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I’m about to hit the hay after a week focussed solely on packing, working, and planning. It’s been tiring, to say the least. I was chatting about it today with Ky just then; is all this crazy planning just chao seeking? Moving with a small child to NZ, then to Aus, then back to NZ,…

One of my sisters is due to be wed this November, and she sent out the Save the Date today. It’s probably the only event in one’s life where you get two invitations, the pre-invite and the actual invite. Thanks to the wonders of technology, the Save the Date is usually accompanied with a website…

Ky and I are moving out of our apartment next week, and so the packing has begun. It’s a horrible task. I joked with Ky today that we have been “reverse robbed” over the past two years; at night we have thieves breaking into our place, but instead of pilfering our possessions, they’re instead storing…

I went with a friend to the basketball tonight, and due to the team (Sacramento) and time (Thursday night), there were plenty of tickets available. In the US, unless something has gone terribly wrong, every game sells out. This is due to their dynamic pricing strategy; I’ve seen tickets for baseball games as low as…

I had a late one last night , trying to figure out a particular knotty problem. Being tired didn’t help, and after a few hours I had barely made any progress. It was frustrating, but also slightly concerning, as I had planned to present to the team in the morning. The mind does wonderful things…

We have had a fair few issues recently at our apartment, some of which have extremely annoying, and borderline unsafe. Today maintenance came around, and while they were extremely eager to help and always friendly, we didn’t get what we were looking for. For example, we have been having an infuriating issue since Day 1…

Today was Grocery Price Dropping Inauguration Day for Donald Trump. I didn’t catch much of it, but I saw a few of the highlights. It’s certainly an interesting time to be living here in America. A few people from abroad have asked me about how I feel about it all, and particularly about the man…

I have been a happy customer of the Swedish VPN company, Mullvad, for two years. However, today was my last day of my contract, and I chose to go with a competitor. I know a few of my readers are in the technology/product space, and you may be interested/frustrated to hear why a user could…

I watched the last quarter of the Divisional Playoffs between the Washington and Detroit. The Detroit Lions came in strong favourites, but managed to completely implode. One memorable example was seeing them penalised for the the most comical of reasons; too many players on the field. I played a lot of low level sport, and…

I finally tried Sora, ChatGPTs AI video generator. It’s ok. Despite being on the premium plan, I burnt through all my credits in less than 10 minutes, and what I created weren’t great by any means. Here are the pros and cons: Pros: I mean, despite all my complains, this thing is still incredible. In…