a new year in a new home on a new infra stack same challenges, same pastimes, same me? here’s to 2026 – thanks for sticking around
Author archives: alvin
LTT – VØJ & Narvent – Memory Reboot
My Kubernetes Pod Lifecycles Workshop Experience
A couple weeks ago, I presented an internal workshop at PointClickCare as part of a Learnathon – 2 weeks of buffet-style workshops delivered by staff and vendors followed by a 1 week project period akin to a Hackathon. In this session, we covered theory around Kubernetes pod life cycles, along with operator considerations. In the …
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Fixing ‘A fatal error occured when running Atmosphere’ Title ID: 010000000000002b
At the time of writing, there are several issues (#1124, #1145, #1173, #1256, #1491) opened into Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere regarding the following error: I encountered it out of nowhere on SW 15.0.1|AMS 1.4.0, but have heard of others facing it as a result of a bad microSD (already tested mine), or as the result of uncleanly shutting …
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Impact Zero X Repair Cafe Toronto
There’s many ways to build a circular economy – at Repair Cafe Toronto we do it one fix at a time. Thanks Impact Zero for capturing this journey as I speak to this sustainable art in its prime. Welcome to Sustainability Disruptors, the podcast presented by Impact Zero! Our goal is to have conversations with …
Tooth Care/Brush holder
As part of a request by elderly family, here’s a simple 8″x2″x1″ two-part insertion container for tooth brushes and other teeth care tools. Specifically designed to hold denture brushes. Some slight sanding word required at the end, depending on how tight you want it to be. tc-holder-top STL (for 3d printing) IPT (Autodesk Inventor part …
HP 17-by3063st Screen Replacement
Over the past few years I’ve accepted that if a screen replacement doesn’t require a tear-down of the entire laptop chassis, then it just requires a tear-down of the entire top portion of a laptop chassis. The HP 17-by3063st has changed my mind. I won’t be discussing this laptop in too much detail here, those …
1.25″ Telescope Eyepiece & Adapter Caps
Nothing much to say here, didn’t feel justified spending $10+ just for some plastic caps to protect my telescope from collecting dust and my eyepieces from scratching. 1.25in-adapter-cap STL (for 3D printing) IPT (Autodesk Inventor part file) 1.25in-eyepiece-cap STL (for 3D printing) IPT (Autodesk Inventor part file)
Zoom, enhance, zoom some more.
Not long ago I had the privilege of meeting Speo, creator of MagicDSC and overall astronomy hobbyist/fanatic, in-person. Thanks again for the crash course on sky watching – I look forward to fiddling with your project more while embracing the hidden beauty of the night sky. Suffice to say, I’m now the owner of a …
LTT – Murdock – Pull Me Down
If you haven’t listened to the Liquicity Drum & Bass Yearmix 2021 which was mixed by Maduk, you don’t know what you’re missing.
My Kubernetes Quickstart Workshop Experience
Last week I held a Kubernetes Quickstart Workshop as part of the TOHacks 2022 Hype Week. Together, we went over some basic Kubernetes concepts, API resources, and the problems they solved relative to non-cloud native architecture. As part of this workshop I created some simple K8s cheat-sheets/material, along with a whole new Kubernetes cluster which …
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