Dropsafe

My boss’s boss’s boss meets a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend: scobleizer Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems, just dropped me off at the lobby of building 10. So, I’m sitting on the floor near a power outlet and am blogging my experiences. What an enjoyable guy! We walked across the street to a Togos sandwich shop. Little-known trivia,

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BBC News Britain’s oldest surviving war veteran has celebrated his 110th birthday at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne. Henry Allingham was presented with a letter of good wishes from the Queen by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown at the five-star seafront hotel. Mr Allingham is the last remaining RAF founder member and the only

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Excellent short video: DJ is a God. Link c/o Bart Blanquart.

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BBC News The suicides of three detainees at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amount to acts of war, the US military says. The camp commander said the two Saudis and a Yemeni were “committed” and had killed themselves in “an act of asymmetric warfare waged against us”. I thought it was meant to

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Do you remember when Firefox used to be fast ?

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The Pipettes (audio) – try “Pull Shapes”, see what you think.

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It’s sunny and hot in Britain, and has been for several days now; it’s not quite the oppressive sultry heat of the tropics, but it suffices to make everything lazy, including myself and my two cats. This in part explains why most of today has been one long siesta – the rest of the explanation

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thingamababy Playmobil sells plastic figure play sets for every obtuse playtime fantasy. They are not based on pop culture sources such as movies and television. The poor Playmobil executives must devise original toy ideas on their own. Sometimes they fail. Click the thumbnails for a pop-up enlarged view. continues… My friend Helen will like #9.

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…when someone says the f-word, or the s-word – just not the words you expect :- Jackie Danicki I also had a very valuable conversation with Alec last night, which seemed to last hours and touched on everything from friendship to young fogeyism and how to be happy. While this was going on, Antoine was

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It was wet and hot in a way I remember experiencing in Florida – but everybody did excellently; if you ran, see if you can spot yourself…

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It’s probably a better use than drinking the stuff, and is a really well-done fountain display: http://eepybird.com/dcm1.html Link c/o Rob Diamond.

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www.tuaw.com When the doc puts that icy cold stethoscope against your skin, s/he is listening for subtle nuances of sound that can allow him/her to diagnose all sorts of trouble, even before symptoms begin to present themselves. It’s the type of skill that is developed and perfected through much, much practice. Dr. Michael Barrett of

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