Weekly Recap #1

Full disclosure: I completely stole this post type idea from Davey Craney and his “Stuff This Week” series of posts. I love what he’s doing over on his site and it actually gives me a reason to blog more.

Week of July 27

🎵 I started using Crucial Tracks and it’s great. Here’s the link to my profile.

🎮 I bought a Switch 2 and Donkey Kong Bananza last week. I’ve really been enjoying it so far — the bigger screen alone makes the upgrade worth it.

🧁 I turned 51 on July 28th. I am old. It also marks a year since I’ve drank alcohol. I was so hungover after my 50th I decided the fun and enjoyment wasn’t worth the suffering anymore, and I haven’t drank since.

📱 I dumped the iPadOS 26 beta and went back to iPadOS 18.5 on my 11” iPad Pro… and then went back to the beta after a few days. I’m ridiculous.

🛜 I replaced the Eero Pro 6E mesh system I’d been using with a TP-Link BE65 Pro WiFi 7 mesh system. I don’t have any WiFi 7-enabled devices right now, but I’m set for when I do. Each Deco unit also has more and faster Ethernet ports than the Eeros, and I’m seeing better speeds on the local network than I had previously.

💔 Preparing to make the 4+ hour round-trip to Newark (NJ) in a couple of hours to drop the boys off at the airport for their flight home to Portland today. I hate when they leave. Update: Just got a text & email from Alaska letting me know their flight is delayed by 3 hours. Super—nothing like getting home from Newark at midnight 🙄 I’m secretly hoping it ends up being canceled.