So my old Instagram feed plugin is acting up and is not loading all my new photos on my Instagram. I decided to just change to another app and now it has an extra button. Lol.

I think I am way overdue to a layout/theme change. Time to start thinking what kind of theme I want to use. I am still loving the current theme though. So simple and the focus is more on my content (blog post). Okay lah, I am also feeling lazy to code in CSS and PHP too. Well, let’s see if I will get to change it in 2025.

If you have any inspirations or ideas for my new theme, please comment on this blog post and send them my way. 🙂

After 8 years of using my MacBook Pro 2015 version, I finally changed to the latest MacBook Pro Nov 2024 version. It’s December 2024 and this laptop is basically the latest one one can purchase now. It’s literally just released last month and announced 2 months ago. Haha.

Well, my old MacBook Pro is out of support period for new OS updates. That means it is no longer going to support the latest OS and security updates. As a cybersecurity professional, I cannot imagine myself using a device that is no longer receiving security updates so I decided to just buy the new MacBook Pro. Given that I have used the old MacBook Pro for 8 years, I decided to just go back to MacBook Pro and get the best specs that I can use for my purpose and best value for money. In the end, I went for MacBook pro with M4 Pro chip (with 14-Core CPU, 20-Core GPU, 48GB Unified Memory) and upgraded the storage with 1 TB. I had the 256 GB of storage and regretted shortly after my purchase. This time all the default MacBook Pro with M4 Pro chip come with 512 GB and I decided it will definitely not be enough so I just pay extra and got the 1 TB version. I had to wait for a week before it arrived to me as it has to be configured at the warehouse in Chengdu City before it ships to me.

May Apple continue to support this laptop for as long as possible. At least 9 years maybe? Haha. I got their 2015 version back in 2016 and they supported all the way to 2024. You don’t even get this level of long support for Windows laptop lololol. I think my next laptop change will be in 2033. 😀

On a side note, I noticed I have blog more than 90 public posts for 2024. That’s like a huge jump from before and it seems like I am going back to my old self (pre-dating phase). Definitely loving it! Maybe I will continue to keep blogging and hit 100 public posts in 2024? Haha.

I just renewed my domains and gosh, the price difference between .com and .net domains is getting larger. It costs $10.19 to renew a .com domain while it costs $12.50 to renew a .net domain. Lol, I should have gotten violinstar.com last time but it wasn’t available. Now I am stuck with violinstar.net and paying a premium to renew it annually. 😐 Should have switched to violinstar.com when it was briefly available.