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This is my old college buddy Ian, from IBM Global Services. He has something very important to say about presentation decks, powerpoint, slideware and the like. Everyone should watch it – he puts the point very nicely, politely, and in a lovely British accent. Note especially the “Am I bovvered?” question – if you are…

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This is really savvy, if potentially a little too late, but I think it might be timed just right. People who follow me on Twitter know that I am buying an Xtracycle conversion kit to overhaul my old steel-framed ’93 Raleigh Amazon MTB (aka “The Hybrid”, now it’s set up for comfort on the road)…

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It’s been the stuff of geek jokes for years, but actually I think the idea’s kinda cool… BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Silent gig ‘rocks’ London

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glory that was empire, The | Spectator, The | Find Articles at BNET dad, on colonialism (tags: nigeria colonialism empire) philosophicallexicon.com via Adriana (tags: reference humor philosophy fun) On the funding of open source [on Simon Phipps, SunMink] I remember when I were a lad, "Free Software" was something that you wrote, not worried about…

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Why women have the SCARIEST nightmares I can’t compare – by virtue of never having been a woman, I lack grounds – but since the last dream I can at all remember involved the moral quandry of what to do when presented with a jack russell terrier and an indefinite supply of superballs, I feel…

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I do not think that word means what you think it means… Update: while I am here, I might as well note that I do think it is kind of evil to require people to use one-click to buy stuff; it’s like walking a knife-edge and maybe they’re hoping to get more revenue with the…

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Our obsession with crime is crushing our freedoms | Comment is free | The Observer The story of Milly, an eight-year-old cat who disappeared out of window in Whitstable two weeks ago, has much to tell us about the petty-minded forces that have come to replace proper policing in this country. (tags: Security politics privacy…

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What I want to know is: why does he want to know? M3: Surrey: 10 Jul 2008: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com) To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average daily volume of traffic (a) on the M3 motorway between junctions (i) 4 and 4A and (ii) 4A and 5 and (b) entering and…

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Stephen Fry » Blog Archive » Wii is a kind of magic Acronyms of the week … BMI Body Mass Index. Something horrid made up by doctors to make me feel ashamed.

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somehow i find this totally believable… (tags: Funny copyright law fun business Humour)

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More reasons to be happy… Gibson’s Hollywood comeback on hold after De Niro quits film – News, Film & TV – The Independent Mel Gibson’s tentative return to the Hollywood fold hit choppy waters yesterday when it emerged that Robert De Niro had walked-off the set of his comeback film, Edge of Darkness. Amid rumours…

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