Virtual lands? Are they the new gold rush? Who knows but I’m having fun with them. I bought one last year in The Sandbox and manage to make enough on staking bonuses to get my 2nd land today. I make real money with the land by owning it. Later this year we will be […]
The Sandbox (game) is based an NFT based game. You can buy NFTs assets that fall into 3 major categories: Land, Avatars and Assets. All of this is tied to crypto with SAND being the primary crypto. My problem is that the experience to get things setup with all the crypto, wallets, apps, passwords, registrations, […]
Making a NET INSTALL USB Stick to build out a Debian box. So I download the latest NETINST image from the Debian site. The from a terminal I did the following: Insert USB Stick Star the Terminal program Find the USB Stick, mine is /dev/disk5 yours may/will be different: sudo diskutil list Erase/Partition: sudo diskutil […]
I have a Mac Mini 2014 that I use as my primary computer. I’ve been looking to update it for development but could not find an affordable option in Apple’s current line up. What I’m looking for is: 32GB of RAM 2+ TB of Storage i7 or i9 processor Decent GPU to handle games (Windows […]
I’ve got a MacBook Pro 17″, this is a 2011 model but it’s my work horse. These systems had a little slot where you can plug in an ExpressCard/34 size device. The OCD in me want to put something in there so I bought for like $5 a SanDisk SD Adapter. So now I can […]
I purchased a non-working LC II off of eBay. It’s in pretty good shape other than the fact that it does not power on. Dead as a door nail! Most of the time this is because the Power Supply in the system has failed and at this age it is usually due to failed capacitors. […]
If you have older computers at some point they will start to fail. Could be you lose sound on the system. Video may show up kind of wonky. Smoke, sparks and fishy smells coming from the computer. While these machines will last a long time, they will eventually succumb to issues. If the hard drive […]
Introduction I have modern (OS X) and classic macintosh computers I work with. Boot strapping an older machine can be difficult and I want a cheap/effective solution to make this work. I found a page from Michael Arnold that talked about setting up a Raspberry Pi as AFP Server for older machines. Meaning I could: […]
I know. OS X 7 (Lion) is old and making a DVD disc seems just as old. So why am I doing this? I have an Xserve (A1196) Intel Quad Core server that I’m toying around with and need to do a fresh install. The latest OS you can put on it is 10.7.5. So […]
Whelp, I’ve been a busy person. I’ve been spending a lot of time gaming, making videos on YouTube and streaming on Twitch. I’ve have a small niche community so far and it has been a blast… I’ve been reworking the office here for more space. My primary work area is overrun with streaming equipment. So […]