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Terence Eden

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Longer hair than you. Chaotic Good. Doesn't work for The Man™ any more. If you're involved in Blockchain or Crypto you will be blocked on sight. All content © and personal. May not be reproduced without consent. Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog

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Terence Eden@edent.tel · 4h ago

New blog post: Gadget Review: T2 Max plug-in Thermal Camera ★★★⯪☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/gadget-review-t2-max-plug-in-thermal-camera/ The good folks at Thermal Master have sent me another Thermal Camera to review. The last one was a big beastie with a huge touchscreen. This one is …

Gadget Review: T2 Max plug-in Thermal Camera

The good folks at Thermal Master have sent me another Thermal Camera to review. The last one was a big beastie with a huge touchscreen. This one is much smaller and is designed to plug into your phone's USB-C port. The T2 Max is a chunky little camera - but doesn't weight too much. The USB-C connector is long enough to securely plug in even if your phone is wearing a case. Thermal Master…

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Terence Eden@edent.tel · yesterday

New blog post: Gig Review: Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister at Margate Dreamland ★★★★★ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/gig-review-belle-sebastian-if-youre-feeling-sinister-at-margate-dreamland/ It's 1998 and Doogie, the guy across the hall in our student accommodation, will not …

Gig Review: Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister at Margate Dreamland

It's 1998 and Doogie, the guy across the hall in our student accommodation, will not stop playing The Boy With The Arab Strap. Eventually I crack and ask him who the band are. He infodumps on me with all the authority of an 18 year our music snob about this cool new Scottish band called Belle & Sebastian. I slip him a tenner, a couple of Smirnoff Ice, and the promise of my help on the next…

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Terence Eden@edent.tel · yesterday

New blog post: Gig Review: Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister at Margate Dreamland ★★★★★ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/gig-review-belle-sebastian-if-youre-feeling-sinister-at-margate-dreamland/ It's 1998 and Doogie, the guy across the hall in our student accommodation, will not …

Gig Review: Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister at Margate Dreamland

It's 1998 and Doogie, the guy across the hall in our student accommodation, will not stop playing The Boy With The Arab Strap. Eventually I crack and ask him who the band are. He infodumps on me with all the authority of an 18 year our music snob about this cool new Scottish band called Belle & Sebastian. I slip him a tenner, a couple of Smirnoff Ice, and the promise of my help on the next…

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Terence Eden@edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · yesterday

🦊 Foxy lady 🦊 Here's some video and audio from the tiny plug-in thermal camera I'm reviewing. For those of you who like clicking on affiliate links, you can get 10% off with code `THERMBIRD10` and link https://link.amazon/B06ehBMMu Fair warning, it isn't cheap! Full review tomorrow.

Hazel Southwell@hazelsouthwell.bsky.social · yesterday

right, ok, enough self-pity, I need to turn my shit pub around. it's in Stratford, it's got a (small) stage, there has to be someone who has something cool they want a space for queer-run, extremely diverse venue (we even let mumbling old white geezers in) what I'd call 'mostly accessible'

Terence Eden@edent.tel · 2d ago

New blog post: Book Review: The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' by Sidney Dekker ★★★★☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/book-review-the-field-guide-to-understanding-human-error-by-sidney-dekker/ This is such a useful book. It makes the case that there's no such thing as "human error" …

Book Review: The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' by Sidney Dekker

This is such a useful book. It makes the case that there's no such thing as "human error" - instead most catastrophes are caused by system issues, misaligned incentives, and unrealistic processes. You are not the custodian of an otherwise safe system that you need to protect from erratic human beings. By its nature it is a little repetitive. I suspect it's the sort of book students and…

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Terence Eden@edent.tel · 2d ago

New blog post: Book Review: The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' by Sidney Dekker ★★★★☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/book-review-the-field-guide-to-understanding-human-error-by-sidney-dekker/ This is such a useful book. It makes the case that there's no such thing as "human error" …

Book Review: The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' by Sidney Dekker

This is such a useful book. It makes the case that there's no such thing as "human error" - instead most catastrophes are caused by system issues, misaligned incentives, and unrealistic processes. You are not the custodian of an otherwise safe system that you need to protect from erratic human beings. By its nature it is a little repetitive. I suspect it's the sort of book students and…

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Terence Eden@edent.tel · 3d ago

This has been a standard thing since well before LLMs. TurnItIn and other services repeatedly pattern match against common headings, standard quotes, and mandated rubric. Every marker knows how this works & what to ignore. (One I was forced to use accused me of plagiarising one "Eden, T (2017)".

Jason Hazeley@jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 3d ago

My daughter’s university scrutinizes each essay for evidence of AI. The goal is to get a 0% score. This AI-hunting is done by… AI. A recent essay scored 17%. She questioned what the AI thought was AI, since she hadn’t used it. The answer: the uni-issued cover page showing student ID, faculty etc. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Terence Eden@edent.tel · 4d ago

New blog post: Gadget Review: HIKMICRO D02 Thermal Camera ★★★★★ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/gadget-review-hikmicro-d02-thermal-camera/ The good folks at Hikmicro have sent me their D02 Infrared Camera to review. It's part of their "Eco" series of thermal imagers - designed to be easy to …

Gadget Review: HIKMICRO D02 Thermal Camera

The good folks at Hikmicro have sent me their D02 Infrared Camera to review. It's part of their "Eco" series of thermal imagers - designed to be easy to use around the home and relatively cheap. Despite the no-fills appearance, it packs in a lot of features which put some more expensive models to shame. It even works with Linux. Shove in a USB-C cable to grab the photos or even use it as a…

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Terence Eden@edent.tel · 4d ago

Checked in to Taco Bell, Broadstairs, United Kingdom My aim this year is to go to places I've never been before. My first Taco Bell ever 😁 Decent enough veggie options. Far from the worst burrito I've ever had. See on Swarm

A photo of the location.
Terence Eden@edent.tel · 4d ago

New blog post: Gadget Review: HIKMICRO D02 Thermal Camera ★★★★★ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/gadget-review-hikmicro-d02-thermal-camera/ The good folks at Hikmicro have sent me their D02 Infrared Camera to review. It's part of their "Eco" series of thermal imagers - designed to be easy to …

Gadget Review: HIKMICRO D02 Thermal Camera

The good folks at Hikmicro have sent me their D02 Infrared Camera to review. It's part of their "Eco" series of thermal imagers - designed to be easy to use around the home and relatively cheap. Despite the no-fills appearance, it packs in a lot of features which put some more expensive models to shame. It even works with Linux. Shove in a USB-C cable to grab the photos or even use it as a…

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Terence Eden@edent.tel · 6d ago

New blog post: Are political journalists always wrong? https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/are-political-journalists-always-wrong/ I've mostly tuned out of reading the news. But, once in a while, a headline will be shared on social media and I'll momentarily stare into the abyss. There has …

Are political journalists always wrong?

I've mostly tuned out of reading the news. But, once in a while, a headline will be shared on social media and I'll momentarily stare into the abyss. There has recently been a change in UK Prime Minister. I neither know nor care whether that's a good thing. What I do know is that Senior Political Correspondents collectively shat their pants with excitement at being able to breathlessly report…

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Terence Eden@edent.tel · 6d ago

New blog post: Are political journalists always wrong? https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/are-political-journalists-always-wrong/ I've mostly tuned out of reading the news. But, once in a while, a headline will be shared on social media and I'll momentarily stare into the abyss. There has …

Are political journalists always wrong?

I've mostly tuned out of reading the news. But, once in a while, a headline will be shared on social media and I'll momentarily stare into the abyss. There has recently been a change in UK Prime Minister. I neither know nor care whether that's a good thing. What I do know is that Senior Political Correspondents collectively shat their pants with excitement at being able to breathlessly report…

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Terence Eden@edent.tel · last yr.

New blog post: Winners don't use ChatGPT https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/winners-dont-use-chatgpt/ If you hung around video arcades in your youth, you would have seen this message burned into the phosphor of a thousand dying CRTs. Obviously this was a devilish psyop by those gits who wanted …

Winners don't use ChatGPT

If you hung around video arcades in your youth, you would have seen this message burned into the phosphor of a thousand dying CRTs. Obviously this was a devilish psyop by those gits who wanted kids to stop sniffing glue and having fun. The bastards! But there's a more serious side to the corny message. Are you a winner if you've cheated? Lance Armstrong "won" multiple Toures de France. It…

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