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2012-05-29 (Tuesday)

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Links

  1. Twitter / SeaContainers: The largest ever picture o

    100m wide photo of the royal family on the south bank of the Thames. As Londonist put it, “reminiscent of Pyongyang leader worship.” Horrific. Tag “jubilympics”. (via Londonist)

  2. Cash in the attic: short-term home letting | Life and style | The Guardian

    Couple appear in national newspaper showing off their Barbican flat which they let out to strangers, against the terms of their lease. What fun.

Tweets

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    "A ponziconomy of sociopaths". What a great phrase to describe the financial system from @umairh's Twitter rant.

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    @dorianfm I had to deal with some of my own legacy PHP code yesterday. New me didn't like old me.

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    @cityofsound That sounded a bit like I was taking the piss, but didn’t intend it… It was a nice drainpipe.

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    @cityofsound Reminds me of a moment in ‘Un amour de jeunesse/Goodbye First Love’ when an architect enthuses about a gap in a drainpipe.

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    @tomtaylor is giving away Tupperware and ladies’ bags.

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    @dotcode Congrats! Looks lovely. And only a walk to work?

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    Presumably auto-generated forum spam: “You can't set ambiance in your crontab.”

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    @benhammersley Thumbs up for Tuffmail from here.

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    @spaceboy I think I’ve drawn all the things now. At least twice.

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    @revdancatt @hondanhon Having started running in the winter, it feels too hot at 7am at the moment. There's all this "sweat" stuff?