Recapacitorisation is the future of the end of all technology. As we fall deeper into the world of multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), I like to think we lose a little part of our hearts. It’s probably for the better, those hearts were getting old anyway! ❤️

This is the second-last video I had queued from December 2019, made from footage recorded way back in 2016. Wow! University sure kept me busy. Things are always changing though. I’ve still got a few more videos bouncing around on my hard drive that I’ll eventually get around to editing in the new year.

In other news, health-related I guess - everyone loves to hear about that! I’ve been living on a mostly pescatarian diet with salmon as the ultimate meal each day. I’ve since moved away from salmon and am trialling a vegan diet. Tell the past-me of 10 years ago that I’d be doing this and I’d probably laugh while eating a bucket of chicken nuggets. These days I’ve got Quorn fungus nuggets (or whatever they are called). They aren’t chicken, but they are incredible with mock mayo.

While I don’t object to anyone else eating meat, I do understand it’s a choice the individual must make. For me, after weighing up the pros and cons, the jump from pescatarian to vegan isn’t too much of a step. I didn’t really like cheese or egg that much to begin with. It’s the little things like gelatine in my multivitamins or egg binder in my otherwise shroomy schnitzel that require careful consideration.

The biggest influences on this change have been my good friend Rennay, having large fish and parrots as pets, and thinking harder about where the food I was buying actually came from. Seeing “free-range” chicken beside the $4 packet of foam-like, bubbly salt and vinegar tenders at the supermarket got me thinking more about animal welfare as well. For me, it stopped feeling worth the potential harm to other life when fake meat was readily available. Gotta love that pea and soy protein! My mindset and diet has changed for the better. Also I can cook a mean boiled broccoli dinner now!

I’ve also got my weight goal of 65kg in my sights. Currently sitting at a svelte 67kg we’re definitely on our way! That’s down from 104kg in January 2020. Last time I was at 67kg was back in early 2017… a loooong time ago!

I should do a video on blood donation in Australia. There’s more to the supply system than I first realised! We were self-sufficient in fresh blood products in 2020, but more than half of the immunoglobulin supplied in 2019 to 2020 was imported to meet demand. That’s a plasma-derived product, rather than half our donated plasma coming from overseas. Lifeblood supplied the fresh blood products, with the National Blood Authority managing the wider supply arrangements. I’ve just given my 25th donation today! So much to write and video blog about! Till next video, McRetro out! ✅

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