Dropsafe

The internet is filled with communities that all have the same looks to their forums, all powered by vBulletin; there are dozens all looking the same, after establishing which actually I feel makes you appreciate the differences in topic even moreso: motorbikes and riding, unicycles, kinky sex and in fact there are hundreds, perhaps thousands…

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Are you not a Microsoft user, and yet you enjoy BBC multimedia content? If so, you will be interested in this: From: Ian Hi Alec, I hope you’re well. I thought you might be interested in the following BBC consultation. It is notable for question 5 which asks whether it’s ok for the BBC to…

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I’ve started getting more penny-stock spam again; it went away for a couple of weeks, funny how you only notice it when it returns. I wonder what happened?

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Absolutely brilliant. (Via)

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svccfg -v -s sendmail setprop config/local_only=false svcadm refresh sendmail svcadm restart sendmail Obvious, innit? Otherwise sendmail port 25 only listens to 127.0.0.1, which is overkill if you ask me.

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click here for slideshow click here for index salacious debauchery within

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So Rob Diamond pings me on AIM and says that he’s about 90% sure that our friend and colleague Brad Blumenthal and his wife are the couple doing the intro segment to last night’s Ze Frank episode. And he was right. 10 year anniversary in Maui. Congrats both!

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So I get my trike all prepared so that I can ride into work for the first time since the accident, and this happens: Usually when this happens the morning radio news reports begin with the words “traffic chaos has erupted …” but not this morning. I don’t know why. Nope, not a peep. Not…

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http://community.livejournal.com/randompictures/2093544.html I love the rdawkins@oxford.edu one…

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Sundays will be videorecorded from now on! (happy dance)

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We’ve been having some wind problems… At about 5pm today My VNC connection to home went down, which usually signifies a power outage in Hartley Wintney. This happens often – I ought really buy a UPS and line conditioner because I suffer so many brownouts – so to minimise risk of damage to my systems…

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Something for the Gerhards of this world – Glenn Elert rides a recumbent from Rockaway Beach, Oregon to Rockaway Beach, New York, taking in 10 states (one Canadian) en route. I like in particular one part of the preface, demonstrating someone with a sense of perspective on security and safety: http://hypertextbook.com/bent/ This is the story…

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