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From an IM conversation with Rob Diamond: Rob: Are you up the whole “the Internet is a series of tubes” thing? Alec: nooooo ? Rob: OK, must fill you in… Rob: The crazy senator from Alaska gave this bizarre speech, in which he described the Internet as a series of tubes: http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/?entry_id=1512499 Rob: Which really…

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The solution to ATM PIN fraud, for mathematicians? (From the Wooster Collective)

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http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2006/08/14/banksy_in_brook.php Another Diamond Link.

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I’m in the curious situation where I am recovering, but bits of me now are more tender painful than they have ever been before – I suspect that formerly they were so mashed that they weren’t in a position to report pain, but now the nerves are healed and having a whale of a time……

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One for both Messers Gerhard and Finnis: icwales Welsh-speaking cyclists have been left baffled – and possibly concerned for their health – after a bizarre translation mix-up. For instead of a road sign telling them to dismount, the Welsh translation informs them that ‘bladder disease has returned’. […] Owain Sgiv, an officer for the Welsh…

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For those who imminently predict the death of mainstream media – mentioning no names – this review of the Snakes on a Plane phenomenon makes a point with which some might sympathise: Still, don’t think for a moment that audiences have hijacked the ship of Big Media. The permutations of creative online infringement — fan…

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Yet more evidence that the American public are discovering sarcasm; if you are old enough to remember nuclear terror done properly – of the sirens, megatonnage-per-county and “how much of England might actually be left habitable?” sort – then you’ll probably find this about as funny as I did: ReallyReady: FAS Analysis of Ready.gov The…

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The sort of behaviour upon which Mr Gerhard frowns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR2ygFn-yR8

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Yesterday a possible terrorist plot was thwarted. The country’s airports were in chaos. American media has provided wild speculation that we are re-reporting because we can’t think of anything else to talk about, since there is no new information today. Nobody has thought to go sift government press releases for information they are trying to…

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Goggles You have got to try this – it’s v.silly and v.fun without having v.much point, exactly what you need when you are stuck in bed and staring at the ceiling… (Via)

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MumsNet So here we are: one of Britain’s most wealthy and successful childcare experts demanding the closure of a community website run by mothers to enable parents to swap support, advice and the odd joke. […] Quite apart from the fact that Ms Ford’s legal moves now threaten our very existence, we think this case…

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