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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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Queen Elizabeth II has died
Well … the title says all … everyone favourite “granny” died after a lifetime of service …. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61585886 The Queen Is Dead, Long Live The King!
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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…
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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…
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Russia goes to war with Ukraine 🙁
This is the shittiest piece of news I had to deal with in a while (worse than COVID as this is clearly man made) … I can’t believe “war” is still a thing in 2022 … not to mention of all places … in f**king Europe. I am so disappointed in the human race ……
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Becoming OCI Certified Architect Pro
In Oct 2021 I joined Oracle’s Ethical Hacking Team (EHT) and in doing so I found out what I’m going to be involved in and what’s expected of me 🙂 – don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining, I’m simply stating some facts – and to tell you the truth the stuff I’m being involved…
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Home lab – Kubernetes
I’m not a big fan of this stuff however I can’t just ignore it … right? 🙂The thing about Kubernetes is that it provides orchestration for containers and more importantly … it does a pretty good job at that to say the least. Deploying Kubernetes on the most popular distros for enterprise (CentOS/Ubuntu) is easy…