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Jimjar

  1. @DIL23 Cheers. Might have a go at an upbeat, jaunty bossanova version sometime :)
  2. Hurrah! RT @BBCNews "Reports emerging from EU that #ACTA has been voted against in first of three crucial votes" - Bgd: bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…
  3. @DIL23 @ThrobbingGrstle :-o Thx . I was originally only intending to share my amateurish noodling with a few followers on TIMJ. *honoured*
  4. Am I missing something or has the bit.ly redesign introduced an extra click to just COPY the shortened link? Now buried under the 'i' button
  5. We're not perfect, but we're not evil - Google's Eric Schmidt on antitrust, privacy and opposing Government censorship bit.ly/JMP3x4
  6. @tottenj Thanks - think you forgot the link, though :) ... Also, I'm in UK so have to factor in international delivery and tax.
  7. Key votes on ACTA this Thursday - contact your MEP now to urge them to reject the treaty. action.openrightsgroup.org/ea-action/acti…
  8. Whoop! Raspberry Pi ordered. Wonder if I'll be able to hack the screen of an old, busted portable DVD player to use as a monitor
  9. @emsquare_d SHould deffo be permitted, but if it takes off TV companies will no doubt respond with lots of horrible in-programme popup ads
  10. The <goto> girl: my profile of @dr_black for Computing, in case you missed it on Wed: bit.ly/KFttnw
  11. This BBC4 documentary on Billingsgate is fascinating. 1st of a series on London markets. I urge you all to watch. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
  12. @peterbarron1 Thanks Peter - great day had by all.
  13. @Stu_N Quite! :)
  14. @Stu_N Unsurprisingly, he didn't announce any new policy specifics.
  15. Some great pics of today's #bigtentuk12 by @paul_clarke. Love this one of @glinner: flickr.com/photos/paul_cl…
  16. Great speech from Google's Eric Schmidt tonight - wise words on science, the future, education, Net censorship & more twitter.com/Jimjar/status/…