Dimmer<\/a>“.<\/p>\nThis is a really simple exe you unzip and run. Once running it will reduce the contrast of the screen. This in effect reduces the brightness by turning white colours greyer.<\/p>\n
I have been using this for a couple days and had to recommend it as a quality piece of software. So here I am posting about it so I remember it for the future.<\/p>\n
During this heatwave I have turned off the Raspberry PI cluster so it isn’t running while being exposed to this ambient heat and humidity. I have a couple weeks more blog posts about Raspberry Pi’s so this shouldn’t affect the weekly blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It has started getting really hot in the UK and my flat is about 28 degrees at night. This means I have been sitting in a dark flat with all the windows and doors open. 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