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  1. @KLBarber no, I spotted it on reddit 1:22 PM Jun 1st via web in reply to KLBarber
  2. I've been chuckling at this photo of a guinea pig disguised as a baked potato for rather too long now i.imgur.com/VSiOB.jpg 12:23 PM Jun 1st via web
  3. Today I learned that the old crest of Shoreditch reads "More power, more light" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shor… #ds12 9:37 AM Jun 1st via web
  4. @pfig we just use a Python oauth2 library and roll our own abstractions on top of it, the Twitter API is very pleasant to work with directly 8:49 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to pfig
  5. I'm on "The Tech Commandments" panel at #ds12 this afternoon (at 3:15pm) - I'll be talking about shipping culture lanyrd.com/srmgy 5:06 AM Jun 1st via Tweet Button
  6. @DigiShoreditch @mstafford @9others we have a guide to upcoming Silicon Roundabout / Tech City events here: lanyrd.com/guides/silicon… 3:57 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to DigiShoreditch
  7. @paulsilver @jaygooby @vickyjo hah... maybe Cities of Gold was a veiled advert for Scientology all along #conspiracy 8:00 AM May 31st via web in reply to paulsilver
  8. The OnGameStart HTML5 game development conference website is awesome ongamestart.com - it has a neat 8bit style platform game 8:00 AM May 31st via web
  9. @jaygooby @paulsilver @vickyjo it all gets a bit weird when they get to the aliens living in the volcano :/ 3:14 AM May 31st via web in reply to jaygooby
  10. @nephics I just added lanyrd.com/places/scandin… and lanyrd.com/places/nordic-… for you, thanks for the suggestion! 4:39 AM May 30th via web in reply to nephics
  11. I'm tracking PyCon UK 2012, 28th-30th September 2012 in Coventry lanyrd.com/2012/pycon-uk/ 10:48 AM May 29th via Tweet Button
  12. Public voting for Shed of the Year 2012 is open now - readersheds.co.uk/share.cfm - and @neilhimself is one of the judges shedblog.co.uk/2011/10/25/wel… 10:19 AM May 29th via web
  13. Rats. Just heard BBC 3 cancelled Mongrels, there won't be a third season :( 2:41 PM May 26th via Twitter for iPad
  14. @drewm it's a fine, horrifically rude BBC sitcom about puppet foxes. "(this is not X...)" is the catch phrase of the stray cat 2:32 PM May 26th via Twitter for iPad in reply to drewm
  15. @drewm have you watched Mongrels? 2:29 PM May 26th via Twitter for iPad in reply to drewm
  16. "I've been waiting forever for this evening" - it's basically the Olympics for crap singers #Eurovision 2:28 PM May 26th via Twitter for iPad