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It only took them 10 minutes: [13:38] — alecm has changed the topic to: n1w s5t l2e n4d f1r c5l, p4e a3y w4n [13:40] <davew> Erm [13:41] <Avalon> *scratches head* [13:41] <davew> Working on the basis that this follows the form of “i18n” etc [13:42] <diamond> 1-5, 5 vowels? Nope, that doesn’t work [13:42] <davew>

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The school meals revolution set in motion by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has already run into difficulties as long-term contracts with private companies prevent schools getting rid of junk food. The Guardian has learned that new schools locked into 25-year contracts through private finance initiatives are finding that they cannot rid their menus of junk

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Regular readers will have worked-out by now that I am a sucker for art and fun in the hands of the people, and this is a new one on me. The basic technique of GPS Drawing is to use a mapping, track-recording GPS to plot out your movement, in a given place, over a given

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So I’ve been bricking it for the past few days, having volunteered to do a Sun-internal biker-themed collection on behalf of [www.naomihouse.org.uk] – my favourite human charity of the moment. I needn’t have worried about making a good showing. The collection is still ongoing, and there is the motorcycle ride-out still to do with however

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[www.wandg.com] – found linked from the [www.aardman.com] website.

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Check this out – after KTM’s goof with the Long Way Round folks, BMW are really putting the knife in to the KTM 950 Adventure series with this thing: [www.motoring.co.za] It looks great. I neither want nor merit one, but it looks great.

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[news.bbc.co.uk] See also the BBC’s “Guide to choosing a new pope” [news.bbc.co.uk] Remember: A pope is for life, not just for Christians.

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Smoke signals no pope agreement. “We lack the Pope. The Pope smoke’s black.” Plus I legitimately get to use an apostrophe for comic effect.

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Can someone who is significantly older than me please remind me: I seem to remember Karol Wojtyla being a complete surprise to the media when he was made[1] pope; admittedy his becoming Pope JP2 was very shortly after the death of JP1 who in turn shocked shocked the media (and possibly himself) by dying only

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Chris the Mad Cyclist writes: Thank you Auntie. Doctor Who at is finest and as many have asked for, the return of the cliff hanger. Fabulous. I concur; I believe they overdid the fart-jokes, but I am well chuffed at the new Dr Who. Kudos to the writers and Chris Eccleston and (I’ve gotta say

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Since Katz requested it, here’s an old posting from October 2002 in a blog that I’ve not put up on the archive yet: Culled from and/or contributed to http://www.ntk.net/ Morwenstowe NSA Listening Station [link] Menwith Hill NSA Listening Station [link] Chicksands DF station [link] Aldermaston Nuclear Weapons Research Establishment [link] Fylingdales AEW Station [link] Maiden

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Dan cites it, Scott coined it, but I have to admit to mentally cringing every time I hear someone inside Sun talk about FooTone, ThisTone, ThatTone… It took me ages to work out what the hell was behind the terminology. It seems almost that there is some sort of mythos about telephone “dialtone” in the

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