Dropsafe

I think my favourite word of the past few months has been "enormity", in its proper sense. So many uses… # Guys: when you've had your passwords hacked and send out an "reset" e-mail, don't include a URL due to risk of phishing. #SourceForge # Listening to @ruskin147's history of social networking. The Well. Running…

The more I read reports like http://bit.ly/i6HDIH the more I see #DNS as a weak spot in the "routes around censorship" argument #Egypt # @chris_bloke So does the Web, and that's the problem. Somewhere in evolution, people have forgotten how to decentralise properly # @evgenymorozov Have you a cite for that? It sounds like such…

YouTube – Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic – Smooth Criminal – http://goo.gl/DUFq6 #SWPL # New: Which Meaningless Generational Stereotype Category are You? http://bit.ly/gIA28m # #uksnow RG27 2/10 # @ReprieveUK Isn't the current president's motto "Yes we can." :-/ # If you have a magazine subscription on a #Kindle what happens to the old edition when…

birthdates table: greatest generation 1901-1924 cite silent generation 1925-1945 cite baby boom 1943?-1960 or 1946?-1964 cite cite generation jones 1954-1965 cite generation x / baby bust 1965?-1982 cite echo boom 1982?-1995 cite generation y 1985?-2002? cite generation z 1992?-current? cite translation table: “early *” = *2 “mid *” = *5 “late *” = *7 So…

@girlonetrack Yes, about to die. Especially if it goes "tick tick tick. whirr." Backup now. # @girlonetrack Sigh of relief then. Cool explanatory video here, with open hard drive: http://youtu.be/XwYSdD4fyRU # @His_Grace I wonder how I'd do by Devine's metric; I'm far from "religiously illiterate" but I don't believe in any god. Ditto (eg) Clegg?…

@cloudsigma Which orgs chase cloud providers getting them to expose their DC Ops for benefit of all customers? CSA? Is there a Cloud-Zagat? # Reading e-mails about IP route validation using PKI; sometimes I wonder why they don't just chuck out IP and go back to X.25… # @bubbva blog the recipe? 🙂 # an…

I think, this week, I should start messing around with IPv6 at home. Aside from anything else, the IPv6 maillists feel like my youth, again. # Burns' Night, tomorrow. Freezer full of discount haggis, Wednesday. # @cloudsigma So that a disaster in some random part of the world can lose all your data instead? #…

Further suggestion to the comments, please. aperitif: vodka or gin martini starter: herring, red onions, potatoes and rye bread / frozen vodka (choice of three) main: haggis, neeps and tatties / single cask whisky (choice of three) dessert: crêpe suzette / brandy, or bananas foster / rum & liqueur, or ice-cream vodka affogato

Annoyingly, on #Kindle the #GoogleTranslate input box is black. # dry-cured roast gammon joint, rubbed with salt, pepper, juniper and clove. rest 10 minutes and carve. # Chilling out with a glass of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Xim%C3%A9nez post-gym. # 2tsp Colemans English Mustard powder. ~1.5tsp water. Mix. Let stand overnight. If fresh, result should rival good wasabi. #

@glynmoody "People who don't run AntiVirus should pay higher bandwidth charges / Internet licenses. Goes for Linux and Mac, too…" # @glynmoody State-sanctioned monitors in everyone's operating systems, of course. "Digital GPs". Totally secure, "nothing to hide"… :-> # @glynmoody The "vaccinate else $$$" argument is not far off Gattaca "screen embryos for disease else…

OK, I have to admit the idea of Eric Schmidt as Knight Rider is funny: http://bit.ly/f1EY9R #

@TreasureLondon UBS, apparently. # Is it unusual to have an entire freezer shelf dedicated to gin and vodka, to satisfy guests' Martini-on-Demand requirements? # Contents: Plymouth Gin, Bombay Sapphire, Grey Goose Vodka, Absolut Vodka, ?ubrówka … # Basingstoke: so far beneath contempt that Betjeman didn't even bother. http://bit.ly/aEokYd # @chrisgerhard Ran into Sacred Gin yesterday…