Dropsafe

So I wrote this about a colleague who asked me for a recommendation without providing much context for his request: [NAME] is a bizzare [NATIONAL] with a firm grasp of security and how it should be implemented. He drinks like a fish and should not be approached without alcohol or food. Beware [NAME] at times…

(more…)

Today's (sunday's) Dilbert is _so_ familiar. http://is.gd/1Z3wI # your morning weirdness, for winnie-the-pooh fans: http://community.livejournal.com/randompictures/7167460.html # someone please tell me if this is fake: http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt64/abcdefghijkimmi/95fccd4a.jpg ? #

(more…)

http://twitpic.com/c8rbp – Local sign # Woo. Mac.com / me.com – pretty CAPTCHAs # Saved £190 by moving my car insurance from Admiral to Direct Line. Wondering why I didn't do it last year… # Somehow a friend visiting me at lunch, picked up my phone. Have to collect it tomorrow morning. Bugger. #

(more…)

I remember the first one of these coming out; now they are at *73* — sigh — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That's_What_I_Call_Music! # Seems Twitter has a problem with URLs containing apostrophes. After all this time ? # some geek at google has a sense of humour: http://bit.ly/weRLE # this appears to be valerie bubb? http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinarozger/3769219201/ #

(more…)

The Muffett family’s Groundnut Chop has been a tradition for as long as I can remember, and the tradition goes back way before I was born. For several years I have intended to pull the recipe details together and post them – yet have never gotten around to it; however I am cooking one of…

(more…)

One reason I am glad I did not get a #iPhone: http://is.gd/1SJNG # ZX Spectrum vs: BBC Micro to become BBC Comedy Drama – and where is Alan Sugar's AMSTRAD in all this? http://is.gd/1U3Vx #

(more…)

print ".".join(x for x in itertools.chain(["a%s"%i for i in [1,2,3]],["b%s"%i for i in [4,5,6]],["c%s"%i for i in [7,8,9]])) # time for beer #

(more…)

i cannot explain this youtube video: http://bit.ly/bqy9M #

(more…)

http://twitpic.com/bfwkd – For my american colleagues # "…also, box of puppies." http://bit.ly/15ub6T (via @adriana872) #

(more…)

Official Govt Advice: Use a fully charged cordless phone to call when signing-on for jobseekers allowance == 40 minute call, 44 page form # jobseekers allowance is for 6 months at £64.30 per week, paid fortnightly in arrears # jobcentres nowadays are "better than Butlin's" # 1505h just passed the Google Street View car on…

(more…)

must be display season – a vulcan bomber (w/ hawk observer) just flew over the house, first one i have seen in ~30 years. http://is.gd/1HIRe # see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XH558 # @darrenmoffat *twice* – two overflights, and i can hear a rumble over (maybe) Odiham area, where I think it is practicing reheat in reply to…

(more…)

…and nobody will ever need more than 640Kb of memory: http://is.gd/1Gu7w #

(more…)