Cook Island Songs
Cook Island music is rich in tradition and culture, reflecting the islands’ history and way of life. From traditional folk songs to contemporary compositions...
Posts by Year
2026
Passport Photo App
Having a good passport photo is essential for travel documents. Traditional passport photo booths can be inconvenient and often produce subpar results. Enter...
Libpostal Docker for Address Parsing
```bash docker pull senzing/libpostal-docker:latest docker run -it senzing/libpostal-docker:latest address_parser
Learning Cook Island Maori
Charlie & Tom run Kuki Learning and have some great resources on youtube for learning Cook Islands Maori. Appreciate their work in helping preserve and p...
Lovable & GetAddressCSV.com
Lovable is an AI coding assistant that helps you build web apps faster with AI-generated code. It is built on top of Supabase and provides a no-code/low-code...
2025
Useful Links 2025
3D modelling
Render AI images with glass effect
Use chatgpt and specify to use the attached json snippet to apply ‘glass with transparent and iridescent effects’
Windows Keyboard on MacOS
Karabiner is a open source application for remapping keys on Mac OS.
Catan Number Tokens using OpenSCAD And GrokAI
OpenSCAD is a simple programming language for creating 3d models.
Books to Read in 2025
Based on the original post by Andrej Karpathy, here is a list of books mentioned:
2024
Startup
Tech Influencers
AI - LLMs - Hardware
Companies
Beijing Trip
Sights
SAFe Product Owner Questions
What is one responsibility area of a Product Owner?
Dinner Talk
Recipes
Money Saving Tips
Deal Websites
Create a blog in 10 minutes
This guide is for people who have are comfortable with computers :)
Using Copilot to Generate Images and Invitations
Use Copilot for free by going to bing.com, click the Copilot link to generate stories, images and much more!
3d Models
Some 3d models I designed using Onshape CAD software.
Tasmota for Sonoff / Arlec Plugs
Reflash Sonoff / Arlec power plugs with the Tasmota firmware.
Recommended Media
Some of my favourite books and movies.
2023
3D Printing
3d Printers
Midjourney Prompts
Midjourney prompts
Unraid
Unraid
Unraid CCTV
Default username and passwords
Android Lineage
Adb / Fastboot
2022
Career in IT
Learning
Security Cameras Recommendations
Recommendations:
2021
IoT Lights
Xiaomi
2020
Orcon NF18ACV Voip with USG
These are instructions for using a USG with an ISP’s existing router with VOIP.
Virtual Box Mac OSX
MacOS in Virtualbox Youtube video
2019
H96 Pro Plus
Firmware Forums
Azure Deployments
Persisting Credentials for powershell
Entity Framework Migrations
Migrations
2018
Azure Storage Useful Links
Table Storage
VirtualBox Nas Headless
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename "d:\raw.vmdk" -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive0
Update Xiaomi Firmware
Fastboot method to update firmware
2017
Useful Links
Odd Prints - Create passport photos simply and free!! Now paid service.
Getting Started with Azure Functions
Resources
Learning Docker
Creating a Docker image using a docker file
Funduino Nano Play Sounds
Use tone() with Arduino for an Easy Way to Make Noise
Using Docker Container for Jekyll Development
Jekyll is a static website generator that converts markdown to html. Jekyll is developed using Ruby and can be challenging to install required components.
Raspberry PI
With the weather getting a little chilly I wanted to monitor the temperature in my kids room.
Ryzen
After many years of using a laptop I have decided to go back to a desktop pc.