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liamcasey m.wired.com/design/2012/05… How Lark Went From Idea to Apple Store in One Year - with less than $1 Million funding! about 2 hours ago via web Retweeted by aallan and 3 others
b0yle Two important times for #SpaceX #Dragon approach: 521am ET for 250-meter maneuvers, 759am ET for grapple. 34 minutes ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by aallan and 4 others
timoreilly The Maker Movement starts to attract venture capital bit.ly/KK16do Excellent account of @bfeld's talk at #makeHIW last week about 9 hours ago via bitly Retweeted by aallan and 16 others
@ckindel I think buff.ly/KeeLIF means the MS is starting to get it. Backwards compatibily isn't a good thing. /cc @stroughtonsmith about 9 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
Also playing with the new @diysandbox WiFi shield. Worked out of the box with decent library support. twitter.com/aallan/status/… about 9 hours ago via Camera on iOS
In the process of replacing a bunch of @Arduino Diecimilas with Ethernet Shields with new Arduino Ethernet boards! twitter.com/aallan/status/… about 9 hours ago via Camera on iOS
SpaceX Incredible video from @NASA shows #Dragon as it closes in on the International Space Station. ow.ly/b7B01 about 18 hours ago via HootSuite Retweeted by aallan and 359 others
SpaceX Watching Falcon 9/Dragon launch from on board the International Space Station! @NASA @ESA ow.ly/b7ZMe about 14 hours ago via HootSuite Retweeted by aallan and 80 others
elakdawalla Tomorrow there will be live video from Dragon, but it will be infrared, not visible, camera (presumably because can image in dark?) about 17 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by aallan and 3 others
twcspacewx Much better view of Dragon's solar panels. yfrog.com/es8o9wp about 19 hours ago via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by aallan and 2 others
twcspacewx View of Dragon from ISS - the little dot just below the Earth's horizon. yfrog.com/odkh8np about 20 hours ago via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by aallan and 3 others
twcspacewx SpaceX Mission Director John Couluris says Dragon is "go" for berthing day tomorrow. about 17 hours ago via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by aallan and 1 other
Yes. This is what it looks like. The classic Lords of Midnight is coming to the iPad, icemark.com/blog/. yfrog.com/oc7hzepzj about 17 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
@abizern Agreed, brackets in the first column are an abomination! ;) /cc @uliwitness about 17 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to abizern
@veritech There was going to be any question about that..? ;) about 21 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to veritech
Look what arrived in the mail while I was out at @makerfaire, it's the "iOS Hacker's Handbook," eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Wiley…. yfrog.com/nu44798883j about 22 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
mikeloukides Anti-bloom: The Opposite of a Bloom Filter zite.to/JxWO3h 5:09 AM May 23rd via Zite Personalized Magazine Retweeted by aallan
@jonjohns65 Depends on what you mean by altitude. In theory, no. In practice, it'll probably be fine. ;) 12:26 AM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to jonjohns65
pjf So, clearing cookies when looking for airfares might be a *really* good idea. i.imgur.com/9ezxg.jpg 7:53 PM May 22nd via web Retweeted by aallan and 134 others
elakdawalla RT @BadAstronomer: Hey, this is cool: a look inside the @SpaceX Dragon capsule while it's in flight. is.gd/0kskyz 8:20 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck Retweeted by aallan and 9 others

Name Alasdair Allan
Location Exeter, UK
Web http://about.me/a...
Bio Yet another hacker, pretending to be an astronomer, pretending to be a hacker who has written several books about iOS and Arduino for O'Reilly Media.