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Bennettarium
is Bennett McElwee's personal blog. It's about everything and nothing. You can read more
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I've written on lots of topics, including:
A & B Strugatsky
A. C. Grayling
Adam Weiner
Alain de Botton
Alan Jacobs
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It takes a village to raise children….
22 Jul 2011
Retweeted from
@SavePlaycentre
It takes a village to raise children. In Aotearoa, Playcentre is that village. Protect our village from budget cuts.
Tweeted
by
bnnt
on
22 July 2011
Barcamp Auckland 5 notes, impressions,…
22 Jul 2011
Barcamp Auckland 5 notes, impressions, reminiscences
thunderguy.com/semicolon/tag/barcamp/
#bca5
Tweeted
by
bnnt
on
22 July 2011
First-Place Sweep by American Girls at…
22 Jul 2011
First-Place Sweep by American Girls at First Google Science Fair
www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/science/19google.html
#cool
Tweeted
by
bnnt
on
22 July 2011
Loving these quantum physics…
20 Jul 2011
Retweeted from
@DavidPlumpton
Loving these quantum physics explanations that I can actually understand
t.co/DOPua07
Tweeted
by
bnnt
on
20 July 2011
Actually, use plain URLs and history…
16 Jul 2011
Actually, use plain URLs and history API, hash URLs for medium capability browsers. No need for hashbang.
#bca5
Tweeted
by
bnnt
on
16 July 2011
Single page web apps – use the history…
16 Jul 2011
Single page web apps – use the history API, fall back to hashbang for less-capable browsers.
@barryhannah
@markzeman
#bca5
Tweeted
by
bnnt
on
16 July 2011
Fascinating comments on the evolution…
16 Jul 2011
Fascinating comments on the evolution of social networks from
@peteinakl
– maybe
#googleplus
is the culmination (so far)
#bca5
Tweeted
by
bnnt
on
16 July 2011
Panel discussion at #bca5 -…
16 Jul 2011
Panel discussion at
#bca5
–
@clarecurranmp
is making a lot of sense.
Tweeted
by
bnnt
on
16 July 2011
Why isn’t there an espresso stand at…
16 Jul 2011
Retweeted from
@chriswerry
Why isn’t there an espresso stand at
#bca5
? Struggling with nescafe
Tweeted
by
bnnt
on
16 July 2011
Development productivity tools: MacVim,…
16 Jul 2011
Development productivity tools: MacVim, git, SASS and continuous integration. Talk by
@snikchnz
#bca5
Tweeted
by
bnnt
on
16 July 2011
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