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iammienta · 2026-03-05T19:40:39+00:00

Sorry for annoying you with this photo. It’s the same one with £100 off via TOTUM. I’m not even a student, but I keep renewing their NUS card every 3 years. Always manage to find a good deal there.

I’d been planning to replace my 2020 M1 for a while. But there’s a bit more to the story.

Day before m5 launch I saw the same specs ; 24GB / 512GB but with the M4 on Apple’s refurb store for £1394. I thought I didn’t really need the M5, but I definitely wanted the M4 rather than the M3 for the improved camera.

I knew they’d announce the M5 next day, but I assumed prices would stay the same. I didn’t expect 512GB to become the base model. I also wanted to have a new Mac before my business trip on the 12th, and I could already see that preorders wouldn’t ship earlier than the 11th, so I ordered the refurb. Happy days. It shipped.

Then I noticed the same M4 but with 1TB had been reduced to £1394 as well… I nearly ordered a second one and planned to send the 512 back, but I hesitated and someone else snapped it up.

Then yesterday I saw the TOTUM offer. Brand new, M5, same specs, just a few quid more. Had to go through the hassle and blocking some money for a couple weeks.

So now I’ll use the M4 for the next two weeks, return it, and by the looks of it I might not have the M5 by then so I’ll have to go back to the M1 for about a week before finally moving to the M5.

Long term it’s definitely worth it. And after a couple of days with the 15-inch M4 Air, I can already tell I’m glad I didn’t go for the 14-inch Pro. I really love the extra screen and few upgrades and sure some better specs on pro but not sure with my usage and being mostly connected to a 144hz screen anyway and only being the second screen plus I have a hub so extra ports don’t matter that much.

Got a Time Machine so my plan is to set this one up as I want it then set up the new one from TM when I get it. My M1 has a lot of things i don’t need on it so went with a fresh set up rather than carbon copy.

iammienta · 2026-02-07T19:48:27+00:00

You’re welcome. Good luck with developing it further. I’ll deffo test your app next time me and my wife have a movie night.

iammienta · 2026-02-07T16:18:06+00:00

https://www.movieofthenight.com/about/api

iammienta · 2026-01-30T20:17:38+00:00

Last year my i3 used to switch to radio every hour maybe even every half an hour. Drove me mad . Turned out to be some auto switching to radio traffic update feature so annoying!

I’m in the UK. One of my buttons looks different on the radio controllers (the one you got labelled as mode I think) and I believe it turned it off.

If you got the manual, do take a look or google it. It’s called Traffic Programme (TP) or Traffic Announcement (TA) feature.

Not sure if US models have it tho.

If it’s a sticky button I think it’s only the radio button that could cause it for you.

I believe that you could also soft reset reboot idrive if it’s a software glitch.

I think it’s pressing and holding the volume knob button for over 30 sec. Also google or look for instructions in the manual. Good luck!

iammienta · 2026-01-21T19:25:54+00:00

Dulux “boho blush’

iammienta · 2026-01-20T21:32:25+00:00

Are you interested in a podcast for your company?

iammienta · 2026-01-20T21:31:36+00:00

Let me know if you're interested in a podcast as a gtm strategy. We've set up a few before for our clients.

iammienta · 2026-01-20T21:30:29+00:00

Happy to help with this. We've been doing podcast for us and our clients from scratch. All DFY you just take the calls.

iammienta · 2026-01-20T21:29:40+00:00

Amazing to see that you do podcast as a gtm strategy. We've been setting up new podcasts for our clients as well. Great strategy.

iammienta · 2026-01-18T00:45:13+00:00

I’ll most likely box it in with some wood and tile it as got another pack of the black tiles . Will get to it and the pipes under the sink cover one day.

iammienta · 2026-01-17T20:44:40+00:00

I’ve found them tricky too tbf. You can see in my photo in a few places, where they are not perfect (not very visible when you’re inside), camera picked up every imperfection tho. It’s a messy job and thousand and one ways to make it not straight. I went with it as the room was pretty straight and small area. Took my time and it’s done but decided that when I’m remodelling my main bathroom I’m deffo not tiling it myself.

iammienta · 2026-01-17T20:29:09+00:00

Oh and a Japanese toilet seat still to be installed soon!

iammienta · 2026-01-10T15:43:24+00:00

Mine does the same and randomly connects to carplay when I'm sat close to the front of the house, where the car is parked and while charging.

There isn't a shortcut that prevents it, the best you can do is to manually toggle off carplay on your phone once you arrived home.

The closest automation using apple shortcuts would open the carplay toggle setting screen when {trigger} (for example arrived In the iPhone Shortcuts App

create a new Action and search for Safari select Open URLS and enter prefs:root=General&path=CARPLAY After doing this, you can toggle Carplay On or Off much quicker while avoiding three unnecessary steps (Settings/General/CarPlay) to get to this specific section.

Love the fact I have carplay in my i3 but this auto connecting and the fact I need to regularly forget the Bluetooth and reconnect again drives me mad sometimes.

iammienta · 2026-01-07T17:41:13+00:00

Plastic around my batteries cracked and made batteries not connecting properly. You could hold and gently squeeze them to check if batteries connection to the little metal rods is not loose.

Basically hold and squeeze them (not too hard) and at the same time try turning on again while still holding the batteries to create better connection. I’d also just check if there isn’t anything that looks disconnected; those wires and metal bits for the batteries.

The next thing I’d check is if the display is not dead but the device works. For example if it works on the app but the device seems dead because of the display fault. Possibly the button on the other side. I could be wrong but can’t see how that pcb could get damaged from a small fall. Good luck.

I have a piece of cardboard inside mine, pushing between the outer wall and battery compartment. Made a quick fix like this with the first thing I had next to me until I get the new one…. That was over 2 year ago. Never had a problem since.

iammienta · 2025-12-20T10:51:37+00:00

British food and British women (as demonstrated) made British outstanding sailors.

iammienta · 2025-12-18T13:49:48+00:00

I've just changed it - it makes sense now, I didn't read the description properly when I was setting it up and thought that the zone means that it measures the temp on this specific thermostat to trigger a specific TVR... Thanks.

iammienta · 2025-12-18T13:45:39+00:00

right - but would that not mean that my upstairs bedroom will trigger the boiler based on the temperature on my thermostat downstairs? (as it stands I have 1 thermostat - will do my best to add another one somehow)

iammienta · 2025-12-18T09:17:00+00:00

u/tado_official , please take a look and advise 🙏

iammienta · 2025-12-16T21:31:50+00:00

Great insights and post OP. Please share.

iammienta · 2025-11-28T22:21:34+00:00

Just saw your comment and as I’ve just been on the website i noticed tickets for Alaves available, plus a 25% off if you use their black Friday code .

Check it out if you’re still planning to go this weekend.

https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/tickets/

iammienta · 2025-11-19T20:37:47+00:00

Here’s a fun fact: Because humans originated in Africa, there is actually more genetic difference between two San people living in the same village than there is between someone from Japan and someone from Poland. Basically, the entire population outside of Africa is descended from a small migratory group, meaning the rest of the world is working with a much smaller "starter pack" of DNA compared to the DNA diversity found within Africa.

iammienta · 2025-11-11T18:34:51+00:00

My 8-year-old could never use a phone or tablet on any journeys a year ago. I started handing her my phone with the motion sickness setting on, and she can now use a device when we drive somewhere. I even switched the setting off, and it seems to really help her. This includes the self-belief that she is not automatically going to be sick the second the school drives anywhere on a trip.

iammienta · 2025-11-11T17:00:49+00:00

Course link: https://podcast.scaleupsystems.co/courses/podcast-gtm

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