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From a client email:
blah bla blah blah
Kin regards,
Joe Bloggs
Marketing Manager
Sweary sign-offs are *so* much more fun, don’t you think?

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(via Lutum!)
Don’t worry; there’s a proper post on the way soon.

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Pic: Paul Doleman

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You know how, once you get familiarised with something, it’s hard to spot that it’s stupid? Well, every now and then you get a flash of perspective.
Earlier my brother sent me a link to a Times Online story. As sometimes happens in email, the link got broken across two lines. In this case just the [...]

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Off on a tangent again, but a good friend of mine is thinking about starting a business, and it’s made me reflect on the things I learned from my own experience.
Here, then, I humbly offer my five rules for starting a business:
1) Stand out. This means doing something no-one else does, or doing it better [...]

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Just saw this on Facebook. It reminded me of the way I play pool when I can’t work out how to get a ball in a pocket.

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Just upgraded to Wordpress 2.6.2 - think everything’s fine but please let me know if you spot anything broken.
Also added plugin that can email you when someone adds a comment after yours - hope it’s useful.

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UPDATED: I might be wrong about some of this post; see comments
Here’s a question: should a union act to represent the interests of its members, or to sell them a product?
Let me tell you why I ask. I’ve been researching an article on robberies that affect students, and what they can do to protect themselves. [...]

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Walked around the corner this evening to be confronted by the most amazing sunset I’ve ever seen. By the time I’d crossed the road and got my camera out it was already beginning to lose its intensity, but it literally made me catch my breath.

Doesn’t do it justice I’m afraid.

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I’m just writing another post about the Large Hadron Collider.
Or, as it shall now be ever known, the Large Hardon Collider.

UPDATE: More LHC humour in today’s G2

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