Category Archives: General

Azure Notes

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Steve Mbah

Screenshots below show the core steps in creating a simple web application on Microsoft Azure. Costing options: Click here for notes on Microsoft Application Insights I found out l could not point my custom domain to this web app [reference, … Continue reading →

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Octane Render Benchmark

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Steve Mbah

Octane Render 4.0 benchmark results – program source click here. General Results posted on octane website, click here for those. First result – Main PC Workstation Specs: Intel i7-2600K @3.4Ghz 4 Cores Samsung Evo 860 SSD 1Tb OS Drive 32Gb … Continue reading →

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Unity3D – The Heretic: Digital Human package

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Steve Mbah

Click here for the link detailing this new package release from Unity3D. Testing this out now using Unity 2019.3.9f1 Some steps/progress screenshots as l try building this on my PC:

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Unreal Engine 5 Demo

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Steve Mbah

Unreal Engine 5 Feature Highlights | Next-Gen Real-Time Demo Running on PlayStation 5 Things are getting very very “unreal” …. 🙂

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Video editing using Blender

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Steve Mbah

Some opensource software l used for video editing include Blender 2.8.2 and Openshot. Blender is available for Linux and Windows. Openshot only runs natively on Linux. Another alternative is DaVinci Resolve. Below is the settings l used in Blender 2.8.2 … Continue reading →

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Mantaflow – Flip Fluids

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Steve Mbah

32Gb cache files, 2 days rendering at 400 resolution, using Blender 2.8.2

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Porsche 911 Lego Technic Build – StopMotion Animation

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Steve Mbah

Finally finished this project on 4.8.2020 late in the evening. 1500 parts, 504 steps – give or take. 2.28.2020 to early April 2020 Enjoy the video below. Click here for links to related full pictures etc.

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DJI Spark Panaromic Pictures

Posted on April 11, 2020 by ms24503

I decided to try out features l haven’t checked out on my DJI Spark during this COVID19 “lockdown/safe distancing”. This dron takes very good 12Megapix still shots, click here for some examples. Click here for video shots l made in … Continue reading →

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Super Pink Moon

Posted on April 11, 2020 by ms24503

Scroll down below for pictures l took using the Tamron 18-400mm at 400m [apsc equivalent of 640mm] using the Canon EOS RP on 4.8.2020 around Vancouver, WA A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides … Continue reading →

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Powershell 7

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Steve Mbah

Microsoft has just released Powershell 7. Click here for the announcement release details blog. Click here for the github installation link. Screenshots from Powershell 5 -> 7 Running Powershell-7.0.0-win-x64.msi:

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