WordPress The Events Calendar incompatible with membership and force login plugins I have a client Life Recovery who needed an internal staff portal for resources and a shared events diary. The resources and diary should be visible only to staff, however they wanted the portal home page to be visible visible to professionals working at…Continue reading How to put WordPress /events/ page behind a password
Author: gingerling
How easy is HexOS to resurrect when you’ve ignored it for 3 months because you had a new boyfriend
My HexOS NAS is in a sorry state, having been stuffed behind the sofa and mostly switched off for the last 3 months. My long yearned for private home server has been thoroughly sidelined while my kids, work and a thrilling romance took center stage. HexOS is designed to empower average nerds like me who…Continue reading How easy is HexOS to resurrect when you’ve ignored it for 3 months because you had a new boyfriend
How I moved my Google photos to my HexOS NAS and why it was AWESOME
Having a backup of treasured family photos is one reason I have set up a HexOS NAS in my home. It also gives me the option to de-Googleify my life at some point – as currently my only backup is Google photos. However … I have felt a bit overwhelmed at the idea of actually…Continue reading How I moved my Google photos to my HexOS NAS and why it was AWESOME
Swapping to more power efficient hardware my HexOS NAS: how did it go?
Having established my HexOS NAS was horribly power inefficient, I wanted to change hardware to reduce running costs. The NAS running costs were going to be around £156.95 per year ($215) which wasn’t in anyway competitive with the £80 of the next tier of Google One. However I didn’t have a budget for new parts…Continue reading Swapping to more power efficient hardware my HexOS NAS: how did it go?
Soul destroying and miserable: observations on using AI as a colleague.
I stumbled into an interesting project I thought would be simple with the help of AI… *spoilers” it wasn’t. The task was to automate extract voter data from “marked registers” pdf’s and interpret if each person had voted or not based on the crossings out on the pdf. The problem in detail In the UK,…Continue reading Soul destroying and miserable: observations on using AI as a colleague.
HexOS running costs and carbon footprint part 1
I have been vaguely aware that my hardware isn’t very efficient and my sever is often showing signs of being stressed when it shouldn’t be – lots of hot air coming out the back etc. I have finally got round to using a energy monitor plug on it, and I can see on my current…Continue reading HexOS running costs and carbon footprint part 1
HexOS: It’s Immich time!
Welcome to my 7th blog about HexOS, You can read my previous posts here. I built a HexOS NAS for my family home and I’m documenting my journey learning to use it. Today I’m setting up my first app, Immich, properly. Will Immich be as user friendly as I need it to be? Noob coming…Continue reading HexOS: It’s Immich time!
Playing with HexOS part 3: Installing an app, automated backup and peeking at TrueNAS
Welcome to my sixth blog about HexOS, You can read my previous posts here. I built a HexOS NAS for my family home and I’m documenting my journey as I learn to use it. As a less technical user, I’m an ideal HexOS customer, but is HexOS ideal for me? Let’s find out! Poking my…Continue reading Playing with HexOS part 3: Installing an app, automated backup and peeking at TrueNAS
Playing with HexOS part 2 : Unable to access location
Welcome to my fifth blog about HexOS, You can read my previous posts here. I’ve built a HexOS NAS for my family home and am documenting my user journey as I learn to use it. My HexOS install had no data yet but developed an error with the pool of drives which may have been…Continue reading Playing with HexOS part 2 : Unable to access location
Santander banking app review
I’m bank switching to see if I like any bank as much as Starling, to nosy around some snazzy banking apps and to get the switch offer money. This time is Santander, I got £100 and really didn’t love the app. Application etc Set-up was initially smooth and pleasant, like the coop they allowed Mx…Continue reading Santander banking app review