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apple.com/macosx/mountaiâ€¦ "SPAZBERT"? Really? 15 minutes ago via web

Stupid car failed MoT, but only on one tyre, so not too bad/expensive/annoying. I rarely use my car now I work from home. \o/ 17 minutes ago via web

@grifferz NO U! 20 minutes ago via web in reply to grifferz

It's 2012! That must mean it's time for another "Lets have a forum" on the LUG mailing list! 24 minutes ago via web

I want this keyboard i.imgur.com/wnXpF.jpg (via @gordallott ) about 17 hours ago via web

@Izzard I have bandwidth and I'm not afraid to use it! about 18 hours ago via web in reply to Izzard

Drat! Battery in my disco glitter-ball is dead. Need to go and get a D-cell so I can spruce up the background of my G+ Hangouts. about 20 hours ago via web

As a UK citizen I find the alleged action (and text/threats placed on the site) by SOCA to be highly embarrassing. bbc.co.uk/news/technologâ€¦ about 23 hours ago via web

@Phooto Nice. Did you put the spinning rust in a caddy in the optical bay? Which one did you go for? 3:45 AM Feb 15th via web in reply to Phooto

Bought a Vertex 3 SSD for Thinkpad X220. 9.3MM drive in a 7MM bay _does_ go! Using gparted to copy data from old to new disk. Yay! 3:42 AM Feb 15th via web

@mo6020 One gotcha. nVidia binary driver only works in BIOS mode, not EFI mode on Macs. Which is annoying. 2:01 PM Feb 14th via web in reply to mo6020

@mo6020 Bootcamp first, make a part big enough for ubuntu+swap. Refit next, install it, reboot, make sure it works, then install ubuntu 2:01 PM Feb 14th via web in reply to mo6020

@mo6020 In the past I did bootcamp + refit + Ubuntu on one. What do you wanna know? 1:50 PM Feb 14th via web in reply to mo6020

@mo6020 I no longer run Ubuntu on a Mac. I switched to a Lenovo X220. 1:47 PM Feb 14th via web in reply to mo6020

I think I love Keith Apicary. youtube.com/watch?v=K8I7pMâ€¦ 11:48 AM Feb 14th via web

@Canonical Those two links are the same. Perhaps they should differ? 4:48 AM Feb 14th via web in reply to Canonical

@directhex That looks ideal! Thanks! 12:42 AM Feb 13th via web in reply to directhex

@directhex Mostly shoot-em-ups. 3:55 PM Feb 12th via web in reply to directhex

Dear Gamer types. What's the best controller to use for casual MAME type gaming on a laptop? USB / Bluetooth? USB adapter of GC/XBox ctrlr? 3:35 PM Feb 12th via web

Sent an unsolicited "Thank you" mail to a developer of a free software product earlier today. Got a reply saying it "made my day!". Hurrah! 12:05 PM Feb 12th via web

Name popey Location Farnborough Web http://popey.com/ Bio Alan Pope, blogger, micro-blogger, social animal, IT professional, strong advocate for Ubuntu, podcaster, father, husband & a geek through and through

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