Dropsafe

So I get my trike all prepared so that I can ride into work for the first time since the accident, and this happens: Usually when this happens the morning radio news reports begin with the words “traffic chaos has erupted …” but not this morning. I don’t know why. Nope, not a peep. Not

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http://community.livejournal.com/randompictures/2093544.html I love the rdawkins@oxford.edu one…

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Sundays will be videorecorded from now on! (happy dance)

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We’ve been having some wind problems… At about 5pm today My VNC connection to home went down, which usually signifies a power outage in Hartley Wintney. This happens often – I ought really buy a UPS and line conditioner because I suffer so many brownouts – so to minimise risk of damage to my systems

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Something for the Gerhards of this world – Glenn Elert rides a recumbent from Rockaway Beach, Oregon to Rockaway Beach, New York, taking in 10 states (one Canadian) en route. I like in particular one part of the preface, demonstrating someone with a sense of perspective on security and safety: http://hypertextbook.com/bent/ This is the story

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No man is an Eland :- Inspired by JP on identity.

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Knock me over with a feather; compare this with the NoKA debacle: slashdot “Last week, Starbucks placed a video on YouTube responding to a video posted by the Oxfam Charity. The Oxfam video was launched in conjunction with ‘Starbucks Day of Action,’ held December 16th, when activists visited Starbucks locations across the world in protest

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If posting has dropped a bit this week, in my spare time I am trying to read blogs.sun.com – ALL of it; since I posted Atom Heart Mother on the web I thought I should try and make use of it, so am trying to read the whole thing. 14 days of articles means 1146

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This verges between the hilarious and the tragic – WMV only, sorry: From: Geoff Arnold Subject: Coefficient of friction….. From Portland, OR today. Using tinyurl to avoid the line-wrapping problem. http://tinyurl.com/yt76ar Sorry that it’s WindowsMedia, but that’s how it was sent to me.

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What the hey, it’s friday. I got pointed at this from somewhere… (Via) Monkey Experiment Proves Corporate Policy Process Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to

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I like geocaching; I don’t do much, but it’s a nice excuse to get out and explore, and a bit more amusing, novel and romantic to find items which have traveled around the world one hop at a time. Hence I am amused by the heavy-handedness, perhaps somewhat deserved but overly weighty, displayed by the

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