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Links for Sunday 18 March 2012

Themify : Awesome WordPress Themes: More affordable, OK, off-the-shelf templates, for future reference.
Slim Your Wallet - Slim Leather Wallets by Bellroy: Nice wallets, maybe, for when my 15-year-old Muji one collapses.
London Trails: “Walking Tours with Old Maps.” Sounds good.

18 Mar 2012 at Twitter

09:38am: Firs morning I've felt nearly human for a few days. Phew.
10:08am: @Zoonie oh, no idea, haven't been online for a bit. Nasty cold thing.
12:37pm: Remembering the days when I used to look forward to getting email.
12:44pm: That sounded more gloomy/worrying than it was supposed to. Emails today usually equal tasks, rather than nice messages from online friends.
01:49pm: @matlock If only it was the automated emails that required action.
02:06pm: @mildlydiverting @matlock It’s not even just *work* emails that feel like tickets these days. Ah well, mostly self-inflicted tbh.
06:00pm: @yoz @gwire *Watches for a bit.* Oh, it’s some *different* kind of Avengers! I was confused.
06:07pm: @gwire I saw that a while ago and assumed it was simply pointing out the accuracy of a new Avengers film. No, the other one. I out of touch.
06:09pm: @adamgreenfield @tomcoates Why do we always think the future will have great UIs? Maybe nobody learns. Maybe they have to struggle too.
11:43pm: @mildlydiverting My newspaper crashes nearly every day.

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center visit (Noisy Decent Graphics): I used to live just round the corner! Near the junction of Bay Area Blvd and Space Center Blvd. I expect there’s a plaque or something….