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White House forbids feds from reading WikiLeaked cables • The Register – http://goo.gl/EpU6n # the inversion is just fabulous # New: sprungly (adj) – the suspicion that you may have slightly overdosed on fine chocolate http://bit.ly/gP92nS # Pop – pop pop – POP … either it's late fireworks or night maneuvers over towards Minley #

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sprungly (adj, neologism, brand name) – the suspicion that you may have slightly overdosed on fine chocolate ex: I feel a little sprungly after that dessert…

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doing some mathematics. somewhere between naif, pointless, meaningless and reassuring #

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"Why should there be only one DNS?" #unscrewingsecurity @computerworlduk http://bit.ly/hfSkXx # @chris_bloke Am not surprised at the source, but I also don't believe pulling everyone together right now is the best way to do research. # Drive home. 60 miles. Temperature -4C to +3C. Visibility: Blizzard to Clear. Rooibos. Bed. Happy. 🙂 #

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Was going to visit Basingstoke to pay for my kitchen, but snow has scuppered that. Considering snowman build instead. # Either I go back to bed with my cold, or I go outside and build a snowman. I think I last faced this existential crisis in ~ 1976 # @DrunkenBungle Salesguy commutes from Soton, apparently.…

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Thought for the day: what if the Teletubbies went to war with the Ewoks ? # @hal_pomeranz Unintentionally, yes, probably it would look like that. Or "Navi Babies". Argh. # Unicyclist In The Snow | Londonist http://goo.gl/8neMI – see also @paul_clarke at http://goo.gl/O03So et seq. # http://bit.ly/gcSDpl @davidallengreen notes "noone has voted for Wikileaks"; what…

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Comcast raises Netflix's costs, making Netflix less attractive than Comcast's competing service http://nyti.ms/iaSUtT – Whoda Thunk?? #nn # How to switch off SMS Preview on iPhone for better privacy: http://bit.ly/e6UFEj # …and so it begins: http://bit.ly/gq5O5f secondary #dns shadow #internet # @hakmem Yeah but that was Vixie and he plays nice & believes in order.…

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Heavy snow from midnight tonight. Fantabuloso. # One of Leslie Nielsen's less-known roles, but one of my faves – http://youtu.be/R5lJIb8vIl8 Due South's Buck Frobisher RCMP #leslienielsen # I love my alma mater; in the 80s #UCL students wouldn't protest anything, now they're protesting to keep the status quo http://bbc.in/gArGN7 # #UCL is the most secular,…

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The #stuxnet "virus is in the hands of bad guys" – so it came from the good guys, then? http://goo.gl/vwEh9 # New: Facebook Status Update Parser Blooper http://bit.ly/dJY0WY # Using Fluid.app to create standalone browsers for uksnowmap.com and garden webcams. Saves on keeping a tab open. #

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Quoth dearest Lindsey: FB is very very stupid: won’t let you report a fan belt mishap by txt status update – [the] response… Sorry, you could not become a fan because “belt just exploded on the M6!!!” is not a recognised Facebook Page. You can’t make this stuff up…

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Anyone who thinks that #TSA #backscatter body scanners will detect bombs NEEDS TO WATCH http://goo.gl/Iqbjx #chathampocket # Now we must wait for @schneierblog to make the inevitable #tsa #chathampocket post # Kitchen fitters in – proper cupboards, proper doors, fitting lights… cross fingers. # On a whim I looked up Phil Oakey's "Together in Electric…

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