Terence Eden

Terence Eden

@edent.tel

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/blog

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Terence Eden
@edent.tel

Hello lovely new followers! 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans rights are human rights 🏭 Join a Trade Union 💉 Vaccines work 🪙 Cryptocurrencies are bollocks 🐧 Linux rocks If any of the above bothers you, probably best to unfollow me.

Terence Eden
@edent.tel

New blog post: Book Review: You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat] - Andrew Hankinson ★★★★☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/book-review-you-could-do-something-amazing-with-your-life-you-are-raoul-moat-andrew-hankinson/ It is hard to write a book in the second …

shkspr.mobiBook Review: You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat] - Andrew HankinsonIt is hard to write a book in the second person. It is even harder to make it this good. It would have been easier to write a salacious cash-in with a dozen shocking revelations in each chapter. Instead, Andrew Hankinson attempts to use Raoul Moat's own words to build up a picture of the man. You have nine days and your whole life to prove you are more than a callous murderer. Go. It is…

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Callum Mcleod
@almostantarctic.bsky.social

Travelling in London can be complex, and even more so if you're dependent on having access to toilets along the way. We've made it easier to find in TfL Go - tap on any station on the map, and if toilets are there, tap the new 'Toilet facilities' button for detailed info.

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Terence Eden
@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

A long shot - but does anyone know how to connect an *old* #Victron battery to #HomeAssistant? I can see it on my network via SSDP, but it doesn't appear to have MQTT enabled. Full details at: https://community.victronenergy.com/t/adding-a-v4-smart-hub-to-home-assistant/64399

community.victronenergy.comAdding a V4 smart hub to Home Assistant?I have a V4 Smart Hub (formerly Moxia battery). It’s on my network and is discovered by the Linux AppImage version of Victron Connect. Is it possible to get any diagnostic data out of it? This is what I get from http://192.168.1.123:35467/com.victronenergy.ccgx.12:34:56:78.xml (Lightly redacted for privacy) 1 0 urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:Basic:1 V4 ...

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John J. Hoare
@dirtyfeed.org

Question for Red Dwarf idiots. SOMEWHERE out there is a quote (from Rob or Doug?) about the making of the US pilot, which says that the production team was so wary of "crossing the split" during the split screen sequences that they ended up with actors on opposite sides of the set. Ring any bells?

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Steve Cross
@drstevex.bsky.social

THIS WEDNESDAY! Catch me on stage telling medical jokes with an incredible lineup in London Bridge and it's FREE! Nice and early too, so pints after? Part of @teamlondonbridge.bsky.social 's Mediculture Festival. www.tickettailor.com/events/medic...

tickettailor.comBook Now – Science Showoff Cures All Ills – London Bridge Hive, 8 Holyrood StreetScience Showoff Cures All Ills – London Bridge Hive, 8 Holyrood Street, Wed 28 Oct 2026 - Medi-Culture presents a night of medically-themed stand-up, stories and silliness from some of London's funnie...
Terence Eden
@edent.tel

New blog post: Theatre Review: Opera UnTouched's "The Telephone" ★★★★★ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/theatre-review-opera-untoucheds-the-telephone/ Why shouldn't an opera be set in an office? Not merely set there; performed there! On Saturday night, a couple of dozen audience members were …

shkspr.mobiTheatre Review: Opera UnTouched's "The Telephone"Why shouldn't an opera be set in an office? Not merely set there; performed there! On Saturday night, a couple of dozen audience members were ushered in to a genuine office in Tooting to watch a short comic opera by Opera UnTouched. It was a burst of sunshine in a rainy day. We're at Ben's leaving party. A flustered woman is busy on the telephone. Will Ben ever get her attention? Both Grace…

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Terence Eden
@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

I *think* today is "break even" day for our solar panels. We had them installed six years ago at a price of ~£7,500. They've since generated 27 Mega Watt Hours. Assuming an average electricity price of 28p/kWh - they've now made back what they cost. (These are all very rough figures.) #Solar

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Terence Eden
@edent.tel

New blog post: Gadget Review: LiberNovo Omni - the USB-C powered office chair ★★★★⯪ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/gadget-review-libernovo-omni-chair/ Whenever a company asks me to review their gadgets, I always ask if it is USB-C powered. If not, I'm not interested. So, welcome to the future …

shkspr.mobiGadget Review: LiberNovo Omni - the USB-C powered office chairWhenever a company asks me to review their gadgets, I always ask if it is USB-C powered. If not, I'm not interested. So, welcome to the future where your chair is USC-C rechargeable! WHAT?! The LiberNovo Omni looks like a standard office chair - but has two secret features. First, is that it is exceedingly comfortable. Full foam cushions, lovely headrest, and a recline which almost gets you…

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Vale
@vale.rocks

A fresh release of my plugin for KOReader which brings support for downloading books from, and syncing progress with, Jellyfin. It harbours a pleasant number of quality-of-life improvements and a handful of bug fixes. Enjoy! github.com/DeclanChidlo... #KOReader #Jellyfin

github.comRelease v1.3.0 · DeclanChidlow/KOReader-Jellyfin-PluginFeatures: Added optional top menu tab for easy plugin access (thanks @Tewelus!). Ability to sort by date added to Jellyfin (requested by @edent). Added option to browse books as structured in fold...
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@edent.tel

New blog post: Gadget Review: LiberNovo Omni - the USB-C powered office chair ★★★★⯪ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/gadget-review-libernovo-omni-chair/ Whenever a company asks me to review their gadgets, I always ask if it is USB-C powered. If not, I'm not interested. So, welcome to the future …

shkspr.mobiGadget Review: LiberNovo Omni - the USB-C powered office chairWhenever a company asks me to review their gadgets, I always ask if it is USB-C powered. If not, I'm not interested. So, welcome to the future where your chair is USC-C rechargeable! WHAT?! The LiberNovo Omni looks like a standard office chair - but has two secret features. First, is that it is exceedingly comfortable. Full foam cushions, lovely headrest, and a recline which almost gets you…

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VOLE.wtf 🐹⁉️
@vole.wtf

🥪 The big day is here! Looking forward to your #CrispSandwichDay pics (we’ll ask for permission & give credit for any we want to feature on the site)

Terence Eden
@edent.tel

Considering the absolute state of the weather today, I'll take that!

Solar Panels in London@solar.bots.edent.tel

Today, my #SolarPanels generated 2.24kWh of solar electricity. FAQ: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/solar-faq/

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Terence Eden
@edent.tel

New blog post: Book Review: Get Ahead of Being Dead by Evie King ★★★★☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/book-review-get-ahead-of-being-dead-by-evie-king/ After reading Evie King's previous book Ashes To Admin - Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer I was eager to read her …

shkspr.mobiBook Review: Get Ahead of Being Dead by Evie KingAfter reading Evie King's previous book Ashes To Admin - Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer I was eager to read her not-quite-a-sequel. We know what happens after death; paperwork. Gas bills need to be cancelled, funeral wishes need to be carried out, money needs to be apportioned between warring family members. When you die, you won't be there to experience the annoyance and …
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@edent.tel

New blog post: Book Review: Get Ahead of Being Dead by Evie King ★★★★☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/book-review-get-ahead-of-being-dead-by-evie-king/ After reading Evie King's previous book Ashes To Admin - Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer I was eager to read her …

shkspr.mobiBook Review: Get Ahead of Being Dead by Evie KingAfter reading Evie King's previous book Ashes To Admin - Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer I was eager to read her not-quite-a-sequel. We know what happens after death; paperwork. Gas bills need to be cancelled, funeral wishes need to be carried out, money needs to be apportioned between warring family members. When you die, you won't be there to experience the annoyance and …

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Terence Eden
@edent.tel

New blog post: More phishing messages via Booking.com and Novotel https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/more-phishing-messages-via-booking-com-and-novotel/ A few days ago I booked a Novotel hotel on Booking.com - two days later I received these phishing messages via WhatsApp. Both knew my exact …

shkspr.mobiMore phishing messages via Booking.com and NovotelA few days ago I booked a Novotel hotel on Booking.com - two days later I received these phishing messages via WhatsApp. Both knew my exact name, phone number, location of stay, and date of stay. Luckily, both were fairly inept. Let's take a quick look at them. The first came from a Portuguese business account. Obviously the name doesn't match that of the large chain hotel I booked with. The …

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king lola 👑
@lolaodelola.bsky.social

📢 I need 160 more web developers to answer 1 important question. How do you interpret the "Fully Supported" label on MDN support tables? Let me know in the survey below and tell your web developer friends to answer too 🙏🏾 github.com/lolaslab/acd...

github.comHow Do You Interpret BCD "Fully Supported"? · lolaslab acd-site · Discussion #3Every MDN reference page has a browser compatibility table at the bottom of the page which says the support status for the feature across browsers. The browser compat table for <example-feature> lo...
Terence Eden
@edent.tel

New blog post: More phishing messages via Booking.com and Novotel https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/more-phishing-messages-via-booking-com-and-novotel/ A few days ago I booked a Novotel hotel on Booking.com - two days later I received these phishing messages via WhatsApp. Both knew my exact …

shkspr.mobiMore phishing messages via Booking.com and NovotelA few days ago I booked a Novotel hotel on Booking.com - two days later I received these phishing messages via WhatsApp. Both knew my exact name, phone number, location of stay, and date of stay. Luckily, both were fairly inept. Let's take a quick look at them. The first came from a Portuguese business account. Obviously the name doesn't match that of the large chain hotel I booked with. The …

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Terence Eden
@edent.tel

I've been running a "Voluntary Paywall" on my blog for 16 years. shkspr.mobi/blog/2010/10... I'm always delighted when someone chooses to pay. I promise to only spend the money on irresponsible pleasures and weird gadgets to review.

shkspr.mobiVoluntary PaywallAlmost a year ago, I postulated a way to turn the tables on the News International paywall. After playing around for a bit, I discovered that it was easy to block The Times from reading a blog, but I...

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Terence Eden
@edent.tel

New blog post: Gadget Review: Mokin 17 Port USB-C Tower ★★☆☆☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/gadget-review-mokin-17-port-usb-c-tower/ The good folks at Mokin have sent me their new USB-C hub and it is a beast. This is the MODK2403 - the latest in their line of high-tech USB-C docks. It …

shkspr.mobiGadget Review: Mokin 17 Port USB-C TowerThe good folks at Mokin have sent me their new USB-C hub and it is a beast. This is the MODK2403 - the latest in their line of high-tech USB-C docks. It does close to everything you could want and has an LCD monitor for showing the weather. Errr… What? OK, a quick product shots, then on to the specs. On to the ports: Triple display Either 3x HDMI or 1x HDMI and 2x DisplayPort 4x U…
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@edent.tel

Bloody hell! They actually accepted my Pull Request! github.com/eurosky-soci... Looks like I'm going to attempt to move PDS. Probably after I've had a beer or two. That'll make the process go smoothly, I'm sure.

github.comUpdate locales.ts to correct flag by edent · Pull Request #23 · eurosky-social/atprotoWhat &amp; why Fixes eurosky-social/eurosky-social#70 Checklist pnpm build --force &amp;&amp; pnpm verify passes Tests pass, and new behavior is covered by tests A changeset is included for ev...
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I like the idea of transferring to @eurosky.social - but not until they fix this bug! github.com/eurosky-soci...

github.comEnglish language option has wrong flag · Issue #70 · eurosky-social/eurosky-socialAt https://eurosky.social/account The English language option uses a strange and unusual flag. I'm fairly sure it should be 🇬🇧 - that would be in keeping with the other flags
Terence Eden
@edent.tel

New blog post: Gadget Review: Mokin 17 Port USB-C Tower ★★☆☆☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/gadget-review-mokin-17-port-usb-c-tower/ The good folks at Mokin have sent me their new USB-C hub and it is a beast. This is the MODK2403 - the latest in their line of high-tech USB-C docks. It …

shkspr.mobiGadget Review: Mokin 17 Port USB-C TowerThe good folks at Mokin have sent me their new USB-C hub and it is a beast. This is the MODK2403 - the latest in their line of high-tech USB-C docks. It does close to everything you could want and has an LCD monitor for showing the weather. Errr… What? OK, a quick product shots, then on to the specs. On to the ports: Triple display Either 3x HDMI or 1x HDMI and 2x DisplayPort 4x U…

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Rob Manuel
@robmanuel.b3ta.com

Replying to @robmanuel.b3ta.com

No YOU lost your mind spending six months hand drawing 81 Jokes For The ZX81 because the title popped into your head one day and you thought the title so absurdly irresistible as a personal challenge that you pivoted your entire life to making a niche as fuck book. spelk.press/gb/products/...

spelk.press81 Jokes for the ZX81Rob Manuel (creator of Fesshole and co-founder of B3ta.com) set himself an absurd task. Write 81 jokes for the ZX81, illustrate them himself and use only the ZX

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foaming pipe snake
@guntoucher.bsky.social

now look at them yo yos that's the way you do it use number 4 as your private key that aint workin thats the way you do it kill all computers via PHP

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Rob Manuel
@robmanuel.b3ta.com

My finest ever work. I wrote it on a treadmill in a gym, recording each title, as I thought of them, into the notes app.

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garth marenghi's chart place
@tef.bsky.social

web developer: oh hey you guys are back early infra: four's haunted web developer: what? infra: *loading a pistol and getting back on the computer* four's haunted

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Terence Eden
@edent.tel

New blog post: Book Review: Quackery - A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang ★★★⯪☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/book-review-quackery-a-brief-history-of-the-worst-ways-to-cure-everything-by-lydia-kang/ This is a charming and funny book all about the various ways …

shkspr.mobiBook Review: Quackery - A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia KangThis is a charming and funny book all about the various ways humans have promoted fake medical cures in exchange for money. Despite the grim (and occasionally distressing) subject matter, the tone remains light and poppy throughout. There are lots of snarky asides (especially about the fake medical practitioners) and a real appreciation for the bizarre. It's fun the whole way through, although …
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@edent.tel

New blog post: Book Review: Quackery - A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang ★★★⯪☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/book-review-quackery-a-brief-history-of-the-worst-ways-to-cure-everything-by-lydia-kang/ This is a charming and funny book all about the various ways …

shkspr.mobiBook Review: Quackery - A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia KangThis is a charming and funny book all about the various ways humans have promoted fake medical cures in exchange for money. Despite the grim (and occasionally distressing) subject matter, the tone remains light and poppy throughout. There are lots of snarky asides (especially about the fake medical practitioners) and a real appreciation for the bizarre. It's fun the whole way through, although …

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Terence Eden
@edent.tel

Annoyed 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. shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/10...

shkspr.mobiReview: The Cheapest USB-C Headphones I Could FindEver since phone manufacturers killed off the headphone jack, there has been an epidemic of people blasting sounds from their shitty speakers in public. Music, TikTok, phone calls - it seems some peop...

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Terence Eden
@edent.tel

New 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 …

shkspr.mobiUna 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 display them. That's really convenient for me - but makes for a terrible security posture. Anyone who steals my watch will be able to see my one-time code. If they're clever, they can decompile the app and find the secret…
Terence Eden
@edent.tel

New 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 …

shkspr.mobiUna 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 display them. That's really convenient for me - but makes for a terrible security posture. Anyone who steals my watch will be able to see my one-time code. If they're clever, they can decompile the app and find the secret…

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Terence Eden
@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Standing desk, under desk treadmill, ergonomic keyboard, trackball, air quality monitor, multiple screens. I don't think I could ever go back to an office. I probably need to tidy up my workspace somewhat though! What does your set-up look like?

Terence Eden
@edent.tel

"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." shkspr.mobi/blog/2009/10...

shkspr.mobiThe Guardian - A ReviewOne of the things I love about Private Eye is the columns I don't read.  Corners of the magazine dedicated to the gossip of the classical music world, the perils of modern architecture, positively inc...

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Terence Eden
@edent.tel

New 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 …

shkspr.mobiBook Review: Are You *Really* The Doctor? by Matthew HutchinsonA few months ago, I went to see Dr Hutchinson record his stand-up comedy special for the BBC - it's about his experiences working in the NHS as a Black doctor. As the title of the book implies, some of the public can be a mite suspicious that anyone with even a hint of melanin can rise beyond being a porter or, at a push, a nurse. Much like Adam Kay's "This Is Going To Hurt", this is part…