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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-18
Just sanded down all the undercoat in the new studio; laminate floor caked in about a pint of talcum-powder-alike. Serious cleanup in morn. # I thin I preferred Apple trying to buy Sun, rather than IBM: http://tinyurl.com/dl2r5m # s/thin/think/ # http://tinyurl.com/dl2r5m – time for a new hashtag #sunibm # El Reg is… pro? – http://tinyurl.com/cgjz9g…
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So, do I have to pick one of the three?
Pick one? Or is it one’s expected career progression?
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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-16
How to Spot Atheists and Report Them to the FBI – http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0503/atheists.html 🙂 # very cool representations of disk activity: http://tinyurl.com/ahu4hk # if you get a call from LogMeIn123.com, it is a scam – see @johnniemoore and http://is.gd/nwTE # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-15
just serviced chainsaw with which to take-out the hedge at the rear of the house. “groovy!” # SOMEONE PLZ FAKE GOOGLE CHROME ON LINUX by writing an app that swallows multiple firefox instances into one window! Am fed up of tab death! # Shoot this plan down: UK government’s top medical adviser has drawn up…
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Cooking Help? UK is wildly lacking in styles of Flour?
Something I learned last night: Eastern European baking depends on a wildly broader variety of flours than I have ever heard of, and which I am not sure are available in the UK. Sample explanatory webpages include this and this, and speak not merely of grain size but grain “smoothness”: (my emphasis) Beside the well…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-14
Certificate of Debaptism? http://is.gd/nj85 – My dad, a CofE believer, felt that I should decide for myself. I thank him for that. # Wanted: integrated iPod Dock + Speakers for kitchen: cheap, big buttons, modest footprint, easy to clean. Suggestions? # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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Tories Toe Party Line on C&J Bill – or just cribbing homework?
From my MP: Dear Mr Muffett Thank you for writing in my absence regarding the Coroners and Justice Bill. I completely share your objections to this section of the Bill. These proposals would have a truly dramatic impact, allowing Ministers to make an ‘information sharing order’, meaning that a whole range of public servants could…
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links for 2009-03-13
YouTube – Torrent Droid: Winner of Android Bounty Contest symbiosis of phone and personal server.
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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-13
somebody please find me a fraud that is reported in the press and is *not* called a ponzi scheme, this week? # non-ponzi “ponzi” fraud – http://tinyurl.com/a9mp97 # what it’s like when a suicide bomber attacks: http://tinyurl.com/ar63zz – harrowing video # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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Apple orders 10-inch touchscreens for mystery product
Apple orders 10-inch touchscreens for mystery product My bet is something like a Macbook with the keyboard replaced by a giant iPod Touch… fully virtualised keyboard and touchpad.
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Twitter Updates for 2009-03-12
Wanted: good, nice-casual/posh Oriental restaurant somewhere between Egham and Farnborough areas, suitable for dinner. Suggestions? # don’t tihnk percentages, think real people: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7937382.stm # “Carmen” contains considerably more “Laa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la…” than I expected; feels like filler. # yet another epic firefox core dump:: -rw——- 1 alecm staff 627391376 Mar 11 23:11 core #opensolaris # Powered by…
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links for 2009-03-11
Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder Engine – Engineering TV Much coolness – a boxer diesel with opposed pistons instead of a traditional chamber. I can't work out whether it is more complex than a trad 4-cylinder engine, but the balance looks cool – you could switch off half of it without disrupting anything…