Purism’s blog recently posted a new howto on building a Librem 5 app. If you have been wanting to build a Linux app this is a great time to start with both phones and desktops running your app.
Continue reading “App development with Librem 5”Severe weather alerts with a simple Python script
If like many you have been starting gardens and planting rather than traveling and visiting in recent months, there is one important thing to consider lately – severe weather reports including frost on your crops. I noted there was a little red (!) alert icon on an Android weather widget, but there seems to be no such alert for desktop computer or Linux computer or phone. It is a fairly simple to make this alert though with a simple script:
Continue reading “Severe weather alerts with a simple Python script”Introducing the new EMP-proof Ham Radio Repeater Listing
If you have been using Amateur radio for some time you may know about the app connected to hearham.live repeater listing, which lets you keep an offline record of radio repeaters and a topo-map, on your Linux computer, tablet, phone, or even Android phone. But what would you do during an EMP or solar event causing extended downtime and damage of all computer devices?
Continue reading “Introducing the new EMP-proof Ham Radio Repeater Listing”5 reasons to order the new Swytch kit ebike kit
Swytch is a relatively new company building small and lightweight electric bicycle kits. Like most other electric bicycles, it offers a bit of a boost while pedaling, with hardly any noise or extra complexity of messy liquid fuels. So why might you want an assist from a Swytch kit installation..?
Continue reading “5 reasons to order the new Swytch kit ebike kit”Happy Pi day 2021!
Happy Pi day! Hope you are enjoying making pie (within your household/pod) and learning some new math stuff today! Matt Parker has an interesting video up on an attempting to calculate pi from a diameter of one-molecule thick droplet spreading on water:
Continue reading “Happy Pi day 2021!”Listening for a callsign on DMR with Hearham.live
These past few weeks have certainly been trying for some communities with power outages, winter weather and utility failures. Ham radio is a very good way to communicate in your local community, but what if lots of other people are on the local repeater? What if you want a notification if your child or buddy is calling you, but not every other kerchunk or distracting story on the local repeater? If you have a DMR digital radio and id and digital repeater nearby, the tools on Hearham.live may help – and help save your battery leaving a radio on all day 🙂
Continue reading “Listening for a callsign on DMR with Hearham.live”Mars rover has landed
If you haven’t heard the news or live stream, today the Perseverance rover landed, with the first extraterrestrial helicopter!
Continue reading “Mars rover has landed”Winter is a good time to think of prepping
As you may have seen on the news, this winter has been an especially hard one for folks staying home, staying apart, and now with icy weather causing blackouts it has been even harder in some areas. Time to stay home may give you more time to stay at home, focus on what matters, and more time to read and to be prepared… ideally before you need to be.
Continue reading “Winter is a good time to think of prepping”Remember to Composer Update for Security and Updates
Laravel updates and updates to various PHP libraries come once in awhile with little notice to your web application, and no notice is shown, no auto update runs – unlike WordPress. Once in awhile a security update comes, so how might you test it?
Continue reading “Remember to Composer Update for Security and Updates”Setting private user home directory on Ubuntu
Recently it was announced that Ubuntu 21.04 will have private home directories. This would affect new users and new installs, but you can easily change this on your computer (or any Linux/unix computer) after checking your current setting…
Continue reading “Setting private user home directory on Ubuntu”