I don’t want 7 months to go by in the blink of an eye again and have no published material to look back on to consult as an external memory, so, daily shortforms are back :)
I have my custom desktop up and running once more, but there’s an issue...it’s crashing every so often again...I monitored all temperatures, and there does seem to be a VRM that literally never goes below 90C....but all other temperatures in the system seem fine. Crashing occurs more often on Windows but consistently occurs on Ubuntu too. Here’s hoping that improving case airflow will help with that...if not, I guess over to computing forums I go. The system uses a decade+ old motherboard so that probably doesn’t help matters and would seem to make the VRM hypothesis more likely. If case airflow improvements don’t help...perhaps I can stick thermal pads on top of the VRM heat sinks???
The other month I replaced some equipment in a lab and geeked out about what they did there. The labizens (lab denizens?) gave me a quick run down on flow cytometry & how they use their flow cytometers. Wow that was cool! Essentially a flow cytometer is a machine capable of lining prepared cells up into single-file-order and “flowing” them forward for automated analysis by image detection equipment & a computer.
After I complete my next professional certification (hello by August or so), I’ll obtain some Ham Radio equipment and get Ham certified. I want to learn that system because it seems cool & like a great learning experience! Plus, there are ways to connect to the internet via Ham radio relays :) Sounds like a nice backup connectivity option to have.
Tomorrow is the weekly Norfolk Rationalists meetup, hooray! If you’re in the area, please do come out to Fair Grounds for that.
Shortform #67 Viva la daily shortforms!
I don’t want 7 months to go by in the blink of an eye again and have no published material to look back on to consult as an external memory, so, daily shortforms are back :)
I have my custom desktop up and running once more, but there’s an issue...it’s crashing every so often again...I monitored all temperatures, and there does seem to be a VRM that literally never goes below 90C....but all other temperatures in the system seem fine. Crashing occurs more often on Windows but consistently occurs on Ubuntu too. Here’s hoping that improving case airflow will help with that...if not, I guess over to computing forums I go. The system uses a decade+ old motherboard so that probably doesn’t help matters and would seem to make the VRM hypothesis more likely. If case airflow improvements don’t help...perhaps I can stick thermal pads on top of the VRM heat sinks???
The other month I replaced some equipment in a lab and geeked out about what they did there. The labizens (lab denizens?) gave me a quick run down on flow cytometry & how they use their flow cytometers. Wow that was cool! Essentially a flow cytometer is a machine capable of lining prepared cells up into single-file-order and “flowing” them forward for automated analysis by image detection equipment & a computer.
After I complete my next professional certification (hello by August or so), I’ll obtain some Ham Radio equipment and get Ham certified. I want to learn that system because it seems cool & like a great learning experience! Plus, there are ways to connect to the internet via Ham radio relays :) Sounds like a nice backup connectivity option to have.
Tomorrow is the weekly Norfolk Rationalists meetup, hooray! If you’re in the area, please do come out to Fair Grounds for that.