Gemini: Personal (Page 4)

Build a colour-coded exam revision timetable for a 12-year-old with Gemini

A parent and their 12-year-old daughter gathered the daughter's subjects, revision guides and exam timetable, including photos of crumpled papers from the school bag, and gave Gemini 2.5 Pro detailed instructions on subject priorities and daily study time. They say it produced a detailed, accurate plan that became a colour-coded web page the daughter can view anywhere, marking exam days differently without being asked; it took about 15 minutes and left the daughter more enthusiastic about revising.

Decode 100+ pages of new-apartment purchase paperwork and plan the layout and lighting with Gemini and NotebookLM

Moving into a newly bought apartment, Mitja Rutnik uploaded the purchase documents to Gemini to ask about confusing clauses, such as a warranty policy that only referenced laws, and set up a NotebookLM notebook with the full 100+ page document set for quick look-ups. Gemini also advised on colour schemes, furniture proportions, counter-to-table clearance, rug size and lumens and colour temperature per room, suggested how to tackle bathroom floor stains, summarized warranty rights when raising defects with the developer, and gave layout ideas from the floor plan. Rutnik still had to build a 3D model in a separate app.

Cut 23,000 unread emails to about 8,000 with one Gemini command in Gmail

Faced with more than 23,000 unread emails, David Alonge asked Gemini in Gmail to 'Delete all unread emails from 2009 to 2022.' Within a few minutes the unread count dropped to about 8,000, a job Alonge expected would have taken weeks by hand.

Get a furnace running until the repair visit with Gemini and a video

With no repair appointment available for 2 days over the 2025 holidays, a Hacker News commenter filmed the furnace trying to start and gave the videos to Gemini. The commenter says it diagnosed the issue immediately and had them spin a small exhaust fan while the furnace tried to fire; it came on, and repeating that kept it working until the HVAC service arrived.

Fix a gas dryer that won't heat with Gemini and a photo

A Hacker News commenter's gas dryer ran but wouldn't heat. Gemini suggested a thermal fuse, pointed it out in a photo of the opened back panel, walked them through testing it, linked the part once they gave the model number, and advised cleaning the vent since poor venting likely blew the fuse. They say after cleaning the exhaust and a $5 fuse the dryer works fine.

Poster says:$5 fuse

Generate a homeschool week's assignments from state standards with Gemini

Kyle Elliott used Gemini with the state's reference material to draft a week-by-week lesson plan for a 15-year-old daughter, then adjusted it by hand for learning differences, weeks off and their 504 (school accommodations) plan, and saved it. Each week an automation Elliott built sends that week's topics, curriculum standards, homeschool laws and their interests to Gemini, which writes the full assignment list around what they care about.

Turn a dinner idea into a Google Keep grocery checklist with Gemini

MakeUseOf's Saikat Basu asked Gemini, with the Keep connector, for a 'week of high-protein vegetarian dinners grocery list' for one person. Gemini created the checklist in Google Keep item by item; they say it was neatly organized, though it didn't group items by produce and pantry within the note.