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RT @DrTomCrick System Approaches to Distributed and Embedded Architectures, £5m funding call from @EPSRC /cc @XMOS @OmerK @jeremypbennett 10 minutes ago via web
Wondering if @Mattiain09 has read this : io9.com/5907063/holy-c… #bees #terrifying about 2 hours ago via web
I still struggle to comprehend the objective of Eurovision. Is it simply a genuinely earnest pursuit of bad taste? about 2 hours ago via web
Arrived in Todmorden with @ShaShaun and looking forward to the Montgolfier Brothers gig later. about 15 hours ago via Twitter for Android from Calderdale, Calderdale
DesignSparkRS Join DesignSpark at #OSHUG 19 Open Source London UK meetup 31st May, Free Evening Event ow.ly/b2sP6 about 22 hours ago via HootSuite Retweeted by 9600 and 1 other
Of technology, archaeologists and engineers: designspark.com/content/techno… . A blog for @DesignSparkRS. /cc @Dr_Black @tnmoc about 23 hours ago via web
Must invent self-replenishing tea. about 23 hours ago via web
Enjoying Pioneers of Anaesthetic — soundcloud.com/pioneers-of-an… /thanks to @HappyParticles for the link. about 23 hours ago via web
Pretty sure there weren't this many midges when I was a child. 11:07 AM May 23rd via Twitter for Android from Calderdale, Calderdale
@Mattiain09 the bees have invaded your house?! Much as I enjoy honey and appreciate bees, I am not fond of flying things that sting... 8:38 AM May 23rd via web in reply to Mattiain09
@larksie oh, sure, I while away many an hour dreaming about going to dinner with him, Jeremy Clarkson and Kelvin MacKenzie. 8:23 AM May 23rd via web in reply to larksie
It's OK, #bigtentuk12, @ajkeen is simply a panic attack of the hive mind — doesn't really exist. Deep breaths now. It will go away. 8:19 AM May 23rd via web
@billt don't feed @ajkeen — just like the Daily Mail he is powered by reaction. Best ignored. Probably doesn't really exist. 8:16 AM May 23rd via web in reply to billt
Oh dear, I see that Web troll supremo ajkeen is presenting at #bigtentuk12. He is to the Web as the Daily Mail is to humanity. 8:12 AM May 23rd via web
The @OpenRelief ionisation chamber radiation detector — flickr.com/photos/carrier… — is now logging to Cosm: cosm.com/feeds/60745 #IoT 6:26 AM May 23rd via web
Hitler wants a marina in #Todmorden: youtube.com/watch?v=mvjTjr… #HebdenBridge (NSFW subtitling) 5:23 AM May 23rd via web
Facebook is showing me adverts of Apple fanboy tat. I do hope that nobody I follow has bought shares in them. 3:12 AM May 23rd via web
@Willie_Fleming not that up on the UAV stuff. Say hello on the developer list and find out :o) 1:31 PM May 22nd via web in reply to Willie_Fleming
wowser After a while, every Eurovision song begins to blur into one glittery potato. 1:14 PM May 22nd via twicca Retweeted by 9600 and 15 others
@Willie_Fleming @OpenRelief could also do with any help we can get to refine the design and work out how we can calibrate them etc! 1:01 PM May 22nd via web in reply to Willie_Fleming

Name Andrew Back
Location Hebden Bridge / London
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Bio Technology strategy/research/writing. Open source: behind http://oshug.org & http://solderpad.com. Artist: http://andrewback.net. For hire!