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Category: Blog

Ultimate Garage Door Control With Home Assistant Automated Management

2023-05-312023-05-31 Danie
Bright red garage door with a green hedge to the right

This is an interesting project to get a simple motorised garage door opener to connect with some intelligence via Home Assistant. One could split this into two phases, with the first being really simple and […]

Blogautomation, garagedoor, homeassistant, technology

Nostr: A simple, decentralised, open protocol that enables a truly censorship-resistant and global social network

2023-05-302023-05-30 Danie
Nostr

Nostr (acronym for Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays) is a protocol that connects clients via relays to exchanges notes (posts). Anyone can run a relay if they wish. A user is identified by […]

BlogNostr, opensource, privacy, socialnetworks, technology

Apache Guacamole: Open-Source Self-Hosted Remote Access Gateway To Access Various Computers With Just A Browser

2023-05-302023-05-30 Danie
Self-host remote access gateway

To normally access say two Raspberry Pi’s, maybe a remote virtual private server, a media machine in the sitting room, etc you’d probably use SSH from a terminal, as well as say a VNC Viewer, […]

Blogopensource, remoteaccess, selfhosted, technology

10 Common Backup Mistakes Most People Make – These Are Good Points Worth Considering

2023-05-302023-05-30 Danie
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Backing up your files on your computer, phone, and other devices is a crucial part of modern life, but it’s all too easy to do it wrong—even when you think you’re doing everything right. This […]

Blogbackups, technology

New Eleksa Pony pricing – South Africa’s first electric bakkie from R386,980

2023-05-302023-05-30 Danie
2023 Eleksa Pony header

The light commercial vehicle features a 5kW AC motor and a 7.2kWh lithium-ion battery, which work together to create a driving range of between 90 to 110 kilometres, similar to what the CityBug was capable […]

Blogenvironment, EV, southafrica, technology

How to make Wi-Fi calls on Android for when there is a Wi-Fi signal but no cellular signal

2023-05-302023-05-30 Danie
Wi-Fi calling toggle on a menu

With Wi-Fi calls enabled, your Android phone uses the internet instead of cellular. As such, you can be in an underground cave and, as long as there’s a Wi-Fi signal, you can chat to whoever […]

Blogtechnology

Veloren is an open-source multi-player voxel role-playing game that can be self-hosted (and has more adventure and fun than Minecraft)

2023-05-292023-05-29 Danie
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It is inspired by games such as Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft. You can play single player or multi-player, standalone or use an online server, or even […]

1 CommentBloggaming, opensource, selfhosting, technology, Veloren

RustDesk is an open-source self-hosted virtual / remote desktop TeamViewer alternative

2023-05-292023-05-29 Danie
RustDesk

The software is used to easily perform tech support on a remote computer. Perfect for assisting family members with computer issues, or for small teams or businesses. A remote desktop software, the open-source TeamViewer alternative […]

Blogopensource, remoteaccess, selfhosted, teamviewer, technology

Databag is an open-source self-hosted messaging service with Android and iOS client apps

2023-05-292023-05-29 Danie
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You host your own service, which can also federate with other Databag nodes. It is Public-Private key based identity (not bound to any blockchain or hosting domain) and End-to-End encrypted (the hosting admin cannot view […]

Blogmessaging, opensource, privacy, selfhosted, technology

What’s the Best Way to Store Data for Decades or Centuries? Bottom line: No Technology that is Easy or Practical

2023-05-282023-05-28 Danie
SSD drives and RAM

The concern keeps coming up (I’ve also been pondering it a lot and posted in this last week what I’ve been doing). This linked article does sum up the essentials very well, and this helps […]

Blogarchiving, technology

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