Matisyahu's Blog

"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: Technology

  • A couple of settings can make all the difference.

    So I’ve changed the setting on all of my devices to ‘reduced transparency’ then voila the performance improves, the stuttering on my tvOS device disappears – I don’t know what Apple did in terms of their liquid glass transparency but holy heck it must have had performance penalty. My Apple TV 4K was a bit…

  • Getting back into using MarsEdit.

    For a while now I’ve been using the web based interface however given that I have a copy of MarsEdit I thought I may as well give it a try again. The one benefit of having a native app is the ability to work offline. I’m going to give it ago and see how it…

  • Finally settled on a new theme.

    I’ve been spending a few days trying to find a fresh new look and I finally found one that is a good balance between simplicity so that the content is the focal point of the blog but not so simple that it looks boring. I was going to go for a dark theme but I…

  • Strange weather recently.

    We’re meant to be moving into summer and yet the weather has been strange recently. I went for a small walk around the block to get some fresh air then headed down the road to have a look around at the mall. I’m still working through the templates on WordPress – the difficult balance of…

  • What a day, what a lovely day.

    Woke up this morning and it felt so good not having the anxiety of feeling that all I had was this day to enjoy and then back to work the next day. I hung out around home, enjoyed some cherries I bought on Monday on special which were a lot more appetising than the strawberries…

  • What a wonderful day.

    I had a wonderful day today, went for a walk down to the local cafe, grabbed brunch then a few treats afterwards then walked back home while taking my time to enjoy the wonderful weather. It is something I need to do more often because I have a tendency to complain about the bad weather…

  • Wonderful first day off.

    Woke up this morning and headed down to the local cafe for some egg bene for brunch and picked up a few treats from the desert cabinet that I’ll enjoy later on when I have an afternoon coffee. I’m going to make use of my Snapper Card and do a bit of travelling around on…

  • Let the annual leave begin.

    Finished work tonight and it never felt so good knowing that for the next two weeks off I have no responsibilities other than to take care of myself. I put the first load of washing on then went for a relaxing walk tonight around the block, came back, put the washing out, had a shower,…

  • One more day.

    One more day to go and then I am on my two weeks off annual leave. My last day of the week I am planning to make it as stress free as possible – I am going to be as cool as a cucumber, I’m not going to let customers get under my skin and…

  • Apple releases updates for their platforms.

    Something that was rather unexpected was Apple releasing updates to their platforms – I was expecting Apple to release it maybe next week since releasing them on a Friday is a bit uncommon with the usual day being closer to the beginning of the week on around Tuesday or Wednesday NZ time. I’ve updated all…