• Twitter Updates for 2010-07-31

    My GPS has a builtin SIM/3g data contract, european cover £80/year. New kindle has free 3g. European data roaming tarrifs are a crock. # UK ID-card website cites "satisfied customers" – 8 out of 9 worked for the Govt http://bit.ly/9tB99B # bookshelf almost filled. need a beer. #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-07-30

    #AnneRice bails on … christian churches? christianity? ummm… rather hard to explain: http://bit.ly/a20ZtL # Gym has this fun toy that sort of temporarily subtracts weight from you while you do chin-ups. Fun++ # Wikileaks To Leak 5000 Open Source Java Projects With All That Private/Final Bullshit Removed http://bit.ly/d4Kmwm #funny #true #java #geek # Apparently the

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-07-29

    Be vewy vewy quiet, today we'wr huwntnig PKI solutions! # http://bit.ly/boV5Ge "WikiLeaks Reportedly Outs 100s of Afghan Informants" – can CBS News tell us the URL & filename so we can check, plz? # @kcorrick even with your description I foresee Journalism having a disjoint cf: the Proprietary IT industry discovering "Open Source" in reply

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-07-28

    Relative sizes of popular stars http://flic.kr/p/8kZ5tq – pretty, but am not sure (say) Betelgeuse's granulation and prominences will scale # @richard_hughes Remember when 2 gig was a lot of disk? in reply to richard_hughes # From Reddit: "Save as first image on camera. Lock to prevent deletion. Show to police officer." http://imgur.com/r07Fc – excellent solution.

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  • Online News, Ubiquitous Information, Shared Perspective, Slim Journalism

    A few days ago I attended a meeting of the UK Online News Association in the UK; rather than myself explain what it was meant to be about I’ll quote the flyer: UK MPs expenses was one of the biggest stories of 2009 that has continued to be felt well into 2010. It was at

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-07-27

    @longword should be interesting – the fun bit is messing with the recipe, but beware how easy it is to drink. 🙂 in reply to longword # Rather than following the meta-story, am skimming the #guardian liveblog of the unfolding #wikileaks reactions http://bit.ly/9FQOje # AAAAAAAAIGH! It's Kevin Streater! http://bit.ly/cOmuy8 – really, ex-colleagues should not pop

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  • “F*ck me, now that’s a bookcase…”

    So I’ve been in London all day, visiting security folk, ex-colleagues, and attending DJUGL, and have just got home with some trepidation because I’m (still) having renovation work done, and today has been something of a crunch day. About 9 months ago I decided that the stairwell wall was effectively dead space, and what it

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-07-25

    Anyone who used the killed BeebPlayer app, try MyPlayer instead. The Live TV/Radio streaming can be set as the app default via Menu button # Can anyone clue me in on what value the BBC News Android App will add, above/beyond the website? #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-07-24

    Blog: Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar: [Ofcom Discuss Ending] Net neutrality in the UK http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4278 # @ramtopsrac the terms are related. Check the etymology. in reply to ramtopsrac # am listening to the news regarding the #trafigura verdict, and thinking deeply about #carterruck … #

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  • Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar: [Ofcom Discuss Ending] Net neutrality in the UK

    May interest some people I know: http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/event.php?eid=183 Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar: Net neutrality in the UK Date: 28th September 2010 Venue: Central London As Ofcom consults on whether to end net neutrality, this seminar will examine internet traffic management, whether it’s necessary in the UK, the possible economic benefits, and what the unintended consequences may

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-07-23

    The #DailyMail goes all Chris Morris over iTunes: http://bit.ly/9cvxR0 – both hilarious and horrifyingly-bad-journalism # @ramtopsrac Next you'll have to try http://www.ustream.tv in reply to ramtopsrac # Yay! There is a LX5! http://bit.ly/cNMGsM # Rain. Vertical. Cold. # long time since i've tried using 'tar' to a raw disk partition to move files between systems…

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-07-22

    @longword let me know how you get on 🙂 in reply to longword # Cillit Bang buys Durex. This is not a joke: http://bit.ly/901CJ3 # London Cycle Hire rates are odd: up to 30m Free, up to 60m for £1, up to 90m for £4 – overshoot that 1 hour and it costs a bomb…

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