Ricardo Gomes | Applications of randomness

desktop PC

water cooler

Posted on August 6, 2024

I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about the ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 240 and when I found it at such a great price on Amazon, I couldn’t resist. I decided to grab it and make the final upgrade to my desktop PC. [Read More]
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- 2024
- hardware
anycubic kobra 3 combo

new printer

Posted on July 31, 2024

It was about time for an upgrade to my 3D printing setup! My new printer, the Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo, has just arrived. [Read More]
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- 2024
- 3d printer
esp32 with multiple sensors

breadboard to prototype

Posted on June 6, 2024

I’ve been experimenting with an ESP32 C6 (Waveshare ESP32-C6-WROOM-1-N8), testing various off-the-shelf sensors and exploring different integration methods. [Read More]
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- 2024
- esp32
- sensors
snes controller

upgrade

Posted on April 25, 2022

I was feeling a bit nostalgic, so I decided to dust off my RetroPie SNES controller for a spin. It had been sitting on the shelf for so long that RetroPie couldn’t update anymore. [Read More]
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night table lamps

Posted on February 12, 2022

Last week, I decided to paint my bed lamps white to prevent mold from forming on the untreated wood. [Read More]
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- 2022
- random
- home
life goes on

Posted on March 17, 2021

It’s been a while since my last update, and life here in Portugal continues to unfold. [Read More]
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- 2022
- random
desktop PC

finishing build

Posted on November 11, 2020

Yesterday finally got the last pieces to finalize the PC build. The remaining 2 ram memories (for a total of 64Gb), now finally fitting below the fan, extra 1tb SSD and some Artic P12 PWM fans (to cover for the BeQuiet fan that went to the cooler). Artic P12 PWM ... [Read More]
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- 2020
- hardware
desktop PC

fix CPU cooler

Posted on November 10, 2020

One of the reasons on my PC build that I went for a beQuiet Dark Rock 4 cooler instead of the bigger version beQuiet Dark Rock 4 Pro, since the price difference is relatively low, is that I was afraid the cooler would be too massive and that I would... [Read More]
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- 2020
- hardware
- fix