Dropsafe

So I listened to What The Papers Say which pointed me to Terry Eagleton’s latest effort: What would prevent most of us from doing so is the nausea which wells to the throat at the thought of this disgustingly elitist outfit. British universities, plundered of resources by the bankers and financiers they educated, are not

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Toasted almond croissant at #farnham maison blanc – fab! # @cdmackay Odd – my Plymouth is a screwtop. Will need to do more research 🙂 # Xtracycle longbike 20.2 mile loop to #Farnham with a pitstop at Maison Blanc. Av 11, Max 41 mph. Must do this more often. # Now: Hartley Wintney festival –

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Talk of hosepipe bans, so have linked all my rainwater butts in series, in prep for this afternoon's expected downpour … # What happens when you ride in the bike lanes in NYC – http://t.co/aG2tO78 # this must have hurt to shoot… # @ramtopsrac @Kneewax What up the brightness (or leave it on Auto) and

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How do I get to be an extra in a Kevin Bacon movie? Seriously? # @DPRamone Alas the archetype evil British hacker is a grumpy middle-aged curmudgeon, lacking social graces… wait, what? # New: current state of the #xtracycle longbike – june 2011 http://bit.ly/k06SsJ # RT@shortblue The AB of Canterbury who sits in the House

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current state of the #xtracycle longbike – june 2011, a set on Flickr. pictures and description of the current state of my longbike, on flickr…

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Just had a presentation from http://www.lifelites.org/ – very worthy charity supplying tech hardware to childrens' hospices. # @TheRealSpaf what on earth is going on? # @Cyber__Security you know i once sysadmined a machine designed to be grenade-proof at 12 feet. Beat that 😛 # @TheRealSpaf best wishes dude. Btdt, it sucks. # Spent the evening

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So 1 in 4 of American hackers are Feds – sorry "Ph3Dz" – so, Defcon is going to be _really_ interesting this year… # @matthewhughes i love mine. Cheap. Works. Goes beep. # @williamheath welcome to teh cyber. # @evanpro I'd be interested in how that works, because to me it's multiplying the threat model.

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@PatriarchyBurp I agree, just look at Cosmo # @nellis10 How fast _should_ they grow up, then? # The best Twitter Search for #BaileyReview or #BaileyReport is actually "Reg Bailey" due to the insufficiently obvious hashtag choice # For anyone wh hasn't yet looked, Reg Bailey is apparently on Twitter at @MUChiefExec #baileyreview @#baileyreport # …

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@nicksdjohnson decaf ?!? # The first third of the plot of "Office Space" nearly comes true: http://bbc.in/m8V6qP # @GeekChickUK Should yield a google search, the first page or two mostly being organisational responses in PDF form. # @darrenmoffat It's sorta under the battery lip, i don't think you'd ever get it out with battery installed;

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#baileyreview by @mothersunion – seeking state-mandated censorship, because parents are lazy http://bbc.in/iqjWH1 # Wait: @BBCr4today #NadineDorries says there are 1.4 (1.8?) references to sex before the watershed. Benny Hill would beat that in each show. # @JamesFirth The @MothersUnion has been canvassing parents for evidence supporting their #baileyreview proposition, but dissent not so much #

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If you… replace “cyberspace” by “telephoneworld” replace “cyber” by “telephone” …then the Cabinet Office position on cyber security, reads: The risks from telephoneworld (including the internet, wider telecommunications networks and computer systems) have been identified by the Government as a high priority risk. The UK is facing an ongoing, persistent threat from other states, terrorists

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"In the event that the battery pack is swallowed, consult a doctor immediately." # RT @kurtsauer: Better safe than Sony. # ha ha # Sun Microsystems Business Card Box – interlocked 8-cube, no glue, staples or other fixings http://twitpic.com/569owt # Aha! The Galaxy S2 has "an external microSD card slot that can support up to

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