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What an amazing story. Who’d have thought the buffalo would make such a good equid? It’s so versatile.

Buff.

Trying out the new facebook developer release September 2011, originally uploaded by benaston.

Probably the biggest news from Facebook’s f8 conference is a totally redesigned Facebook profile page based on telling ‘the story of your life’ over time, through something they’re calling Timelines; strangely reminiscent of Nokia’s Lifeblog app or HTC’s Footsteps app. There’s a fundamental shift; Facebook isn’t just about statuses any more, it’s about stories. According to Zuckerber, it’s ‘The story of your life.’

Responding to a lot of the criticism that Facebook is boring and un-engaging, they’ve tried to re-create some emotional engagement with Facebook by creating tools to enable people share their important ‘Life Events’ such as getting engaged, buying a home, getting a pet, or even breaking a bone. Interestingly, they’ve also given people more of a chance to express their personality with a bit of ‘MySpace-ing’ by allowing people customisation of the look of their profile page with a huge header banner.

Timelines haven’t been rolled out to hoi polloi, but if you’re keen to try them out, you can get a sneaky preview by following the instructions described here.

Bookylicious.

Citing Ben Aston, originally uploaded by benaston.

It’s always nice to know that someone’s reading the Truffles & Nuggets I’ve created. Although not an issue I’ve struggled with many times before, supposing I were to be quoted as an authoritative source, how should I be cited?

Loser.

It’s a bit like a dancefloor for your fingers.

I’m probably misunderstanding what it does, but it looks like the perfect instrument for someone who’s really good at tapping. As it happens I’m very good at tapping so the Novation launchpad is probably what I should be asking for, for Christmas this year. You can read all the blurb about it on Ableton’s website but it doesn’t really do it justice.

Groovy.

Tesco triathlon timesheet, originally uploaded by benaston.

Today I was a (Sponge) Bob along with the Nickelodeon crew at Tesco’s Help for Heroes triathlon at Downey lake, Eton, the rowing venue for the 2012 Olympics.

I got the longest leg of the Olympic distance triathlon, cycling. Despite a nasty headwind, I managed an average speed of 18mph over the 24 mile course bringing me home in 1hr 22mins.

Might have to find another way to get to the Olympics next year.