tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37159608844951540932026-10-13T22:56:33.340+11:00Anything Tech and Everything ElseAlbert Dyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124961598834582657noreply@blogger.comBlogger1321125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3715960884495154093.post-32304174706366511022026-07-01T00:34:00.000+10:002026-08-03T00:35:48.852+10:00

During our site-to-site standup, I mentioned to the SFO guy that I'm currently bogged down with cases. However, it doesn't matter if I have 10 cases or 22 cases, I make sure I clear my queue at the end of the day. This is mainly because I got a bad experience where I left a case unanswered overnight, sent a reply the next day, resolved the case with the first response, and still got a bad CSAT.

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For some unknown reason, an ad for The Push-Up Challenge popped up on my feed. Intrigued, I clicked on the link. Supposed to be Australia's largest mental health and fitness event. Participants complete 3,307 push-ups in 24 days, from 3-26 June. This number represents the number of lives lost to suicide in Australia in 2024. People get a bit of exercise and raise funds at the same time.

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With the second death of my Bose SoundTouch 20 Portable, I decided to try out Sonos.How's the sound quality difference? I can't tell because I got the ZonePlayer, instead of actual Sonos speakers.Sonos ZP100 is the company's first ever product. Introduced back in 2005, I'm surprised these things are still working. Lots for sale on Facebook Marketplace and cheap compared to RRP.ZP100 and ZP80

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Throwback Thursday had me reminiscing about my marriage proposal during the screening of Married Life (2007) at the Civic Theatre (McMahon Street, Hurstville) organized by Film Seen.My girlfriend and I used to watch (cheap) movies there, but after we got married and eventually moved suburb, we haven't gone back for many, many years. Did a bit of searching and looks like Film Seen is no more.

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Have a bunch of new applications I wanted to add to Portainer, so needed to fix Docker's 29-network issue ASAP. Can't keep deleting other containers every time a new container needs to be added.As a refresher, Docker's default config only gives you 32 subnets:172.16.0.0/12   /16   16 subnets: 172.{16,17,18,...,31}.0.0/16192.168.0.0/16   /20   16 subnets:

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At some point in a homelabber's journey, they will start hitting some limits. You can always add more memory, more storage, but if you don't change the Docker default, you can only run 29 Docker containers. Ought to be enough for anybody, right? Not for me!Apparently, Docker by default supports up to 32 subnets only. Excluding the host, bridge and none networks, you get 29 remaining. I found out

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 As a follow-up to my previous blog post about segmented Vimeo videos, looks like a lot of things have changed since then.Before, you could get lucky by searching through the network traffic for a direct URL for an mp4 file or even a 9-digit video file ID. Nowadays, I can't even find the master.json file to get the URL.But I did find a playlist.json file, whose complete URL looks like this:&

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After more than a year of troubleshooting on and off, I managed to get the Plex app on the PS5 to connect to the Plex Media Server hosted on my DietPi.I do have Jellyfin running on the Amazon Fire TV Stick (4K Max), but on the Sony PS5, the only option I have is Plex. The first I tried it, Plex was able to see Plex Media Server installed on the DietPi, but it just won't connect to it.Fast-forward

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I've been using a Dell Wyse 5060 thin client as a Docker box using DietPi. It came with an Apacer 64 GB SSD. With more Docker containers being added and more media (ebooks, audiobooks, documents, etc.) being uploaded, I needed to upgrade the storage.I watched a couple of YouTube videos about it and it looks simple enough. Open up the case, remove SSD, replace with new SSD, and voila!Prior to the

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I remember with fondness Ian Wong's 直讀中文 cBook app.There used to be a time when I read a lot of ebooks and this is one of the apps that I regularly use.I hear you asking, if it's just ebooks, why not just use Moon+ Reader or Google Play Books or a physical ebook reader like Kobo or Kindle?The unique thing about cBook is that it can only render Chinese ebooks. Kobos and Kindles can also handle

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Wife was gifted a Samsung Galaxy S24+ phone bought from China.Now I know that phones sold in China don't support Google services or apps. But when I checked the phone, it does have the Google Play Store installed. I didn't even bother installing more Google apps or testing if they work or not. I've had an S9+ bought in China before. Google apps install fine, but they don't really work 100%. Best

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So, I got myself a spare Kobo Touch. You know, in case my Kobo Glo conks out. Trying to save, so I got a secondhand one from eBay.The Kobo Touch arrived, freshly factory reset. Selected my preferred language and was given a choice of Computer Setup or Wireless Setup.For wireless setup, first screen asked me to configure the date, time and timezone. Proceeded to the next  screen, which is for

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Been using the iPod Touch for many years now. Never felt the need to jailbreak it. I mainly use them to play podcasts and stream online radio stations - either through the Sony dock or using the built-in speakers.Just the other day, my Bose SoundTouch Portable died, so I'm thinking of replacing it with an iPod Touch on an Altec Lansing dock. Interesting thing I noticed - while one iPod Touch has

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Having recently installed Pixel Experience on the Redmi Note 4X, I might as well do the same for the Samsung Galaxy S6.Checked out the ROMs on XDA Developers for S6 (zerofltexx) and settled on the Pixel Experience (Android 11). Not the newest one, but most of the stuff works. Latest build was released July 2021, but if you trawl through thread, famemanoan posted a newer build - August 2022.For

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The wife hasn't been using the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X (mido) ever since she got the Samsung Galaxy S10. I upgraded it to LineageOS 18.1 (Android 11) a long time ago and haven't been used since. Was planning to sell the phone, so it's time to upgrade again.Even though there is updated / latest LineageOS for mido, I decided to go with Pixel Experience because I've never tried that ROM before. And

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I've been using the Samsung Galaxy S9+ for more than four years now. Do I really need a new phone? Not really. Everything still works fine. Except that I noticed that the battery now lasts only a day (with minimal use). The camera app stutters once in a while when taking pictures. Some apps also take a few microseconds longer to start. Not a dealbreaker, but it got me looking around.Just the

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Got hold of a 2009 21.5" unibody iMac.Powered it on and was greeted by the startup chime and the Apple logo. Looking good so far. Progress bar steadily moving all the way till the end. Waited for more than 10 minutes, but still not loading the OS. It's most likely a really old CPU, but this is too long.Suspecting a corrupted OS, I booted into macOS Recovery using Ctrl-R. There's a 1TB hard disk

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My wife has been using the Lenovo IdeaPad Miix 320 for many years for one thing and one thing only - watching videos on KissAsian and YouTube.It's a neat little tablet that does the job well. She doesn't even need to have the physical keyboard attached. Any typing required is done on the onscreen keyboard. The only complaint is that it's starting to get a little bit sluggish. All those Windows

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Field of Mars Reserve is a protected bushland reserve in East Ryde. Best way to start exploring the reserve is to use the main entrance along Pittwater Road. There's ample free parking when you get off the roundabout. There is a Visitors Centre nearby, which is open during weekends.From the reserve entrance, you have a choice of four walking trails. The shortest is Doyle Loop, which 1.2

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Can't believe it's been over two years since I last updated my TomTom maps. To be honest, since the last update back in 2019, I've never used my TomTom PND even once.Most of the time, I just use Google Maps on my Android phone. Cellular connectivity used to be an issue on long drives (depending on where you're going), but not anymore. And even then, you can download Google Maps for offline use.In

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Bought a few of these to place around the house to check the temperature once in a while.Xiaomi has released different temperature and humidity sensors, but the ones I got are the LYWSD03MMC model. Instead of a AAA battery, these uses a CR2032 battery, which is included. Just pull out the clear plastic tab to turn them on.First impression is that these things are deceptively small (43 x 43 x

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 Twenty years after it was introduced, my soft-modded Xbox is still alive and kicking.Mine has been connected to the spare TV in the second living, and I haven't used it for years. Kids were playing the Switch on the main TV, so I thought I'd take the Xbox for a spin.Booted up just fine. EvolutionX dashboard came up. Was able to connect to the network via DHCP. Tried out a few games.

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Boot options for the Asus VivoBook E200H: On startup, as soon as you see the Asus logo, press F2 to access the BIOS menu. If you just want to select which device to boot, press ESC to launch the boot menu.

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After a clean install of Windows 10 LTSC, I get about 11 GB of free space on a 32GB eMMC. Given that there are no crapware that comes with LTSC, there is not too many options on reducing the footprint of the operating system. I started off by turning on NTFS disk compression a.k.a. "Compress this drive to save disk space". Windows started compressing each and every file on the drive. After an

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Tired of Windows Updates popping up evey week and reducing your productivity? Switch from the normal Windows 10 Home or Pro to Enterprise LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel)? What's so good about the LTSC edition? Well, no feature updates, no Windows Store, no Cortana, no Edge. Updated every two to three years with guaranteed critical updates for 10 years. Turns your laptop into a lean, mean

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