Dropsafe

I had a CT scan taken last month and my GP wanted to have a look at the images himself, so I stopped by the hospital this morning to ask for a copy. The young lady at the medical imaging front desk just needed my name and data of birth (not what I’d call strict

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A skeptical look at the Automated Content Access Protocol: Page 1 ACAP broadly expands on the robots.txt concept and […] As one might guess, ACAP is largely promoted by content makers but has yet to be endorsed or supported by any mainstream search engine companies. (tags: acap privacy contentmanagement publishing security obscurity) CERIAS Weblogs »

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The Cloud Appreciation Society At The Cloud Appreciation Society we love clouds, we’re not ashamed to say it and we’ve had enough of people moaning about them.Read our manifesto and see how we are fighting the banality of ‘blue-sky thinking’. If you agree with what we stand for (tags: atmosphere clouds nature weather science) James

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Internet Community Ports Act – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nutters who think that [US] federal regulation which prohibits hosting Porn on port 80, will make the Net safe for children. Yay! Now everyone can surf in privacy as all the porn merchants switch to HTTPS on port 443 … (tags: icpa pr0n cp80) U.S. Launches

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The World Clock – Time Zones Instant World Clock – Useful for settling those “did the Americans shift before us” arguments (tags: time timezones clock world reference Travel tools) No ghosts: A Blunt Atheist FAQ Fortunately you don’t have to face stuff like this in the UK; but I vaguely remember having these thrown at

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So I was at work having ridden in on my SOB[1] and found the new seatpost I’d bought was slightly undersized for the single-pinch frame; the seat kept dropping irrespective of how tightly the bolt was torqued. Examination showed some metal flare which would need to be removed with a Dremel before the clamp could

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A Christian friend is studying to be a “reader” or somesuch lecture-in-church thing, and as part of her coursework was set a questionnaire to poll a selection of 6+ friends who are/are not church attendees, young, old, etc – and she asked me to participate, so I popped around this evening for a mug of

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Mel reviews Food Not Lawns If you like mandalas, yoga and community theatre this might be the book for you. If you think digging a deep hole, standing in it, then getting a friend to bury your feet and legs and then water you whilst you; …raise your arms to the sky and imagine your

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The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry Fascinating, gripping tale of the development of the iPhone, equally interesting for what it does not say: that iPhone is underspecced for Europe and a continent used to 3G phones. The parochialism of the US market comes through loud & clear. (tags: iphone apple

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A disappointed (occasional) reader writes: While an infrequent visitor to blogs, I think I’ve gone completely off your now. why is it mostly just a set of links? I don’t care what you’re reading as much as what you’re thinking. Help me understand the rationale. All I think when I look at the never-ending lists

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Ranum’s Law: “You can’t solve social problems with software.” Compare with the quote from James Cicconi, senior vice president, external & legal affairs for AT&T: BoingBoing: AT&T is considering adding content filters to its network. These will try to figure out if your network connection contains a copyrighted work, and censor any communications that are

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