October 2010
28 posts
RT @Whatleydude: Looks like @Topshop_tweets talks, but doesn’t listen - http://bit.ly/92nep3
I had a 38% chance of winning a phone… and lost! I must be ill.
Crivens! http://amzn.com/k/1ODXBB7BR7IPJ #Kindle
Not particularly impressed with the Kindle’s highlight + Twitter share functionality. Only useful from Amazon-bought books.
Is there an SVN command to complete wipe a working copy and replace it with HEAD? i.e. removing any local changes
Kindle test http://amzn.com/k/3FA9HU67K02HL #Kindle
So Google have added a nicer page at https://www.google.com/latitude but why not add Latitude into Google Maps itself?
Do I really need Google Latitude to tell me @kiphakes has driven past me on the M1? Have fun at Alton Towers.
Do you believe Matt that he has a phone over a metre thick? http://youtu.be/OGi8I_SVZbA
Halved the cooking time… and yet my mouth is still on fire.
Woohoo, another £10 gift voucher from Amazon rewarding me for spending too much lately on their credit card.
Successfully nuked my innocent Moroccan veg pot in the 1800W microwave at work :)
RT @carphoneware: Thanks to their merger, if you’re on Orange (http://ow.ly/2OzRm) or T-Mobile (http://ow.ly/2OzRB) you can now use the …
Super impressed with the Kindle browser over free 3G connection: http://flic.kr/p/8GxhW8
Twitter on Kindle with Dabr is interesting.
6:45 is too early to get up on a day off.
Why would anyone want JLS condoms?
Unbelievably disconcerting to walk up a broken escalator.
My rhubarb crumble is in the oven. Note to self: grow some rhubarb.
Typical. The estimated arrival of the Kindle I ordered is Monday, delivered to work when I’m not around!
Morning early birds. I’m working a Saturday so that I can spend my Monday with @KrissyHefford :)
New USB soundcards all round in IT today. Watching YouTube now 4.36x improved.
What’s your programming font? I’m favouring Consolas 8pt today.
Making the most of Last.fm at work with my new USB audio stick. I’ve really hated not having a sound card. Spotify is blocked :(
I wish my loaf of bread would hurry up. I’m shattered and want to go to bed.
September 2010
31 posts
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I wonder if anyone I know offline would enjoy a discussion about Stuxnet.
Some bar-steward from either the council or the building company has STOLEN the nettles from my front garden! Cheeky buggers.
I learnt some basic and bizarre quantum physics during my A-level physics. What new sciences are on the courses this year?
Fixing some intense Google Analytics tracking to the sound of black metal in the office.
I just ordered a Kindle :D
Enjoying a free audiobook from Audible.com playing through Audible for Android Beta.
The randomly generated word for the CAPTCHA on the registration form I am looking at is using the word “IMPOSTER”. How rude.
An good article on “mega menu” usability, focusing on UK retail sites: http://goo.gl/dUZV
Lisa thinks she has a spider insider her LCD monitor causing a shadow to move around her screen. Possible?
Exploring CSS “mega menus” at Puma, Phones4u, M&S…. oh boobs! Back to work now.
OH: “A scorpion with big boobs holding two phones”
The interwebs at work is slower than a slow thing. Crack out the 56k modems and we might see an improvement!
Catching up on Jamie’s American Food Revolution.
I’ve received an SMS informing me my mortgage has now completed. Very strange way to tell me.
One of the first passwords I ever used was “dragonspell” - after my favourite poster: http://goo.gl/U1Si My new passwords are much safer :)
My favourite code comment today: // -shrug-
RT @dabr: Where else can you use @Dabr? http://post.ly/109n9 —- with thanks to @Supakitsune + @edent :)
Uh oh, hostage situation… Eclipse refuses to release one of my CPUs. Should I call the A-Team?
Tip of the day: don’t refresh the live site 10 times and wonder why your unreleased test changes aren’t there.
RT @amazingmikeyc: Music review: Whatever’s playing right now is flipping awful. Sample lyrics: rraauuarruuuugggggggggghhhggghghgghhgggg …