• *This* is why I love #astronomy – large version of todays APOD – http://bit.ly/8Yo5LT #
• #Thunderbird 3.0.x creates duplicate messages *occasionally* when filtering from IMAP inbox to folder on another IMAP 🙁 #
• Someone on Beowulf said over the weekend "I am a servant of the Oceanographers" – first evidence of #Cthulhu #HPC ? 🙂 #
• Looks like my duplicate IMAP messages problem is a bug fixed in #Thunderbird 3.1 http://bit.ly/bRcBOV – need to find PPA! #
• Bah, no one has packaged a 64-bit build of #Thunderbird 3.1 and the Mozilla nightly PPA last TB update was January! #
• Sigh, going to miss @RealBillBailey in #Melbourne over 10 years since I last saw him in Worcester (when I was in the UK) #
• Did you know you can vote both above and below the line? See this useful guide from the ABC: http://bit.ly/bZOo1U #ausvotes #
• Off to first ceramics class for a while tonight with @donna_williams, should be fun! A bit chilly outside though, barely 4C. #
• #ausvotes http://whatsmytwitteraccountworth.com/ @tonyabbottmhr at $5,328, @juliagillard at $13,025 and @kruddmp at $413,934 #
• Convert set of web pages to ebook with #Calibre FAQ says just add the index file but Calibre then creates a zip which it cannot convert. #
• Excellent article on SSD benchmark numbers by @sijoe http://bit.ly/cDCkfr – introducing "Benchmark Significance Ratio" 😉 #
• .@sijoe's BS ratio = (claimed / measured ); for Sandforce SF-1200 he gets BS of ~1 for storing 0's, BS ~4 for random data! #
• For those who do routinely store 0's as file data I find /dev/null outperforms any disk; just read it back from /dev/zero #
• Chris Mason just sent Linus a pull request for #btrfs fixes including a fix for the balancing bug found by Edward Shishkin #
• Finally managed to upgrade my #Kobo to v1.4 under Linux using beta Kobo Desktop 32-bit package from http://bit.ly/cUVieO #
• Anyone else getting spammed by myguestlist.com.au ? #
• If you read just one article about the #ALP #039;s proposed mandatory Internet Filter, read this http://bit.ly/bloxUW #ausvotes #
• Open letter to Kim Carr against software #patents in #Australia please add your signature here: http://bit.ly/9rLHva #
• "Artists representation of what the CIWS laser beam looks like which, in reality, is invisible." – d'oh! #
• "Forty-ton whale lands on yacht during Cape Town sailing trip" – http://bit.ly/bd2VIt – where was the bowl of petunias ? 🙂 #
• Picture of the laser with the non-invisible invisible beam is on a #BBC news article here http://bit.ly/czGxnm @bbart #
• Unlucky enough to have to run #Microsoft #Windows systems? You probably want to read this: http://bit.ly/9KtYhK #security #
• .@jeremyvisser Python-iview is the *only* way I can watch @abciview, the website just doesn't work for me, never loads 🙁 #
• Just found that Current #Archaeology magazine is on Twitter as @CurrentArchaeo #
• Australian govt censors data retention doc obtained under FOI to stop 'premature unnecessary debate' http://bit.ly/9TJuWi #
• Off to the dentist, this should be fun.. not. #
• India develops #Linux touch screen computer with components that cost USD$35 – http://bit.ly/bbNWkt #
• #FF #followfriday #hpc @insidehpc @hpcwire @sijoe @hpc_guru @thedeadline @hpccouncil @brockpalen @huwlynes @peakscale @SuperComputing #
• An excellent piece of non-religious philosophy in bullet points by @alecmuffett on his blog – http://bit.ly/d58DHW #
• #ff #followfriday #activism @getup @Atlantean7001 @NewtonMark @worldlandtrust @ptua @donna_williams #
• RT @BreakingNews: Dutch court fines #Trafigura $1.28M for exporting hazardous waste to Ivory Coast, concealing its dangerous nature – AP #
• Making gluten & dairy free meat and veggie pies with @donna_williams, yum! #gfcf #
• So far today we've done meat+veggie pie, popcorn, polenta & vanilla cookies;aAbout to embark on apple cake. All #gfcf #
• Large bang from #Belgrave direction earlier, #CFA shout at Edward Street (now controlled), hope things are OK. #
• #CFA shout at Edwards St, #Belgrave (same time as big bang) now a "False Alarm" on CFA website after previously controlled. #
• Good reactions save CF-18 pilot when plane crashes whilst practising for airshow http://bit.ly/aXitIz (via @astroengine) #
• The #BBC has footage of that CF-18 crash in Canada here: http://bit.ly/bzWV9v #
• #RIP Hurricane Higgins (former world snooker champion), dead at 61 from throat cancer – http://bit.ly/asase7 #
• Thanks to @jonoxer for the pointer to @motorbikematt's pics! #

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