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@falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
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Lead dev at UK company for ☁️,📱 & 💻. Views own.

Got an AI degree before it was a bubble.

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falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Shout out to http://elektriktrick.com/Newton_Script_NTK.html but wow, developing #applenewton apps like a *boss* now

#retro #retrocomputing #apple
A screen shot showing the Apple Newton IDE running in an emulated Mac running MacOS version 8, and an emulated Apple Newton PDA running the same app
November 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Coding like it's the dot com boom...

#applenewton #apple #retrocomputing #retro
A simple web page with visitor counter in a very retro low-fi style A personal data assistant in portrait mode above a miniature keyboard
November 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Getting some work done in the office today.

#applenewton #messagepad #apple #retro #retrocomputing
A normal office desk scene showing keyboard, mouse, two screens and a coffee mug. There is a personal data assistant on a stand to one side
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Oh, just typing a quick note out on my #applenewton

#apple #retro #retrocomputing
An apple newton personal data assistant, side ways with a keyboard in the foreground
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
A screen shot showing the classic Max OS desktop, with a "Backup" progress bar visible
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
It's portable!

Made my own replacement battery sled thanks to https://github.com/app-hack/Newton-MP2X00-3d-printed-Improved-Battery-Pack/tree/main

#applenewton #apple #3dprinting #retrocomputing #retro
A pale blue plastic container holding 4 batteries. A screen shot of battery status displays on a personal data assistant. They both list "battery discharging"
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Oh, just powering my #applenewton over USB-C

#retro #retrocomputing #apple #newton #newtCom #dongle #3dprinting
The top tired of a personal digital organiser, with a red cable connected into it
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
and for my next trick, roundtrip image attachments !

#applenewton #newton #retrocomputing #geek #apple
A black on glowing green screen shot It shows an email header, and then a grey scale version of one of the pictures from the previous post, of screen shot of itself
October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
This is the future I was promised in 1996. Email on the #applenewton

#newton #retrocomputing #geek #apple
A screen shot of a modern email program. The from and to address is not visible, and the date is in 2039, but it contains the body "hello mum" and ".nwt" attachment. A screenshot of a backlit Apple Newton "in box" showing a read email has arrived. Black text on glowing green.
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Sorry, Alfred fans, he couldn't make it.

We got Boo instead

#macSciBar #Macclesfield #science #uk
An owl in a pub
October 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
@docpop sure did! Gmail isn't even my mail app, not that it makes any difference. Auto opening other peoples shit is poor form.

#firefox on Pixel 9a
Screen shot of a web page. The content is obscured by a prompt to open an app
September 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Best conference pass ever at #awscomsum
A conference pass on a lanyard. The pass looks like a floppy disk, and has a self sticking label on it with my name
September 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Top tip to #soEnergy customers: the password reset link on the sign in form doesn't work, you have to use the chat bot, convince it you want a human, then ask them to do it.
They've confirmed the issue.

#llm #ai #fail #uk #energy
Screen shot of an online chat session, title "SO Energy". Customer : How come reset didn't send when I tried Company rep: Most times, the reset link needs to be sent directly from us
September 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Happy to be supporting #eff again this year

#security #privacy
A photo of a small challenge coin, showing the EFF logo and the words "since 1990"
September 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Wow that was good...

#theexpanse #screwingFirehawks #aLittleDeath #graphicnovel #scifi
September 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Coor, an actual error in #lego instructions

#afol
A photo of a section of an instruction manual showing two steps. The first step shows the assembled parts, and the second step shows a part assembled subbset
September 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
When your timeline aligns

@ianlewis @tweedegolf

#rustlang #security
Screenshot showing a toot about a memory safety issue in Apple devices right after a post about an EU initiative on memory safe designs
August 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
What DIFFICULTY setting are people using with #anubis ?

I get the briefest possible flash of the Anubis site at the moment, and with what @Codeberg said about seeing some bypasses I wanted to crank it up a notch or ten...

#selfhosting #geek #ai
August 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Not had this sticker on an outer #lego box before...

#afol #transformers
A cardboard box with a sticker saying "do not put on shelf before august 1st 2025” The box is alongside a Lego set, boxed, depicting a large robot
August 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
I'm lucky enough not to need #accessibility tools yet, but I couldn't use this low contrast transparent mess about to be forced on everyone

#ux #fail #apple #macos #wwdc #wwdc2025
A screen shot of the standard Edit drop down menu in an app. The option text is almost the same color as the background, and the whole menu is transparent
June 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Oh good*. AI slop in CloudWatch....

#aws #webdev #devops
A screen shot of a menu on a web site. A unhappy smiley has been added after "AI Operations Preview"
April 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Apparently there are no release notes for #fedora42 on https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/release-notes/

#webdev #ux
Screen shot of a web page showing not content just a prompt to click a menu
April 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Hadn't appreciated how much two million, five hundred thousand tons of metal was till I tried spinning it myself

#babylon5 #scifi
A small scale Lego model of a space station. It is mounted on yellow girders, which enclose a branded coin
March 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Trying to make Cacti / rrdtool do the right thing is too hard.
Why doesn't this stack ?!?
A stacked chart that ins't stacked
February 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy
Here's the letter I just sent my MP about #OnlineSafetyAct

I used https://www.writetothem.com/ which makes it super easy.

/cc @neil @derickr @tallpaul

#uk #security #politics
A letter that says in part: I fear that because OFCOM is not able to enforce the OSA in a proportional way, resources and communities grown over decades may have to close, or move to larger, costly, providers - FaceBook, Instragram etc. This is because the consequences of enforcement under the OSA are so draconian that anyone rightly concerned about their users and the law isn’t going to take the risk of that liability. A single "online troll" complaint to OFCOM could be the trigger for this, regardless of actions or paperwork the site may have, or if the complaint is valid or not. Ironically those who don’t care about their users or UK law will just ignore it and likely be beyond prosecution/enforcement anyway, such as on Truth Social. I hope you can see that the Online Safety Act consolidates power in the large companies and small independent operators like myself may have to shut their services down. This is pretty much exactly the opposite of what we need right now. We need diversity of online communities and opportunities for people to create curated online spaces that are not subject to the whims of people like Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump or Elon Musk. I hope you can urge the UK government to amend things, or ask OFCOM to provide clear, actionable, but most of all simpler and quicker things small operators can do. The UK shouldn't have to lose all it's small and independent online communities, some that have been part of the internet since the earliest days.
January 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM