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After market office chair wheels can be a worthy and cheap upgrade

2024-12-202024-12-20 Danie

The image shows a close-up view of four StealthO caster wheels against a stark white background. The foreground is dominated by the teal-colored polyurethane wheels, each exhibiting a distinct design with visible spokes and a central hub. The background is simple and uncluttered, further emphasizing the product. The wheels have a sleek and modern aesthetic, suggesting high quality and perhaps a professional application.

For some reason, even the most expensive office chairs come with pretty plain plastic wheels. They don’t roll so well, often need a floor protector, and worse they make a bit of noise, especially on […]

Where to Watch New Year’s Eve Celebrations From Around the World

2024-12-202024-12-20 Danie

The image shows a vibrant fireworks display over a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In the foreground, there are houseboats and the calm waters of the canal reflecting the colorful lights of the fireworks. The background is filled with the stunning spectacle of fireworks exploding in the night sky, with the city's buildings and trees lining the canal visible amidst the bursts of light. The city lights illuminate the buildings along the canal, creating a warm, inviting atmosphere against the dark night sky.

Links to live streams for various cities around the world. Why celebrate once when you can celebrate on the hour all day long! Not all are pointing directly at the celebrations though, e.g. Cape Town’s […]

Home Assistant’s new hardware voice assistant answers to ‘Hey Jarvis’ and can work offline

2024-12-202024-12-20 Danie

The image shows a small, square device, possibly a smart home gadget, resting on a surface. The background is a gradient of soft blue and orange hues, creating a calm and modern atmosphere. In the foreground, the device is the primary focus, with its sleek, white design and subtle glowing circle on the top drawing the viewer's attention. A thin cable is connected to the device, suggesting it is powered or connected to a network.

There’s a new voice assistant in town, and this one can work locally in your home without phoning home to its corporate overloads. This week, the popular hobbyist smart home platform Home Assistant officially launched […]

Oasis Security Research Team Discovers Microsoft Azure MFA Bypass: We Expect More From An Enterprise Provider Though

2024-12-202024-12-20 Danie

The image shows a dark, cracked earth in the foreground, suggesting a sense of vulnerability or fragility. In the background, there's a dark blue gradient that fills the space, punctuated by a grid of small plus symbols at the top and bottom, adding a technological or digital feel. A central element is a rectangular box with the word "AuthQuake" in a salmon-pink color, indicating a possible security breach. The box is connected by a dotted line to an arrow, implying movement or an ongoing process. The gradient background subtly transitions from dark to slightly lighter, creating depth.

Oasis Security’s research team uncovered a critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) implementation, allowing attackers to bypass it and gain unauthorized access to the user’s account, including Outlook emails, OneDrive files, Teams chats, Azure […]

Thanks to Whiskey, You Will Be Gaming on Your Mac More Than Ever

2024-12-192024-12-19 Danie

The image shows a dimly lit bar scene, with shelves of liquor bottles blurred in the background. In the foreground, a bottle of whisky, a glass of amber liquid, and a laptop displaying a pixelated video game are arranged on a wooden surface. The laptop's screen showcases a scene seemingly from a retro-style role-playing game, vibrant colours adding a touch of fantasy to the otherwise mature environment. The bar's soft lighting creates a warm, inviting ambiance, contrasting with the focus on the digital world displayed on the screen.

Whiskey is a free app that you can download right now, and use to play Windows games on your Mac. It brings together the WINE compatibility layer as well as Apple’s own Game Porting Kit, […]

GRC’s DNS Benchmark software is getting a new version after 15 years

2024-12-182024-12-18 Danie

The image shows a computer screen displaying the DNS Benchmark software. The foreground is dominated by a detailed graphical representation of DNS server response times, with various IP addresses and their corresponding performance metrics clearly visible. In the background, the software's interface is evident, with tabs for 'Introduction', 'Nameservers', 'Tabular Data', and 'Conclusions' clearly displayed. The software's version number (1.3.6668.0) and copyright date (2010) suggest it may be an older version of the software. The specific selection of DNS servers being tested is indicative of a purposeful activity rather than random testing.

Seems that v1, which is now 15 years old and nearly 10 million downloads, still gets downloaded over 1,000 times daily. But it has needed a fresh for a while now. IPv6 is here as […]

HamClock provides real time space weather, radio propagation models, and other info useful to radio amateurs

2024-12-172024-12-17 Danie

The image shows a global HamClock map, primarily focusing on the Southern Hemisphere. In the foreground, there is a detailed display of propagation data, including colours for different frequency bands. There are also smaller panes showing information for a local location as well as a DX location. Top left is a amateur radio call sign ZS1OSS visible.

This is a highly customisable application that draws in all sorts of technical information that can help radio amateurs. Each pane can be changed to show relevant information. What I really like is the frequency […]

Here’s how you can replace Google Photos with a self-hosted Immich server

2024-12-172024-12-17 Danie

The image shows a computer screen displaying a photo management interface called Immich. In the foreground, the interface shows thumbnails of photos of computer hardware components, including a motherboard and a hard drive. The background reveals a glimpse of a bedroom corner with gaming-related items like figures and books about Blender, a 3D creation suite. The photos' metadata reveals the dates of upload: October 28th, and November 2nd and 5th. This suggests a systematic approach to organization, storing these items in an online library. The background reveals a playful, personalized space with a mix of mature and youthful interests such as gaming and 3D modelling.

Immich is really very good — I did a video about myself a few months ago, which shows what you can expect from it and what it looks like to use. As the article mentions, […]

How to Install Arch Linux: A Beginner’s Practical Guide

2024-12-172024-12-17 Danie

The image is a stylized graphic design, likely promoting Arch Linux. The foreground features a bold, black and white silhouette of a woman with short hair, giving a modern and edgy feel. Her age seems to be in her late twenties or early thirties. She is wearing a t-shirt with 'Arch' subtly visible near the bottom. The background showcases a vibrant blue and grey colour scheme with the text 'Arch Linux Install Made Easy' overlaid, set in a bold and dynamic typeface. The overall aesthetic is reminiscent of street art or graphic novel style.

Installing Arch Linux has always been a little more daunting for newer users. This is partly because it offers a little less wizard guidance, and also partly because you want to be super careful, especially […]

You Can Now Search the Internet With ChatGPT

2024-12-172024-12-17 Danie

The image shows a computer screen displaying a weather forecast for Boston, MA on October 31, 2024, using the ChatGPT 40 interface. The dark mode interface shows the current temperature is 78°F and mostly sunny. In the foreground is a detailed weather report for the next week, including highs and lows, along with weather descriptions. The background shows a standard web browser interface with the URL bar displaying "chatgpt.com". A small, almost unnoticeable, "Share" button is present in the top right corner. There is an alert for a severe weather statement in effect until 8:00 PM EDT. This detail is important as it highlights a safety concern that's not immediately obvious from just looking at the overall sunny forecast. The subtle text and information regarding the 1946 and 1974 temperature records further demonstrate the attention to detail for creating a rich weather history.

ChatGPT search has been out now for about a month and a half, following a Halloween announcement from OpenAI. With this new feature, the company finally rolled out an official competitor to AI search engines […]

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