Matisyahu's Blog

Went down to the supermarket to pick up some groceries for the week – one of the habits I’ve gotten myself into is ensuring that my fridge, freezer and cupboards are well stocked so then I’ve always got something to choose from which stops me from being tempted to order take away. Tomorrow I’m looking at heading into Noel Leeming to grab some USB-C Apple earbuds along with some air tags for when I go for a trip overseas – gotta keep track of ones luggage so if it does go missing one can always track where it is. Although I do have some Samsung USB-C earbuds the problem is that they really don’t fit into my hear and it is made worse when I am wearing my motorcycle helmet because when I put it on it pulls the earbuds out of my ears.

The chest freezer is going really well so far and the cost of running it on the standard setting it was set to when I plugged it in only uses around $6 worth of electricity per month which is more than offset by the money saved by the fact that I can bulk buy food when on special. There were some good sausages on special, English muffins are always good to freeze because they defrost so quickly and can be a break quick meal at the end of a late shift (working from 1330 to 2200 on Friday and Saturday at home) because I prefer not to eat my meal during my shift (eating during my shift makes me not want to go back to work).

Lots of complaints about macOS 14.4 update dominated the discussions over on Reddit and Macrumours but I really don’t know enough of the technical underpinnings to know whether it was a regression on the part of Apple or whether in the process of addressing a security bug (or just general run of the mill bug) that they had to break compatibility but failed to adequately communicate those changes to the developer community so that they could issue updates to their software to address issues regarding compatibility. Let’s hope that what ever the case maybe that this week (or maybe next week) Apple will release an update to address the problems being reported.

Another week enjoying being back in the Apple ecosystem – iPhone 15 Pro Max but I’ve disabled the ‘always on display’ and with it disabled the battery life is massive, I’ve had it barely recharge it but then again I don’t run games and other software that would tax the processor and thus use massive amounts of power. Part of moving back to the iPhone meant moving to the One NZ (formally Vodafone NZ) and the consistent 5G coverage has been really good, it appears that carriers in New Zealand are not only fixing up their 4G coverage by making greater use of 700MHz but also making 5G 3500MHz available at more cell sites.

Regarding the trip overseas, I’m still wondering whether I should open up an Instagram account to share my photos or whether I should just wait till I come home then upload them to share on my blog – I’ve got two months to make up my mind so I’m in no rush.