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People say plain or bland things are “vanilla”. But do you realise just how exotic vanilla is!? It’s the fruit of an orchid! People are also used to vanilla flavoured things being white, but vanilla pods are black!

We recently moved from Palmerston North back to Wellington. And holy smokes our Wellington place is quiet compared to Palmerston North. There isn’t the constant sound of hoons rocketing down the road outside. You don’t realise how noisy somewhere is until you move away.

Oh no. I’ve discovered Map Men.

Standing on the North Island Te Ika-a-Māui, taking a picture of Kapati Island and in the distance, The South Island Te Waipounamu.

“Tesla: “Full self-driving beta” isn’t designed for full self-driving“

Yeah, because it’s a marketing scam. Autonomous driving is 1000 times harder than anyone thinks and it’s not going to magically appear in the near future.

I gave it 3 seasons, but I’ll won’t be watching any more Disenchantment. It’s just not funny or entertaining.

“By removing the charging brick we reduce the amount of space needed to ship each iPhone.”

Meanwhile,

I like these alcoholic seltzers, but make no mistake, they’re the Miami Wine Coolers of the 2020s.

Finale of Wandavision was satisfying. But there’s obviously spin offs and a second season of some sort coming.

Final episode of Wandavision is live. This is not a drill.

I know what I’ll be doing after I finish watching the cricket.

I was sure there was an emoji Pac-Man, but apparently not.

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Maybe a spoiler for Wandavision!

I’m sceptical of Wandavision after the last episode. I was right along with it until it delved into the occult. Not that I don’t like the occult, but because it doesn’t mash together well with super heroes in my mind. Like oil and vinegar.

I still wear an original generation Apple Watch as I have for almost 6 years. The battery is still OK, gets me through most days, but the one thing that’s failing now is the OLED screen - the top and bottom are super bright and the middle is dim and burnt in.

Update: Wandavision is mind-blowingly good. I watched 5 episodes back to back and I’m only stopping now because I need to sleep.

OK fine. I will watch The Wandavision.

OK. Four weeks down. And 7 kg (15.4 lb) down. My goal is 20 kg (~44 lb) by mid year so I’m on track.

Apple’s dictionary is frustratingly stupid. Get one letter wrong, it’ll normally set you right. Get 2 letters wrong or try and spell something phonetically and it’ll collapse on itself and start crying.

I’m yet to find any smart home appliance, beyond occasionally calling out for music to play or the TV to turn itself off, that interests me.

Anyone out there think there’s something essential I’m missing?

Finally cracked and bought a Magic Trackpad 2 (second hand) to replace my OG magic trackpad. In comparison, it’s super thin, super huge, and doesn’t need me to keep charging AA batteries every week.

Urgh. Pretty much the worst cold I’ve had (it’s not Covid). I was out, slept most of the day. Feeling better this evening so hopefully a good night sleep will see me right.

Just realised that this February is the perfect month. Starts on a Monday, finishes on a Sunday. Makes my brain happy.

That tricky spot where we’re moving house, there’s a few small things I want to buy from the US or China for the new house, but the time we have left in the old house is marginal as to whether it’ll get delivered on time. Waiting weeks for a delivery in Aotearoa is normal.

I don’t drink cows milk because of my retro digestive system. But I tell you, once you stop drinking cows milk and then get it by mistake in a coffee or such, it tastes absolutely disgusting.

If anyone outside of the US wants to watch, what I think is actually hilarious, Star Trek: Lower Decks, it’s on Amazon Prime.

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