Dropsafe

Obscure programmer automotive pun: http://bit.ly/cXoUaz # I read about CO2 sequestration, then I read about stuff like this http://to.pbs.org/b1iaAm and wonder about tectonics # I presume everybody has by now discovered the purpose of the little "football" icon on _all_ YouTube videos toolbars? 🙂 # Dropsafe: My Father, Me, and my 1973 Kindergarden Application http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4134…

From February 1973, aged “nearly 5”; I don’t feel much explanation is really needed, especially if you ever met my father. 🙂 I can’t recall what happened, in what order, but I think I did Kindergarden for a short time and then kicked up to first grade, and then kicked-up again, later. But… “Loud Noises:…

Dropsafe: "Send Lock" – a hypothetical new idea for Mail.app and other clients http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4132 # @benmarsh looks like young robin; try to put it back (but safe) near where you found it, the mother will be looking. in reply to benmarsh #

Really simple UI idea which will (alas) never get implemented: “Send Lock” – a small padlock icon which when clicked (“locked”) inhibits the message from being sent (send-button is greyed out) until it is unclicked and sending is attempted again. This way, if you know you’re going to spend an hour editing a message then…

@LapTop006 Solaris is, of course, a flavour of Linux. in reply to LapTop006 # sunset as seen from iss orbit: http://bit.ly/ber55G # Why do FSF graphics always look like they were done in MS Paint circa 1995? http://bit.ly/cCsd3B # #England second in group to #USA Mmm. # @webmink Seems to be the "in" forum, see…

#Amazon UK have just given me £2 credit to use for downloadable MP3s – Tell me what to buy! 🙂 # So what's the tag for today? #budget ? #ukbudget ? #swingeingeconomicmeltdown ? # #iplayer seems to have died completely – is there anywhere license-fee payers can go to see the reasons for outages? #…

So: many years ago I was visiting my parents when my father suddenly decided that he needed to have a talk with me, whilst my mother wasn’t in the room. “Alec” — he said, in tones that resonated with long-distant and fruitless attempts at ‘birds-and-bees’ talks — “…you’ve been with that company [Sun] for several…

Homemade beans on homemade toast. Not exactly food-porn, but very yummy. # The booming call of the Hampshire Post-Rammer echoes softly between the brick sunlit former council-houses … # Daily Weirdness – the Tour de France can be argued to have been caused as a side effect of the Dreyfus Affair http://bit.ly/a9013r # Well, I'm…

up since 0420 – solstice tomorrow; do yourself a favour and wake up to a sunrise for once – rise is ~0445, enough light to see from 0400 # #iPlayer on #Chrome on #Ubuntu hangs; Chrome launches conflicting #AdobeAir installer/dpkg, due to #TweetDeck install. Remove TweetDeck. # Soon he\'ll be heading off to college and…

Dropsafe: Why I am having mint and black tea with honey… http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4116 # Back in the Firefox days, none of the newspapers gave a hoot; now using Chrome, HuffPo, Independent are all thrusting extensions at me! # Worst SEO Link ever? http://tinyurl.com/blgnoj Probably not, but it's a contender for most wasteful… # Listening to the…

The story so far, let’s see: last night: 1400 harvest about 4lbs of rhubarb 2000 gym 2100 pointed and pointless discussion with local chav re: his road-positioning and dubious overtakes on his 50cc Aprilia race-rep with L-plates 2130 home 2245 bed this morning: 0515 awake 0540 feed cat 0600 pot-up courgette seedlings and rearrange gardening…

So far, this year: Volcanoes, Vuvuzelas, Oilspills and Coalitions. Review of the year in December is gonna be dense. # @richmarr Hast thou not heard? The XML which is not _true_ XML, is not XML, and thus it has been standardised. #ihateobtrusivexml in reply to richmarr # Just spent 5m trying to convince a local…