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@gracielix have you looked into #freecycle ? in reply to gracielix # Friend reports a #Sun Ultra5 with a > 1100 day uptime; when it was last booted, Sun was still (almost) viable. # Mm. "We are currently working on an exciting new refresh of the TweetDeck UI & scalable font sizes are definitely going…

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Wallpaper removed, mostly. Plastering begins tomorrow. Renovation++ # @ikawnoclast intravenous common sense injections for all IT management ? in reply to ikawnoclast # @cthreeo3 wha? in reply to cthreeo3 # @RuthieGledhill am so glad you updated the tweet. The thought of pope-abuse would be just too much… in reply to RuthieGledhill # gingernut. pumpkin seed…

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I’d say this is about accurate: http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/14/key-to-gmail/ Today at the Gmail Behind The Scenes panel at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, key team members of the Gmail team revealed the true secret of the service: Shit umbrellas. Product manager Todd Jackson made the humorous revelation when explaining how the Gmail team works as a…

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Why is Pi day 3/14 (wrong in so many senses) instead of something more approximate like 22/7? #

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Why is Pi day 3/14 (wrong in so many senses) instead of something more approximate like 22/7? #

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.@markRbowyer we aim to please. i like the "wot, no privacy" look of the first picture, though; just has your head framed nicely. # @CurranC i gave up listening to that years ago; the callers are picked to make extremes, not show "balance" in reply to CurranC # Apple Question: Can I use TimeMachine on…

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Hmm. "Swine Flu" – why aren't we all dead, yet ? # ALERT: Avoid Currys Electrical in Farnborough Gate – sales staff try to claim that "premium" £70+ HDMI cables "improve signal". Bad! # Currys quote: the cable "Will actually INCREASE the quality of the HDMI signal" # Assuming the newspaper Jon and I just…

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After 10 years I am letting lapse my Economist subscription; I first started reading in 1998 on-and-off at ESR’s suggestion, and then when I worked as chief security geek for SunPS EMEA I bought a subscription – it was a perfect resource for finding out what my customers were doing, and for keeping tabs on…

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If you're a coffee-fiend this is a must-read: http://bit.ly/bKgae7 via @jimfinnis # @mathiasbaert you didn't repost the link! 🙁 in reply to mathiasbaert # @Topanga thank you – there's a lot in the editing (boosting audio, etc) but it's easy to do. Just an iFlip, not even HD. in reply to Topanga # @simonw It's…

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@LaureenH you know, some people accuse *me* of using too many acronyms. 🙂 in reply to LaureenH # i am rendering. render, render, render, i go. renderrenderrenderrenderrenderrenderrenderrenderrenderrenderrenderrenderrenderrender… # beer makes rendering more fun. it started out as 12 minutes, then 28, it's now up to 50 minutes remaining. # Using Firefox to upload vidz to…

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IMG_7958 Originally uploaded by alecmuffett In case of flooding, all animals find sexy partner and wait here for boat. Stencil, Minderbroederstraat, Leuven, 2010

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Just so folks know: My contract with my hosting provider is expiring around March 20th, so crypticide.com – my blog and e-mail – will likely drop off the net for a few days from that point. I have an alternative in planning, but I am time-poor for implementation at the moment. Folks who need to…

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