Dropsafe

if you led a committee that created a syndication format for blog posts, people might think you're a social media expert :-> 😛 # @glynmoody PaulLeyland told me old programmer maxim: "Provide for Zero, One, or an Infinite Number of any resource" – it still holds. in reply to glynmoody # @doctorow might wanna add

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@mroesch gosh marty, you're as famous as steve jobs 🙂 in reply to mroesch # @mroesch The usual solution is to find a pub 🙂 in reply to mroesch # Advice wanted: seeking SIM-only PAYG contract for cellphone for @bbart when he's visiting UK. Ideally no expiry on minutes. Suggestions? # @wrwalke if coming to

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just got Chill Pill speakers on recommendation of @webmink; not hifi but v.nice. http://bit.ly/w0AhJ # just had moo.com print me a bunch of "ex libris" stickers; may help reduce the outflow of books that i forget about. # If you were born and raised at a computer technical conference, which conference would you choose? USENIX?

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Hootney Wotney posting updated, full 1m30 track playback enabled http://is.gd/3SHR5 # @lbridenne76 That goes for managers, too, right ? in reply to lbridenne76 # funny: http://bit.ly/sK3H1 # http://is.gd/3SIFz – at home, chocolate coffee beans, and no; of course my mother is hybrid CoE and Methodist, so prob doesn't care so much. # @DeirdreS not to

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After a DM from @johndodds I retweeted his suggestion that my Midnight Chavbird recording “has monster dance-mix written all over it” – and lo! my former colleague and fellow biker Charlie de Courcy has produced: Hootney Wotney: Chav [Update: full track is 1:30 – fixed] This text will be replaced Bloody fantastic! Anyone wanna try

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@johndodds thinks this has "monster dance-mix" written all over it. http://www.crypticide.com/dropsafe/article/3492 in reply to johndodds # @ceri i may have one on route, will let you know in reply to ceri # This is obvious-in-retrospect-scary: http://is.gd/3Qv9C Wireless network modded to see through walls. Via @nicksdjohnson # @katzmandu depends how large your bed is. in reply

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Via a couple of tweets, I ran into this blog posting by Matthew Taylor of the Royal Society of Arts: The internet is neither neutral nor inherently liberating. It operates in the context of existing social conventions and power structures. Its impact is real but often subtle and unexpected. Yesterday we had a fascinating event

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http://twitpic.com/jpl8z – Blue Tit investigates my Webcam # If you place a bid on #Ebay, do you pay what you bid, or only just "more than the guy below you"? I forget… the latter, I think? # nowadays i can be quite scared of people who use the word "scenario" without knowing what they are

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tuna-mayp wrap w/ home grown lettuce. crisp and acerbic. yum! # OH MY GOD ESTHER RANTZEN'S FACE IS STARING AT ME OUT OF THE FLICKR HOMEPAGE!!! AIIIIIIGH!!!! # (really, it's *that* scary) # I want a Google Wave invite, please! # Kitten Needs New (Good) Home: http://twitpic.com/jj89a – DM @alecmuffett for details # @ChrisGerhard i

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Thomson Local Directory (Phonebook) came through my letterbox yesterday. Thought to myself "Why?" Is there any way to decline them? # Can we please get a clear statement form the Tories and David Cameron that they would kill ID cards if elected? http://is.gd/3Kq6a # pleased the only thing needed to get pymine running on Ubuntu

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http://is.gd/3Jhsx Twitter's not to blame for end of #embargo; secrecy cannot persist where communication is open, abundant, irrestrictable # #Adium is popping up "#Facebook doesn't believe who you are, please type your birthdate." requestor. Still #fail. No more FB on Adium 4 me. # Thames Valley police keep live Magnum Ammo in old "Quality Street"

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