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Here are a couple of things that I wanted to talk about, however didn’t think warranted their own post.

• IEM Sydney
  I had the pleasure of going to this event, and let me say, the fervor and the passion really had an impact on me. I hope there are many more e-sports events in Australia in the future. The staff and the venue were fine, and during the first few days would sometimes enquire as to what the event was about. It’s funny to see people’s reactions when you tell them that people are able to play computer games for a living. It’s just as ludicrous as a team running around following made up rules for made up points. We all know it’s made up, but that’s part of the fun. 
  Like any other event, I relished the opportunity to drink as heavily as I could, although never as much as I would like. The place that the friends that I went with rented for the weekend was only 10-15 minutes away, and was had us situated right on a river. Absolutely picturesque.

  Have any of you been to any e-sports events? You really can compare much of the atmosphere to that of any other sports game. The demographic is different, but the energy is the same.

• Python Poker Project
  I’m not the best programmer, I would barely even say I am one. However I will be trying to write logs in relation to how I will be writing a Poker program. First thing I will be creating, is at least a way to run the games, with a dynamic number of players (within a range) for No Limit Texas Hold Em. If that is successful, some tools to help me play better online, I hope to experiment with some easy on the card recognition and hand analysis, and hopefully later on, be able to program bots to play for to earn that sweet sweet cash.
• Electronics
  As I’ve recently moved into a new house, and things I’ve yet to be satisfied as to the way I’ve decorated it. Or even outfit it with essential items. I’m sure you’re all aware of Casey Neistat, and the reason I bring him up is because of the way he can see guests in his studio. It’s a brilliant idea, and I was hoping to set up something less baller, and a little more power efficient. Other crazy ideas I have floating around would be a little grow room for you know what, and a home file server VPN set up, with some extra juicy specifications to my design. I have some ideas up my sleeve, and I’ve been thinking about this for a while.

Music Monday

I’ve only just recently come across courts, and I really enjoy the upbeat energy, and it somehow gives me a little energy for whatever I’m going to be doing that day. In fact, I really enjoy the taste of Kitsune, and alot of the songs that they share on social media. Here’s a link, for science.

AMD’s Epyc, stalks Xeon territory.

I think this is so smart from AMD, to introduce something to the data centre market. Already, AMD seems to have an advantage in the number of cores it fits onto it’s products, and their efficiency as well. If they’re priced as competitively as they are in the consumer market, it means that they can increase profits. They can feed the war chest, and when all that battle technology comes flowing down from their battles with Intel, the consumers will benefit.
What is being unveiled is a range of server processors built around the Zen architecture. they range, as you can so astutely observe, is Epyc. It ranges from an 8-core up to a 32-core, 64 thread monster that runs at 2.2 to 3.2Ghz.

Now that Intel is being fought on all fronts, I wonder what they’ll try to concoct next, and I think at the end of the day, as long as they’re creating products, and they’re getting better, it’s us, as the consumer, that benefits, right?

Book Review: The Lean Startup

By now this book has already had a great impact on the business world, it’s model for startups is painted with a tapestry of stories formed from Eric’s own experiences and other examples throughout history.

Some of the things that that I remember in particular was the fact that one would need to create a minimum viable product to eliminate waste. To make sure we’re building a product for an audience that’s there. Or to make sure that is an effort we do want to exert. And when doing so, we shift the paradigm we think about anything from product design, manufacturing to make sure the loop for “Build, Measure, Learn” loops as many times possible. Eric advises that this validated learning can educate our decisions to pivot or persevere in times of adversity, and much more.

I really enjoyed reading this book, and I would recommend it to anyone who is working in a small business, or wishes to open one. It’s call to actions may not be as relevant to you sometimes, but there are always lessons to be learnt from the principle, and the ‘why‘. It’s the type of book you can leave around the house and come back to the next year, and I suspect I’m going to find a lot more insight upon each reading, throughout someone’s entrepreneurial journey.