I finally got all the pieces of my new PC together and it is now up and running. I made a few last-minute changes to some of the components, but it was pretty close to the plan. The only issue I faced was with the RAM. It turned out that my motherboard was quite fussy … Continue reading PC is complete!
Author: Gary Field
Software Engineer/Architect who loves to write code and solve challenging problems. Continually learning with current interests in Kubernetes, VueJS, Swift and Java/Kotlin. Also enjoy playing the piano/guitar, flight sim and electronics.
Building a new PC for flight sim
Although my primary computer is a 2017 iMac Pro, I use a Windows PC for flight simulation (X-Plane/MSFS 2020/DCS World), as well as few other games like Star Citizen, World of Warcraft and World of Tanks. My PC is about ten years old now and is struggling to handle Star Citizen and MSFS 2020. I … Continue reading Building a new PC for flight sim
Micro-soldering and electronics
During the COVID lockdown, I got into electronics, having been focused on software for the last 30 years. After building a breadboard computer, I took a Udemy course on electrical engineering to brush up on the basics of electronics and then started to build some circuits on breadboards. Before long I found myself watching teardown … Continue reading Micro-soldering and electronics
iMac Pro Ethernet Problems
In May 2019 I finally replaced my super-reliable 10-year-old 16GB Quad-Core "cheese grater" Mac Pro with a 64GB iMac Pro with a 2TB SSD and Radeon Pro Vega 64 16GB graphics. It was quite an upgrade and a bit overkill, but I wanted the better thermal solution and I'd read that the iMac could be … Continue reading iMac Pro Ethernet Problems
Ben Eater 8-bit Breadboard Computer
About a year or so ago, a friend of mine tweeted that he'd just taken delivery of an 8-bit computer kit. I was intrigued and immediately started watching Ben Eater's series of videos on YouTube. I was catapulted back to my Software Engineering days at Imperial College in the 90s. At the time I was … Continue reading Ben Eater 8-bit Breadboard Computer
Logitech MX Series for Mac
Logitech's MX keyboard and mouse combo is a perfect replacement for the iMac Pro magic devices.
Solving the Rubik’s Cube
A while back on my Squarespace site, I posted instructions on how to solve the Rubik's Cube. It was based on a YouTube video (there are many), which I used to learn from. I then taught my daughter from my notes. Now that I am on WordPress, I thought it would be useful to post it … Continue reading Solving the Rubik’s Cube
Setting up GlusterFS on AWS
Recently, I’ve been playing around with Kubernetes. I needed a permanent volume for my pods to write data to, so I decided to investigate GlusterFS. This blog post describes how I went about setting it up. In a future post I will show how to use it from Kubernetes. Request two EC2 instances First thing … Continue reading Setting up GlusterFS on AWS
Two months with my 2016 13″ MacBook Pro
In November, I received my new MacBook Pro with touch bar. I specced it with 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD, but stuck with the stock i5 processor. Initially, I was confused by the resolution. Given it was my first retina, I thought it would be much higher resolution than it was out of the … Continue reading Two months with my 2016 13″ MacBook Pro
From SquareSpace to WordPress
After several years hosting my website on SquareSpace, I have finally decided to move to a different service. Don't get me wrong, SquareSpace is an excellent service, but it offers far more than I need, and that comes at a price - currently $144 a year. Not expensive, but there are cheaper services that meet … Continue reading From SquareSpace to WordPress
Technology, Programming & Flight Sim 