alecm
alecm
@alecm@alecmuffett.com
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  • Twitter Updates for 2012-06-28

    @G_Laverick Because the defense asked us not to do that. Read backwards. # @ajhmurray gosh you gave me a fright when i read that without context. # : Best discovery this week… http://t.co/PEm3vmyC #

  • Best discovery this week…

    Was discovering what “phag” decodes to. Very useful.

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-06-27

    : Oh dearie me… http://t.co/AIF1V4MB # Village cricket practice. The entire village? http://t.co/l9rORMbH # @smcdoyle need to see them in situ # .@Keep_it_Brief But what proof does he require to believe that Manchester exists? @giles_fraser @GMSkeptics # Tonight is definitely a deserved pint of ale. # qvfpbaarpgvat sebz gjvggre orsber v fnl fbzrguvat irel vzcbyvgvp…

  • Oh dearie me…

    At this point I was beginning to quote lines from the book to one of my co-workers. She questioned whether I was reading a romance novel or some sort of fan fiction. I wondered the same, but Brooke is an award-winning journalist — not a dreamy-eyed school girl. She couldn’t possibly been seduced by a subject’s…

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-06-26

    @stevelord Vikings don't need sleep. cc: @runasand # : WANT: UK #ISO27001 ISMS certification body who understands tech startup culture? #SiliconRoundabout http://t.co/dHTXWjFh # Wanted: cmdline tool for unix to download #Wikimedia pages in raw #Wiki syntax for offline editing. Python? Perl? Just "wget" some URL? # RT @gwire: @AlecMuffett curl/wget and append ?action=raw http://t.co/XKpLRDDu #…

  • Yammer-Skype Merger under MS ?

    Microsoft and Yammer just wrapped up a conference call to discuss the software giant’s $1.2 billion acquisition of the social-enterprise startup. On the line:  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer; Microsoft executive Kurt DelBene (left), president of the Office division; and Yammer CEO David Sacks (right). The takeaway: No immediate changes. Microsoft is very keen on Yammer’s talent. It’s…

  • presenting canon doctor @giles_fraser at #westskep :: the abridged version # ht: @davidallengreen

    giles: i want to talk about love! and that it’s not provable via evidence! you see, it’s obvious: solipsism is essentially unsatisfying and makes solipsists neurotic; also you can’t actually prove that someone loves you – rather than (for instance) is deceiving you 24×7 – and as shakespeare describes, because othello killed desdemona in a…

  • WANT: UK #ISO27001 ISMS certification body who understands tech startup culture? #SiliconRoundabout

    The shopping list of potential assessors is at UKAS, but amongst those I would like to engage one which understands: What AWS and EC2 are. What a VPN does. That SSL mostly-protects usernames and passwords from passing over the wire in the clear. That developers use laptops not desktops. That nobody has an office. That…

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-06-25

    : Note to self: Must wipe old Solaris system and redo with #SmartOS # http://t.co/97ZPanUs http://t.co/Q0C9BcZb # : I have wanted one of these for years ever since I worked out what the lyrics meant #SOMUCHWANT #TMBG #240VOLTRISTESSE http://t.co/8v0G2Rp7 # : Nature revolts against artificial scarcity and "rights management" # BBC News – The world's…

  • mattdiamond/fuckitjs · GitHub #EPIC – even the README. HT: @lothie

    mattdiamond/fuckitjs · GitHub. FuckItJS Javascript Error Steamroller FuckItJS uses state-of-the-art technology to make sure your javascript code runs whether your compiler likes it or not. Technology Through a process known as Eval-Rinse-Reload-And-Repeat, FuckItJS repeatedly compiles your code, detecting errors and slicing those lines out of the script. To survive such a violent process, FuckItJS reloads…

  • “Given the thin case against him, it is an outrage that he is being extradited to the US to face felony charges”

    When I met Richard (along with his mother), he struck me as a clean-cut, geeky kid. Still a university student, he is precisely the kind of person one can imagine launching the next big thing on the internet. Enthusiastic, with a sharp mind and a quick wit, he reminds me of many great entrepreneurs. He…

  • New Glasses? (Vintage NHS Issue)

    Should I get them glazed to prescription?