By @edent · HTML laptop stickers w3c · 29 comments · 300 words · read ~3,534 times.
This is the latest of my many terrible lockdown-induced ideas. I'm saving money on commuting. So I'm spending it on tech-crap I really don't need. I bought a new laptop sticker. Anyway, enough waffle, here's the end result: This uses 2-frame lenticular printing. History No browser supports the <blink> element any more. It used to […]
Continue reading →By @edent · HowTo HTML5 web · 250 words
(Written because I couldn't find an easy guide online.) Here's the code (formatted for readability): <time datetime="{{page.first_published_at|date:"c"}}"> {{page.first_published_at|date:"j F Y"}} </time> You can also use last_published_at if it is a page which has been updated. WHY?!??! Semantics. HTML5 contains the <time> element. The contents of it show up as normal running text, but the metadata […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Book Review media medicine Social Media tv · 350 words
This book demonstrates how popular culture can be successfully incorporated into medical and health science curriculums, capitalising on the opportunity fictional media presents to humanise case studies. Studies show that the vast majority of medical and nursing students watch popular medical television dramas and comedies such as Grey’s Anatomy, ER, House M.D. and Scrubs. This […]
Continue reading →By @edent · HTML twitter Web Development · 3 comments · 400 words
I wanted to see what I was Tweeting on this exact day last year. And all the years before. So I built a website! It's a disgusting hack, and I'm truly sorry for unleashing it on you. Using the API You can't. The Twitter search API only goes back 7 days. This whole idea would […]
Continue reading →By @edent · diy home HowTo led · 5 comments · 250 words · read ~567 times.
When we moved house, we found the previous owners had installed under-cupboard lighting in the kitchen. It uses basic and cheap 12V LED strips. The strips are flexible and have glue on the back. We didn't like them in the kitchen. So we tried them on the stairs. Terence Eden is on Mastodon@edentTrying to work […]
Continue reading →By @edent · art diy home · 150 words · read ~256 times.
One of the problems with buying a house, is that you're inevitably stuck with someone else's taste in decor. Our new place isn't too bad - it's just a little dull. With lockdown in full-force, some of the boring bits of the house have been annoying me more than is reasonable. I'm not a big […]
Continue reading →By @edent · github · 12 comments · 450 words · read ~353 times.
There was a "situation" at work. We were publishing a high-profile project (take a wild guess) on GitHub. We had received abuse and were worried that someone might target the programmers who worked on the project. Obviously, we take cyber-security seriously, but how do we deal with personal-security? Here are the options we considered: Get […]
Continue reading →By @edent · encryption pgp twitter · 3 comments · 300 words · read ~3,165 times.
I'm not sure if I'm the first person to do this - but I'm going to claim credit anyway! Terence Eden is on Mastodon@edentHello! This Tweet has been signed with my PGP Key. pic.x.com/ed4rcldlvw❤️ 41💬 7♻️ 008:03 - Thu 14 May 2020 You can verify by pasting the alt text into keybase.io/verify - or by […]
Continue reading →By @edent · HowTo tip twitter · 1 comment · 150 words
Twitter's search interface has all sorts of lovely and obscure options. My three favourites are "min_retweets:", "min_replies:", and "min_faves:" Using those filters, you can create a search for Tweets which meet a certain threshold. For example, here are my Tweets which have been liked more than 500 times: twitter.com/search?q=from:edent min_faves:500 Here are the ones which […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Book Review Sci Fi · 200 words
Winner of the 1989 Children's Book of the Year Award for older readers.
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