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mmmmm... cool-retro-term #shell #CLI #Unix #F Description cool-retro-term is a terminal emulator which mimics the look and feel of the old cathode tube screens https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/blob/master/README.md (Via Mark Sta Ana​ on the Twitters) https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cf0e51802025334a83f7568280a0359b6baad793/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f344c70664c46382e706e67

Amazing personalised service from DPD couriers. Great use of web/technology. Awaiting my new SIM card. #F

Good blog post on "Feminism" by Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) #F   I tend to agree with all of his points on this. http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/is_feminism_sexist/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+dilbert/blog+(Dilbert.com+Blog+-+UU)

I'M ON THE TRAIN! #F Headed to Birmingham from Bristol. #WishMeLuck

John Naughton on the lack of intelligence in science and technology education in the UK. #F #STEM For example, 80% of physics teachers in independent schools had a degree in physics, compared to only 30% of those in state schools. Just under half of all science A grades at A-level are from independent schools." So the school pipeline that feeds the undergraduate courses that eventually feed postgraduate studies is producing far fewer stem students than the country needs and a disproportionate number of them come from private schools. http://gu.com/p/3nxpp http://gu.com/p/3nxpp

Brilliant (from Brooker's Weekly Wipe). #F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DELlCwp7Zk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Hard to argue with this: Age of Ignorance #F "Widespread ignorance bordering on idiocy is our new national goal." http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/mar/20/age-of-ignorance/

Mark Steel on Mandela & Apartheid. Sanity in a world of platitudes. #F http://marksteelinfo.com/tributes-have-flooded-in/

It will shine and it will shudder #F As I guide it with my rudder On its metalled ways It will cut the night before it As it leaves the day that saw it On its metalled ways just - in me 'ead innit....

Best: 50 Years on. #F Nice roundup of Youtube vids. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/george-best-anniversary-best-videos-2270740

Interesting & thought provoking essay: The Ecuadorian Library #F Snowden, Assange, Manning, the PRISM/XKeyScore, NSA et al.  https://medium.com/geek-empire-1/a1ebd2b4a0e5