Oooh, there’s something I can do for the rest of the day — I still haven’t watched Dead Set, from last year…
@hayles You & me both, sweetie. *sigh* It’s not so bad if you plan to in advance, but I had Stuff To Do. :(
@ryancarson Also check out “What if the Singularity Does Not Happen?”, http://bit.ly/3Dg361 — talk by Vernor Vinge for the Long Now. Ace.
Really think they should have made Christopher Lee a Count.
Bad: new tax disc didn’t arrive. Good: another disc did. Settling down to watch _Destiny of the Daleks_. #lovefilm
Headache and most of my grumpiness gone. Now feel like I need a few hours’ sleep, though. Bleh.
Playing with the Amazon iPhone app where you can take photos of things and they send you Amazon links to buy them. Dangerous.
It’s just possible I should drive my car more often. http://twitpic.com/no80v
@hayles never successfully worked that out, apart from “an artwork”.
Awesome coincidence: bumped into my friend Tara the second after I took that photo, so we did RWA together! #synchronicity
Hmm. Looks like the first exhibit is outside! http://twitpic.com/nnwvh
Right. Royal West of England Academy time. :)
One for the “weird but funny” file from a bin in Clifton Village. http://twitpic.com/nnvbn
Hmm. My neighbours only seem to have two states: “asleep”, and “loud”.
@bananza ugh. I used to dream about smoking every now and again. Seems to have subsided in last few years.
@bertpalmer crazy F1 fans!
Taking the morning off, then off to the RWA Autumn Exhibition preview. Can get a guest in, if anyone’s near Triangle lunchtime-ish?
Still jonesing for afternoon flapjack, though :(
My next meal is staring me down. http://twitpic.com/niwpk
Ugh. Had coffee this morning (my first this week) and already I feel like I want to go get another one. Must sleep more.
@scottejames signed up in the end, but can’t think of any reason to use it.
@shezza_t bought chocolate eyeballs for the team last night ;)
@shezza_t our numbers are also low. Lots of good decorations, though, plus the odd costume…
Morning all! Being lazy today. Changing boats and going all the way to Bristol Bridge so I can grab Baristas coffee on way in :)
@hayles Mmm. Scary big eyes.
@hayles Heh. And Ted! I love a full-on Ted episode :)
@benjohnbarnes not bad, not brilliant. Jury still out, will need further testing :) #getrunning
@benjohnbarnes not bad, not brilliant. Jury still out, will need further testing :)
@Narshada Gulp. Currently awaiting my tax disc.
@hayles Thank you, by the way — currently watching last night’s Scrubs…
@davidpatrick Anyway. May check it out, but was actually trying spoken word instead of music :)
@davidpatrick That, my friend, is a slightly disturbing bit.ly link.
@bananza *giggle*
Might try an experiment tonight: a podcast instead of music. #getrunning
Woah, have I got fatter? This running top doesn’t fit so well… Oh. Ah. Yes, it helps if you don’t put them on back-to-front. D’oh.
@KaveyF this is one of those irregular verbs, isn’t it? I cupcake, you overindulge, he has been thrown out of WeightWatchers…
Right. Have bought aforementioned flapjack. Am taking it home to have after my run. Willpower FTW!
@bananza This does appear to be true. Reliably having a good run is the next thing I need to work on :)
@bexxi But at least you’ll be able to share it with everyone.
OS X keyboard tip: hold down Option while closing a Finder window, and all the other open Finder windows will close, too.
@talkie_tim Well, he’s a vampire, dear. There’s likely to be a bit of an age-gap :D
@Squonk Cool. Bought my own supply on the way home :) #RedBushTea
@girltaristhan I just got one, too. I didn’t click on mine; doesn’t look safe to me…
@hayles Okay, may have to set up recorder.
@sjcurrie “Just then”, I meant. Only it looks like a link to a dodgy website in Beijing. Haven’t been hacked, have you?
@sjcurrie Did you mean to DM me just them?
@hayles *jealous* Don’t have time for TV right now. Probably don’t have required channel for Scrubs, either. *sigh*
@hayles C’est possible, ma cherie.
@KaveyF Heh. I immediately warmed to lead lady. Can’t think why.
@hayles There should be a phrase for internet gossip-flirts.
_True Blood_ really does have marvellous characterisation. Liking it lots.
Mmm. Perhaps philistinic, but red bush tea with milk and sugar is even nicer ;)
Always good to see a company that recovers gracefully from cock-ups. Anyone can look good when things go right. Well done, Moo!
Cool. Moo support have been great. New batch of minicards now printing. Have been double-checked by Moo to make sure they’re good.
@Squonk hrm. Not easily. Full, slightly tobacco-ey smokiness. Interesing.
Trying redbush tea for the first time. Interesting.
@WilHarris Mine has certainly fallen on its arse noticeably more than in previous weeks, but that’s only three or four times.
#getrunning Right. Back home and feeling bouncy. Quick post-jog stretch and then I’ll figure out what to have for dinner…
Nipping out to #getrunning. Catch you all in 5K.
@talkie_tim I am well past the age where the sandmen would have caught me, you know…
New Oracle SQL Developer has a box labelled “Ask Tom”. Must be some kind of MySpace tie-in.
Looking forward to running tonight. Just ate big pastry with chocolate, so pretty much committed to burning it off now!
@paulahillier Sure it will be lovely while I’m in the office. At least am going out to lunch. :)
Never mind. Will listen to Speech Debelle while I wait for ferry. Might help.
Grr. Went to bed nice and early. How come I feel so crap? #crotchety
@asic69 in that case, I’d send it back.
@ahnlak Clearly a timezone where I Get More Pete. Welcome back, dear. Feeling better?
For those who asked, my Lumix DMC-FP8 initial review is here: http://bit.ly/3hYoDs
@benjohnbarnes #getrunning I know what you mean. Big breakfast + running = pain. :(. Now limit self to half a bowl of cereal max.
@hayles go with it! At least if you get hired it’ll be by someone with a sense of humour!
@Narshada Whereas mine have never been through a washing machine, yet the right earbud stopped working today. Maybe I should wash them…
@stevemarvell Fllu.
@rabidbee *sigh* Do double-check the lengths of your text. Can’t believe my Moo cards arrived today with two letters trimmed off the end :(
@benjohnbarnes But Mozy client (maybe server?) flakiness combining with my ADSL means I can’t back up as fast as I can shoot photos :(
@benjohnbarnes DropBox is a bit too manual/small for what I need to do. Mozy currently has 242Gb of my files, if that gives you an idea.
@hayles You may want to work on that before you ask a newsagent if he has any.
Balls. Did ITV show the second episode of Murderland at the wrong time, or did my PVR box get confused by BST/GMP swap? Grr.
@hayles *giggle*
@hayles I work with a 30something man who still proudly buys 15p Chomp bars. I think you could risk a Nibble.
Grr. Think I’m going to have to give up on @mozy. Just can’t backup photographs as fast as I can take them :(
All Welsh websites should have the Welsh-language pages available at LLL.whatever.co.uk.
Thanks, @lovefilm! Looks like I’ll be seeing Harry Brown for free on Monday :)
Damn. My new Moo cards arrived, but one line of text got truncated. Don’t know if it’s my fault or theirs. Thought I checked…
@johnfbraun Silly Leftpondian.
Tonight I really am going to have an early night. Cross my heart and hope to sleep.
Sainsbury’s tiramisu could actually get me pissed.
@johnfbraun Who needs “safe” code? That’s for wusses.
@johnfbraun you missed a semicolon. Line 12.
The pedaling Christmas tree and the ninja on wheels I just passed should get together and breed one sensibly-lit road user.
@KaveyF Just be grateful you’re not a SQL trainer…
@talkie_tim Yeah, I read that on my phone while I was in the toilet :)
Yet again having trouble typing the word “hospital”. You’d think I’d have gotten better at this by now.
@talkie_tim most dry cleaners will rent you one.
@shezza_t hush, you.
Ran 6km yesterday, down one pound on the week, yet this morning I feel fat & unfit. What’s that all about, damn it?
@hayles there are probably many ways I’m worse than you, hon.
@hayles Didn’t we talk about my pathetic rate of film-watching? I’m rubbish.
@hayles Hopefully I will, too :)
About to watch “Office Space”.
@zamon I was at the very lovely Watershed Media Centre :)
@zamon Oh yes.
May… have… *buzz* overcaffeinated… *hyperventilate*
In @wshed, awaiting pasta :)
@shezza_t no, we have fair share of wind. But no rain yet *crosses fingers*
Can’t quite believe I’m wearing a T-shirt on an open boat. Lovely blast of sunshine we’re having!
Heading into town for a late lunch. http://twitpic.com/mvt0x
Quick blog post about this morning’s jog, with a picture I took of the Avon Gorge http://bit.ly/3N77M1 #getrunning
@KaveyF Shame. Such a lovely camera otherwise. It’s what I’d buy, in that arena. Too heavy for the bumbag when jogging, though!
@KaveyF Oh. Thought G11 was next in line. Keep hearing that G10 not as good in low light as LX3, but haven’t tried either for myself.
@KaveyF Anyway, my compact does a good zoom on paper, but at the long end it has to bump up the ISO so much it’s noisy as feck.
@KaveyF Many people go for the LX3 because of its wide wide end; for me that would maybe make up a bit for a loss of long end.
Anyway. Just back from a 6K jog up Bridge Valley Road and around the Downs. Feel good. #getrunning
@KaveyF …but lo, it doth suck in low light. Although it will capture and has a “high sensivity” lower-res mode that I’ve not played with.
@KaveyF Many DSLR users I know seem to have ended up with either the LX3 or the Canon G9/10. Will post review of my FP8 today, if lucky…
@KaveyF Not sure you’re going to get good low light performance out of anything really small and light :( Megapixel war = Teh Suck.
@KaveyF Heard the LX3 is good for low light. Don’t know if it’s too pricey for you, but held one earlier this week & it felt v. well built.
@R2UK That is completely adorable.
@hayles It’s where I buy all my green tea. My work’s about two minutes’ walk from there.
@ahnlak Unfortunately, that would require enough energy to go out again and get donuts. Don’t think I’ll make it. Will try music instead.
Earlier, I said I might crash. Here I am, crashing. Ugh. Please may I have some energy, Universe?
#oneletteroffmovies Milkwood: Meryl Streep investigates an accident at a plutonium plant in a small Welsh village.
@hayles Sorry, all too new for me; latest thing I’ve got is XP :(
…of course, now Flickr are Yahoo! branded, I! blame! Yahoo! for! the! hiccups! They! seem! an! obvious! cause!
Hmm. Flickr has the hiccups.
@hayles Hrm. I alternated waking up with slightly disturbing dreams. Not sure whether I’m rested or not. Will probably find out when I crash
@Nose_in_a_book cool, ta. May be visiting friend with newborn but if not will def come along!
Just been served by the poshest young shop assistant evah in Clifton Village. Can only have been there ‘cos hockey was rained off.
Off to Post Office to see if I can pick up parcel without crossing picket line
#oneletteroffmovies Clint Eastwood saves a president through better diet: In The Line of Fibre
@rhodri #oneletteroffmovies The Bruce Willis one where he couldn’t ever get scared? Unfreakable.
@Nose_in_a_book Don’t think I can make it… Give himself a bump from me :)
@hayles Ah, but what about an extra-large Friesian cat *wink* *wink*?
@KaveyF Thank you, Auntie Kavey.
@KaveyF It’ll be a set of six in a minute. Might buy me a new lens, too…
@joy_james I find The Go! Team good, has some words but they’re more musical than comprehensible.
@KaveyF Think you’ve seen almost all of them before, anyway. However, just uploading them to a new f-locked Flickr set.
Cool. The ferry company have chosen the photos of mine they want to use for postcards, and they should be going to the printer’s soon!
@hayles So, all the major food groups, then? Salty, hot, and caffeinated?
@hayles Heh. What did you get instead? Whole chicken? Sour plums? Something less identifiable? So much in that shop I have no idea about!
@Jorence Watch http://starwarsuncut.com/ instead :)
@hannahnicklin I can’t think of any reason why they wouldn’t, but I can’t be sure.
@Jorence The Phantom Menace is one of the few films I wish I’d walked out of early, just to get that bit of my life back.
RIght. I’m going to try and get some sleep. Night all!
@tweeny4 Well, the standard solution is Battenberg, but on a Friday night I’d suggest lemon drizzle.
@tweeny4 Hmm. Have you considered having some cake?
@tweeny4 Be very careful saying that on Twitter. http://bit.ly/2ftCYt
@hayles Remind me, why were you looking? Car crash syndrome?
@hayles No, but that seems to be the theme of most of the other pictures.
@hayles On the plus side, though, their website has the least unpleasant picture of a girl with a pony I’ve ever seen on the internet.
@hayles Well, for one thing, I imagine it’s full of horses.
@hayles Whoa there, Silver. Someone’s had too many sugar cubes.
@Aimee_B_Loved Fun-KY butt lovin’?
Right. Taking the evening off, having an early night, and hoping for a better, less tired start to the weekend.
Hmm. Mention the word “stable” and get followed by a spammy account for an _actual_ stable. As in horses. Twitter is odd.
@pjakobs I always found that compiling a Linux kernel was the best hardware test in the world, but I guess there are probably better ways!
@pjakobs I hear you. Always so hard to be sure with stuff like that. XP doing that, I’d think “hardware”, but with a new OS… Good luck!
@pjakobs I hate problems like that. Guessing it’s a new install on previously stable box, though, so at least you can rule out hardware..?
@pjakobs As in actual crashes? Thinking of upgrading my home XP to 7 in case I get a new job in a place that uses it at some point.
Heading home at long last.
@bananza ugh. It’s a slow Friday afternoon for me. Stop being so disgustingly cheerful, you!
So… Tired…
@shezza_t aww. Hope it cheers up. But not at Bristol’s expense :)
Ooh! Sunshine! Morning all!
@hayles Bunnies? In the shower? Testing shampoo, presumably…
Is it wrong that most of the computing power of my iMac has this week been used for playing Starship Command in a BBC model “B” emulator?
@hayles Aliens. It must be aliens.
I’m such a technomasochist. No matter how fast a computer I’m using, I load it to the point where it has problems keeping up with my typing.
@MrsFellah I have those auto-changed to “low” importance by a rule. It’s never misclassified a mail yet.
@hayles I did the same thing the other night. Pro: I made it myself. Con: it gave me heartburn :(
@hayles “Yes; I strangle irritating shop assistant with them. It’s my hobby. What was your name again, dear?”
I still say it should be “MacBooks Pro”, not “MacBook Pros”.
Think I’m going to nip out for a pleasant, slow run. Haven’t had a relaxing one for a while.
@macworld I don’t need them to dissect it, I need them to tell me if I’ll want to throw it through a window a month after I buy it!
Yes, iPhone, but it mightbe helpful if you told me WHICH item! http://twitpic.com/mh1d4
@paulahillier I shall add that to my “stuff not to do” list.
@benjohnbarnes So concentrate on the Australian market! Spring is in the air…
@dktom yes, and if you check it it shortens URLs even if your tweet is tiny anyway. I want it only to shorten if tweet exceeds char limit.
Dammit, wish TweetDeck would only shorten URLs if it needed to.
(via @bananza) Yay! Beards! http://bit.ly/7qtYH
@benjohnbarnes Stop philosophising and #getrunning, you!
On the ferry, watching the ducks go by. Sometimes mornings are nice, if you pay attention.
And, yet again, I wish for a GUI that closes the window on the display I’m _looking at_, rather than the one that happens to have focus.
Has the Adobe updater _ever_ successfully updated Camera Raw, on any platform, anywhere? #adobe #useless #fail
@JButtitta Swap it for The Addams Family theme. Catchy enough to override MP and a tribute to Vic Mizzy http://bit.ly/1mK7gC
I don’t believe the release of _any_ new OS warrants hourly coverage on Radio 4 news. Is that just because I’m a geek?
Sweet about the crab that snuck onto the aquarium http://bit.ly/3L2vsu . Worried that BBC keep mentioning his edibility, though.
@stevemarvell Heard good things about newer Android handset the other day. (HTC?). Android seems more likely to fit your computing setup.
@marklesuk @benjohnbarnes temporal faults all over the planet! I blame the LHC!
Help! I’ve encountered a temporal anomaly! I’ve just noticed I’m wearing my “Thursday” socks.
Can I go back to bed now?
@seengee Nope, installed just fine here (v0.31.3) Sorry!
@seengee There’s a new version? Hang on, I’ll give it a try.
Grr. Having real problems printing, and it could be so many things wrong that I’m going to get through a lot of expensive paper finding out.
@benjohnbarnes In this case, it’s the coder. If it wraps around <unknown> times, it’s not a progress bar, it’s an overengineered hourglass.
Just ordered some Moo cards. Hopefully that will give me the impetus to finish the website they point people at!
@jacrats Well, you have my sympathy. Grr. This Java installer just wrapped its progress bar back around to 0% for the sixth time *sigh*
Progress bars should be more honest. “There are seventeen hours remaining. Or maybe three seconds. Who knows? I don’t.”