Lonely? Isolated? Read On.
… as an Englishman I obviously need to pay more attention. I did not know that I had a minister concerned about my loneliness. I will give her a call, it would be nice to talk to someone - and she does seem to be welcoming it …
… though I don’t quite qualify for her two categories ‘elderly’ and ‘younger’ …. yet again falling between the cracks!
Duty Free Shoppers - The Untold Story
As an Englishman, I definitely know this company, but never knew the backstory of the co-founder who now lives in The Bay Area. In a rented apartment. With no car, and a plastic watch.
The Irish Times has the whole story - it might not be what you are thinking!
Just found this one … nice.
That was a cool event last night : working on all things ‘Puerto Rico’.
✍🏼 Frustrated that I couldn’t get what I wanted today .. but today was ‘commit’ day, so got myself a ‘starter set’
In fact @d0gc0w and I are one step ahead of you @burk
A little bit pumped about tomorrow 🖋️
🎵 Robert Plant at 66 on The Jools Holland Show … educating us on how it is done. Absolutely phenomenal.
And if you thought you knew ‘Whole Lotta Love’ .. you are likely wrong unless you heard him do it with The Shape Shifters.
Talking of inane … which we were not … but others are … this particular post is a prime example.
… and i am not even trying to break a barrier!
Oakland Police does have a bad rap, but they are getting better. Over in NYC, it looks like it was a lot worse.
The difference?
Oakland got caught. NYC didn’t - until now.
What’s the difference between someone incarcerated and you?
You haven’t been caught. Yet.
Micro Monday @michal who is helping the micro.blog community with his WordPress plugin. The latest version is up on github and I have been trying it out today … before he submits it to Wordpress. NICE.
Who knew that SLICES OF BREAD is an anagram of DESCRIBES LOAF ?
Via Futility Closet and Dean Mayer
JohnPhilpin @ablaze this is my equivalent layout on Omni2 - forget the black - how are you getting those extra menu items and in fact seemingly even reordering ?
“By the year 2018, 4 out of 5 Americans will have their own personal cryptocurrency”.
”Brendan Eich’s Basic Attention Token, is designed to “unfuck” (his words) internet advertising …
👁️ Apologies For Our Absence
… we have been doing a little housekeeping at ‘Chez First’ … and now we are finished. You can expect a lot more interesting and relevant information coming through this channel. Thank you.
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