Yowzer! Think ‘sun hat’ just jumped to the top of my shopping list.
Now on Brandon Hill, field-testing new sun hat :)
Have bought all I need to replace rotten skirting in hall. Now sitting under tree on Downs carefully not doing said job.
http://twitpic.com/666jp - Morning all! In an unusually pleasant start to my day, am sitting in sun waiting for team pub breakfast.
@geekpop Nope. Team wanted beer! We’re at the Knights Templar.
@geekpop Don’t look at me - I don’t drink! Also, seems less criminal when boss is buying, I’m sure…
Unfortunately, most hits for gentleman’s clubs on the web are for strip joints. It’s like trying to find a real masseuse in the classifieds.
(via @alandavies1) If you’re into The Apprentice, I can highly recommend this rather smutty remix by cassetteboy: http://nsfw.in/11ec86
@talkie_tim I’m no great fan of pubs. Think I need to find myself a gentleman’s club.
Taking a deliberate evening off. But finding it difficult to relax in the mess that is my flat at the moment.
@Narshada Well, it’s not obvious. Stupid way of setting it, really, there should be a “shuffle songs” under each playlist, like in Front Row
@Narshada ? Turn shuffle on in settings, play playlist?
Product idea: the iPod Alternator. Plug in multiple iPods and it shuffles tracks from each in turn. Great for gatherings!
@ahnlak happy birthday, dear!
@hayles What’s this Facebook thing? Is that a new thing on the Internet?
@ironicsans And how would that help _her_?
Just spent two solid hours painting a room pure white while listening to Buddhist podcasts. Think I may be brainwashing myself.
Related: If I try to make you join a cult in the next couple of weeks, tie me up and play Fields of the Nephilim to me until I recover.
@KaveyF On my way :)
@hayles That tweet didn’t continue in the way I expected after such a promising start :)
@Lillput @Swishrelic Not bad, not brilliant. I laughed a couple of times, but there was no great emotional involvement for me.
@Narshada Didn’t really do much for me, sadly. Still, was better than my alternative of literally watching paint dry.
Thank you, Showcase Cinema de lux, for showing the first 15 mins of Star Trek in the wrong aspect ratio. Muppets.
http://twitpic.com/5x7yp - Am going to the pictures in style :)
Glad to be out of my windowless hall. Of course, am now off to windowless cinema…
Hallelujah. An enforced three-hour break from the decorating while I wait for stuff to dry. Maybe I should go see Star Trek.
If you’ve not heard of either Basic Instructions, or the Rut/the Urf, you should probably check them out. http://linkbun.ch/aqao
@Commanderd Burns? With you, I’d expect a nuclear explosion.
@KaveyF Unfortunately deflated and packed away for the decorating.
@hayles Ta. Good to have alternatives.
@hayles Outrageous!
Right, that’s my sofa Freecycled. Now I just have to find something to sit on to watch the last half of this Green Wing episode…
@hayles Whiteladies, a little further up from Richer Sounds.
They don’t get any less surly at Cafe Cosmopolitan. Don’t think I’ll be trying again.
Relieved to see that the MP I voted for has generally claimed for things like a £35 microwave, rather than a moat and duck island.
Gah. No lie-in for me today. Have flooring guy coming round at 8:30 to see what he can do with my uneven concrete…
Microsoft development help systems get much bigger, much more complex, and much less helpful with every release.
Mmm. Heading home from Mud Dock, full of lamb and cheesecake.
The new Star Trek film must be good. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen non-geeks make the “live long and prosper” sign…
http://twitpic.com/5mlzm - Lovely bit of timely marketing by the Futon Company :) #expenses
When I’m Freecycling stuff, I wait for a reply that uses punctuation and some capital letters. Does that make me a snob?
@ahnlak Everything going well? http://tinyurl.com/o8n25q :)
http://twitpic.com/5jlyv - Taking advantage of the break in the rain for a lazy sunshine commute.
Why are there fourteen pounds to the stone? Losing weight is like having to pay for something in guineas.
Twice today I’ve been late for the boat and the boat has been fortuitously late too. Nice.
@paulahillier Yeah, but I was in at 8…
At the Affordable Art Fair. Pretty sure I can’t afford anything.
Police have closed Jacob’s Wells Road and Hotwell Road outbound. Very glad I’m walking.
http://twitpic.com/587dm - Something serious, then.
@hayles But how did the Young Ones get in your bath? And isn’t Vivian scratchy?
Ah, DIY, where marketing meets reality. Am just sanding my no-sand filler, in preparation for two coats of one-coat gloss.
@nmg Ta. Will try that when I do the hall and kitchen!
OS X 10.5.7 installed on both machines, and so far I’ve noticed one fix and no problems. Smooth.
My iPod is just too damn quiet for some songs :(
@AndyCarolan Yup. It’s an EU one. Didn’t know they were capped. Bloody French :) Will look into hacks when I get home…
@goswoppit And if my wall slides away, it ain’t Polyfilla. Gotcha.
Bloody Tesco. Just took ten minutes to check out (twice) because none of their onions were barcoded and their tills couldn’t cope.
http://twitpic.com/51rqe - Not just a random act of kindness, but colour-coordinated, too!
Scary. Just stumbled across http://sugarstacks.com/ — pictures of food with representative stacks of sugar piled prettily in front!
In terms of container, colour and consistency, Greek yoghurt and Polyfilla are indistinguishable. Will have to be careful making dinner.
@bristol_running My Bristol 10K pics: http://cli.gs/hzLA8A
@bertyc Thanks!
Fab! Fat Face exchanged my faulty bag in seconds. Now sitting in Boston Tea Party’s window, having lunch.
@bristol_running No prob. Took a lot with my big camera, too; will send you a link when they’re processed!
Well, I was meant to be decorating, but now I’ve got all these photos to process. Must… resist…
http://twitpic.com/4wscd - Out taking pics of the Bristol 10k
http://twitpic.com/4wq8q - Scenes we’d like to see #92348
@shezza_t Some Caitlin, but she never hugely annoyed me. I’m saving my favourite episode (Moffett’s Ghost) to last :)
Just been politely berated by a sash window repairman for my lack of maintenance. Annoying that he was perfectly right, too :)
Guessing it’s called “Dulux Once” because “Dulux Gloopy Too-fast-drying Easy-rip Twice-if-you’re-lucky” was eliminated by early focus group.
Curses. My nice Fat Face rucksack has started coming apart at the seams. And it’s only a few months old, dammit.
There’s nothing like Donald P Bellisario fodder to keep you company while you decorate. Have watched an NCIS & four Airwolfs while painting.
@nmg Don’t know about the other factors, but I found adjusting to auto surprisingly easy.
Reading Cloninger’s Fresher Styles for Web Designers on the morning ferry. Great book.
Wow. Up early, walk to work, work, walk home, decorate, walk to songwriting lesson, lesson, walk home, decorate more. Just a tad tired now.
Currently unfolding large polythene dust sheets by draping myself with them and flapping. Feel like a new ghost, practising.
@hayles That would certainly explain the taste. And yes, I made it up from dry, and it did look like it would go well in tea.
Decorating fact of the day: sugar soap tastes more like soap than sugar.
Streaming my decorating entertainment via AirTunes. This morning, I’ve been sugar-soaping to stories from the Escape Pod podcast.
Doing some of my songwriting homework before I head out to get decorating supplies.
Ah, the sartorial joy of decorating clothes. Currently wearing a bright yellow “The Goodies” t-shirt with combats with a big tear up the …
…leg. Sorry, don’t know why that appeared at two tweets, apparently I can’t work TweetDeck.
@Glinner They’re tactile paving; helpful user interface hint for people who don’t see so well.
It strikes me that the main problem with the re-make of Reggie Perrin is that Reggie Perrin didn’t need remaking.
It’s been a long two weeks, and I’ve been cooking healthy food almost every night. _Tonight_, I’m going with pizza and chocolate.
In the process of doing my very first piece of design work for someone else. And already experiencing client-related pain ;)
@chrismarquardt Cool! Have a splendid adventure…
@Narshada Yes, absolutely am, but annoying busy over next couple of weeks. Hopefully things will relax a bit after that.
@iphonefool Am designing new banner for renamed company magazine (the whole company just re-branded.)