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I enjoyed watching some of the Long Way Round, Long Way Down, etc videos with a pair of guys and their support and planning crew tackling travelling on dirt roads through the wilderness.

Noraly, from The Netherlands, though is tackling similar terrain but completely on her own on a  relatively small 250cc bike, and doing all her own video and editing as she moves around. The notorious Sani Pass on the South Africa/Lesotho border is not a pass most of us riders would tackle, yet she goes and does it all on her own.

For the South African leg of the trip she has started amassing a number of followers who are just in sheer awe of her gutsy approach to riding through the wilderness of South Africa, and how she is showing off the amazing scenery and sights along the way. With good reason her YouTube channel has just passed 100 million views, and fans are suggesting she should become an ambassador for her country.

She has previously covered some other continents, so who knows, maybe your own country has featured as well.

Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3tXaBCxtWA&list=PL8M9dV_BySaUDASnfKSmm_DNlvdeP6cSc

#motorcycling #advetureriding #itchyboots #soloriding #southafrica 

Modder ‘Willybach’ released earlier this week a 1.1GB HD Texture Pack for Valheim that aims to improve most of its textures. This pack covers most Biomes so far and many Building and Crafting textures. Furthermore, and by using AI techniques, it tries to stay as close to the vanilla textures as possible.

As the modder noted, loading times are drastically reduced, as well as performance. Additionally, this pack does not suffer from an issue that reverted rocks back to their vanilla textures.

See https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/valheim-gets-a-new-1-1gb-hd-texture-pack-overhauling-most-of-its-textures/

#technology #gaming #valheim #mods

My wife and I did an epic 5-day motorcycle ride around the Karoo in South Africa in October 2012, and it included a detour away from the Swartberg Pass and down a treacherous pass to stay at a place called Die Hel (or The Hell in English). Going in was easy but getting out after some rain overnight proved to be a hell of a ride... this video shows the dangerous slippery single road out of The Hell, a spontaneous river that needed to be crossed, and I mention the very slippery wet clay road after that.

Watch at https://youtu.be/Ne-ea4w4A0g

#motorcycling #southafrica #touring #offthebeatentrack

Yes the last 3 minutes do summarise why the one type (and brand) is better, but it is interesting to see how both types operate. Airbags are not cheap at all, but it is true that heavily padded jackets and neck braces do considerably restrict normal riding. My Sena intercom catches on my neck brace, restricting neck movement in one direction, which does not help me in urban traffic conditions.

Watch at https://youtu.be/N2jZryt607U

#technology #motocycling #safety #airbags

It started (in recent times) with the USA accusing TikTok and Huawei of being capable of spying (nothing was ever proven), and now with China responding in the same way about Tesla vehicles (laden with cameras, sensors and network connectivity).

All valid concerns, and we do already know for a fact that allies are spying on allies, so they are not groundless concerns, but where does that leave electronic devices that are getting smarter and smarter? It's a concerning future because even if the manufacturer is not overtly assisting with spying, they could be infiltrated and have their information exposed (remember SolarWinds?). In fact, who knows if data from Tesla's in use at US military institutions, have not had their data exposed already in this way to any other foreign power?

Interesting times we live in, and to think our own military was banning all smartphones from their meetings years ago... now it will be smart watches, smart cars, and let's just hope we don't get smart clothing!

See https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-tesla-china-sharing-data/

#technology #security #spying #Tesla

Usually each component manufacturer has their own software for controlling RGB lights, with some requiring an online account to function. For Linux users, even that is not usually available since most of these applications are proprietary and Windows only. This is where OpenRGB comes in. OpenRGB is a free and open source application to control RGB lighting for a multitude of devices, independent of the manufacturer.

It's working on my Manjaro Linux using the AppImage executable. It was not detecting my USB devices though until I ran it with admin privileges. So the keyboard is working fine, but does seem I may have to patch the kernel for the fans and CPU coolers to work. That always requires some caution so don't just jump in and take that step until doing some homework on their Gitlab issues forum.

See https://www.linuxuprising.com/2021/02/openrgb-open-source-rgb-lighting.html

#technology #opensource #linux #windows #OpenRGB

My list is separated into 30 separate categories to help find your area of interest whether it is networking, security, messengers, video editing, education, etc. It is also backed up to the Wayback Machine for future reference.

I update this page as and when something new of interest crosses my path so there are usually bi-weekly or monthly updates.

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/opensourcesoftware

#opensource #technology #alternativesto