Month: February 2012

Just got home after a long, but really great day in the infinitely varied world of computing. More like that please!!!

Grouplove are in the house at Static tonight. And very upbeat they are too! (@ Static) http://t.co/D4y8uOnl

I just unlocked the "Wino" badge on @foursquare! Cheers! http://t.co/0pNOE9Vd

So Grouplove were really fantastic tonight, but I just wish it didn’t sound so dodgy to talk about them 🙁

I just ousted Leo A. as the mayor of Lark Lane Market on @foursquare! http://t.co/UZz5Fzl6

Just been for a pretty long, pacey run with my new running buddy. Way, way, way too much too soon. Think I’m gonna die.

Hello Twitter, how’ve you been? Off work this week and taking time out whilst tinkering away at a couple of little projects, has been great!

Of the two @Raspberry_Pi suppliers, the Premier Farnell website has ground to a halt, and RS Components don’t actually have a link to buy…

For my non techie followers, essential reading about Raspberry Pi,which I intend to bore you with from now till forever http://t.co/YE8SHqgC

Actually this might be an even better article on Raspberry Pi for the uninitiated http://t.co/gRpptXq1

RT @alaindebotton: A good part of mental health is the capacity to respond to humiliation without (too many) tears.

I’m so god damn fickle sometimes. I used to hate NewLauren (off of Eastenders) but she’s grown on me: now I hate NewLucy instead.

Is it just my imagination or has the UI of Google Search gone really messed up in the past few days?

Ahh, Firefox Nightly builds #thatllteachme

My desk is rammed full of tech today. Some people say it’s exemplary of an untidy mind, I say I’ve just got more important things to do.

Whatever crap they’ve got on radio 4 at the moment is pushing the limits of what they call the R4 6.30 comedy slot. More laughs in a morgue.

My electricity’s gone off!!! I hear alarums in the distance!!! Has the end of the world finally arrived?!?!

TBH for the end of the world, there’s a surprisingly good mobile phone signal

Gonna boycott another Subway. This one’s due to rudeness and stupid questions. #boycottsubway

New Tweetbot for iPad app’s just joined my list of essential Twitter clients, along with the iPhone version and Tweetdeck 0.38.2 on PC.

Off over to #Threshold12. Was decent last year…

#threshold12 acoustic and soul stages both of a very high quality this afternoon!

Some absolutely fantastic bands & singers at #threshold12 today, and excellent coffee from @ElevatorStudios and @boldstcoffee. Back later.

Oh good, what we’ll call the ‘Pillbox’ stage is running a bit behind so I’ve not missed Tibi and her Cello at #threshold12

Lots of people going :-O here at #threshold12 http://t.co/6WvaQQlE http://t.co/bCDCtUav http://t.co/7pfafTDx http://t.co/pxhdbhmy

Ok that’ll probably do for all day gigging for today. Excellent event, needs to be better promoted, though understandable given the CUC shut

RT @7streets: #threshold12 officially great today. Too many highlights to mention – it’s an ambitious grassroots festival we should all …

Interesting. My work are sponsoring GEC. How to lever this for maximum awesomeness….

RT @madeupstats: A man wearing glasses is 8 times less likely to start a fight, but twice as likely to be a terrorist mastermind.

RT @comms2point0: A piece on Gov.uk. Essential reading if you’re in or have dealings with the public sector (via @digiphile) http://t.co …

Melvin Bragg clearly irritated by his guests today as they discuss the Kama Sutra #inourtime

First full day off work (except Christmas) in 6 months, though I’ll be popping into one of the provincial offices – just can’t keep away!

If I didn’t know better I’d swear I just saw Russell McGuerter working as a security guard at Keele Services…

Last time I pop into work on my day off: parking fine!

Disaster strikes as @MileNolan makes the entrance of the year, smashing bottles at the start of @t1ingram‘s stag do http://t.co/a5EiorrM

Or even @MikeNolan for that matter!

Alex’s Monday Lunchtime Pearl of Wisdom: Whoever designed HP’s business laptop keyboards doesn’t deserve oxygen!

Finding it quite difficult to sit because @t1ingram shot me in the ass on Saturday 🙁

Doing some Extreme IT Support today. Virtual host controllers & domain controllers crashing all over the place, but we’ve got it covered 😉

Aww crap, I forgot to say something profound for my 3000th tweet. It appears I instead solicited a stripper @JeannieMurray

RT @alaindebotton: The boldness of the middle aged in seduction isn’t courage: it’s just the fear of death.

RT @alaindebotton: Hard to judge when talking of one’s desire for others moves from being cute to semming merely tragically lecherous: 28?

Sounds like the cricket’s worth keeping an eye on this week: Panesar’s back on form, and Anderson-Broad just took the tail enders for zero!

Oh ok, apparently Pakistan put on one run, fair enough, we’ll let them have that

Google Alerts is ace.

Shit, England 26/2 chasing 145 on a difficult wicket, it’s gonna be a tight few hours ahead

Off to Lark Lane to visit the Liverpool Cheese Company, the Gentle French Lady and the Stetson-wearing Cyclist Farmer http://t.co/v9Jp1cGF

My new boss John Denny is going on the Sunday Politics Show this lunchtime, 12-1 on BBC1 (North West), to talk about education.

I should point out that the official views of our company are not necessarily the same as my own! New website here btw: http://t.co/BqNFLe9K

Just bought a big shop and put it in ridiculously tiny bags. Walking to car I feel such an oversized giant that I’m experiencing vertigo!

Out for an ice cold run tonight. Wowsers it’s chilly. And yes you didn’t misread it, I just used the word wowsers. I know. It’s that cold.