post on My Personal Website https://www.medinas.org/categories/post/ Recent content in post on My Personal Website My Personal Website https://www.medinas.org/papermod-cover.png https://www.medinas.org/papermod-cover.png Hugo -- gohugo.io Sun, 26 Nov 2023 14:03:00 +0100 My Setup. Early 2023 Edition. https://www.medinas.org/posts/2023-11-26-setup_early_2023/ Sun, 26 Nov 2023 14:03:00 +0100 https://www.medinas.org/posts/2023-11-26-setup_early_2023/ Hardware Custom Desktop PC My current Desktop PC was assembled by me in 2021 shortly after the release of the Ryzen Zen 3 Generation. Replacing my old Intel i6700k which was showing signs of age on recent games. The Idea behind this computer is to be a Gaming PC and a general Workstation. Components: AMD Ryzen 5800X MSI Trio OC NVidia RTX 4090 32GB DDR4 1TB NVME 1TB SSD 1TB HD ASUS MB B550 Gaming Pro Wifi Gigabyte M27Q Monitor Samsung 27" C27H Quantum Dot The Ryzen is a great processor, it runs very efficiently in both idle and high load with lot’s of cores. Hardware

Custom Desktop PC

My current Desktop PC was assembled by me in 2021 shortly after the release of the Ryzen Zen 3 Generation. Replacing my old Intel i6700k which was showing signs of age on recent games. The Idea behind this computer is to be a Gaming PC and a general Workstation.

Components:

  • AMD Ryzen 5800X
  • MSI Trio OC NVidia RTX 4090
  • 32GB DDR4
  • 1TB NVME
  • 1TB SSD
  • 1TB HD
  • ASUS MB B550 Gaming Pro Wifi
  • Gigabyte M27Q Monitor
  • Samsung 27" C27H Quantum Dot

The Ryzen is a great processor, it runs very efficiently in both idle and high load with lot’s of cores. This PC runs Windows 11 for now. When I need a development environment i most of the times use Ubuntu on WSL2 or VirtualBox no need so far to use on Dual Boot.

Macbook Pro 2020 Apple M1

This is our family computer, we use it for Facetime, Surfing on the Web, Writing, Music Production and of course Coding. It’s a terrific device, great Battery life, typical MacOS Unix-like features and the processor is amazing. Plus being able to run iOS apps its for me a no Brainer. This is one of my most used devices and I love it.

iPad Air 2021 Apple M1

Used mostly by the Kids to play some Minecraft or watch Videos. Its also used by me to read, write and go through Doom Scrolling on X or Mastodon. It’s fast and very eficient. It replaced our iPad Air 2 as it went out of support last year, this was one of the best devices i owned. The iPad Air is just like it’s predecessor, superb.

iPhone 8

Got it some years ago for a good price, new. Does its job, works great no major performance issues and good camera. My only issue is the Battery life.

Apple Watch Series 5

I was never a person who used Watches. But when Apple released the Apple Watch i said, when it will become mature and got the first major hardware update, i will get one. I bought it a few days after its available and i used it everyday since. I like to track my heartbeats, fitness, watch weather and random Timers. In addition the integration in Apple ecosystem is great as expected.

I love it!

Raspberry PIs

Steam Deck

Some short review. It’s a great device, current generation games like Doom Eternal and Elden Ring run great. It’s truly the year of Linux Desktop!

Misc Devices

PS4

Got it around in 2012. Worked great for casual gaming but games but running 1080p on 30FPS (rarely 60fps) and PSN was just too expensive. Its still used for casual CO-OP gaming. Might migrate to Steam Deck for CO-OP.

iMac 27" late 2012

Was my main Desktop back in 2013-2016 but it was somehow underpowered for its great 27" Display. Games were not running well and HD drive was too slow. Today it’s rarely used, HD its incredible slow to even boot Mac Os Catalina. It’s about to be retired. Basically the Macbook Pro is the replacement of this iMac.

Software

OS

  • Windows 11
  • MacOS
  • iOS / iPad OS
  • Linux (Steam Deck, Virtual Machines, RPIs and WSL)

Apps

  • Browsers: mostly Brave but on Apple devices Safari works better. I gave up Firefox some time ago, i was mostly using in the last few years just for the cause.
  • Editors: Currently Neovim. For years i’ve used Sublime Text and long time Emacs user, i love Emacs but i realized by the size of my .emacsrc something wasn’t right.
  • Mail: Most of the time, Webmail and in some rare cases Apple Mail.
  • Other Apps: Mainly I waste my time on Signal, WhatsApp, Facetime, X/Twitter, Mastodon and Steam.
  • Recording Music: I use both Neural DSP Fortin Cali and Neural DSP Archtype Petrucci. Both are terrific but the Fortin is the one i use most of the time. It’s incredible how good amp sims sound nowadays, out of the box sounds as good if not better than my Tube amps. As DAW i use Reaper.
]]> Notes for 16-04-2023 https://www.medinas.org/posts/2023-04-16-notes_of_the_day/ Sun, 16 Apr 2023 22:55:00 +0700 https://www.medinas.org/posts/2023-04-16-notes_of_the_day/ Woke up, had breakfast, catch up with Mastodon. Installed Linux on my main Desktop. Somehow due to the dual partition setup with UEFI the bootloader got broken. Last lunch with my mom, she is returned back home today. Drove her to airport. Felt alright but the airport was too crowded and it was rather confusing to me to see so much people. Back home, repaired the bootloader on my Main Desktop PC, still not happy with the setup.
  • Woke up, had breakfast, catch up with Mastodon.
  • Installed Linux on my main Desktop. Somehow due to the dual partition setup with UEFI the bootloader got broken.
  • Last lunch with my mom, she is returned back home today.
  • Drove her to airport. Felt alright but the airport was too crowded and it was rather confusing to me to see so much people.
  • Back home, repaired the bootloader on my Main Desktop PC, still not happy with the setup. I will revisit this problem later next week. Still not convinced if i really need a standalone Linux on my Main Desktop. I’m pretty much happy with Virtualbox and WSL2.

    • Mood: Good.

    Music/TVShows/Internet highlights: None.

    ]]>         Notes for 15-04-2023 https://www.medinas.org/posts/2023-04-15-notes_of_the_day/ Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:34:01 +0700 https://www.medinas.org/posts/2023-04-15-notes_of_the_day/ Wake up relatively late. Read some articles about AI, watched some Youtube videos about the matter. Lunch with family. Tried a nice red wine, which was a gift from a Friend. Played my 7-String guitar. Random riffs, pratice some solos. Went to Supermarket with my wife. We made a short trip around to get some fresh air. Played some PUBG and CSGO while streaming on Twitch. Collected and uploaded to Youtube some of my gaming Highlights.
  • Wake up relatively late. Read some articles about AI, watched some Youtube videos about the matter.
  • Lunch with family. Tried a nice red wine, which was a gift from a Friend.
  • Played my 7-String guitar. Random riffs, pratice some solos.
  • Went to Supermarket with my wife. We made a short trip around to get some fresh air.
  • Played some PUBG and CSGO while streaming on Twitch.
  • Collected and uploaded to Youtube some of my gaming Highlights.

    • Mood: Positive/Good. Want to spend the last day with my mom while she visited us.

    Music/TVShows/Internet highlights:

    • Read some AI articles and Videos.
    • Random blog posts.
    ]]>         Notes for 14-04-2023 https://www.medinas.org/posts/2023-04-14-notes_of_the_day/ Sat, 15 Apr 2023 01:10:00 +0700 https://www.medinas.org/posts/2023-04-14-notes_of_the_day/ Woke up early, slept well but not long. Appointment to check my eyes and vision due to often eyes burning and small headaches. No issues observed, which means I don’t need glasses. Burning eyes might be due to lack of humidity in the eyes which could be caused by multiple factors (i.e dry air). short break to to play Hunt:Showdown. Visit the Doctor to see how I feel. Lunch with family.
  • Woke up early, slept well but not long.
  • Appointment to check my eyes and vision due to often eyes burning and small headaches. No issues observed, which means I don’t need glasses. Burning eyes might be due to lack of humidity in the eyes which could be caused by multiple factors (i.e dry air).
  • short break to to play Hunt:Showdown.
  • Visit the Doctor to see how I feel.
  • Lunch with family. Took some time to check Mastodon and Twitter.
  • A new book arrived: Ghost in the Wires from the one and only Kevin Mittnick. Might start to read it this weekend.
  • Took a nap and tried to finish Zakk Wylde’s book.
  • Dinner. Today we ordered Pizza!
  • Catch up with family.
  • Gaming time: CSGO with friends..

    • Mood:

    • Very Positive, lot’s of plans for next weeks. Thinking that i will start working again next Monday.

    Music/TVShows/Internet highlights:

    • Been listening to Whitechapel, Deftones and Stone Sour.
    • Catching up with Mastodon, Twitter and some Forums. Avoided Reddit.
    • Chatting with friends on Discord.
    • Checking Elon Tweet regarding his interview with BBC.
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