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Month: May 2022

BeeLink GTR5, WebP, AVIF and More

May 28, 2022June 15, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral5 Comments on BeeLink GTR5, WebP, AVIF and More
Beelink Mini-PC

A busy couple of weeks it has been. I’m finally finished setting up my new PC, a BeeLink GTR5 Mini-PC (update June 9, 2022). Ok, so what is that? I usually write about tech and review gadgets sent to be by various companies including Banggood but this week, after talking…

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Sonoff DW2-Wi-Fi Door Sensor and Node-Red

May 22, 2022May 22, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral7 Comments on Sonoff DW2-Wi-Fi Door Sensor and Node-Red

Ok, first things first, the DW2-Wi-Wi door sensor is as it says, WiFi, not RF or Bluetooth (though it does use BT to setup with the eWeLink APP in the first place). I looked here on Amazon and read someone saying the device was almost impossible to pair – mine…

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OBSBOT Tiny 4K Webcam – a winner and Now the REMOTE

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on OBSBOT Tiny 4K Webcam – a winner and Now the REMOTE

This is an update to my latest original OBSBOT post – as you’ll see below the company Remotech. Co. Ltd (marketed as www.obsbot.com) sent me firstly their OBSBOT TINY webcam and then the OBSBOT Tiny 4K Webcam. They’re both so good that I immediately sold my Logitech webcam setup and…

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The Wednesday Banggood Round-Up

May 15, 2022May 28, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral10 Comments on The Wednesday Banggood Round-Up

I came home yesterday to more goodies from Banggood – the first being a new Blitzwolf smartplug. As it happens I’ve a need for a new one with power monitoring. If you’ve seen my blog about Spanish electricity and putting everything on “cheap” rate where practical, I recently put my…

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UGREEN T3 HiTune Earbuds

May 6, 2022May 16, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on UGREEN T3 HiTune Earbuds

Regular readers will recall I wrote about Ugreen X6 Hybrid Earbuds a while ago. Ok, so you have the link to the original article – you may recall me raving about them – then nothing. That’s because I just wear them every day – they simply work, sound good, charge…

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