Veteran software developer / sysadmin and holds a PhD in Computer Science. Avid computer enthusiast (geek) who has been dabbling with technology ever since his Dad brought home an 8086 computer.
Gadget & Toys
At the time of writing this, Skylanders as a videogame property has been dead for the last 3 years, with no new games announced. With poor sales, Skylander Imaginators sent Activision a strong message that the "toys to life" market was exhausted and could not support new games. Of course,
Computer
It's easy for a PC building enthusiast to also be hoarder. So much time is spent carefully selecting components and combining them to build the perfect computer to call their own. And long after these computers have faded into performance obscurity, these enthusiast collect these prized components, as trophies celebrating
Computer
Has your Mac computer ever mysteriously shutdown? Did you ever come back to your computer and noticed it rebooted? Understanding the cause of the shutdown is the first step to making sure it doesn't happen again. When working on a Mac computer, the Console application should contain this information. Unfortunately,
Networking / Linux
It's not secret that I am a big fan of Ubiquiti hardware. I've already written about their hardware [https://www.technodabbler.com/edge-router-x/] twice [https://www.technodabbler.com/unify-ac-an-elegant-wifi-solution/] in the past. But this latest upgrade to my home network is elegant superfluousness : the Ubiquiti US-8-150W 8 port POE switch.
Computer
This year, at CES 2018, Nvidia announced their pricing for [Geforce Now for PC and Mac] (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/geforce-now/mac-pc/). For 25 USD, players would be able to rent a cloud machine for 20 hours of gaming. This price angered many in the gaming community,
Computer
Having used computers for the last thirty years, I've seen my share of disasters. The biggest impact of these incidents is always data loss : hardware can always be replaced but once data is lost, it is gone. That is why data should always be regularly backup. As such, I have
Charity
As mentioned [http://www.technodabbler.com/extra-life-2017-once-more-with-feeling/], I will be playing for Extra-Life, a non-profit organization that raises funds to develop high-quality paediatrics and to contribute to social health projects for all the children in Quebec. And it is less than 12 hours before we are live. My streaming schedule
Videogames
I've been following the Starcraft 2 professionnal scene for a few years, enough to see the game change through the release of various expansion. When I learned that Dreamhack was returning to Montreal for a second iteration, I jumped at the opportunity to attend. Lan Party Dreamhack Montreal follows the
Videogames
It's not before becoming a parent that I realised the importance of pediatric hospitals. This is why, for the second year, I will be proudly participating to Extra Life 2017 [http://www.extra-life.org/]. By playing games for 24 hours, I will be raising funds for Opération Enfant Soleil [http:
Blog
In summer of 2013, a small team a developer launched a Kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnonolan/ghost-just-a-blogging-platform/description] campaign to create a new kind of publishing platform. Lead by Wordpress veterans, they set out to create a tool that would focus on simplicity and ease of use. Four
Legal / Scam
I've been playing around with the idea of having a newsletter for a while now. I would love to be able to send all my readers an email when I post a new article. However, in an effort to fight spammers, regulation on sending bulk emails has gotten very strict.
Legal / Scam
This morning, I received a call from Microsoft Technical support. Caller > Good morning, I am calling from Microsoft Technical Support. The accent was thick, I didn't recognize the format of the phone number, and the caller hadn't identified himself by name. It's 10 seconds into the call and I already
Gadget & Toys
Losing an object is a common occurrence : you dropped an item without noticing it and you can’t find it anymore. It happens to everyone. However, losing something as mundane as your car keys can be very expensive to replace. As such, there is a growing market for tracking devices.
Videogames
As previous mentioned, I participated to Extra-Life, an event to raise funds for Opération Enfant Soleil. The cause raised a total of 6,653,220 USD, with 6,767 USD coming from my team (a big thanks to Ludia for doubling our fund raising effort). I'm very happy with the
Charity
We should be live in a couple of minutes. I'm just finishing up a couple of minor details. You can find the Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/beshiros/ .
Videogames
On November 5th, thousands of players around the world in a 24 hour gaming marathon to support Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. I'll be doing my share on November 3rd and 4th, playing various Xbox games and figuring out what is the highest MegaBlock tower I can build with my daughter.