https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/categories/reviews.htmlHugoen-ie2026 Tiernan OTooleFri, 10 Jul 2026 23:30:52 +0100https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2020/10/11/nexdock-touch-videos.htmlSat, 10 Oct 2020 23:01:00 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2020/10/11/nexdock-touch-videos.htmlA few months back, I pre ordered a Nexdock Touch. The Nexdock Touch is a laptop without the laptop components… its essentially a screen (1920×1080 touch) with a keyboard, battery, touch pad, a 3 USB C ports (one for charging, one for phones only and one for connecting other devices) a Full USB A port (for plugging in other stuff, more on that in a sec), a Micro SD Card and a full HDMI port. Interestingly, the HDMI port is not for output, like you would think it is, but for input.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2018/09/06/adding-a-netgear-lb2120-to-the-homelab.htmlThu, 06 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2018/09/06/adding-a-netgear-lb2120-to-the-homelab.htmlA few months back, Three Ireland came out with an LTE broadband offer: Unlimited* LTE broadband for EUR30 per month. It did come with a 18 month contract, but I pulled the trigger and got it as a backup link. I picked this up in the local Three store, and they had a couple of options for modems: a couple of Huawei mobile Wifi hotspots (E5573 or E5577) or a Huawei B525 Modem, which is designed for home use. Alternatively, there was a Sim only option, but given the modem was free with the contact, i went with the B525.https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2018/07/02/playing-with-amds-epyc.htmlMon, 02 Jul 2018 21:00:00 +0000https://www.tiernanotoole.ie/2018/07/02/playing-with-amds-epyc.htmlSo, a few days back I got an email from Packet.net about a promotion they and AMD where running. Essentially, they gave me some credit for their service (I am an existing customer) to play with one of their c2.medium machines. A c2.medium comes with an AMD EPYC 7401P which consists of 24 physical cores clocked at 2Gz with an all core boost at 2.8Gz and a max clock of 3Gz, 48 threads, 64GB ECC Memory, 2x120GB SSDs for boot and 2x480GB SSDs for main storage. It also has a 20Gb network link (2x10gb bonded) and can run pretty much any OS you can think of (Windows is not on the list officially, but you can boot off your own ISO, so you could probably get it on there. might not be supported, but it might be possible). All this for $1 per hour! And did i mention they are bare metal machines?