Dropsafe

My one (rather serious) concern about HTML5 is this: Currently I can switch Flash off. It’s a plugin, it’s a nuisance, it’s proprietary, it’s unbundled, but *because* of that it’s easy for me to shim or nuke the flash-rendering module and *poof* my webpages become a lot more efficient. When I added “ClickToFlash” to Safari,…

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@williamheath Isn't it extraordinary how unimaginative some government officials can be? in reply to williamheath # Am improving the overall quality of #chatroulette by pointing a webcam at my cat and sharing her with the world. Suzi now has many fans! #

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I don’t like URL shorteners, or rather: I don’t like the siloed URL shorteners that outsource the problem to a third party I don’t like the SEO bullshit that led to (most) long URLs in the first place Following Leyland’s Law, I feel that a document should have either a single (“Uniform”) Resource Locator, or…

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Amazed and horrified at how #bbcrevolution expends so much energy on "Gee Whiz, This Is A Problem" without offering insight on fixing it. # Also watching Clark's Civilisation & have Bronowski lined up; #bbcrevolution does not address issues, is just perky fluff and vox-pops # @richard_hughes http://bit.ly/bE88T5 <- suggestion? in reply to richard_hughes # @domr…

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My sister roasts #AlleghenyPower (Pennsylvania) for atrocious service http://bit.ly/9GSvio – DAYS without power (or water) in #snowstorm # The Onion MUST-SEE for all #security geeks: http://onion.com/cN5eCt # How could #speakercat *not* be called "Order"? It would be an offense against all that is human. http://bit.ly/cM56NJ # Do I rant about #bitly offering shortening for commercial…

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2010: Look forward to Govt calling for Analogue radio to be killed "for the public good", in hope of bandwidth auction http://bit.ly/abonAj # Google bravely takes on censorship…. in Australia? http://bit.ly/cuQetZ # Has #Facebook deleted the "Log Out" button from the new page? # going to bed at 2200, getting up at 0530, coding by…

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there is something incredibly therapeutic about piling up stuff to go to charity so you can be rid of it; about a cubic meter of old bedding # How tall is Rowan Williams? I think I nearly crashed into him on the Brompton outside Westminster, yesterday. Huge, jungly beard, crux… # #security digital camera memory…

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@jscarp apparently its a weepy. Several friends on fb are comparing notes… in reply to jscarp # @jscarp advice i have gleaned so far is not to read it just before driving a car in reply to jscarp #

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@xtra_gallery hi! have tried mailing you twice without response, and can't DM you; your image uploader isn't working. is there a problem? in reply to xtra_gallery # @LFoaB hang in there on the laptop-staring, I'm in the same boat. Writing's a nightmare sometimes. in reply to LFoaB #

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#Chromium is currently messing up #googleCalendar; events that overlap stomp on each other, not shown in parallel # i have finally hammered python hard enough to a point where the #python channel agrees there is a (known) python deficiency. still, wow. #

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pickled garlic. yum. # …morris dancing to leonard cohen… #

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Amazed at how the #xtracycle, schwalbe marathon slicks and a moderate load, just eat distance. 11 miles gone in a blink. # @ChrisGerhard less than 10kg; popped to the garden centre. May bring back some compost next time. in reply to ChrisGerhard # XHR – aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh! away! run away! # Does anyone know of a…

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