Category: Me
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MCM 2023
This is now starting to become a family tradition 🙂I’ll let the pics speak for themselves (I went dressed as Gabimaru from Hell’s Paradise)
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Some light gardening
In case you’re wondering what to do after you come back from a conference / training I have the answer for you: Don’t rest! Do some gardening! 🙂 Me and the mrs had a plan for our front garden which included doing a bit of digging and planting some shrubs but due to weather we…
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My visit to Belgium
This year I attended the Brucon conference (0x0f edition) which was held in Mechelen, Belgium. I posted an article about the conference itself but felt I should also share my experience from a tourist POV so here goes nothing. I live in England and given that I have the option to use the EUROSTAR train…
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Brucon 0x0F
This year I was one of the lucky few that got to attend the Brucon 2023 conference and training program. For those of you who are not familiar with it you can visit the official website at https://www.brucon.org/2023/. It’s all about security … and beer! 🙂 If you’re interested in the conference material I’ve got…
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MSc Dissertation
It’s 2023, September, and I’ve just submitted my dissertation report together with the presentation of the report. In a previous post ( https://cristian.seceleanu.co.uk/2022/10/msc-year-2/ ) I left a hint about what I was considering for my dissertation ( storage … obviously) and now is the time to reveal it to the world. My project is called:…
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Say hello to my little friend … “Pietrica”
Over a year ago I was diagnosed with gallstones after experiencing enough pain episodes which managed to convince me to visit my GP. Those of you who know me a little bit are aware of my “avoid doctors at all costs” philosophy and I know exactly what you are thinking: “them pain episodes must have…
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T320
Nope, this is not a new Terminator model … this is about the Dell Poweredge T320 system (yes, an older server model) The official page with more details: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/poweredge-t320/overview Now, why am posting this? I found myself needing some hardware for my home lab however this time I needed something that would run in the…
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MSc Year 2
It is official, I’m a year 2 MSc student (part-time) :). Last year I decided to resume my studies and go for MSc Advanced Data Science and Computer Science at UoR (University of Reading) thinking it would be a nice addition to my skills (machine learning / data science were not on my radar until…
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London Anime & Gaming Con 2022
So much fun! This year me and the mrs thought about doing something different … why not go to an anime convention given that me and my daughter like anime quite a lot. What I can say is that it was a pretty cool experience … it had everything from ppl dressing up as their…
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Solar powered – ver 0.3/0.4 alpha
v0.3 Made a few more changes to my solar rig – after discovering a few issues with the original design and figuring out a solution for them – and in the process I learned about diodes, Ferrite cores, EMI filters, circuit breakers and fuses. It all started after watching this video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT3rr4c9_u4 Battery…