Matt Gibson (@gothick)

Hotwells, Bristol

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January 28th, 2010

Just got a Facebook friend request from a girl I don’t know who went to my school. Someone’s confused. It was boys-only when I was there!

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@benparkatbjs Well, my experience is that BT have variable customer service, but generally awesome engineers.

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Huzzah! Finally cleaned the bathroom. Before all the little dustbunnies joined into a single dustmonster and ambushed me.

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Understand objections, but think if women feel safe enough to go to Tesco in their nightwear at 2am, that reflects quite well on community.

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Listening to Radio 4 report on people, especially women, shopping in their pyjamas. Newsagent said it reflects badly on the local community.

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@ScrivenerApp As is often the case, it’s the content owners and the legalities that are causing the gyp, not the actual technology. *sigh*

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@ScrivenerApp Is the Kindle still in its half-arsed UK launch where you’ve got to use the US store and pay in dollars, too?

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@DrHairbear Possible. But in that case, would have expected a small accompanying explanation along with the complete name & gender change :)

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@chris_j_hughes It does, but “co-educational” sounds very British to me, oddly. Sadly constrained by Twitter in this case.

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…and, yes, gender is more fluid nowadays. But it’s co-ed now, and I think it’s more likely there’s been more than one Matt Gibson there :)

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@benparkatbjs Can’t comment on Virgin as it’s not the post-TeleWest bit (had uniformly awful TeleWest experience.)

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@floyduk How did you manage that? Still amazed after Windows that this iMac hasn’t been reinstalled since I got it, in Jan 2006…

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@benparkatbjs But then that is a bit like saying that something is less bad a film than The Phantom Menace.

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@benparkatbjs Hmm. Is this Virgin as in used-to-be-TeleWest Virgin? Because if so, I’d definitely say BT.

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@nja I would call it the Rincewind of software wizards, but it lacks the honesty and charm.

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@benjohnbarnes …but in the end, may just be gloss that distracts me from actually bloody writing ;)

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@benjohnbarnes I’ll still need to try/see keyboard options. Scrivener would be awesome with touch-drag corkboard.

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@AndyCarolan I love it to bits. Don’t think I could watch it while doing something else though, would just keep standing and staring at it.

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Starting my afternoon off in Boston Tea Party, getting slightly high on dark-roast latte. Bzzzzzzzz!

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@benjohnbarnes I still think there might be an ipad-shaped hole in my computing, it’s just not the one I was hoping to fill in :)

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@benjohnbarnes Oh, I’m not demeaning it; it’s just that a cheaper, lighter device that still ran Coda and Scrivener would have made my day.

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@philsherry Well, I would, but you appear to be wearing a vest made of impenetrable inline styling.

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@teacherdude …but seems unlikely. So, if I can’t get the apps I normally use in cafés anyway, might as well get a netbook.

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@teacherdude Thinking now the apps will decide it. Use two killer apps on Mac for writing and coding. If on iPad, will compel me more.

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@teacherdude yup, but of course that decreases portability and ups the cost. Looks like a lovely device, but not sure it’s for me.

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Hmm. @O2 data seems very flaky this morning. No data at all for last twenty mins, though connection looks fine… Maybe just Bristol?

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@teacherdude No, especially if you’re a typing-mad idiot like me and want a real keyboard.

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@tsunimee I never really started. Should do, as sometimes I just want to see “Bristol”, or “photographers”, or whatever.

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@lizzclare And I am still… 16 stone, 12-and-a-half. But hey, that’s still a half-stone down from when I started running. *sigh*.

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Some of my faith in Google was just restored. Try searching for “recursion” and check the “Did you mean…?” result… (via @Doener)

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*Yawn* *Stretch* Right, Morning Pages out of the way, and time to get moving. Suppose if I’m only doing a half-day, should get in early!

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Up nice and early. Afternoon off work (hurrah!) during which I shall probably be productive, around bursts of _Dexter_.

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@sean_robbins Well, I think we can all be grateful for that :) Personally, it’s pyjamas for me. This flat’s too bloody draughty for nudity!

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@jcroft GPS tracking apps. I want to do other stuff while logging my journey.

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@joy_james Ahh, so it’s All Your Fault. Good.

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Damn it, @lovefilm, I am a customer trying to rent a DVD. This advertising is offensively intrusive. I hate it. http://twitpic.com/106ki1

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