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‘splode from cute: http://community.livejournal.com/splodefromcute/1121662.html # This is NSFW but if you are a fan of both the “The Eye of Argon” (wikipedia it) and “Sandman”, you’ll appreciate this: tinyurl.com/9xasn2 # just destroyed a wall, now having tea with a friend; evening surprisingly full… # time to review the necronomicon of e-mail # Last night managed…

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hooray for westmalle tripel ! # it is my happy time. i am hacking firewall rules on a jail for an internet-facing service. why am i not down the pub? belgian ale! # OpenSolaris observation: on a compressed zfs filesystem, a basic “ipkg” zone’s root fs = 139Mb, removes much need for sparse zones. #…

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watching the death of old media and broadcast. # awkward rhymer, this pastor # Alas we cannot have Mr Rogers for the invocation. I would prefer him. # “Won’t you be my neighbor?” # ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring # Still want Mr…

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heating is off because the gasman lied about being able to come and reconnect. house starting to get cold. time for a bath. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Happens interactively, too… 21:58:37 suzi:mine-tools # zlogin NEWZONE pkg install sunstudioexpress Download: sunstudioexpress … Done Download: SUNWj6dmo … Done Download: SUNWj6rt … Done Download: SUNWj6cfg … Done Download: SUNWhea … Done Download: SUNWsprot … Done Download: SUNWarc … Done Download: SUNWj6man … Done Download: SUNWj6dev … Done Download: SUNWj6dvx … Done Download: SUNWj6rtx … Done…

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Found this today while chasing a Digg link to photographs of (empty) London on Christmas day – and I sympathise; I rather like the Lords – a bunch of people who don’t have to answer to the electorate but who (sometimes) care about the issues, can be a marvelous brake on “progress”. IanVisits Probably one…

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tony hart dies, age 83 🙁 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7836112.stm # Fark needs this: http://tinyurl.com/7nnjam (via http://tinyurl.com/7tsucu) # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Yet another mafia-esque business model which needs to go away. BBC NEWS | Magazine | Sounding the wrong note? “Because the people who ran the business before us had a PRS licence we’ve been constantly pursued to buy one. It’s been going on for years now – letters and visits threatening court action.”

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What’s happening at home today – remedial work to fix someone else’s appaling DIY from 10+ years ago. Quick plug here for John Bird – marvellous new builder in the Farnham area, just setting up on his own.

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I was walking down Tottenham Court Road last saturday, near Goodge St Station, and ran across an Anonymous protest against the “Church” of Scientology on the opposite side of the road – the place where (back in the 80s) Whalemeat and I went, to mess with their heads by subjecting ourselves to “audit”. (The results…

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bloody hell – enormous gust of wind just blew half a dozen tiles off my roof ridge, and took out my guttering on route. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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“What will you miss about newspapers?” – “Free Kitty Litter” http://tinyurl.com/7xpwkk # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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