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"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick'"

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Category: Personal

  • A big change after many years.

    For those who don’t know, I’ve been in the Apple ecosystem going right back to the days of the eMac 1Ghz that was released in 2003 and ever since I made that switch, I’ve been solidly in the Apple ecosystem however recent events and changing priorities has made be reevaluate my decision to go all…

  • Windows 11 is actually pretty good.

    I’ve come back after getting my mum’s new computer setup (we bought a USB hub, mouse, keyboard etc from the local computer store) and what shocked me was how good Windows 11 actually is – not just surprised but substantially better than Windows 10 especially given that it is running on modern hardware, AMD Ryzen™…

  • End of the week.

    Finished work at 10pm tonight and went for a 17.4km walk – shorter than last night but that is all I felt like. Legs and feet a bit sore but it feels good having accomplished something with the reward once home being a nice hot shower to relax the muscles. On Monday I’ve decided to…

  • A really cold and uncomfortable night.

    I’ve just come back from a long walk night, slightly over 20km, but it was really cold tonight .The temperature according to the Metservice is 4 degrees celsius but it feels closer to 2 degrees celsius – I should have worn a long sleeve t-shirt under my jumper but I thought it would be sufficient…

  • Some random thoughts.

    I went for a short walk after work today because light rain started and I wanted to avoid getting stuck in a downpour like what happened a few months ago when I thought that some drizzle wouldn’t turn into heavy rain. I came back and had a small snack – a tuna, rice and beans…

  • Things are settling down.

    Today was uneventful at work and then afterwards I went for a 17.4km walk which was done in under 3 hours – I like to keep track of time so that I maintain a decent pace so then I get the most out of the exercise. I was lucky in that when I came back…

  • Today was a good day.

    Today was a good day and I finally worked out what may have happened in Sunday – it appears that the AWS Connection integration with Salesforce goes pear shaped if you set yourself offline but not log out. Oh well, you live and you learn so tonight I made sure I logged out of Salesforce…

  • A night off from exercise.

    It’s cold, it’s rainy and it is miserable so I have decided to take a day off from exercising and instead enjoy a relaxing time at home with the heater going and keeping warm. I went to mum’s place to have dinner and order a ‘Beelink SER9 Pro AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370’ computer…

  • A good workout.

    I’ve just come back from a 24km walk – my legs are sore, my feet are sore and I am exausted but I feel good after having a good work out. I guess that feeling is in part due to setting out a goal and then going to achieve it and not giving up at…

  • A good start to the week.

    I woke up this morning just before midday and headed down to Awanui Labs which does the blood testing – the test was for liver function and blood sugar to see how things are progressing. I’ve continued losing weight since my last blood test so hopefully that should translate to better blood test results but…