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Spam

March 16th 2009

There’s an old saying, and I suspect it biblical (though I’ve not checked even through it would take me less time in Google to do so that writing this sentence) that goes something like … “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; [...]

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This weekend – MakeFaire UK

March 12th 2009

Yes – this weekend it’s the first Make Faire outside of the US and it’s here in the town of heros – Newcastle Upon Tyne (and Gateshead). Come down and see what people are making – I should have been exibiting my 8×8 leds display (homebrewed, Arduino powered) but I’ve not finished it in time. [...]

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So long, farewell and goodnight

March 1st 2009

I’m bored of having marketing messages yelled at me via my inbox with giant image only emails demanding I click on things to get full details.  So I am going through my inbox unsubscribing from all the sales mail subscriptions that I get.  Some notes on how hard it is to actually unsubscribe… STA Travel [...]

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