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Terence Eden

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

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Longer hair than you.
Got the ⏻ symbol into #Unicode.
Open Standards / Source / Data geek.
Known as @Edent on most social platforms.

Bit obsessed with #SolarPower […]

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@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 8:55 PM

@peturdainn they will *connect* to a mesh though, right? I'm not expecting them to be a router.

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 8:42 PM

Also got some of these small temperature / humidity sensors.
They work pretty well. The one in my fridge *mostly* connects back to #HomeAssistant but occasionally just doesn't.
I possibly need more #Zigbee sensors dotted around to form a more effective mesh.

Small white box not much larger than two AAA batteries.Graph showing humidity levels in a fridge - sometimes the line is just horizontal when no data has been received.
@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 11:35 AMReposted by @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

🆕 blog! “I paid people to try and follow my README” Developers suck at writing documentation. We like to say RTFM but often there ain't no FM to R. At best we have a half-arsed collection of notes, some obsolete tips, and a link to a desolate forum full of people asking the same questions again […]

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 3:15 PM

Checked in to The Clapham Grand, 21-25 St John's Hill, United Kingdom

Here to find out just how tiny Little Alex Horne really is. Of course, he might just be very far away 😄

https://swarmapp.com/user/56367/checkin/6acba669fe906f16ad0af327?s=7K1gKEnuUowKSICd04pN83DyOgc

A photo of the location.
@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 3:03 PM

@sldrant by calibrate, I mean checking it goes from 0 to 100 and back again 😄

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 12:32 PM

@bencurthoys A very fair point!

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 12:20 PM

@bencurthoys indeed - that's why I want to keep testing it.

As it happens, the code I'm running doesn't require any dependencies other than PHP itself. That's got a good track record of not screwing up backward compatibility without a lot of warning.

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 11:35 AM

🆕 blog! “I paid people to try and follow my README” Developers suck at writing documentation. We like to say RTFM but often there ain't no FM to R. At best we have a half-arsed collection of notes, some obsolete tips, and a link to a desolate forum full of people asking the same questions again […]

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 11:31 AM

Calibrating my new Zigbee soil moisture sensor.

Sensor stuck in a half-pint of water.
@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 11:35 AMReposted by @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

🆕 blog! “Some quick thoughts on Unit Testing ActivityPub” I'll be radically honest here - I never really got the idea of "Test Driven Development". I'm much more of a "telnet into production and damn the consequences" kind of guy. Look, it's much more fun and my cardiologist recommends severe […]

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 11:35 AM

🆕 blog! “Some quick thoughts on Unit Testing ActivityPub” I'll be radically honest here - I never really got the idea of "Test Driven Development". I'm much more of a "telnet into production and damn the consequences" kind of guy. Look, it's much more fun and my cardiologist recommends severe […]

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 11:06 AM

A little bit of politics at the London Museum of Water and Steam.

The beginning of the end

Despite making huge profits the water compani
had not lived up to their promises. The quality
of the water was still variable and the amount
being pumped sometimes left homes and
businesses without water. The companies'
focus on profits rather than service was
a major worry and so the government
decided to get involved.

In 1904 the government created the Metropolitan Water Board
and bOught the eight water companies to create a single
network covering the whole of London. It became clear
that the ageing Kew Bridge Water Works did not fit into
their plans and so investment in this site came to a halt.
Whilst other water pumping sites were being modernised,
Kew limped on with the same equipment for several decades.

The River Thames, Kew Bridge and Waterworks. c1920
@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 10:22 AM

Well #GaussFest is *lots* of fun 😄

Tesla coils spitting fire.Lighting in a bulb.More coils with purple arcs.
@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 10:15 AM

Checked in to London Museum of Water & Steam, Kew Bridge Rd (Green Dragon Ln), United Kingdom

Just had all my nervous diseases cured at #GaussFest 😄

https://swarmapp.com/user/56367/checkin/6aca0e03efd0c548942f2f5b?s=qvAHdfqfA3wjR4Gm5fDtDwO9Rhk

A photo of the location.
@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 7:18 AM

You can take 50% off any website simply by adding the following CSS: ``` body { clip-path: xywh(0 0 50% 100%); } ```

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 7:14 AM

This is exceptionally good.

> “Robot” Is A Social Construct: Why Your Dishwasher Is Not A Robot

https://robotgirlgang.com/2026/10/08/robot-is-a-social-construct-why-your-dishwasher-is-not-a-robot/

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 9, 2026, 9:49 PMReposted by @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

You should hook your bed up to the Internet. Nothing will go wrong if you mix electricity and IP addresses. (Also, quote posting BlueSky works now 😃)

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 9, 2026, 9:49 PM

You should hook your bed up to the Internet. Nothing will go wrong if you mix electricity and IP addresses. (Also, quote posting BlueSky works now 😃)

@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 9, 2026, 9:15 PM

Tastes of Xmas!
Drinking: Winter/Christmas Cider
By: Marks & Spencer
🍺🍺🍺
https://untappd.com/user/edent/checkin/1607168591
#untappd

@edent.telOct 9, 2026, 3:18 PMReposted by @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Argos are now selling plug in solar for £540.
www.argos.co.uk/product/9593...
Ground mounted, rather than balcony, and you get double nectar points 😄

A plug in solar panel.
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