Absolutely Fabulous Audience Members Ejected
... from cinema for laughing
Read all about it ....
Meanwhile I have yet to sit through a movie in a theatre and not have some ignorant twit right behind me either
- slurping their 5 gallons of coke,
- loudly masticating their butter popcorn or
- simply just chatting to their mate two rows away (at least judging by the volume of their voice)
... if not all three ! I really hope this become a case, because surely if all the noise you get in a theatre that has NOTHING to do with the movie - surely laughing has to be allowed.
I Am My Own System Of Record
An email signature I have used from time to time for nearly 7 years reads “John Philpin – I Am My Own System Of Recordâ€.
Seven years ago people would ask me what I meant. Today? Not so much. It stems from a belief that the idea that an organization – any organization – thinking that its ‘system of record’ is anything but a tiny lens onto who I am … is deeply flawed.
The Ummagumma Bug
Ummagumma makes top 10 new species list ... I didn't know that there was bug named after Floyd's album.
🔗I usually like Brad Feld’s thinking but I definitely take issue with his conclusion to this piece.
I’d like to believe that in America, we’ll continue to be at the forefront of human society as we work through these issues.
(I know it is fiction - but it’s hard to argue with it ….](https://youtu.be/ML3qYHWRIZk)
If you are reading this post on my site, you will see that this link is rendered as an embedded video at the bottom of the post. (THANKYOU @rknightuk]. It will render just fine - unless the video owner wants you to watch it over on YouTube (and to be fair - there are very good reasons for that). If that happens, click on the link above and you will be taken to YouTube. The 'error' is only because the creator wants you to got to YouTube to watch it. That said - on rare occasions, it might actually be broken. If it is - sorry about that - try sending me an email and I will check if I made an error.
It Is Such A Long Time Since I Received One Of These
Dear Friend,
I am Patrick Kumuila Mbaye, former Head of Accounts Department at the Diamond Mining Company of Sierra Leone. I and my partners (two others) are in urgent need of a foreign associate to work with us to facilitate the transfer of a large sum of money which we intend to invest into profitable areas of business in your country.
The money involved is eighteen million five hundred thousand US Dollars.
I am writing to know if you could be our overseas associate to handle the transaction privately at your end through your bank account.
We propose your commission shall be 20 per cent of the total money been transferred.
I wait your response to provide you with more information.
Regards,
Patrick Kumuila Mbaye
Finalists @defyventures
Quiz Time @defyventures
Post Brexit Commentary From The Sun
Geldof, Brown, Thompson, Blair, Sugar… you just took one hell of a beating – The Sun
... it's not whether you agree with the Sun - it is knowing that their circulation is the largest of any newspaper in the UK #influence
How To Set Up An Ubuntu Server on AWS
Wondering how to set up 1999 on AWS - wonder no more. Mr Andy Sylvester has published a 'hot to' guide on Kindle.
Disqus
.. has now been added to the 1999 family. Very cool .... and now the style of the comments should have changed. But it hasn't.
Now it has !
1999 Returns To Status Of Experiment
For nearly 2 months, specifically since April 21st, I have been playing around with a product called 1999 from Dave Winer. It is pretty cool. Since launching in fact, I have planted some 144 posts. My first on April 21st. The last on June 10th. All hosted on my river, that Dave has kindly been hosting. In parallel, I have signed up for an AWS account and with the help (strictly speaking me clicking and cutting and pasting words that my new friend Andy told me to) into my river that he is hosting.
It’s a cool product actually. And personally a very big fan of what Dave is trying to do.
... BUT
Simulation?
"Does it matter that we might be living in a simulation?" That question has been raised more often since Elon Musk suggested the possibility in a recent interview. He's not the only one who thinks it's a possibility (or even a likelihood). If we're part of a computer simulation, then this election year seems like a good time for a system software update. The New Yorker's Joshua Rothman helps explain why the posthuman future has never been easier to imagine -- especially for those who work at the forefront of technology.? (After reading this, I had a terrible dream that I was reincarnated as part of a Windows Phone.)
... Dave Pell - Next Draft
Now THAT was a long time ago #flypaper
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