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@DavWalsh @bendemora @adriana872 @herdmeister He's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson # A new #xtracycle is born – http://bit.ly/39HnYV – are there any more longbike riders in the UK and on twitter? # Must-See Kitty Video <- http://bit.ly/1kL6dd via @bbart # best boingboing comment evar http://bit.ly/1Kb3Ah #

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…from the ashes of an old Raleigh: I’ve not seen any other Xtracycles in the UK, but I doubt this is the first; however it was notable that my LBS completely messed-up the replacement bottom bracket when I brought the naked frame in for servicing, but when I brought in the nearly-finished bike they a)

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MUST WATCH: Human Cat Perch – via @carriebish http://www.wimp.com/catperch # @r4today keeps advertising the upcoming Purcell weekend on BBC Radio 3. Dazed, I wonder: "Why do a weekend about detergent?" #imwakingup # All this fabulous shit that Tweetdeck does, and I can't find the button to manually follow someone. Do I have to add them

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HELP: can someone point me thru the maze of creating Debian/Ubuntu packages, and (ideally) a repository based on static files, not CGI? # amusing: Data Protection Commissioner won't name company which sold data illegally, but #TMobile apparently only firm not to issue a denial # Ross Anderson's "Security Engineering" isn't merely a great book, but

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@jimfinnis They should name a forest after him. in reply to jimfinnis # #space #astronomy have there been any launches today? 2235GMT Aylesbury 40 deg long cloud runs NS moves WE not wind, poss propellant dump? #

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@ketan Channel 4 and Sainsburys are giving away 3d glasses; are they broadly useful? in reply to ketan # @merlyn and yet we still prefer perl… 🙂 in reply to merlyn # There's a man on Radio4 arguing that the Copernican view of the Universe – with the Earth not at the centre – has

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@k4thybrown I suspect that would be @suw ? in reply to k4thybrown # just discovered 4-finger swipe on my macbook air brings up the app switcher #

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First test of new #brompton heavy duty suspension block, and retrofit rear folding clip. V.good, not going back. # @LudoMP ypserv in reply to LudoMP # @ids ditto on the ez wheels, oddly, but they are not a massive change. Will test clearance later in reply to ids # Advice Wanted: what are the top

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Many MPs hit reply all to the message from Conservative MP Mark Pritchard ensuring a torrent of unwanted e-mails in the inboxes of other MPs. From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8357921.stm

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@bbctech I pay 40+ quid for a landline and use it only for DSL, so YES YES YES, just give me a DSL-and-no-calls option with cheap rental. in reply to bbctech # Shorthand going the way of the Ham Morse-code test: http://bit.ly/3xoCXU "take teh trubl 2 lrn shorthand, & it suggests U're srs" 😛 #

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Astonishing: "ln -s" on SnowLeopard honouring umask, sets symlink mode to rwx—— and cannot be traversed by non-root # Need to dig out old USB HD so I can install virgin SnowLeopard, try out Mine Devkit on vanilla OSX # ( HT @Ketan for the idea ) # Old washing machine been sent off to

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My argument against the semantic web has always been: create documents that a computer can read, and only a computer will want to read them This, via Adriana, is the same but worse: http://inventorspot.com/articles/social_awareness_replace_social_networking_34355 In my past blogs, I have written about the Internet of Things and Semantic Technology where Web 3.0 will eventually no

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