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Once it’s leaked on the interwebs, you just can’t take it back. Due to some unfortunate snafu, the details of the Google browser was accidentally leaked. Read more here…
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Tags: browser, google, internet, Technology
(Yes, the title is inflammatory on purpose. Deal with it.)
The Beeb published an article today about soy foods being responsible for decreased sperm counts:
A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, suggest scientists.
The study, published in the journal Human Reproduction, found 41 million fewer sperm per millilitre of [...]
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Tags: soy, survival strategy, vegan, vegetarian
UK to add ‘music tax’ for ISPs?
This morning The Independent published a story about the UK government mulling proposals to combat music ‘piracy.’ I have some mixed feelings about this proposal.
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Tags: 'piracy', internet, law, Technology
This is something very exciting for me — Google has mashed up street view with driving directions! This lets you preview the route as you would see it from your car, which is a great idea! Now, how long until we get it in London?
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Tags: google, internet, maps, Technology
Scattered images
Just found a great effect that someone has tried by stitching about 200 images taken over a 1h20 shoot together. From his flickr page, the stats are:
All shots handheld except for about 8 shots with tripod
256 images taken
200 or so images used
270 or so layers created
1.6GB original image size
1h20 shoot time
16h or so in [...]
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Tags: photography, scattered images
Lock your bike!
This article over at quickrelease.tv is probably the definitive guide to securing your bike. Although, as they themselves admit, nothing will deter the most determined thief, but raising the bar is relatively easy to do.
Thankfully, I haven’t had mine stolen yet, but it might also be because I have only parked it in a [...]
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Tags: bike theft, Cycling, lock, London, theft
Posted verbatim from an email forwarded to me:
(I finally tracked this down to the glossary of the Camel book, but I’d swear I’ve seen it in slightly different form elsewhere.) The Camel book mentions these three qualities:
Laziness
The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure. It makes you write [...]
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Tags: humour, programming, Technology
Weird spam…
Even though I haven’t posted anything recently, I do get boatloads of spam; usually I let akismet trash them without any further concern, but this one caught my eye. Strange stuff…
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Tags: jackie chan, porn, spam, Technology
San Francisco, California
I spent two weekends and a few days exploring San Francisco (since it was where my apartment was), but during the week I was mostly in Mountain View.
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Tags: public transport, san francisco, traveling, wine
Tube strike… ouch!
Seems the Metronet strike could not have been averted. I don’t know about the maintenance workers, but with tube drivers earning in the region of £30k, I’m wondering what the real issue here is…
Thankfully I haven’t been on the tube in quite a while, thanks to my trusty steed and some good weather for [...]
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Tags: Cycling, London, metronet, Politics, public transport, strike, tube
Critical Mass in London
I attended my inaugural Critical Mass ride this Friday, and to my pleasant surprise I enjoyed it tremendously. It is great being able to roam the capital’s streets without the normal paranoid attitude one has to maintain while cycling with regards to other forms of traffic, and the experience was especially [...]
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Tags: activism, celebration, critical mass, Cycling, London
Latest toy
Since arriving here, I haven’t been doing too much in the way of exercising. So, after having a few very frustrating weeks on public transport, and with the glorious spring weather that’s been hanging around, I’ve caved in and decided cycling to work should be a good option.
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Tags: commute, Cycling, decathlon, London, triban
Points failure and fire alerts
What normally constitutes a simple 20-minute train ride, turned into a hellish hour-plus journey between various overcrowded lines and stations to try and find an alternative route.
This isn’t the norm, luckily. Wish I’d known that before boarding the first time, since a bus would most probably have been quicker and less stressful.
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Tags: commute, London, tube
London, here we come!
Today I picked up our passports with a two-year Entry Clearance visa for the UK. The wife and I will be going there for a few years (two at least) to spread our wings a little. We qualified under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme, which gives you an initial two-year period (extendable for [...]
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Tags: London, migration
Spain
…is a beautiful and crazy place.
We spent just under two weeks touring from Madrid to the southern coast, visiting all the regular tourist traps, but managing to see the beautiful Moorish legacy that the country has.
Just one mental note: Don’t use the buses if you have any kind of nervous stomach…
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Tags: spain, traveling
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