SSD Form Factors – are you confused?
Hard drive storage device technology keeps changing – with improvements in data storage and reductions in size. Not all that long ago IDE protocol was replaced by SATA for hard disk drives and this protocol was used for the early versions of solid state drives (SSDs). Now we have the M.2 format but have you...Continue reading→
Welcome to the World of AI
AI Corner Welcome to the World of AI Artificial Intelligence is changing the way we work, learn, create and communicate—and it is developing faster every day. The AI Corner of the Wadham House SIG is designed to help you learn about AI, discover useful AI tools, and understand how to use them in everyday life....Continue reading→
The Anatomy of AI
SUMMARY – by ChatGPT The Anatomy of AI explains how modern artificial intelligence works from an engineering perspective, stripping away popular misconceptions about AI being “intelligent” in a human sense. It argues that today’s AI is fundamentally large-scale mathematics—primarily linear algebra, probability, and optimization—rather than consciousness or understanding. The document’s central argument is...Continue reading→
Fedora Kinoite Atomic Desktop
Fedora Kinoite Atomic Desktop - Updated This presentation was given at the Linux SIG Meeting of 15th June. Most current Linux distros use a package manager to keep the installed system up to date. This involves being able to write to system files when updating. Immutable Linux distros have a read-only core system. The Fedora...Continue reading→
Daytime Monthly meeting declared a great success
Our July Daytime Monthly meeting was attended by a new record of 12 attendees who were well informed by Mike M.’s presentation on his 3D printing journey. Mike showed us a number of his highly innovative creations produced as models in OnShape 3D modelling program and printed on his recently acquired FlashForge quad-nozzle tool changer,...Continue reading→
Whats New July 2026 – No 2
The first DRAM-less SSD controller to max out PCIe Gen5. It is also a power efficiency champion in the making Phison’s E37T controller is shaping up to be a powerful, yet efficient option in a market desperate for affordability. As rising SSD prices force budget-conscious consumers toward affordable storage, the upcoming Phison E37T DRAM-less SSD...Continue reading→
Whats New No 1 July 2026
World’s first underwater data centre is now online, powered by wind Just over seven months from completing phase one of this mega-project, Chinese engineers have finished the build and switched on the world’s first underwater data centre (UDC) powered by offshore wind turbines. What’s more, it doesn’t need freshwater and cuts land use by more...Continue reading→
Monthly Meeting July 2026
Monthly Meeting 1st July 2026 This will be run as a “hybrid” meeting, meaning we will be in person in the Borrett Room at the club but also opening it up to members via Zoom. Click here a little before 7pm to join the meeting on Zoom or make sure you have secured your raffle tickets at the door...Continue reading→
Upgrading my HP N54L Microserver
I have a server rack, I guess I had better fill it 🙂 I first came across the N54L in about 2014 when I started a new job. They had been using cheap consumer NAS boxes for some backups. All of the ones that they had tried had quickly failed, with significant data loss –...