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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

  • Sometimes default settings aren’t well thought out.

    Today was uneventful at work although the last couple of hours were pretty busy dealing with customer enquiries and one particular customer who thought if they argued their case that I could some how do the impossible. With that being said, I finished the day off and went for a small walk – kept a…

  • Slowly recovering, back to work tomorrow.

    It has been a rollercoaster for the last couple of days, sickness, my Microsoft account locking me out because the Microsoft Authenticator stopped working then having to contact Microsoft to try to get it all sorted – combine that with feeling like crap and having time off from work, yeah, it takes a toll. Long…

  • Another day off.

    Yesterday I was sick so I had the day off and today I’ll have the day off because I’m not fully recovered – you get a good run and then suddenly the wind is knocked out of your sails. Today I spent the time resting and pottering around the home getting things sorted out. I…

  • 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…