Dillonworld
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I have to maintain a list of auto-delete filters in my Gmail to block mail I can’t unsubscribe from. It takes a bit of effort to set up but then hopefully it’s dealt with.
Take note of the offenders btw:
- Groupon
- Even Google still insists on sending me Adwords reports for campaigns I’ve deleted years ago.
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How to stop Spam SMS text messages
O2 have a number that you can forward spam messages to. I didn’t realise this, apparently there are a couple of other carriers to offer this service too.
- O2 Forward message to 7726
- Vodafone Forward message to 87726
- Orange Forward message to 7726
I get an annoying amount of spam on my mobile. Replying STOP is useless - I’ve already fallen into that trap. It would be nice if I could restrict all phone msgs (and even msgs) to a white list - like you can on Skype. In fact, I’d probably pay for that service.
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UK Census 2011 data hacked by LulzSec?
And now, LulzSec supposedly claims its biggest coup yet: The entire UK 2011 Census. Is this unofficial internet security awareness week?
Quite possibily true given reports Lockheed Martin was hacked only a few weeks ago.
Questions I’d love answered:
- Will the UK government get the £500m it paid to Lockheed Martin?
- Will Lockheed Martin get a chance to bid on future government data work?
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Random Git command line stuff I need to memorise
Do a rake db:migrate for parallel testing. Note it’s all case sensitive (as is everything in Unix).
rake parallel:prepare
Then to test it’s just
rake pt
Hopefully should remember all this now.
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Big yummy sandwich from Esoneria Espresso Bar. 276 Hackney Road, London, E2 7SJ
No website yet - but in the pipeline?
Hot food (pies etc) is made at the Marksman Pub just down the road. I can voucher for the pies and sausage rolls! FTW
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Uludag - Turkish food awesomeness
More for my own reference than anyone else’s - but Uludag do yummy Turkish food on 398A Kingsland Road, London E8 4AA
And they do phone orders on 0207 241 1923
Open from noon to midnight contrary to what their business card says (which is the inverse).
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Hackney has highest Yes to AV vote in the UK
On the day of the Alternative Vote referendum, I conducted a simple exit poll in our office foyer. We have about 50 people working in our building and while the poll might not have been scientific or statistically significant, the results showed that AV was certainly favoured in our neck of the woods.
Interestingly, this seems to chime with the official results. The Hackney Citizen reports:
Hackney has bucked the trend, voting 61% in favour of the proposed changes to the parliamentary electoral system.
The ‘yes’ vote beat the ‘no’ vote in only six London boroughs (Camden, Haringey, Islington, Lambeth, Southwark and Hackney)
At least this gives me some sort of affirmation that the people around me are like-minded. I think there’s a silver lining in that.
