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We went out for a curry in Kirkby Stephen on Saturday. Great to see Ken & Lynne + Sue & Phil oooop north for a visit to Wendy & Richard. Also (sort of) farewell to Amy who is heading dooon south (a bit) in a few weeks time. https://goo.gl/photos/9so8xXqzm9bfxm6Y6

SMBC (@SMBCComics) deconstructs Motivational Quotes. #Inspiring http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=4089 http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1461423109-20160423.png

Happy Anniversary alison adams​. 18 years ago. #Love #Funnyversarie I'll never forget the day we got married... ... it was a Saturday.

Phronesis: Parallax review – jazz wizardry played at 67,000mph - http://gu.com/p/4tfjn Been listening to this today. Very good, John Fordham review spot on. http://gu.com/p/4tfjn?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google%2B

Hover @googlemaps Pegman over the royal residences for a Peg Ma'am surprise...#HappyBirthdayYourMajesty 👑

MUST READ - George Monbiot  (@GeorgeMonbiot) on Neoliberalism.   This piece (a trailer for a forthcoming book) is a really nice explainer on the current financial and political ideology which drives our work and lives. Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot I've seen it posted by a few friends and caught up with it this morning. There are several really key points made in a relatively short, easy to understand yet well informed essay. e.g. === Chris Hedges remarks that “fascist movements build their base not from the politically active but the politically inactive, the ‘losers’ who feel, often correctly, they have no voice or role to play in the political establishment”. When political debate no longer speaks to us, people become responsive instead to slogans, symbols and sensation. To the admirers of Trump, for example, facts and arguments appear irrelevant. === What...

The thing I have always most disliked about Facebook: The walled garden. Do you see Emperor Zuckerberg’s new clothes? http://gu.com/p/4tcx2 . === In that sense, the idea is to eliminate the distinction between Facebook and the internet so that people think they are synonymous; or – in terms that his predecessor Constantine would have understood – to make the empire coterminous with the planet. In venture capital speak, it’s building the ultimate “walled garden”. === http://gu.com/p/4tcx2?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google%2B

Now we finally know how C-3PO lost his arm. http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/15/11437516/star-wars-c3po-red-arm-force-awakens-backstory

http://www.metronews.ca/news/world/2016/04/15/london-subway-mind-the-gap-announcer-phil-sayer-dies-at-62.html

Capturing David Bowie http://trib.al/0btvlSA http://trib.al/0btvlSA

We re-watched The Force Awakens last night now it's streaming. Enjoyed it (again). Enough of the old magic & some nice reverential touches. Looking forward to the next chapter. http://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Star-Wars-the-Force-Awakens-Poster-Cropped.jpg

Ahhh - it's all EXPLAINED! http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=4079 http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1460561754-20160413.png

UPDATE: Was a hoax! http://m.slashdot.org/story/310043 Ooops! "rm -rf" has awesome power! Kept his backups on the same server!?  http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html

The Boy. 14 Today. The Force is strong with him. #BadFeelingAboutThis

Presidential Smartphones I felt compelled to research this for some reason. It came out kind of perfect. The smartphones of the US presidential candidates:  • Hillary Clinton  has a BlackBerry. -  t.co/oCjtaobJV4 • Bernie Sanders rocks a 2014 Moto X with a bamboo back.  youtu.be/sSYmkM-hUAE • Donald Trump hates Apple and uses a Samsung phone.  bit.ly/1VizFeO • Ted Cruz has an iPhone 6.  bloom.bg/1PW3L0T   • John Kasich kicks it old school with some kind of flip phone. politi.co/1SOEXh6

#THERISEOFTHEMACHINES  LOL  http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=4075 http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1460213914-20160409.png

A toy for the Next Generation. Star Trek TNG Peg People by HelloKiddoHandmade: http://j.mp/1VaAwhB

9 years ago https://goo.gl/photos/Nc4GcDANKbT2Fdcg9 #GooglePhotos https://goo.gl/photos/Nc4GcDANKbT2Fdcg9

Dilbert on the dilemma of da clouds innit  http://dilbert.com/strip/2016-04-04 http://assets.amuniversal.com/42836c60d1bf01334b11005056a9545d

One for the IT industry ppl: Robert Cringely​ (@cringely) on the current turmoil at IBM & commentary on the wider Enterprise Tech industry. Ginni the Eagle: IBM’s Corporate “Transformation” Cringely always interesting (especially on IBM where he clearly has well placed moles). See other recent columns. http://www.cringely.com/2016/03/22/ginni-the-eagle-ibms-corporate-transformation/