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Category: Blog

Thinking of Buying a Cheap Racing Wheel? Don’t Bother

2024-10-082024-10-08 Danie
Large screen TV showing a car racing game with a few cars racing on a tar track. In front stands a black steering wheel, with a gear shifter on its left, and some foot pedals can be seen underneath it.

Incredibly true! I wasted money my first time around by “saving” money on a cheaper steering wheel… That 270 deg rotation, no pedals, no gear shifter option, compatibility issues, etc all broke my experience. I […]

Bloggaming, technology

Picking out the best SD card for a Raspberry Pi just got a ton easier

2024-10-082024-10-08 Danie
A small black micro-SD card with printing on t stating: Raspberry Pi 32 GB micro SD V30.

It is true that many SD cards that fail in Raspberry Pi’s is because they are not suited to that type of use. It is not so much about the cost of putting a replacement […]

Blograspberrypi, technology

Crypto payments explosion in South Africa as Zapper is now supported as a payment system

2024-10-072024-10-07 Danie
Outline of the borders of South Africa, with the centre filled in with the colours of the SA flag. To the left side is seen a blank outline of a smartphone, with various images of coins which have logos like Bitcoin and other crypto currencies.

Cryptocurrency exchanges Luno and VALR have recently expanded the platforms their payment systems support, increasing the number of South African merchants where users can pay with digital assets. Luno said its customers can now transact […]

Blogcryptocurrency, southafrica, technology

10 best operating systems for Raspberry Pi 5 — Good ideas of what to use a Pi for, too!

2024-10-072024-10-07 Danie
A Raspberry Pi single-board computer without any case. Plugged into one USB port is a black dongle with the words on it: USB Type-C/OTG Card Reader/Writer.

Over the years, Raspberry Pi boards have taken over the DIY projects landscape and have become synonymous with the term SBC. But despite their standalone nature, you’ll still need an operating system to drive every […]

Blogopensource, raspberrypi, technology

Banana Pi and OpenWrt’s One/AP-24.XY Router Board Hits the Market

2024-10-072024-10-07 Danie
Two blue coloured rectangular shaped routers standing next to each other. Left one has a label on it saying One, and a USB-A and a USB-C port. The other shows three antenna jacks and two Ethernet ports at the front.

The MediaTek MT7981B (Filogic 820) SoC is at the heart of the OpenWrt One, paired with the MediaTek MT7976C dual-band WiFi 6 chipset. The device supports WiFi 6 with dual-band capabilities, offering 3×3 and 2×2 […]

BlogBananaPi, opensource, openwrt, router, technology

5 reasons you should replace your regular SSD with an NVMe if you haven’t already

2024-10-062024-10-06 Danie
Close up view of part of a computer motherboard showing a M.2 slot made from white plastic with fine pin-hole size holes along its length on each side.

It’s a pretty established fact that adding an SSD to an old PC is one of the biggest improvements to its overall performance. But what about if you already have an SSD but are tempted […]

Blogstorage, technology

FFmpeg 7.1 debuts with full Vulkan encoding pipelines, enhanced AAC decoding, MV-HEVC support, and more

2024-10-042024-10-04 Danie
As per title says FFmeg 7.1 on a green background.

FFmpeg 7.1 introduces support for the native AAC USAC decoder, a component of the xHE-AAC coding system increasingly favoured by streaming websites for its robust volume normalization metadata. Another critical update is the inclusion of […]

BlogFFmpeg, technology, video

World Wide Web Foundation to close, as Berners-Lee shifts focus to Solid Protocol to take on centralised social media

2024-10-042024-10-04 Danie
Man with thinning hair sitting ina chair on a podium holding a microphone in his right hand.

In a surprising announcement, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the web, and Rosemary Leith, co-founder of the World Wide Web Foundation, revealed that the organization is ceasing operations. The decision comes after 16 years of […]

Blogdecentralisation, socialmedia, solidprotocol, technology

Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically gives up: Patents will go Public

2024-10-042024-10-04 Danie
An office with a wooden desk, large bookshelf in the background against the wall, and a degree certification framed on teh wall. Behind the desk sits a person with a green coloured troll face and long red hair standing up.

“Sable is a patent troll. It doesn’t make, develop, innovate, or sell anything. Sable IP is merely a shell entity formed to monetize (make money from) an ancient patent portfolio acquired by Sable Networks from […]

Blogpatentrolls, patents, technology

Pebblebee’s new Universal trackers can switch between Google’s and Apple’s networks on the fly

2024-10-022024-10-02 Danie
Numerous white stones in the background. Resting on top is a plain black rectangular plastic device.

When buying a Bluetooth tracker, you typically need to make certain you’re getting the model tailored to either the Google Find My Device or Apple Find My network. Pebblebee recently became the first company to […]

Blogtechnology, trackers

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