So the best cell phone I ever owned with the Note 3. What made this phone stand out? For starters, it had an accessible and replaceable battery, so you could have two batteries and swap them out, days worth of power without a charger, it was sweet. It also had an IR port, and a growing pool of apps that let you replace every remote in the house with the phone you were carrying around anyways. Lastly it had a micro SD card for ample storage, this is the latest convenience that they have killed off. My S20 Galaxy could handle a micro SD card up to a terabyte of data, that’s every song I own, my top 25 favorite movies and enough books on tape to last me a jog from sea to shining sea and still only take up 512GB. My new S22 Galaxy Ultra doesn’t have this, only 256 GB and I have to select what I want and make sure it doesn’t overload it. One step forward and two steps back…
Author: aron
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Horizon – Forbidden West Completed
It’s always sad when you complete/finish a video game you’ve been really into. I bought a PS5 with Horizon – Forbidden West when I still had about 4 to 6 months left of school and that was going to be my graduation gift to myself. Horizon – Zero Dawn was the first game I played (and loved) on the PS4 so it was fitting Horizon – Forbidden West would be my first PS5 game. Happy to say it didn’t disappoint but still when it ends, it’s like finishing a great book, you’re sad to see it stop/end/finish. Excellent game. Now it’ll be time to find the next one. I started the new spider man but it starts off trying to catch Rino and I keep losing him so it’s not much fun to start with, sure it’ll probably get better but I’m trying to decide if I want to commit that much time to another game. Maybe time to take a break and do other things:)
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New Phone & Laptop Battery
Notice that a watch isn’t mentioned because they still don’t know when I’m going to get it. I ordered it from Samsung, you think the manufacturer would know how many they have and how long it would take to get to you but noooo, they can’t seem to figure that one out so I just have the new phone. Loving the stylus though.
The compromise of getting a new phone and watch was that I keep the old laptop another year, it was built in 2018 but aside from the battery it’s doing everything I need it to do, so I just bought a new battery for it and put it in (16 screws btw). So with that in place this laptop should last me another couple of years, gotta love the Dell’s.
Review of the phone to come shortly and the watch if it ever gets here.
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Updated Tech – Happy Holidays to Me!!!
The older I get the less I need to keep up with the latest and greatest. This does however lead to a confluence where I sometimes get my tech upgraded all at once. This is happening with my phone and watch within the next week.
My watch was bought in September 2020 when we went up to Colorado and even then the Galaxy Watch was a generation behind. It’s getting upgraded to a Galaxy Watch 5 Pro so the sensors and everything should be much better than I’m used to.
My phone is about a year and a half old? I think… It was old also when I bought it (Galaxy S20 5G) but it was through Fi and I was hoping that the dual-band would help with the signal when there wasn’t much to be had (aka David Masons) but that didn’t turn out to be the case. In any case at the time the note was dead and I talked myself into going cheaper with a good camera. Now I get to upgrade to the Galaxy 22 Ultra which gives me my stylus back and a better camera.
These two hardware updates are setting me back around $700 I believe when it’s all said and done. One of the things I insist on doing is trading in my old hardware instead of letting it sit around collecting dust. I’ll own everything outright and can switch providers whenever the fancy strikes me. Won’t have to upgrade that tech until the truck is paid off.
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Aldi – Flub – Risotto
Yesterday we introduced you to the find manicotti, today we’re sad to announce that the same Priano brand that we raved about has some pretty bad risotto. Well to be fair I’m not sure I’m a fan of risotto because I don’t know that I’ve ever had the real thing but this wasn’t worth trying or buying. We tried the garlic (the mushroom is pictured) but considering how bad the garlic was the mushroom didn’t make it to the pot. Save your money and skip the risotto.
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Aldi – Finds – Manicotti
Today starts a new type of blog, food > reviews that I’m going to use to review foods found in stores. Like Aldi, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, etc..
The finds will be ones worth trying (or buying) again, opposed to flubs which are better left on the shelf.Priano is the name brand for Aldi Italian fare. Some of it is really good, I’m a big fan of the manicotti, it’s in the freezer section and you get 6 to a pack. The directions are pour spaghetti sauce on the bottom, put these in and sauce on the top. I need meat so meatballs are a great addition or if you have leftover spaghetti sauce (our version) that works great too! Its in the oven for 40-45 minutes but super simple and tasty.
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Cafe Cali Completed
So we have our outdoor homeless kitty that doesn’t want to be an indoor cat and I’ve been meaning to make a cat house that she can use for the winter as well as a place for her feeder and heating pad. So last weekend I got a sheet of T111 and made it happen. Without further ado, here’s Cali’s new home.
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Lazy Saturday
So about 10 am this morning I decided I was running to Aldi to get milk and a few things so I jumped in the Xterra and did it. I’m always so amazed at myself for being able to do things like that, I just don’t like dealing with people and being close to the mall and this time of year just is filled with people. But I got in and got out before anything major and back to the house in time for lunch.
We had pizza subs and then I took a nap and then I got more done on the cat house. It’s pretty much done except for some paint and the roof. Need to get hinges and paint tomorrow as well as the cat door. I should have been taking more pictures but the finished product will be cool.
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Black Friday 2022 Edition
Well we actually went to the mall complex and shopped, just the outside. Did get my steps and maybe the knee is getting back to normal???
It was a nice day and got laundry in progress and cleaning done.
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Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Tis the season to be thankful and it’s with thanks I write this, thanks for my family and friends, thanks for a pretty kick ass life. I have everything that I need and my wants are few. We have a new truck that will make sure our travels are safer and at a higher level of comfort with half of that being hot having to worry about the vehicle. Shorter more frequent trips are now unlocked with this being the first major holiday with school behind me. That’s a feeling to be thankful for:)
