I have been waiting a long time to make this post. Almost 5 years! That’s how long it’s been since I first made my study permit application to come to Canada. Looking back, even though there have been ups and downs on this journey, moving to Canada has been one of the best decisions I… Read More »
I just got a hair transplant in Bangkok with Dr. Ratchathorn Panchaprateep of Absolute Hair Clinic couple of days back. It was a very cool experience and wanted to share it with my blog readers. I got 6715 FUT/FUE grafts in a single day and my doctor said this was the most she had ever… Read More »
When I went through my Credit Card statements, I realised that I had an issue. I was spending way too much money to keep this blog going, especially for the level of traffic that I had. I get around 30-40 people viewing this blog per day and for that level of traffic, I was paying… Read More »
I recently setup my Home Lab. However, I realised that the network connecting two of the mini PCs hosting my distributed GlusterFS volume was too slow. I was getting bottlenecked by the network between them. The 2 NVMe SSDs I put in would be no good if the network between them was going to be… Read More »
I have been wanting to get back into home labbing and hosting my own infrastructure, but just didn’t have the time for it because I was busy over the summer and fall – work, flying, running, weight training, bit of travelling kept me busy. However winter, foot injury and breaking my phone gave me extra… Read More »
I recently moved into a new apartment and could finally consider owning a PC. I wanted to build a desktop for work, running Linux VMs and for Microsoft Flight Simulator. I’m training to become a pilot and I felt it would help me save time and money if I could fly virtually. At the same… Read More »
I was invited to talk about Building Scalable Private Cloud on a Budget at DevOps Toronto. I want to thank Steve Pereira and Sebaz Rodriguez for giving me the opportunity to talk about what I was working on with my current employer, Transnomis Solutions Inc. The talk touches on various topics including: You can find… Read More »
Last year I moved to Canada from India and it’s nearly been a year since I’m here. I want to share what I feel about the country, my journey and few observations that you might find interesting. So far it has been better than expected, and I am glad I made the move. I came… Read More »
I needed a dedicated server for running a few VMs. I decided to get a server in Montreal from Kimsufi. This guide should also work with other dedicated server providers, including sister companies of Kimsufi like OVH and SoYouStart. This is a write-up on how to set it up. These are some things that I… Read More »
I had to deal with a rather unfortunate circumstance of getting tested positive for Covid-19 just before a vacation. I was due to travel to Dubai and Serbia. I would have had no way of knowing I was actually positive if I didn’t have to take the mandatory RT-PCR test necessary for international flights. I… Read More »