ZFS on USB 3
12:29 AM on Sunday 15 February 2015
The eSATA link to the external drive enclosures were still acting up. So I decided to switch them to USB 3 instead. It was quite easy actually, umount the drive, export using ZFS, swap the cables to USB 3, switch the enclosures to USB and import using ZFS. All these while the system was still up and ...
Esther's new earrings
11:07 AM on Sunday 01 February 2015
Esther got some earrings from etsy. They are really nice.
Old style ice cream
11:01 AM on Sunday 01 February 2015
Saw one of those old style mobile ice cream vender and decided to get a ice cream sandwich. This is so retro. Still remember my parents calling this dirty ice cream when I was young. I am going to miss this once it is gone. Most of the venders are really old now.
Lovely brownie made by Esther
11:40 AM on Monday 19 January 2015
Esther made some brownies for us. Plated on really interesting plates.
Esther using a paper bib
06:03 PM on Sunday 18 January 2015
While having dinner at a ramen place, Esther found out that they had paper bibs. So she asked for one and wore it while she had her noodles.
Esther having yummy duck
04:08 PM on Sunday 18 January 2015
Esther having a bite of her favorite duck. Both Ernest and Esther absolutely love the duck that my mother makes. The duck is really delicious, moist and tasty.
Auspicious fanta orange
01:34 PM on Saturday 17 January 2015
Fanta orange soda is a staple for Chinese New Year. But this year they introduced these really cute looking bottles which make them look like the mandarin oranges that we routinely give out. So cute and innovative of them.
Updates to the machines
01:59 PM on Thursday 01 January 2015
The end of the year means some extra me time and as usual some changes to the machines. Got a NVIDIA GTX 970 for the Windows machine which means that the old GTX 670 has been moved to Ernest's HP XW6600 workstation replacing the original Quadro NVS 295 which is more for large 2D displays rather than ...
Transformers 30th Anniversary Exhibition
10:42 AM on Wednesday 31 December 2014
Ernest wanted to go to the Transformers 30th Anniversary Exhibition so we took the opportunity to do so on New Year's Eve. There was not too much to see but the huge Optimus Prime and Bumblebee were impressive. The kids watched a Transformer movie and did some fun art there.
Kids with their first phones
07:17 PM on Monday 29 December 2014
Got the kids their first mobile phones. We shopped around and got the ASUS Zenphone 5 LTE. It was reasonably priced and was fast and well built.