2011-02-10 (Thursday)
Links
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How did WordPress win?
Byrne Reese, ex of Six Apart, on why WP has won out over Movable Type. A shame, but then I always start new blog projects in WP these days. (via Waxy)
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Paul Haggis Vs. the Church of Scientology : The New Yorker
Long, long article about Scientology, focused on the screenwriter/director Paul Haggis who left after 34 years. Fascinatingly weird.
Tweets
@mildlydiverting But it’s probably true!
@stml Will it be dressy?
@antimega This explains a lot.
Unplugged the landline to stop the robots from calling me. I could have sworn I ticked the box for the other future.
@ianbetteridge If the kids are aged 30-60, those men are going to be getting on a bit... Ha ha, do you see what I did? I’m so funny! :)
Solution: Use a flat-head screwdriver to turn the mangled cross-head screw into a mangled flat-head screw! Success! Me King of the Bodgers.
@paulpod I'm removing the drive, but it's necessary to remove this solitary screw before anything else.
Thanks for suggestions all... May have to visit someone with more dramatic tools than I have to hand. "Easy", ifixit.com said.
@paulpod Hmm, not sure they'd get in there. :(
How do I remove a tiny, stubborn crosshead screw from a hard drive when I've ruined the crosshead in trying? Bugger.
Drizzly, sickly, procrastinatory stumble through the drizzle to buy labeller ribbon and Torx screwdrivers.
@megpickard @aleksk Nonsense! I always find 140 characters to be entirely adequate to convey the subtlest of nuance, so long as one is capab
At home with a groggy cold and Keynote.
@megpickard @aleksk But you can't unlike smthg on FB enough to be negative which I assume she means. Like>Unlike returns you to ambivalence.