-
BBC NEWS | UK | Childcare help ‘could be illegal’
Remember, children: trust the state; just don’t trust adults. Childcare help ‘could be illegal’ Parents can find it difficult to get childcare Parents in England who regularly look after friends’ children and receive a “reward” for doing so must register as childminders, regulator Ofsted says. It said most parents would be exempt but those who
-
Twitter Updates for 2009-09-27
Mine development session in pub: http://bit.ly/nMRuB # More Mine pics #themineproject #vrm http://bit.ly/TW0Wa # oblivious to everything except the code: http://bit.ly/L9JA0 #vrm #themineproject # @altepper Heard about #Freecycle break-ups going on in the UK? #Freegle and #Realcycle declaring independence, citing American legal issues in reply to altepper # #macmini owners: what is the preferred iSight
-
in hack mode one is oblivious to the real world
2009_09_25_vrm-hub_15 Originally uploaded by dsearls
-
Twitter Updates for 2009-09-26
Chap just got off train with a "Southwest Trains" branded Brompton. Are they in a staff scheme, or what? # The Economist audio edition is now available as a proper podcast. Wheeeeeeee! # Mostly gave up on spotify after a threshold of too many artists I enjoy not being listed. Not used in weeks. #
-
Twitter Updates for 2009-09-24
If you are a Demon Internet user, eek! See @stewarttownsend in reply to stewarttownsend # Demon splurges details of 3,600 customers in billing email http://bit.ly/jaOIG # @bittenbyte cute, if chunky. 🙂 in reply to bittenbyte # methinks @dsearls has been mentioning #themineproject again, twitter followers have picked up 🙂 # #adium performance seems to suffer
-
Expert challenges UFO hacker’s $700k bill | 22 Sep 2009 | ComputerWeekly.com
via Expert challenges UFO hacker’s $700k bill | 22 Sep 2009 | ComputerWeekly.com. The US inflated the $700,000 bill for damages it slapped on UFO hacker Gary McKinnon by stuffing it with costs incurred for patching the gaping holes the hacker had exposed in its computer security, according to a document filed with the Supreme
-
Twitter Updates for 2009-09-23
cream cheese, lovage, salami and diced pickled peppers… not bad #experimental #sandwich # followed by stem ginger ice cream affogato # Excellently dada Google AppEngine RFE: http://bit.ly/vdhWk (everybody 'star' this!) # another day of django, python, google app engine & templates; fun, though i think i need a haircut else i'll look totally code-warrior #
-
Twitter Updates for 2009-09-22
#skype message sound alerts aren't working properly for some time now; when IM has focus, the first bleep in an exchange makes no noise? # Someone at Ofcom has finally worked out that the Web renders them irrelevant, so they react as usual: http://is.gd/3wAOD via @glynmoody # Dell hoping to fill the Sun gap? http://bit.ly/nuicg
-
@adriana872’s best non-caff tea evar
Something I learned from Adriana at the weekend: take 1 stick of lemongrass, dice it into small chunks and steep in a teapot with boiling water for 5 minutes. Yields excellent, fragrant tea, a great pick-me-up; the lemongrass may seem a tad expensive but you can refill the pot many times (like, even a day
-
Twitter Updates for 2009-09-21
Chromium on OSX is becoming surprisingly usable: http://bit.ly/bNmXk # Troy Kennedy Martin obit (mp3) http://is.gd/3weH3 – via @markborkowski and de-reffed from iTunes #
-
Twitter Updates for 2009-09-19
Read this #BofA #BankOfAmerica disaster story http://is.gd/3pWXc – note final paragraphs… # http://is.gd/3pWXc California has criminalized attorneys taking payment towards helping loan-modification, inhibits access to legal advice #
-
Twitter Updates for 2009-09-18
how one project deals with code submission requirements / licensing : http://bit.ly/1pQyvE # #GoogleFriendConnect munges my icon to add a google logo. This rather defeats the point of the QR-code. #fail #google # cat taking a improvised shower http://bit.ly/QagwG – love it. must be warm water? # Britain's postal-code database online at Wikileaks; waiting for