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Tumblr's architecture is absolutely fascinating - this is the most interesting scalability article I've seen in ages highscalability.com/blog/2012/2/13â€¦ 11:18 AM Feb 13th via web

Moby's (yes that Moby) blog about architecture in LA is really fun to read mobylosangelesarchitecture.com 4:16 PM Feb 11th via Tweetbot for iOS

@parsingphase yes, it's awesome 4:46 AM Feb 11th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to parsingphase

@inboundorg any chance you could stop opening links in new windows? I read the site on an iPhone and very quickly run out of available tabs 4:37 AM Feb 11th via Tweetbot for iOS

I wish someone would re-edit UK masterchef episodes to remove the information-free talking heads :/ "I really need to give it my best today" 3:00 PM Feb 10th via Tweetbot for iOS

@arhayward I've filed a ticket for you 10:58 AM Feb 10th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to arhayward

@arhayward that's a good idea - which badge in particular would you want that for? 10:45 AM Feb 10th via Tweetbot for iOS from Hackney, London in reply to arhayward

There are some exciting NASA sessions at #SXSW this year sxsw.lanyrd.com/?topics=nasa - including one panel with an astronaut! lanyrd.com/spkwr 12:16 PM Feb 6th via web

@harry_wood no idea where Flickr mail stuff ends up - could you forward on to simon at lanyrd dot com ? 4:11 AM Feb 6th via web in reply to harry_wood

@harry_wood @derickr @russnelson temporary fix: events with the OpenStreetMap topic now use OSM for their venue map eg lanyrd.com/2012/osmlondonâ€¦ 3:16 AM Feb 6th via web in reply to harry_wood

@bvydra it nearly turned in to a puffin half way through - we're having a nice roast dinner now 4:54 AM Feb 5th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to bvydra

We made a snowpenguin @ St. Mary Magdalene Church Garden instagr.am/p/oSJfE/ 4:29 AM Feb 5th via Instagram from Islington, London

@readthedocs could you set up redirects for old URLs? Google search results keep on giving me 404s when I click them eg google.co.uk/search?sourceiâ€¦ 6:31 AM Feb 3rd via web

I wonder if the fact that bitizens can buy high scores at the tiny tower arcade is intentional ironic meta-commentary 1:10 AM Feb 3rd via Tweetbot for iOS