Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

  • Twitter Updates for 2010-03-04

    unhappy kitty, freshly bathed, swaddled in towels and blankets # the more belgians i meet, the more i appreciate belgium. a nation that produces 15%ABV custard is a fine nation indeed. http://bit.ly/cnSCm8 #

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  • Brompton Carradice CarraDry Waterproof Bag Review

    Since I got my Brompton about 3 years ago, I’ve used an S-bag for my regular commutes into London; it’s been a good bag, but the design flaws in it were evident from early-on and have only gotten more annoying since. The main problems were: The “shoulders” on the main bag opening, presumably meant to

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-03-03

    Researching Invictus led to astonishing discovery that Mandela *actually* quoted Roosevelt http://bit.ly/aZC5V5 – am faintly disappointed. # ( Admittedly, not seen the movie yet, but a friend recommended it. Was reading up on Leavis, Quiller-Couch and the Q-bicle ) #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-03-02

    @mroesch thank you, marty 🙂 in reply to mroesch # BUGFIX POSTED for dynamic_pager_wrapper: http://bit.ly/b2v8n5 # must-see for anyone who stays in a hotel: http://bit.ly/aVDmuB 🙂 #

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  • Addressing The Outmoded Swapping And Paging Strategy in OSX?

    UPDATE: 2012: I’VE STOPPED DOING THIS NOW, MY NEW MACBOOK SEEMS TO HAVE ENOUGH MEMORY AND FLASH DRIVE SPEED FOR IT NOT TO BE A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS FIXING. I have a MacBookAir; it has 2Gb of RAM, a dual-core 1.6GHz processor, and a bunch of applications on it. The performance, especially when Firefox is

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-03-01

    "become a fan" – the proper perspective: http://bit.ly/aQywY1 # To squeeze more performance out out my MacBookAir, I am resorting to techniques from the 1970s. It is ever thus in IT, reinventing the old. # Make Your Mac Laptop Perform Better? See http://bit.ly/aS4eZ0 – "Addressing The Outmoded Swapping And Paging Strategy in OSX?" # @kjtoms

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-02-28

    Getting some air on a #Brompton http://bit.ly/cWBIlD 🙂 # Quick everyone RT this! @DarenBBC RT @chrisbrogan Want 2 meet UK's smart social media folk? Search Twitter for #likeminds & follow of them #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-02-26

    Just back from #themineproject talk at #djugl fantastic audience, good chat after. Train delay smoothed by Under Milk Wood & Nyman # it's been tweeted a lot, but mjr has done a sterling spoof: http://bit.ly/97sUKe – Hitler and Cloud Computing. #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-02-25

    alternative use for GoogleTranslate: use it as a reverse-proxy to access web-pages which are blocked for you #security #hackoftheday # @The_Real_Schiff only for your cholesterol in reply to The_Real_Schiff #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-02-24

    Watching #bbcrevolution episode 4 and it really gets on my tits http://is.gd/90BMK – premise so far is "OMG THE WEB IS WEIRD" Sociology 1.0 # #bbcrevolution as @adriana872 says, it's like a 19th century blacksmith looking at the automobile: "our children won't value horseshoes!" # #bbcrevolution "is it bad that you'd drop 10 FB friends

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-02-23

    @altepper I don't. I don't like beliefs you have to pay for when you could get the same benefit for free… in reply to altepper # @altepper …and if you only can believe by paying the money then it's a Gödelian version of "a fool and his money…" in reply to altepper # @altepper A

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-02-22

    must-read for programmers: http://www.cenqua.com/commentator/ # There was a time Gerry Adams could not be broadcast on TV; now he's presenting Bible History documentary on Channel4 #worldchangedwordsfail # All the "Three Strikes And You're Out" makes me think: wouldn't the world be better if the USA had adopted Cricket? http://bit.ly/bJcTfo # Experimenting with Skype Beta 2.1.0.81

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