📍 mnemonic-place-encoder

29 May 2025 • 12 min read

like w3w for UPRN

geoplace conference was great. the keynote included this pearl of wisdom:

It is hard to compare addresses
It is easy to compare UPRNs

A UPRN (unique property reference number) is a permanent 12-digit standard location identifier for addressable places in Britain. This machine-readable identifier can be linked ad hoc (with help from human-readable lookups) or post-hoc (matching algorithms). UPRN is a human-computer data bridge for places.

🕊️ fosdem 2025 and 🌐 gen_site

16 Mar 2025 • 7 min read

💾 gen_site–the software introduced here–has the strapline "extremely simple static site generator" and you are now reading a gen_site blog!

🕊️ since 2019 i’ve been going to fosdem, it’s become the part of the year where foss utopia holds a big celebration.

🙅🏻‍♀️ computing is too important to be left to men

12 Feb 2024 • 10 min read

🕊️ since 2019 i’ve been going to fosdem, it’s become part of the year, the part that gives hope for the future. hackers love a tribal gathering, and at around 10K strong, fosdem is the mother of all tribal gatherings. in terms of scale, chaos congress might give it a run for its money, but the fosdem organisers consistently claim the title of world’s biggest foss conference.

👋🏻 hello twenty four

1 Jan 2024 • 4 min read

Hello twenty-four. I last blogged in 2011 during the heady days of london's hyperlocal scene which was a fun self-organised online network of local blogs that eventually gave way to social media.