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Thurs Feb 22, 2007 10:47am PST
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Hello, I'm Edward.

I'm running the Geospatial devroom at FOSDEM.

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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ChatGPT is changing how we ask stupid questions
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Fri Feb 6, 2026 7:36am PST
Engineers turned a former Tube train into a battery powered prototype
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Fri Feb 6, 2026 7:30am PST
What even is an 'AI growth zone', anyway?
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Fri Jan 16, 2026 5:05pm PST
Unofficial Friday Beer Event
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Thurs Jan 15, 2026 9:58pm PST
HackerTrain/groups: Issue-only repository/pseudo-forum for organising groups
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Thurs Jan 15, 2026 7:51pm PST
FluConf: An online event for Covid-cautious appreciators of FOSS
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Thurs Jan 15, 2026 6:23pm PST
Rift at top of the Taliban: BBC reveals clash of wills behind internet shutdown
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Thurs Jan 15, 2026 5:48pm PST
What Is a PC Compatible?
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The parable of the supermarket self-checkout
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Thurs Jan 15, 2026 4:42pm PST
To power up growth, India must be rewired
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Thurs Jan 15, 2026 4:03pm PST
The big ambitions of China's private space industry
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Sat Jan 10, 2026 9:46am PST
Debian Taco – Towards a GitSecDevOps Debian
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Tues Jan 6, 2026 7:56pm PST
Cooking with Claude
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Fri Dec 26, 2025 11:28am PST
Asus to Produce Its Own DRAM to Relieve Memory Shortage, Says Report
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Thurs Dec 25, 2025 2:58pm PST
Tesla Robotaxis Are Big on Wall St. but Lagging on Roads
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Tues Dec 16, 2025 10:54pm PST
Learning a new programming language with an LLM
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Sun Dec 14, 2025 4:52pm PST
Job apocalypse? Humbug AI is creating new occupations
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Sun Dec 14, 2025 4:49pm PST
The next version of the web will be built for machines, not humans
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Thurs Dec 11, 2025 8:17pm PST
RAM scalping takes hold on eBay, some DDR5 selling for more than $2k
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Thurs Dec 11, 2025 3:15pm PST
Flying Abroad? Get Ready for New Facial-Recognition Tech at Departure Gates
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Wed Dec 10, 2025 5:56pm PST
RAM Is Ruining Everything
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Tues Dec 9, 2025 9:13pm PST
Calibre, AI, and one size not fitting all
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Sun Nov 16, 2025 6:59am PST
Nvim-orgmode/orgmode: Orgmode clone written in Lua for Neovim
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Sat Nov 15, 2025 7:17pm PST
South Korea bans flights as 500k take crucial university admission test
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Thurs Nov 13, 2025 11:21am PST
Perhaps I just stop reading the news?
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Wed Nov 12, 2025 9:16pm PST
Could the internet go offline? The fragile system holding the world together
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Wed Nov 12, 2025 5:26pm PST
A House of Dynamite is good on nuclear threat – and great on smartphone reliance
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Fri Nov 7, 2025 3:03pm PST
A new industry of AI companions is emerging
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Fri Nov 7, 2025 2:53pm PST
Will AI make dating apps better-or worse?
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Fri Nov 7, 2025 2:34pm PST
Why Palantir's success will outlast AI exuberance
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Fri Oct 31, 2025 7:22am PST
Harvard professor calls out 'lie' of needing 8 hours of sleep a night
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Wed Oct 29, 2025 8:14pm PST
Wikidata Map in 2025
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Thurs Oct 23, 2025 7:05pm PST
Where are we on X Chat security?
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Sun Oct 19, 2025 9:33pm PST
We empower communities and nations around the world to map the electrical grid
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Sat Oct 18, 2025 4:17pm PST
Driverless cars are coming to the UK – but the road to autonomy has bumps ahead
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Fri Oct 17, 2025 9:45am PST
New national railway clock unveiled, first redesign since BR's 70s design manual
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Thurs Oct 16, 2025 9:42pm PST
The job-sharing apps that feel like online dating
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Thurs Oct 16, 2025 6:55pm PST
Making roads safer with a new centre line road marking policy
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Thurs Oct 16, 2025 6:46pm PST
Timely Arrival: Great British Railways Clock Launches at London Bridge
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Wed Oct 15, 2025 11:52pm PST
Installing and Using Linux (AsteroidOS) on a TicWatch Pro 2020
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Tues Oct 14, 2025 11:44pm PST
Subtitle Quality Monitoring
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Mon Oct 13, 2025 1:12pm PST
There is no competition for the Amazon Kindle
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Tues Oct 7, 2025 1:58pm PST
One Pennsylvania Town's Quest to Find a Loving Home for Its Atom Smasher
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Tues Oct 7, 2025 7:04am PST
Open Hardware Summit 2026
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Sat Oct 4, 2025 2:28pm PST
Databranches: Using Git as a Database
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Sat Oct 4, 2025 8:29am PST
What is Ryanair's new 'digital-only boarding passes' rule?
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Thurs Sep 18, 2025 9:44pm PST
FOSDEM 2026: 31st January and first February
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Fri Sep 12, 2025 9:37pm PST
ARM is great, ARM is terrible, and so is RISC-V
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Sat Sep 6, 2025 2:14pm PST
Beyond Vibe Coding: A practical guide to AI-assisted development
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Fri Sep 5, 2025 10:14am PST
Beyond Vibe Coding
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Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:05pm PST
Why I Use Debian
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Sat Aug 23, 2025 5:42pm PST
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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