Mini Massage Gun 2

 

Xiaomi Mijia Mini Massage Gun 2C Fascia Gun 3

Less Effort For Exercise

 

Xiaomi Mijia Smart Socket 3 WIFI

Cleaning Gift

 

Roborock S8 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Further info:
Cleaning Options

Some AI Art

Win10 Starter Kit Update

The 2013 Rig was still working but needed a replacement power supply. The Backup Device turned out OK, but I bit the bullet and updated to a new 2021 Rig. There's now a bunch of Win10 installations floating around.

Security

• Private Internet Access
• And turned File History on!

Productivity

• MS Office 2019, Adobe Reader, Citrix
• Chrome, Firefox
• Peazip, Dropit, Allway Sync
• Bamboo wallpaper

Media

• K-lite, VLC, MKVToolNix 
• ImageMagick, Duplicate Photo Finder
• MP3tag, fre:ac, Sonos, iTunes :(

Further Info:

NEW RIG 2021

Work Backup Device - Azulle Access 4

Win10 Starter Kit
New Monitor(s)

NEW RIG

Mobo for New Rig
Software for New Rig
And Now (Software)
And Now (Hardware)
Getting Closer to Next Project
Next Project
Windows 7 Starter Kit
2nd Baby Arrived (father doing well)
Baby News
RKHTPC

Oldest Person Tenure

 

Perceived Strength of Words

 

Whooosh

 

WalkingPad A1

 

Kingsmith WalkingPad A1 (Xiaomi Mijia ecosystem)

What you doin?

Clean Air

Xiaomi Mijia Air Purifier 3

• OLED display of air quality and temperature
• Smartphone remote control and alerts

• 400m3/hour capacity (6660L/min) 
• 48m2 application area/11m2 applicable area improvement
• Three layers of activated carbon HEPA filter
• 32.1-64db
• High-precision laser particle sensor
• Back-tilt centrifugal fan and brushless motor (38W)

VARIDESK ProDesk 48™ Electric Reclaimed Wood

VARIDESK ProDesk 48™ Electric Reclaimed Wood

• Assembles in 5 minutes or less (not quite - it's a two person job)
• 3 programmable memory settings with LED display
• A steel crossbar for enhanced stability
• Cable management tray

• Table = 122cm x 76cm
• Height = 65-129cm
• Legs = 73.5cm
• Supports up to 90.7kg

VARIDESK Dual Monitor Arm

Win10 Starter Kit

We added some storage to the 2013 Rig, which is still performing well, but need to do a clean Win10 install with these:

Security

• Avast Free Anti-virus
• Private Internet Access
• CCleaner
• And turned File History on!

Utilities

• Ninite
• Chrome, Firefox
• Peazip
• Dropbox, Dropit, Allway Sync
• Bamboo wallpaper

Productivity

• MS Office 2019
• Adobe Reader

Media

• K-lite, VLC, GOM Player, MKVToolNix, Handbrake, 
• Adobe Photopshop Express, ImageMagick, Duplicate Photo Finder
• MP3tag, Sonos, iTunes :(
• SideQuest

Further Info:

New Monitor(s)

NEW RIG

Mobo for New Rig
Software for New Rig
And Now (Software)
And Now (Hardware)
Getting Closer to Next Project
Next Project
Windows 7 Starter Kit
2nd Baby Arrived (father doing well)
Baby News
RKHTPC

Picard Trailer

More cleaning options

Wooden pole

Glass wiper (squeegee)

Flooring mop

Further Info:
Cleaning Options

Mi Mix 2S (no notch is why)

Mi Mix 2S

Baseus Simple Wireless Charger (transparent)

Further Info:
My last three

New Puppy!

[Solved] Mi Box 3 software update

Android TVOS (Oreo)

The Mi Box 3 (MDZ-16-AB) comes with Android TVOS 6.0 installed, but the over-the-air (OTA) update may leave you hanging. Here is what I did to update to Android TVOS 8.0:

What you will need:

• A desktop computer with an internet connection
• A FAT32 formatted USB drive with at least 1GB capacty
• About 20 mins + download time
• Moderate or better hand-eye co-ordination
• Moderate or better computer skills (if you don't have those, see if you have a helpful friend or relative)
• To be mentally prepared for the fact that you have probably lost any software or settings you installed on your Mi Box 3

On your desktop computer

1. Format your USB drive if you haven't already done that (in Win10, plug the drive in, wait for it to appear in explorer, then right click and select format)
2. Download this stable build (Oreo build 2167)
3. Unzip the file "once-8.0-2167.7z" and you should see two files
• update.zip (~645MB)
• xiaomi_update (~34KB)
4. Copy those two files onto your USB drive

Now let's go back to the Mi Box 3

1. Remove the power plug from the Mi Box
2. Insert the USB drive into the Mi Box (there is only one place it will fit)
3. Now the tricky part - a manual recovery process
• On the remote control, press and hold the BACK arrow and the OK button at the same time and don't let go (and don't press any other buttons)
• Still holding those two buttons, reconnect the power plug to the Mi Box (some people suggest this is a two person job)
• Don't let go of the buttons until you see a message on the screen telling you the Mi Box is updating
• If you get a recovery menu, select 'Apply update from EXT' then select 'Update from udisk', then select the 'update.zip' file and hopefully it will hopefully update from there.
• Some users report that the remote is very sensitive and won't let you easily navigate to these options - a suggested trick is to put the remote behind your body to weaken the signal - this worked for me, so I guess it's true that I am real in this universe).
• Some users report getting stuck in a recovery mode loop (i.e., you keep rebooting into recovery mode every time you power off and power on) - a suggested method is to ensure that your USB file has the tiny 'xiaomi_update' file on it, which forces an automatic update
4. If everything went to plan, you should now have Android TVOS Oreo build 2167, which many users report to be stable and fully functional. Some say magical, but I don't go that far.

You want more? The above stable build will keep hassling you to get the next OTA update, but that too may leave you hanging. In that case you can

1. Go back to your desktop and download this build, which is the most recent at the time of writing (and which worked for me)
2. Unzip this file, and copy the file 'update.zip' (~630MB) onto your USB file
• You can simply over-write the previous update.zip file containing build 2167
• The important part is to keep the tiny 'xiaomi_update' file on the USB drive so that the Mi Box will automatically update
3. Now repeat the procedure in Step 3 above, the manual recovery process
4. Hopefully this worked - the subsequent OTA update worked, and the only problem is that the Android TV Remote on my phone will not pair

Next we may list our starter pack...

Further Info:

Mi Box 3
Odroid XU4Q
Kodi Settings
NEW RIG

Mobo for New Rig
Software for New Rig
And Now (Software)
And Now (Hardware)
Getting Closer to Next Project
Next Project
Windows 7 Starter Kit
2nd Baby Arrived (father doing well)
Baby News
RKHTPC

Mi Box 3

MDZ-16-AB

• Dimensions: 101mm x 101mm x 19.5mm
• Weight: 176.5g

• Processor: Amlogic S905X SoC =  Quad-core Cortex-A53 2.0GHz
• GPU: Mali 450 750MHz
• RAM: 2GB DDR3
• Storage 8GB eMMC
• Power: 5V/2A, 4mm x 1.7mm

• Connectivity out
• 1 x HDMI 2.0a (HDCP 2.2)
• 1 x SPDIF Out / 3.5mm audio output (DTS 2.0+, Dolby Digital Plus, up to 7.1 pass through)

• Connectivity in
• 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Dual-band Wi-Fi 2.4GHz/5GHz
• Bluetooth 4.0/3.0
• 1 x USB 2.0 (many users get a 3 port USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet adapter, but we find the wireless is fine)

• Remote: Bluetooth voice remote control (2xAAA batteries), but suggest to get a keyboard at least for initial setup

We will post about software separately...

Further Info:
Odroid XU4Q
Kodi settings
NEW RIG

Mobo for New Rig
Software for New Rig
And Now (Software)
And Now (Hardware)
Getting Closer to Next Project
Next Project
Windows 7 Starter Kit
2nd Baby Arrived (father doing well)
Baby News
RKHTPC

New Monitor(s)

Currently we are using 2xDell G2410T (refurbished)

• 24" HD (1920x1080 at 60Hz) TN panel with 5ms response
• Power consumption 20W operating / 0.15W standby

Dell G2410T

But work is moving to QHD monitors so remoting in with downscaling will be bad. And I'm going to repurpose the Lorne media centre into a midi controller.

So the next choice is:

Dell U2718Q

• 27" 4K (3840x2160 at 60Hz) IPS panelwith 5-8ms response
• Power consumption 30W operating / 0.3W standby

Further Info:

NEW RIG

Mobo for New Rig
Software for New Rig
And Now (Software)
And Now (Hardware)
Getting Closer to Next Project
Next Project
Windows 7 Starter Kit
2nd Baby Arrived (father doing well)
Baby News
RKHTPC

After installing Ubuntu Linux 18.04

Update system
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Restricted drivers
Software & Update -> Additional Drivers

VLC
sudo apt-get install vlc -y

GIMP
sudo apt-get install gimp -y

Multimedia support
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

System clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

Further Info:
Odroid XU4Q