Technodabbler

Web Application using GitHub Actions and Kubernetes on Digital Ocean

The way we develop and deploy Web Applications has changed a lot in the last 10 years. Typically, such a project would require skills in three fields : Knowledge of a programming language to build a web applications.Knowledge of system administration, as to manage the platform that will host the

Remembering Old Hardware

It's easy for a PC building enthusiast to also be hoarder. So much time is spent carefully selecting components and combining them to build the perfect computer to call their own. And long after these computers have faded into performance obscurity, these enthusiast collect these prized components, as trophies celebrating

MacOs

Why did my Mac Shutdown?

Has your Mac computer ever mysteriously shutdown? Did you ever come back to your computer and noticed it rebooted? Understanding the cause of the shutdown is the first step to making sure it doesn't happen again. When working on a Mac computer, the Console application should contain this information. Unfortunately,

Networking

Ubiquiti Switch : Residential Overkill

It's not secret that I am a big fan of Ubiquiti hardware. I've already written about their hardware twice in the past. But this latest upgrade to my home network is elegant superfluousness : the Ubiquiti US-8-150W 8 port POE switch. Why buy this? The Ubiquiti US-8-150W provides two main advantages

PC

Geforce Now Pricing Announced ?!

This year, at CES 2018, Nvidia announced their pricing for [Geforce Now for PC and Mac] (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/geforce-now/mac-pc/). For 25 USD, players would be able to rent a cloud machine for 20 hours of gaming. This price angered many in the gaming community,

PC

Surviving the Crashplan Extinction

Having used computers for the last thirty years, I've seen my share of disasters. The biggest impact of these incidents is always data loss : hardware can always be replaced but once data is lost, it is gone. That is why data should always be regularly backup. As such, I have

Charity

Live in less than 12 hours

As mentioned, I will be playing for Extra-Life, a non-profit organization that raises funds to develop high-quality paediatrics and to contribute to social health projects for all the children in Quebec. And it is less than 12 hours before we are live. My streaming schedule should be as follows: Thursday,

Videogames

Dreamhack Montreal 2017

I've been following the Starcraft 2 professionnal scene for a few years, enough to see the game change through the release of various expansion. When I learned that Dreamhack was returning to Montreal for a second iteration, I jumped at the opportunity to attend. Lan Party Dreamhack Montreal follows the

Videogames

Extra-Life 2017 : Once more with feeling

It's not before becoming a parent that I realised the importance of pediatric hospitals. This is why, for the second year, I will be proudly participating to Extra Life 2017. By playing games for 24 hours, I will be raising funds for Opération Enfant Soleil, a non-profit organization that raises

Blogs

Ghost 1.0 - It's Official

In summer of 2013, a small team a developer launched a Kickstarter campaign to create a new kind of publishing platform. Lead by Wordpress veterans, they set out to create a tool that would focus on simplicity and ease of use. Four years latter, the team announced their official 1.

Law

The Legal Risk of a Newsletter

I've been playing around with the idea of having a newsletter for a while now. I would love to be able to send all my readers an email when I post a new article. However, in an effort to fight spammers, regulation on sending bulk emails has gotten very strict.

Scam

PSA : Microsoft will not call you to warn you about a Virus

This morning, I received a call from Microsoft Technical support. Caller > Good morning, I am calling from Microsoft Technical Support. The accent was thick, I didn't recognize the format of the phone number, and the caller hadn't identified himself by name. It's 10 seconds into the call and I

Gadget

Tile : Never Lose Your Keys Again

Losing an object is a common occurrence : you dropped an item without noticing it and you can’t find it anymore. It happens to everyone. However, losing something as mundane as your car keys can be very expensive to replace. As such, there is a growing market for tracking devices.

Videogames

Live-Streaming Conclusion : A lot more complicated than expected

As previous mentioned, I participated to Extra-Life, an event to raise funds for Opération Enfant Soleil. The cause raised a total of 6,653,220 USD, with 6,767 USD coming from my team (a big thanks to Ludia for doubling our fund raising effort). I'm very happy with the

Charity

Are we are live ... in a couple of minutes

We should be live in a couple of minutes. I'm just finishing up a couple of minor details. You can find the Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/beshiros/.

Videogames

Just a couple of days left ... Extra-Life

On November 5th, thousands of players around the world in a 24 hour gaming marathon to support Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. I'll be doing my share on November 3rd and 4th, playing various Xbox games and figuring out what is the highest MegaBlock tower I can build with my daughter.

Videogames

Fit-Headless : A Streaming Necessity

The introduction of powerful game streaming technology, such as Nvidia's Gamestream or Steam Stream forever changed how I game on the PC. My gaming PC is actually a powerful 4u server machine, comfortably installed in my server rack in the basement. Yet, I can game from any room in the

Networking

Unify AC - An Elegant Wifi Solution

Wifi is difficult to deploy properly and even more difficult to debug. When living in a small apartment, the solution is pretty simple : place a simple wifi router roughly in the middle of the appartement. However, in a large multi-floor house, getting a strong wifi signal in every room can

Networking

Edge Router X

Solutions to share the Internet on a network have tremendiously evolved in the last twenty years. My first experience was using Wingate, a software proxy that could act as an Internet gateway. Along with the introduction of Internet broadband came the consumer gateways, such as the iconic Linksys BEFSR41. The

Videogames

Nvidia Shield TV

Being a parent imposes some restriction on how, when and where you can play video games. The Shield Mobile was a saviour: with its streaming functionality, I could play PC games from anywhere in the house. The Shield TV extends the Shield ecosystem by introducing a powerful Android console for

Console

Steel Stratus XL

Game controllers for mobile devices are a strange compromise : they offer superior controls in games while severely impacting the “mobility” aspect of mobile devices. Regardless, some games just cannot be played on a touch screen. If you are using an Apple device, you’ll need an mFi controller. Those shopping

Videogames

Nvidia Shield Portable

The Nvidia Shield Portable is a wonderful little Android machine. Released by Nvidia in 2013, it was the first Android device to use Nvidia's Tegra 4 processor. Even more importantly, it was the first device to integrate Nvidia's new streaming technology, allowing a player to stream a game either from

PC

Dell PowerEdge T20 : Simple Home Server Solution

A server is a computer decided to providing one or more services. In the case of home offices, the most common type would be the file server : a computer dedicated to storing and sharing files. Server hardware is typically designed to be more robust than regular computer hardware, mostly because

Videogames

Chroma Squad, a must for Sentai fans

In 1993, North America was introduced to the Super Sentai phenomena through the Power Ranger live action television series. The core concept of a Super Sentai show is that a taskfoce of heroes are given powers (and giants robots) to fight evil. In the case of Power Rangers, the heroes

Videogames

Steam Link and Controller

Streaming, at least for computers, is the continuous delivery of media from a provider: only the content you need is transmitted. Although streaming is mostly associated with music and movies, streaming technologies for video games have been gaining popularity. In essence, you play a game on a device, but the