Dropsafe

lost, loved and missed, originally uploaded by alecmuffett. from a local tree…

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Geeks gotta love today's Matt cartoon: http://bit.ly/cpty5r # It's friday. If you love dogs and/or need a dose of teh happy, you'll enjoy this: http://bit.ly/92V7D4 # bwahahahahahahahahah http://bit.ly/9wilMV – and the X.500 people can still shut up, right now… # Dan Brown's going to get a book out of this, alas… http://bit.ly/aTvxRf # Apparently you

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Anybody else noticed the uptick in "#CCTV Cameras Were Essential To The Resolution Of _THIS_ Crime" news stories? Can't think why. #sarcasm # @joshuatopolsky regards the "Continuous Client" http://bit.ly/9poRYr – have you never seen a #SunRay or other #ThinClient #

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I just remapped my CAPS LOCK to be Control on OSX! See "look and feel" @ http://bit.ly/dzHNHb – now have 2 Ctrl keys, good for transition! # Woman's Hour on R4 about to launch into "Social Networks are Linked to Loneliness" – no word whether the pitch is "cause" or "cure" # @pfuetz first episode:

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@chrisgerhard take the triplet – weight training. 🙂 in reply to chrisgerhard # @r4today How will James Harding keep the paywalled #Times as "part of the Twitter conversation" ? If opened a crack, it's wide open. in reply to r4today # @r4today If Times paywall is to keep "window shoppers" out, but "serious readers" will

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UK ID cards to become collector's items: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/24/id_refund_refiused/ # @futureidentity i still think my idea was better: http://bit.ly/apYPMz in reply to futureidentity # RT @andydiggle: Daily Mail thinks Twitter pics "are placed in the public domain" http://bit.ly/dg3Ppr @NUJPhoto # The state of robot locomotion: you need to see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUQsRPJ1dYw # Martin Gardner, Bill Gosper,

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omg london temperatures expected up to 27c / 80f today, remember that snow we had a few months ago? # Dropsafe: Thought For The Day: "There are No Atheists in Foxholes" – An Analysis http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/4087 # RIP Martin Gardner. #recreationalmathematics #scientificamerican #aha # Must Listen: "Swinger is a bit of python code that takes any

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Posit: There are no Atheists in Foxholes ie: Of all things which may be in a Foxhole, none of them are Atheists However: Foxes live in Foxholes Foxes are Animals Church dogma says: Animals have no Souls Ergo: Foxes cannot believe in God Therefore Foxes are Atheists Therefore there are Atheists in Foxholes, ie: Foxes

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@grahamnscp Apparently there is "commitment" for new cars to all have #DAB and that solves the problem. Ha. in reply to grahamnscp # Best Audit/Logging API Method evar: http://bit.ly/byJj1Q – see halfway down page. #

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@kurtsauer known here by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albion in reply to kurtsauer # The daft #DAB radio "scrappage" scheme http://bit.ly/cfz69i will send receivers to South Africa where they are more "efficient" …than DAB? # Both 4sq and #Diaspora nailed? "…some innovative new crap The New York Times surely has a throbbing hard-on for." http://onion.com/bEg7zz # OMG google.com has

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BBC: Uganda plans death penalty for homosexuals: http://bit.ly/cp15Gr – _DO_ listen to this video, hear the broader fringe of Christianity # Newsnight on the new Olympic mascots: http://bit.ly/92zSDz — Me, I think they're Kang and Kodos, disguised: http://bit.ly/2SAiwO # "[Olympic Mascot] … digital cameras in the shape of the characters will be available" – with

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Boil some Jersey new potatoes (15m) and hard boil three fresh free-range eggs (10m). In a large closed ceramic casserole, microwave two large bunches of fresh green (Worcestershire) asparagus with a splosh of water (850W = 4m30) and allow to stand for a few minutes. When the above are all nearing completion, melt 125g /

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