- It’s been shorts weather. Lovely.
- I decided to invest in our backup setup at home. Although our Macs and photos are backed up to a 2TB iCloud+ account, I wanted local backups with Time Machine. So I’ve set up a Synology DS223J NAS with two Seagate IronWolf 4TB drives in RAID 1. ChatGPT wanted me to go for a beefier Synology model, but this is perfectly adequate.
- We had our annual call with our financial advisor, seeing where we are financially for the future. Thankfully, despite the markets tanking recently, all looks fine. While in my head I’m barely an adult, it surprises me to see how we’re ever closer to retirement.
- The flush buttons on the downstairs integrated toilet were suddenly ineffective. Fearing an expensive plumber call-out and wall damage I had a go, removing the faceplate and panel inside, then gently pushing down the float which had become stuck with limescale. For once my amateur DIY worked.
- I normally spend Saturday mornings watching my oldest son’s football; this time it was his brother’s turn, playing in a little tournament for his club’s under-7s. The coaches charitably paired him with the four strongest boys but let’s just say he didn’t quite match them for skill - or effort! His team won, but he was more concerned about getting home to play Minecraft.
- Returning home from the football I wheeled out the barbecue for burgers and sausages in the sunshine. As is the way, we cooked and ate far too much, and after clearing up we had a well-deserved snooze on the sofa.
- I’ve been watching a fair amount of the snooker. As I write this I have one eye on the final. While I’d love Mark Williams to win it, Zhao Xintong is playing beautifully and deserves his (current) 11-6 lead.
