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Category: Technology

  • Random thoughts on my day off.

    As I have gotten older I’ve found that things that I thought were important aren’t actually all that important. A good example of this was the frustration I would have using Windows and the UI inconsistencies that existed, they would be the bane of my existence and ultimately what drove me into the arms of…

  • A new round of betas and more.

    Just having a read through the Webkit website to see what the latest Safari Technology Preview has in store (link) and what peaked my interest was this: The support is present on M3 as well as A17 SoC – I’m holding off for the M4 or M5 because I’m interesting in seeing Apple move to…

  • Almost the end of another week

    One more day to go and it’ll be the end of another week. Wheels are in motion to get a new desk setup in my soon to be office where I will be working from home thus having a dedicated room where I work – it also means I’m not having to use my own…

  • Grocery shopping and clean up around home.

    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…

  • Enjoying the weekend.

    Enjoying my weekend (Monday and Tuesday) with the first I went for a walk down to my local cafe and had a eggs bene (with smoked salmon) along with a bowl of mochaccino – a nice way to start the day with a late brunch by getting me out of the home and getting in…

  • Random thoughts.

    This week has been pretty good with it ending the week where I have found out I’ll end up getting a bonus for the work for the last 6 months of the year which will be nice for when I head overseas – paying for travel insurance along with a bit of spending money. It’ll…

  • Apple releases updates for the remaining platforms.

    Apple released this morning (Friday NZ time) updates for macOS, tvOS, watchOS etc. which includes not only a whole lot of security fixes (link) it also includes a pretty major upgrade for Safari (link) which translates into performance improvements, improvements in web standards compliance and much more. In the past I’ve been pretty harsh on…

  • Some random thoughts.

    So there have been a parade of articles come out regarding ‘Project Titan’, an rumoured electric car from Apple, has been shut down (link). I can’t help but get a sense that the whole ‘Project Titan’ has been getting slowly wound down over the last several years with the next generation of CarPlay being announced…

  • Thinking about Firefox and other things.

    I’m reading through articles talking about how Mozilla is planning for the future in terms of generating revenue and growing Firefox market share. The thing is, if you want to grow market share then you need to win over the tech enthusiasts, the family member who is ‘good with computers’, the van guard of early…

  • A couple of days off from work.

    I’ve been powering through having a sore throat and coughing because I didn’t have any sick leave left and I’ve used my annual leave for my trip overseas at the end of May so I’ve decided to take two days off to properly recover rather than pushing through and find it hangs around for longer.…