@davidpatrick Thanks! Will do my best. Currently halfway there :)
@ahnlak Heh. Glad someone was paying attention :) Will be leaving soon, by the way!
Wow. Think it’s going to be a cold one. Where’s my hat?
Nearly at the end of Andrew Collins’ “That’s Me In The Corner”. Awesome autobiography; have been laughing lots.
If I set off now, with a research team and a torch, how long do you think it would take me to find a mobile phone company that isn’t shit?
Hmm. Pretty sure I asked Lightroom to start up some minutes ago. I wonder where it’s got to?
@pjakobs Not unless the top search was for “brown stylish technology”…
@talkie_tim Ah! Good point. Sure I would’ve noticed if I’d decided to go *grin*. Will try to make time for next week!
On morning ferry talking to Tom about subversive cross-stitch. I love my life!
Oooh, bed. That’s what I need.
Gah. Just finished homework. That too way too long. Probably won’t be making Flickr meet tomorrow night, too much to do!
Damn. Did you ever start what should be a simple homework exercise and end up two hours later thinking you’re doing the wrong course?
@talkie_tim Quite right; I’d probably just get distracted and end up learning Ruby by accident.
@ryancarson At some point I might use my gmail address for mail, as well as all the other stuff :)
Home. Now time for exercise, Greek homework, and some web design practice. Maybe I should write a Greek web app to track exercise progress.
Vodafone’s website really is appallingly dreadfu.
Back from Jeremy Hardy. Great gig. Never seen him live before.
What the heck? There’s no parking spaces south of the river. Either there’s something else going on, or Jeremy Hardy’s very popular indeed!
Right. Exercise bike. Dinner. Greek practice. Jeremy Hardy. That’s the evening planned, then.
http://twitpic.com/ikro - 28102008201
@bobbyllew When I get my savings back, I’m buying the book :) Think I might need a psychological hand in cutting my spending…
Also, my new fitness regime is in its second week, yet I’m still fat. Exercise bike must be faulty.
@pjakobs clearly all this Apple gear is faulty. Either that or the women are faulty. Can’t be me :-)
@pjakobs what, you have to be young and hip to use Apple gear? Someone fetch me a Tardis and a personal shopper!
@talkie_tim huzzah! So, it’ll all be over by Christmas…
@talkie_tim you’re just getting old. Those weren’t kids, that was a stag party.
Early night for me, I think. Seeing Jeremy Hardy tomorrow night, need to make sure I’m awake for it!
@bexxi Presumably you sentence them?
@foxc isn’t it just? This is my first get-home-ow-can’t-feel-my-fingers cold day of the winter.
Listening to Nat Johnson.
@bobbyllew Looking at the global climate, do you ever think you picked the wrong year not to buy anything?
@boagworld Just reboot him; he’ll be fine.
@talkie_tim Surely there must be other places you can get cocaine?
So, they pulled another body out of the harbour today. Ferry regulars grow to understand Bristol harbour’s surprising body count.
@pjakobs I like Flash in its place, I just like that quote, too :) I can’t slag it off too much, as one of my friends is a Flash developer.
Listening to Nat Johnson live on Radio Humberside. I love the internet.
@pjakobs “Flash is the curse of the internet-it’s like trying to watch television while some idiot keeps standing up in front of you”
Power nap time.
@MelKirk What, someone challenged you to a duel? Wow, you must be a pretty bad singer…
Breaking my economy drive again for a Boston Tea Party lunch. You can’t give up _all_ your vices at once!
@chrismarquardt baking muffins? I’ll send you my address!
Photos selected and ready. Which is handy, as I’m hungry and there’s a gap in the rain. Lunchtime!
Processing photos. Hopefully will get this photoshoot sorted and on the web for the band before I head for lunch.
@Artoo_UK I’d forgotten about it too, but for me it came as a pleasant surprise, as I was running an hour behind schedule!
Hmm. Our IT Support team leader went away on Friday to seek out a relaxed week in good weather. In the Lake District. Hmm.
Right. Officially knackered. Band photos and weekly review will have to wait until tomorrow
Hmm. iMac now back. Wonder if I’ll manage to figure out what went wrong. May be related to Rosetta Stone CD’s copy protection…
Great. Installed WiFi software update, rebooted, and my Mac — that doesn’t use WiFi — won’t restart at all.
@floyduk and that’s a good thing? Sounds like an Italian toilet soap.
Finishing coffee by Victoria Rooms before heading in to private view at RWA.
Aha. Looks like I and other Icesave customers now have more information on getting their money back. http://www.fscs.org.uk/c…
@bertpalmer Yeah, I’ve tried it myself, but it’s tough when you don’t actually have a polaroid to model things on!
@bertpalmer Yeah, it’s very cute. And it’s still being developed, by the looks of it, but it’s off to a good start, I think!
Twenty minute break to play with the highly funky Poladroid, a free polaroid-style-photo-maker for Mac http://www.poladroid.net/
@Azhure Hurrah!
Right. Now: Breakfast. Shower. Laundry. Tax return. Tidy up. Lunch. RWA Exhibition launch. Process band photos. Weekly review. Bed.
Having a night off tonight. Bath running: check. Good book on standby: check.
@talkie_tim “Icelanders are NOT terrorists” http://www.indefence.is/…
@talkie_tim Curses! You just forced me to go onto YouTube and find the Eddie Izzard Achilles bit! http://is.gd/4ESp
Another Thursday, another Greek class. Depressed at how little vocabulary seems to be sticking to my brain.
@foxc That doesn’t sound good.
@Nose_in_a_book never trust an umbrella that’s stronger than you are.
@pjakobs tell the record companies; they’ll probably sue the phone spammers for copyright breach!
Oh, thanks, Oracle, for installing your own Java 1.4 at the beginning of my path, and thus breaking all my programs from _this_ century.
@ahnlak Oooh, is it out that soon over here? And is it T-mobile (as in no-bloody-T-mobile-reception-in-my-flat) exclusive?
@pjakobs He must have pretty good grip, too :)
@MelKirk Well, I slightly prefer it to lipgloss on boys, but it’s not my cup of tea. On the other hand, I’m not exactly a style guru.
@chriswebb That’s fantastic! Retweeting Chris Webb: “Scotch Tape emits X-rays” http://tinyurl.com/5h5l4p
Just finished watching an episode of Airwolf. Perfect exercise-bike entertainment.
@Artoo_UK you need to replace the switches with those cool missile-launch buttons with flip-up safety catches!
@D4L I have my name & mobile number on a sticker just above the keyboard in anticipation of a moment like that!
And… we’re back up, with a new router. Although the wireless seems to work better than the wired. Hopefully a reboot will cure that…
@Ihnatko Have you tried starting a Skype call with, “In the name of the Father, the Son…”? Might be worth a try…
Hands up anyone who, when presented with a choice of RSS 2, RSS 1.1 or Atom for a feed subscription, actually gives a toss?
@johnfbraun Are you sure you don’t just have a crick in your neck?
Ugh. In Baristas on way to work. Feeling sluggish.
Ugh. At least this head-cold is letting me catch-up on much-needed sleep without guilt. Downloading Round Ireland with a Fridge from Audible
@Nose_in_a_book Composers and Steel Bands United Against Investment Bankers?
Huzzah! WarGames is on Film4 at quarter to seven. At last something worth watching.
What, I’m at home, sick, and Colombo _isn’t_ on TV? There ain’t no justice.
On plus side, amused by loan-words in message from Greek teacher. “Eucharisto yia to email sas…”
Ugh. Throat feels like bottom of a birdcage that’s been left in a desert. Phoned in sick and boss didn’t recognise me.
Ahh, that was fantastic. The amazing characterisation in WarGames keeps it as #1 geek film for me, despite strong competition from Sneakers.
Anyone else having problems accessing audible.co.uk? Site seems almost there, but not quite.
Just realised that an HTML table was the appropriate design solution for my problem. So used to avoiding them I’d forgotten they existed!
@johnfbraun Alpha? You’re saying @RandomMaccess is highly unstable and should only be released to a limited audience?
Upgraded Mediawiki and Wordpress to latest versions. Good day for low-energy chores that involve lots of tea-break (ftp-ing) time.
@hackery all computer costs are higher in Ireland because of the extra work needed to escape the apostrophes in the surnames.
@JockotheRocks Feeling very random today. Often do when I’m ill. I’m quite scattered at the best of times…
http://twitpic.com/gi0r - Somerfield are selling “Perfect for Christmas” cupcakes at 50% off. Because the best-before date is _today_.
@DaveHamilton In some areas, they’re better investments than high-interest savings accounts :(
@WilHarris what, all of them?
Finally have the energy to drag myself up the hill to eat. May also buy chicken soup for dinner.
@boagworld Curse you for putting cheese & chutney in my head just before lunch. Maybe sore throat will still put me off the calories…
Enjoying @russelldavies’ thoughts on urban spam: “living in Bladerunner brought to you by Cillit Bang would be horrible” http://is.gd/471l
Time for lemsip and a bath. Then I might feel good enough to go buy some lunch. Should have prepared for sick day last night!
Heh. “Microsoft announces 20 editions of Windows 7” http://tinyurl.com/4qox2t
Gah. Just sent “sorry, I won’t be coming to the lesson today” email to my Greek teacher (in Greek.) Took half an hour.
Ill. Taking day off work. Doubt I’ll be well enough for Greek lesson tonight. Bugger.
@bobbyllew I was at Glastonbury the year they accidentally turned one of those poo-sucker trucks to “blow”. Beware!
@brownstudies Because you’re acting like you’re their mother? Try acting like their ruthless totalitarian dictator instead; might help…
@hotdogsladies Hey, it’s Merlin! Loving the recent change of focus, even if I’m missing the Mannerisms. You look… _better_ today.
Right. Greek homework done. Am getting the hang of the genitive, at least. But I really need to learn more vocabulary.
“I am writing to advise that, due to an isolated error identified within our billing system…” Yes, it’s my monthly apology from Demon/THUS
…on the plus side, I got home about ten minutes before it started raining.
Ugh. At home nursing sore throat and contemplating Greek homework. At least it’s easy this week.
Walking to work. Have sore throat, but apart from that am suprisingly chipper for the hour.
@brownstudies No, it was the no. 8. I got to the building society before it closed, at least. Ho hum.
Forgot this bus changed drivers halfway. Should have brought a novel.
@chrismarquardt starting to notice that myself, and I imagine you get order of magnitude more mail than me…
@chrismarquardt C’mon! You can do it! I got to Inbox Zero on Monday, and it’s a great place to be, however transiently…
@Whatleydude Oooh, ta, I’ve been meaning to try Spinvox Voicemail for a while. Very happy with my occasional use of Spinvox Memo so far!
@JButtitta And I’m listening to Leadbelly as I eat, which is unfortunately appropriate only as far as weight, rather than solidity :)
@bexxi Really? Will have to look out for that. When I realised that not even Gwen Stefani couldn’t make it work for me, I stopped looking :)
Is there anyone on the planet who actually manages to make the shorts-with-tights look look good?
Yow. Back to work. With a bruised leg from slipping on railway sleepers on ‘location’ yesterday. How I suffer for my art.
Holy moly. Took 616 photos today. Now to whittle it down to about twenty good ones.
@JockotheRocks I wasn’t in the “proper” BTP — they’ve opened one in Clifton Village, too. Coffee just as good, but café far less funky.
Yum. Now in Boston Tea Party demolishing first food since breakfast. Ginger cake WIN!
What a fantastic day. Band photoshoot over, so can now relax.
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called 50m Photos of Squirrels taken in Forests With Three-Syllable Names and we’d love to have this added…
Back from a nice day with friends, including trip to Westonbirt Arboretum. Now preparing for rock band photoshoot tomorrow!
Thanks, Netgear. No idea if this firmware, eight months in the making, fixes the IM issues in the last one, as this one totally breaks ADSL.
Found out that parcel was left for me in the busy Bristol street outside our closed office today. Amazon Prime? Amazon Sub-Prime, methinks.
@talkie_tim will do.
@JockotheRocks just solid traffic on its way somewhere unknown. Mostly big cars with one passenger, or I’d suspect football…
@talkie_tim looks like we’ll get it back in the end. Not much news so far anyway, or not any you can do anything about.
What the hell’s going on in Bristol tonight?!
Really not looking forward to the first Greek lesson of term. Tired & unconfident :-(
@lilibaloo Hello sweetheart!
@bexxi Hey, I’d probably only have spent it on lenses. Maybe this is the universe’s way of telling me to get into Lomography :)
For all the personal trouble it’s caused me, the bit of this crisis I’m least looking forward to is the frozen assets gags on The News Quiz.
@bobbyllew Really? Okay, upgrading my anger level to “furious”. And trying to avoid “Are you sure? It means changing the lightbulb” gags :)
In Cabot Circus, shopping for presents. Budget suddenly tighter since loss of savings.
@bobbyllew It’s not as bad as that for me, luckily. And (takes pinch of salt) if we can believe Alistair Darling, we’ll get the money back.
@bobbyllew I’ve got to say, as an Icesave customer, your strategy of not having any savings is looking pretty smart right now.
@bertpalmer @Artoo_UK I have good chance of getting it back, but my liquidity’s hurt. I was about to withdraw some for sharedealing, too!
Arse. My savings bank is about to be declared insolvent and they’ve stopped withdrawals.
Arranging a photoshoot for a band on Sunday. Rock and roll!
Having a chilled evening followed by an early night. The rest of the week is going to be manic.
Radio 4: “European governments are becoming very good at rescuing failing banks. Unfortunately, that’s like being a good undertaker…”
Been listening to Galaxie 500 since Carrie Brownstein (ex-Sleater-Kinney) mentioned them on her blog today. Such amazing understated sound.
@talkie_tim The Belly of an Architect (awesome Greenaway film) starts with a train rushing through Italian countryside. Must watch again…
@Phooto I have put my name down. Looks like I’ll only know for sure a few days beforehand, but I’m on the list now, at least…
@KellyJanner We collect for lots of charities at my work, plus we donate a fair chunk of our corporate income to charity.
@bertpalmer It won’t be too tricky; she’ll be moored at Canary Wharf. And I’m planning on getting off before she goes anywhere dangerous!
@bertpalmer I’m going to put myself down for two tickets, and see if anyone staying for the GTG wants to come along on the Sunday.
Hmm. Greenpeace are inviting me on board the Rainbow Warrior. On the day after the TFTTF GTG in London. Hmm. Hmmmmm.
With Flickr, I find it’s not so much “streaming video” as “jerking video”.
Morning off. Up late, now to pick a cafe for lunch before work.
Damn! Sold out. Looks like I’m walking home again.
Gah. In big queue. Probably should have got advance ticket.
Off to the Cube Microplex for an album launch
@talkie_tim Je suis vert avec le jealousy, tu as beaucoup de chance, ou dans autres mots, tu es un git lucké.
http://twitpic.com/epke - Now that’s some well constructed latte art :-)
I’ve just remembered I don’t have to go to work tomorrow morning! Result!
@jacintuk Heh. Did you ever try that in Skype chat? http://is.gd/3wSH
@jacintuk For gothick.org.uk, I use XSL to generate static pages from a list of images. But it’s harder work than using Lightbox2 gallery!
@jacintuk Ah, the lightbox? That’s JS/CSS/HTML. Was the easiest way to do the gallery quickly. May make it static pages in the end.
@jacintuk Flash? What flash?
Mind you, it probably doesn’t work in IE.
Cool. Now have a basic photo portfolio site with the images stored in the S3 cloud. http://mattgibsonphoto.c…
Experimenting with using Amazon S3 to store some of my images
Have finished first working version of the website. Now to spend as much time again getting it working in IE6.
Gah! Why isn’t Safari caching any images on the site I just created? FF and even IE are caching them fine…
@johnfbraun 222,000-mile service? Isn’t that the one where they jack up the roof-rack, then drive a new car underneath and bolt it back on?
@ryancarson what did you think of Cabot Circus? I had low expectations, but was pleasantly surprised by the architecture, at least.
Damn. Came to garden centre for lunch in garden. Is now raining.
Trying to finish a basic photo portfolio website in an hour!
It might have said “exercise ball” on the box, but I’m already thinking of him as “Rover”.
@Ihnatko Holy crap — and VisualHub is gone *too*? Gah.
@chrismarquardt *giggle* No, I got ripped off; the shop sold me a black-and-white CF card badged as colour :)
@foxc ah, so that explains my waistline. Clearly I’ve been ill for the last 35 years!
D’oh. Came out without memory card. Going to buy a cheap spare to keep in my bag.
Good-if-slightly-chilly morning, all!
@johnfbraun *You* can stop yourself. Have some pride, man.
Too much stuff to do tonight to go to Flickr meet, unfortunately. Plus, only just got _home_ from Victoria Street!
@floyduk okay, you’re officially the kabillionth person to recommend 1passwd to me. Will try it right now.
Considering feigning death as a meeting-avoidance strategy.
Just off to dire two-hour business briefing. Wake me up at 4.
@russelldavies Ta for blong on patina t’other day. Just chatting about design to a cafe owner; have pointed him in your general direction :)
@bobscape the finest defence against hackers: more coffee.
My pic of the increasingly well-known Bristol FAILBOAT: http://is.gd/3pMG
@talkie_tim Aww. I did want to come. But at least I’ve finished a ton of paperwork and caught up on my email (again!) *sigh*
@ryanCoates Word couldn’t even spell “liaise” right until later versions. Not surprised it has trouble with “hyperthermic” http://is.gd/3rFt
Ow! Who redesigned the new BT website? It’s awful. And they can’t spell. I actually double-checked to make sure it wasn’t a phishing site.
@johnfbraun And I believe that every aeroplane should have an emergency chute. I just don’t want to use it.
You know that woken-up-not-sleepy feeling you get after a nap? I’ve got it. Only without the nap, and it’s quarter to one in the morning.
@Nose_in_a_book Definitely not. I am also pleased, and not just because there seems to be less rain in autumn than summer these days…
gorgeous huge skies tonight. Not taking photos, just looking :-)
@talkie_tim only if you’re prepared to buy one when you get back!
Looks like a fantastic day again! Think I’ll take out the 300mm lens I’m borrowing; there may be enough light for it today…