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joke from a colleague
from Tariq; I am sure I know some people who think like this… One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river, his axe fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, “Why are you crying?” The woodcutter replied that his axe had fallen…
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discussion of pro-ms-office article has ironic side effect 😎
admittedly, he’s a friend of dave… see: [www.livejournal.com]
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sms is a wonderful thing
apparently a colleague, shopping in london, just ran into elijah wood in harvey nichols.
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Microsoft: “Why You Should Choose MS Office Over OO.org” — from SlashDot.
[slashdot.org] no commentary i can coutribute would add to the discussion
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colleagues, and radio-controlled aircraft…
Extract from IRC: <efi> this one was a marvel <efi> costs only 28 USD from Discovery channel <efi> and is available online <efi> i will send you the url later <alecm> please do <alecm> 😎 <efi> Actually i am looking now for building plans <alecm> make a big one ? <efi> uhum <efi> build one…
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more on trackback
it seems that to get trackback working on blosxom, or perhaps on anything, requires some movable type CGI scripts to be installed. yet more code. bother. maybe i will try it when i have a free afternoon for code review and testing.
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sunday’s mothers’ day round trip
Okay; Sunday, as promised previously… Having nearly been blown off the road on Saturday, I was considering the wisdom of going out on the bike again on Sunday, until I remembered it was time for the monthly meeting of Thames Vale Advanced Motorcyclists [www.tvam.org.uk] and an opportunity to get some much-needed practice in, on an…
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Fast Pass at Airport Security
[www.wired.com] Business travelers may soon have one more item to stuff in their carry-on: a trusted-traveler card to speed them through security lines. The Transportation Security Administration plans to start testing a registered-traveler identification program in June, which will let those who volunteer for a background check avoid tight screening at the airport. While civil…