Journal

  • The Action Button on the iPhone 15 Pro is a small feature I eagerly anticipated. Apple offers nine options from which I specifically wanted to access both the silent mode and the camera. I also wanted the actions to activate right away upon pressing the Action button, without needing to select anything from the on-screen

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  • I can’t contain my excitement as I write this blog post! After seven years of loyal service, my trusty iPhone 7 is finally got a well-deserved retirement. And in its place? The shiny, brand-new iPhone 15 Pro! 📱✨ I was in Kyoto when Apple started taking orders for New Zealand. Since I was a few

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  • iPhone 15 Pro SOS

    I am happy to learn that iPhone Emergency SOS is now available in New Zealand. I thought Apple only offered this potentially life-saving service in larger markets. All the new iPhone 15 models will come with a two year subscription to Apple’s satellite-based emergency SOS service  Apple’s first NZ Emergency SOS rescue Earlier this month

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  • Few things I am pondering

    All of these are from my favorite thinker and author, Morgan Housel. Gosh, that’s me too! I’m at the stage in life where I stay out of arguments. Even if you say 1+1=5, you’re right. Have fun. Keanu Reeves via Smart Things Smart People Said I think there is a lot of value in focusing

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  • So true for companies and people

    We can all be on our best behavior for a little while, but the longer while tells the truth. Jason Fried — Company culture is the last 50 days

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  • This week I really struggled to start my workouts. I ate pizza on Monday, and slacked off on Tuesday for no reason. I finally did an upper body workout today (Wednesday). I normally get one workout done by Tuesday. I will complete two more workouts this week before I board a flight to Asia on

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  • Here’s why I blog

    Why do you blog?

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  • Quite Good

    I didn’t quite understand the meaning of quite until learned this from my coworkers a few years ago: “quite good” in America 🇺🇸: really good, very good, totally awesome “quite good” in the UK 🇬🇧: fairly good, actually not that good really

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  • Turning 40!

    Today is the last day of my 30s. Life is rarely all good or all bad, but I am so thankful that my life and work experience of the last decade turned out largely in my favor. I owe a huge part of it to my family, moving to this country and working for my

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  • Week 15, 2023

    This week I exercised Mon, Wed and Fri. And I walked for an hour on Thursday. I bought and returned the Bose Smart Soundbar 900. It is not an impulse purchase— I have been contemplating it for a few months. But when we got it home this weekend and set it up, the sound output

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