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Lead dev at UK company for ☁️,📱 & 💻. Views own. Got an AI degree before it was a bubble. Likes : 🐕, 🧱, 🐧,🚀, sci-fi, whisky, electronic 🎶 and retro 🖥️ Dislikes […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ qoto.org/@falken, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

New keyboard has arrived! Hopefully Wayland will let me have dedicated copy and paste keys now, unlike with my Sun USB keyboard. #linux #geek

Photo of a keyboard with three keys and a knob

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

@thenewoil "use personal data" just does this #fail

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026

@jmaris @HennaVirkkunen Thrilling details lol

An xml error message

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026

Hurrah, #pebble #watch is here ! Instantly made it look like it's come from the 80s... where digital watches were a neat idea. #geek #h2g2

A photo of a smart watch cosplaying as a an old-style digital watch

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026

@justinling.ca sadly just does this for a bit then shows some variety of impossible CAPTCHA

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

Can you guess what it is yet? #afol #lego

Small square of cleverly arranged Lego

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

@SteveClough @DamonHD

Screen shot of two captcha on a mobile website

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

Some light #retroComputing reading arrived for the long weekend.. #appleNewton #Newton #retro

The book cover

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026

Wish me luck! #linux #geek #luks #homeServer

Photo of a terminal window doing a luks decryption

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/01/2026

Going with a strong open for my #maccTech talk on #music #freedom Featuring #ompd #mpd and #homeassistant as well as @nham and #bandcamp See you in #macclesfield on 28th @ luma.com/rclvr0sp #DIDit

A screen shot of a slide deck being written. The current slide reads "you wouldn't stream a film" in the popular meme style

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025

Doing well so far... #afol #lego

A small space ship made of lego table scraps. Brightly coloured organic horns contrast the black and red body.

A brightly coloured lego scorpion

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025

Spotting a theme ... #xmas #presents

Various whisky themed gifts

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/11/2025

Shout out to elektriktrick.com/Newton_Script_NTK… 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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/11/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/11/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/11/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/11/2025

A screen shot showing the classic Max OS desktop, with a "Backup" progress bar visible

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2025

It's portable! Made my own replacement battery sled thanks to github.com/app-hack/Newton-MP2X00-3… #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"

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2025

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.

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2025

Sorry, Alfred fans, he couldn't make it. We got Boo instead #macSciBar #Macclesfield #science #uk

An owl in a pub

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025

@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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2025

Happy to be supporting #eff again this year #security #privacy

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2025

Wow that was good... #theExpanse #screwingFirehawks #aLittleDeath #graphicNovel #scifi

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2025

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"

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2025

Apparently there are no release notes for #fedora42 on docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora… #webdev #ux

Screen shot of a web page showing not content just a prompt to click a menu

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2025

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

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2025

Trying to make Cacti / rrdtool do the right thing is too hard. Why doesn't this stack ?!?

A stacked chart that ins't stacked

⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken.qoto.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2025

Here's the letter I just sent my MP about #onlineSafetyAct I used 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.