It’s been a couple of months since I’ve had a chance to create a video, but I just posted a review of the 2018 Mac mini:
View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0UEB3JUY15U
So pissed off right now. Spent about an hour recording video with a Rode VideoMic Go, and the mic picked up a ton of static from the WiFi base station nearby. The video is now completely unusable.
I need a new mic that actually has a shielded cable so I can use it in a room with electronics.
15 years ago today I committed to starting Gaucho Software by registering gauchosoft.com. It’s hard to believe I’ve been doing this for so long. Still absolutely love being an Indie!
Picked up a couple of Cisco 48 port Layer 3 switches for $20 each today at the local university’s surplus sale. Hoping at least one of them works so I can use it for my main network switch (will still have 10Gb on a separate switch/VLAN).
After 8 hours, still less than a third of the way done building the RAID. Once this is finished, I’ll have over 100TB of raw storage in the rack.
The only thing worse than 35° and rain is 28° and rain. #ice
https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/28/2013-mac-pro-postponed-us-screw-shortage/
I guess you could say Apple was…screwed.
Also: “The report reveals an interesting anecdote about the latest Mac Pro. In late 2012…” Yes, we’re still talking about the “top-end” Mac being sold in 2019.
On track to run out of storage on the 30TB NAS hosting my backups in about 3 months. Â Might have to upgrade sooner rather than later.
I photographed a conference a couple of weeks ago. Here’s a video I just posted detailing the gear I used to capture the event.
Made another step in the jump to 10Gb Ethernet today. Now I’ve got 2 of 3 servers on 10Gb and both desktop Macs on it too. Getting 8-9Gb/sec throughput, even without jumbo frames.
(Yellow is 10Gb, purple is 1Gb.)
There was an amazing sun pillar this morning at sunrise. Pulled over to grab a shot (just north of St. Johns, MI).
Had a great week in Phoenix for #AMS2019. EIPT had a lot of great content this year, and kudos to everyone who volunteered to cover gov employees who couldn’t make it (NOAA/NWS, you were missed).
See you next year for #AMS100!
I took a month off from posting on YouTube. Here’s a quick video on traveling light for the holidays…
Ate my #12grapes for the New Year. Happy 2019!!
So you’re saying there’s a chance… @NWSGrandRapids CC @Chasin_Jason @JTAllen3
Single core is 45% faster, and multi-core is 33% faster than my 6 core 2013 Mac Pro. Really quick.
My Core i7 Mac mini arrived yesterday. First impressions…
It gets hot. I’ve started calling it the hotplate.
The fan moves a lot of air. The airflow is louder than a Mac Pro.
The GPU is keeping up with dual 4K displays, so far.
It’s quick, really quick.
We got our first decent snowfall for the season. Here’s the view out my office window this morning.
After using the Magic Trackpad with haptic feedback, switching back to the original with mechanical buttons feels barbaric.
This video is coming about a week later than I intended, but check out my mini-review of the Canon 85mm f1.8.