At the beginning of 2025, I became curious about the viability of electric vehicle (EV) ownership in the roughly 4800 sq. km of Trinidad. It turns out that most local car dealers have begun transitioning their offerings to hybrid and EVs, with a plethora of models in an effort to satisfy consumer tastes. Over theContinue reading “Best EVs in Trinidad and Tobago”
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An Unexpected Change
I left the Ministry of Education (MoE). When I started my new post at the MoE a little over one year ago, I never expected that I would be making a change so soon. It should be noted that this change was not due to any negative experiences with the MoE, but rather, to anContinue reading “An Unexpected Change”
Dawn of a New Year
With the start of the new year, I reflect on the last twelve months and look forward to the next twelve as we all do at this time. I think about all I want to accomplish both professionally and personally. I have 2 major projects I am pushing at my organization and it is myContinue reading “Dawn of a New Year”
Three Month Update
It has been some time since I took up the role as ICT Technical Officer, three months to be exact, it has been a wealth of new experiences. Firstly, I am responsible for about 5 different sites. I am working mainly out of one of them and I visit the other as the need arisesContinue reading “Three Month Update”
The Beginning
After a rocky start, I made it to the facility I was assigned. I was able to meet with my direct report and began the process of introducing myself. I then got the paperwork out of the way, filled out some information for their records and took my paperwork back to head office for processing.Continue reading “The Beginning”
New Chapter
It has been around 18 months of concerted effort, trying to find a new job and start my ICT career. In my final year at UTT in the January 2020 semester it was all about the final group project. I started sending out applications en mass, with the expectation interviews and offers won’t happen overnight.Continue reading “New Chapter”
RAM Upgrade
When I first build my desktop RAM prices were at the their peak. At the time 8GB of DDR4 was $100USD with a limited budget I was only able to purchase 8GB. Since then I added several HDDs and even SATA add-in card to hold my very large Plex media files in Windows Storage Spaces.Continue reading “RAM Upgrade”
New Hardware Projects
After a fun experience with pfSense in a VM the itch to work on hardware is getting more intense. Having one powerful RAM limited 16 thread desktop is not as exciting as I thought it would be. Now I want a half dozen second hand computers to host Pi Hole, pfSense, Unifi Controller and 3CXContinue reading “New Hardware Projects”
Azure WordPress Deployment
First let me start by saying I know very little about either Azure or WordPress in terms of using the products. I understand what services they provide as I have heard about these services for quite sometime. I wanted to work on some personal projects as they included deploying something in Azure and having aContinue reading “Azure WordPress Deployment”