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Love Toronto

I still love London, but I'm getting to love Toronto, too.

I've only been here a shade over a week but have already found a gaggle of fine places for The List.

Tagged: Upbeat, Social, Tips

Posted at 21:19 BST, 26th August 2009.

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Love London

I'll be moving out of London in just a few short weeks, but I'm far from tired of it. Here's a quick run-down of some of my favourite establishments. I've been popping in as often as possible lately, each time not knowing if that'll be the last time for a good, long while.

Update at 09:07 BST, 4th August 2009 – Honourable mentions: The Old Mitre and The Harp

Tagged: Upbeat, Social, Tips

Posted at 12:19 BST, 27th July 2009.

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LinkTweet

I've just cooked up a little hack to easily send links to Twitter.

It's inspired by the TwitterLink app which is neat but asks for your Twitter name and password, which I think you should only tell to Twitter themselves.

Basically you add a bookmarklet which sends the current page to my server, I ask the handy is.gd service to shorten the link, then I send you on to Twitter where the tweet box is pre-filled with the is.gd link.

I plan to mainly use it from my iPhone, since it is devoid of copy and paste.

Tagged: Social, Web, Tips

Posted at 09:34 GMT, 29th January 2009.

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Simple iPhone stand

Some clever folk have spotted that you can make pretty good stands for the iPhone using bulldog or binder clips. This one was the first I saw, but like many of the others you have to bend the clips.

I wanted something that I could easily make from normal clips. They typically follow me around when I'm travelling.

Tagged: Tips

Posted at 23:49 GMT, 29th November 2008.

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Using secure Web sites more frequently

I've got a little more diligent recently about using encryption where I can. In particular, several sites allow you to use an encrypted connection, but don't force it:

Tagged: Security, Technology, Web, Tips

Posted at 11:03 BST, 28th June 2008.

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SFV Check script

Here's a handy little script for checking Simple File Verification (SFV) files. These are commonly used when distributing files over Usenet, where a large file is sliced into many parts and posted separately. It is just a list of checksums of the smaller parts of the file, so doesn't guard against evil-doers, just random errors.

I used to use a GUI program on the Mac, but it started misbehaving and I'm much happier at the command line.

Tagged: Code, Tips

Posted at 11:51 GMT, 26th March 2008.

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