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Twitterfeed is a service that feeds blogposts to social networks. This circumvents the absence of an identi.ca plugin for WordPress.com

There’s something about blogging – I’m not quite happy with the canvas, with the medium. I write mostly for myself, but am drawn to the public quality of blogging, in a similar way perhaps that writers and artists are drawn to do their work in corner cafes. But, with all of that, the problem is …

The woods around here are infested with the Pine Processionary Caterpillar, to which some people have a dangerous allergy. I caught a row of them crossing my path this morning. (Cheap cameraphone shot)

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It’s 10 days since I uninstalled Windows 7 RC from my laptop and replaced it with Mint, a Ubuntu derivative, and so far I’m happy. I was happy enough also with Windows 7. I think it’s a great operating system, and the best Microsoft has produced so far. But to continue using it – according …

There’s a service on the web known as Usablelogin.com, which provides a purportedly safe login system for any of those scores of web services that we eagerly sign up for – often using the same password for all of them. Originally, like many services we first hear about on readwriteweb or mashable, Usablelogin was a …

With Windows 7 RC expiring in a week, it was time to ditch that and put Linux back. It took no time at all to download and install Mint.

Happy Valentines to all: post-colonials, BDSers, Burmese generals, quake survivors, fake friends, and lonely people everywhere!

Yesterday afternoon, just after I’d got on my shoes to go for a walk with Yonatan, I heard him say, “What’s going on – are those squatters (Yotam and his girlfriend) destroying the house? – toilet’s blocked! He dashed off to the other loo and I went to investigate. The toilet bowl was full almost …