## Concert Review: London Voices - Video Games Go Choral https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/concert-review-london-voices-video-games-go-choral/ London's musical entertainment scene has something for everyone - from long-running blockbuster shows to no-name bands […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Theatre Review: Hay Fever at Wyndham's Theatre https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/theatre-review-hay-fever-at-wyndhams-theatre/ I'm a theatrical cheapskate. I'm on all those last-minute seat-filler websites. I'll happily take a chance on an experimental play […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Una Watch - SDK and Writing Your First App https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/una-watch-sdk-and-writing-your-first-app/ I don't know why hardware manufacturers find it so hard to write decent documentation. As I've said before you need to actually test your […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## My Pitch for the New Season of Doctor Who https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/my-pitch-for-the-new-season-of-doctor-who/ With the news that the BBC are tendering for a new series of Doctor Who, I thought I'd write down what I want from the show. This is, to be […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Gadget Review: Una Watch https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/gadget-review-una-watch/ I've never been a huge fan of smart watches. My £16 smartwatch is basically fine, but the OS is closed source and there's no way to add new functionality. Previously I had the […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Are you a smartwatch "power user"? https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/are-you-a-smartwatch-power-user/ What do you use your smartwatch for? A few weeks ago, I overheard a conversation between someone on the Pixel Watch team and a woman I know. He was quizzing […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Book Review: Bobiverse Books 1-3 by Dennis E. Taylor https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/book-review-bobiverse-books-1-3-by-dennis-e-taylor/ Like sticky popcorn, this is a moreish but ultimately unsatisfying set of stories. After I flamed out of Dungeon Crawler […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Gig Review: Public Service Broadcasting's Race For Space at Alexandra Palace https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/gig-review-public-service-broadcastings-race-for-space-at-alexandra-palace/ Ahhh! PSB's RFS! A delightfully indulgent soundscape of melodic wonder […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## No errors, no warnings, no gods, no masters - HTML Purity is a Fetish https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/no-errors-no-warnings-no-gods-no-masters-html-purity-is-a-fetish/ "The problem with defending the purity of the HyperText Markup Language is that HTML is […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Some thoughts on HTML's proposed previewsrc attribute https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/some-thoughts-on-htmls-proposed-previewsrc-attribute/ One of the great things about modern HTML is that it tries to standardise stuff that developers are already doing. If […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Are LLMs still surprisingly bad at some simple tasks? https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/are-llms-still-surprisingly-bad-at-some-simple-tasks/ Last year I ran an experiment to test the ability of modern LLMs to correctly answer a relatively straightforward […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Book Review: How to Build a Space Station by Jonathan Morrison https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/book-review-how-to-build-a-space-station-by-jonathan-morrison/ This book, by The Times' former Architecture Correspondent, stands in direct opposition to A City […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Theatre Review: The School for Wives - at Riverside Studios https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/theatre-review-the-school-for-wives/ The Flywheel theatre company are reviving the rep tradition by having five actors perform five different plays in five weeks […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## How to get a DOI for your blog posts https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/how-to-get-a-doi-for-your-blog-posts/ Each new post on this blog now has a Digital Object Identifier. This post looks at the how and the why of getting one, whether it is useful, and any […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Esoteric HTML - ismap vs CSS https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/esoteric-html-ismap-vs-css/ The HTML specification is old and, while there is beauty in longevity, there's an inevitable build-up of boondoggles and baggage. Some elements like `<marquee>` have […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## The expectations of privacy in driverless cars https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/the-expectations-of-privacy-in-driverless-cars/ Do riders in autonomous vehicles think that they are in a private space? Here's a fascinating story from California where an […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## ActivityPub - How to send an updated user profile to Mastodon and the Fediverse https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/activitypub-how-to-send-an-updated-user-profile-to-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/ Let's suppose you've updated the description of your ActivityPub […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Put an AV test at the start of your slides https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/put-an-av-test-at-the-start-of-your-slides/ For years, I've had a test-card at the start of my slides. Before I start my talk, I can immediately see if the aspect ratio is wrong […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## ActivityPub - Is it worth defending against replay attacks and message/signature time skew? https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/activitypub-is-it-worth-defending-against-replay-attacks-and-message-signature-time-skew/ Here's a problem that I've found with […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## The purpose of DNS is to spread scams https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/the-purpose-of-dns-is-to-spread-scams/ I imagine everyone here has received an unsolicited message telling them that their tax is overdue and that they urgently need to visit […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Book Review: The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories by Ken Liu https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/book-review-the-passing-of-the-dragon-and-other-stories-by-ken-liu/ This is a gorgeous set of short stories - and a good deal more accessible than some of […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## A reasonably practical guide to validating RFC 9421 HTTP Signatures for ActivityPub in PHP https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/a-reasonably-practical-guide-to-validating-rfc-9421-http-signatures-for-activitypub-in-php/ If you're reading this, you've probably […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Book Review: ActivityPub by Evan Prodromou https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/book-review-activitypub-by-evan-prodromou/ As part of my grant from NLnet to improve my Fediverse bot project, I'm spending time making sure I understand all the fundamentals of […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Review: Ruined Theatre's A Midsummer Night's Dream https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/review-ruined-theatres-a-midsummer-nights-dream/ The whole point about Shakespeare is that you can set the play on an intergalactic space station or an American high school […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## ActivityBot is the recipient of an NLnet grant! https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/activitybot-is-the-recipient-of-an-nlnet-grant/ Back in February, I applied for NLnet's Next Generation Zero grant. They were looking for Fediverse projects to help rewild the […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## A simple "copy this code" button in JavaScript https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/a-simple-copy-this-code-button-in-javascript/ Next to all the code samples on this blog is a little "copy" button. That makes it easier to grab any of the code I've shared. The […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## "iT woRKs BeTter in THe aPp!!" https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/it-works-better-in-the-app/ The monkey-punchers at Google never quite seem to finish any of their apps. There's always some useful bit of work left undone, or showstopping bug which remains […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Book Review: The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances by Glenn Dixon https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/book-review-the-infinite-sadness-of-small-appliances-by-glenn-dixon/ This is a charming and zeitgeisty novel which has a strong start and fulfils the […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Gadget Review: Thermal Master P3 Macro Lens https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/gadget-review-thermal-master-p3-macro-lens/ The good folks at Thermal Master have sent me their latest camera to review - and it is a bit different to all the others I've tried […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]

## Theatre Review: Cats at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/theatre-review-cats-at-regents-park-open-air-theatre/ Cats is so _silly!_ In the olden days, after a wild animal was slaughtered, the tribe's shaman would wear the skin […] [Original post on shkspr.mobi]