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screaming headache can no longer be lack of sleep, is not dehydration, so must be caffeine withdrawal? we shall see… # Espresso. No more headache. Hummm… # And today's Christmas Advent Calendar chocolate is…. ummm… possibly a festive penguin? 🙂 # Epic heathrobinson/rubegoldberg via Darren Reed – have seen some similar, but there are a

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sometimes, just sometimes, the forces can balance each other and you as the fulcrum can briefly feel no weight at all. bliss. # Will whomever is playing OMD's "If You Leave…" on loop in my head, please flip the track. I really don't need to hear it again… # …and tonight's advent calendar chocolate is

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#Kindle crash drama develops: Amazon call asking me to remove it from the matching, non-lighted leather case, possibly causing short-circuit # The powerful may howl, but only because we are learning the truth http://goo.gl/nBD13 # if nothing else, read the opening paras #wikileaks #

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And so begins the potentially 6h wait for the cooker to arrive. Have to wait until next week to plumb it in, though 🙁 # New: To the guy in Hart Leisure Centre Men's Changing Room with your junk hanging out… http://bit.ly/hliMnf #

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To the guy in Hart Leisure Centre Men’s Changing Room with your junk hanging out, swinging free and hairy as you sit on the wall-mounted slatted bench so that you are seen immediately upon opening the door from the hallway with your half-towel rumpled up round your belly… Please. Really. Don’t bother. I’m straight and

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Have navigated the battleground of my local WI Market, and triumphantly acquired cake for gorgeous lady visitor 🙂 # New #GoogleChrome beta seems to have stopped responding to up-scrollwheel? Safari and Firefox are OK … WTF? # If you have Chrome and your up-scroll-wheel has suddenly stopped working, this is why: http://bit.ly/gshKcm # daytime tv:

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I just submitted this to Amazon: I have a Wifi-only Kindle3 which I’ve had for a couple of weeks now. Shortly after getting it I upgraded to v3.0.3 of the software, as described on http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200487920 I started having software problems (described below) – so I performed a “Factory Reset” and reinstalled my books from scratch;

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New: Anyone want a contract job writing a SSD storage #Linux block device driver http://bit.ly/gVnLMp # Whee! Mark is wrapping up! The painting is done and all I have to do is survive the solvent smellllllllllllllllllllll…….ael klja `kbzxi #

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A trusted friend has passed me a jobspec: On behalf of a client, I’m looking for someone who can write a Linux block device driver. Know anyone suitable? In particular, we have a need for something which can perform as many read IOPS per second to a SSD array as possible. The application is for

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Speculoos Spread ("Pasta") – Evil. Delicious, yummy evil. http://bit.ly/hEnrmQ # @nrosier I concur 🙂 # The TCP/IP Drinking Game – http://goo.gl/Ocg2m via @adriana872 # @nmeth Pourquoi? # @DPRamone Seeing as I got it from a Belgian, I was actually aware of that. Plus apparently some patent hoo-hah ? 🙂 # @tubblog That's a depressing perspective.

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Updating my v3 #kindle to firmware 3.0.3 was a big mistake; hangs, crashes and will not charge properly # @ketan macmini or mid range macbook. Will never buy an imac again. Waste of a good screen. # Just met Gary and Elle in Charing X Starbucks. Little acts of kindness like offering a stranger a

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