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Cooking Help? UK is wildly lacking in styles of Flour?
Something I learned last night: Eastern European baking depends on a wildly broader variety of flours than I have ever heard of, and which I am not sure are available in the UK. Sample explanatory webpages include this and this, and speak not merely of grain size but grain “smoothness”: (my emphasis) Beside the well…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-14
Certificate of Debaptism? http://is.gd/nj85 – My dad, a CofE believer, felt that I should decide for myself. I thank him for that. # Wanted: integrated iPod Dock + Speakers for kitchen: cheap, big buttons, modest footprint, easy to clean. Suggestions? # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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Tories Toe Party Line on C&J Bill – or just cribbing homework?
From my MP: Dear Mr Muffett Thank you for writing in my absence regarding the Coroners and Justice Bill. I completely share your objections to this section of the Bill. These proposals would have a truly dramatic impact, allowing Ministers to make an ‘information sharing order’, meaning that a whole range of public servants could…
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links for 2009-03-13
YouTube – Torrent Droid: Winner of Android Bounty Contest symbiosis of phone and personal server.
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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-13
somebody please find me a fraud that is reported in the press and is *not* called a ponzi scheme, this week? # non-ponzi “ponzi” fraud – http://tinyurl.com/a9mp97 # what it’s like when a suicide bomber attacks: http://tinyurl.com/ar63zz – harrowing video # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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Apple orders 10-inch touchscreens for mystery product
Apple orders 10-inch touchscreens for mystery product My bet is something like a Macbook with the keyboard replaced by a giant iPod Touch… fully virtualised keyboard and touchpad.
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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-12
Wanted: good, nice-casual/posh Oriental restaurant somewhere between Egham and Farnborough areas, suitable for dinner. Suggestions? # don’t tihnk percentages, think real people: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7937382.stm # “Carmen” contains considerably more “Laa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la…” than I expected; feels like filler. # yet another epic firefox core dump:: -rw——- 1 alecm staff 627391376 Mar 11 23:11 core #opensolaris # Powered by…
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links for 2009-03-11
Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder Engine – Engineering TV Much coolness – a boxer diesel with opposed pistons instead of a traditional chamber. I can't work out whether it is more complex than a trad 4-cylinder engine, but the balance looks cool – you could switch off half of it without disrupting anything…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-11
Reading “i-name” – http://is.gd/mIIq – compare committee-led OASIS-stamped goals for ubiquitous identity, vs: Twitter “@alecmuffett”. Lulz. # Aunt Betty (“Jenny Mapson”) hits the Daily Mail http://is.gd/mQsK – previously http://is.gd/mQtd # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-10
Clause 152: Sanity *may* have won. Watch the news. http://is.gd/mxtw # superb, via @webmink: http://tinyurl.com/bdm4zg # My 97yo Great Aunt makes the BBC News, with support of my sister! Woot! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7933097.stm # YouTube to block UK music videos – Hilarious to see the PRS (= UK RIAA) realise they could lose their tithe the hard…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-09
today i have installed 170kg of flooring underlay and 80 laminate floorboards. tonight == beer. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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links for 2009-03-07
Doctors force patients to sign gag orders forbidding online reviews – Boing Boing …and if you refuse to sign, no treatment?