Dropsafe

More than 3 weeks ago my builder placed an order through Travis Perkins, for seasoned, planed and finished oak to build into a fitted bookcase in my stairwell. The idea was to get it sawn, leave it three weeks for shrinkage to take place, and then have it finished for interior planking. He rejected the

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Dropsafe: Review: Kate Ray's Web3.0 video on #SemanticWeb interesting, but needs work http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4161 # Dropsafe: Yet more on the #SouthernElectric Direct-Debit Racket http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4170 #

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Michael Jennings recites: Yesterday, however, I received my latest electricity bill. It stated that my account was £110 in debit, and that therefore my payments were to be increased from £40 to £58 a month in future to make up for this. I was puzzled by this, as my previous bill had shown the account

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Kate Ray posted this video a couple of months ago; the usual suspects will soon pick it up and blog it because it features interviews with Tim Berners-Lee, Clay Shirky, and David Weinberger; I just hope that they take time to think about it, because this is the first-ever semantic web documentary with which I

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@gazoombo Wanna help code? in reply to gazoombo # My windowsills would benefit from teeny gutters, so that the flies that beat themselves to death on the glass can drain away to the side… # Have just discovered @cyclingwives– key post: http://cyclingwives.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/10-signs-that-you-live-with-a-cyclist/ # Something weird has happened to Google Chrome in a recent update; events

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The angular diameter of the moon or sun is approximately half a degree. The width of your palm, at full arm’s length, is approximately 5 degrees. The two front stars of the Big Dipper in Ursa Major, are approximately 5 degrees separated. Anybody got any more? Given the horizon is 0 degrees, the zenith is

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It’s always astonished me that the existence of planets around other stars was one proposition that scientists seemed hesitant to embrace; I’ve been reading astronomical texts and press-releases for the past 30 years, on-and-off, and my perception is of having experienced very little of: Yes! The universe is a huge, enormous, unimaginably vast place, and

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Vintage Computer Festival – if age > 35 try watching Steve's slideshow without going "Ooh! I had one of those!" http://bit.ly/cAzzva # MTBers: is it safe to undo the hex bolt on my old MTB quill-stem, and pull the stem out? Will anything (bearings?) drop out of my headset? # MTBers context: goal is to

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NEWSFLASH: #SecureServer net spam filtering blocks UK University from sending e-mail, ref sysadmin Alun Jones's blog http://bit.ly/cO903Z # BUG: Twitter search honours dots in hashtags a-la #hash tag ; but #TweetDeck treats it as #hash (dot) tag – #tagmismatch kills conversations # @alecmuffett test 1 – #hash tag # @alecmuffett test 2 #hash – no

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Let me explain: A few weeks ago I bought a Garmin 1690 GPS, and I love it because it’s “live” – live traffic updates, Google search for placenames, etc; not perfect but very good when you are out on the road and need to get from A to B and avoid the worst of the

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This would be funny if the UK price for gas didn't equate to $6.83 / Gallon (US) — http://bit.ly/d6TXe4 # #Twitpic is being evil: prevents users from exporting photos to Posterous. "Users must use manual export methods" http://tcrn.ch/9s5Ihl # #thedailywtf has become part of my daily load; all devs should read it, it helps keep

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If you want to experience some primo-grade weird, google for "palin and mcchrystal in 2012"; apparently the general voted for obama… # @suw @dotben Yes, but for this generation it's an achievement to keep focused for more than a sentence: "You unlocked the book achievement!" in reply to Suw # PvP fires a shot across

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