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The teenager in me says ‘want’ – RT @bbart: http://www.easternyachts.com/grandturk/ Nice ship. Self-financing, even. Arrrr. # Wikileaks: An excellent report into management and how it can go wrong… http://is.gd/zcEB # Anybody using Django Piston ? Am looking for voice-of-experience … # Watch a meme go viral *really* fast: http://is.gd/zhpG – I want one of those

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will someone *please* make “skype for linux” capable of using tabs rather than separate windows for conversation, cf: skype for mac? # G5 iMac is semi-dead, am getting Mac Mini. Need firewire 800 -> 400 hub, for multiple legacy fw400 devices. Suggestions? #apple #imac # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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first light on the new weber bbq – fantastic sirloin steaks (2m30 each side) and corn (15m, turned twice) – next to do something bigger # where meteors come from – # meteor sources – resend: http://is.gd/yNRQ # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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want. http://signaltheorist.com/?p=91 # http://twitpic.com/4uasg – #openhacklondon wry comment upon wifi networking over lunch; apparently it’s an infrastructure issue # met carsten volkery from der spiegel online, tried to explain “community” to him… # seeing photos of @kevinmarks and @blaine on @mattb’s preso at #openhacklondon. scary… 🙂 # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Cool business model : Up for auction, two creative, social media strategists – # Cool business model : Up for auction, two creative, social media strategists – http://is.gd/xLjM (retweet) # The problem with the Data Portability project is … http://is.gd/xRFs # at #openhack listening to simon willison of django fame, talking about the #guardian data

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/me is marvelling at the ability of SunSpace to bring my browser to its knees… # Rupert Murdoch claims booming subscription revenue at #WSJ – would you pay to get to the WSJ website? Other news source? http://is.gd/xl85 # How to mislead a thousand journalists: http://is.gd/xH7W # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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So I was on the UK Apple Store website, speccing out a Mac Mini. When you go to the Mac Mini store page, it offers you two base systems which you can configure to your liking – one low-spec, one somewhat higher. We will call them “low” and “high” My suspicions were aroused by accident,

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Different spin on recumbent bikes… http://is.gd/xenk # something tells me that in 5 years, it’ll be considered baroque http://is.gd/xe8b # iMac G5 on hardware test loop – cracked open case and dusted, installed Tiger and tested – still occasional panics. Suspect dodgy DIMM… # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Who, if anyone, is doing hackday this weekend in London? http://www.hackday.org # presume there should be a #hackday on that last tweet 🙂 http://www.hackday.org # secretly, i always get nervous when there’s a shuttle in orbit nowadays. two tragedies too many. # bbc @the_magazine demonstrates tragic ignorance of Paul Erd?s, ascribes to kevin bacon all

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GCHQ denies pursuit of intercepting *all* communication: http://tinyurl.com/csgk2y # vintage malt does not glow in the dark. http://is.gd/wzXY # perhaps it’s just because i notice the number, but it is quite frequent that I have 1337 unread e-mails on my Mac # Can you edit (add to) the membership of a group in DestroyTwitter? If

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The announcement that the White House would now join Twitter, Facebook and MySpace prompted Shadow Wrought on Slashdot.org to comment: My wife and her High School friends use Facebook to stay in touch. Which seems to primarily revolve around sending drinks to each other. Transparency and reachability are certainly good, but, it does make you

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