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Xtracycle Conversion Kit – Subframe Originally uploaded by alecmuffett The Xtracycle conversion kit arrived a few days ago; here it is in relation to the “donor” bike (my 1993 Raleigh Amazon) so you can see how far back it is going to stretch the bike. I’ll do a rough-fit assembly next week sometime, and then

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Dad in a whimsical mood, written in 1963, found online by my sister Louise: The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Reflections on a Harvard Tribal Gathering […] The Chief nodded his head and the contestants took the field. With him, three of his “yara” (household servants) moved sedately and ceremoniously to the middle of the

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I finished Little Brother earlier this week. The book is free to download from the link above, or can be purchased at shops or online. I give it a good 8/10 as reads go; below the likes of “Snow Crash” but not by far. Frankly some parts of it are disturbing even for a hardened

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Tests: The 50 Skills Every Geek Should Have I scored 41/50, not bad; I mostly drop points on the consol-games related stuff, in which I do not indulge: 13. Shove the guts of a modern game console into a retro game console 19. Enter the Konami code 29. Play any SNES game on your computer

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Stovetop seduction Gastrosexuals?

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Will someone who can’t wait for an ID card, please make themselves known to me? I want to know what they think it will improve? BBC NEWS | Politics | People ‘can’t wait for ID cards’ Jacqui Smith says public demand means people will be able to pre-register for an ID card within the next

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Our feline overlords have finally invaded the Cabinet office and usurped the nanny state … BBC NEWS | Politics | Pet owners face code of practice Cat and dog owners are to be told to provide “entertainment” and “mental stimulation” for their pets under new government advice. The code of practice also includes advice on

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With the utmost respect, I’m sure Carl would be very surprised if there were… I wonder what he’d make of this whole “Web” thing. I’d love to know.

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This is too weird for words… We are going to intercede at the site of the statue of the bull on Wall Street to ask God to begin a shift from the bull and bear markets to what we feel will be the ‘Lion’s Market,’ or God’s control over the economic systems. While we do

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So occasionally GMail hiccups and does not let me in / authenticate. And what does Thunderbird do in that circumstance? It decides the password is wrong, forgets the password it knows, drops me into a dialogue where I have to click “Cancel” to continue, locks up until I do that, then continues to insist that

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Terrorist ‘tweets’? US Army warns of Twitter dangers “Twitter has also become a social activism tool for socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political enthusiasts, hacktivists and others to communicate with each other and to send messages to broader audiences,” the report said. Mmmm…

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