GadgeteerZA's Blog

What's My Line? TV show from 1963 where they try to guess the occupation of the guest - Colonel Sanders from KFC was clearly not known then!

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: An oral history by 10 of its former team members

For those missing Google+ in future you can view my YouTube video of some of the farewell posts in my stream - youtu.be/SCBw9yaK3Wc

The ShadowHammer Attack - 1 Million Asus computers affected shows proprietary is no better than open source - But maybe what you don't see won't hurt you?

Why build your own homebrew Linux router? Well for extremely high performance and security!

How to install software applications on Linux - There is more than one option

NPR (New Packet Radio mode) - A new digital mode for radio amateurs

Here’s how "well" electric cars are doing in South Africa - 867 registered, and 375 sold in last 6 years - Still zero government incentives

6 ways to upgrade your AirPods for better fit, sound, and performance

"People who drank alcohol and coffee lived longer than those who abstained" says Researchers from the University of California Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders - But More is not Better

MTN smart feature phone finally available in SA for R249 (US$17.50) - A lightweight OS but it runs the popular messaging apps and has Internet access

The Register pitted the P30 Pro against Samsung and Apple's best – and this is what they found with regards to the cameras

Huge Global Study Just Smashed One of The Last Major Arguments Against Renewables - There could be enough worldwide energy storage for grid use to power the entire planet

Algernon Sidney - the ideas he put forth in his 'Discourses Concerning Government' ultimately culminated in the founding of the United States... and literally cost him his life yet who knows of him today?

What’s the deal with FM radio chips in phones?

Codecademy vs. The BBC Micro - The Story of why the BBC Marketed its own microcomputer and maybe there are lessons for us in how they educated the UK public back in the 1980's

A Movie Like The Matrix Might Never Happen Again - On its 20th anniversary, the sci-fi classic is as dazzlingly original as ever — too much so for the risk-averse Hollywood of today

RSS Is Better Than Twitter - unless you like adverts, trolls, a limited source for news, abusive comments...

Monitor your air quality with a Raspberry Pi, a cheap sensor, and an inexpensive display

Vivaldi mobile browser due in 2019 -- but no ad blocking... on the upside there will likely also be a non-web based e-mail module too