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  1. Still no snow in Newbury yet, but we're promised it for 2100, just in time for me to be snowed into my guitar lesson! #uksnow 0/10 RG14 9:59 AM Feb 9th via web
  2. From shy toy seller to tanned adventurer – the story of how one man rowed across the Atlantic - Telegraph tgr.ph/wUCiLp - Amazing! :o 2:12 PM Jan 25th via bitly
  3. #uksnow RG14 0/10 It's not even managing to drizzle at the mo; some precipitation though... 1:11 AM Dec 16th, 2011 via web
  4. #uksnow RG14 1/10 12:21 AM Dec 16th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  5. Nice: Install Google Chrome with YUM on Fedora 16/15, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6: if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-g… via @AddThis 2:48 AM Dec 14th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  6. Stop putting more carriages on trains & move the jobs to where the people are! 11:40 AM Nov 30th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  7. @CharlesOakesCo Hi, sorry, I'm not available for contract work at the moment. Bit the permie bullet for the foreseeable! 5:44 PM Oct 25th, 2011 via TweetDeck in reply to CharlesOakesCo
  8. @margaretbowling Are there still Caribbean spaces? My main concern is my fitness (although I'm trying to run up hills lots & erg for hours!) 4:37 PM Oct 25th, 2011 via web in reply to margaretbowling
  9. 6 miles in an hour and a half. What are the chances that it'll take a bit longer after a pint & a half? 2:20 PM Sep 7th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  10. After Monday's 1hr AT run & last night's 2hr canoe, I think tonight's exertion will be a relatively leisurely stomp. 11:38 AM Sep 7th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  11. RT @bengoldacre omfg MDMA cures teh cancer bit.ly/pcERkn sanity restored, no thanks to the press... 12:42 AM Aug 20th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  12. RT @benadrylbrownie @quantick I'd be surprised if you haven't seen this site but here it is anyway: sexyalevels blog sexyalevels.tumblr.com 12:36 AM Aug 20th, 2011 via TweetDeck
  13. @margaretbowling good luck with your erging today, reminds me of steering a 4- over the Boston Marathon some years back! 12:39 AM Aug 18th, 2011 via TweetDeck in reply to margaretbowling
  14. @margaretbowling I'm giving one of those rows serious consideration, as a good way to celebrate my 40th! 12:10 AM Aug 18th, 2011 via TweetDeck in reply to margaretbowling
  15. @rpeberdy java IM clients already exist, search for ' jabber' and go from there... 12:08 AM Aug 18th, 2011 via TweetDeck in reply to rpeberdy
  16. @margaretbowling I take it you mean Christchurch Dorset, not NZ? I might be tempted... I need a new challenge in my life!! 4:04 PM Aug 12th, 2011 via web in reply to margaretbowling
  17. Old, a bit dull, but it's mine... OpenSIGLE at INIST: Item 10068/623538 http://bit.ly/gHnsIR 6:57 AM Feb 8th, 2011 via bitly
  • Name Stephen Hobdell
  • Location Newbury, Berkshire, UK
  • Web http://bit.ly/ph5ZL
  • Bio Web developer with an interest in making the tech just work.
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