Dropsafe

So I was having a conversation in my blog comments, where I opined: I find it understandable but inevitably curious that you put it like that – “walking away from faith” as if faith (in some kind of God) was something concrete, tangible and useful. I understand you believe that but it’s a perspective that…

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@newsbrooke Might be a defensive policy mechanism; too many instances of "Show Changes" on DOC, XLS, leading to red faces. in reply to newsbrooke # @newsbrooke What they'd need is 1) Education 2) A format that does disclose the data, sans-jokes/typos/history; & is machine readable in reply to newsbrooke # @chrisgerhard Have you got some…

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Just back from Hartley Wintney Parish Council (2 Aug 2010) Many residents in and around Fleet, Dogmersfield and Hartley Wintney are aware of a back-door entrance to Fleet Services (up Pale Lane) providing semi-licit access to the M3, on the northbound carriageway towards London. Apparently local residents have complained about increased traffic in the area,…

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A SURFEIT OF MULLET: The Horrors of Mediæval-set "Romantic Fiction" http://bit.ly/arBvCF #weekendlinks # The Secrets of the Sparkle a.k.a. TWILIGHT: STONIFIED – a pop-culture analysis of Mormonism and Twilight http://bit.ly/w8l7 #weekendlinks # Main Stair Bookcase: http://flic.kr/p/8oaYbT Nearly full, but need to purge and give away the stuff I don't want any more… # how to…

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My GPS has a builtin SIM/3g data contract, european cover £80/year. New kindle has free 3g. European data roaming tarrifs are a crock. # UK ID-card website cites "satisfied customers" – 8 out of 9 worked for the Govt http://bit.ly/9tB99B # bookshelf almost filled. need a beer. #

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#AnneRice bails on … christian churches? christianity? ummm… rather hard to explain: http://bit.ly/a20ZtL # Gym has this fun toy that sort of temporarily subtracts weight from you while you do chin-ups. Fun++ # Wikileaks To Leak 5000 Open Source Java Projects With All That Private/Final Bullshit Removed http://bit.ly/d4Kmwm #funny #true #java #geek # Apparently the…

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Be vewy vewy quiet, today we'wr huwntnig PKI solutions! # http://bit.ly/boV5Ge "WikiLeaks Reportedly Outs 100s of Afghan Informants" – can CBS News tell us the URL & filename so we can check, plz? # @kcorrick even with your description I foresee Journalism having a disjoint cf: the Proprietary IT industry discovering "Open Source" in reply…

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Relative sizes of popular stars http://flic.kr/p/8kZ5tq – pretty, but am not sure (say) Betelgeuse's granulation and prominences will scale # @richard_hughes Remember when 2 gig was a lot of disk? in reply to richard_hughes # From Reddit: "Save as first image on camera. Lock to prevent deletion. Show to police officer." http://imgur.com/r07Fc – excellent solution.…

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A few days ago I attended a meeting of the UK Online News Association in the UK; rather than myself explain what it was meant to be about I’ll quote the flyer: UK MPs expenses was one of the biggest stories of 2009 that has continued to be felt well into 2010. It was at…

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@longword should be interesting – the fun bit is messing with the recipe, but beware how easy it is to drink. 🙂 in reply to longword # Rather than following the meta-story, am skimming the #guardian liveblog of the unfolding #wikileaks reactions http://bit.ly/9FQOje # AAAAAAAAIGH! It's Kevin Streater! http://bit.ly/cOmuy8 – really, ex-colleagues should not pop…

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So I’ve been in London all day, visiting security folk, ex-colleagues, and attending DJUGL, and have just got home with some trepidation because I’m (still) having renovation work done, and today has been something of a crunch day. About 9 months ago I decided that the stairwell wall was effectively dead space, and what it…

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Anyone who used the killed BeebPlayer app, try MyPlayer instead. The Live TV/Radio streaming can be set as the app default via Menu button # Can anyone clue me in on what value the BBC News Android App will add, above/beyond the website? #

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