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Continue reading →: Proxmox: Adding A ShareMy little Proxmox cluster is coming into iit’ss own with a few virtual machines (VMs) and containers running across the 2 nodes of the cluster. However, I have been downloading operating system ISOs and container templates (CT) to each node when needed, and backup is currently non-existent. Time to do…
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Continue reading →: Linux: Creating an NFS Share
Sharing data across multiple computers can be achieved in many different ways, in this blog post I’m going to use an Network File System (NFS) share. Server The server will require nfs-kernel-server installing and at least one share setting up: I’m going to be using the share to share out…
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Continue reading →: Personal Update: BCS Essential Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI)
We are currently in an Artificial Intelligence (AI) summer, with new AI solutions and AI features appearing in various technologies. The popularity and usage of AI is growing which brings both positives (automation, new solutions) and negatives (ethical issues, bias). As I’m using AI in my professional role, and at…
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Continue reading →: Proxmox Cluster
A Proxmox cluster allows for High Availability (requires 3 nodes) and resource sharing. In a production data centre it would allow for Virtual Machines (VMs) or containers to move between nodes to help keep production systems running. It is not something I’ve done previously as I only had 1 device…
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Continue reading →: Artificial Intelligence: What Are The Asilomar Principles?
Asimov had the three laws in his fictional robots stories to protect humans and robots, but what about in non-fiction? Asilomar Conference on Beneficial AI The Asilomar Conference was organised by the Future of Life Institute and took place in January 2017 at the Asilomar Conference Grounds (California), with many…
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Continue reading →: GitHub Codespaces: Creating A Codespace
I generally use a Raspberry Pi as my home Visual Studio Code server, allowing me to code in a dedicated developer environment. Sometimes though I might be away from home on a device that can’t connect back. So what’s a geek that wants to code to do in those circumstances?…
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Continue reading →: Artificial Intelligence: What is the Gorilla Problem?
Professor Stuart Russell used the term “The Gorilla Problem” in his book, “Human Compatible” (Penguin, 2019), to describe how a super intelligent artificial intelligence (AI) could be a threat to humanity. Russell poses the problem “of whether humans can maintain their supremacy and autonomy in a world that includes machines…
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Continue reading →: Good Bye Linux Format
Issue 329, available now (May 2025) in the UK, is the final issue of Linux Format (LXF). The magazine lasted for 25 years and that is an amazing achievement in the modern age of websites delivering information and answers 24/7 – but before “always on connectivity” and broadband speeds it…
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Continue reading →: AI For Good – Book Review
As part of my ongoing CPD I am learning more about Artificial Intelligence (AI), and as someone who enjoys reading that gave me another reason to read “AI For Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health“. Published by Wiley in 2024, and edited by Juan M. Lavista Ferrers (PhD,…
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Continue reading →: Mocking (Python)
When I write code I like to include tests. Tests help me to reduce the risk of code breaking changes and give me the reassurance that what I have coded does what I need it to do. I’m currently writing a backend (Django/Python) that serves some APIs and a frontend…
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