2012-07-06 (Friday)
Writing
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Placards for everyday life
Placards aren’t just for demonstrations, but should be carried more frequently.
Links
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xdissent/ievms
Automated setting up of Microsoft’s virtual machines for testing versions of Internet Explorer, using VirtualBox. (via @mattb)
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@bensheldon Sounds good, thanks. But once it’s people who don’t deserve Wikipedia pages carrying placards, then it’s starting :)
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@antimega Was that in one of those London On Film programmes? There was someone like that wasn’t there? Oh my memory.
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@phl See, it makes perfect sense! It’d be easier to dismiss if it was just a single march of people demanding a golf sale!
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Me, writing about placards for everyday life: gyford.com/phil/writing/2… (inspired by @jamesbridle, of course)
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@anneshewring @rex3000 Well done! What’s next?
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@mildlydiverting @stml @russelldavies I'm not in yet, but there's usually somewhere free, especially for you!
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We're all looking forward to Friday Memos later #memos
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Whoever that guy is who took the All Hail Sauron sign to the Shard opening last night, I love you. You're a hero.
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looks like @berglondon is also among the best companies in the field that it's in twitpic.com/a4huni
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To whoever it was made the "ALL HAIL SAURON" sign at the #shard yesterday: you are a genius.
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The defining image of the Shard. “@MartinWroe: 'All Hail Sauron' pic.twitter.com/AC4z57t3
h/t @martinnicholls”