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Caught This On Twitter

2009-11-21T17:32:01+01:00

Mick opens Paddy's fridge, says: "why do you keep a empty milk bottle in
here?" Paddy : "in case anyone wants a black coffee you idiot!"

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Police on Twitter And Facebook Stuff

2009-11-21T12:22:01+01:00

BBC Technology

Crime time

Why the police are turning to Twitter and Facebook

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8363064.stm]

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Quote of the Day

2009-11-21T12:22:01+01:00

Robert Benchley

"A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance
of turning around three times before lying down."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Robert_Benchley]

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Subtitles On YouTube

2009-11-21T12:22:01+01:00

BBC Technology

YouTube gets automatic subtitles

Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels,
says parent company Google.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8369941.stm

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Facebook Stuff

2009-11-21T12:22:01+01:00

BBC Technology

Facebook acts on follower trade

Social networking site Facebook has threatened legal action against a site
that sells friends and followers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8370302.stm

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Karma?

2009-11-21T11:24:02+01:00

Nolans and Jedward are Irish

Ireland out of World Cup

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There Was This Duck.................

2009-11-21T00:54:02+01:00

A duck walks into a bar, hops on to a stool and asks for a pint of lager.

"you're a duck" says the barman.

"Yes" replies the duck

"A talking duck" says the barman,

"Yes I know" says the duck

"I'm not sure I should serve you"

" look I'm working on a building site just down the road and I would like
to come here after work for a couple of beers then I'll go home, I won't be
any trouble, I've got the money here under my wing here to pay for it so
what's the problem?"

"Well that sounds ok" says the barman, and he serves the duck his beer.

The duck drinks his beer pays and leaves.

The next day the duck comes back, jumps on a stool "pint of lager please
barman"

"Hey I'm glad you came in" says the barman "after you left yesterday a
ringmaster from a circus came in to put some posters up, I couldn't help
but tell him about you and he said no matter how much you're on now he will
pay you double if you come and work for him.

"that sounds great" says the duck "but tell me something isn't a circus a
big canvas tent with wooden poles and lots of ropes?"

"Yes that's right" replies the barman

"well" asked the duck "what the fuck does he want a bricky for?"

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Paul O'Grady

2009-11-21T00:34:02+01:00

Wonder if he's selling a kennel on Ebay.

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Found This Funny....

2009-11-20T23:56:02+01:00

I'm surprised Elastoplast haven't had a racial discrimination case against
them.

Firstly they don't make black or brown plasters and to take the piss even
more, they've made blue ones for smurfs.

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Peanut Warning

2009-11-20T16:12:01+01:00

I don't eat them now due to an IBS problem but noticed on a bag yeterday a
"May Contain Nuts" warning.

I'd bloody hope so else it would just be a bag of salty air.

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Anyone Else Think Its Quiet Around Here?

2009-11-20T16:12:01+01:00

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Spelling

2009-11-20T16:12:01+01:00

Cheesie cheesy or cheesey Which one?

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Michael Buble

2009-11-20T16:12:01+01:00

Anyone think his video looks a bit cheesey. Its just some of his
expressions he makes are rather odd.

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Do You Know How You Can Get Designer Specs........

2009-11-20T12:04:02+01:00

Can you get designer false teeth?

And why don't Specsaver diversify in to the dental field. They could be
Smilesaver.

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China M.O.D. Site Popular With Hackers

2009-11-20T11:46:02+01:00

BBC Technology

China military site draws hackers

A website set up by China's Ministry of National Defense attracts
2.3million hack attempts in its first four weeks online.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8367880.stm

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Radio Online Stuff

2009-11-20T11:46:02+01:00

Digital Spy broadcasting

New online radio platform unveiled

The BBC unveils a new online radio player to feature output from every
licensed station in the UK.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/news/a187667/new-online-radio-platform-unveiled.html

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Google OS Stuff

2009-11-20T11:46:02+01:00

BBC Technology

Google previews operating system

Internet search giant Google previews its Chrome OS operating system, to be
available to users by the end of 2010.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8369611.stm

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Quote of the Day

2009-11-20T11:46:02+01:00

Jessamyn West

"A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of
humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Jessamyn_West]

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Paul McCartney

2009-11-19T22:48:01+01:00

Am I the only person that thinks he should fuck off and retire from music?
Or just the only one daft enough to admit that they think that?

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World Cup Fitba

2009-11-19T22:30:01+01:00

Up here in Scotland we are all gutted at the handball that put Ireland out
of the World Cup. Gutted that we won't see our Celtic cousins there????

No we're gutted that France weren't playing Engerland.

Oooooooooohhhhh

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OS Maps Online

2009-11-19T13:10:01+01:00

BBC Technology

Ordnance Survey maps to go online

The government announces plans to make Ordnance Survey mapping data
available free of charge online.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/8366190.stm

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I Posted About W Being Double U and Not Using UU. Last Night I Found This In A Book I'm Reading

2009-11-19T13:10:01+01:00

When the Anglo-Saxons became literate in the sixth century, they took
their alphabet from the Romans, but quickly realized that they had three
sounds for which the Romans had no letters. These they supplied by taking
three symbols from their old runic alphabet: w, p, and 8. The first,
literally double u, represented the sound "w" as it is pronounced today.
The other two represented the "th" sound: p (called thorn) and 8.

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Space Stuff For The Beeb

2009-11-19T13:10:01+01:00

Shuttle docks with space station

Space shuttle Atlantis has successfully docked with the International Space
Station, Nasa officials say.

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8367246.stm]

Mercury mission clears key hurdle

Science delegations to the European Space Agency approve a much more
expensive mission to the planet Mercury.

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8364704.stm]

Meteor shower 'fails to impress'

Stargazers who stayed up all night to witness what an intense meteor shower
are left disappointed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8366338.stm

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Telly White Space Stuff

2009-11-19T13:10:01+01:00

Digital Spy digitaltv

Ofcom investigates TV 'white spaces'

Ofcom pledges to investigate potential uses for unoccupied TV radio waves
known as "white spaces".

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a187272/ofcom-investigates-tv-white-spaces.html

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Quote of the Day

2009-11-19T13:10:01+01:00

Chinese Proverb

"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a
fool forever."

[http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Chinese_Proverb]

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Is Andrew Llody Webber Dead Yet?

2009-11-18T21:12:02+01:00

Just need to ask ;-)

Wonder if I should go to Ladbrokes and get him and Brucie on a double
before Christmas.

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A Wee Mobile Web Usage Post That May Aid BCUK Users.

2009-11-18T17:12:01+01:00

This is not a definitive "How To" but how I manage to do my blogging with
almost only using my mobile. My mobile is a Palm Treo 680 so in its day was
highend as mobiles go but most of what I will share with you should ring
true for a lot of mobile around today both "smartphones" and less "smart"
phones.

Let's start with viewing BCUK on your phone. 2 things to bear in mind data
amounts and the "look" of the site.

These things go hand in hand as having the full web look with all images
needs a lot of data downloaded to your phone. This may be blisteringly
quick on a 3G phone but can be a drag on a lesser connection. So one of the
first thing to accept is that you need to balance the look with the speed
of use.

On Ask or Answer group someone ask about a mobile version of BCUK. Well
there are mobile or .mobi site for large site such as the BBC but I doubt
that BCUK would go that way. What a mobile site is is basically a stripped
version of the main site with images reduced or remove and stuff done with
things like javascript. It is possible though to achieve this your self
either but changing settings in your mobile browser or using a mobile
friendly portal.

Browsers such as Opera have there own server centres that achieve this and
deliver a greatly compressed content to your phone. Opera mini is a java
app available for a great many phone and worth a try. With Opera or your
stock in built mobile browser take time to check the setting as you can
disable images or have them visible in a lesser quality. In the setting you
can enable or diable other things that may affect the data require and
speed thing up.

Portals, these do similar to Operas data servers and allow you to search
the web but compressed data be delivered. I use Skweezer.net for this and
also Google. Open Google on you browser and have a look at the setting
page, just follow the link at the bottom. Once there check out the setting
available and adjust accordingly.

This should help with viewing the BCUK site on your mobile but just play
about with these thing until you satisfied.

So you can view the site what about posting. Well the way I do it is by
email. In the setting pages on BCUK once you've logged in got to the Mobile
tab and there is all you need for setting up mail2blog. Place the email
address for your posting in your phones contacts and your read for
business. A lot of lower end phones are setup for email so have a bash at
setting it up for your provider, this maybe easier than you think as a lot
of phones and provider have info or wizards to do this for you.

Once setup just compose you post in the email app add any pics and post
away.

So that's how I get by and again this isn't a definitive how to just a few
pointers so hope its of helpl

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Ouch Ouch Ouch Feck Ouch Ouch

2009-11-18T14:02:01+01:00

Started actually putting holly in wreathes today.

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Twitter On Orange Stuff

2009-11-18T11:48:02+01:00

Found out through Soy that there is Twitter mms functionality on Orange UK
yesterday and now this on Digital Spy.

Digital Spy digitaltv

Orange agrees Twitter TV deal

Orange agrees a deal with Twitter to enable its subscribers to tweet while
watching TV programmes.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a187295/orange-agrees-twitter-tv-deal.html

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Mars Stuff

2009-11-18T11:48:02+01:00

BBC Science & Environment

Nasa lets web users explore Mars for themselves

Nasa launches a website that allows users to play games while at the same
time sorting through its image archive of Mars.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8364865.stm

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