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Drowning does not look like drowning
http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/
“We’re fine!” the husband yelled, waving him off, but his captain kept swimming hard. ”Move!” he barked as he sprinted between the stunned owners. Directly behind them, not ten feet away, their nine-year-old daughter was drowning ( Read more... ) -
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Toybox is getting a software upgrade today; expect a short outage and report any brokenness thereafter! -
Android apps for end-to-end call/text encryption.
RedPhone and TextSecure, two new Android apps currently in beta, offer Encrypted phone calls and texts, respectively.
Slashdot story.
Forbes storyThis could be a serious game-changer. Even if these particular apps prove unreliable, someone else will make a better version - governments will be forced to decide whether to try and make them illegal ( Read more... ) -
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Man cleared of charges after driving three miles with a huge angry bastard on the bonnet of his car.
It's the final little detail that really tickled me:
Regarding the Staffordshire bull terrier, Philip Quirey admitted he and his nephew happened to have one in the car boot, but "denied this was to intimidate the defendant". He claimed the pickaxe ( Read more... ) -
Black Books
It's been a while since I had a physical address book or calendar - I skipped the filofax entirely - but it's only very recently that I've felt the migration to electronic form is stabilising enough to be worth spending time messing with ( Read more... ) -
Derby outside LRG
I've been attending the occasional roller derby match since emmelinemay and gurlesque started skating for the London Rollergirls. The initial hook was simple - "come and support your friends by watching chicks in short skirts and fishnets knock each other over ( Read more... ) -
Dubrovnik pimpage
Since my cousin Anna married her Croatian boyfriend there in 2007, I've been back to Dubrovnik once already as it's a beautiful place with lovely beaches and warm water ( Read more... )
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