It’s been four months since I purchased an M1 MacBook Pro. This new Apple Silicon M1 is a replacement to my old 2012 11 inch MacBook Air, so this was the primary reason why I decided to fully spec the new laptop to 16GB RAM and 2TB hard drive as an attempt to make it […]
2020 was a complete shit year, yet this yearly traditional post must still continue. These are my 2021 New Year’s Resolutions in no particular order: Lose the weight I gained in 2020 (seriously) Watch less crap on YouTube Learn Go Learn Kubernetes more in depth Acquire more Professional certifications Not buy any video games Write […]
As tradition states for almost ten years now, here are my new year’s resolution in no particular order: Lose the weight I gained in 2019 Linguistic studies Obtain all AWS Associate and Professional (non-specialty) level certifications Bible studies Extend my knowledge of the medieval world Practice meditation more
For the third time in the twelve year history of this blog, I’ve moved the site URL to a new one. Originally this blog started under www.abaltazar.org, then switched to www.rubyninja.org, now www.antoniobaltazar.com/blog/ is its permanent home. The primary reason for this new switch is because I’m consolidating my webapps into fewer domains as possible. […]
So I was laid off my job last month, this gave me a good reason to finally redo what was a fairly ugly looking portfolio site. This time around instead of creating the entire static site from scratch (after all CSS and JavaScript are not quite my forté) I opted to use a pre-existing open […]
We’re on the eve of the grand finally of HBO’s Game of Thrones TV show, and unless you’ve been living under a rock these last two months, it is has been all over the place. Making the TV show and in my opinion more importantly, the entire universe of A Song of Ice and Fire, […]
Today being the international Tolkien Reading Day, it’s difficult not to mention the upcoming Amazon Lord of the Rings television series. Given some of the type of YouTube channels I’m subscribed too (fantasy/book related), it’s been somewhat difficult for me to not see any news about this TV series. All of which I’ve completely ignored, […]
Keeping with my yearly tradition, these are my New Year’s Resolutions in no particular order: Lose the weight I gained in 2018 Replace all caffeine with Yerba Mate / Chimarrão Improve time management and daily schedule routine Write (edit and research) more Linguistic studies Read The Wheel of Time Be more fiscally responsible Eat more healthy
A few days ago I had to work from home, and this made me realize and appreciate how much I love my mechanical keyboard. At work I use a CM Storm Quick Fire Cherry MX Blue, while at home (desk only, since normally I’m just using a laptop) I use an old A1048 Apple Keyboard. It […]
Although I didn’t mentioned it as being one of my New Year’s Resolution. This year I’m opting to limit myself wasting time in social media sites, in particular YouTube and Facebook. It’s incredible how much time I waste in these social media sites, instead of using this precious time in something more productive and practical. […]