edward

47,541 karma · joined February 22, 2007

Hello, I'm Edward.

I'm running the Geospatial devroom at FOSDEM.

I build web apps, web scrapers, databases, and search engines. I reverse engineer legacy systems and data formats.

Over the years, I've had the privilege to collaborate with internet luminaries like Aaron Swartz, Brewster Kahle, Ted Nelson, Jason Scott, and John Gilmore.

My contributions span a diverse array of projects, including Wikipedia, Open Library, Wikimedia Commons, Debian, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Linux kernel, and BusyBox.

I'm on mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@edward

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edward··on 4Q: the final archive format

I like the mouse over text: "Fortunately, the charging one has been solved now that we've all standardized on mini-USB. Or is it micro-USB? Shit."

Now we're going to transition to USB-C.

edward··on U.S. Legalization of Marijuana Has Hit Mexican Cartels’ Cross-Border Trade

UK political party, Cannabis is safer than alcohol (CISTA) is fielding candidates in the UK general election next month.

http://cista.org/

Funded by one of the co-founders of Bebo, a social network.

edward··on Current Status of IA.BAK – A backup of the Internet Archive

The IA machines are optimized for storage, they don't have that much CPU.

edward··on New XPS 13 Developer Edition from Dell

I bought the new XPS 13. The fan runs all the time, even when the machine is idle. Other people have reported the same problem. I returned it.

edward··on What happened to the laptop computer? (1985)

Previous discussion when this was posted 48 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9056767

edward··on Amazon Dash Button

It would get dirty, it would be another thing to clean.

edward··on Two Federal Agents in Silk Road Case Face Fraud Charges

http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-release...

edward··on After Jobs Dry Up, What Then?

I was going to point out that UK Green party supports a basic income, but now I find that they have dropped it from their 2015 manifesto.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/green-party/1138380...

edward··on Sabbath mode

I found a photo for Sabbath mode on Flickr and convinced the photographer to make it Creative Commons. The article is now illustrated.

edward··on [dead]

It would be helpful if we could get the temperature in Celsius.

edward··on SQLite developer must have received a lot of phone calls

"Question: What are etilqs files?"

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-f...

edward··on Giant Rats Sniff Out Landmines in Tanzania

edward··on Internetarchive.bak

There is now a channel, #internetarchive.bak, on EFNet, for discussion about the implementations and testing.

edward··on Sleeping over eight hours a day associated with greater risk of stroke

Another view: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783

edward··on Bertha, the Giant Borer That Broke, May Be Sinking Seattle's Downtown (2014)

edward··on City life is as much about moving through landscapes as being in them

This is an edited extract from Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_City

edward··on The Key to Facebook’s Productivity

From the article: "Facebook Inc.'s 5,000-plus employees generate $1.36 million each in annual revenue"

edward··on Firefox 36.0 released

Why was -remote removed?

edward··on Python Social Auth

I recently added social login to a project I'm working on. Python Social Auth was the perfect solution, it was very easy to integrate. I thought that others might find it useful.

edward··on Show HN: Expedia for Business Money Transfers

Can I use currencytransfer.com to convert GBP to USD and wire it to Bitstamp or other Bitcoin exchanges?

edward··on Berkeley startup and its energy machines are about to take off

I visited this place with Brewster Kahle in 2012. It is interesting that they can manufacture these things in the Bay Area.

edward··on FlightCar (YC W13), the Airbnb for Cars, Launches at San Jose International

In January 2014 I rented a 2006 Mercedes S-Class at SFO for $20 per day from FlightCar. Pretty amazing.

edward··on I Visit Libraries to Sell Bitcoins to Random People from the Internet

Bitcoin article on the Barclays website:

https://wealth.barclays.com/en_gb/home/research/research-cen...

edward··on Heart and sole: Detroiter walks 21 miles in work commute

Suggested reading: How To Ride Your Bike All Winter – And Love it by Mr. Money Mustache

http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/11/03/how-to-ride-your-b...

edward··on Reverse-engineering the Kayak app with mitmproxy

I don't need to make money. Access to a flight API would be useful for planning my own trips.

edward··on Reverse-engineering the Kayak app with mitmproxy

I'm happy to pay to use a flight search API. Kayak and Hipmunk could provide an API and pass on the cost to the API consumers.

edward··on Power is off at Internet Archive, people are keeping track of any water leaks

Those are rack mount servers.

edward··on The App I Used to Break Into My Neighbor’s Home

News story in 2006:

Jail keys changed after TV lapse

All the locks and keys at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution have had to be replaced after security was compromised during a media visit last week.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5145026.stm

edward··on Wayback Machine points to pro-Russia rebels in downing of MH17

You can donate to the Internet Archive here: http://archive.org/donate/

edward··on Andrews and Arnold is xkcd 806-compliant (2010)

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