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Disgusted to read the many of the comments on the Times' article on the attacks on Romanians in Belfast. http://ow.ly/exT5 #
Bit worried about the incestuous nature of my twitter followees, they all seem to know each other. Even the ones which shouldn't. #
Twitter is not a competition folks, you do not need to maximise your [...]

@rockpapershot Probably too late here, but on the subject of Kieron's reviews of board games, what can modern games learn from these? #
Sudden spike in blog traffic over past hour. Can't figure out where they are coming from. #
Does anyone else think Daniel Merriwether <sp?> sounds obnoxiously smug? #
I hate shops which charge a [...]

@yuribou How very meta in reply to yuribou #
@antonvowl I don’t give brown long though. If the tories lead labour by >10% tomorrow for sure. in reply to antonvowl #
@antonvowl Uhh, that last tweet made no sense. I mean ‘he’ll be a gonner for sure’ in reply to antonvowl #
@bengoldacre Now I just need to [...]

You may have noticed reports in several newspapers and tech sites today of the Heinz Beanzawave, a USB powered microwave. Unfortunately for fans of beans and fancy USB gadgets the story appears to be, well, a load of old beans ((See, you don’t have to be part of the tabloid press to make terrible puns)).

Sixty-five years ago 160,000 troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to drive back the forces of fascism, and to protect the freedoms that they held to be important. Thousands of others worked behind the scenes to provide the ships necessary to co-ordinate such an astonishing feat, not to mention those involved in the concurrent [...]

David Bow Wowie http://www.jaspsplace.co.uk/art/bowie.htm #animalmusic #
Is there a football match on tonight or something? #notafootballfan #
Earlier today persuaded lab to turn off 100C heat block when not in use, as always know in advance when need it. Guess who forgot? #fb #
Also getting dirty water in Edinburgh (Stockbridge), glad others on Twitter having same problem. [...]

As the gaming media turns all eyes towards L.A. for E3 2009, many blogs and news sites go into overdrive. While I’m not at E3 myself, and have absolutely no way of finding out information that isn’t already published elsewhere, I thought I’d still do my best to produce stories that I can guarantee you [...]