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• Just saw a magpie steal an egg from the nest of a moorhen #
• One of those wierd days where things swing from operational tasks to having to give advice and opinions on everything. #
• Fire alarm: time to leave the building. #

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• Having supper at the Red Lounge and Bar in Dene Street #
• How can it be secret when they record the number printed on the voting paper against your voter reference number? #itsamystery #
• Out into sunny Sutton to buy cakes. #
• 39 bottles of beer under my desk using the heat from the PCs to keep warm Will be remarkably tempting once settled http://yfrog.com/h22qriuj #
• Royal Wedding Tipple beer now bottled and ready for secondary fermentation. #

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• Royal Wedding Garden Party now well under way, Spook Hill, North Holmwood. #pimms on the lawn. Our eldest local is here: 107 years old. #
• Check this video out — LEGO GBC 20 modules http://t.co/rXL0ae1 via @youtube #
• Starting to ferment a new batch of beer. Will call it the "Royal Wedding Tipple" when I bottle it up. Not suitable for republicans, sorry. #

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• Loud thunder #
• WFH today. Lovely to be able to sit with an open window and listen to the birds sing while I toil. #
• It's taken the Mason Bees about 7 days to find their new house and about 10 more to fully occupy the first tube: http://yfrog.com/gy5dticj #
• Dealing with effects of major networking issues. DataComms guy asking for sledge-hammer! #
• Early start in the office today. Now off to find a bacon sarnie. #

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• Just allowed @opera browser to upgrade itself and it made itself the default broswer without me noticing (if it asked at all). #cheeky #
• Filing Abuse Reports to a Dutch ISP @XSserver for #spam to our #movabletype installation. Hopefully not a fruitless exercise. #
• A fascinating In Our Time this AM from Radio 4 – "The Nutrino" about what we do and don't know about it. http://bbc.in/g4dqaF #
• Spam checking service for our #MovableType system deflecting >30k mesgs/day plus all the IP's I've banned at 4req/sec. A never-ending battle #

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• Just used Gaffer Tape to stop a hole in the shed that a wasp was using to get in and construct nest. Tiny proto-nest also removed. #

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• Today the chicks tried to get out of the box. A lid, made of cardboard, has been added to their enclosure. #cheepcheep #
• We have two 10 day old chicks staying with us for the w/end. Grace in charge. Cute but very chirpy chirpy cheep cheep…….cheep cheep… #
• I have a big Movable Type upgrade in process. Was dreaming in bash scripting last night! #

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• Called to @sonimtech re Landrover phone which turns off randomly. Hope the factory r/set fixes or have to it send back. Fab phone otherwise #
• Watched a black cat catch a mouse this morning. Cat looked pleased. Mouse not so much. #
• Lots of nice #Landywaves on the way in to the office this morning. Have a great day all you Land Rover drivers of Surrey and elsewhere. #
• Training today for new Helpdesk s/ware. Realised how awful any training can be if it's not professional, well planned or presented properly #

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• Finally got Xyac & Xosd to co-operate on my new MythTV (Mythdora) rig to display Caller ID from incoming calls to the Asterisk phone system. #
• Just back fro a superb Sunday Lunch at The Red Lounge Bar, Dene Street, Dorking. #
• Hot telephone as 11yo daughter discusses varied success with peers in getting their chosen schools. Tears & anguish in some quarters . #

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• Petition to retain or open source the UK TiVO Series 1 EPG service http://t.co/1hKQEXm @TiVo #saveuktivo #

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