Category: tech related
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Some Limitations of Gemini
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor several days now I have been playing with Gemini, Google Takeout files and Flick Export files, first to re.marry json data to relevant exif fields, and then to create a folder structure library by year, month and day. In the process I have had to itterate, and itterate, and think lateraly…
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Flickr Backup Automation and Video Export
Reading Time: 2 minutesLet’s begin by saying that Flickr is not intended for video. It’s meant for photographers to backup and share their photos with like-minded individuals. When you use the Flickr app for iOS and Android it automatically backs up videos, and photos. After some trial and error I was able to get the…
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Vibe Coding a Flickr Export Tool with Google Gemini
Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently I decided that I would backup my Flickr library locally despite having over a year left on my pro account. In so doing, when the decision comes whether to dump, or keep using flickr, I will know that my data is safely backed up locally. Of course I decided to play…
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Migrating Photos to Photoprism Via Rsync
Reading Time: 2 minutesI downloaded my photographs from Google Photos via Google Takeout before using Exiftool to repopulate the exif metadata. Once this was done, I had to move the files from the mac to the Raspberry Pi running photoprism. For this I used rsync because it can run in the background as you sleep.…
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A Shell-fish use of AI – Exporting Flickr Zips
Reading Time: 2 minutesImagine, you decide to backup your photos from a website such as flickr, but you find that it generates over a hundred files. Imagine going through and downloading every file manually. Imagine clicking hyperlinks one hundred and sixty eight times. Imagine having so little pressure on your time. That’s where a quick…
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The Case for Cables like the Ugreen USB-C — USB Micro B Cable
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor years macs have come exclusively with USB-C ports but hard drives have come with usb-a and usb-b adaptors. When ordering an HDD recently I noticed that there is a niche item. The Ugreen USB-C — USB Micro B is the type of niche cable that all mac users could be…
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Migrating from Google Photos to Immich Via Google Takeout
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn an ideal world Google Photos, iCloud Photos, MyCloud (Swisscom) and other photo backup solutions would back up your photos into a directory structure that you can access and download from with ease and convenience. Unfortunately non of them want to offer that. That is why finding a workflow to get data…
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The Symbiosis of Influencers and Social Media
Reading Time: 3 minutesThreads, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok are social media sites and apps rather than social networks. Their aim is not to promote conversations but rather to encourage likes, re-sharing and the cult of personality. It is for this reason that they have become less ‘sticky’ for normal ‘users’. In the era of Seesmic…
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A Year to Experiment with Swisscom MyAI
Reading Time: 2 minutesA few days ago I was looking at MyAI and I was going to unsubscribe from the "Pro" account before they charged me, before realising that as an early adopter I have a year to play with MyAI for "free". When I say that I can play with it for free I…
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On Payed Online Audiobook Library Subscriptions
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a long time you could choose between one credit or two credits per month with Audible, and you were limited to that one or two books. With time they increased the price, but they also added plenty of books that were included with the membership. At this point, if you’re not…