@asic69 Hmm? Oh, nothing now. Just a passing glitch that lasted longer than most of Google’s passing glitches…
@davidpatrick On the other hand, I bet they’ll have a better more-rehearsed fault tolerance system than any competitor if they come back!
@talkie_tim No, all back now by the looks of it. Was doing very strange things, though: http://twitpic.com/19m7b
@davidpatrick Probably the second most popular social bookmarking site after del.icio.us.
Okay, so that’s http://ma.gnolia.com/ and Google. When do the conspiracy theories start?
@davidpatrick Yeah, somewhere in Google is a guy at a desk keeping his head down and hoping nobody noticed he pushed the wrong button :)
@davidpatrick Yeah, google.co.uk is fine. I believe they’ve installed the British “stuff upper lip” module :)
@stevevrporter It’s not just wizards. Try searching for “Google” :)
Okay, who typed “Google” into Google?
@jacintuk it was something on my shopping list anyhow, so I’d have bought it regardless. But now I feel like I’m losing out!
Do supermarkets always stock buy-one-get-one-free offers with odd numbers of packets just to make sure there’s always just one left?
Off to Clifton Village for lunch.
@pdathey But you’d need to know the distro fairly well to know the exact steps in “alter some bits of the config”, I’m afraid.
@pdathey If not, then could copy the files out of the ISO onto the stick, alter some bits of the config, then make bootable.
@pdathey Not sure; it’s normally worked for me so I’ve not looked around. You’re not going through a USB hub, are you? Can cause gyp.
@pdathey Did you find this already? http://tinyurl.com/c7zea7
@pdathey Why an ISO image? Aren’t you better off just installing it on the thumbdrive normally?
@bexxi Well, where did you leave it?
But first, some breakfast, and a Very Long Bath.
Taking the day off. A little geeking, a little reading, then lunch in Clifton Village. Will wing it after that.
@clapifyoulikeme what’s up?
Yay! Finally have tablet pressure working in the Gimp under OSX. Thank you, O Lovely XQuartz Developers!
Installing the latest X11 on the Mac to see if I can finally get tablet pressure working in the Gimp
Time Machine progress a minute ago: 59.5 of 59.5 GB completed. Time Machine progress now: 60.3 of 60.3 GB completed. Grr.
Just worked out why Robert Glenister from Hustle reminds me of Philip Glenister from Life on Mars. I didn’t know their last names until now!
@petewebb don’t fall #tweetbomb
Gah. Just found two folders in Lightroom both pointing to the same folder on disk. Only difference is case of one letter. Wonder how I fix?
Listening to the fantastic The Go! Team. Even as a confirmed non-dancer, I can’t help at least bouncing a bit :)
@davidpatrick Hey, I didn’t even manage _that_!
@Twitterrific Would love a way of toggling between all tweet tweets and just @replies…
Hmm. Just got a quote from Western Computer for upgrading the iMac. Then tried to get quote from Apple Store. Who told me to go to Western..
Using a Smart Collection in Lightroom to find my highest-rated landscape-orientation photos to put on my digital photo frame :)
@asic69 No, don’t worry, just forming an exit strategy (i.e. as far as I know, the choice will be mine…)
@sean_robbins you know that, and I know that, but that’s not what it says on the packet!
Just bought @bobbyllew’s book “Sold Out!” Figured it might be good inspiration for economising :)
Eww. Tyrrell’s Roast Lamb with Shrewsbury Sauce Potato Chips are truly foul. And I’ll normally eat anything…
@GarethEdwards not in my experience.
Flat, even :)
Listening to Courney Love to try to give myself energy for tidying the flast
@bertpalmer You’ll have to ask one of them to leave the country. Or tattoo their foreheads with “A” and “B” to give iPhoto some help :)
@bertpalmer yes, that’s the ferry. With me crouching on the front like a figurehead! Did it on spur of moment and didn’t have a tripod :-)
More video experimentation. Bristol by night this time: http://vimeo.com/2999161
Mixing a quick video.
@MelKirk So go ask to borrow a cup of internet :)
Took a picture of a business card on my way home. By the time I got home, I could find it using Spotlight on the Mac. I love @evernote!
http://twitpic.com/18cc4 - Gah! This was taken (and I thought Twittered) on Obama’s inauguration day. But it got stuck in my phone (I gu …
@JockotheRocks Ah! No, that was actually from Obama’s inauguration day. Guess it had been lurking in my phone since then in my ShoZu outbox!
Good: @TweetDeck got spellcheck. Bad: I can tell because all my British English words are underlined in red on this British English-set OS.
http://twitpic.com/18cc4 - Had forgotten that today was important for our US cousins…
@spamvictim Heh. I’m finding IE8 isn’t bad, especially considering it was a beta. Also, am in favour of anything that moves people from IE6.
@davidpatrick Oooh, good. Recently I wanted to search all my photos for a particular person. Gave up in the end. Faces might be my saviour.
@Phooto what, your iLife has arrived? Still waiting for mine. Hoping vid stabilisation & face recognition are up to scratch…
Installing IE8 release candidate 1 on my work machine. Hopefully various things will be fixed…
@hayles So, what’s the weather like where you are? :)
@bexxi could you order a weekly one once a month? You don’t have to be virtuous all the time!
And so I scrape myself from bed and stagger into the light.
@hayles ah, office power cuts. Often one of the IT department’s most sociable times :-)
@talkie_tim @bertpalmer thank you for avoiding the use of the word ‘addict’.
@bertpalmer Gusto? Always feels very pricey to me. Habana on Welsh Back doesn’t feel like a chain place. Is it?
@bertpalmer on Welsh Back, not far from Queen Square.
Grabbing a latte from La Habana cafe. Looks like a cool place.
Never buying socks with the days of the week on them again. Makes mornings far too complicated
Oh, so it was the Google Desktop Office Add-in that was slowing my Excel to a crawl. Those evil Google people, crippling MS software…
Samsonite rock. Just asked them a price for a part I broke off my 4-year old suitcase last week. They’re going to post it to me, all free.
Playing with chi.mp (at http://gothick.mp)
@missmcq Okay, now you need to sign up to Twitpic and post them so we can see them :)
@Soccergirl Quartz Composer might be a good place to start (do you have a Mac? My memory is terrible…)
Grr. Well, I would be fixing a Facebook application if Facebook’s SVN server was working…
Quickly fixing a neglected Facebook application.
Vaguely thinking about buying Final Cut Express as a birthday present to myself. Might see what the new iMovie is like first.
http://twitpic.com/16nyb - Little Zach handed me this hat. The only thing to do was to open Photo Booth and take a snap, obviously.
Have decided that today’s my Official Birthday, as my real one was a bit crap. Heading off to party now.
@bobbyllew Without my Mini’s runflats I’d once have had to change a tyre in a thunderstorm on the way to being late for a plane. Love them!
Curious about my ferry commute? I’ve been playing with my new Kodak Zi6 and iMovie: http://vimeo.com/2941406
Ooop! Off to bed — gah! Just too late; am now a pumpkin.
@bobbyllew Option + 3. Don’t worry; it’s a perfectly normal reaction to UK Apple keyboards :)
Waiting for the bus to go to acupuncture appointment.
Off to bed with me.
@hayles I really should watch Skins. The pics of Kaya Scodelario I randomly took last year are my most-viewed on Flickr by a factor of 5!
@chrismarquardt Heck, looking back at the video so far, *I’m* having problems telling me apart from everyone else…
@chrismarquardt Looks like you were in Swiss Alps while I was in French Alps. Long enough lens and you could have snapped me snowboarding!
@paulahillier buy them a copy of Dave Allen’s Getting Things Done.
@sean_robbins not giving up, but I think I need to postpone for a year. Too much to do!
@paulahillier And _this_ time I managed to tell her what I preferred to be called before she started shoving things in my mouth. Win!
@paulahillier No, Paula, it’s just, Paula, that she, Paula, has an irritating habit, Paula, of saying your name, Paula, a lot, Paula.
Have first Greek lesson of new term this evening. Considering going along a bit early and dropping out instead.
Just got out of the dentist. Finally managed to persuade Annoying Hygienist to say “Matt” at the end of each sentence rather than “Matthew”
It’s my birthday, and I’ll cry if I want to.
Bouncing around the lounge tidying up to the tune of The Indelicates’ “America”. Good choice, iTunes Genius…
Me, snowboarding: http://vimeo.com/2884701 :)
@Phooto Oh, I don’t know. I reckon we’re on a roll.
So glad my boss encouraged me to take today off to recover from my snowboarding holiday. To do: one metric tonne of laundry, then tidy flat.
Listening to Neil Gaiman’s _The Graveyard Book_ (fantastic) and ignoring the post-holiday washing until tomorrow ;)
Best thing about being home: just bought breakfast for two for the price of one coffee on the mountain.
http://twitpic.com/147wi - Morning after the night train
Heading off to catch the night train back to England soon.
@MelKirk There’s a Bristol Tweetup? And I’m in the wrong country. Bah!
And, as the third version of “All Along The Watchtower” starts, I’m certain my iPod is playing in alphabetical order…
@JockotheRocks I’m in Meribel http://tinyurl.com/8brq6q
Snowboarding going well but have retired early today after banging my knee. Ow.
@boagworld coincidentally, a friend just asked me for web design best practice info. Can you give any pointers, Mr. B?
Reading a novel and keep noticing the lack of internet & mobile phones. Was 1988 really that long ago?
@hayles the Entertainer is probably a good bet.
@paulawhite Happy @tweetbomb
Trying on boarding gear. I feel cool, but in the mirror a novelty condom stares back.
@hayles I have a vague recollection of actually seeing someone hula-ing in there last time I was in Cabot Circus. Might have been a dream :)
Oooh, good, Snow and Rock do late night Thursday shopping. Just hope they have a “fat bloke” section.
@bexxi I might have to if I can’t find a pair of salopettes that fit me! Bet they won’t let me take knitting needles in carry-on, though!
@hayles I’d rather have mine than the needle. I didn’t see mine coming!
@hayles You have my sympathies! (Could be worse, mind: http://tinyurl.com/8zf5s6 !)
@bexxi I prefer natural remedies :)
@bexxi For the warmth!
Gah! Have been growing my beard longer for snowboarding but now it’s so itchy I’m going to have to trim it…
http://twitpic.com/10eo3 - Looks like I’m walking!
http://twitpic.com/10eo2 - Sacred now.
@floyduk Followed it on Twitter but not that bothered. More stuff I either can’t afford or don’t need. The iMovie IS filter is interesting.
Ooooulp. Well, at least your redressing has helped. Hope it all feels better soon.
@hayles Ow. What happened to arm? Hate it when trivial stuff like work gets in the way of vital Twitter updates. “Hey! I was watching that!”
@hayles That’d be interesting, but I’m not sure I’d risk it even if it looked frozen over! PS: Vimeo did a better job: http://is.gd/eJeO
Gah! Last year’s salopettes are too small for me, and now I’m depressed.
Oooh, one day after I get a Kodak Zi6 and produce some wobbly video footage, Apple announces iMovie image stabilisation filter. Handy!
@hayles I tried, but it hasn’t come out so clearly in the YouTube version! http://tinyurl.com/aypxue
Had sudden urge for fish and chips. Now waiting in nice warm shop :-)
@hayles Didn’t have my camera with me, unfortunately. Took a bit of video on the new Zi6, but I don’t know how well it turned out yet…
COLD! Never seen that much ice on the harbour before.
@penelopeelse Looks okay from here.
Ah, I remember the heady days of the web, where transactions were easy, and you didn’t have to reassure your bank every time you paid…
Just got my Kodak Zi6 :)
@spamvictim *grin* Well, at last I know that’s working. And that’s a good time to go to bed, I think…
@spamvictim There. Have now fixed the problem in my own inimitable way!
@spamvictim It should at least give a nice little error message… Does it not?
Still playing with the Flickr API http://tinyurl.com/a62c99
@hayles Seriously, though, I’ve not seen anything that small go through the post. But the Power of Small Cuteness should get them through…
@hayles Tie ten feet of ribbon onto them! Or nail them to a plank of wood :)
@Phooto Clearly you’re a naughty hacker type.
@JustinSchuck you are prince cul-de-sac
@davidpatrick I prefer to think of it less as “steep” and more as “off piste” :)
Just bought snowboarding boots. Walked out of shop and it started snowing. Nice.
Hmm. I appear to be wearing snowboarding socks. I guess my unconscious mind wants to go buy boots, anyway…
Considering going to buy some snowboarding boots. Expensive investment, though.
@Phooto How odd. Want me to try from here? If so, which site?
@hayles Damn, that looks like the kind of tidyness I only dream about. Still, at least I dream about tidyness rather than wine explanations.
Working on a little Flickr retrospective calendar web application.
@sarerinthal Did you remember to Tweetbomb?
Damn these irritating squeaky shoes! Never buying Merrells again.
Sitting on top floor in Cafe Gusto at top of Park Street, watching the world go by while gently geeking.
@hayles You can just lay laminate flooring over those a few times. Helps if you have high ceilings.
Just realised I’ve had no coffee today. That explains the headache, I guess. What a druggie!
@hayles I want to go check out Wildlife Photographer of the Year, so I’m going to brave the chilliness!
Oooh, what a lovely day. Must get dressed and get out. Maybe with a camera.
@talkie_tim failing to see anyone I recognise…
@talkie_tim Will be there eightish.
@JockotheRocks Last time I bought it was an eight-trip ticket for £6; commuter fares are subsidised by the council :)
@JockotheRocks live at one end of the harbour, work at the other. 20 mins on the commuter ferry is great way to get to work :-)
First day back to work. Heading for the ferry for lazy trip in. Feels like a fab winter’s morning, at least!
@hayles Annoying, isn’t it? I also was too clueless to book tomorrow off. Meh. Won’t be alone, though, but it’ll be pretty quiet…
Trimming my RSS feeds of old cruft and shallow advice blogs. This year I want to write more than read.
Having a fresh-fruit-&-veg-only day to break the Christmas carbohydrate chain. Jonesing for cake.
Playing with the Flickr API
Where did my nice pen go, dammit?