photos of the trip because I’ll see sights worth photographing.

Am I getting to that point in my life that I am finding myself less and less interested in watching the latest television series – the stories are predictable and with each release I am becoming less and less excited to the point now that what used peak my interest is now a shoulder shrug. I can also see the benefit of traditional television where you just flick it on and watch what ever is scheduled without having to go through the drama of trying fo find something – someone else has made that choice and nine times out of ten it is good enough to pass some time as background noise as I am updating my blog. I’m also feeling that way when it comes to politics and news in general – it’s getting the point that it feels as though I’m stuck in loop like the movie Groundhog Day where it is the same day over and over again.

Chrome 121 was released recently then there was a update from 121.0.6167.85 to 121.0.6167.139 today and so far things are working well and along with that update Nothing has released Nothing OS 2.5.2 (Android 14) for Nothing Phone (1). At the moment they’re doing a staggered roll out with those who participated in the public beta receiving it first (link) and if past releases are like they’ll roll it out country by country but there will also be the option to download it directly then sideload it (which is what I’ll be doing).