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    • How working from home saved Toy Story 2 May 14th

    http://kottke.org/12/05/how-pixar-almost-deleted-toy-story-2http://kottke.org/12/05/how-pixar-almost-deleted-toy-story-2http://kottke.org/12/05/how-pixar-almost-deleted-toy-story-2

    Thanks to Jason Kottke for finding this utter gem.

    A little story about bad backups, rm * and how a need to work from home saved Toy Story 2 from being a distant memory.

    Lovely stuff.

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    An evening with Colchester Borough Council (via @colchchronic) April 9th

    Another fine post from The Chronic about yesterday’s introduction to Colchester Borough Council by CEO Adrian Pritchard. But do folk…

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