More server work
11:27 AM on Monday 23 December 2019
So the server is getting into shape quite well. There are still issues being worked out but I am certainly getting through them. The first one was getting the Nvidia binary drivers to work. Made an attempt and that ended horribly and I reverted back to the open source drivers. But the binary drivers ...
Broken light switch
07:41 PM on Sunday 22 December 2019
One of the bedroom lights switches broke in the evening. Managed to put the components back which is a risky thing to do and then got it to function by using lots of tape. The next day, I got a new switch and replaced it. Since I had to turn off the power supply, that killed the server as it appears ...
Changi Experience Studio
05:34 PM on Sunday 22 December 2019
We were at Jewel to get Pauline a bag and went to the Changi Experience Studio which was something that Esther always wanted to do. I must say that it was quite fun. There was the cool card that had reflective buttons that is detected by camera which causes a projector to project images onto the car ...
Trip to JB
04:30 PM on Friday 20 December 2019
We did a very last minute trip to JB. We made the decision late morning and started the trip not long after that. There was a bit of a jam so we got there about 430 or so. Here are we at the hotel lobby. We stayed at DoubleTree again and as usual, it was a great experience. After checking in, we wen ...
Server work
08:09 AM on Wednesday 18 December 2019
Had a recurring problem with one of the drives which was finally tracked to failing memory modules. The memory modules were tested and the pair which was failing was removed. Took the opportunity to install Arch Linux on the server as the old system was corrupted by the memory errors. Arch Linux is ...
Sweet potato rice
05:59 PM on Tuesday 17 December 2019
Pauline made this beautiful sweet potato rice for dinner.
Christmas decorations at Orchard
07:08 PM on Sunday 15 December 2019
We took a photo with the Christmas decorations at Orchard road.
Donut in a bag
03:12 PM on Saturday 14 December 2019
We got Donut a new carrying bag in the hopes that she will like it and we can bring her around more often. The first attempt resulted in her trying to get out of the bag.
Seagate Exos X14 12TB failed
08:18 AM on Thursday 12 December 2019
The cheap Seagate Exos X14 12TB which I got off Newegg has failed. After connecting the drive, I got a bunch of connection errors which I attributed to the SATA port. Took it out and connected it via USB and the smartctl short test was fine. So I thought it was the SATA port. Got a old Dell H200 car ...