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In one month I’ve had 1549 spam messages, all but a handful of which were caught automatically by Google; the conversion rate must be minuscule – somebody buying something due to spam is surely rather rare? – but from the spammer’s perspective the costs are equally minuscule, so the trade continues. Of course a lot…

The more I look into the Garmin 705 the more I want to follow my own advice http://bit.ly/bUA9wE and get a bigger battery for my G1 # The BBC-killing-Beebplayer-Android-App FOIA request is stumbling on: BBC "not in a position to meet today's deadline" http://bit.ly/a0KW98 # Underquoted #Shakespeare "the hand of little employment hath the daintier…

Watned: 17" (or similarly small) LCD monitor with DVI connection, compact footprint, does not suck but not too expensive. Suggestions? # @j0ni dude, all we have to sample is your posted cycle routes 😛 in reply to j0ni # purr, purr, against the dying of the light… # Blog: Suzi http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4321 # @dogsbodyorg go skate…

Suzi was getting significantly more frail over the past three months, and although she was ambling around okay on Friday, yesterday she didn’t want to eat, and last night she stumbled over to the food bowl and didn’t want to get up, but just do the Landseer thing instead, still not eating. You know it’s…

BBC's "Woman guilty of memorial sex act"-headline summary becomes much more pedestrian on click-thru http://bbc.in/aabPWz # Rise of the Mamils (middle-aged men in lycra) http://bbc.in/b4DVlW — so, tricyclers in tweeds would not count? # Russians to bulldoze science, destroy history: http://bit.ly/bCxHOG # If you are a Mac user and want to see a Ubuntu-GNOME trainwreck,…

Sigh. "Oracle sues Google for patent, copyright infringement" http://bbc.in/94Nx2M http://bit.ly/dus1lS # William Hague's excellent advice for geeks: "don't try to be normal when you aren't." http://bbc.in/cgyYrC # Layby on Hog's Back / A31 poss to be closed due to "adult content"; bikers on sunday runs wanting tea shall be annoyed http://bbc.in/bU0fdf # Question: Best cycling…

Robert N. M. Watson writes: Capsicum: practical capabilities for UNIX Today, Jonathan Anderson, Ben Laurie, Kris Kennaway, and I presented Capsicum: practical capabilities for UNIX at the 19th USENIX Security Symposium in Washington, DC; the slides can be found on the Capsicum web site. We argue that capability design principles fill a gap left by…

Security Certification is a sure-fire way to make $$$; am considering founding the Professional Institute of Specialist Security Engineers # Maybe I should go hang around a few BCS meetings, work out how to become a closed shop^W^W chartered institute # LeTour fans: plz name a pretty Alpine mountain not far from Geneva, to climb…

The phrase I keep hearing re: Android devices is "An upgrade to 2.2 later this year." – this worries; 1.6 could be around for some time # Compare Android 1.6 vs: Solaris 2.6-5/98 – the latter wedged in datacentres and never came out, not least due to "Solaris 7" marketing # @jemimakiss I see it…

The longbike is nearly complete now; photos are attached although a Thomson seatpost has since been added – the old single-bolt seatpost is a useless piece of crap by comparison – and I still am looking to get a few more oddments before I can call it completely finished. New to the bike are the…

Every so often #tweetdeck seems silently to seize up and require a restart. Do others agree? # $1.1 billion – in $1 coins that apparently nobody wants… http://bit.ly/czunxp # Local councils will be paid for 6 years, matching council-tax upon new homes. Expect a glut of new middle-class housing. # Am not a fan of…

Melbourne cycle scheme failing, due to Aussie cyclist-helmet requirement http://bit.ly/bHNgOi – via http://bit.ly/cEWQZI # Funny how http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/ hasn't been updated since march… #