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The future is here
Airplane WiFi has been a thing for a while. It’s super slow, often expensive, and frequently drops out. Overall, a dastardly experience. But today, while on a United flight to DC, I was rather pleased to see they had partnered with StarLink, Elon Musk’s company. I was happy for two reasons. 1, we have had…
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Postman Plus
I went to the Post Office today to, surprise, post a package and make a photocopy of my passport. It was a terrible experience. The Post Office is an important service, and I don’t want it to be cancelled. But the culture and customer service there are bottom tier, and they were entirely unhelpful and…
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Tender
One of my favourite cuts of beef is the short rib. When cooked low and slow, it’s delicious, unctuous, and fall apart tender. Unfortunately, my own short ribs got battered the other day at football, and even after 4 days, are still tender as hell. Would not recommend
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Letter in the mail
You don’t need to send out paper invitations to weddings. These days, it’s probably easier for all involved to just have everything organised by a website and email. But having received one in my letter box today I can say one thing: They’re nice.
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Bit and Bytes
So I have been gooning over our latest fiber internet connection, and the speed upgrade we have been recently enjoying. However, while doing a bit of troubleshooting on our Wifi Extender, I realised that the industry had been playing a trick on me for the past 20 years. The first thing you will learn about…
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Casa Bonita
This evening, we went to a rather unusual place for dinner, Casa Bonita. It’s a themed Mexican restaurant, and when I mean themed, I mean it’s a mini Disney World, but Mexican styled. Firstly, the place is huge. 52000 square feet, and enough seats to fit over 1000 people a day. They had people diving…
