By @edent · inmobi o2 personal telefonica · 3 comments · 300 words · read ~315 times.
Sixteen months ago, I climbed a rattly staircase behind a restaurant to a fairly typical "start-up loft". My first taste of InMobi. I was enthralled! I've spent the last year driving the developer relationship process in the company, watching as we've grown from 15 people in a small room to 70 people in swanky London […]
Continue reading →By @edent · carl thomson church discrimination politics twitter woking · 5 comments · 300 words · read ~456 times.
Regular readers will know that I think Woking Council's subsidy of curchgoers is ridiculous, illegal, and unfair. It's an issue I've raised with local councillor Carl Thomson in writing and on Twitter. A few days ago I entered into a discussion with him online about the issue. He has since deleted the tweets. But, as […]
Continue reading →By @edent · 3g hacking internet linux Raspberry Pi USB · 142 comments · 650 words · read ~251,096 times.
This is a bit of a brain dump of how I got a 3G USB dongle working on the Raspberry Pi. Following on from getting the Raspberry Pi to send SMS. That's The Power Of Love The first thing to say is use a powered USB hub! I had lots of problems getting the modem […]
Continue reading →By @edent · credit card fraud scam sms tropo twilio voice · 2 comments · 1,150 words · read ~780 times.
I recently read about an innovative telephone call scam. A scammer rings the mark and asks for her credit card details. If the mark refuses, the scammer tells her to hang up the phone, then dial 999 and ask for "Sergeant Scammer of the Fraud Squad". The mark does so, and is connected to what […]
Continue reading →By @edent · hackday homeless wdif · 1 comment · 800 words · read ~201 times.
I had a great time at the Homeless Hackday. This is a belated write up, because I wanted to let a few thoughts peculate. The Problem There has been a worrying rise in the number of people rough sleeping - especially in the capital. There are a number of charities and Government departments which are […]
Continue reading →By @edent · authentec hardware linux Open Source thinkpad ubuntu · 36 comments · 200 words · read ~2,436 times.
Last year, I wrote about how Authentec wouldn't support their fingerprint readers on Linux. I've been chatting to the good folk at Authentec, and they've agreed to release the specification documents! So if you want to code up an interface for the AES2810 or AES2550 you can! A word of note, the best way to […]
Continue reading →By @edent · advertising mobile qr · 7 comments · 250 words · read ~336 times.
I did something decidedly analogue yesterday; I withdrew cash from a machine. I know, I know, I should have used my NFC enabled smartphone - or my chip & pin card. But it turns out most cab drivers prefer cash. On the screen was one of those ghastly animated adverts. Rather than selling me a […]
Continue reading →By @edent · barclays economy money rbs · 4 comments · 300 words · read ~136 times.
In the year 1124, the King of England had a problem with the people who produced the kingdom's money. The quality of the coins in the early part of the reign was poor, as the moneyers made a large profit by producing underweight coins or coins of debased fineness. In 1124 Henry called all 150 […]
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