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WANT: UK #ISO27001 ISMS certification body who understands tech startup culture? #SiliconRoundabout
The shopping list of potential assessors is at UKAS, but amongst those I would like to engage one which understands: What AWS and EC2 are. What a VPN does. That SSL mostly-protects usernames and passwords from passing over the wire in the clear. That developers use laptops not desktops. That nobody has an office. That…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-06-25
: Note to self: Must wipe old Solaris system and redo with #SmartOS # http://t.co/97ZPanUs http://t.co/Q0C9BcZb # : I have wanted one of these for years ever since I worked out what the lyrics meant #SOMUCHWANT #TMBG #240VOLTRISTESSE http://t.co/8v0G2Rp7 # : Nature revolts against artificial scarcity and "rights management" # BBC News – The world's…
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mattdiamond/fuckitjs · GitHub #EPIC – even the README. HT: @lothie
mattdiamond/fuckitjs · GitHub. FuckItJS Javascript Error Steamroller FuckItJS uses state-of-the-art technology to make sure your javascript code runs whether your compiler likes it or not. Technology Through a process known as Eval-Rinse-Reload-And-Repeat, FuckItJS repeatedly compiles your code, detecting errors and slicing those lines out of the script. To survive such a violent process, FuckItJS reloads…
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“Given the thin case against him, it is an outrage that he is being extradited to the US to face felony charges”
When I met Richard (along with his mother), he struck me as a clean-cut, geeky kid. Still a university student, he is precisely the kind of person one can imagine launching the next big thing on the internet. Enthusiastic, with a sharp mind and a quick wit, he reminds me of many great entrepreneurs. He…
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Nature revolts against artificial scarcity and “rights management” # BBC News – The world’s oldest clove tree
And just as corporations today seek to monopolise plant genes in the developing world, the Voc set about seizing total control of spice production. In 1652, after displacing the Portuguese and Spanish, the Dutch introduced a policy known as extirpatie: extirpation. All clove trees not controlled by the Voc were uprooted and burned. Anyone caught…
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I have wanted one of these for years ever since I worked out what the lyrics meant #SOMUCHWANT #TMBG #240VOLTRISTESSE
…but it has to be UK voltage and plug 🙁 As found on Pinterest with which I am experimenting. Who watches over yooouuuu He’s your only friend. He’s not your only friend. But he’s a little glowing friend. But really he’s not actually your friend. But he–nevermind, let’s not put too fine a point on…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-06-24
Bollocks to writing. Sunshine. Therefore bicycle. # .@beachwordsmith – I promised to send some exemplary Lessig presentations, I suggest: http://t.co/11CQGpPe and http://t.co/U0FcP9cd # : Joy of Death Festival – Bournemouth UK # Oh, this sounds like fun… http://t.co/XKTlvK9N # : Cat plays Guitar. Earthquake results. #IAMYOURCATGOD #WHEREISYOURGODNOW ? http://t.co/WIzQ3L96 # : 80 years from now…
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80 years from now we can expect Doritos From Space
In 2008, Doritos embarked upon an “out-of-this-world” advertising campaign, literally beaming a 30sec ad for Doritos brand tortilla chips into a solar system 42 light years away. This project is in collaboration with EISCAT Space Centre in Svalbard. The “You Make It, We’ll Play It” contest chose the winning advertisement that was transmitted on June…
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Joy of Death Festival – Bournemouth UK # Oh, this sounds like fun…
Joy of Death Festival – Bournemouth UK. Who wants to “go”? The Bournemouth Joy of Death Festival returns the Grim Reaper’s gaze with curiosity, courage and mischief. Death is something we all have in common. We want to take the funeral industry out of the closet. Spending a weekend talking about our mortality is a…