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Simplifying Gadgets and Technology, is my passion!

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      • Google Assistant Commands
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      • Configuring Acurite Weather Station with Weewx
      • Configuring the Ambient Weather WS-2902C weather station
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      • OpenWebRx Web-Based Radio Receiver
      • VarAC P2P Digital Mode Chatting Application
      • Ham Radio Digital Modes on iPhone and Desktop Computers
      • Hardware devices for Digital Ham Radio Modes
      • How to configure APRS Reporting in South Africa
      • PC Based Messaging with Outpost
      • Winlink 2000 E-Mail via Radio
        • Winlink Wednesday Check-Ins
      • Meshtastic in South Africa
      • JS8Call Digital Mode
        • JS8Call Messages for Exercises or Emergencies
      • Tips on using an Anytone 878 with an Openspot
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This site highlights some of my interests (hover over the menu above to see some of them) and also my large collection of featured free and open source (FOSS) software which is ready for use in small businesses and enterprises.

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Privacy Notice: I've removed Google Analytics and StatCounter, and am using my own local instance of open source Matomo (Piwik) to just see what pages and blog entries are most popular, and what sort of search terms are being used to find my pages. This helps me focus on what people find most interesting. This site does automatically honour "Do Not Track" settings for browsers and IP addresses are anonymised (to 2 bytes). There is also no advertising on this site or 3rd party cookie collection. No data is being given or sold to any 3rd parties.

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