Review: Shakespeare in the Park - Much Ado About Nothing
For a blog called "shkspr.mobi", I don't blog enough about Shakespeare. Sorry! The brilliant thing about Shakespeare is its versatility. You can do almost anything with it. Mess around with genders,...
View ArticleFor Sale - Animated Laptop Stickers
This Tweet went unexpectedly viral! New blog post!I've built a physical <blink> tag!https://t.co/qD0VwG0gsgPlease forgive me 😁 pic.twitter.com/a7BjPXmBFJ — Terence Eden is on Mastodon (@edent)...
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Gadget Review - YSSHUI NTAG215 NFC Tags ★★⯪☆☆
I've spent most of the last decade ranting against NFC. QR Codes are almost always superior to NFC. QR codes hold more data, are extremely cheap, and easy to spot. NFC tags are limited in size,...
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Book Review - Good Services ★★★★★
A practical book for practitioners and non-practitioners alike interested in better service delivery, this book is the definitive new guide to designing services that work for users. My former...
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Wanted - audio output based on screen output for Linux
I think what I'm asking for is impossible... I have a Linux laptop with built in speakers and an external monitor with speakers. The laptop connects to the screen via HDMI. I have my Linux desktop set...
View ArticleBuilding a Minimum Viable Laptop Sticker Business
I made a laptop sticker. Enough people told me how much they liked it, that I decided to sell them. Here's the story of how I (didn't) become a millionaire....
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Review - Phomemo Mini Bluetooth Printer ★★★★⯪
All printers are objectively awful. But this might be the cutest little printer I've ever used! This is the Phomemo M02 Pro. If you remember the late, lamented Little Printer you'll immediately...
View ArticleNominations are now open for the @openuk_uk awards
I'm a board member of Open UK - which promotes UK leadership in open technology - and we're looking for nominations for our Open Source Awards. These are designed to honour the individuals and projects...
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New T-Shirt Idea
Some days, I want everyone on the Internet to wear this t-shirt: Designed using Guillaume Chabot's tool after the original 2K by Gingham - which has been parodied many times. Explaining the joke The...
View ArticleHappy Solstice from @edent_solar
Today is the longest daylight of the year. We had our new solar panels installed just after the vernal equinox - so now seems to be a good time to check in on how they're doing. (Who am I kidding - I...
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Review: Yanmai USB Microphone
We're in the age of endless conference calls. So I decided to spruce up my audio hardware. Sadly, I don't have the budget for a professional podcaster's microphone. Luckily, I was sent this cheapo...
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Game Review: A Short Hike ★★★★⯪
I'm playing through the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. You can follow along with all my game reviews. This is the delightful indie game A Short Hike. I don't play many video games,...
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Being Normal
A few months ago, UK supermarket Tesco released some flesh-toned sticking plasters. Whose flesh though? In this case, Tesco had them in a range of colours and shades. Because people come in all sorts...
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Game Review: Night in the Woods
I'm playing through the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. You can follow along with all my game reviews. Night in the Woods is a cute looking indie game, with one fatal flaw. Nothing...
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Symbian Won
I was working in the mobile phone industry just as smartphones were taking off. I saw the Palm Pilot rise and fall. I witnessed NEC and Sagem and a host of companies launch smartphones and then...
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Game Review: A Mortician's Tale ★★★★⯪
I'm playing through the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. You can follow along with all my game reviews. How many people have you killed in a video game? Thousands? At least. But how many...
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Game Review: EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER ★★★☆☆
I'm playing through the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. You can follow along with all my game reviews. The thing about EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER is that it is EXTREME. And it is so...
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Review: WiFi Endoscope ★★★★☆
DO NOT PUT WIFI DEVICES UP YOUR BUM! OR ANYONE ELSE'S BUM! Right, with that disclaimer out of the way, here's my review of the DDENDOCAM Snake Camera - a 2 metre long, endoscope style camera. People...
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Game Review: Minit (and how to get it working on Ubuntu Linux) ★★★⯪☆
I'm playing through the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. You can follow along with all my game reviews. I like puzzle games, and Minit has a unique twist. You only have 60 seconds to...
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This Artwork is an amiibo
A few weeks ago, I picked up 20 NFC tags. But what to do with them? I know, let's make something impractical! I had this gorgeous Barret Biggers - Link Blot poster which had lain in a drawer for far...
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