Category Archives: Engineering Walden Project

An Architectural Template: The Virtual Monastery on the Electric Mountain

Posted on May 2, 2016 by The Civilized Cynic

This is the fruit of many years’ labor.  This project started with the idea that retreat to the wilderness in order to live simply, as Emerson and Thoreau (and countless individuals before them) endeavored to accomplish in their time, may … Continue reading →

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Performing IOMMU-based PCI Passthrough of an NVidia GPU with Fedora 22

Posted on December 5, 2015 by The Civilized Cynic

Well, it took eight hours of cobbling together instructions from a variety of guides on the Interwebs, but it’s done!  I have added a GeForce GTX 960 to my server (running Fedora 22 Server) and I have given control of … Continue reading →

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The Electric Mountain: The Engineering Walden Project Technical Reference Model

Posted on October 22, 2015 by The Civilized Cynic

  Schematic Overview This is best opened in a companion window to be referenced while reading the following information. Summary of the Engineering Walden Project Basically, the goal here is to provide a platform on which I can build any … Continue reading →

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The Routine

Posted on August 26, 2015 by The Civilized Cynic

Well, I’m finally putting my master theory into practice in regards to exercise. Furthermore, I’ve finally sat down and written it all out. Behold! My (probably unremarkable, but for some reason seemingly brushed aside by most) hypothesis is that the … Continue reading →

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Documenting A Modern Middle Class American’s Pursuit of Excellence

Posted on July 5, 2015 by The Civilized Cynic

Recently, a coworker introduced me to Buckminster Fuller.  I don’t know how I’ve managed to live as long as I have with as much reddit exposure as I have amassed (though I haven’t been on that God-forsaken site since April … Continue reading →

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