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Category: Blog

Open Source Cardiography Signal Measuring Device

2024-11-142024-11-14 Danie
Rectangular white plastic box resting on the palm of a hand. It has slots on top for LED lights, and they are labelled HW, BAT, HBEAT, ECG, LOD+, LOD-, PPG, PUMP and VALVE. There is a green LED lit by HW. There are also green and blue coloured buttons below the LEDs.

Much of the world’s medical equipment is made by a handful of monopolistic megacorps, but Milos Rasic built an open cardiography signal measuring device for his master’s thesis. Using a Pi Pico W for the […]

Blogcardiography, medical, opensource, technology

In a historic first, Microsoft releases Windows 11 24H2 Arm64 ISOs for direct download for Raspberry Pi’s etc

2024-11-142024-11-14 Danie
A laptop standing open on top of a wooden surface. The screen shows a red desert scene with blue sky.

Up until now, one of the ways to download Windows on Arm ISOs was by becoming a Windows Insider. Since the ISOs were available only as VHDX files, you could only use them on virtual […]

Blograspberrypi, technology, windows

You can finally move your health data across Android devices — Can’t believe this was not backed up before

2024-11-132024-11-13 Danie
A furry green Android character. In front of it can be seen the top half of a smartphone screen showing the title Get started with Health Connect.

Since Google had moved Health Connect (the service that each health and exercise app can optionally sync to on Android) into the main Android device menu, I just assumed it was part of the device […]

Blogandroid, health, technology

Signal introduces convenient “call links” for private group chats up to 50 people without creating a group

2024-11-122024-11-13 Danie
Purple colour background with blue Signal logo and title saying Signal

Users can control who joins the secure group chats by requiring admin approval when a new join request is created, so the host can approve or decline them. Nice to see such chats also have […]

Blogmessengers, privacy, security, technology

5 of the coolest things you can run on Docker

2024-11-112024-11-11 Danie
A desktop with a browser open. Shown on the browser screen is the game of Doom with the hand in the foreground holding the pistol.

These are some refreshingly different things to consider running on Docker. Covered in the linked article are: See https://www.xda-developers.com/coolest-things-you-can-run-on-docker

Blogdocker, gaming, technology

Victron’s VRM app can now install on Your Apple, Android or Garmin Smartwatches

2024-11-112024-11-11 Danie
Three smartwatches: Ine showing installations with last update time, the middle one showing a progress bar for EV charging with status such as power in watts and energy and current, and the third watch showing temperatures.

Well, this is something new. Depending on whether you have their solar system, temp sensors or EV charging devices, you can view any of this at a glance on your wrist now. See https://www.victronenergy.com/blog/2024/11/11/vrm-on-your-smartwatch

Blogtechnology, Victron

How To Use Reddit to Stay on Top of The News as well as more Good News

2024-11-102024-11-10 Danie
Red colour background with small Reddit logos on. A graphic of a newspaper is in the centre which has a title Daily News, and below that a smaller title saying Top News. Superimposed over the bottom right of the newspaper is a bright red Reddit logo with a smiling face on it.

Despite there being pretty good alternatives to Reddit (think Lemmy etc), Reddit still can’t be matched for the sheer volume, breadth, and depth of content to be found. Having hands-on moderators also means that the […]

Bloggoodnews, news, positive, technology

Time Changes Everything Including Our Favourite Social Media

2024-11-092024-11-09 Danie
Background image showing a few people standing behind a table, with one gesturing at a number of printed pages on the table. There is a caption that reads: Time changes everything including our favourite social media platforms. There is a small caption below stating: Social media constantly adapts, reflecting the shifts in culture and technology. Some get left behind though, no matter how big they are today. There is a user social media post screenshot over the image where the user @noahshachtman.bsky.social has posted: This place is like Twitter, but doesn't make me want to gouge out my own eyes.

No-one ever thought MySpace, FriendFeed, Orkut, Google+, etc would ever be usurped, as they were amongst the biggest social networks around. But everything changes over time, and that includes all social networks as well as […]

Blogdecentralisation, socialnetworking, technology

Mensinator is an open source privacy respecting period tracking app for Android

2024-11-082024-11-08 Danie
Screenshot with title that says Statistics. It then lists periods tracked 5, average cycle 30.75 days, average period 4.25 days, next predicted period 2014-10-02, ovulations tracked 4, average ovulation day 13, next predicted ovulation 2024-09-15, and average luteal phase length 17.75 days.

Mensinator provides a clean and intuitive interface for tracking your menstrual cycle, monitoring your periods, and viewing essential statistics—all without the need for sign-ups or sharing personal data. All information is stored securely on your […]

Blogmenstruation, opensource, technology

7 ways to optimize an SSD for longevity and performance

2024-11-082024-11-08 Danie
Samsung 990 evo plus SSD with two plants on either side

This is really aimed at Windows users only, but there are still many Windows users out there who may benefit from these practical tips to consider. They are all easy to implement. SSDs are now […]

BlogSSD, technology

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