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ideoforms 100,000 firefly-like LEDs float down tokyo's sumida river spoon-tamago.com/2012/05/10/tok… (via @jessibaker) 11:05 AM May 13th via web Retweeted by aldroid and 1 other
@charroch not given up! It's just ended up on the wayside- I have loads of stuff I want to do to it. What's the project? I'll help if I can! 1:04 AM May 14th via web in reply to charroch
perhaps it's just me, but javascript's "onKeyDown" callback feels like it's missing the preceding "m" 6:38 AM May 13th via web
aalear I know a great UDP joke but you might not get it. 8:00 AM Mar 28th via web Retweeted by aldroid and 2164 others
iamtef question; who do I pay off to get trollface included in the unicode standard ? 3:46 AM Mar 28th via Echofon Retweeted by aldroid and 9 others
Finally got around to publishing my Rainbow Harp app for active pen-enabled HTC devices! play.google.com/store/apps/det… @PalmSounds @htcdev 9:42 AM Mar 23rd via web
HeardinLondon Police with machine guns have arrived. #SaveOurNHS twitpic.com/8xkbt4 8:06 AM Mar 17th via Twitpic Retweeted by aldroid and 269 others
I'm wondering if you could teach a dog a turing-complete set of commands, possibly using a play area. A URM with balls and bucket registers? 6:47 AM Mar 16th via web
Interesting how ICS is available on AOSP waay before handset vendors' official ROMs. Are they waiting to piggyback on community engineering? 1:29 AM Feb 14th via web
@mclduk @RossBencina I saw that! I really want to take some time out and hack on PulseAudio now :) 11:07 PM Feb 12th via web in reply to mclduk
a homemade hurdy gurdy at the hacklab last month: edinburghhacklab.com/2012/02/edinbu… 4:09 AM Feb 8th via web
lizzwinstead Facebook went public this week. It wasn't a business decision as much as a malfunction in their privacy settings. 4:36 AM Feb 5th via TweetDeck Retweeted by aldroid and 175 others
what is there to do in that london this weekend? 2:05 AM Feb 3rd via web
From now on, all my Linux log files are going to be called "hee_hee," because I've discovered the joy of piping commands to | tee hee_hee 12:13 PM Feb 2nd via web
AmigaBeanbag New Mr Beanbag special level uploaded for Burns Night! That's tomorrow by the way if ye didnae ken. Download the LHA file from our website. 5:27 PM Jan 24th via web Retweeted by aldroid
A client has started mailing me screenshots of informative webpages instead of URLs to them. Not sure if technically inept or Redditor. 1:20 AM Jan 24th via web
If you take the Teletubbies theme and you remove Dipsy's line, you get the A-Team theme. 10:09 AM Jan 17th via web
Music night at @edinhacklab again this friday, 8pm. Talk about computer music, and a possible hurdy gurdy. Woop! 8:02 AM Jan 16th via web
rdouglasjohnson There's now a dictator younger than me 2:49 PM Dec 29th, 2011 via web Retweeted by aldroid
Mr Beanbag is now available as a public beta! glastonbridge.co.uk/mrbeanbag/ #mrbeanbag 6:59 AM Dec 28th, 2011 via web