• “intergoation” – typo of the day

    inter-goat-ion” – ah, what a word. But what would it mean?

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-02-23

    Just back from a Fairport Convention gig in Farnham; mentioned http://www.morrismovie.com/ – looks promising # The IWF is trying to consolidate its grip on filtration of the UK Internet – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7904607.stm # portal meets dilbert http://tinyurl.com/6a4jbm # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-02-22

    Aardman meets Itchy & Scratchy http://tinyurl.com/aadqp8 # sigh. http://tinyurl.com/as2aqg # firefox: -rw——- 1 alecm staff 1016037860 Feb 22 01:00 core – flickr.com again # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-02-21

    Question: OmniGraffle – for the average geek like me, is it worth getting the Pro version? What’s the benefit, and would I (you?) use that? # enjoying http://www.fmylife.com/ # RT @adriana872: the first review for VRM Labs app catwalk splutters into life late on Friday afternoon. 🙂 http://bit.ly/vA3rw #vrm @vrm # shoulda been sumatra –…

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  • Songsmith is the ROFL meme of the weekend…

    After the dreadful advert, Songsmith goes from strength to strength; White Wedding got coverage on BoingBoing earlier this week, but go browse, you know you want to, for there you will find: Enter Sandman as a four-to-the-floor disco pop hit. We Will Rock You as (I think) a bossa-nova? Sgt Pepper as easy listening. At…

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-02-20

    Networking Joke of the Week: CCNA (defn) – “Credit Crunch Network Architect” # managed my first #hundredsitups since the accident – back feels a lot looser nowadays 🙂 # RT @sweepingnation: Neil Hannon is making a cricket concept record. No, honestly. http://is.gd/kdm6 # more Duckworth-Lewis Method: http://is.gd/kdmT # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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  • links for 2009-02-20

    Apache CouchDB: The CouchDB Project (tags: mine2) Django | Django at a glance | Django Documentation (tags: mine2) An Introduction to Using CouchDB with Django @ Irrational Exuberance necessary glueware. (tags: mine2) Tips, tricks & tinkering Brompton Care Quick Reference – Huge

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  • Anti-gay preachers banned from UK

    Basingstoke – just down the road. It’s a town deserving of great wrath from above, not unlike Slough. Must visit. Anti-gay preachers banned from UK A father and daughter from a US church which preaches hatred of homosexuals have been banned from entering the UK. Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper from the Westboro…

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  • “My name is License. Drivers License…”

    This is just priceless in so many ways, especially for those of us bent upon pointing out the uselessness of identity cards. Forget the stereotypes, too – I am pretty sure the British police forces would fare little better. The mystery of Ireland’s worst driver Details of how police in the Irish Republic finally caught…

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-02-18

    listening to Oidupaa – http://tinyurl.com/blktsv # The more I consider, the more I regret that the GPL-above-all brigade have now become the Fruitarians of Open Source; they retard progress. # Actually, fruitarians don’t retard progress, I suppose… maybe that makes them better? # trying out halogen bulbs for my living room dimmer; look good, more…

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-02-17

    eek 1 Euro = 0.895818864 British pounds # microwaved haggis makes a surprisingly good, tasty, wholesome wrap # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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  • links for 2009-02-17

    Facebook | Facebook's New Terms Of Service: Quoth: Facebook's terms of service (TOS) used to say that when you closed an account on their network, any rights they claimed to the original content you uploaded would expire. Not anymore. Now, anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any way they deem…

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