Category: Just to Share

  • Spring Cleaning

    While updating my WFV device, I suddenly had the urge to completely format my main workstation after several years of continuous Arch usage. It’s become so much easier now after archinstall has matured. Before I had to re-set the user password since for some reason what it saves is corrupted so I had to boot…

  • Samsung Galaxy Buds FE (Update)

    Samsung Galaxy Buds FE (Update)

    My new earbuds finally arrived from Lazada. I’m getting a bit addicted to their vouchers and I seem to finally be “getting” the 11.11/10.10/whatever sales. Imagine, the original price of this is ₱5,490 but got it for ₱3,893.50. That’s a 30% discount! Anyways, here’s a simple unboxing pic series. Box: Removing the upper cover: What’s…

  • Fasting

    Felt too full last Thursday evening so I decided to fast until I felt hungry. Almost to 48 hours since Iast I ate and I’m still good. Blood glucose is at the 80-90 mark while uric has climbed above 9. Still won’t eat until I feel hungry. 😆

  • Redis Fiasco

    With all the fuss over Redis’ licensing change, I’m left scrambling for a drop-in replacement for both my personal, and work systems. I was initially going to go for Valkey but since they don’t have an official Docker image yet (STABLE), I’ve opted to use KeyDB for now. I’ve migrated all my managed systems and…

  • BackupExec Cleanup

    I just finished uninstalling and installing the latest version of Veritas’ BackupExec. I don’t get the hate about it. I had no problem with it getting to recognize the existing tape data after an Inventory and Catalog operation. Restoration works as well. And that is after I deleted EVERYTHING. The only thing I had to…