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Gilles mailed me two bars of chocolate; Lindt Chili, and Migros Selection 100% Venezuelan Chocolate. The former is clearly Lindt product; smooth, ungritty, and the Chili manifests as a low, slow, dark burn on the tongue, persisting well after the chocolate is melted and gone. It’s most unusual, and worth it for the taste experience.…

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Is it just me, or does YouTube’s user interface really suck? I have confirmed and reconfirmed my e-mail address several times in the past hour, and cannot get through the “Upload” dialogue without being re-requested to confirm my e-mail address. Both Safari and Firefox. MacOS 10.3.9. Is their backend database screwy, or something? Update: comments…

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Discussing tomorrow’s Online Information Conference which is “the world’s no.1 event for online content and information management solutions”, a quote from moderator Adriana Lukas, with annotations/links by myself: Compared to the companies represented, Sun would seem closest to a 21st century organisation – with a flat hierarchy, breaking down communications silos, redefining executive-level communications, connecting…

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http://www.mcphee.com/items/11563.html

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…and with ID cards they could stop them buying, say, big knives? Or garden shredders with which they might dispose of the evidence? “Fargo” was in Wiltshire, after all, wasn’t it? Via Bart: news.com.au BRITISH criminal psychologists are putting together a list of the 100 most dangerous murderers and rapists before they have committed any…

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BBC News Ofcom is legalising the use of FM transmitters that allow iPods and other MP3 players to play through car radios. The use of devices, such as Griffin’s “iTrip”, was banned in the UK as their transmissions can interfere with broadcasts by legal radio stations. However, the device and other similar accessories for MP3…

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Boo. BBC News Retailers have expressed relief at a European Court ruling against allowing consumers to buy drinks and cigarettes online at lower duties from abroad. The decision means shoppers buying cheaper goods abroad will still have to accompany the goods back themselves. Shopkeepers said a different ruling allowing an internet bargain hunt would have…

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Video at www.banksy.co.uk. (Via)

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You must read this: Wikipedia. “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” is a grammatically correct sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs. It has been known to exist since 1972 when the sentence was used by William J. Rapaport, currently an associate professor…

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cute overload

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confusedofcalcutta There’s a story in the feedback section of the latest New Scientist about a “lazy inventor trap”; it restored my faith in the stupidity of much of today’s patent processes. No surprise, the story’s hidden behind a paywall. Why worry when you’ve got Google. I entered the patent application number and there it was.…

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