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Jim puts it thusly: There was a story on the BBC on Friday (it’s still there) about the Bishop of Southwark apparently being mugged. Terribly sad, I thought. But this morning, the Torygraph reports the event rather differently – …later, after witnesses told an entirely different story of apparently drink-related behaviour, the 66-year-old prelate admitted…

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smartmobs ADAMANT has a post called Weighing the Web. It is a long post, well worth reading if you are into facts and figures flavored with some fun. Some calculations I liked are: Last year’s power bill for the global internet was just $3 per capita- a bargain even by third world standards. A statistically…

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In another place, Charlie asked: I’m afraid that suet is a home-made thing. Luckily, that’s one of the things I learned to make when I was learning to be a butcher, along with real live lard. But wtf is a steak and kidney pudding? …which pressed me to write this explanation, now blogged with enhancements:…

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An essay by Dave Walker. If you deploy Solaris – or even if you don’t – and are thinking about IDS, go read.

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I wonder – will this be satire, or anti-blogging propaganda? BBC Ticketing Recorded for Training Purposes is a new sketch show about modern communication and media nonsense. Created by a multi- award winning team, whose credits include The Now Show, Dead Ringers, Think the Unthinkable and The Sunday Format, it is a showcase for new…

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Interesting that it is Lotus Ventura; does that mean it’s sold as a Lotus Notes bundle? Elias Torres I know I have been very quiet the past month or so but not because I didn’t have anything to say on the contrary lots of stuff is going in my personal life and work at IBM.…

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This evening’s IM conversation with Brad in Chicago. Trés manly. brad: Ping? alec: pong brad: Brain glitch. I thought I was pinging a different tab. alec: bwahahahaha alec: am not on swan, am perl hacking, am drunk brad: Fun. brad: Remember: Don’t drink and root. alec: sudo is my drinking buddy alec: enormous G&T with…

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With so much that I have read in the press and media about how the likes of Jon Stewart are changing the face of US politics, and how the sea-change of brought about by blogging has permanently changed voter communication, this quote from Lehrer citing Cook brought me up short: Tom Lehrer When asked about…

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Went to Cinema. Watched Borat. Was laughing for a good half of it, perhaps as much as three-quarters. A couple of cringe/pucker moments, but keep your face out of your hands or you will miss the blink-and-you-miss-it jokes. Was worth £6.95; and yes, there is a visual gag afer the trailers are finished. Just make…

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Simon Phipps IM’ed me: I saw a great car for you yesterday. I’ll find the YouTube video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwKPm1tXQR0 & here it is in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5860ulYwvC4 …which displays what happens when you put a 150bhp-odd engine into a SmartCar. The results are… entertaining.

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Heavens, has it really been that long since I was 18? mrod.livejournal.com It was 20 years ago today… On this day in 1986 a momentous happening occured: The SEND command was removed from use on the original EUCLID system by University College London Computer Centre. The SEND command was used greatly by the undergraduate community…

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It’s 0308am and I am safely back from the 9th London Geek Girl Dinner (Holly, this may interest you for future reference?) meeting a variety of people, listening to a series of differently-interesting talks from various folk including Maryam Scoble, and I met Nick Ward and Hugh MacLeod amongst others. Pictures will be forthcoming on…

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