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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…
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Student v2.0
Welcome Week @ UoR started on Monday (20/09/2021) and I’m excited to say that I already like the campus and the people behind the various activities that are happening there atm. On Monday I managed to sort my student card and got to visit a few of the campus buildings not to mention attended a…
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End of a journey, beginning of a new one
In 2017 my life changed with me moving to the UK and joining the team at Paragon Internet Group Ltd (tsoHost brand owned by GoDaddy), now, in 2021, it’s time for another major change in my life … this time career wise … with me leaving the infra team at TSO (ops) and joining the…