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Category: Blog

The USA’s NSA now has a podcast called “No Such Podcast”

2024-09-082024-09-08 Danie
The USA NSA logo with the title above stating NO SUCH PODCAST, and below it, The official NSA podcast

Quite an apt title, and I’m sure no secrets are going to be exposed, apart from those already that have leaked out. But interesting to see some PR from the agency. They state this about […]

BlogNSA, podcasts, security, technology

Core, Extra, Multilib? Unravelling the Arch Linux Repositories

2024-09-082024-09-08 Danie
Cartoon style small post box with three boxes stacked inside.

You’ll find these terms ‘strange’ when you are just starting your Arch journey (even if using Arch downstream distros like Manjaro) but you’ll come across them in various forum discussion and wiki references. This tutorial […]

BlogArch, linux, opensource, technology

Bitfocus Companion is a Cross-Platform Open-Source app for the Elgato Stream Deck

2024-09-072024-09-07 Danie
Text as per post title with teal blie colour background with an image of a Stream Deck which is a black box with buttons on the front, arrange 5 buttons wide by 3 rows high.

Bitfocus Companion enables the reasonably priced Elgato Streamdeck and other controllers to be a professional shotbox surface for an increasing amount of different presentation switchers, video playback software and broadcast equipment. It has over 500 […]

Blogopensource, productivity, StreamDeck, technology

Bluetooth 6.0 has more security and precision for tracking, hotel doors and finding

2024-09-062024-09-06 Danie
Smartphone showing a map screen with the title Vjeran's Backpack, and options below the map for Precision Finding, Play Sound, and Directions in Maps. Next to the phone is a white coloured tracker disc.

Bluetooth 6.0 introduces a feature called Channel Sounding, which can determine the distance between two devices with “centimetre-level accuracy,” according to the Bluetooth SIG. To do this, it uses phase-based ranging to send radio signals […]

Blogbluetooth, technology

SSDs have a secret way to protect your data when they fail

2024-09-062024-09-06 Danie
Close view of a motherboard showing just as SSD drive slotted into it. Text on drive card says V-NAND SSD 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe M2. Brand name says Samsung.

Many SSDs will use SMART to keep track of how close they are to failure, and when they cross a threshold that indicates failure is imminent, they will lock down and enter a read-only state. […]

BlogSSD, technology

The FloorBoard — a DIY Foot Operated PC Button Pad

2024-09-052024-09-05 Danie
A foot rest with a white top. Inset at the top side is a smaller black panel with three coloured buttons, namely a blue, yellow and red one.

The FloorBoard would be useful for people with limited use of their hands hence the inclusion in the Assistive Tech channel. For example, using the foot button for ‘Control’ means that just one finger is […]

BlogDIY, gaming, technology

You’ll Never Know How Accurate Your Fitness Tracker Is, and That’s OK

2024-09-052024-09-05 Danie
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The appeal of fitness-tracking smartwatches is that they have all the answers. They turn our squishy bodies’ inscrutable secrets into hard numbers we can plainly read and analyze. But we would be fooling ourselves if […]

Bloghealth, technology, trackers

WHO Review: ‘No link’ between mobile phones and brain cancer

2024-09-042024-09-04 Danie
separate photos of five people all holding cellphones to their ears.

The final analysis included 63 studies from 1994-2022, assessed by 11 investigators from 10 countries, including the Australian government’s radiation protection authority. Despite the huge rise in the use of wireless technology, there has not […]

Blogcancer, conspiracytheory, health, technology

Samsung Food Plus could be the ultimate meal-planning app but it costs $7 per month

2024-09-032024-09-03 Danie
A large double-door fridge, with it's left door standing open. The shelves show a cake, some juice bottles, etc. In the foreground is a smartphone showing an app with the title lists, and under it Shopping List. Items are listed such as avocado, eggs, Salmon, etc.

New features on Samsung’s AI-powered food and recipe app could make your meal planning and food management chores much easier. With Samsung Food, you can now add items to a Food List just by taking […]

Blogmeals, pantry, shopping, technology

A Cheap Xiaomi Mi Router can become a Powerhouse using Free Open-Source OpenWRT

2024-09-022024-09-02 Danie
OpenWRT connections screen showing a list of IP addresses connected to the router's wireless. Above it is a graph showing the last 3 minutes with the number of connections every 3 seconds.

I should just state at the outset that configuring OpenWRT can be a bit daunting. It is very powerful and customisable, but it may take a few hours to figure out how to get everything […]

Blogopensource, openwrt, routers, technology

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