Tweets from 2010/10
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@fonduelover aww, I missed mine because I was on holiday. But my work clothes have degenerated into my normal clothes anyway...Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm cycling on the wrong side of the road on a bike without very good brakes. And the tyres need inflating a bit. Not died yet, though!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@musebloom tonight they are fifteen minutes from my house. Unfortunately, I'm a bit further...Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am at c-base, it is wicked sick. I now want to live in a spaceship. Or just cover something in greebles.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This morning, I stared into the bathroom mirror, and Mr Six [from the Invisibles] stared back: http://www.barbelith.com/bomb/char_six.jpgPermalink Look on archive.org
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@imaginary_lines hoi oi, you alive yet?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Written in 1928 : "That is of course nearly hopeless when a client brings in a vast text and wants to have everything 'big'"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@VoxelBoy what, like that maybe-vapourware OnLive doohickey? For your case, remote desktops may be the way..?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RudolfKremers Why do you only schedule these events for tube-strike days? (but - hey! - I might drag myself out for this one)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@glassarmy you can scratch my balls any time...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier @oh_cripes hopefully there will be a gif of the thing coming off soon (oh, my cold and naked upper lip!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RudolfKremers We should have a game-makers strike when the tube drivers have their pub nights. That'll show 'em!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier how have you never ceilidh'd? they're awesome! and enthusiasm = good, don't be afraid to swing round fast!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier and if you can, wear something floofy and swoopy, it makes spinning round totally more funPermalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes @srules I want it to not pick anything when it is pretty much halfway. *itches to tinker*Permalink Look on archive.org
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@roderickhodgson the moustache is still there. We had a violent breakup but I'm letting it sleep on the couch til it finds somewhere new.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Anyone looking for a home? Maybe in Reading? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=153780461328751Permalink Look on archive.org
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@infectedarea might be a bit of a commute, I'm afraid...Permalink Look on archive.org
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http://v21.tumblr.com/post/1250428591/jonty-with-balloon @londonhackspace @jontyPermalink Look on archive.org
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Free Oliver Drage! Encryption is not a crime!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tonicblue Autechre, Dat Politics, Max Tundra, Gold Panda, alva noto, Tshetsha Boys, Anamanaguchi, Miaoux Miaoux - a good mix there!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RubZo why, didn't you used to get chased up for missing tutorials?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier something that involves me getting free champagne?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier i'm taking that as a yes :DPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dholmesqwerty no. Don't be one of those people. If I cared, I'd be on foursquare.Permalink Look on archive.org
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4ip is dead, boo! It was a continual stream of interesting projects, well-delivered.Wonder how this new strategy will hit Alice Taylor et alPermalink Look on archive.org
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Work has now involved me looking at a picture of a man's cock. While on the phone to a client! (I'm surprised it has taken this long)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario tech support for a SMS gateway. we also do MMS. apparently some pictures weren't getting through...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH @psychicteeth Most books I buy are second-hand. I'd be tempted to do the same with CDs, if I bought CDs.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH @psychicteeth and those that rush through games so they can trade them in while they're still high value?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH @psychicteeth but speaking practically - steam sales, pay-what-you-like etc replace tradeins for ratcheting down prices over timePermalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH all ages. rarely, rarely hardbacks, or <1 a year. but just because of unavailability at the charity shop, not lack of desire.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH @psychicteeth but then! money goes to platforms (ie steam) and creators, not shops. How much do we value local videogame shops?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH games still have technical obsolescence built in. but then, SNES games are still in your friends houses, have hit stable pricing...Permalink Look on archive.org
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"In the 1980s, NASA ordered 3,200 of the diapers and, as of 2007, a third of the supply remains." http://bit.ly/bLFQgBPermalink Look on archive.org
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The Uri, or Armenian cucumber is a type of long, slender fruit which tastes like a cucumber and looks somewhat like a cucumber inside.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Feh, incredibly irritating mysterious disappearance of big tub of cable-ties has ruined my evening. At least I got the woodworking done.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH @psychicteeth I wrote a post http://v21.posterous.com/videogames-are-sold-like-videogamesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier ahahahaha, that is all.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH It's not about developing longer-lasting value (though we will) - it's about: the stuff we do is getting better at a dizzying speedPermalink Look on archive.org
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@S0phieH Make what's best now, let posterity look after it's own self. And appreciate the form the way it is,not the way it maybe oughtta bePermalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario They picked the colours as a practical joke, but their manager liked it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm a candy corn vampire!Permalink Look on archive.org
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DeviceAnywhere is spooky magic, and will be ever so useful. :DPermalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario better luck next time! Does anyone use vim? Maybe you could get them to google for "man cream"?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fionamclaren I work for a SMS gateway, so am obligated to recommend us. Open Market - we're pricey but good. We do stuff for DEC.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fionamclaren also happy to answer any random questions about what's sensible from the technical side (which is what I do)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@danieltownsend their surname is 'Mario'. You know, because they're the Mario Brothers.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@danieltownsend yep, 'Mario Mario' as Dominik Diamond says, like a crap 80s pop band.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I helped. RT @srules: Just dealt with a 26 inch pizza. BAM!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Nedry were beautiful, Bearsuit were slightly more annoying in person (and weren't having any fun). I ate a giant pizza. #johnpeeldayPermalink Look on archive.org
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@guided1 There's unicorns in the Simpsons mines. He has the attitude of someone taking the piss in all directions.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Doomlaser: @mossmouth Press action button until everyone shuts up. kill everything that can die. find a door you haven't gone throug ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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brb, upgrading ubuntuPermalink Look on archive.org
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@AjMcpherson Well. It went slowly. And then I went home. And now I head back to work. We'll see. (In the meantime, I made a ball-pool!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 totally math!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AjMcpherson more of RAID. It's still not booted successfully...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AjMcpherson it gave the option to diddle grub conf, and I took it, foolishly. Blame software raid.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier ugh!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@3en It depresses me slightly that I'm reading news.YC in parallel with you. But I guess it shouldn't.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Smog have the combination of despair and pigheaded persistence I need to get me through the day.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@3en the groupthink thing, maybe. it seems a bland monoculture? in truth, i'm not entirely sure. maybe I'm just a hipster...Permalink Look on archive.org
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhMoxXilwro&hd=1 is a good youtube.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Still really digging the new Ubuntu font. This theme is ace, too, clean and beautiful and somehow oldschool all at once.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier Have you seen http://futurestates.tv/episodes/plastic-bag ? It's pretty beautiful! (Plus, Werner Herzog)Permalink Look on archive.org
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I knew you so long I ran out of cool things to say... still bump into friends that we both had yesterday.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier I've never known a polite way to enquire of someone's gender...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tomscott :D glad it went off well! looking forward to the baked, wrapped, composed final piece.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes i get the reference.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Edinburgh people: you should go see this: http://www.traverse.co.uk/shows_midsummerv2.htmPermalink Look on archive.org
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My scarf is fucking snug.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Has anyone made a reality TV show about competing groups of producers wanting to make a reality TV show?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@glassarmy That's the one. I decided today was the day :DPermalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier @glassarmy Are you honestly surprised by this fact? Really?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LowPolyStudios yeah - the feedback is worth about half the entry price.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LowPolyStudios and press like http://bit.ly/c6QfpJ http://on.fb.me/aUfQj8 http://bit.ly/Nx27H (my feedback here : http://bit.ly/9m5fjh )Permalink Look on archive.org
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trying not to buy a wacom bamboo.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@iamtef ENVIOUS. :D (and congratulations, and link the hell out of it when it appears - I am curious)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RubZo To answer your question, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh , apparently. What's the matter?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@new_nomad if it comes to it you're welcome to our sofa/ball pit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @MaxTundra: Q: Who invented 3D computer graphics? A: Ray Tracing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Stayed up way too late last night reading 'the windup girl'. I expected to enjoy it and did. Best scifi I've read in ages.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ryanqnorth: A great article on Cracked about the ways our society is already post-scarcity but we still pay for things: http://tinyu ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario which perl thing?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario reading that now, it's beautiful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RubZo then they should use #!/bin/bash , surely? an irritating gotcha, but worth it for the faster start-up times...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Child_Of_Poster I never noticed how similar Buck 65 is to the Silver Jews...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Today I will be mostly chanting the mantra "Vodafone let off £6bn tax bill".Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @bashtips: Add "shopt -s cdspell" to your .bashrc for small typos to be automatically corrected when changing directory.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @glassarmy: My university protest against cuts & fee increases clashes with my lecture on university cuts & fee increases.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jon_ellis The iPhone isn't going away and has got noticeably less evil due to Android's competition. The real evil is with the carriers...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dnwood I'm happy with my all-inclusive £15 a month rolling plan from them. Comes with internets, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@psychicteeth doesn't deal well, generally, sadly. Still, it looks like it's becoming LibreOffice & letting patches in, so maybe, someday...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules R! R! I am a fan and I have never used you. (We learnt SPSS in Psychology, boo)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@richfenne I have 3 couches and a ballpool.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@srules What, ancient, hidebound and incredibly difficult to master? And poisons you for saner smaller things?Permalink Look on archive.org
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How to schmooze (it's good advice) http://songbytoad.com/2010/10/song-by-toads-guide-to-schmooze/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@richfenne Course not! It can be pretty sweltering, though, turns out that hollow plastic spheres are good insulators...Permalink Look on archive.org
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My hard drive is seemingly filled with indexes, caches, and temporary files. I guess that's the way it goes...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Vim has broken me. I'm now uncomfortable in every other text editor, AND Vim.Permalink Look on archive.org
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But to be fair, this fucking editor uses a variable width font by default. For real, yo.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Headband Work Log - A Single LED Turns On http://post.ly/16D5nPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dbkr It can slip in there, if one uses it in a sufficiently louche fashion. (I like "they" for ambiguously-gendered singular people, too)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Why do cool things take hard work?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bentosmile http://www.positech.co.uk/democracy2/ ? it's what http://bit.ly/8Z6yiH was hinting at...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Tordf arg! "a person is only capable of having thoughts and ideas that can be expressed in their language," Sapir-Whorf is discredited!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Tordf I know, I know, he says "idea"... but still.Permalink Look on archive.org
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAUjaUIP4b0 You are the most beautiful girl in the world. And I'll be Elvis Presley to your Marilyn Monroe.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@psychicteeth I had heard of them before, but not listened. This is some heavy shit, dude. :DPermalink Look on archive.org
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"15:29 < samr> !spacecorps 15:29" "-Squeaky:#support- 723 Terraformers are expressly forbidden from recreating Swindon." God, I love IRC.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Photo: Work at the pub http://tumblr.com/xuimqorpnPermalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes you smell worse.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I, too, think Super Box crate is an excellent game. Go play it! http://www.supercratebox.com/ (it's free, and tiny, and you get to die lots)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also excellent is The Polynomial, free demo on Steam. Visuals like nothing else. http://store.steampowered.com/app/67010/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Photo: The sign reads “This car is not for sale or scrap” http://tumblr.com/xuimyh83sPermalink Look on archive.org
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I took the plunge and enstickered my laptop. But now I crave more stickers. Send me stickers, oh Internet people?Permalink Look on archive.org
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(And in the interests of quid pro quo and making everyone's post more interesting - if you DM me an address I will send something there.)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 I know I've stolen like fifty gazillion of these over the years, but can you nick me a Fresh Air sticker?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@npupp I did, it was lovely, thank you very much! Address, please, I have a postcard saved up for you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 praps when you come down to visit with @richfenne ?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@simonv3 also: Cheers!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just found a MP3 CD I made for student radio. Student radio as in before university student radio. Youth FM represent!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RubZo YESPermalink Look on archive.org
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http://i.imgur.com/FYz1e.gifPermalink Look on archive.org
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Photo: Future 3 - Alison http://tumblr.com/xuin4x9t9Permalink Look on archive.org
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@glassarmy can't help you with the Economist, but if you want an LRB login I can provide...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Since when does this happen? http://twitpic.com/30sj4cPermalink Look on archive.org
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@glassarmy also good political readings (but american) is exiledonline.com and Matt Taibbi (in Rolling Stone).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario stop telling people!Permalink Look on archive.org
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http://wondermark.com/c/2010-07-13-638time.gifPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @oh_cripes: BZZZTT!!1! http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#performHapticFeedback%28int%29Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario it's cool, thanks for pointing it out. Should edit and put it back up, I spose.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The webpage at http://apache.org/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jonty: Insomnia and irritation, so I made a thing. It involves twitter. http://jonty.co.uk/idiocyPermalink Look on archive.org
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Photo: So much I could have sent you tonight… http://tumblr.com/xuinbgmmdPermalink Look on archive.org
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"I have 16 GB of horse-related XML data." http://tumblr.com/xuine3akqPermalink Look on archive.org
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@increpare Mine washes and dries. I try to avoid drying, but my drying space is fairly minimal, so *shrug*Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @messhof: http://superior-web-solutions.com/Broadband/Studio1/intro/nightclub/nightclub.html via ramirrrroPermalink Look on archive.org
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Photo: 16.852561, 96.822081 http://tumblr.com/xuinisjvqPermalink Look on archive.org
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life is difficult sometimes http://boohooboo.tumblr.com/post/1398669460Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @octete: ♺ @mattjgalloway: Samsung Android error message #fail http://yfrog.com/msiavijPermalink Look on archive.org
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Why is it hard to do cool things? http://post.ly/17tCNPermalink Look on archive.org
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Just heading back from Needoo Grill near Brick Lane. Tasty, and also I am falling asleep.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm tired of collage.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I want to make a FUSE-based game. A game where the main verb is traversing directories.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@richfenne And again I'm like "that's fairly interesting, but link the fucking paper!" science journalism is almost always gash.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@richfenne to be clear that article was totally alright. but i'd still rather read the paper.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier Ri-Permalink Look on archive.org
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My headphones look like they're dying again. But they have a lifetime warranty, so I'll get a new pair. Think that's the fourth replacement?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario Koss PortaPros. Nice headphones, most of the breaking was my fault. The cable's splitting where it divides, this time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes Well, the cable is splitting, and previously a headphone went rattly. And once I stood up with them on, and the plug came off.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@oh_cripes Also, I find the pads become loose and fall of the band after a bit, so it's nice to get a new pair.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier Success! You win ... some kind of prize?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Today is mufti day at work. Someone came in as http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Trope-tanPermalink Look on archive.org
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No no no no no no NO, get out my head! I just thought "That'd be easier if I used a tiling window manager" FFSPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KommanderKlobb: Reminder about #londonindies pub-meet on Monday, here: http://bit.ly/aOGxNh .. please RT / invite indie devs!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier I'll see if Royal Mail will accept it...Permalink Look on archive.org
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"I'm wearing cutoff shorts. What is wrong? I have a moustache. What's going on?"Permalink Look on archive.org
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Forest and Roxy being sold off. oh, fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@awesommelier I may have fluctuating valuations of the inhabitants, but I've always been glad it's there. And the Roxy was lovely.Permalink Look on archive.org
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http://fuckyeahmenswear.tumblr.com/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Heading home early. Just got no chat or groove this evening.Permalink Look on archive.org
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unity => arduino success!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @emilyterrible Happy Halloween! NEW COMIC, "His Face All Red": http://tinyurl.com/33ssqgtPermalink Look on archive.org