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Chesterton wrote “When people stop believing in God… they believe in anything”. Let’s test that theory. (HT @mjrobbins)
The full quote goes: “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing — they believe in anything.” …and @mjrobbins points out that this weekend the newspapers look like: Telegraph Mail Times But Wikipedia figures: The 2001 census found that 76.8% of the UK population had a religion. Surveys that employ a “harder”…
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Review: Chase Distillery ‘Williams’ Gin – Quite extraordinary Gin from Apple Vodka
I’m a sucker for Apples – not just the computers, but the actual fruit. When you grow up in rural Worcestershire with three full trees in the garden (a Worcester Pearmain, a Bramley, and an unspecified russet) and a scrumpable orchard 110 yards away, and with relatives in Herefordshire next door, apples are almost literally…
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Teens, Lies and Instant Messenger… and now we can add “Don’t share postings with your dog”
I do this presentation about things not to do with Facebook, Twitter and IM when you are having an affair… and I have an example of transitive trust issues like this, but this is way more funny and a lot less lewd… Part 1, a video for context, including shooting-up a laptop with a .45:…
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Hartley Wintney has been playing Cricket 17 years longer than the MCC & Lord’s cricket ground
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marylebone_Cricket_Club versus http://www.hwcc1770.co.uk/history/default.aspx…
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“Hey! Look! A Holistic View Of Our Cybersecurity!” #security #cyber #riskmanagement #risk #iso27001 HT: @cyspex
Via twitter comes: CYSPEX CYBER SECURITY BREAKFAST BRIEFING: FROM THREAT TO SOLUTION 1st March 2012, Houses of Parliament. On the 1st March 2012, Templar Executives in partnership with StratexSystems will host a cyber security breakfast briefing to address how public and private organisation can work together and engage in practical steps to improve the UK’s…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-02-10
: "It's like someone hit the reverse button on evolution" – I _will_ steal this… http://t.co/HCGbA9oV # “@mrchrisadams: How to screw up in public when dealing with people's privacy, and how to recover http://t.co/IEIwB515 #path #privacy” # Re: @BBCRoryCJ "Is it right to break news on Twitter before it reaches broadcast outlets?" # when did…