@hayles Hey, I was drinking _decaf coffee_. Surely that proves my motivation is mostly social :)
Gah. Cold feet. Note to self: running shoes not the best idea for walking in cold rain.
@collectivenouns will check it out. But on reflection, I think a “ripple” of rowers is better :)
RT @librarythingtim: If you’re familiar with Etsy, check out http://bit.ly/Go09B
Just met @hayles. Cool!
@hayles Wandering. Look for big bald damp guy.
@hayles -y
@hayles aww. Am in waitrose. Could wander back?
Blegh. Making my way home through the drizzling gloaming.
Ooh. Snow Leopard PHP includes GD library. At last!
@benjohnbarnes Might be! I didn’t try decoding it :). If it was me, I’d’ve made it a UPC code for Wrigley’s gum - first barcoded thing sold!
The ferry passengers’ language subcommittee has just decided that the collective noun for morning rowers is a “splash”.
(I wrote the barcode article for Defining Moments in Science http://bit.ly/2ywDoC , so I didn’t have to use the web to look that up!)
Google have a barcode as their graphic today. If you were wondering, the first patent for a barcode was granted on Oct 7, 1952