By @edent · meta regeneration work · 11 comments · 400 words · read ~598 times.
Twenty-Twenty-Two is Twenty-Twenty-NEW. Yup - time for me to regenerate into a new job. To recap - five years ago, I started at GDS in the Open Standards Team. Two-and-a-bit years later, I took a 6 months secondment to NHSX to do Open Standards. Eighteen months later, they finally let me go. I joined the […]
Continue reading →By @edent · gadget linux review USB · 16 comments · 550 words · read ~1,001 times.
I've moved to s a standing desk. So now, obviously, I need something useful to do with my feet! It's time for a USB powered set of foot pedals! They're between £20 - £40 depending on what the algorithm think you'll pay. The USB cable is about 2 metres long - which is just about […]
Continue reading →By @edent · education MSc reading text tts voice · 4 comments · 700 words · read ~750 times.
Fourteen years ago, I blogged about the future of voice. In the post, I asked these two questions - which I'd nicked from someone else: Are you faster at speaking or typing? Are you faster at reading or listening? Lots of us now use Siri, Alexa, Bixby, and the like because it is quicker to […]
Continue reading →By @edent · HTML HTML5 · 10 comments · 400 words · read ~4,542 times.
This is a regular HTML page. But if you click or tap on the text, you will be able to edit it! HTML is magic! This isn't a fancy styled , it's a element which uses the contenteditable global attribute. There are some nifty features - depending on your browser. You can add more bullets […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Doctor Who dvd review · 2 comments · 850 words
A box set of late-era Tom Baker stories. And they're a bit of a mixed bunch. Full Circle First up, Full Circle - which introduces us to Adric. Ah, poor sweet Adric. He's an exercise in wish-fulfilment. Getting a nerdy, 17 year old, Who-geek to write a teenage nerd to appeal to other teenage nerds. […]
Continue reading →By @edent · gadget review · 5 comments · 800 words · read ~366 times.
Two years ago, I got a DophiGo DV-200 WiFi Doorbell. It's been OK, but I was hankering for an upgrade. Something with a more reliable app and better video / audio quality. About a year ago, I got a Eufy Security Camera System. It has been excellent. The main advantage is that it comes with […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Book Review india · 1 comment · 300 words · read ~171 times.
I know shamefully little about the British Empire and its colonisation of India. I remember going on a school trip to the memorial at Ypres - but I don't remember hearing about the thousands of Indian troops who served and died. I learned endlessly about Churchill - but not about his racist attitudes towards the […]
Continue reading →By @edent · AI MSc python QADMSPML · 450 words · read ~163 times.
As part of my MSc I'm taking a short course in Practical Machine Learning via QA.com. The first three days were just about basic stats visualisation using Python. It was great to have a refresher - but I would have expected that to be a pre-requisite. The tutor was excellent - very patient at explaining […]
Continue reading →By @edent · gmail google HowTo tutorial · 24 comments · 1,050 words · read ~3,116 times.
Google has decided to fuck over its early adopters. Way back in 2006, Google announced Google Apps for Your Domain. Basically it was Gmail - but you could use your own domain. No more example@gmail.com now you could be me@example.com. Hurrah! At the time, they said: organizations that sign up during the beta period will […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Amazon HowTo python wishlist · 3 comments · 1,350 words · read ~1,137 times.
Scratching my own itch. I want an alert when there's been a price drop on an item on my Amazon wishlist. I couldn't find an easy way to get an email directly from Amazon (customer-focused my shiny metal arse) so I knocked something up in Python. This is heavily inspired by Leigh Dodds' Wishlist Monitor. […]
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