alecm
alecm
@alecm@alecmuffett.com
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  • Twitter Updates for 2011-04-14

    Rehydration packs. Magic in a glass. Much happier now. # Now that I have my brain back due to rehydration packs, the caffeine-withdrawal hangover is kicking in. # Photoshop as a security risk permitting arbitrary code generation ๐Ÿ˜› http://bit.ly/hmPqvq # New: On a particular form of perspective… http://bit.ly/gIby3D # This is epic. Via Bethsie: BBC…

  • On a particular form of perspective…

    An English friend of mine tells the story of reviewing a book about the history of Russian Marxism for a major national newspaper here in the States. In the course of his review, he observed that G. V. Plekhanov was โ€œthe father of Russian Marxism.โ€ Minutes before the issue closed, an obtuse sub-editor took it…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-04-13

    Less than 4h sleep. Argh. # Have asked to defer my preso for #rdggeek until next month, am deeply annoyed at this bug. # @charlesarthur You meand http://bit.ly/an7qSF ? # Cancelling all appointments… # Cisco starting to act like Sun? #> Cisco shuts down Flip video camera business – http://goo.gl/qV1lv #

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-04-12

    Yay! RT @proactivepaul: Here's the video (14mins38) from the #LinkedGov #HackCamp on 9/10 April 2011 http://cot.ag/fwUg2f # Have bought 2x 16Gb SanDisk Cruzer thumbdrives -black, cheap, tough- for ยฃ13 ea; now to try make #Virtualbox use raw VDI partitions on them # @tomscott Posted a video of your minty yoghourt rocket yet? I hear it…

  • How to use DTMF and iTunes to annoy Telemarketers

    Some telemarketer’s autodialler called me up, and when I picked up: “Please listen carefully, this is not an advertisement, this is a public information announcement. Are you in debt… ?” …and then it tried to connect me to a debt-management company – and it didn’t get through. So it sent me to voicemail. Big mistake.…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-04-11

    http://t.co/xD9zzUG – The Christopher Hitchens Holiday Fun Club page for: Sudan # The Christopher Hitchens Holiday Fun Club : Index http://bit.ly/gjybLv # @mjj122 Original quote at http://thetim.es/el2Zuo # New improved graphics, better UI http://holidayfunclub.heroku.com/ #linkedgov #hackcamp # We won! Twice! #hackcamp #linkedgov # And @ukgovcontracts wins too! #linkedgov #hackcamp # Just back from #linkedgov #hackcamp,…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-04-10

    I swear I saw a Peregrine stooping and then head for a chimney stack nest, just 2 minutes east of Clapham Junction station. # Musical boxes, fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and other musical instruments… # Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, switches and the like, of human or animal…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-04-09

    I'm starting to see performance problems from #Dropbox – taking lon time to sync, connect. Anyone else? # "#practical #dropbox #security #advice quot; @computerworlduk #unscrewingsecurity http://goo.gl/a12RO # @pfoo07 Not as bad as all that: http://bit.ly/hzTiwS # @tuxplanet @geekbay @pyr #Dropbox not as bad as all that: http://goo.gl/a12RO # @His_Grace Am searching His Grace's latest posting…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-04-08

    @jamesfirth http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/1045 < national loyalty card # @loudmouthman Nah – I was there three years earlier, got bored of it by then ๐Ÿ™‚ Thing is, it was all true: http://bit.ly/fETE41 <- Blair # Dontcha just hate it when Kindle editions (7.49) are more expensive than print (6.38) ? http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0670918997/ # >We have been informed by…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-04-07

    Did Solaris ever port to ARM? http://bit.ly/eIGwMh # "Everyone has to believe something. I believe I'll have a million quid." http://goo.gl/QSum9 #templeton #martinrees #joke #humour #satire # @mappingbabel There are several interesting projects in the area for me the question is "who can switch-off the storage" to distinguish them # @mappingbabel Broadly there are 3…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-04-06

    @mihalis68 Thank you, you've just defined lunch for me. ๐Ÿ™‚ # Yay – DIY FTW! Leftover kitchen flooring + gaffertape = very nice floormat for office desk, where chair has worn through the "20yr" laminate # Are you one of those grownups who wishes they could have a scooter? http://bit.ly/hsSpNP # Sick: BBC tweets discovery…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-04-05

    Has anyone tried making a Houmous-alike using (canned) Cannellini beans? Would it work? # @caroh Yay – thanks! Usual recipe applies? Tahini / lemon / garlic? # @e3i5 By taking a 3G connection and sharing it. #