• Feeds Fixed

    A number of folk have reported stagnant feeds from Dropsafe for several months; I finally tracked down the culprit (a duplicated .htaccess file) and fixed it, so they should spring to life once more…

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  • links for 2009-02-25

    KTM: electric dirt-bike out next year • Register Hardware Want. Managing monopolies and dominance in the Net age – O'Reilly Radar Hmmm…

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-02-24

    Would comment on stupid times article http://is.gd/kqIo – but easier to RT @kevinmarks http://tinyurl.com/czdu9a ; Pemberton smells of fear. # love it: “When can we expect a Times article on the abject lameness of MySpace? Tim Footman, London/Bangkok” – real soon now, surely? # wowee – skype understands sed syntax; typed “foo bar baz” and…

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  • “intergoation” – typo of the day

    inter-goat-ion” – ah, what a word. But what would it mean?

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-02-23

    Just back from a Fairport Convention gig in Farnham; mentioned http://www.morrismovie.com/ – looks promising # The IWF is trying to consolidate its grip on filtration of the UK Internet – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7904607.stm # portal meets dilbert http://tinyurl.com/6a4jbm # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-02-22

    Aardman meets Itchy & Scratchy http://tinyurl.com/aadqp8 # sigh. http://tinyurl.com/as2aqg # firefox: -rw——- 1 alecm staff 1016037860 Feb 22 01:00 core – flickr.com again # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-02-21

    Question: OmniGraffle – for the average geek like me, is it worth getting the Pro version? What’s the benefit, and would I (you?) use that? # enjoying http://www.fmylife.com/ # RT @adriana872: the first review for VRM Labs app catwalk splutters into life late on Friday afternoon. 🙂 http://bit.ly/vA3rw #vrm @vrm # shoulda been sumatra –…

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  • Songsmith is the ROFL meme of the weekend…

    After the dreadful advert, Songsmith goes from strength to strength; White Wedding got coverage on BoingBoing earlier this week, but go browse, you know you want to, for there you will find: Enter Sandman as a four-to-the-floor disco pop hit. We Will Rock You as (I think) a bossa-nova? Sgt Pepper as easy listening. At…

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-02-20

    Networking Joke of the Week: CCNA (defn) – “Credit Crunch Network Architect” # managed my first #hundredsitups since the accident – back feels a lot looser nowadays 🙂 # RT @sweepingnation: Neil Hannon is making a cricket concept record. No, honestly. http://is.gd/kdm6 # more Duckworth-Lewis Method: http://is.gd/kdmT # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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  • links for 2009-02-20

    Apache CouchDB: The CouchDB Project (tags: mine2) Django | Django at a glance | Django Documentation (tags: mine2) An Introduction to Using CouchDB with Django @ Irrational Exuberance necessary glueware. (tags: mine2) Tips, tricks & tinkering Brompton Care Quick Reference – Huge

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  • Anti-gay preachers banned from UK

    Basingstoke – just down the road. It’s a town deserving of great wrath from above, not unlike Slough. Must visit. Anti-gay preachers banned from UK A father and daughter from a US church which preaches hatred of homosexuals have been banned from entering the UK. Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper from the Westboro…

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  • “My name is License. Drivers License…”

    This is just priceless in so many ways, especially for those of us bent upon pointing out the uselessness of identity cards. Forget the stereotypes, too – I am pretty sure the British police forces would fare little better. The mystery of Ireland’s worst driver Details of how police in the Irish Republic finally caught…

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