@blongden

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Software Engineer. Using code to make homes smarter and helping the transition to renewable energy.
 Recovering web developer
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/blongden
GitHubhttps://github.com/blongden
blongdenJul 12, 2025
At first glance bitchat reminds me of FidoNet back in the 90s (and earlier). Looks cool. I think important for a world where centralised infrastructure is targeted first when war breaks out. Distributed / eventual delivery feels like a good defence, as long as the mesh is big enough.
Show threadblongdenJun 2, 2025
@caolan I was running a solar powered BBS on solarbbs.uk (originally was located in the box in the garden which does our garden lights off of a 100W panel and batteries). Relocated it inside though because network connectivity sucked, and then I sort of forgot about it. It might live again in some other form (not a BBS) sometime soon (tm).
Show threadblongdenFeb 6, 2025
@derickr @thephpf @php hold up.. so now we can have php in the browser and JavaScript on the server. The future is weird.
blongdenNov 15, 2022
Matthias OttNov 15, 2022

“The internet’s town square should never have been one specific website with its own specific rules and incentives. It should have been, and should be, the web itself.
[…]

The web is wide open again, for the first time in what feels like forever.”

—@brentsimmons

https://inessential.com/2022/11/13/after_twitter

HT @tchambers

blongdenNov 14, 2022
T. Rex EliotNov 11, 2022
Ngl, as someone who worked in tech before the rise of social media, I'm here for the demise of platforms like twitter and facebook. Everything is concentrated in the hands of a few billionaires and, we've seen repeatedly what a terrible idea that's been.
Show threadblongdenNov 12, 2022

@mamund Nice to hear you're well. Moved to Edinburgh just before covid so hugely enjoying that now! Certainly keeping busy and family is growing up and doing just fine.

Mastodon feels like Twitter did at the beginning. I hope it can keep that. It's good :)

blongdenNov 12, 2022
 Mike AmundsenNov 12, 2022

“It is normally easy and actually quite pleasant to walk and think at the same time, but at the extremes these activities appear to compete for the limited resources of System 2. You can confirm this claim by a simple experiment. While walking comfortably with a friend, ask him to compute 23 × 78 in his head, and to do so immediately. He will almost certainly stop in his tracks.” -- Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011)

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1403110-it-is-normally-easy-and-actually-quite-pleasant-to-walk

#walking #thinking

A quote from Thinking, Fast and Slow

It is normally easy and actually quite pleasant to walk and think at the same time, but at the extremes these activities appear to compete for the limite...

blongdenNov 12, 2022
Kevin M. GillNov 12, 2022
🎶 Fly me to the Moon🎶
blongdenNov 12, 2022
Rowena M.Nov 12, 2022
My favourite street art in Glasgow. Warms my heart every time I see it🥰
Show threadblongdenNov 12, 2022
@rowenamonde drove past this just this week for the first time. It's a beauty. And way bigger than it looks in the pic!