Category: Technology
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Printer running costs – how do you compare between models?
The printer market is really opaque, so this is not easy to do. To calculate printer running costs you have to factor in the running cost of a printer in addition to the buying price up front. Some printers will come with full ink cartridges and others will come with starter ink – maybe only…
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Review | Lenovo G27q-30 monitor: the best at this price?
Monitor review Brand: Lenovo Model: G27q-30 RRP: £312 Purchase price: £189.99 (Black Friday at Amazon) Great for: Video, media and office work thanks to its great colour, contrast and high refresh rate. Lenovo G27q-30 key specs: Full specifications: Lenovo G27q-30 product page Note: A version of this monitor is also available with an IPS panel…
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R-Pi Imager fails to start / complete on MacOS
Raspberry Pi Imager was unable to start the write to SD cards OR would fail to complete the process successfully – a change in System Preferences will get this running properly.
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A playground for learning technologies and skills
Running this site, and a few other projects (including a brief side-hustle as a digital marketing manager & web developer for e-commerce start-ups), have provided a deep level of knowledge and valuable, transferable skills. Some of these are listed below: Techniques and Skills The technology This website: For other projects:
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Create a URL link for guests to add your event to Google Calendar
Guide: Make it easy for your audience to attend your events by easily creating useful web links that add your events to their calendar.
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Move your WordPress page cache in-memory for faster performance
Moving a wordpress cache plugin folder in-memory (i.e. RAM disk / tmpfs) can increase performance. For Hummingbird, W3 Total Cache etc.
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Create valid PEM key from RSA Private key for Dreamweaver
If you created your RSA Public/Private keys on a mac, you might not be able to create a valid PEM key for some of your apps and this can result in the credentials being rejected when you try to connect to a server. Find out why this happens and how to solve it.
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Solved: Mac host USB Bluetooth adaptor not available for pass through to guest OS virtual machine
New behaviour in Mac OS 10.15
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New Amazon 4K Fire TV stick coming soon… now with better HDR support
In November Amazon will launch an updated version of the 4K Fire TV and it will no longer be available in a small, low profile box but in the same ‘stick’ format as the standard Amazon Fire TV. Quite incredible that they can fit a 4K streaming device intosuch a small form factor. It’s quad…