Ronson's Blog

Moving from Google Play Music to Plex - Playlists

Google again, decided to kill another product. This time it was Google Play Music (GPM) and a forced migration to a inferior YouTube Music app. I had enough and decided to just host it myself on Plex. Getting playlists out of GPM is a

Conflict of Interest - FirstService Residential Ontario with VMedia

Link to communication: https://ontario.fsrconnect.ca/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2Fcq07QdcO90iTbru%2FNzExNzE%3D%2Fmcacl2xyzj.lcg.aspx I recently received a mass communication from the company that manages our condo. It informed us that they have created a great partnership with VMedia. Unfortunately, this is

steam

Raceroom Racing Experience Won't Start

Quarantine life means finding ways to spend time at home. That means video games! Installed Steam and looked for a free racing game. Found Raceroom Racing Experience. Installed it, but

SIM

AIS SIM2FLY SIM Card

If you're travelling to Asia, one of the easiest to use and affordable SIM cards is the AIS SIM2FLY. This will also probably replace my FreedomPop SIM Card since it doesn't really seem to work anymore nor does it work in Asia Purchase Link:

Add curl to XiaoFang Camera

Download binary here: https://github.com/death2all110/yi-hack/tree/master/sd/testSFTP file to /media/mmcblk0p2/data/usr/bin/chmod +x curldoneReferences: https://web.archive.org/web/20170712052521/http://nemon.org/ipcam-ipr1631x/SDK: https://mega.nz/#!69tXHCAD!spJmcKzH3WUmOOyTMVxIc07N4m6Bu8m3ziDhURaKjgMSDK Build: https://github.com/cilynx/zm-w0002/

xiaomi

Xiaomi MIUI Phone Set-up / Transfer

Purchased Xiaomi Mi Max 3 with Xiaomi.eu ROM pre-installed (https://tradingshenzhen.com/en/mi-max-3/1302-mi-max3-6gb-ram-128gb-rom-snapdragon-636.html) Tried to get settings/data/apps transferred from old phone to new, but

FreedomPop - Updated List of Tested Countries

Country City Supported Worked USA Elizabeth, NJ✓ ✓ USA Buffalo, NY✓ ✓ USA Ft. Lauderdale, FL✓ ✓ Sweden Stockholm ✓ ✓ Finland Helsinki ✓ ✓ Russia Estonia Germany Warnermunde ✓ ✓ Germany Berlin ✓ ✓ Denmark Copenhagen ✓ Netherlands Amsterdam ✓ ✓ Italy Rome Airport (FCO) ✓ ✓ Italy Rome City Center ✓ No, only at high altitude Top of St.

1Password to Bitwarden

As of Bitwarden Version 1.26.0, the Bitwarden 1PIF and 1Password CSV import doesn't work very well. The URL does not map correctly. Therefore, no logins will pop up

humidifier

Effectiveness of Ronson's Shuttlecock Humidifier

The two questions that I get asked the most about my Shuttlecock Humidifer are: Does it work? How long does it take to work? To answer these two questions, I've set up a pseudo-experiment to measure the humidity of 4 tubes of shuttlecocks: Control

badminton

How To Use Ronson's Shuttlecock Humidifier

The shuttlecock humidifier is an inexpensive way to keep shuttlecocks at optimal humidity. ($5!) Research: Wilson Patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7591369 - ~50% Relative Humiditiy (RH) More Wilson

homeassistant

Home Assistant + deconz Conbee USB

Started with a Wink Hub because of a Black Friday Deal Set up Home Assistant and Homebridge Purchased some inexpensive Xiaomi Sensors hoping they would work They did not, ended

taobao

JCEX - UPS on TaoBao no longer ships Shuttlecocks to Canada

Buying non-mainstream brand badminton shuttlecocks from China are much more affordable. One of the best places to purchase them is TaoBao. To order and ship them to Canada, there were

shuttlecock

Alternative to Humidome

The humidome is too expensive in Canada. Assuming you can get 100% improvement, then you would break even after just one tube. However, this is asking a lot of the

Homebridge

Pairing More than one Device with Homebridge

Set up Homebridge with one iOS device - https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge Modify AccessoryInfo.MAC_ADDRESS.json to remove the paired device (where MAC_ADDRESS is some string) - File should be in ~/.homebridge/persist/ { "displayName":"Homebridge", "category&

python

HomeAssistant + SmartThings + MQTT Bridge

Reference: Original Install Guide: https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/02/09/Smarter-Smart-Things-with-MQTT-and-Home-Assistant/ New Built-in MQTT Broker: https://home-assistant.io/components/mqtt/ Reddit Notes Instructions on the original blog post includes

Building TensorFlow 1.4 from Source to Support Intel CPU w/ Anaconda

References: https://www.tensorflow.org/install/install_sources#ConfigureInstallation https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41293077/how-to-compile-tensorflow-with-sse4-2-and-avx-instructions#comment81255824_47146118 Pre-built wheels: https://github.com/lakshayg/tensorflow-build More pre-built wheels: https://github.com/

windows

Upgrading Drives in a Storage Pool (Storage Spaces)

Most of the info is here and here Technet, but for easy step by step, follow below: Open PowerShell Identify the disks you want to remove using: Get-PhysicalDisk | select FriendlyName, SerialNumber, UniqueID This will list all the disks and their UniqueID (which you'll use

SE3016

Rackable SE3016 PSU Replacement

The OEM PSU in the Rackable SE3016 is loud. You can replace the small fan, but you can also replace the PSU completely. I also needed to replace the PSU as it wasn't able to drive all 16 ports after a while. Items I

python

pandas DataFrame Replace

Source: http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/generated/pandas.DataFrame.replace.html The pandas DataFrame description of the replace function makes you think that it would search for a string and replace it (my poor assumption) However, this is incorrect. It will search for

MySQL

Drop Databse <Database Name>; mariaDB

Was trying to remove seafile from a server and drop the databases in mariaDB. Unfortunately, all the documentation says the syntax is: DROP DATABASE DATABASE_NAME; This doesn't work. You need a '`' around the database name to work. DROP DATABASE `DATABASE_NAME`

zjstar

Zjstar ZJ3T Shuttlecock - Speed 77

Basic Info: Official Info: Zjstar Available for Sale from various retailers on TaoBao Purchased from JJ Sports in Markham for $21 Goose Feather Price: ~58 RMB or $10 CAD from Taobao + Shipping All shuttles were purchased by me with no affiliation with any third

Wenjie

Wenjie No. 105 Shuttlecock - Speed 77

Basic Info: Official Info: Anhui Wenjie Sporting Goods Co., Ltd Available for Sale from various retailers on TaoBao: Purchased one tube from 钻级卖家 Duck Feather Price: ~58 RMB or $10 CAD from Taobao + Shipping All shuttles were purchased by me with no affiliation with

lucksix

Lucksix Gold (金诺) Shuttlecock - Speed 76

Basic Info: Official Info: Anhui Hengda Sports Goods Co., Ltd Available for Sale from various retailers on TaoBao: Purchased one tube from 皇冠卖家 Goose Feather - "Knife Ling" Knife Ling = Asymetrical Feather where one side of the feather is smaller than the

Hero Shuttlecock

Hero No. 9 Shuttlecock - Speed 77

Basic Info: Official Info: HERO Shuttles International Company Inc. Available for Sale from: Le Coin Badminton, QC,Canada Directly from the manufacturer (via contact form on website) Tube says Goose Feather but emails with the company tell me they're duck Price: $15.99 CAD

lucksix

Lucksix Blue (蓝诺) Shuttlecock - Speed 77

Basic Info: Official Info: Anhui Hengda Sports Goods Co., Ltd Available for Sale from: Le Coin Badminton, QC,Canada Various Retailers on TaoBao: Purchased one tube from 华人体育运动商城 Goose Feather Price: $14.99 CAD from Le Coin Badminton ~58RMB or $10 CAD from Taobao