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Tue, 13:31: Hotel WiFi. It's made of pieces of string and sticky tape. https://t.co/pv99iu9Yll
Tue, 13:33: Twitter is really a SubGenius prank. The switch to 280 characters gives it away: I-280 crosses SLAC just north of Palo Alto.
Tue, 13:59: Recent Reads: Gentleman Jole and The Red Queen. Lois McMaster Bujold returns to Cordelia's story in this latest Vor… https://t.co/hy6BPZFqic
Tue, 14:44: Tribeca https://t.co/N3qunqH7YB
Tue, 14:47: So who's in town for Connect()?
Tue, 15:00: Seeing ECM has finally made it to @spotify, here's a favorite of mine: https://t.co/Vpjq50B3RW
Tue, 15:10: RT @VisualStudio: Happening Tomorrow. Live from NY, it’s #MSFTConnect. Tune in 11/15 10:00am ET for the live stream - https://t.co/89Ws4DMU…
Tue, 15:58: Should I tell the PR folk in this hipster coffeeshop that they're sat next to journalists?
Tue, 16:34: Turned out the PR folk in the coffeeshop were from London and knew us. Instant meeting!
Tue, 16:56: RT @infoworld: What’s new in #Azure Functions: durable states, by @sbisson - https://t.co/N2IAuCiMJU

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Mon, 13:21: LHR✈️EWR
Mon, 14:47: Yay upgrade!
Mon, 15:44: And away we go. Normal service will be resumed in 8 hours or so...
Tue, 00:23: Hello EWR.
Tue, 01:05: Monorail!
Tue, 01:33: NJ Transit https://t.co/aGDhwBFWBA
Tue, 02:32: ACE https://t.co/Fu3d874nRp
Tue, 03:14: And in our Tribeca hotel at last. Long day done.
Tue, 04:03: Are there known issues with Windows 10 and captive WiFi portals?

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Sun, 15:08: RT @cbrookmyre: I feel kind of bad that this Amazon customer didn't realise my new book is science fiction. My publishers should maybe have…
Sun, 16:34: Ahah! @marypcbuk finds a new way of carrying a Surface Pen, as a button on her jumper. https://t.co/aRxuyNqKYJ
Sun, 17:11: Recent Reads: The High Ground. Melinda M. Snodgrass' space opera series starts with an emperor's daughter going to… https://t.co/PFwJSyGnpw
Sun, 17:15: Current books read for 2017: 54.
Sun, 22:07: When you normally pack for four to six weeks of traveling, packing for three days is surprisingly hard.
Sun, 22:09: Knitting *is* code. https://t.co/t2TLfW7Hpi
Mon, 11:35: RT @gcaughey: There's something for all developers at Microsoft Connect(). Join online beginning Wednesday. Here's the schedule https://t.c…
Mon, 11:53: Autumn is here: the Mărțișor in the tree at the end of the road are visible again. https://t.co/04CrjVGgPR
Mon, 11:58: @webgnu Did you know there were Field Notes-style Moleskines?

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Sat, 17:34: We found Thready's cousin at Ikea. @MrThreadzilla https://t.co/fQwqKm60U6
Sat, 17:37: Oddly it seems that Ikea is also selling Sun Tzu's Mr Soft Owl. @oglaf https://t.co/M5iDI6ehNr
Sat, 17:45: RT @marypcbuk: @sbisson @Oglaf That's fair; hang around Ikea all day and you *will* see some shit
Sat, 17:47: RT @GreatDismal: "See Roy here? He's Alabama Taliban. Knows exactly what God made a young woman for. Always has." --The Dixie Flatline, pas…
Sat, 18:01: RT @GuardianBooks: Nick Harkaway: ‘I have a firework going off in my head and I have to describe it’ https://t.co/aDoTn5jevw
Sat, 20:49: Loaded. https://t.co/Itg2VoDrIs
Sat, 22:38: RT @Northern_Soul_: Angel of the Morph... @AmazingMorph https://t.co/jXMs6AOVnb
Sun, 11:14: I can turn on and off my desk lamp with Alexa, Cortana, and Siri. Living in the future, baby!

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Fri, 15:41: Sentences that parse: Edge using Edge over EDGE to use the Edge.
Fri, 17:38: Off to New York next week at short notice; in town Monday evening to Thursday evening.
Fri, 20:47: RT @marypcbuk: oh of COURSE xkcd already did the annoying thing about capchas that train Google AI https://t.co/5jQ1KBf7hl https://t.co/Cpm…
Fri, 21:47: This is an impressive feat, and one that's going to do very interesting things for science. https://t.co/MQI7km2gIP
Fri, 22:56: Spot the fox https://t.co/Dm0PinsegM

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Thu, 13:31: Was wondering how to check battery life in my Surface Pen. Turns out it's a feature of the Surface app. https://t.co/uPIEhRCXZA
Thu, 15:05: You know you don't need to use the Apple iOS keyboard? I didn't even know there was a keyboard bug...
Thu, 16:16: Not surprising, seeing as it's right by the M3... https://t.co/cqtwRsJLnP
Thu, 16:24: Oh that's annoying; reset a Windows 10 Mobile device, set up email and it turns on Focused Inbox across all my Outlook instances.
Thu, 18:17: RT @cstross: Good grief. This technology is so unethical it needs to be criminalized globally, before it evolves into a Fermi Paradox solu…
Thu, 18:27: One for @kclemson. Even though it's probably accidental... https://t.co/KnDy8xJiuZ
Thu, 18:44: Emergent AI at Apple decides to censor all references to itself. If you can't type it, it doesn't exist, reasons the sentient Siri.
Thu, 20:46: RT @Outlook: The FindTime add-in for Outlook is back! Thank you for your feedback. Download it here to make scheduling meetings a breeze: h…
Thu, 21:34: RT @UnlikelyWorlds: Hey, London. In a week's time, Oliver Morton and I will be talking about Austral, geoengineering, and surviving the ant…
Fri, 00:38: Wow! One of my favourite British SF TV shows of the 80s is coming back, with the original cast. https://t.co/BsckTDLF9D

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Wed, 16:43: This pomegranate green tea is really purple tea.
Wed, 18:13: RT @donasarkar: Hey #WindowsInsiders - we've released Build 17035 to the Fast ring (and Skip Ahead)! https://t.co/gX2KuZDj7z
Wed, 18:14: Now can we have 280 character bios and longer names?
Wed, 18:32: And Tweetbot just got 280 character support...
Wed, 19:32: RT @jeffteper: Word Resume Assistant https://t.co/Phugi2GpgK
Wed, 21:48: Pearly dewdrops drops https://t.co/dbKZCqWhc5
Wed, 22:07: Here's a good thing to do at this time of year: donate unwanted coats and other warn outerwear to organisations lik… https://t.co/N6OBrqVx0G
Thu, 01:12: RT @ChannelArchive: Our telefilm, Major Benest and Me has now been finished! Expect to see it this Sunday. More details to follow soon. #Ev…

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Tue, 12:39: RT @izs: "JavaScript is so widely used, it's like the English of languages" This phrasing is poetry and I love it. /@simona_cotin @NodeCo…
Tue, 13:09: LGW to LAS on @virginatlantic VS 43, in late August 2017 https://t.co/hhZor1vwHx
Tue, 15:57: Recent Reads: Infomocracy. Malka Older's near-future thriller rides the election waves in a world of micro-governments. Can corruption win?
Tue, 16:16: Henry Oats. https://t.co/E7CZveFh5L
Tue, 16:24: RT @MtRainierWatch: What. A. Sunrise. 😍 The Mountain was out this morning and the skies were red. ❤️⛰ #MtRainier #TuesdayThoughts 📷 by @…
Tue, 18:01: Today I discovered that Underwater Rugby is a thing. A very very scary thing.
Tue, 18:14: Here, have this week's all Mixed Reality edition of Enterprise Microsoft. HoloLens goes to work: https://t.co/gnhnYjmdLh
Tue, 18:29: Hot tip: if you're writing a smart contract language, maybe use a functional programming model as a basis? Provable code is a good thing.
Tue, 20:13: Pity about the rain. https://t.co/nbrp1OSHER
Tue, 21:46: I will miss the discipline of writing 140 character reviews of every book I read.

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Mon, 14:03: Today someone sent me a press release about a Flying Spaghetti Monster colander. I think it should have gone to @TashasEv...
Mon, 15:03: From the weekend: a 7 hour timelapse of the night London skyline. With fireworks. https://t.co/XvjwvG0tz8
Mon, 15:40: Time for the 48% and the rest who didn't vote to say STOP. https://t.co/ITqjTOfIZT
Mon, 18:15: Eavesdropping on #listeningclub turned up a new band to explore. Really liking what I'm hearing of Archive so far. https://t.co/WYh3qTlW6Q
Mon, 18:33: For the US shift today is a significant anniversary for @marypcbuk and me, and yes, I did post the tweet at 9.51 GM… https://t.co/KgQWtyuMap
Mon, 18:38: I used to read Cricket as a child. It was a huge influence on me. https://t.co/kyyzlj18yf
Mon, 21:43: Recent Reads: Skyfarer. Joseph Brassey's swords'n'spaceships extravaganza is Star Wars in a Roger Dean painting. A worthy, fun debut!
Mon, 22:56: RT @Golnaz89: So cool! In Microsoft building 20! https://t.co/Mj1hEvYJ6M
Tue, 00:05: Pretty sure the Apple money isn't under my mother's mattress.

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Sun, 12:23: Struggling with GoPro Quik. Any good alternatives for working with timelapses?
Sun, 19:56: Ah, tonight is the local area barrage. #GuyFawkesNight
Sun, 20:04: RT @JerseyPolice: What an amazing sight at Archirondel in St Martin this afternoon a double rainbow 🌈 🌈 just need to find that pot of gold…
Sun, 20:55: Finally exporting last night's firework timelapse. 7 hours of the NW London skyline.
Sun, 20:59: Currently reading a rather fun bit of swords'n'spaceships. Delightfully silly,
Sun, 23:31: Putney Skyline Fireworks 2017 https://t.co/oDIh34nWAZ
Mon, 09:51: 25 years ago today, at 9.51 am, I replied to a USENET post in alt.callahans. And that's how I met @marypcbuk. ❤❤❤https://t.co/O3DRZarIc0
Mon, 11:55: Las Vegas Sunset https://t.co/9JsDyLGfL3

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