I seem to be in the mood to tinker. After moving Plex a few days ago, today I started switching to Arq for both local and cloud/offsite backups. I like that I can now use one tool for both destinations and on both Macs and Windows machines.
My initial tests of Plex on a Pi4 went well so I installed Docker and a few helper tools today. Now I’ve started one of several long tasks to copy video from my NAS to a USB drive on the Pi. More testing tomorrow.
I have a Synology NAS I’m quite happy with. In spite of this I decided to start tinkering with running Plex on a spare Pi 4 now that I have a combi heatsink/case for it. A simple stream test worked fine. Tomorrow hopefully I can configure it more properly with an external HD.
An Old Fashioned snowman 🍹 😉
It just dawned on me that in the past couple of weeks running errands I have not seen a single Christmas tree lot 🎄Guess all the trucks are busy with other goods.
Questionable decision? I just noticed that when I decorated I put this snowman right next to my Hakko soldering iron… ⛄️ 🤷🏽♂️
Photo of a nice summer thunderstorm. Only thing is it’s December… ⛈
Wikipedia prevented me from logging in saying my IP address range was blocked. I was confused because the IP was not my public IP. After research I found the IP address range was part of Apple’s ‘iCloud Private Relay’ feature which I use and like. So I sent a query to Wikipedia…
I’ve signed up for several MB based newsletters today. I think most everyone had a newsletter via another service but I never bothered to sign up. I like the low friction of the MB approach. I wonder if there will be a ‘directory’ of MB users with newsletters?
Thanks @manton!
For any who enjoy maker projects, programming, electronics, the IoT or etc I highly recommend Andreas’s Youtube channel. He has a ton of experience and a real knack for explaining things in well edited and intentionally shorter videos.
Success! After yesterday’s abject failure we succeeded in making dinner rolls from scratch today. Our first ever bread-type effort. They were a big hit - the rack was full a few minutes ago! We’re looking forward to more and invested in a stand mixer afterwards. 🍞
We decided to try making some dinner rolls from scratch today. It did not go well. Apparently we murdered our yeast in the process. Yet we survived to try another day.
A hazy sun but pretty sky this morning.
What do folks use to do simple video editing on an iPhone? We’re putting together a few videos of 10-15 minutes comprised of a few clips and iMovie is not handling it well.
I’ve never finished shopping for my wife’s Christmas gifts this early to say nothing of getting them all wrapped. I do enjoy my santa role.🎄🤶
Pictured: detrius of the wrapping in progress
My wife recently decided it would be good to make videos showing how to make some of her favorite recipes to benefit our kids in the future as well as some friends and family. Today we created the first: how to make her peppercorn steak sauce. I handled the camera and editing.
The Ohio State v Michigan 🏈 game is being played in a light snow storm. I love this kind of game. But I wish it would snow harder. 😀
My Series 7 Apple Watch was delivered yesterday. I was tired from decorating so decided to wait until this morning to set it up. The main thing I wanted was an always on display. I already love having this - no more flicking my hand to see something! ⌚️
Christmas decor is done. Phew! Now we have a month to sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor. Christmas 🎄
So there I was cleaning off the dining table after a great dinner time when all the sudden I hear a yell of “fire!” from upstairs. Not exactly a relaxing end to the day. Fortunately when I ran upstairs it was just the TV that had blown it’s electronics. Whew! 🔥
Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating! We just put our brined turkey in the oven to roast. Can’t wait to eat all the goodies! 🦃
First (fireplace) s’more of the season
When our teenage daugther came in the door from school she was all excited and wanted to go to Target right away. Turns out a new Pokemon game dropped. Son got home and screamed with joy. Digital download FTW.
Subaru showed off their Solterra EV, for sale next year. This is the first EV I’d be excited to own.
N.B. My car is only 5 years old so I’m not getting one but would love one. I do find the short range of an EV a bit at odds with ‘great outdoor adventures’ though.
Well lookieee here. Didn’t expect this…
Apple’s self service program will let you repair iPhones and Macs yourself - Engadget