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Word of Mouth ponders possibly the most important of all culinary questions in as article which is almost as satisfying to read as a fry up is to eat: To grill or fry? Fry. This is not a healthy meal. Trying to pretend it is - and cooking your bacon
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Instagram’s Kevin Systrom, speaking at the Federated Media’s Signal in March this year: More here Facebook knows that its inability to make money from its mobile products is a potentially major risk to its upcoming IPO. From their S-1 filing: Full document here I think the real reason
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Dear Person Who Monitors This Email Inbox, I am writing to you inform you that, once our policy has expired with you, we will no longer remain a customer of yours. I’m sure this will not necessarily be earth shatteringly interesting news to you, but I thought it might
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$180,000,000 is a lot to pay for a company. Especially one which has only really been popular for 6 weeks. OMGpop, a small network of largely flash based games released ‘Draw Something’, a game for iOS and Android where you draw a picture and your friend guesses it.
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Brilliant, logical post by Devin Coldewey at TechCrunch about why Google+ should probably just have been the +1 button, and why they also could have waited:
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I am an emotive chap — and one given to almost professional levels of Irrational Worry. The last few weeks have been the best of my life, and as they come to a close I’ve been pondering why. Getting married was important to me because it’s a chance to
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I’ve had a really amazing fortnight. I got married to the best woman in the world [1. MUCH more on that to come.] , I had the perfect stag weekend and this weekend I have a party with all my favourite people in the world. Over the past fortnight, for
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My brother arranged a surprise stag weekend for me in Southwold, home of the finest cask ale in the land, Adnams. I can’t tell you how much the weekend meant to me. I am of the opinion that there’s nothing more fantastic than spending time with the people
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An amazing video of Rio preparing for carnival, courtesy of TwistedShifter. Made by Jarbas Agnelli and Keith Loutit and captured during the Carnival of 2011 with music by Jarbas Agnelli, this wonderful video is made from approximately 170,000 still shots. Just an incredible work of an amazing event. Perfect
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Easily my favourite Dylan song, featured in definitely my favourite movie.[1. The Big Lebowski. It plays during the title sequence and the after The Rug is stolen.] The lyrics make me feel happy every time I hear them: You can read more about the track here.
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New update to the official Twitter apps for iPhone and Android. Twitter for iPhone: Swipe shortcut: Swipe a Tweet in your home timeline to reply to, retweet, favorite or share it, or view the Twitter user’s profile, without leaving your timeline. Looks like a good start, but I’m
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Bring in plenty of money, but don’t be a Salesman.Educate and instruct, but don’t be a Teacher.Resolve conflict, but don’t be a Mediator.Get hold of the right information, but don’t be a Researcher.Understand the real problem, but don’t be an Analyst.