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Category: Blog

OsmAnd is an open source navigation app based on OpenStreetMaps with speed bump and pedestrian crossing notifications

2023-04-132023-04-13 Danie
Navgiation map view for driving show upcoming turns, stats for the route, etc

I was actually looking for a good navigator to import GPX tracks and Google Maps, Waze and similar do not do that. I remembered Waze was still looking to include speed bump warnings in future, […]

Blognavigation, opensource, OsmAnd, technology

The Best DNS Servers for Secure Browsing

2023-04-132023-04-13 Danie
Side view of a vertical tower server box

Your router (or phone when on mobile data) makes DNS requests as you browse the web. By default, though, your ISP sees all your searches and web addresses. You can change your DNS settings for […]

BlogDNS, privacy, technology

Volvo Trucks South Africa Takes Its First Extra Heavy Electric Truck On A 600km Road Trip From Durban To Johannesburg

2023-04-132023-04-13 Danie
Front view of a Volvo truck horse, showing word Electric above the windscreen

Volvo Trucks has now sold more than 4300 electric trucks globally in more than 38 countries since 2019, when production of these units commenced. Volvo Trucks recently announced that it will start delivering heavy electric […]

Blogenvironment, EV, southafrica

How to fake eye contact on Apple FaceTime: You’re probably using it already, as it should default to On

2023-04-122023-04-12 Danie
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It’s important when having a conversation with someone over a video chat app like FaceTime to maintain good eye contact. With phones like the iPhone 14, we tend to look at the person’s face on […]

BlogFacetime, ios, technology

How to Use ‘fsck’ to Repair Linux File System Errors

2023-04-122023-04-12 Danie
Screenshot 20230412 211753

Linux Filesystems are responsible for organizing how data is stored and recovered. One way or another, with time, the filesystem may become corrupted and certain parts of it may not be accessible. If your filesystem […]

Blogfsck, linux, opensource, technology

‘Wolverine’ experiment: Python developer creates “self-healing” programs that fix themselves thanks to AI

2023-04-122023-04-12 Danie
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Debugging a faulty program can be frustrating, so why not let AI do it for you? That’s what a developer that goes by “BioBootloader” did by creating Wolverine, a program that can give Python programs […]

BlogAI, debugging, opensource, python, technology

Don’t Buy a Wi-Fi Extender: Buy a Mesh Wi-Fi System Instead (if you can afford it)

2023-04-112023-04-11 Danie
Looking down on a work area with three people sitting at a long desk with laptops, and a man sitting on a couch holding a tablet

Wi-Fi extenders (basically just adding a remote router connected by an Ethernet cable, or even just Wi-Fi) are, on paper at least, quite appealing. And why wouldn’t they be? Who doesn’t like an inexpensive solution […]

Blogmeshnetworks, networking, routers, technology

Android is getting App Auto-Archiving, a bit like iOS has, but not manually controllable

2023-04-112023-04-11 Danie
App store screen showing a pop up message offering to enable auto-archiving of apps

Similarly, to iOS, it will retain the icon and user data and remove the application itself to save about 60% storage space (and also not run anything as a background service). This is different from […]

Blogandroid, archiving, storage, technology

Revisiting Borland Turbo C/C++, A Great IDE back in the 90s

2023-04-092023-04-09 Danie
A DOS based menu options screen with square brackets to select options

“Tough Developer” did this blog recently about looking back at Turbo C and Turbo C++, and also installed an old version to play around with it. It is a reminder of how far we have […]

BlogBorlandC++, coding, retro, technology

The Swap Club: This Company Saves Your AirPods From Planned Obsolescence

2023-04-062023-04-06 Danie
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The Swap Club believes you should trade your old tech in for a refurbished version. They even do the refurbishing for you: While they don’t reveal exactly how they do it, they told iFixit they […]

BlogAirPods, ewaste, technology

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