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@Sheldrake as a frequent KLM flier and vegetarian, I can tell you that meat and seat would be just as appropriate... 8:56 AM Feb 8th via web in reply to Sheldrake

@djst did you share your LibreOffice experiences with @rosanardila ? 8:14 AM Jan 31st via web in reply to djst

@dangoor just taught me how to correctify. 6:53 AM Jan 23rd via web

@djst manner game 12:50 PM Jan 18th via web in reply to djst

@DTguardian @guardian_sport Didn't Lord Ouseley say in Oct that Suarez should only be punished if proven beyond reasonable doubt? 4:36 PM Jan 5th via web in reply to DTguardian

@sogrady @stevel yaeh, this is not cutting edge: the Real install also asked if I wanted to install an IE5 toolbar. (almost wanted to) 12:23 AM Dec 29th, 2011 via Twitter for Android in reply to sogrady

Realplayer bundled with something I'm installing. I'd forgotten just how irritating Real is prepared to be. twitpic.com/7zprga 4:20 AM Dec 28th, 2011 via Twitter for Android

iPhone is passe as "everone has one" - reminds me of Yogi Berra quote, "no one goes there anymore, it's too crowded" bit.ly/rVnd5k 2:28 AM Dec 15th, 2011 via Spaz Desktop

CERN is the new NASA. inner space. 4:10 PM Dec 13th, 2011 via Twitter for Android

@LucasLeiva87 Reds all over the world are thinking of you. #YNWA 1:58 PM Dec 2nd, 2011 via web

bbc.co.uk/podcasts/serieâ€¦ @Herring1967 Richard Herring's Objective (on disability) is one of the best things I've listened to in years. 12:13 AM Nov 23rd, 2011 via web

My computer seemed slow. Turns out, the mousemat wasn't very good. 12:38 AM Nov 1st, 2011 via Spaz Desktop

@Herring1967 Gervais is right though, his success if offensive. 1:51 PM Oct 18th, 2011 via web

@Herring1967 Gervais never got close to Lee & Herring. You were groundbreaking and earthshaking. He is just inane and famous. 1:45 PM Oct 18th, 2011 via Spaz Desktop in reply to Herring1967

@naylor83 @djst Have you had this call? I'm the third person in Eskilstuna I know of. 2:00 AM Oct 11th, 2011 via Spaz Desktop in reply to naylor83

Just got one of those socially engineered malware phonecalls. "James Austin from the technical support of the Windows operating system" 12:53 AM Oct 11th, 2011 via Spaz Desktop

I had my misgivings about the Gibson Firebird X... but I certainly didn't expect it to be so unutterably ugly. www2.gibson.com/Gibson.aspx 10:39 AM Sep 29th, 2011 via Spaz Desktop

@5tas So close! Since you last updated your blog. 6:01 AM Sep 22nd, 2011 via Spaz Desktop in reply to 5tas

Name patrick finch Location Eskilstuna, Sweden Web http://patrickfin... Bio At Mozilla. Likes: free software, humous, football, cheap guitars. Dislikes: aubergine (egg plant), split infinitives, the violence inherent in the system.

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