Category: Projects
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I’m ready to get started with some side-gigs
As the title suggests, I’m in progress of putting together some side-gigs. I figured it was about time to put all my knowledge and experience to work. I have a gazillion ideas, thousands of notes, quite a few projects in progress and the drive and energy to make them happen. One of them is GentOS…
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GentOS – coming soon
A few years back (when I was working for GoDaddy) me and a few of my colleagues were talking about various Linux distributions and how each is special in its own way. One of the names I brought up was Gentoo and to my surprise the majority of my colleagues were not familiar with it…
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Master of Science
It finally happened, I am now a Master of Science … Data Science and Advanced Computing to be more precise 🙂 Two years ago I decided I should explore other branches of IT (not to transition to something else but rather to add more skills to my portfolio) and started looking at a Master’s degree…
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What can you do with 30£ and some staples ?
It’s a weird question I know and there’s quite a few possible answers to it such as: “buy some beer and throw the staples” or “nothing” or what I did this weekend with the mrs which would be to reupholster the kitchen chairs 🙂 Fun little project that’s been waiting for us to finish others…
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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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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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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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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…
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Gardening season 2022
Spring is here … finally … and I could not just sit on my arse doing nothing 🙂 Question: What do you do with some old leftover wood that you got from a neighbor who is renovating their home? Answer: raised beds Pics speak for themselves … me and the mrs are hoping for a…