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 …
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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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TOHacks 2022 — Summer’s around the corner, time to get your hacks in order.
You like code, we like code. Let’s write some sweet, sweet code — together. TOHacks 2022 — Toronto’s foremost hackathon will be closing applications on May 23rd. Now is the time to register for a chance to win some cool Apple swag, an opportunity to build a wicked awesome solution and a guarantee to learn …
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Let’s talk mods. Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios acquires Activision Blizzard
The $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard now places Microsoft as the 3rd largest gaming company behind Tencent and Sony; setting in stone once and for all the significance of Microsoft Gaming. With huge franchise titles such as Call of Duty, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft now under their belt, we can expect the next …
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Registering a VM created by a slightly newer version of ESXi
Related to the previous post, I’ve downgraded one of my ESXi hosts to ESXi 7U1c in a fit of frustration and sleep deprivation. Now comes the headache of re-configuring this host, along with registering VMs that were created by a newer version of ESXi 7. Specifically, 7U2. Et eu, VMs? Now I didn’t really use …
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VMware ESXi 7U2 – Host losing access to SD card
Since Fall of 2021 when I upgraded from ESXi 7U1c to 7U2a, I’ve noticed several times when my host would lose access to its internal SD card. My setup is pretty standard – Dell’s custom ESXi image installed on my R830’s internal dual SD module (IDSDM). After around 16-20 days of uptime, the host would …
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The TOHacks 2021 Digest
2021 was an eccentric one, riddled with changes from the widespread indoctrinate of remote work and study programs to virtual everything. Meetings, workshops and hackathons are but a few things we have had to deliver 100% digitally. In spite of all this, we were not deterred. Our TOHacks 2021 hackathon ended up being one of …