The fluorescent light in the toilet died, and I replaced it with a standby tube. I bought an LED drop-in replacement 12W for the 22W tube. We turned the light on and off so much that the replacement was slowly…
Using a Torchlight
For the first time in years, I found myself in need of a torchlight. The LEDs on the core switch are too bright and I can’t see the port numberings. Dug into the cable bag and found the standby torchlight.…
Collecting model and serial numbers
Part of my daily work is collating model and serial numbers information. This is to generate the description for the delivery order. Some customers want it by site, which means inventory collection. After copying the text data and pasting into…
In Conversation 66
Me: “We should keep the peels from mandarin oranges” Dau: “For what?”
Exporting Google Photos to Immich
Exporting Google Photos to Immich as a form of 3-2-1 backup and to limit the impact if the Google account is disabled. Google Photos is an excellent photo storage and management service. The only downside is that it is difficult…
Installing Immich
Installing Immich involves installing Docker or Portainer first. I chose Docker because I wanted a lower overhead. I just installed and blindly click through. The errors threw me off a bit. Turns out the downloads were setup for a Linux…
Migrating your media store
Migrating your media store before the hard disk full. I discovered it is very easy to fill up the hard disk with movies. Sometimes with the wrong resolution or sound. I decided to move the media folders off the main…
Syncthing
Syncthing is a program that enables you to, sync things. This is useful for sharing files of any kind between an Android phone and a computer, between two Android devices or computers.
Android 16 QPR1
Android 16 QPR1 in the flavour of crDroid 12.5, was released on 28 Dec for Poco X3 (surya)
In conversation 65
Son: Why do you have so many Iron tablets?