Just *FLASH* bought my *FLASH* first *FLASH* flashgun. *FLASH* Goodness knows what *FLASH* the neighbours think I’m *FLASH* up to *FLASH*
Week two, run two all done. Now for a quick shower, and to dig into some of that nice French food I bought :) #getrunning
Walked through French market on way to ferry. Bought enough sausage and cheese to keep one of Napoleon’s columns marching for a few days ;)
And… here comes the rain. 9pm my arse@Lovelybuttonsns!
Apple have rep for UI design. I have degree in Computer Science. Every morning, I try to plug dock connector into the wrong end of my iPhone
Having an evening off. Everything on my to-do list can go hang. Need to recover from my knackeredness and be nice to myself.
@Playleimagery No, don’t have any routers it works on. No problem; just don’t know whether I’m ADSL2+. World won’t end if I don’t find out!
@sean_robbins yeah, but it’s the managers who are scared. The IT team on the floor don’t give a toss; they’re using Firefox…
@ahnlak on the other hand, it’s the most-working router I’ve ever owned, so it’s a limitation I’m prepared to live with…
@ahnlak It’s a Belkin N: http://tinyurl.com/6bl3a4 (I got tired of Linksys breaking and Netgear getting overwhelmed by my mozy backups…)
Thank you, spammers. Would never have had the idea to categorise all our claim descriptions using the naive Bayes algorithm without you :)
@DavidSGI Yes, but today it feels like the bastard wants it back.
So very tired. Sitting in Starbucks (unusual) having a non-decaf latte (almost unheard-of these days) and watching umbrellas go past.
Setting the stage http://twitpic.com/c42ad
On the boat to the pub for breakfast with my erstwhile team.
@ahnlak Can’t find it. Meh. Should probably just be grateful I’m still getting nearly 5mbps on my “up to” 24mbps ADSL…
@ahnlak I have no idea. Being a router, it doesn’t do anything so helpful as tell me in anything resembling English. What do I look for?
Hmm. Demon were due to upgrade me to ADSL2+ today. Don’t know whether they have or not, but at least I still have a connection.
@bertpalmer You were right! Although actually, it had stopped raining. But yes, I changed my mind and did it! Fourth run done! #getrunning
Meh. Running cancelled, I think.
Want to #getrunning tonight, but I might need to jog with an umbrella :(
@waugaman Why else would they put up with having bits of metal nailed to their feet?
@waugaman Other way round. Shire horses are jealous of high heels. They want to be taller, but their weight makes heels impractical.
@Glinner in other news, Pope still Catholic.
@DrHairbear low-tech? Come now, sir. You’re describing a nanotech-scale hegemonising swarm. Not even Apple devices can withstand that!
Ugh. WIsdom tooth giving me gyp. And I don’t appear to be any wiser for it, either.
@DrHairbear So, to summarise, you’re suffering a denial of service attack by… pocket lint?
@hayles But if it’s any good as a glue, presumably you should be saying, “prfth stidj tashtefs ghmfhd!”
Cool! Just got to the Skins scene they were filming when I took this photo of Effy: http://flic.kr/p/5mLVGm
@hayles heh. Been bemused by the strange geographical warping since beginning. Where he skateboards along Canon’s Marsh. And down Park St.!
@hayles erm… when you say “handy”? No, on second thought, I don’t want to know.
@paulahillier Shame. Couple of places on Park Street I can think of - or what’s Sweaty Betty like for shoes? Girl-friendly, anyway…
At the urging of a few different people, am finally watching _Skins_. Feel very old.
@AndyCarolan Only when I’m helping it out! I can still do quite a good “Uncle” impression, but it doesn’t really work over Twitter :)
Oh, yeah, and I also completed my third run, this time getting out into lovely drizzle… http://cli.gs/JRVTYQ #getrunning
Just impulse-bought an Aspidistra. I blame The Adventure Game. Now, on with the kabillion things I need to get sorted today.
@paulahillier Don’t forget the little shop at the bottom of Union Street; I seem to remember they’re quite good.
@hayles Sorry, doing scrambled eggs here this morning. Otherwise I’d be happy to, of course.
@johnfbraun Must be my British accent :)
@tweeny4 Now, I know you shouldn’t laugh at someone else’s misfortune. But right now, it’s taking all my self-control. Mfphfphfphf *muffle*
Num num num. Thank you, Delia. http://twitpic.com/blpkr
In the middle of my very first attempt at bread-making with live yeast. (From Stoneground in Clifton Village, if anyone local’s interested!)
@Lovelybuttons Aww *blush*.
@caffeinebomb Battle between a desire for solitude and a desire to avoid boredom? I used to go for very long waks; think I might start again
@caffeinebomb No, it’s not just you. :(
The label says this wallpaper sample is “Exhuberance”, from the “Extravagence” collection. Think Harlequin need to work on their spelling…
@bertpalmer Gah! I must’ve missed a memo! Get well soon, too!
Sympathies to @MelKirk, who I think is my first swine-flu suffering followee. Get well soon!
@shezza_t The SD card? They can when someone plugs the wrong power supply into a picture frame!
Meh. I can feel myself putting off the big amorphous job of the day: making my lounge look more like a lounge and less like a boxroom.
@Playleimagery Yup, 256 whole megabytes. It’s from a friend’s grandad; this is apparently as close to the bleeding edge as he likes to get!
http://twitpic.com/bk3sj - Yup, safe to say, that SD card is dead.
This morning, I woke from a dream where I was spreading thick marmite over many slices of toast and bread. Maybe I’m vitamin B deficient…
Kewl. Second run done. Same as the first one, only with more aching :) http://cli.gs/MgGaqa
SD card has blackened hole in top and smoke-damaged seams.
Been asked to recover data from SD card. Thought I could until I heard full story. Friend’s grandad plugged satnav PSU into picture frame.
@hayles no, I didn’t bother trying Latitude, because I couldn’t figure out why I’d want it…
Hope this clears up before this evening. But it’s quite impressive to watch. http://twitpic.com/bfiym
Oooh. Missed the ferry, then. But that extra half-hour in bed was necessary, this morning. Now for a fun-packed day and another jog, maybe.
@hayles …I’ll get my coat.
@hayles not reading? Won’t you get bored, then?
Mmm. Steak, mushroom & potato pie. Well, “pie”: only a base and a lid. But I’m cooking for one, so it’s the quick & easy option…
@shezza_t will check it out, ta!
@goatgirl74 mine went well! Hope yours did/will too!
Yay! In from my first run! And I didn’t die! Yet!
@KaveyF not entirely convinced that the two are compatible, but I’ll try ;)
Right. Today, all being well, should be the day I take up jogging. Scary thought.
@zinziii you’re just experimenting with companionable silence in a new medium ;)
Sales team here taking pandemic v. seriously. Just ordered £30 of pork-related goods for delivery to colleague at home with swine flu.
@shezza_t far less easy in this building - we’re in like sardines now!
Feeling really very tired today. Back in old office with more natural light, though, which is helping.
@hayles I have no idea. I think I like it better that way :)
This is definitely the oddest picture I snapped during yesterday’s #photowalk: http://flic.kr/p/6G8jjM
Am now up to plan “J” for getting stuff done this weekend — the plan where I run out of weekend and give up trying.
Right. Have completely tidy and clean bedroom to retreat to for relaxation. Now to start the big digital job of the day: photo processing.
@Glinner I already love the original. Should I avoid the new one?
The sun gods smiled on Bristol’s instalment of the worldwide #photowalk yesterday :) Was great, but didn’t get home until about 1am *yawn*.
Right. Need to summon up the energy to blitz the bedroom. I need to have at least _one_ room in my house that’s fully decorated _and_ tidy.
If I’d started collecting these £5 skincare vouchers when Boots started giving them to me, at least I’d be able to wallpaper a room by now.
This is a shameless plug for Get Running, my friend @benjohnbarnes’ new iPhone app for beginner runners: http://cli.gs/BPPHAm Go Ben!
Mmm. Proper British weather. http://twitpic.com/aml1c
Mmm. Proper British weather.
@LouisTrapani Nothing great. Last time I went I wasn’t really into photography. @floyduk has just been, though: http://tinyurl.com/mnb863
@LouisTrapani Portmeirion is lovely; I’ve been there a couple of times now. You _can_ imagine Rover bearing down on you, though :)
@tsunimee night!
@KaveyF It often helps to shake up my designering, anyway.
@KaveyF Try taking whatever graphical/textual element you’re editing right now and make it HUGE, big as or bigger than the label.
@Phooto Yes, but be careful: remember how intimidating tall photographers can be. You’ll probably get nicked.
You don’t realise how well-designed a fork is until you try to eat a Spanish omelette and salad with a knife and spoon.
@R2UK Curses. I don’t seem to have the bandwidth at the moment to watch @floyduk on TWiT Live. Hope he enjoys it!
Oh, for God’s sake, Google, will you stop being “helpful” and actually search for what I actually bloody _typed_!?
@jacrats well, I don’t drink or smoke, so I’ve got to find other bad habits :)
Think you have to be fairly confident as a bloke to carry off the bubble umbrella look. http://twitpic.com/ab651
@vero I’m thinking of taking it up myself. Glad you survived; good inspiration for me :)
@benjohnbarnes Good good. I did submit it the other day, in case it hadn’t been seen, and it should get better as more links appear.
@seengee etc. etc. :) I don’t want miracles, but there have been a lot of dumb failures where startups have been obviously unprepared…
@seengee Is there a status page that can be seen even if the main server is down? Is there a refund/compensation policy? Are backups tested?
@seengee I don’t necessarily want guaranteed uptime. I want to know that the company has thought about what to do in the event of downtime.
@seengee Any way of exporting all your data in a way that can be easily re-imported is good. My recent thoughts: http://tinyurl.com/kv9849
@seengee ‘course, this all depends on what kind of startup/service we’re really talking about…
@seengee Or for downtime, I wouldn’t trust them not to be down. But having a policy of compensation for downtime in place would reassure me.
@seengee …but if they gave me a way of backing it up myself, then I’d probably take a chance on them.
@seengee Hmm. Would very much depend on the shape and size of the trust. I wouldn’t trust them not to lose my data, for example….
GTD sensitives out there who can feel the large procrastination field emanating from Bristol — relax. It’s just time for my weekly review.
Of course, now I’ve doomed myself to a ton of robotic auto-followers because I’ve mentioned their keywords.
Wish there were a separate Twitter where SEO-spamming webcocks could “help” each other while leaving alone people who actually have souls.
Mmm. Toast and loganberry jam. That was a good random purchase yesterday, then.
@shezza_t Not apart from the samples you’d normally get at a food fair, I think. Guess they’re making sure only serious high-spenders apply.
Hmm. Local Oxfam shop appears to be selling cute Cthulu ornament. http://twitpic.com/9zuww
No, it’s official: Bristol food & wine fair have priced me out of their market. Having panini on Brandon Hill instead.
Bugger. Food & wine fair is £10. Also, cashpoint not working. Maybe I’m not going.
My first Howies tee. http://twitpic.com/9zlrg
*Yawn* *Stretch* Hurrah! A proper lie-in! Now maybe I’ll have a bath that lasts until midday. And is it the Wine & Food Fair later?
@sean_robbins it was inspired by how well I’m dealing with other technical problems today ;(
Well, the printer said “JAM”. So, I poured some jam in, but that only seemed to make things worse.
#followfriday @benjohnbarnes, iPhone developer, all-round splendid chap, and, for those who understand these things, a Fysh.
Right. I’ve done lots of evening work this week. Time for an evening off, I think.
@tsunimee Top tip: when you’re wondering why the hell all the menu options are greyed out, try hitting “stop” rather than just “pause”.
So I guess The Walrus and the Carpenter closed down, then. New place looks a bit posh.
@benjohnbarnes what did you do to your teeth?
@sean_robbins @goatgirl74 Okay, so that’s you two cancelling each other’s should-I-watch-#Torchwood votes out! Tiebreaker, anyone?
So, like, has Torchwood got any better? Should I start watching it again?
Taking my first tentative steps in jQuery.
Got to say, “Paneless Window Cleaning” is a great company name.
@hayles your photos must be better than ours. Ours were put up by someone with no grasp of aspect ratio, so everyone looks fat, too.
Aah, the joy of employee photos on the corporate intranet. Overheard: “Woah. He looks just like Ken Dodd. After the funeral.”
Right. That’s enough work for today, I think.
Just watched my first Flight of the Conchords. Think I’m going to enjoy this DVD. Binary solo!
@muirium heh. It’s not my ankles that worry me, it’s my total lack of fitness ;)
@AndyCarolan and if I could arrange a sasquatch? That is some kind of squirrel, right?
Any of my iPhone-using followers thinking of taking up running/jogging?
Coding to Robert Johnson & Billie Holiday (interspersed; not in some previously-unheard and rather unlikely duet…)
@hayles unfortunately, I could probably only warn you away from my place :(
Watching Nigella for the first time. Finding her surprisingly irritating.
Is it time to go home yet?
@njj4 ah, yes, okay, performing it is indeed a much more likely reason. But you get less sympathy!
Gawd, is the final still going? They’ll need the court for Wimbledon 2010 soon…
Rather lovely video (via unpluggd): How We Wish Email Was Actually Delivered http://tinyurl.com/kmnw5o
Any of you already know @benjohnbarnes? If so, he just joined Twitter. If not, follow him anyway: all round nice person and iPhone developer
@hayles …as it always annoys me by playing three YouTube videos at once even if two of them are in background tabs. Ho hum.
@hayles Ahh. For that specific case, I use the Connected Flow Flickr plugin for iPhoto. Odd that it didn’t work in the background, though…
@hayles What changed your mind? I know I probably _should_, but the few Firefox extensions I’ve played with haven’t tempted me away yet…
@njj4 Did you watch Mitchell & Webb the other night? Only the Ninth was featured in the Die Hard sketch, of course…
Playing with Cufon image replacement.
@benjohnbarnes You probably can :) Also, get a client. Twitterfon or Tweetie for iPhone, Twitterrific or Tweetie for Mac, maybe.
Writing website copy for my friend Ben’s new iPhone app.
@jacrats He’s such a fantastic courdoroy-clad rant-machine, isn’t he?
Good. Home, fed, can collapse any time I want. Probably won’t collapse just yet, but I think an early night is in order.
Twatty Channel 4. They keep sending me mails about their rubbish 4oD thing that I failed to use about three years ago, with no unsub link.
The French for “disposable cups” is just so much more evocative… http://twitpic.com/959wd
Woke up at 4am. Couldn’t get back to sleep. Feeling… wan.
Oh, yes, *waves* to all the Bristol Flickr meetrs, but I’ve got a lot of work to do this week, so I’ll be slaving over a hot keyboard…
Thank you, Eric Meyer. I finally know enough about CSS to fix the floated image problems on my site. Right, now to write some copy for Ben.
@ahnlak Hmm. Wonder if they just fscked up the local exchange upgrade somehow. Either that, or a squirrel coincidentally chewed your wire…
@ahnlak Tried updating your router firmware? Some of them weren’t quite as ADSL2+ compatible as they should have been, out of the box…
@ahnlak I nearly chucked my letter because it looked like the normal invoice.
I’m actually quite looking forward to this. http://twitpic.com/911cq
Odd. My water pressure is about half normal. Hope my shower will still work.
Installing the iPhone SDK.
@hayles no, it’s okay. Boys don’t mind when girls chat crap, it means they don’t have to think of anything meaningful to say either…
@KaveyF You should have had a letter recently with a link to a site where you could find out your upgrade date.
Very glad to be in nice cool basement flat, having just nearly melted while walking up Park Street.
@KaveyF Odd. Hope it doesn’t reach me; just got in and my connection seems fine, but I’m not due to be upgraded until the end of the month.
@KaveyF aren’t Demon going through a big ADSL upgrade at the mo? Have you just had something changed?
Hey, everyone, say hello to @BlairChadwick, local musician, fellow attendee of the songwriting course I was on, and new to Twitter!
@BlairChadwick Not bad, ta. Though I’d rather not be at work…
@BlairChadwick Oy! Noisy! Stop SHOUTING!