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RPM Cadence Sensor from Wahoo

Last summer I discovered the joy of using bluetooth health sensors with an Apple Watch when I started using a Wahoo Tickr heart rate monitor while cycling. Having constantly updating and accurate heart rate information helped me to exercise better, and I’m happy to say I still use the Tickr each and every time I […]

Dumb Question Corner – VPN vs. Private Relay

Listener Lynda asks (generalised a little): I’m sitting in a hotel and my VPN appears to be working fine on the Hotel wifi. I am, tho, getting notices from Private Relay, saying that it is not working due to a software conflict. Which of these would be more secure in this kind of setting? The […]

Clicks Keyboard for iPhone

The Clicks Keyboard case for iPhone[/caption]The problem to be solved is that I often type show notes when out walking, and the soft keyboard is fiddly when you’re not sitting still. For years I just tolerated it, and even scoffed at keyboard cases, but a few months ago the https://www.clicks.tech was released, and reviewers I […]

Termius – a Mobile Terminal App for iOS & iPadOS by Kurt Liebezeit

Hi, this is PDX_Kurt with a review of the iOS and iPadOS app called Termius, which is a mobile terminal app. What’s a mobile terminal app, you say? Well, most of us have heard of, and possibly used, THE Terminal, which is a utility program built into the MacOS environment. The Terminal is what Bart […]

A product image showing the Manta SOUND Sleep Mask. It is a band of dark grey fabrics, wider in the front with an arch for the nose. There is a red Manta Sleep symbol — evocative of a Manta Ray — on the front, and a turquoise circle is visible on the near side which is the outer part of the Bluetooth speaker on that side. The mask is angled as if it is propped up at the back on a small box, however none is visible.

Manta Sleep Masks

I have lived in my current home for over 20 years. In that time I have often complained — usually to friends and family, but also to the local council — about the insufficient number of street lights on our street. Late last year we finally saw the installation of some additional lights. It has […]

A picture of bundles of plastic "zip tie" cable ties in red, green, yellow, orange, blue, white, and black. In front of the bundles is one of each colour looped into itself to show how they hold cables. The looped ones each have a written label on the large plastic tag.

Tiny Tip – Cable Tags

The instructions said, “Use ONLY the cable that came with the product.” I said, “Well then make it distinctive and not look like every other USB cable in my cable box!” I don’t know whether I believe my Manta Sleep Mask needs that exact USB cable to charge, but I do know that my Epson […]

Philips Hue Programming, Evolved (Part 2 of 3)

Device name selection In my previous instalment, I explained how to use the curl command to control Philips Hue lights. Part of the exercise involved dumping out a huge glop of JSON data and finding a long, gobbledegook of random alphanumeric characters that were the ID of a light we could control. I wanted to […]

Command Line Text Expansion with Espanso by Ed Tobias

Hi folks, this is Ed Tobias AKA Mr. Ed. I’d like to tell you about an open source text expansion app called Espanso. Espanso works a lot like TextExpander, you know, Allison’s second favorite app after Excel? It was created by Federico Terzi, a talented software engineer from Bologna Italy. The app is free, but […]

A picture of a block of velcro-like straps, in black, green, blue, red, yellow, and white. There is also one of each colour strap shown looped on itself to show how they wrap cables.

Tiny Tip – Re-usable Cable Ties

The problem to be solved was a bewildering array of cables in a very large box. Step one separate boxes for each basic type: network cables, power cables, audio cables, and USB cables. The next problem to be solved was a bewildering array of USB cables in a large box. If we count USB-A, USB-A […]

A product image of three Philips Hue bulbs and a Hue Bridge. The bulbs are lined up on an angle receding from the viewer and to the left, towards the bridge in the background. The bulbs are mostly white, lit up in a purple colour. The bridge is white with a lit up blue ring.

Philips Hue Programming (Part 1 of 3)

A few years ago, I decided I needed to get some smart light bulbs. I need to be able to set very dim light in my study for the nights I am on call for my job. After trying some cheap no-name bulbs, I discovered the Nanoleaf Essentials range. These were affordable and also came […]

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