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…
Downloading of media
Downloading of media, used to be a headache. You need to manually search for the torrent, download and arrange for it to be streamed. Now with *arrs, all this can be automated.
Upgrading Wi-Fi security protocol to WPA3
I upgraded the house’s Wi-Fi security protocol from WPA2 to WPA3. There are several types of security or encryption protocols for Wifi, from WEP to the latest and greatest, WPA3.
Robot vacuum cleaner
We got a Xiaomi Robot vacuum cleaner to help with the dusting and mopping. Some thoughts. The robot is triggered by handbags hanging off the back of chairs. The lower the handbag, it thinks there is an obstacle and would…
Spring cleaning for the Lunar New Year 2024
Spring cleaning for the Lunar New Year
The difference between a S$400 and $200 mixer tap? Part 2
Remember this? The S$200 mixer tap after 2 years of use, one of the nuts attaching the mixer to the pipe split open. Amazing isn’t it? We replaced it with a Hans Grohe mixer. It wasn’t S$400, after some negotiation,…
What is the difference between a S$400 and $200 mixer tap?
This is a post of a different vein. Home improvement. The big difference between the taps is how many parts are made of plastic. Yes. I bought a tap with the lever that is made of silver plated plastic. There is a…