Dropsafe

somehow i missed this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysUjYAi0WcQ # http://bit.ly/dy9oqD Axis Of Awesome – 4 Four Chord Song (incl @timminchin gag) # Dropsafe: Corporate Irregular Verbs As I Understand Them http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/3987 # All UK airports can reopen from 2200 BST on Tuesday http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8633597.stm # #BritishAirways made a bet: had 28 flights inbound to LHR in the expectation that…

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Trying to encapsulate the essence of corporate management as I have experienced it: i have a differing opinion. you are challenging. he is not a team player. we are this close to delivery. they are being laid off. I demonstrate leadership. you have an dynamic perspective. he is an asshole. we have got funding. they…

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Amateur Transplants – they're not high art, but they are funny: http://bit.ly/blwucs (via @slsingh) # @amateursuman Likewise! You nearly killed a colleague of mine, he listened to "London Underground", laughed so much he turned purple… in reply to amateursuman # @amateursuman Like a nice Merlot – he survived it though. 🙂 in reply to amateursuman…

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local King Edward spuds rubbed in spanish olive oil wrapped in foil and baked in hot coals served with french jambon cut from the bone old flemish gouda-style cheese and italian prosecco. dessert is belgian speculoos smashed into greek yoghourt with a spoon of french blueberry jam. i need something german.

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Dropsafe: The importance of "http://" – #GoogleChrome starts down the path of #FAIL http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/3962 # Dropsafe: Beware the spinal trap http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/3961 # Dropsafe: Satellite Observation Conundrum http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/3981 # @DarenBBC disagree; but if they raise it they should be shot. They may -elect- to drop it, tho… in reply to DarenBBC # News just said no-flights-until-1900/7pm-monday…

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I’ve been hauling-ass over Heavens Above for the past few minutes, and I can’t find anything that fits this observation. James and I were inaugurating his 6″ Celestron last night, doing some astrophotography Towards 2115 local time (2015 UT) we noticed a bright orange object (K-class colouration) in the western dusk, not too far from…

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The footnote’s the most important thing: This article was taken down in June 2008 following a legal complaint from the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) but was reinstated on 15 April 2010 after the BCA discontinued its libel action against Simon Singh via j0ni

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I’ll try to put this in the simplest terms: The GoogleChrome team have unilaterally taken the user-interface decision to remove “http://” from the beginning of http-only URLs, leaving “https://” and “ftp://” and so forth in place, but for HTTP replacing it instead with a pretty blue-planet-earth-icon The result has been a wave of geek techie…

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Hey, great – everyone can walk around in dust masks, and the #DailyMail can rave about TheDustMaskMenace, mugging grannies in the street # @chrisgerhard http://www.seat61.com/ <- train planning for people who want to keep their sanity in reply to chrisgerhard # @chrisgerhard Ferry to Barcelona, Barcelona França stn at 21:05, Paris Gare d'Austerlitz at 09:01next…

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I have friends who are stuck in Majorca (bad) and New Jersey (worse) so I’m more that sympathetic to the downsides… …but really, if you live in SouthEast England: step away from your computer, go outside, find an open space and look up. For probably the first time in your life, and perhaps the last,…

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ok – so the tag for the ash is #ashtag … ha ha ha. # via @ketan – this is actually quite fascinating: http://twitpic.com/1fxp2z – Election Debate Wordle # dear #virgin #virginatlantic, Why is the volcano status on the homepage of your website? Why is it not splashed on http://bit.ly/bdH5Jk ? # #virginatlantic passenger information…

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If you live in Gordon Road, Weber, North Island, NZ, you are directly opposite Calle de Bustamante, Madrid, Spain: Go make an earth sandwich. Check it for yourself, or experiment.

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