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2018-01-04 (Thursday)

Writing

  1. Hello RSS people

    The RSS feeds might break when I change the site’s code soon.

Tweets

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @FinalBullet I guess the architects assumed a lot of rubbish would be deposited in the futuristic vacuum-powered disposal system. (The Barbican)

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    @FinalBullet In this 1960s vision of the future residents place their rubbish into a cupboard by the front door, and it’s picked up by a collector from the corridor. Except the cupboards are too small for modern rubbish bags.

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    @markhurrell Wikipedia: ‘Perhaps the most distinctive feature of the modern legion uniform is the khaki "gorrillo" cap or "chapiri”….’ No, still not the most interesting thing.

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    @FinalBullet Some people here get *very* worked up over people leaving their rubbish bags in the corridor overnight when collections ARE FROM 8AM.

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    @paulrobertlloyd Don’t raise your expectations :) Simply “Not being an old mess of Movable Type and PHP” is my initial goal!

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    @paulrobertlloyd I was planning to, because I like the idea of JSON Feed, but in reality it didn’t seem to offer any *immediate* benefit, so that’s for another day.

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    @BillyElNino @forzavinyl @samuelpepys This is true, although those bits do tend to fit in 140 characters better than the lengthy accounts of committees and legal wranglings!

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  • RussellDornan’s avatar

    Inspired by @JanFreedman's late contribution to this meme, here's one from me, even later to the party. #musesocial