GadgeteerZA's Blog

A Linux Distro is merely a starting out point - You can tweak it to do anything after that

Another microSD card died on one of my Pi's today - It's worth doing an image backup monthly of each active Pi you have running

Working from home: South African Employees get little tax relief - Deductions only allowed in specific circumstances

Freshly ground AeroPress coffee... The official start to my day every day

Buyer Beware: Some LED Bulbs Sold As Germicidal Do Not Emit UV-C (253.7nm wavelength)

Seems many do not know YouTube Go will allow downloading and OFFLINE resharing via direct WiFi of videos in communities

6 open source teaching tools for virtual classrooms - Create podcasts, online lectures, tutorials, and other teaching resources for learning at home with open source tools

Ham radio operators establish contact 4,000 km across the Atlantic using FT8 digital mode on UHF frequency with 100W power

Android phones (v6 and above) will get the COVID-19 contact tracing updates via Google Play Services, being built in collaboration with Apple

How to Use OBS Studio as a Webcam on Windows and Linux

The most popular tech gadget from the year you were born: 1950-2004

MyBroadband Survey: 73% of tech-savvy South Africans want to continue working from home after the lockdown is over

Digital hoarders: “Our terabytes are put to use for the betterment of mankind” - r/Datahoarder community on reddit is almost 200,000 members strong

Good explanation of why Valve has developed Proton for Steam Games instead of using WINE, and why game devs should target using Vulkan for all platforms

Call of Duty: Warzone now has more than 50 million players one month after launch - Some products do better under Lockdowns