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Sending alert emails from a Raspberry Pi for home automation projects

13 February 2016 | Updated 30 June 2017

The Raspberry Pi can be used to send email messages. This, in combination with APIs and Cron, can be used as a powerful alert system. More…

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Raspberry Pi user management

23 October 2022

The Raspberry Pi OS creates a user called ‘pi’. What does this mean and what privileges does this user have? This post discusses user management on a Raspberry Pi. More…

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Popular courier options in South Africa

5 September 2022

Public courier services in South Africa have evolved to cater for smaller individual deliveries. Here we list 5 popular courier options in South Africa. More…

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Common shortcut keys for Blender 3D

3 June 2022 | Updated 22 July 2022

Blender 3D has a lot of shortcut keys to speed up its workflow. Here is a list of the common shortcut keys for Blender. More…

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Raspberry Pi-compatible game controllers

16 March 2022

Raspberry Pis are often used for emulating, media centres and even gaming machines. This post lists and discusses Raspberry Pi-compatible game controllers. More…

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