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“Why does iTunes 10.7 try to contact the domain bogusapple.com?” /ht @glynwintle
Why does iTunes 10.7 try to contact the domain bogusapple.com?. My guess would be an Apple intranet-internal hostname that escaped into production. Glyn wrote: Some Apple systems have started odd connection attempts to bogusapple?com: bit.ly/QEX3Bd The domain was free so @VxJasonxV bought it …which is amusing.
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Introducing Comet ISON # Can I call dibs on end-of-the-world disaster-scenario tabloid headlines now?
This: In early 2013 October it will pass very near Mars and possibly be visible to rovers and orbiting spacecraft. Comet ISON appears on course to achieve sungrazer status as it passes within a solar diameter of Sun’s surface in late 2013 November. Whatever survives will then pass nearest the Earth in late 2013 December.…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-10-01
@cylindric that's the problem in a nutshell. Some interesting views on that last night, some more realistic than others # @Asher_Wolf @cryptopartylond It's to be expected. All issues are addressable so long as momentum & desire for more can be maintained. # @kencf0618 Should be interesting, I got more of a BarCamp vibe but MakerFaire…
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Tip for better G&Ts: Making Huge, Clear, Slow-Melting Ice Cubes
picture by peter macrobert from a recent bbq; can you spot the ice-cube? barely? good! Use good ice. The best way to get good ice for a G&T at home is: 1) buy a brita filter and use it to fill a rinsed-out kettle 2) boil the water before bed and let it cool overnight…
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Sweet Potato, Lemongrass and Bacon Soup
I’ve had two requests for this now, so I might as well blog it: R: oooh, got the recipe for that soup? A: leftovers from the party, but yeah, if you like R: sounds good ? A: 6 to 8 modest sweet potatoes (or fewer of the huge ones) A: boil until mostly soft. drain.…
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On Hate Speech
I’m going to rip a few paragraphs far away from the blog post where I originally read them and just share them because I found them insightful: Hate speech is verbal communication that induces anger due to the listener’s inability to offer an intelligent response. Because this inability to offer an intelligent response is due…
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Observations of @cryptopartylond / #cryptoparty
Synopsis: Google Campus: convenient venue but dead area on a saturday night. Tell people to “Bring a bottle + 1”. If you are running a CryptoParty then you are allowed to tell people to do things. Really. A bit. It’s allowed. It’s not against the principles of anarchism at all. If you’re going to advertise…
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Small child at Woking station has a plastic roaring dinosaur on a stick, so disproving existence of God
By the ontological argument God exists because there is nothing conceivably greater than him. However: 1) Everything is better on a stick. 2) Everything is better with dinosaurs. Therefore the existence of dinosaurs on sticks creates a quadratic class of infinities each of which may be added to any conceivable greatness to create something greater,…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-09-30
"@nrosier: So true 🙂 https://t.co/sEOksMJF" # Drug use declines. Drinking declines. Smoking declines. Irrespective of Gov't policy. Perhaps it's the #economy ya think, @BBCr4today ? # @ae_g_i_s @BBCr4today Perhaps that's why Tesco is stocking homebrew kits? # Truly Epic: "Will The Labour Party Entirely Abolish Ethical Investing?" http://t.co/OvqzSzzU #unintendedconsequences # RT: BBC Headline Writers 'incapable'…
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Funniest political thing I’ve read in ages: “Will The Labour Party Entirely Abolish Ethical Investing?” #unintendedconsequences
Tim Worstall: And this is what he is going to say this afternoon: Mr Miliband is proposing a sweeping new legal duty on any financial service which manages savings, including pension funds and banks, to maximise the saver’s returns. Failure to do so would mean them breaking the law. There’s some other stuff there too,…
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BBC Headline Writers ‘incapable’ of making or endorsing definitive statements
Just look at the above, taken from the BBC News app this morning. Wikipedia has an explanation of what is going on which actually references the BBC as an example: Example 2: Kazakhstan’s famous “130-year-old”—Headline on BBC News web site The quotation marks around 130-year-old indicate that the news source is reporting but not endorsing…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-09-29
Has anone seen updates on the status of the #Apple Thunderbolt Cinema Display? Is there a revision due anytime soon? # @DeirdreS I clicked "Watch the Video" on http://t.co/eefjf07c – and see no video ? # #VirtualBox has really screwed up its OSX UI – try creating a VDI in a nonstd place for a…