On my home server I backup my photos from my phone to a self-hosted photo management system called Immich. Immich is alot like Google Photos but self-hosted. It can organize the photos by date, location, and even faces. It also has a web interface and mobile apps for viewing the photos.

Hardware

I wanted to have a photo frame that would display the photos from Immich. pimoroni had a view options using the RPi Pico, but they were always out of stock, and I wanted a bit more processing power for the photo frame. I decided to use a Raspberry Pi 2W and a 7.3" e-ink display from Waveshare. I used a Waveshare hat for my Pwnagotchi, so I was confident that the Waveshare display would work.

Happy new year folks. Here is a review of a 3D printable boardgame Hextraction. It is how I spent some of my free time over the holidays. I hope you enjoy it!

Hextraction is a exciting 3D printable boardgame created by Zack Freedman. It’s as fun to play as it is to make! The objective of the game is to create a path for a 10mm ball bearing to travel by placing hexagonal tiles on a game board. The tiles have different paths, obstacles, and special effects. On their turn the player slots in a tile and rolls a ball. First player to roll a ball from beginning to end wins! The game is open source, and Zack encourages anyone to try their hand in designing their own tiles, and boards for the game.