As almost everyone is aware, ChatGPT and other LLMs (not to be confused with MLMs or LLCs) are here and starting to break into multiple industries. In this article, I will show how to setup your own local AI chatbot as well as explain some of the different models and functions. What is an LLM? […]
AI [as a local service] – Why, what, and how (plus benchmarks) Read More »
Where to begin. Human nature has so many things it is fearful of. From the uncanny valley to science fiction robots, we fear the things that we do not understand or that are different from us. We categorize people, places, and things and many assume a binary view of life, either 1 or 0. You
Theory: AI as a human disaster recovery model Read More »
ChatGPT can truly do some amazing things. With its popularity and awareness increasing daily, I wanted to show two unique ways I have discovered to give a better picture of some avenues that it branch out to. Software Metering Over the years I became very experienced using many Endpoint Management Tools. I started with Altiris,
AI coding BI and Security programs Read More »
TL;DR: I made a completely new website and then migrated from my paid AWS infrastructure to a free OCI one. The first revision I did of this article was using documentation from Ubuntu on setting up WordPress which worked well except it did not have clear instructions for getting SSL certificates to work. However, Linode
Trimming the budget, WordPress Migration (AWS to OCI) Read More »
TL;DR: Recently, OpenAI released ChatGPT to the world. It has opened a pandora’s box of possibility. For me, the first time I heard about ChatGPT was December 13th. The email chain I was added to was concerned how it would impact learning in schools. Until that point, I had never heard of OpenAI ChatGPT, but
TL;DR Recently, my EERO Home Wifi System alerted me that it would be end of support this month. That meant I would need to replace it at some point and it gave me a crazy idea. Could a small form factor computer replace some of the functions of a router? What about a server? Could
Idea – Small Form Factor Virtualized Server Read More »
I have been thinking a lot about how the West is experiencing unprecedented drought. Reports show that the state of California is going on a 1,200 year megadrought. Many of the reservoirs that provide the water for a state of nearly 40 million people are below half of their capacity. There are some intriguing options
Idea – Unorthodox Drought water Options Read More »
TL;DR: For this article, I wanted to write about something that many people are not familiar with, namely the WHY, WHAT, and HOW of migrating services from an on premise datacenter to a public cloud. If you have ever wondered why you should move, what it would cost to do so, or even how to
IT – Demystifying the cloud – Part 1 (AWS: Why, What, and how) Read More »
Initial Thoughts: During an AWS seminar, a person mentioned Wasabi and how they use it for their S3 storage. I took a look and they sound pretty good for a variety of reasons. They are one fifth the cost of Amazon and do not have any ingress or egress charges. Their pricing is $5.99 per
Crazy Idea – Using Cloud Storage as Local Storage [Initial Testing Included] Read More »
TL;DR In continuing our free multi-cloud build out, we will setup free backups using Google Drive, install our WordPress website, migrate an existing WordPress website, and setup SSH keys to make logging in easier. Building further upon the last article, we analyzed and setup two servers on two different cloud providers. We setup a domain,
