The SanDisk Ultra Flair 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive

The SanDisk Ultra Flair 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive

Hi everyone, In this post, I’ll talk about the SanDisk Ultra Flair 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive. This is a USB 3.0 drive meaning file transfers should be fast. However, is it worth it? Let’s find out below, but first, let’s see a few pictures of the product: This is the USB Drive in its package: Opening the package: The USB Flash Drive (Front): The USB Flash Drive (Back): And now, to the benchmarks! Here, I’m testing with CrystalDiskMark 5 when…

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi everyone, Today as you know it, is Thanksgiving. It is a day to be reunited with the family, thank god for everything we have, and eat, you guessed, turkey!! Here’s what I ate today. It is a typical plate from Puerto Rico: It has: “Arroz con Gandules” Turkey Potato Salad “Mofongo” “Tostones” I hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving today! Post Views: 9

Open-Source Project: JavaScript Function Finder, written in JSP

Open-Source Project: JavaScript Function Finder, written in JSP

Hi everyone, In this post, I’d like to present you to this project. JavaScript Function Finder is a project I made in my University years as part of the Advanced Programming course when I was studying Computer Science. We were assigned to make a function parser and each student was given a different programming language. Mine was JavaScript. We would then build the project using JavaServer Pages (JSP) using a JSP IDE. We mostly worked using NetBeans in the course….

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Eating at Sonny’s BBQ

Eating at Sonny’s BBQ

Hi everyone, This post shows some BBQ Ribs from Sonny’s BBQ, which I went today to eat. My plate was served with French Fries, Macaroni and Cheese, and Garlic Bread. The BBQ Ribs where the Sweet ones and they were delicious! I recommend this restaurant for everyone. If you haven’t come here, you should! Post Views: 7

Reviving a Crucial M4 mSATA SSD

Reviving a Crucial M4 mSATA SSD

Hi everyone, In this post, I’d like to tell you how I revived my Crucial M4 mSATA SSD drive. So, it seems that sometimes, when a power failure happens, the drive will not be detected in the PC BIOS. I thought the drive was dead, but luckily, I found these instructions at Crucial forum and I immediately proceeded to follow them. The result? The SSD was REVIVED! Here’s my Desktop System: The steps I performed where the following: With the mSATA drive…

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My World Community Grid Statistics for November 10, 2017

My World Community Grid Statistics for November 10, 2017

Hi everyone, In this post, I’ll share my World Community Grid statistics so you all know my progress on their different Distributed Computing projects: As you can see from the above stats, I just need one more year to obtain the Diamond 5 Year medal for Microbiome Immunity Project. I also need 3 more years for FightAIDS@Home to obtain the 20 Year Diamond Badge. As you saw in my two earlier posts, I’ve been moving my equipment and configuring them….

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Tablets placed in their new place crunching BOINC Tasks!

Tablets placed in their new place crunching BOINC Tasks!

Hi everyone, Yesterday, I showed you my Raspberry/Orange Pi and other SBCs placed in their new place and crunching tasks Today, I show you my tablets also crunching tasks in their new place as well. They are all crunching BOINC projects. The ones with the heatsinks are Intel-based tablets that overheat. Placing the heatsink and the fan cools them down: That’s all! Post Views: 12

Raspberry/Orange Pi’s, PINE 64 and Other SBCs are back at crunching tasks!

Raspberry/Orange Pi’s, PINE 64 and Other SBCs are back at crunching tasks!

Hi everyone, Today has been a busy day, as I’ve been configuring back my Raspberry and Orange Pi’s as well as my PINE 64 to crunch BOINC Distributed Computing tasks again. Also, I moved some of the Intel SBCs to their new place as you can see in the image below: These SBCs has been offline since the last days of July and now I’ve put them up to work and contribute again. They are mostly running Universe@Home tasks. You…

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Eating at Zaxby’s

Eating at Zaxby’s

One of my favorite restaurants to go and eat is Zaxby’s. Here’s why: This is the Boneless Wings & Things. It’s very delicious! I always eat this when I go to the restaurant, mostly on Sundays 😁 Post Views: 7