2011-10-11 (Tuesday)
Links
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Porn blocking: what the big four ISPs are actually doing | Broadband | News | PC Pro
A good description of what this “porn blocking” actually involves. The filtering actually happens through McAfee Family Protection, installed on the users’ Windows PCs. I wish newspapers, TV, etc were this accurate and less hand wavy. (via @ianbetteridge)
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“Secret” Firmware lets Late ‘08 MacBooks use 8GB. | Other World Computing Blog
Ooh, blimey, looks like I could double the RAM in my three-year-old MacBook. (via Tom Taylor)
Tweets
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Dammit, I failed that online test! I can't kern well enough to be a UK citizen!
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Some people on TV have decided to make their wedding more stressful by having their wedding on TV. When are they cancelling BBC3 again?
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Re this tweet bit.ly/rcuaL5 NSPCC and Lovefilm aren’t doing anything together. If you see those guys, find out what they’re up to…
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@ianbetteridge It’s shocking (or maybe not) how vague and handwavy news reports of this are.
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@shaunsavage_etc Sounds like great disaster management. Now you’ve had to downsize her maybe she should approach someone like BP.
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@shaunsavage_etc Does she still do your PR, or have you taken that role in house too?
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@spaceboy Maybe you could add a slide?
Liked tweets
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@benhammersley but not far from Apple. "I'm in the Google Shop. I'm in the Apple Store. I'm in the combination Google Shop and Apple Store."