Sep 18, 2022csshX not working on Monterey?There is a Simple solution: All you have to do is edit the file: /usr/local/bin/csshX And Replace #!/usr/bin/perl with #!/usr/bin/perl5.18 The issue is that csshX does not work with later versions of Perl. macOS Monterey has Perl 5.30 as the default when you call Perl on your Shebang line. But…Macos Monterey1 min readMacos Monterey1 min read
Jul 22, 2022An excellent Battery Status for your Ubuntu Laptop (not exclusively)I recently revived one of my older MacBooks ( an early 2013 13" pro ) by installing Ubuntu 20.04 to it. We are dealing with an older laptop, still running on its original battery; because of that, I decided to look for a terminal program that would provide me with…Ubuntu 20 041 min readUbuntu 20 041 min read
May 2, 2022Working Remotely, an honest opinionNote: I originally wrote this article in 2017. I have been acquainted with working remotely since about 2005. I have to admit that even considering that today is a big trend in my job line, in the past, people who arrived at the knowledge I was working from home found…WFH4 min readWFH4 min read
May 1, 2022RAID LevelsRAID 0 (also known as striping) RAID 0 will use any number of disks and merge them, creating one large logical volume. They are usually used to achieve high speeds. Such is possible because reading and writing happen from multiple disks simultaneously. However, this has a cost. RAID 0 does not offer redundancy at all. Losing…Technology3 min readTechnology3 min read
May 1, 2022A bit of thought about RAIDI was often confronted with people’s assumptions about RAID arrays in past job roles. Thinking of those conversations, I decided to write a small and human-readable (I believe) article about this. Let’s start by explaining what Hardware RAID is. A RAID array-based in hardware requires a controller (AKA RAID Controller)…It2 min readIt2 min read
Mar 26, 2020A pandemic or a global lesson from nature?During the last days, my family and I had to change habits, cope and put in practice imposed measures to help to delay as much as possible the spread. Yes, we are concerned and scared up to a degree. It gutted us the fact we had to cancel a surprise trip to Portugal. I alone being a sole child am suffering not from homesick (once I consider Cardiff my Home), but it is quite hard not to be able to see my parents for almost two years now.Coronavirus3 min readCoronavirus3 min read
