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@zemogle And that's going well? Is badly less or more burns? #confused about 3 hours ago via web in reply to zemogle
@zemogle @astrofairy swift pub to avoid the flame? about 11 hours ago via web in reply to zemogle
I think this is my favorite view of #dragon so far. "Hanging there, just like a brick wouldn't". #towelday yfrog.com/h3lovgqj about 11 hours ago via web
towelday Happy #towelday to all intelligent life forms out there. And to the rest of you... the trick is to bang the rocks together, guys. about 11 hours ago via web Retweeted by AstroSpanner and 283 others
well done to @SpaceX; fantastic achievement! about 12 hours ago via web
left a bit! #dragon about 12 hours ago via web
caleb_scharf #Dragon is GO for capture! about 12 hours ago via web Retweeted by AstroSpanner and 2 others
@TeamOpenOffice is it possible to create a new document from the command line using extension as type (eg ooffice new.doc to start writer)? about 15 hours ago via web
@eldaifo @Ken_Day if you're playing on the swings on the R1, you're doing it wrong... about 16 hours ago via web in reply to eldaifo
SpaceX More big tests tonight for SpaceX #Dragon, to quote the Beastie Boys - "NO - SLEEP - TILL STATION!" about 22 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by AstroSpanner and 239 others
well, that was more of a learning cliff than learning curve. Fun though! 1:27 PM May 24th via web
pocahontasshole Tattoo of Leviticus 18:22 forbidding homosexuality: £200. Not knowing that Leviticus 19:28 forbids tattoos: Priceless. twitter.com/pocahontasshol… 9:08 AM May 22nd via web Retweeted by AstroSpanner and 21995 others
@brideyrevisited @BBCPolitics @bbcscitech disagree entirely! Don't dumb down any of them! 9:35 AM May 22nd via web in reply to brideyrevisited
Alby This is *easily* the best photograph from Sunday's eclipse: twitpic.com/9nwy9z. 1:46 AM May 22nd via web Retweeted by AstroSpanner and 51 others
@rickygervais "God is Not Great" by Christopher Hitchens is a great place to explain why beliving in non-existent Gods is a bad thing. 2:16 PM May 21st via web in reply to rickygervais
@astronomyblog Maybe they've still got some from a grant >5 years ago! 5:22 AM May 21st via web in reply to astronomyblog
Sleep. It's for the weak. 3:49 PM May 20th via web
would make for a fun winter project. I've been warned would lead to divorce though: blog.makezine.com/2012/05/18/del… 2:19 PM May 20th via web
@harto @minutephysics now *this* project I want to see. My Drunk Physics? 2:18 PM May 20th via web in reply to harto
@pr4wn @YorkieGav tricky questions get "interesting" with a chinrub, and easy ones get "trivial", or "its just engineering now". 2:11 PM May 20th via web in reply to pr4wn

Name Will Grainger
Location Cardiff
Bio Telescope integrator for radio and sub-mm systems. Curry eater, coffee drinker, tinkerer, reader, beer brewer, cyclist, physics geek and sci-fi nerd.