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alexheaton

  1. @fearoftigers poops. Get well soon :)
  2. @stefangoodchild I improvised those recently (duvet over window). I went to bed at 11pm, woke up at 4pm. Dangerous ;)
  3. @msalexharris Did you get my email last week?
  4. @benm1969 Great talk yesterday, are your slides available anywhere?
  5. @davehornsby Get a suitably embarrassing photo of Aidan in a suit having his cheek pinched or something
  6. @davehornsby I particularly enjoy seeing them on the tube
  7. Where can I find elderflowers growing in #london? I need some for a new #homebrew recipe. Please RT
  8. @theBeerBug Just let me know when I can buy one :)
  9. Random sweets delivered from Japan twice a month? Mmmmmmm - candyjapan.com
  10. Ruby already has a (relaxed) regular expression for checking URLs - URI.regexp(%w[http https])
  11. The most horrible thing I've seen all week - A cutaway skull showing you how your adult teeth grow as a child - j.mp/JoaL3G
  12. @tommacandrew I think I'm meeting Aidan straight there at 7
  13. @tommacandrew About 7
  14. Apple quietly updated the cursor resolution in Lion - System Preferences > Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad > Cursor Size