Danie van der Merwe ✅ @danie10@mastodon.social

Topics I blog on:

#foss and #opensource - desktop is Manjaro KDE

#security #privacy

#technology and #gadgets - my passions

#greentech - tech which is making us greener

#education especially with FOSS

#motorcycling - I have a BMW R1200GS

#gaming - I do play WoT

#capetown and #southafrica - with a view of tech being used here

#LCHF #health

#traditionalwetshaving - wish I'd discovered it 40 yrs back

#android

#music - focus on the tech

#steamlocomotives

#hamradio - a new hobby

Best Dash Cams of 2019 - Newer Options Are Appearing So Always Worth Rechecking https://www.coolest-gadgets.com/best-dash-cam/

How To Wet Shave With A Safety Razor Tutorials - A Good Collection Of Video Tutorials https://wetshavingclub.com/how-to-wet-shave-with-a-safety-razor/

How to Create a free automated Telegram Bot to automtically post your Blog, Tweets, or RSS feed to a Telegram Channel/Group https://www.dignited.com/25296/how-to-create-telegram-bot-for-telegram-channel/

Best ultra-portable Raspberry Pi Screens in 2019 - $48 to $320 https://www.androidcentral.com/best-raspberry-pi-screen

Best Cheap ($140-$250) Android Wear OS Smartwatches in 2019 - Because batteries don't last forever https://www.androidcentral.com/best-cheap-android-wear-smartwatches

Huawei is selling its flagship laptop series MateBook preinstalled with Deepin Linux in China https://itsfoss.com/huawei-linux-laptops/

How Many Plays It Takes For An Artist To Earn A Dollar On Each Music Streaming Platform, Visualized https://digg.com/2019/how-much-musicians-make-from-each-streaming-service-visualized

This Solar Panel-Like Device Can Generate Electricity In The Dark - Not Much Power Now But Promising Research https://futurism.com/the-byte/device-energy-dark-night

Lesson for politicians - SA's ex-President fined R500k for misinformation via Twitter https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/opinion/editorial/2019-09-12-editorial-justice-for-no-1-troll-zuma/

How to use Firefox Picture-in-picture mode - Appears not to be enabled by default for everyone https://www.addictivetips.com/web/use-firefox-picture-in-picture-mode/

At a strategic planning workshop with Western Cape Province around Digital Transformation for citizens and government #westerncapegov #digitaltransformation

The Firefox Task Manager can help you find out which tabs are consuming too many system resources https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-use-the-firefox-task-manager/

Amateur Radio Digital Open Protocol (ARDOP) - A newer open radio protocol for Winlink users for transmission of e-mails during disasters or by mariners

Malcolm Turnbull says renewables plus storage are cheaper than coal and nuclear for new power generation https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-12/is-renewable-power-cheaper-than-coal-nuclear-malcolm-turnbull/11495558

An introduction to Markdown - A Lot of Text and Note Editors Support it for Formatting of Text http://example.com

How to Find Gmail's New Dark Mode Setting - Or To Force Enable It If Your Android Phone Is Rooted https://lifehacker.com/how-to-find-gmails-new-dark-mode-setting-1838066217

Discovery Vitality members live much longer than normal South Africans – It boils down to lifestyle choices we make https://mybroadband.co.za/news/science/319791-discovery-vitality-members-live-much-longer-than-normal-south-africans-here-is-why.html

Combining Solar & Farming Benefits Both - Crop Productivity Can Improve But So Can PV Panel Efficiency In Hot Weather https://cleantechnica.com/2019/09/09/combining-solar-farming-benefits-both/

The Biggest Features That Didn't Make It Into the iPhone 11 (And Which Other Phones Already Have Them) https://lifehacker.com/the-biggest-features-that-didnt-make-it-into-the-iphone-1838022473

The Open Organization Community at http://Opensource.com has published The Open Organization Guide for Educators with free Lesson Plans for an Open Education http://Opensource.com