Longer hair than you. Chaotic Good. Doesn't work for The Man™ any more. If you're involved in Blockchain or Crypto you will be blocked on sight. All content © and personal. May not be reproduced without consent. Blog https://shkspr.mobi/bloghttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.telhttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3mya4qovuvk2vThis is great. Cher reading Kipling's "If", illustrated by Sergio Aragonés. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3IbQe16aXg&t=2434s The closing line is perfect!19 Oct 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mya4qovuvk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3m463r3xx4c25Annoyed by commuters playing their shitty music at full volume? You can buy USB-C headphones for £2. Grab a sack of them and hand them out to sodcasters everywhere. https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/10/review-the-cheapest-usb-c-headphones-i-could-find/27 Oct 2025 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m463r3xx4c25https://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3my64d5x34s2gWe have AI back home (1980s edition)18 Oct 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3my64d5x34s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3my5jqv46ds27New blog post: Una Watch TOTP - MFA on your wrist! https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/una-watch-totp-mfa-on-your-wrist/ Let's get this out of the way first - this is a terrible idea! I want my two-factor authentication codes to be easily accessible to me, so I've built a watch app which will …18 Oct 2026 12:45 +0100at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3my5jqv46ds27https://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3my5jqv46ds27New blog post: Una Watch TOTP - MFA on your wrist! https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/una-watch-totp-mfa-on-your-wrist/ Let's get this out of the way first - this is a terrible idea! I want my two-factor authentication codes to be easily accessible to me, so I've built a watch app which will …18 Oct 2026 12:45 +0100at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3my5jqv46ds27https://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3my54phmcss2h"A newspaper is presented like a book; you read each page in turn. You're perfectly free to skip over a story - but I found myself reading at least the first paragraph of each story. On the web, I pick and choose." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2009/10/the-guardian-a-review/18 Oct 2026 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3my54phmcss2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3my32xpvify2kNew blog post: Book Review: Are You *Really* The Doctor? by Matthew Hutchinson ★★★⯪☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/book-review-are-you-really-the-doctor-by-matthew-hutchinson/ A few months ago, I went to see Dr Hutchinson record his stand-up comedy special for the BBC - it's about his …17 Oct 2026 13:15 +0100at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3my32xpvify2khttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3my35iwevsc2vI'm pleased we added comments to @openbenches.org https://openbenches.org/bench/7135#comments17 Oct 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3my35iwevsc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3my32xpvify2kNew blog post: Book Review: Are You *Really* The Doctor? by Matthew Hutchinson ★★★⯪☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/book-review-are-you-really-the-doctor-by-matthew-hutchinson/ A few months ago, I went to see Dr Hutchinson record his stand-up comedy special for the BBC - it's about his …17 Oct 2026 13:15 +0100at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3my32xpvify2khttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3my2knld4yk2oFascinating to see this in the Libby Library app.17 Oct 2026 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3my2knld4yk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3mxz7hfmkc42aChecked in to Old School Yard, 111 Long Ln, United Kingdom Nose swabs before the karaoke — with Sheila See on Swarm16 Oct 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxz7hfmkc42ahttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3mxyldjwmir2pNew blog post: Book Review: Africa Is Not A Country - Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo Faloyin ★★★★⯪ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/book-review-africa-is-not-a-country-breaking-stereotypes-of-modern-africa-by-dipo-faloyin/ It's hard to craft a book with so much righteous …16 Oct 2026 13:30 +0100at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxyldjwmir2phttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3mxyldjwmir2pNew blog post: Book Review: Africa Is Not A Country - Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo Faloyin ★★★★⯪ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/book-review-africa-is-not-a-country-breaking-stereotypes-of-modern-africa-by-dipo-faloyin/ It's hard to craft a book with so much righteous …16 Oct 2026 13:30 +0100at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxyldjwmir2phttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3mxy74svnus2hI like the idea of transferring to @eurosky.social - but not until they fix this bug! https://github.com/eurosky-social/eurosky-social/issues/7016 Oct 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxy74svnus2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3mxy67hgggs2hI wonder if there is a feasible technological solution to this social problem? Anything printed on a plate (like a QR code) can be copied. A wireless transponder with a rotating code could work - but that leads to all sorts of weird surveillance and sousveillance issues. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxy67hgggs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3mxvr2dsowk2oWas reminded of this today. I'm tired of seeing those same people repeatedly try to drum up outrage in order to distract from their own personal failings. https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/10/weeknotes-lustrum/15 Oct 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxvr2dsowk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/edent.tel/post/3mxtipz6fhk27New blog post: The Internet of Very Cheap Things https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/the-internet-of-very-cheap-things/ Twelve years ago, I was complaining that IoT devices were too expensive. Last week I bought a colour changing Zigbee lighbulb for £4. Not a typo - less than a fiver. While the …14 Oct 2026 13:00 +0100at://did:plc:i6misxex577k4q6o7gloen4s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxtipz6fhk27