Manjaro’s Plasma 6 update has gone globally live today
This was a major update from Plasma 5.27 to Plasma 6.0, but also along with just about everything else, and was a 6.8 GB download for me. It all went off flawlessly apart from one […]
Blog Posts
8 ways Android handles notifications better than iOS
Android may have the wrong colour bubbles for messaging, but its users can at least pat themselves on the back for having better managed notifications (those things that can really irritate a person if not […]
Garmin SOS fails South African biker after accident
A South African biker’s post-accident medical treatment was delayed after the SOS feature on his Garmin satellite communicator failed to evoke a timely response from emergency services. Rapport reports that Johan Swarts only received a […]
GCam is a modded version of the Pixel Camera app that you can install on your Android phone
This app unlocks the hidden potential of numerous Android smartphones. While hardware limitations exist, GCam bridges the gap by leveraging Google’s advanced image processing algorithms. This app finds particular favour among users of devices from […]
South African mobile network operators must zero-rate content from approved public benefit organisations
PBOs include non-profit organisations, trusts, and government departments with .gov.za domain names. These PBOs will be required to apply to Icasa to assess whether they meet the requirements for having their content zero-rated. Once approved, […]
You can automate much of your home and devices with a Raspberry Pi and open-source Home Assistant
This article is a worthy reminder that are already many things in your home which you can automate from garage door openers, to your home router, to a solar system, to lights, to speakers, and […]
40 years later, Kontrabant 2 for ZX Spectrum is rebroadcast on FM in Slovenia
Software is almost impossibly easy to download, distribute, and access compared to 40 years ago. Everything is bigger, faster, and more flexible, but there’s a certain charm to the ways of diskettes and cassettes that […]
Hackbat: This Raspberry Pi hacking tool is what the Flipper One could have been
The whole thing runs off of a Raspberry Pi RP2040 and open-source code. It has modules for NFC, SD card, and Wi-Fi communication, plus it features a miniature display so you can tell what it’s […]
The Internet Archive has hundreds of full usable Palmpilot apps that you can run in your browser
This really brings back memories, and I was even able to run the HanDBase app, which was a database app you could use to easily create a database with properly defined fields etc. The apps […]
The origins of Bitwarden and how it is fending off the tech giants
Kyle Spearrin had never developed a mobile app or browser extension when he started building Bitwarden as a fun side project in 2015. Nearly nine years later, Spearrin’s humble attempt at a free, open-source password […]