Dropsafe

Apparently staff @m_star_online rescue escapee chickens from the slaughterhouse/factory next door & rehome them in Wales # i r srs jrnlst # (rl srs jrnlst wld tp chckn's vcml) # ask a #perl question on a public forum, get 5 answers only half-of-one-which is relevant http://bit.ly/f5tqWC # @hakmem thy wr dsmvwld # @stuarthoughton This means…

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Yay my RFE made it into Chrome-Dev – you can now do "open all bookmarks in tabs" via the Mac toolbar. More vertical screen space. # Hanging on the telephone, waiting for HMRC Self-Assessment helpline. Tick, tick… # @katerussell It'd be lovely for it to be philosophical, but the realist/programmer tells me the 1st would…

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This Bike is not a Bike – http://goo.gl/GNGOr # Experiences when flying with your #brompton # Excellent set of blog-posts on the history of popular foods / ingredients http://hilobrow.com/tag/hilo-condiments/ via @geoffarnold # ps: some of the history should be taken with a pinch of salt. ha. # RT @acarvin […] #Bahrain police shoot a protester…

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Oh my giddy aunt: "HBGary planned to BLOW THE BALLS OFF OF NMAP!" http://goo.gl/RXGoC # TIL: the term "mortality salience" and its effect on people. As an astronomer/skeptic/atheist I feel rather inoculated from it… # That anyone – even trolls – might think along such lines as have unfolded in #pearlharbour / #pearlharbor astounds me……

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When I was 15 I wanted and got a "real" wok for my birthday. Now I have a kitchen w/ 4.5kW gas ring. Just re-seasoned it. Life is good. # Fascinating: the effect of DNS prefetching on DNS load, and on service costs http://bit.ly/fM1Qor HT @simonw # Yay, another game of #superinjunction #libel #gagging roulette!…

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The horrifying effect of #CookieDoodle upon an apparently sane woman – http://goo.gl/Hohs9 #berkshirejelly # @Security_FAQs "Change it." # @jennyshaw is it blue? does it contain string? # Loving the clash between @gcluley's malware/phishcentric #security geeks and the #identity #vrm folk http://goo.gl/nyfUo re: #connectme # signing up to #connectme – or anything else – without knowing…

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@lewiz You feel that Atheism should be classed as "Other Religion" then? That is what the form dictates, personal interpretation aside… # @lewiz I wouldn't argue with that; the question is whether you want to make a stand against Govt grammar misapprehension, or religiosity? #

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RT @e3i5 Who maintains the worlds largest social network? Facebook? No, it's #ThorpeGlen http://bit.ly/flY61D #privacy # this will be big # @runasand delighted to meet you and all the other toroids – to plz share if there's anything else coming up in London #Tor # @glynwintle Yeah, well, _you_ there there of course, prettymuch by…

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"Smartphone" versions of websites. Too true. Too funny. I believe salon.com is in this category? http://www.xkcd.com/ # So I started at http://bit.ly/fkEeOE which made ~sense & ended at http://bit.ly/hxoJQT which does not #wikileaks #danfarmer #satan #security # Matt Blaze rebels against technical conference proceedings copyright lockdown http://www.crypto.com/blog/copywrongs/ # @russnelson woohoo! 1) you can do better…

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@hepajay That's not how it works. There's a form to be filled in. You may have just been cased by thieves. # @lensassaman Good point well made, though I find Skype has advantageous "drill through firewall" characteristics. # @lensassaman For me the PFS and deniability of OTR are great, but what's more great is the…

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I was recently discussing History of Opera with someone (whom? can't remember) – & wanted to point them at this series http://bbc.in/h4a2dK # perl -nle 'setpwent;crypt($_,$c)eq$c&&print"$u=$_"while($u,$c)=getpwent'<words # am still very plzd with this, 15 years on… # @stevejalim do plz let us know how they work out for you, am interested. # "if you're not…

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