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Twitter tweaks service to be faster, snappier cnet.co/KafcFa about 3 hours ago via twicca
Somebody at bit.ly was away in la-la land when they signed off on the new redesign. about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
@nternetinspired Big thunderstorm going on there so people probably won't take you up on that suggestion ;) about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to nternetinspired
mathewi "when people produce content, they're expensive; when they consume it, they're cheap bastards who want everything free" j.mp/KGGYXd about 6 hours ago via Instapaper Retweeted by elpie and 10 others
@vodafoneNZ Cheers :-) about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to vodafoneNZ
@vodafoneNZ So, when is the website going to be updated & price info given? about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to vodafoneNZ
@harrismint Latency issues ;) @seeby about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to harrismint
@oharris69 Not quite there yet. Was always on the cards after the US named Syria as part of its axis of evil. @Kiwiseabreeze about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to oharris69
@harrismint It's knot the snip that causes the data to stop flowing ;) @seeby about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to harrismint
@oharris69 In this case, the idea of outside action scares me. Whole region could be so easily destabilised. @Kiwiseabreeze about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to oharris69
@SirWB And here I thought you were quoting all of the last four US presidents ;) about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to SirWB
@SirWB Isn't that part of the Borg mantra? @Kiwiseabreeze about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to SirWB
@Kiwiseabreeze Which makes it damned hard to formulate an opinion when being so aware that public opinion is manipulation. @oharris69 about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to Kiwiseabreeze
@Kiwiseabreeze I saw things first hand there that were completely & deliberately misrepresented on BBC & CNN at the time. @oharris69 about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to Kiwiseabreeze
@Kiwiseabreeze Being in Syria made me realise I can't trust anything reported by Western media. Esp. about events in Middle East.@oharris69 about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to Kiwiseabreeze
@Kiwiseabreeze Now I feel like a cynic - "never can be, never will be, as long as human nature exists". @oharris69 about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to Kiwiseabreeze
@oharris69 Problem there is UN cannot be certain about who is responsible. Intervention could lead to worse disaster. @Kiwiseabreeze about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to oharris69
@talios Glad to hear it :-) about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to talios
@talios Has it been a good day? about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to talios
@talios They don't know you well enough - if they did it would have been offered in time for addition to a birthday wish list ;) about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to talios

Name Lynne Pope (Elpie)
Location Usually in New Zealand.
Web http://lynnepope....
Bio Open source geek, web developer, writer, blogger, site designer. Partial to fine single-malts, strong coffee, good food and good company.