Follow Up
February 3rd, 2010 admin
Long-time readers may recall the all time great rant in the history of this space, which took the form of an open letter to Gordon Brown on UK immigration policy. Alas, the stamp that Macro Man acquired in his passport during that episode expires on Monday, and he is therefore compelled to journey to the armpit of the universe, Lunar House in Croydon, to acquire another. Not that this episode was without drama, of course; when Macro Man rang the immigration people on Monday to get an appointment, he…
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ToddCostella (ToddCostella) : @aalmiray Chin up man. Hopefully it will be over soon. Maybe you could write a vim macro to generate m$.doc files .. Updated : 2010-09-03T21:32:36Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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jhongbong_AT (Henrique Ferreira) : @monddd o mano, qndo tu vem visitar agnt? amanhã tem macro-célula vai ser uma loucura man, vai la pow!.. Updated : 2010-09-03T21:30:06Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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ModernMatriarch (AndreAnna) : Man, bugs are really fricken creepy through a macro lens http://bit.ly/bvgIG3.. Updated : 2010-09-03T19:54:21Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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phrenetico (Phrenetico) : @pecesiqueira se liga man, esse lance do desfoque é muito doidera, procura por efeito macro na web, é tecnica avançada de fotografia..... Updated : 2010-09-03T18:43:24Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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DaytraderGuru (DayTraderGuru.com) : Don?t Sell Till You See the Whites of Their Socks: Macro Man submits: Labor day is unofficially the end of the sum... http://bit.ly/afi9bE.. Updated : 2010-09-02T17:52:30Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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