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edward
Thurs Feb 22, 2007 10:47am PST
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about
Hello, I'm Edward. I build web apps, web scrapers, databases, and search engines. I reverse engineer legacy systems and data formats.

Over the years, I've had the privilege to collaborate with internet luminaries like Aaron Swartz, Brewster Kahle, Ted Nelson, Jason Scott, and John Gilmore.

My contributions span a diverse array of projects, including Wikipedia, Open Library, Wikimedia Commons, Debian, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Linux kernel, and BusyBox.

I'm on mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@edward

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Cagongjok: The South Korean cafes grappling with students who don't leave
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Thurs Aug 21, 2025 10:11am PST
What if every city had a London Overground?
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Wed Aug 13, 2025 10:30am PST
The term 'NSFW' is problematic and overdue for retirement
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Sat Aug 9, 2025 7:00am PST
Paper 7 is a digital picture frame with a 7 inch E Ink Spectra 6 color display
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Fri Aug 8, 2025 9:08pm PST
As Ozempic Shrinks Appetites, Some Restaurants Offer Miniature Meals
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Wed Aug 6, 2025 10:32pm PST
'Hook Up?' College Kids Schedule Everything on Google Calendar
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Mon Aug 4, 2025 9:53pm PST
Swimming in urban waterways across the world should be a right, say campaigners
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Sun Aug 3, 2025 9:32pm PST
When Everybody Has Airport Lounge Access, Nobody Does
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Thurs Jul 31, 2025 10:00am PST
Why Vikunja is moving from Gitea to GitHub
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Sun Jul 27, 2025 9:46pm PST
From Bali to Iceland, 165,000 Britons work remotely from another country
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Sun Jul 27, 2025 7:36am PST
San Francisco's AI boom is intensifying battles for workers, housing
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Thurs Jul 24, 2025 7:22pm PST
Thousands unable to make calls as EE and BT networks down
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Wed Jul 23, 2025 11:30pm PST
The New Hot Topic in European Politics Is Air Conditioning
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Tues Jul 22, 2025 2:41pm PST
What to expect from Debian/trixie
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Tues Jul 22, 2025 11:20am PST
American teen pilot detained on small island in Antarctica
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Sun Jul 20, 2025 9:33am PST
AI is killing the web – can anything save it?
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Sat Jul 12, 2025 2:52pm PST
Doorbell-interceptor: Using a RTL-SDR dongle to receive signals on 433Mhz
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Fri Jul 11, 2025 5:17am PST
The Secret Group Chats Where the Rich Score Seats on Private Jets
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Tues Jul 8, 2025 4:15pm PST
Sidechat: Tmux Based AI Assistance
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Wed Jul 2, 2025 10:23pm PST
GWR's battery trains trials could bring big benefits to small lines
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Fri Jun 20, 2025 2:40pm PST
Bvlos drones approved to fly over UK rail infrastructure
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Fri Jun 20, 2025 2:28pm PST
Mark Zuckerberg is spending megabucks on an AI hiring spree
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Fri Jun 20, 2025 2:26pm PST
Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success
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Wed Jun 18, 2025 7:56am PST
A new kind of AI bot will take over the web, data from TollBit shows
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Fri Jun 13, 2025 11:38am PST
Boeing: What does the Air India crash mean for the plane maker?
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Tues Jun 10, 2025 9:37am PST
Uber brings forward trialling driverless taxis in UK
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Sun Jun 8, 2025 12:43am PST
Initial thoughts on a £18 Colmi R09 smart ring and Gadgetbridge
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Fri May 30, 2025 10:43pm PST
Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point
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Sun May 25, 2025 3:43pm PST
Alan Yentob Has Died
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Fri May 23, 2025 8:48am PST
Sam Altman is a visionary with a trustworthiness problem
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Thurs May 22, 2025 9:49pm PST
Uber could run train services between Stratford International and Paris
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Tues May 20, 2025 11:53am PST
Exploring an Extreme Wealth Line
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Sat May 17, 2025 1:04pm PST
Reverse Engineering the Renpho App
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Fri May 2, 2025 12:29pm PST
Crawlers impact the operations of the Wikimedia projects
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Fri May 2, 2025 4:53am PST
Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027
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Wed Apr 30, 2025 12:56pm PST
Solar panels between the tracks on an active railway line: a dreadful idea
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Tues Apr 29, 2025 7:34pm PST
A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment
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Sat Apr 26, 2025 12:13pm PST
Datasette for Newsrooms
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Wed Apr 16, 2025 11:55am PST
Lyft to buy taxi app Free Now for $200M to expand into Europe
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Wed Apr 16, 2025 11:54am PST
Lyft to enter European market with $200M FreeNow acquisition
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Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:47am PST
Everyone's jumping on the AI doll trend – but what are the concerns?
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Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:20pm PST
It never happened–but the picture says it did: 28 fake images that fooled world
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Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:32am PST
Vim is more useful in the age of LLMs
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Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:04am PST
Bulldozers to Move in on 'Scotland's Chenobyl' in Port Glasgow
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Thurs Apr 10, 2025 9:33am PST
Vim is more useful in the age of LLMs
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Mon Apr 7, 2025 12:05pm PST
Why tech workers need unions too
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Mon Apr 7, 2025 7:12am PST
Even a freeway is redeemable: worlds largest wildlife crossing takes shape in LA
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Sun Apr 6, 2025 3:20pm PST
What is up with car door handles these days?
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Fri Apr 4, 2025 5:47pm PST
The Mathematics of Crochet
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Fri Apr 4, 2025 3:48pm PST
RAF clear 'exploding' Tunnock's teacakes to fly after 60 years
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Fri Apr 4, 2025 2:24pm PST
Invasion of the Home Humanoid Robots
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Tues Apr 1, 2025 9:23am PST
The UK Government Wouldn't Ban Smartphones in Schools. These Parents Stepped Up
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Fri Mar 28, 2025 7:13am PST
Firefox 136 Released with Vertical Tabs
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Wed Mar 26, 2025 8:43pm PST
Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage (Taroch)
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Tues Mar 25, 2025 4:12pm PST
Endless.downward.spiral – is this the beginning of the end of What3Words?
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Mon Mar 24, 2025 12:19pm PST
National Grid boss says Heathrow had 'enough power' after substation fire
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Sun Mar 23, 2025 10:19am PST
The slow but steady advance of driverless vehicles
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Sat Mar 22, 2025 8:51am PST
Extreme day trips: 'I go abroad then fly home in time for bed'
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Fri Mar 21, 2025 10:27pm PST
'More are published than could ever succeed': are there too many books?
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Thurs Mar 20, 2025 3:51pm PST
What's the Matter with Abundance?
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Thurs Mar 20, 2025 1:53pm PST
The MetroCard Goes the Way of the Token as MTA Announces End of Sales
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Wed Mar 19, 2025 10:44pm PST
A.I. and Vibecoding Helped Me to Create My Own Software
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Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:55pm PST
BTHome: Open standard for broadcasting sensor data over Bluetooth LE
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Sun Mar 16, 2025 6:07pm PST
Are these the world's most beautiful airports?
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Sun Mar 16, 2025 3:46pm PST
Building a Personal Archive with Hoarder
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Thurs Mar 13, 2025 3:34pm PST
Doge Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find
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Tues Mar 11, 2025 10:15pm PST
'A new phase': why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest
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Tues Mar 11, 2025 4:59pm PST
Zoox robotaxis do not meet federal safety standards, agency says
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Sun Mar 9, 2025 9:19am PST
[RFC] Allow terminal programs to display text in different sizes
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Thurs Feb 27, 2025 2:42pm PST
Elon Musk Is the Richest Man. Why Is He Sleeping on an Office Floor?
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Thurs Feb 20, 2025 8:18pm PST
Do bans on smartphones in schools improve mental health?
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Thurs Feb 20, 2025 6:56pm PST
A.I. Is Changing How Silicon Valley Builds Startups
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Wed Feb 12, 2025 1:37pm PST
Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events
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Sun Feb 9, 2025 7:10am PST
Qalculate Hacks
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Sat Feb 8, 2025 11:40pm PST
Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)
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Sat Feb 8, 2025 5:50pm PST
Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Power Systems Disconnected from Russian IPS/Ups
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Sat Feb 8, 2025 5:42pm PST
Donald Shoup Has Died
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Thurs Feb 6, 2025 1:59pm PST
DeepSeek-R1, at the cusp of an open revolution
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Wed Feb 5, 2025 6:42pm PST
FOSDEM – The Good Parts and the Not-So-Good Parts
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Wed Feb 5, 2025 9:12am PST
Station of despair: What to do if you get stuck at end of Tokyo Chuo Rapid Line
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U.S. Postal Service Suspends Shipments of China Parcels
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Mon Feb 3, 2025 9:11pm PST
Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Programme
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Mon Feb 3, 2025 3:46pm PST
Crossrail 2 is already shaping London's skyline
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Wed Jan 29, 2025 1:58pm PST
The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter
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Sun Jan 26, 2025 9:28am PST
Swede dreams: How Sweden is embracing its sleepy side
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Tues Jan 21, 2025 7:26pm PST
Digital passports among IDs to be available in UK government app
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Tues Jan 21, 2025 8:37am PST
Why Can't You Pack a Bag?
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Tues Jan 7, 2025 7:27am PST
Alcohol-free booze is becoming big business
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Mon Jan 6, 2025 1:25pm PST
Great Resignation 2.0 is coming – and I salute the European millennials who quit
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Fri Jan 3, 2025 6:12pm PST
2025 is the year of free, unlimited inflight WiFi
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Fri Jan 3, 2025 3:42pm PST
Turo, the Car-Share App Used in Two Attacks, Is No Stranger to Safety Concerns
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Wed Jan 1, 2025 6:51am PST
Remote Work Is Tanking Home Prices in the Heart of London
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Wed Jan 1, 2025 1:24am PST
Signalling chaos: Inside the Elizabeth line's two-day breakdown
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