Topics I blog on:
#foss and #opensource - desktop is Manjaro KDE
#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
#traditionalwetshaving - wish I'd discovered it 40 yrs back
#music - focus on the tech
#hamradio - a new hobby
How To Use VIM Editor - Because if you've not used it for years you won't be able to exit it
Relectrify Launches 120kWh-2MWh Commercial & Industrial Battery Product Made From Second-Life EV Batteries
Survey: The State of Enterprise Open Source in Enterprise-Sized Companies across 13 Countries
See https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-open-source-report/2021
Many small gasoline engines can be safely modified to run on natural gas or propane with a kit providing a reliable alternative fuel source in the event that gasoline is difficult to obtain in an emergency situation - https://hackaday.com/2021/03/03/generator-runs-on-natural-gas-with-field-expedient-tip/
Why does a delivery from #Amazon in USA take 6 days Inc weekend to arrive at my door in #SouthAfrica but local #Takealot takes longer from Johsnnesburg to Cape Town?
Ample: Another battery swapping project for EVs which can reduce charge time down to 10 minutes or less, but this is now autonomous
See https://mashable.com/article/ample-ev-battery-swapping-charging/
Electric Boda-Boda Motorcycles Launch: A Promising Day For Electric Transportation In East Africa
My observations after returning back to an iPhone after 9 years of using Android
See https://gadgeteer.co.za/my-observations-after-returning-back-iphone-after-9-years-using-android
The Framework Laptop: Upgradeable, repairable, and 100% yours
#technology #environment #righttorepair #hardware #FrameworkLaptop
Transport & Environment's New Study: Electric Car Batteries Need Far Less Raw Materials Than Fossil-Fuel Cars
Monitor your Raspberry Pi with a free Grafana Cloud account, or host open source Grafana yourself
See https://opensource.com/article/21/3/raspberry-pi-grafana-cloud
Downdetector is a site that crowd sources online services outages in South Africa
See https://downdetector.co.za/
#technology #southafrica #serviceoutages #ismyservicedown #downdetector
Singapore reveals open-source blockchain COVID-test result tracker, eyes uses as vaccine passport app
See https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/01/blockchain_to_the_rescue_singapore/
We really need a pier again in Cape Town... why not as an extension at the V&A Waterfront?
#capetown #southafrica #waterfront #pier @VandAWaterfront@twitter.com
Deep Nostalgia uses video reenactment technology to animate faces in still photos
Tasker’s latest beta lets you create a custom sleep tracker on Android and process data locally
See https://www.xda-developers.com/tasker-beta-custom-sleep-tracker-android/
The Famous BASIC Computer Games Book Gets A 2021 Update And You Can Help With Porting The Code Too
See https://hackaday.com/2021/02/26/the-famous-basic-computer-games-book-gets-a-2021-update/
The City of Shenzhen has 16,000 Electric Buses & 22,000 Electric Taxis, and its air is much cleaner...
Watch at https://youtu.be/0P7fTPLSMeI
#environment #EV #electricvehicles #china #publictransport #fullycharged
1Password has none, KeyPass has none... So why are there seven embedded trackers in the LastPass Android app? LastPass says you can opt out though
See https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/25/7_trackers_in_lastpass_android/
How to Remote Play Steam Games Without a Steam Account using Steam Link
See how it works at https://lifehacker.com/how-to-remote-play-steam-games-without-a-steam-account-1846355074
I blog about #technology #gadgets #opensource #foss #greentech #traditionalwetshaving #LCHF #health #G+ #hamradio - see my website at https://gadgeteer.co.za