25th May 2023 Contractions

 So last night, wife started to have contractions. Sh was "induced" to labour by the mid wife earlier in the afternoon of the 24th. reason being the baby was showing slowing signs of growth based on the public statistical charts..

i called in sick today to my work palce. even tough there was a major appoinment for a network upgrade that i should ave gone with Umer for..

owh well.. no work is too big for one to spend time with family for

i'm also tying this on my raspberryPi. as the laptop is curently being used by Pa to watch videos.

Quite a coold thing this little box, hard to imagine that it is a full funcioning computer that fits in the palm of one's hand. I'm contemplating gettting etheir a tablet with a stylus for note taking or a MacAir with it's M1 chips

but seems like his tech works for now

democracy needs Christ at the center

 “Democracy is not merely an institution nor simply a concept, but a profound structure of faith. The root of democracy is the spirit of Christ. Without Christianity, you cannot have democracy or human rights.” - Yuan

So... if freedom is given to people.... but they don't havec the good core or foundation to use that freedom in a good way. it becomes counter productive.

stages of smartphone recovery

"why would someone want to sacrifice convince willingly" - Anthony Horn 4:40

"convince comes at a cost. Its up to you to decide what cost are you willing to pay" 11.06

Key is moderation

goving up the smartphone

Stage 1

Designing the environment

Increasing the physical resistance towards smartphone usage. 

I placed my phone outside the room on the computer table to charge everynight. It was great, when i came into the bedroom it was either to read books, talk or sleep. No phone distraction what so ever. Didn't even have the itch for it.

Started to build a daily habit of reading. 1 chapter of a book and a few pages of another book. 

Just needed a nice bed side lamp to illuminate the pages.

Stage 2

Have the phone by the bedside. But use it with intentions. Temptation will be there. But no point running away from the inevitable. We will have to live with technological advances one way or another. Its about being a good master of it so that we dont become its slave (just like money). 

Anz fraud detection system works

 my anz card got compromised

someone was using my card to make purchases on Facebook..

anz frad detection system caught it.. and cancled my card...

nice.. but now i have to change all my subscriptions to the new card.

owh well