Candle making progress
I’ve been putting a lot of effort into this lately. I’ve made several candles and then I’ve tried burning a few, with mixed results. What has become clearly apparent is that “Pillar” candles, as in, ones that are not in any sort of container, made of Soy Wax, do not work. Soy wax melts at […]
Home Lab Cloud – Docker
So my quest brings me to understanding “Docker”, running on Linux. What is Docker? Docker is a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers.[5] The software that hosts the containers is called Docker Engine.[6] So I will cut a long story short. Taking a standard installation of Linux server, in […]
Home Lab Cloud – Exploring Kubernetes
Its the thing of the moment, so they say. Kubernetes. What is it? According to Wikipedia it is – Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration system for automating software deployment, scaling, and management. Google originally designed Kubernetes, but the Cloud Native Computing Foundation now maintains the project. Digging deeper – Kubernetes defines a set of […]
Home Lab Cloud – The move to Proxmox
I want to start experimenting with building a home lab cluster of servers. Clearly buying loads of servers is not a practical solution here as I don’t need that level of performance, nor have the space or the power budget. Instead I look to Virtualisation. I have run virtual servers before and this website was […]
Reviving the topic of Candles
Many years ago, in fact too many to remember, I used to play about with making candles. Indirectly heating wax in a saucepan of water. Mucking about with Stearin and colours. Occasionally adding scent. Trying to get the wick sizing right. Looking for good containers to uses as moulds. More recently, as in the last […]
Jan’s been knitting again
I’ve been busy knitting and this time I have a new Jumper / Coat / Snug, it does all sorts. I’ve evolved a previous design that I worked on last year. The previous design worked but I felt I could make it fit better and make it warmer. I’m really pleased with this outcome and […]
Vehicle economy – Its all a bit pants really
Why would I say that? So I’ve been driving the L200 as carefully as I can. “Hypermiling” they call it. Light on the throttle, steady acceleration, keep the revs right down, use inertia and road conditions as efficiently as possible. I can get 38 MPG on the computer, and if I get behind a lorry […]
Drive Electric – Part 2
Further to my thoughts regarding the transition to Electric Cars. In this post I am going to explore the thinking on is buying an Electric car actually a “Green” thing to do? You might think that is a “No brainer” of a question, but is it? Build Carbon Foot Print When you choose to build […]
Gym action
This evening I went to the gym in my first visit to start to restore the work I had begun some two plus years ago. Further more I did not go alone as Holly joined me. My work included 300 Calories on the Cross Trainer, one that seemed to work properly. This took the best […]
Drive electric – Part 1
Okay, the subject is quite simple. We are being herded in the direction of buying electric cars. So what about it? There are many arguments and angles of arguments, so the answer is not so straight forward. In this post I will explore what I find out about the actual cost of owning an Electric […]