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Twitter Updates for 2010-04-07

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• @ceri long time since i've been "that" alec muffett except to people of a certain age in reply to ceri #
• #Facebook caved over #CEOP http://bit.ly/9cnAmE – expect election crowing from Home Secretary #
• @williamheath so in what way is a face-saving middle-ground – enabling the Govt to crow about a groundless success – not "caving"? in reply to williamheath #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-04-07

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• @ceri long time since i've been "that" alec muffett except to people of a certain age in reply to ceri #
• #Facebook caved over #CEOP http://bit.ly/9cnAmE – expect election crowing from Home Secretary #
• @williamheath so in what way is a face-saving middle-ground – enabling the Govt to crow about a groundless success – not "caving"? in reply to williamheath #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-19

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• fantastic read: RT fanf: http://dotat.at/:/FP59F – Hollywood, please stop the teal and orange madness! #
• @katzmandu: mailman is smart #
• neighbour just dropped off a few spare duck & hen eggs! yay! #
• in case you missed the reviews of uranium ore: http://tinyurl.com/6a3wu4 #
• I support #Facebook regards the #CEOP panic button; why should a quango shoehorn itself into FB's stack irrespective of alternatives? #
• It's all a bit too Brass Eye for me. #
• @NigelSarbutts actually i would like first to see a technical explanation of how a #CEOP button *helps*, as opposed to (eg) decent parenting in reply to NigelSarbutts #
• Teacher friend of mine says "you don't keep children safe with a #ceop button, you keep them safe by communicating parent-to-child" #
• @maartenhendrikx a hyperlink which a british quango seeks to mandate installation on every social network site http://bit.ly/bc1G9u in reply to maartenhendrikx #
• Forbidden Lego – a review: http://bit.ly/cbsozU #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-18

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• @jimfinnis patches! we want patches my precious! in reply to jimfinnis #
• nb200-13l just arrived, now truing to make a #ubuntu liveUSB stick #
• amazed how dragging bookmarks around in firefox can lock up gnome, & since the x-server is unkillable by default in karmic, hang the system #
• —> prepping to switch crypticide.com off for a few days, from next week <— #
• Ubuntu on the Toshiba Netbook NB200 – roundup: http://bit.ly/bTxgYK #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-17

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• @gracielix have you looked into #freecycle ? in reply to gracielix #
• Friend reports a #Sun Ultra5 with a > 1100 day uptime; when it was last booted, Sun was still (almost) viable. #
• Mm. "We are currently working on an exciting new refresh of the TweetDeck UI & scalable font sizes are definitely going to be part of that" #
• Faintly worried but unsurprised that my #Amazon Prime free-trial delivery is out for delivery in a town 130 miles away. Bloody #CityLink #
• @davewiner works for me. Did your network burp? in reply to davewiner #
• @jobsworth …and then someone threw a bread roll, and eventually the police were called? in reply to jobsworth #
• @jobsworth rofl! in reply to jobsworth #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-16

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• Wallpaper removed, mostly. Plastering begins tomorrow. Renovation++ #
• @ikawnoclast intravenous common sense injections for all IT management ? in reply to ikawnoclast #
• @cthreeo3 wha? in reply to cthreeo3 #
• @RuthieGledhill am so glad you updated the tweet. The thought of pope-abuse would be just too much… in reply to RuthieGledhill #
• gingernut. pumpkin seed butter. extra-good strawberry jam. omg, this is delicious. #
• No sign of plasterer, no reply from his phone. Looks like today will be a write-off with consequent impact on visitors next week. Damn. #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-15

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• Why is Pi day 3/14 (wrong in so many senses) instead of something more approximate like 22/7? #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-15

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• Why is Pi day 3/14 (wrong in so many senses) instead of something more approximate like 22/7? #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-14

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• .@markRbowyer we aim to please. i like the "wot, no privacy" look of the first picture, though; just has your head framed nicely. #
• @CurranC i gave up listening to that years ago; the callers are picked to make extremes, not show "balance" in reply to CurranC #
• Apple Question: Can I use TimeMachine on two separate backup disks – for redundant backups – if I only plug one in at a time? Will it DWIW? #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-03-13

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• Hmm. "Swine Flu" – why aren't we all dead, yet ? #
• ALERT: Avoid Currys Electrical in Farnborough Gate – sales staff try to claim that "premium" £70+ HDMI cables "improve signal". Bad! #
• Currys quote: the cable "Will actually INCREASE the quality of the HDMI signal" #
• Assuming the newspaper Jon and I just discovered under the stairwell plaster is contemporary, my house was built in September 1926 #
• @katzmandu i've always believed "about 1930" from what a neighbour said; to me this backs that up. in reply to katzmandu #
• "Of course the house is colder…. you ripped out two radiators this afternoon, remember?" … "Oh yeah…" #
• God's Pliers – must see: http://www.streetviewfun.com/2010/gods-pliers/ #
• Yay! Tremendously foreshortened, I made it onto streetmap: http://bit.ly/csNawR — re: http://bit.ly/a3biNq #
• @markRbowyer you -> http://is.gd/asIyL in reply to markRbowyer #
• @markRbowyer ps: why does your iPhone say you're in a field in Wiltshire? in reply to markRbowyer #

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