Espresso machine is down again
09:06 AM on Tuesday 06 February 2024
So we had a power failure last night and after getting an electrician to have a check. The culprit was the espresso machine which is shorted. On top of having to get an electrician in the middle of the night and paying for it, the espresso machine is down again. So off it goes, back for repairs. The ...
Pineapple tart dragon
06:55 PM on Sunday 04 February 2024
Esther being Esther made a dragon out of pineapple tarts given that this year is the year of the dragon. I must admit that it looks rather good.
Donut has flabby skin
04:05 PM on Sunday 04 February 2024
Donut's skin is rather flabby. The photos below show that when she lies down on her side, the skin folds up.
Air purifier filters
08:50 AM on Sunday 04 February 2024
The Xiaomi air purifier (4 Compact) is showing a warning for filter replacement and so I got the replacement. Taking out the old one and comparing it to the new one shows that the purifier seems to be working :-)
Donut has a Chinese New Year collar
02:47 PM on Wednesday 31 January 2024
Donut wearing the Chinese New Year collar that Pauline brought for her. Unfortunately, it is upside down :-)
Walk to Kovan
06:25 PM on Tuesday 30 January 2024
Decided to take a nice long walk down to Kovan for dinner :-) Really enjoyed the walk, lots of time to think :-)
Espresso machine is back
05:31 PM on Tuesday 30 January 2024
So they have replaced the vacuum breaker again as it was still the issue. This is giving me no confidence in the machine.
Donut on the bean bag
09:28 PM on Monday 29 January 2024
Donut resting on the bean bag. Poor dog, soon after this, she had a seizure :-(
Bishan park
08:16 AM on Saturday 27 January 2024
Delivered pineapple tarts to Pei Yen in the morning and then took the opportunity to bring Donut to Bishan park for a walk. Along the way, we saw a beautiful rooster. When we stopped at an exercise area, I caught sight of a beautiful butterfly and then some bees. And of course we need to have a phot ...
KVM over IP
10:52 PM on Wednesday 24 January 2024
Got a Geekworm KVM-A3 kit from Amazon.sg for the Raspberry Pi 4 which runs PiKVM V3 (https://pikvm.org/). Had a Raspberry Pi 4 lying around so this was perfect. The hardware looked really robust and the little OLED was really useful providing the IP address of the KVM. Hooked it up to the little ...