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How I Spent My Vacation – a mini road-trip around Chicago and into Indiana, visiting friends and attending a wedding. Pictures on Flickr.

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Comment from Bridget: “Nice. Very English Communter Belt.” Yeeeeeessss… well, that’s sorta the point. Took it out for the obligatory test ride; the steering is slightly off to the right but I can have that sorted on the first service. It feels like a BMX or kid’s bike. Takes years off you.

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My weekly reading material goes MP3: Dear Subscriber, I am writing to let you know about a new weekly audio edition of The Economist, which will be free to subscribers. Each week, this live recorded edition will contain all articles published in that week’s Economist, including special reports. The Economist will be available for download

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSulycqZH-U via adrian.

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Laureen is sound, she’s a colleague, and she’s had death threats over her chosen method of potty training. I kid you not. Read, or watch the video.

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Thomas Hawk is CEO of Zooomr, so he has an axe to grind, but even so… Thomas Hawk I’m pretty pissed right now. Two days ago I blogged about an incident involving Rebekka Gudleifsdottira. Rebekka is one of the most popular photographers on Flickr and definitely someone that those of us who have been around

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reminder: Monday is Wiretap the Internet Day – so if you don’t want to be spanked by CALEA you should be aware. Really. (Via)

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Simon and I were troggin into work on our respective trikes a few days ago, whizzing through the tank grounds, until we encountered this: … very nice Army chap reversed it all the way back to the bridge to let us through; and the one of the squaddies laying dummy demolition charges on the bridge

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So my car was in the shop the other day, having a panel replaced; I was flicking through the obligatory stock of men’s magazines provided in the waiting room – sans tissues – and found a review of a new movie, Zodiac. A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his

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This is new and you won’t see it reported anywhere else, yet. My friend and former colleague Rob wrote me on AIM: I just got back from getting my new “Digital Drivers License”… it’s supposed to serve as a definitive form of ID, as good as a passport… They have a point system for authenticating

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The news is good! My consultant took a look at the x-rays and declared them to be better than he was hoping, with little sign of damage remaining; in fact he’s rather curious to take a look inside, and so is pleased to be seeing me in a few weeks to open it up, take

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More stupider user tricks: IT horror stories redux Idiot-proof your enterprise with these 10 hard-luck lessons of boneheaded IT miscues. I will say nothing, but some of my colleagues will be wetting themselves laughing. My favourite is, of course, the security one. via Adriana.

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