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Checked in to Crab Museum, 9 Broad St, United Kingdom SCIENCE! (ish) See on Swarm

Checked in to Shell Grotto, Grotto Hill (at Dane Rd.), United Kingdom Margate lives up to the hype! See on Swarm

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…shkspr.mobi

New blog post: Google Calendar "Unable to launch event" - caused by missing DTSTAMP https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/google-calendar-unable-to-launch-event-caused-by-missing-dtstamp/ For several years, Google's product help forums have been littered with people trying to download a .ics event …

Google Calendar "Unable to launch event" - caused by missing DTSTAMPFor several years, Google's product help forums have been littered with people trying to download a .ics event from their email, only to receive the error "Unable to launch event" when trying to add it to Google Calendar. It doesn't happen with all iCal attachments, only some. Here's how to fix it. I checked dozens of broken iCalendar invites using this iCal validator and they all had the same …shkspr.mobi

I tried watching the first episode of The Pitt. It's just an ER rehash, isn't it? Touchingly naïve interns, grumpy doctors, saintly nurses, and an evil administrator who only cares about money / numbers. Mix in some technobabble about pushing 10ccs of paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin. Anything else?

Checked in to Farringdon (Elizabeth Line), 4 Lindsey St, United Kingdom Yeah, fair enough. See on Swarm

New blog post: Book Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman ★★⯪☆☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/book-review-dungeon-crawler-carl-by-matt-dinniman/ To call this derivative is an understatement. But that's what this genre demands; rehash all your favourite media properties into something …

Book Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt DinnimanTo call this derivative is an understatement. But that's what this genre demands; rehash all your favourite media properties into something new. It's the literary equivalent of having your Transformers™ fight your He-Man© toys. The plot, such as it is, features the Vogon Constructor Fleet destroying Earth due to a late beurecratic appeal, forcing people to play The Hunger Games, while a Twitch …shkspr.mobi

Hey #UK friends. Do you get annoyed by fireworks? Do your pets find them distressing? Do you think anyone should be able to buy them? The UK Government is running a consultation and want your views. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Fireworks and pyrotechnics in the UKwww.gov.uk

New blog post: Some Quick Thoughts on EMF Camp 2026 https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/some-quick-thoughts-on-emf-camp-2026/ I've performed a talk at the last three EMFs - so this time I decided to go purely as a tourist. It made things much more relaxing. No waking up from a stress dream that my …

Some Quick Thoughts on EMF Camp 2026I've performed a talk at the last three EMFs - so this time I decided to go purely as a tourist. It made things much more relaxing. No waking up from a stress dream that my laptop didn't work. No casually dropping my talk into every conversation to build up an audience. No queueing for the loos five minutes before going on. No adrenaline spikes or come downs. It was bliss! After several…shkspr.mobi

Bryan Adams lied to you shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/07...

Bryan Adams lied to youI'm always interested in when anachronistic technology pops up in the media. Whether it's Kelly Rowland trying to send an email using Excel, or people in spaceships developing film photographs, or fut...shkspr.mobi

Checked in to hub by Premier Inn London Covent Garden hotel, 110 St Martin's Lane, United Kingdom Here for #HomebrewWebsiteClub. Come for the web chat, stay for the cupcakes 😁 See on Swarm

Today! Come hang out and chat about websites 😄

I see this a lot in project Discords. Hundreds of channels, each more specific than the last, all of them empty other than a few lost souls and a couple of bots. Its like they're cosplaying a large and complex community.

New blog post: Book Review: Foreign Fruit - A Personal History of the Orange by Katie Goh ★⯪☆☆☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/book-review-foreign-fruit-a-personal-history-of-the-orange-by-katie-goh/ I didn't care for this book. It attempts to interweave botanical and cultural history with an …

Book Review: Foreign Fruit - A Personal History of the Orange by Katie GohI didn't care for this book. It attempts to interweave botanical and cultural history with an autobiography and ends up doing neither particularly well. For every dose of poetry about the far-flung and exotic journey of the fruit, there's a dull recitation of facts from Wikipedia. Occasionally various origin myths of citrus varieties are presented - there's no attempt to engage with them, seek …shkspr.mobi

Do I know anyone who gets the *print* copy of Saga magazine? If so, I'd love a copy of the latest issue when you're done with it. There's an interview in there with my wife, Liz, about @openbenches.org 😊

Wasn't expecting The Rolling Stone new album to contain an Elon Musk diss track *and* an Amy Winehouse cover! Glorious 😄

London meetup this Saturday 😃 "Homebrew Website Club is a meetup for anyone interested in personal websites and a distributed web. Whether you’re a blogger, coder, designer, or just someone who wants to improve their presence on the web, this meetup is for you." events.indieweb.org/2026/07/-hwc...