Tweets from 2011/01
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			RT @iamtef: someone has pointed out it might be cheaper to pay for a year of full time education than pay council tax
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			@la_miaow it was awesome, actually. other than the bit where i drank too much and retired early, but that's my own silly fault.
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			@la_miaow is this your street-weed? I can't say I'm all that fussed...
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			@kitrichardsonuk damn you. i wanna laser.
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			Hey look - more spaces now exist for London Gamejam - http://londonjam.eventbrite.com/ (the extra space was made with a sledgehammer)
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			@kitrichardsonuk someone has a cruuuuuuuush!
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			@kitrichardsonuk hmmm... that's not very good music for dozing off in bed to... but it's good enough to be worth having got up.
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			@simonv3 i missed dogfort with my self-imposed exile on a particular species of timesucking website. it's worth it, but i still sad.
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			@RubZo "Hey, check it out, I learnt the bass line to Final Fantasy II!"
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			@iamdanw sometimes when i was in school, i would put pva glue on my fingers just so i could peel it off afterwards.
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			Who wants to play Sleep is Death with me?
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			@Rachelbug1 http://www.goddontlikeit.co.uk/tagged/shows http://bit.ly/e8WnXD http://www.songkick.com/concerts/7330606-venetian-snares-xoyo
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			Akron/Family at Bush Hall in May, anyone?
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			RT @brandonnn: holy cow --> RT @nedroid: This is beautiful, beautiful work: http://bit.ly/dILmEC
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			@awesommelier hurrah! Were you more or less drunk than last time?
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			listening to http://fora.tv/2010/10/25/Daniel_Ellsberg_and_Julian_Assange_Talk_WikiLeaks#fullprogram and Venetian Snares both.
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			@tomscott we have the best view you can get in Chiswick. Dunno about boss, depends how involved it is...
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			@S0phieH I was about to ask, but I figured it'd be better explained via the medium of blog. So: yes, please do, I is curious.
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			"BT supports net neutrality, but service providers should also be free to strike deals, [for] higher quality or assured service delivery."
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			Butchering quotes to let them fit into the available space... the actual quote is from here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12112389
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			http://www.presentcat.com/
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			@KommanderKlobb cutting programmes accurately is a hard problem (but a fun computer science one...)
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			@KommanderKlobb oh, I guess so. In which case it becomes a very hard software engineering problem.
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			@pozorvlak but then, win/fail is ... there's a lot more than that. I mean, who are his enemies, really?
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			@KommanderKlobb it's recorded later on in the process than that. at the encoding stage, which is likely in a different town to the recording
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			" akin to the classic Myst titles but with an electro twist." http://richardeflanagan.com/#17-fract-adventure-game-design
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			http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland_Revolt - and all that was found was a piece of green cheese.
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			http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAqm-i8kGUc Akron/Family's new video. I think maybe it shouldn't be good, but is.
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			I bought Catan for the flat and then we played it and it was really tense and then I won.
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			I just tried to send a text. My Nexus One sent the message to the wrong person, and deleted my entire SMS history. Not impressed.
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			I can't go to this due to being on-call, but you totally should: http://www.clubfandango.co.uk/bg_gig.php?id=1744
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			@WOAHYEAHPROCTOR hey! My neck of the woods. (To clarify, I only work there - I live in Hammersmith like normal people)
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			Huh. I appear to have spent actually all day asleep.
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			@simonv3 you know, @amyandronicus writes a lot about how much women rock...
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			@richfenne man, cinematic orchestra are everywhere the last couple of days (before which I had not heard of them)
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			@pozorvlak it was an excellent blog post. I feel I understand complex numbers more than I did before, and I enjoyed reading it.
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			@kitrichardsonuk Ah! I was just looking for that link. A: Rusko. 'Parently he produced her whole new album...
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			@anamanaguchi tracker files are the ultimate in lossless compression.
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			RT @Slaktus: I'm naming my dick Fuckminster Buller, because it doesn't believe in up and down, only in and out. http://tinyurl.com/2c4hyde
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			@Slaktus woo! good times. (PS I found you by searching for the word "Fuckminster" - that still cracks me up)
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			@Slaktus I've already paid the £50 - but I'll also be at the pub. And clearly also http://londonjam.eventbrite.com/
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			@Slaktus the problem is only a lack of chairs. When we acquire some more, the word will go out, and it will not longer be sold out.
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			http://www.tojam.ca/games_2009/cheeseohol2.asp -- haha, yes. more games that require and encourage rowdiness.
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			I also have to post this. http://imgur.com/SRmjK - if you're gonna go, go with style...
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			@S0phieH if only that was true. how many devs make games you like that you can't stand?
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			@simonv3 das racist is nothing but good. Playing in May, down here in London.
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			@I_AM_CAM you should! It's a lovely place, full of things.
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			@I_AM_CAM yeah, I'm there (almost) frequently. True there's no focus on software, but then there's almost everything here.
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			@I_AM_CAM I am excited for: upcoming darkroom, upcoming welding torch, DIY genetics. And the gamejam I'm organizing there post WoL :D
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			@Slaktus I signed you up. After counting chairs, we have slightly more than I expected...
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			@Cb2Indies You should list londonjam.eventbrite.com on yr "UK Jams" page.
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			@increpare <3
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			@increpare also, yoink.
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			American chocolate is sweeter, and comes in drab industrial packaging.
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			The cars crawling to work, from way up high http://tumblr.com/xui18z7l1t
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			Photo: The office in the morning is empty and full of dark http://tumblr.com/xui18z7kxb
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			@Rachelbug1 SUCK. :C
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			@kitrichardsonuk saw this recently, and thought of you http://songbytoad.com/2011/01/song-by-toads-rough-guide-to-self-releasing-an-album/
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			@kitrichardsonuk been reading the book http://bit.ly/5cWzCw is from.
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			@danlockton do you come to @londonhackspace ?
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			RT @flantz: Sharp analysis of a game's formal system gives insight on its thematic meanings. @simonFerrari shows how its done: http://bi ...
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			@danlockton yeah, it's an hours journey across town for me. worth having a look, though, even if it's not worth membership.
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			RT @amyhoy: @counternotions i know lots of designers & rarely hear of anyone actually reading research papers. so i wrote this: http://b ...
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			@radiodario give me a shout when you're down, it'd be lovely to see you.
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			RT @glassarmy: "Can you imagine how dull it is to have to mark a whole pile of essays on the same topic? Especially if they're shit." #i ...
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			@oh_cripes Saw your tweet just now and now I want you to make a dubstep remix album of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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			@zunguzungu I prefer http://www.theyworkforyou.com , but it doesn't go back as far.
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			@JennyJenJenna RT @agencyofconey We're extending the deadline for Playful Comms Officer to 28th of January. http://tinyurl.com/6e3pb8t
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			@awesommelier http://cookingwithbooze.org/blog/2008/06/24/in-vino-civitas/
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			@awesommelier tbh, i think you'll enjoy that entire blog
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			RT @Slaktus: Holy cow is this excellent: http://tinyurl.com/62sn72s
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			@radiodario Hammersmith way. Thinking I might be out west at the hackspace (Hoxton) most of the weekend, though.
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			@awesommelier he also runs a blog on dirty books? but anyway - deny you're interested in spherized bloody mary in vodka, go on, deny it.
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			Photo: Sainsburys doesn’t believe in vegetables. http://tumblr.com/xui19ixsnr
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			@awesommelier did it work? was it good?
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			@simonv3 fuck yes, that's amazing.
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			RT @richfenne: Is it morning already? But I didn't do any work yesterday. Time should freeze when I procrastinate.
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			@CharlesYarnold awwwww, i feel flattered to still be included. <3
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			@dbkr is the other train more direct?
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			My new favourite website: http://whitenoisemp3s.com/
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			Photo: Fuck yeah, minor act of craftiness. (I no longer need a new bag) http://tumblr.com/xui19zz2tm
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			"Ah, you can prove anything with facts"
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			@Sobri I've played GTA before, I know that's true. I think it's because they go past quicker.
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			@Slaktus source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n-UGQcG3Jw - it's a literal rendering of a refusal to accept cognitive dissonance.
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			@Sobri I dunno, "a better world" is a pretty small ambition. I mean, have you seen this one?
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			@guided1 booo - feel free to drop by for a bit if you can.
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			So : chew bread for 2 minutes and it tastes sweet, due to amylase enzymes in our saliva. But other primates don't have this ability.
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			In fact, we do due to viruses infecting egg or sperm cells, leading to their genetic code becoming permanently embedded in ours.
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			As per: "Endogenous retroviral sequences are required for tissue-specific expression of a human salivary amylase gene"(http://bit.ly/ekxGB8)
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			@teh_nipples hjalpa: because i told you to. so you'd listen to my story about having the results of an infected testicle inside you.
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			@Slaktus i like that the reason why not comes down to a question of there not being enough space.
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			@Slaktus yeah, but generally in the gut and on the skin. HERVs are an example of acquired DNA inherited.
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			@Slaktus Microflora transmission is still a bit mysterious. But interesting. But also not genetic in the sense you mean.
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			@Slaktus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endogenous_retrovirus "comprising nearly 8% of the human genome". We have much better tools than virii
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			@Slaktus "All appear to be defective, containing nonsense mutations or major deletions" :<
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			@oh_cripes but it's so fascinating! #thingsilearntatthehackspacethisweekend
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			@JennyJenJenna ooh ooh, when?
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			@JennyJenJenna oooh, ooh, exciting!
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			@KommanderKlobb @oh_cripes lamdbas are lush! really useful, but all they really are is mini, nameless, functions.
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			Official Microsoft PC Kinect SDK announced. Those words could go in pretty much any order.
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			@LowPolyStudios "Blocked by mod_slotlimit. More information about this error may be available in the server error log."
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			@ijmad does that mean you have some kind of followup appointment with them?
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			@LowPolyStudios a good problem to have! (but you should use Varnish or summat...)
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			RT @jamesbridle: "I don’t want to pretend that this is ok, safe, achievable or right, because it is not." http://bit.ly/eaqHer via @hann ...
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			@LowPolyStudios you'd be surprised #advicenotfromrealworldexperience
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			@PeterDJohnstone What if the art comes in the forms of instructions for creating the art?
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			FUCK YOU:"...the White House has been asking business groups to identify regulations they believe are obstacles..." http://on.wsj.com/fzxTjx
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			@edclef aww, i was excited for it from the headless screenshot. it's a lovely aesthetic, though, really crunchy.
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			@MaxTundra @londonhackspace worlds collide... I was there when he did that. And the LINK one, too.
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			@edclef please tell me only the cheesiest of post process?
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			@Slaktus Hey, I didn't say I was surprised. http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/calvino/callast.html I think says it perfectly.
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			@Slaktus you're an impossible idealist.
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			Photo: Sometimes the easiest solution is stupid. http://tumblr.com/xui1apg3jp
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			@infectedarea right => video => left / left => left => right. the headphones were the wrong way round.
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			HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN http://youtu.be/NzmpTG1CZzI
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			@3en christ, you're at this NESTA thing too? Everyone seems to be!
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			@thestory2011 Is there a waiting list? Can I be on it?
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			http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12171977 Liar! "whois wikileaks.com" : "Expiration Date: 03-jan-2012" "Registrant: Wikia, Inc."
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			RT @abscond: So... Oxford Circus shooting confusion: exquisitetweets.com/collection/abscond/152
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			@oh_cripes http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/browse_thread/thread/cfba9e918a1795b2
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			@musebloom go for it!
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			@HilariousCow see marr's 2.5D sketch. Depth perception is an interesting topic generally.
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			@KommanderKlobb That sounds like it wouldn't be a fun regex. Chop it into small pieces and eat them one by one is my only advice.
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			Anyone want a months worth of tastecard? I currently have two.
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			@KommanderKlobb @oh_cripes oh christ, yes, completely agree. I assumed it was impossible to do manually, or else I'd've said that.
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			@psychicteeth http://www.amazon.com/Warmkeyboard-Heated-USB-Keyboard-Beige/dp/B000GBLXL8 #theinternetgottherefirst
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			RT @CphGC: Oh fuck yes RT @mentalabstrato omg best track ever: http://omigone.bandcamp.com/track/a-primeira-audi-o-a-que-fica
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			Worklog http://post.ly/1VpBm
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			@KommanderKlobb oh man, now I want sushi again. I need to stop eating so much sushi!
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			@Slaktus @KommanderKlobb but it's so expensive! when i am rich i shall eat sushi every day.
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			Manchester United shop, Kibera, Nairobi http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/612008983
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			I replayed an old game I made, and I fell in love it again. Is this, like, a weird thing to announce? http://nottheinternet.com/games/cubes/
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			I took that game, and I made it smaller, and on a page full of ads. Well done me. http://www.kongregate.com/games/vtwentyone/cubes
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			@KommanderKlobb cheers. that's a cb2 game, that is, straight from cambridge.
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			@RobbieSFerguson @thomasogden Hi Popolo dudes! Can I use one of your songs as a soundtrack to a game? It's at http://bit.ly/eNCa1k
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			@npupp @radiodario not actually Flash, it's Unity. If someone gives me lots of money, I'll build it as an iPad app...
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			@radiodario $400 + borrowing a Mac occasionally.
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			@simonv3 If I were in Edinburgh, I would have been there. Glad to hear they were good, really like their album.
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			@S0phieH but I need to have a bath and some dim sum! Can I do it when I get back?
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			@RobbieSFerguson Ha! I saw you guys in Edinburgh, and always liked you. Then was looking for soundtrack music, and thought of you guys.
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			@RobbieSFerguson and thanks! I'll go add it in now.
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			@Slaktus for what? Creating one for a community, there's Ning, or any of the open fb clones, if you wanna host yrself.
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			@Slaktus Hmm... might be able to hack something out of drupal, or django. basically a multiuser blog with feeds per person, and easy posting
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			@checker what's so sweet about it? it's bounded outputs?
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			@glassarmy You should ditch the Lemuria for School of Seven Bells. Just for the name...
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			@mrArtessaDesign I'd love to learn more about fonts! Question for you: what do you reckon to the ubiquitous faux-pixel fonts? ie Silkscreen
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			RT @JDinesen: Do you know that special Nokia text message sound? Its actually morse code for "SMS".
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			Price check, huh? I notice it was cheaper beforehand... http://twitpic.com/3t1ko2
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			Photo: Who would buy two at these prices? http://tumblr.com/xui1c4o1hm
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			@timoncheese that's an excellent crash blossom.
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			@KommanderKlobb Unity isn't so impossible. Flash is reasonable with stuff like wonderfl. Or more basically, scratch etc.
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			@imaginary_lines you have good taste in grumpy food.
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			how fucking cool is this? http://xiaoji-chen.com/blog/
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			@awesommelier i'm updating this from an office in chiswick at 8am. just saying, screw you!
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			LASERS. Extremely high powered lasers.
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			@Slaktus I.T. has waxed thick and thin for decades. Why would we stop now?
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			@honeyslug @CphGC really? this is bizarre - i have never heard of it. my world just expanded a little.
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			A1 paper is larger when you're on the tube.
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			@Slaktus if I am to believe your tweets - you did good today. Go home proud.
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			@dbkr it was actually mounting board :<
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			I need a better go-to font than Silkscreen. Maybe I'll make one.
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			@iamtef make it lower case, so the text is more readable.
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			Ugh, attempting to solve the "streaming internet radio from a web page" problem again.
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			RT: Archer (that cartoon about the terrible secret agent, remember?), returns early Friday morning UK time!
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			@oh_cripes did you get druuuuuuuunk? (PS, the answer is yes, you gave me a hug last night, that means yes)
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			How dare the BBC kill off all these top level sites? http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/
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			For real I mean this - what's gained? the hosting costs, the ability to reuse that URL - what's lost? history.
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			A point made more obvious by the loss of http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/
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			"Our view is that these pages often contain a lot of information about the programme or event which may be of interest in the future."
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			"We don't want to delete pages which users may have bookmarked or linked to in other ways." from http://www.bbc.co.uk/help/web/mothballing/
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			"I know some have questioned the importance of this number... tackling the symptom of a problem does provide a real incentive to change"
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			@pozorvlak YES
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			@pozorvlak the YES was to kittens.
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			@AmyAndronicus but yet one of the big stories here in the UK is a sports commentator being offhandedly privately sexist. People still care.
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			@richfenne you need an intervention. is that another blog/twitter account you're about to start?
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			@richfenne ... and you did the international one, i see. get a grip on yourself! there's no prize for hitting double digits!
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			SPACE - http://spacevidcast.com/live/ - stuff is docking, and you can see it happen.
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			@timburke55 not myself, but http://london.hackspace.org.uk/ has a full set of tools.no need to be a member, just check someone's there first
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			@srules faaack! (what were you pitching?)
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			@richfenne ha, i just - my main problem is there's all this /stuff/ i want to do. but actually what I need is some sleep. it's okay to relax
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			@richfenne it's okay to just read a book and enjoy it, and that's all.
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			Hey @alicetaylor , I like your trousers! #wol2
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			@increpare fair enough. See you at the jam.
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			@glassarmy I know exactly how you feel.
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			On my way to #londonjam now. Bit late, and to be honest, all I want is tea. Good night last night!
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			@KommanderKlobb @Slaktus +447962403825
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			@KommanderKlobb there is infinite tea. The hackspace is a magical space.
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			@nachimir it's very true. MOAR DANCING
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			@nachimir Bizarre! That's where I live.
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			AAARG, the SIM card slot on this laptop seems to maybe be buggered.
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			@iamtef haha, exactly the same. I was triggered by the Metro, of all things...
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			@nachimir ha, I've been there. Some interesting stuff got made - hopefully get them online. And I'll have to come see Nottinghack some day.
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			@KommanderKlobb oh, hey, i'd love to dink in your jam game source. that sounds somehow dirty?
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			An IPv4 address space walks into a bar: "A strong CIDR please. I'm exhausted."
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			RT @pozorvlak: Unexpectedly fascinating: http://enwp.org/Toilet_paper_orientation (HT @bobreturns)
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			@S0phieH @KommanderKlobb was forcefully arguing that all lunch yesterday. The NGP also has a touch bit on the back of the device...?
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			@S0phieH @KommanderKlobb i still think touchscreens are ace for anything without time pressure. and nans who hate computers can use ipads.
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			@Kimski_Impro it's a pun on the theme of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4_address_exhaustion - a bad pun.
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			@KateWorld nope, alternately white ans interesting glitch on the screen. it's a neo geo machine, not sure how repairable. but the shell...
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			@RubZo If I'd've read that, I would have said yes. Too late now, though.
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			@KateWorld ...the shell could easily house something more modern and indie, if people have given up on getting authentic guts working.
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			@rclarke the android gimme5 qr link isnae working for me...
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			@iotwatch this? http://xiaoji-chen.com/blog/2010/the-linkage-computer/
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			@iotwatch heh - fair enough. she may know of something interesting anyhow. good luck with the curation :)
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			Today's soundtrack [spotify] http://bit.ly/gJLDbV
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			@KommanderKlobb ah, when someone says they'll just tidy the code first, you know you'll never see it :P