System maintenance
Silly stupid scenario where I'm peeling one webserver/mail server offline to be upgraded (reinstalled really). However peeling the front end reverse proxy ended up causing a lot of random "000" nginx errors. I've rebooted firewalls, VMs, triple checked configs, nothing would show up. Eventually I took a punt at the…
Crypto: ETH
Updated: 2021-02-27 Ethereum has been around for a while, one of the main stable currencies. Currently #2 behind $BTC (Bitcoin) as the leading crypto currency. Mining Mining looks viable, on a RTX2080 - 35Mh Wallets Exodus : Can be mined directly, but have seen some slowness in transfers, especially with…
Cryptomania – the beginning
Just got hooked into Crypto currency trading/mining (ok, I've been mining for a while). So far the learning curve is pretty steep - but managable. My experience so far is fun, fresh and new (like most new gadgets). And working out how to game the system or gain in a…
InfluxDB : Stay away from them!
Summary:Do not use InfluxDB, especially on IoT/RPI3 (32 bit). You will run into an (will stay) unfixable problem when data size gets big Background/Story:I have created a great Grafana/InfluxDB (seemed a match in heaven) solution to be deployed to client sites as monitoring for Sungrow SH5k inverters. Beautiful presentation, and…
2020 – Corana, life and stuff
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been tough down here, with lockdowns and other things. However some things don't stop with lockdowns. Magick, innovations, creativity.. and of course our shadow selves. If anything the shadow-self is what grows. It is tricky for me, as I am balancing the need to do stuff, without…
Almost half way through 2020
Life is hectic as usual, with a cat now contracted diabetes (and not cooperating with treatment). This is a major stress Tech front, a lot of software needs to be relearnt, from CentOS8, to Zabbix 5, and even possibly upgrading Wordpress, and Laravel stuff. Solar Project is almost complete. All…
Welcome to the EV world
Finally got myself an electric car (Hyundai - Kona Electric) 2 days ago, arriving auspiciously 1 week before my would be anniversary. I am sure Jenna had something to do with it ;) Either way, took the Friday off work, got my banking done, delivered my old car (with a…
Crazy Equinox week
Starting with attending AWC2019, and having Pan rock up and take over was amazing Tech front: Finally replaced the fan on the Dell 5324 with SunOn MagLev silent fans. I don't get to have to be driven crazy anymore with that switch on! New domains finally registered for fun and…
ESXi 6.7U3 Update issues
ESXi 6.7U1->6.7U2 update introduced a "Not enough space" error when running the CLI level update. This appeared to have been carried across to the ESXi 6.7U2 to 6.7U3 updates. This is because one vib is just too large for it to install. The solution is to update one VIB then…
Laravel 6.0 is out!
Just when I'm getting started on getting used to stuff, Laravel 6.0 is out. Time for the control panel to retake a new twist again! PHP has been upgraded to 7.3 for much better performance, now Laravel to add LazyCollections to speed things even more!