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bensummers

  1. @ajbaker That's probably the only good reason to own a cat. about 7 hours ago via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to ajbaker
  2. @bcrecworks @steviebuckley @dmitrigrabov You've taken this conversation with good humour. 'phew about 11 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to bcrecworks
  3. @dmitrigrabov @bcrecworks @steviebuckley In this case, it's a compliment. I think. Perhaps I should have said "a clean cut version of"? about 11 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to dmitrigrabov
  4. @dmitrigrabov You would have thought that would be a bad sign. But @bcrecworks is the @StevieBuckley of the Java world. about 11 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to dmitrigrabov
  5. @dmitrigrabov Yes, there are passionate Java devs. Go to this to meet some of them: meetup.com/Londonjavacomm… (actually a good night out!) about 11 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to dmitrigrabov
  6. @chrisridd Yes, having a door you can close at the end of the day is a Very Good Thing! about 13 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to chrisridd
  7. @chrisridd Nice! Working from home is a good thing in many ways. about 13 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to chrisridd
  8. @chrisridd Congratulations! That's really good news. Will you be working remotely? about 14 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to chrisridd
  9. @beng Re "brand exclusion", see @qwghlm 's idea: twitter.com/qwghlm/status/… twitter.com/qwghlm/status/… about 16 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to beng
  10. @whoopsie @chrisridd I seem to remember getting into debugging tools to solve the docking problem. Useful experience for later career. about 16 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to whoopsie
  11. @whoopsie @chrisridd I could never dock in Elite. This was the first indication I don't have enough patience to play computer games. about 17 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to whoopsie
  12. @fjordaan @paolability Looks like you're left with misusing the "favourite" feature then. about 18 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to fjordaan
  13. @chrisridd Doesn't matter if the answers came out of /dev/srandom. That's what everyone does, right? about 18 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to chrisridd
  14. @fjordaan On iPhone? TweetBot: "Send to Instapaper" if tweet has link. Otherwise "Copy link to tweet" and launch Instapaper app. about 18 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to fjordaan
  15. Wondering if the new Apple ID "security" questions actually increase security? #unconvinced #usedRandomBase64EncodedData about 18 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  16. Bit too hot today. #unhelpfulbritishweather 3:08 AM May 24th via Tweetbot for iOS
  17. I have just looked at the JavaScript for Twitter Bootstrap. That's quite some Hipster JavaScript you got there. #justAddSemicolons 10:45 AM May 23rd via Twitter for Mac
  18. @ErsatzSarah Could you gaze at someone else's? 7:53 AM May 23rd via Twitter for Mac in reply to ErsatzSarah