I'm a 35 year old UIUC Computer Engineer building mobile apps, websites and hardware integrations with an interest in 3D printing, biotechnology and Arduinos.
Using Methyl Ethyl Ketone MEK to remove leftover plastics from 3D build platform
If you use something like buildtak or your printer has something like it on the FlashForge printers and you get small pieces of plastic stuck to it. Is it safe to use MEK to remove it? NO It will strip off all the texture from the build platform openanalytics 5063 views
Apple iBook
I have fond memories in middle school getting to use these laptop on mobile computer lab carts. These brightly colored laptops were such a change of pace from the blocky grey or black windows laptops. Apple iBook G3 Clamshell M2453 I have the first edition of the colored iBook Model M2453, released on July 21, 1999. Maxed out the memory, [...]
Improving 10G Performance
When you first make the jump from 1G Ethernet to 10G you will be both impressed with the speed jump and also a bit disappointed that you can’t actually send a full DVD (8GB) in a second. Bottlenecks To get better 10G speed will require resolving many input/output bottlenecks on your network ranging from your disk drives being able [...]
Using Jenkins to Monitor SSL Certificates
There are great tools like Let’s Encrypt to generate free HTTPS certificates for your websites, but sometimes certbot renewals fail. Everyone should have some level of monitoring to ensure that your site has a valid SSL. It’s always embarrassing to go to a site you run and find the dreaded blocked page. Option 1 : Statuscake [...]
Entertainment Center Double Rails
If you have a complicated wiring setup in your entertainment center, you will really appreciate easily getting to the back of the units without having to awkwardly move connected equipment. Most single rails will not allow the unit to pull out with enough distance to actually be able to read which port you are about to connect into. A [...]
Goland Tests Running Slow on Windows
If you are using JetBrain’s Goland IDE on Windows, you might find that running your go application takes forever to build or run tests on. On my machine, when you went running any test, it would take 45 seconds in the state of Instantiating tests… then finally run the test in a fraction of a second. Solution Your anti-virus [...]
Actually Free Blackjack Game
Notice : These are not signed applications -- you will have to approve them to run on Windows and Mac. Eventually I will pay to get a developer license with Apple and Microsoft to get these signed. An older, nontechnical friend asked me if there are any good Blackjack games without all the ads, microtransactions, and other modern [...]