Mere Civilian
Up until 2019, I regularly donated blood. According to the Red Cross Life Blood app, my first donation was in 2012. However, it has been almost six years since my last donation. That changed today 🥳 In 2019, an unpleasant experience, combined with the Life Blood donation center discontinuing its
throwing the towel, for now!
My workhorse since September 2025
Over the years, I have documented some (but not all) of my experiments. Every experiment may not have been a success, but every experiment was exciting at first. It was something new I was doing. It was something out of the ordinary, something out of the daily grind of life.
The health tracking device for Mere Civilians.
Initially, I was not overly keen on the Fitbit Air, and that's because the thought of wearing something on me all day, every day, was not motivating. That is why I do not wear a smart ring. Context below: I slept with the Oura Ring for 8 months
What can I say? Despite seeing lots of things that AI can do, I hadn't really found a use for my personal use case. Until today! I have a Elgato Stream Deck which is connected to my Mac. It works well... most of the time. However, occasionally, the
How I am using both Feedbin and Readwise Reader?
Since my one bag travel adventure , I have been more aware of the weight of things that I carry. That led me to explore the weight of each and every watch that I own and also the ones that my wife owns: Device Watch Only (g) Band (g) Watch + Band
firstly, the spider man image has nothing to do with this post other than I like spider-man and he is reading is just amusing. Anyway, I am trying to read more. I feel calm, at peace and not thinking about anything else when I am reading. I like that
Watched: 9 March 2026 (labour day public holiday in Australia) Honestly, the ending of Game of Thrones left a sour taste in my mouth and despite being a huge fan, I only watched a couple of episodes of the House of Dragons, realising it was pretty much similar story line
Background and context: 1 bag 1 device 10 days in Bali I do not recall the last time I traveled by myself. That is actually a good thing because of course I travel with my wife, my son and sometimes even my parents. I almost never travel by myself. The
I only started travelling in my 20s, prior to that, I didn't have the money nor the motivation to travel. This is because I lived in a remote part of this wonderful planet and going anywhere was costly and extremely time consuming. Since then, I have travelled a
Up until recently I didn't not find the need to have a travel setup because my nature of work was such that if and when I am travelling, I cannot do any work. Therefore, my computing needs are limited to personal use and blogging. Blogging is not something
As mentioned on my previous post , I only recently came back from a trip with my family so this section basically compares what I took for that trip that I am not taking for this trip to Bali. iPad Pro 11 inch with magic keyboard (this thing is more than