Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

• Wed, 12:11: Idea for a Silicon Valley Magic story: the great bee drive of Central Valley. Beeboys and girls, the all powerful Almond and Orange boards.
• Wed, 12:15: RT @marypcbuk: Asking if Windows Blue will have a desktop reminds me of a question at the Windows RT press conference of "will Windows 8 ...
• Wed, 12:18: Noodling an upcoming #byodev piece. Would be interested in talking to anyone using Unity for non-gaming applications in business.
• Wed, 13:17: Veronica Mars Kickstarter now has rewards for UK backers. I once drove around La Jolla looking for show locations: http://t.co/pDX4hF4riK
• Wed, 13:33: Unfolding the Sakura in Putney Snow http://t.co/4LRIXdnq9H
• Wed, 14:51: Scary thought from @marypcbuk: we are raising a generation that doesn't know The Boxer is by Simon & Garfunkle and that it goes tish-boom.
• Wed, 15:25: RT @jeffjames3: We're hiring! @petri_co_il is looking for @windowsserver experts - http://t.co/KRRpCIDZrO #hiring #helpwanted #sysadmin ...
• Wed, 15:51: Numberwang!
• Wed, 18:01: If the only clues you had were roads, could you tell the difference between city and country? http://t.co/1EInHPqfbf
• Wed, 18:48: Behind The Sakura http://t.co/DRst1sKbSx

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I've got a couple of laptops I'm no longer using that could go off to new homes.

First... HP TM2 Touch/Pen laptop. Core i3 processor. I've upgraded memory to 4GB, and swapped out the hard drive for a 160GB SSD. So it screams. Running Windows 8 for the full touch experience. It's a one of a kind machine with a unique sticker collage of geeky stickers on the lid that really makes it stand out in a crowd...

£350 ONO.

Mail for more details.

(Selling because I've just bought a Surface Pro)