Hello @A single file ActivityPub Server

This is an excellent post about decentralisation and the limits of protocol design.
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr160-everyone-wants-servers-and-nobody-wants-servers/

🆕 blog! “Better TTS on Linux”

The venerable eSpeak is a mainstay of Linux distributions. It is a clever Text-To-Speech (TTS) program which will read aloud the written word using a phenomenally wide variety of languages and accents.

The only problem is that it sounds robotic. It has the same vocal fidelity as a 1980s Speak 'n' Spell toy. Monotonous, clipped, and painful to…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/better-tts-on-linux/
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#accessibility #firefox #linux #tts

This is perfectly valid PHP.

If your programming language doesn't support emoji, it is going to be left behind.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/04/where-you-can-and-cant-use-emoji-in-php/

🆕 blog! “Reprojecting Dual Fisheye Videos to Equirectangular (LG 360)”

I still use my obsolete LG 360 Camera. When copying MP4 videos from its SD card, they come out in "Dual Fisheye" format - which looks like this:

VLC and YouTube will only play "Equirectangular" videos in spherical mode. So, how to convert a dual fisheye to…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/reprojecting-dual-fisheye-videos-to-equirectangular-lg-360/
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#ffmpeg #HowTo #LG360 #linux #video

Huh! Just discovered I can use 2 eSIMs simultaneously on my Pixel 8 Pro.

I knew I could use the physical SIM alongside an eSIM, but never twigged that I could turn it of and still connect to multiple networks.

What seemingly obvious tech thing have you found out recently?

🆕 blog! “Why is it so hard to passively stalk my friends' locations?”

I feel terribly guilty when I visit a new city, post photos of my travels, only to have a friend say "Hey! Why didn't you let me know you were in my neck of the woods?"

Similarly, if I bump into an old acquaintance at a conference, we both tend to say "If only I'd known…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/why-is-it-so-hard-to-passively-stalk-my-friends-locations/
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#FourSquare #geolocation #location

Happy CSS Naked Day to all who celebrate.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/04/this-blog-strips-off-for-css-naked-day/

Amazon are killing off their old Kindles - notably the ones which still let you remove DRM from their ebooks.
I suspect that it is also because they can't connect to modern TLS servers.
A shame, although I was only using it for stripping DRM.
There are a few jailbreaks but the hardware and software is ancient, so I might have to repurpose mine as yet another semi-passive display.
#Amazon #Kindle #DRM