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The more I look at the London Tech boom the more I think ‘Bay Area, 1993’ #sex #drink #tech #coding
Evidence: Facebook To Hire Engineering Team In London London ‘obvious choice’ for Amazon’s expansion Announcing TechHub at iCITY Olympic Park What is Google doing at a roundabout? …etc, etc; be honest, all the Silicon Fen, Silicon Glen, M4 Corridor bullshit of the 90s and Naughties was just preamble to this, propped up by the DotCom…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-07-25
@quinnnorton I have heard former dissidents put it: "you're already working from the perspective that you may die." /cc @okhin @dakami # @quinnnorton On that basis it's ok to assume the tech is broken and fall back to plaintext and trust in others. /cc @okhin @dakami # : TIL that some Shoreditch bars are running…
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TIL that some Shoreditch bars are running low on booze because of the Olympics
Bit ironic: Callooh Callay are having to take some of their drinks off the menu because ingredients – mixers, liqueurs – have run out and can’t be restocked easily… their distributors will only deliver between midnight and five am in their part of London, deeming it to be too close to the Olympics to take…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-07-24
@ruskin147 Well done Chirp, though I did hear tell of a Psion app that did similar audio networking. Sounded like frogs, apparently. # @williamheath Be fair, William. Ethernet is not secure, either. Transport / Layer 2 rarely is. /cc @BBCRoryCJ # : Fake Chinese LinkedIn profile tries to get me to connect to them http://t.co/CEPeb0b1…
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What would happen if the Church mandated filters on Internet access carried by its network?
It might happen: Rural broadband: connected churches bringing faster internet to Norfolk A wireless internet service provider is using church spires to beam its broadband network across rural Norfolk. From the top of All Saints church in the village of Salhouse, Norfolk, it’s striking how many other church towers can be seen, rising up from…
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Why is beauty such an important word? – Do Lectures # I’d call this a must-watch for life-affirmation & management
…but I can’t find a way to embed it. :-/ “Do Lectures” seems like a Welsh TED knockoff, but with more teeth. Why is beauty such an important word? – Do Lectures.
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Fake Chinese LinkedIn profile tries to get me to connect to them
So I get this: …which resonates from another approach I’ve had previously from a Shenzen networking company looking for a security veep (sorry guys, having too much fun at Surevine). Aaaaanyway, I do my favourite trick of the moment and push the profile picture through Google Image Search: …it’s stock imaging from a clothing catalogue.…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-07-23
: A Selection of 78 RPM Records – Part 1 http://t.co/vBwcS0HR # : This is why we talk of Music being released as an Album. http://t.co/XLcwORem # : Chanson Hindoue (Hindu Song) http://t.co/6BLeQjxI # : WH Priestley – The House Of Sound Repute, Colmore Rd, Birmingham & Wolverhampton http://t.co/6c4r8mBJ # : TP Rodgers, Music Dealer,…
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Rhondda Rhapsody (Rhapsody of Love) – The Melachrino Orchestra
Rhondda Rhapsody (Rhapsody of Love) – The Melachrino Orchestra, originally uploaded by alecmuffett.
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Marianne – Fox Trot
Marianne – Fox Trot, originally uploaded by alecmuffett. Lot of Fox-Trots; must have been a lot of dancing in Nigeria’s ex-pat community…
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That Naughty Waltz / Joseph C Smith’s Orchestra
That Naughty Waltz / Joseph C Smith’s Orchestra, originally uploaded by alecmuffett. http://www.redhotjazz.com/jcso.html
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For Best Results use only COLUMBIA NEEDLES # vendor lock-in, @openrightsgroup
For Best Results use only COLUMBIA NEEDLES, originally uploaded by alecmuffett.