Sat Feb 28 2026

Sleep 0415 to 1115 (7 hours)

• Gaming at Dave and Sophia's. Santa Clara event at Levi's Stadium and Dave W took Jonathan. We also had a dinner with Dave P so when we got there I started the game at 1430 and we went to 1600. Dave S was there for the last 30 minutes and Dave W and Jonathan arrived at the end.
• Dinner at Big Al's. Kind of like a more family friendly Dave and Busters -- restaurant, arcade, pool tables and other things.

Sun Mar 01 2026

Sleep 0300 to 1000 (7 hours)

• Friday night in Gloomhaven we did a Tinker story scenario.
• Last night Dave S was tired so didn't game. Christopher, Dave W and I did the 20th Anniversary Quest a few times.

Mon Mar 02 2026

Sleep 0100 to 0900 (8 hours)

• iPhone 17e announced. $600 with 256 GB storage. It says up to 1.5x faster than my current iPhone SE 3rd gen so no hurry to upgrade.
• iPad Air M4 announced. $600 for 11" model with 128 GB storage. A bit better than the iPad Air M3 I bought recently which I am quite happy with. Less cores than regular M4 so a bit slower than an M4 Mac or iPad Pro which also uses M4.

Tue Mar 03 2026

Sleep 0030 to 0900, 30m nap (9 hours)

• Studio Display refresh announced. 27" 5K Retina for $1600 (+$400 for height-adjustable stand, it's already tilt-adjustable). Also Studio Display XDR announced. 27" 5K Retina with up to 120 Hz refresh rate for $3300. Apple applied for medical imaging approval for XDR so it is a pretty high-end display not really for gaming.
• MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max announced. 14" M5 Pro (15/16 core CPU/GPU), 24 GB memory, 1 TB storage is $2200. 1 TB storage is nice (I currently have 512 GB). 24 GB memory I find sometimes a little low -- the only upgrade is to 48 GB for +$400.
• MacBook Air now has M5 option. I do find my MBP M4 Pro uses the fans when I'm running Handbrake and maybe some games so I like the luxury of a fan.

Wed Mar 04 2026

Sleep 0215 to 1015 (8 hours)

• On day 3 of Apple announcements the big new thing is entry-level MacBook Neo for $600. A18 Pro chip, 8 GB memory (non-upgradeable), 256 GB storage (can go to 512 GB), 13" display, two USB-C ports though one is USB 2 speed (no charging port), supports on external display. Wouldn't be bad for my parents as from what I saw they only use it for web browsing, email, and card/mahjong games.

Thu Mar 05 2026

Sleep 0245 to 1045, 30m nap (8-1/2 hours)

• HOA meeting. Courtyard work goes slowly. Dry rot work is finished and people are pretty happy with the work of A.C. Enterprises. They replaced a lot of rotted out wood and it looks the same as the original, cleaned up their mess, and the workers were friendly.

Fri Mar 06 2026

Sleep 0030 to 0900 (8-1/2 hours)

• Gloomhaven: we did a Travel quest. Soothsinger Shield + Retaliate combined with Summoner's animals is quite effective against monsters that have lots of Attack 0 or 1 even if they do Poison.