October 2009
Help name our kitten?
What should we call our new (tuxedo) cat?
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“If there’s one thing the movies have taught me, it’s NEVER LIVE IN A...”
– Set Up Like A Deck Of Cards
Holy not-very-usable-pixelated messiness batman, the default iPhone camera app is pretty awful, is there a better one in the app store?
Lifelogging Takes Another Step Forward →
Just your average lifelogger
Lifelogging – recording every single minute of your life (or as much of it as possible) – continues its unstoppable march towards the mainstream with the announcement that Vicon will soon release a life recording device called the Revue.
The device is worn around your neck and automatically takes photos up to every 30 seconds. The Revue boasts an...
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Hurray for Thursday morning, Three cheers for office lights, This poem is quite sarcastic, It does in fact all bite.
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“I expected Windows users to be the cheapest”
– Marco on World of Goo’s pay-what-you-want report. I am offended. In fact I’m gonna demand a refund for my tumblr t-shirt and donate it to World of Goo.
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FFfffffffffff aaaaaahhh
I have no recollection of ever accidentally kicking a door frame when I have shoes on, but the second I take them off…
Silent Sigh - Badly Drawn Boy (About A Boy...
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Things you should do
on a bank holiday Monday: Sod all. Nada. Zip. Zilcho. Nowt. Nothin’.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25) →
Josh Rouse (14)
The Crystal Method (10)
Sufjan Stevens (6)
Simon & Garfunkel (6)
Josh Rouse & Kurt Wagner (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Suburban Observations
Things that crunch underfoot:
Gravel driveways.
Pebbles on the strand.
Ice on grass.
Shells on beach walks.
And (unfortunately) snails on night-time garden paths.
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Fate raised an eyebrow. ‘And no cheating lady.’ he said. ‘But who could cheat Fate?’ she asked. He shrugged. ‘No-one. Yet everyone tries.’ - The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett.
Friday Night Saturday Morning - Nouvelle Vague
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“When you start relying too heavily on memories––for thinking, or in...”
– Magic Molly
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Held by the Taliban. - A Rope and a Prayer -... →
It was 1 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, in Miram Shah, the capital of the North Waziristan tribal agency in Pakistan. After seven months and 10 days in Taliban captivity, I had come to a decision with Tahir Luddin, the Afghan journalist I had been kidnapped with, to try to make a run for it.
My heart literally pounded reading this, reporter David Rohde’s account of his escape from the...
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“We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never...”
– Richard Dawkins (via livejamie)
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Essential Firefox plug-ins
Gmail notifier Greasemonkey & Google image ripper Weave Lazarus (Essential) English dictionary
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18) →
Thomas Newman (47)
Josh Rouse (33)
Carole King (17)
Ryan Bingham (10)
The Crystal Method (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Essential apps
Now that I’ve formatted & reinstalled my system, here are my essential apps (in no particular order), that I have quickly reinstalled:
Last.fm scrobbler (Keep track of your listening habits)
Picasa (Manage your photo collection)
iTunes (Sync your music/app collection) *
DisplayFusion (Manage your multiple desktops)
Firefox (Web browser)
TweetDeck (Twitter client)
Book Designer...
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“If women knew, if they even had the slightest idea of what men were thinking,...”
– Larry Miller
Ten rules for success and happiness in armed...
From Swag:
1. Always be polite on the job, say please and thank you. 2. Never say more than is necessary. 3. Never call your partner by name – unless you use a made-up name. 4. Dress well. Never look suspicious or like a bum. 5. Never use your own car. (Details to come.) 6. Never count the take in the car. 7. Never flash money in a bar or with women. 8. Never go back to an old bar or hangout...
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