Matt Gibson (@gothick)

Hotwells, Bristol

The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @gothick ever

June 2010

Hah! I have you now, Scrabble for iPhone! Well, assuming “MINTFAG” is a word, I do…

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@benparkatbjs The stop-motion editor :) Although I’m not doing proper stop-motion with it.

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Playing with Smoovie.

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@Infadels I guess it depends how sensitive the girl being shouted at is ;)

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@tsunimee I believe the old standard of a Newcastle football top & no knickers is currently quite fashionable in the West Eying

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@Narshada Luxury! Try buying runflats sometime ;). Worth it, though.

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@alkalinemouse I’m a Safari fan, but I use Firefox on Windows. I tend to use whatever’s default, but IE is just too horrible ;)

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Bwa-ha-ha. Building huge materialised views in someone else’s database. Maybe they won’t notice.

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I just woke up in 2010 to hear Ken Clarke banging on about prisons on Today. And I thought Doctor Who was confusing.

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Oh, so it’s a “finally dragged put of bed by the emergency backup alarm clock” kind of day, is it?

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@dottyteakettle what was the problem, though? Poor comic timing?

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@Jorence Top tip: always wake up as many times as you fall asleep.

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@tomfordyce Surely he’s _far_ more Rene from ‘Allo ‘Allo?

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@MitchBenn There’s surely little chance for confusion, bearing in mind the number of footballers who can write.

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Anyway. Yay! Tomorrow is the last day of my week. Took Thursday and Friday off, mostly just because I could.

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@hayles I need more bursts of writing stuff.

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halvorson Muphry’s Law: “If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault in what you have written” http://j.mp/cD16l2

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@hayles Oh, hadn’t realised it was early. Get you, all prepared with a queue and everything. I never write anything in advance…

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@chrisphin I have never needed to do that on a Mac. It’s one of the joys of it not being Windows, for me. Have I just been really lucky?

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@hayles It’s like new car syndrome. Since your post about those cool bikes I’m seeing them everywhere!

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2867AD. Delighted British archaeologists discover Windows Vista upgrade layer perfectly preserved below a seal of polyester England flags.

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@chrisphin Tried re-applying the combo update? It’s the kind of voodoo that seems to work for odd stuff like that.

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@howiescardigan Are we about to see a discounted brown tie-dye range?

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@hayles @jukesie I normally end up hitting wrong one first no matter what I need!

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@jukesie …but even if I’m remembering right, it was months ago, so don’t go out of your way without phoning!

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@jukesie ooh. I _may_ have seen them in one of the two stationers on Park Street and the Triangle. They’re a standard Avery label, I think.

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@hannahnicklin Guessing either (a) previous feedback will have refined the plastic choice; or (b) it leaves no evidence when it goes up.

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Gah. Just had one of those http://domainillneverfuc… moments of wistfulness.

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@mistymaria @asic69 @KaveyF ah, finally understood. Bear in mind that not knowing who his is means I don’t recognise him when I see him!

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Yay! This summer’s books for reading under trees on nice days have arrived :) http://twitpic.com/20y7za

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@hayles It’ll be handy. Not that I’m such a geek that the first thing I do in the morning is read my mail in bed. Oh no. Not me.

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Ooh, iOS 4 added a rotation lock feature on my 3GS. Handy. (It’s on the iPod quick controls; double-tap Home and swipe right.)

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Grr. Why don’t paragraphs work inside blockquotes on MediaWiki? *grumble*

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Bugger. Looks like @cshirky at @wshed tomorrow night is sold out.

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@hayles Oh, come on, you can give her back the account now :D

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Laughing at @hayles. Or is it @nixgeek? IT’S HARD TO TELL.

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Why *does* this sodding iMac insist on running its hard drive fan full blast every few days, when the temp sensor is reporting just fine?

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1854 Metropolitan Police issue statement on young photojournalist incident, say it will be investigated: http://bit.ly/aG13it

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@Narshada Quick, if it’s a swarm you can wear them as a beard!

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@talkie_tim Think you can click the “that didn’t work” link on the “success” page and get a real link.

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@KaveyF Sounds like a good outcome, really.

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@vero ouch. Making a PDF that hard to open must take some special skills!

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@vero Why would you even bother with the thing on a Mac? Never been tempted myself…

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@boagworld I know people were unhappy about the podcast news, but actually cursing you with a plague of blisters seems an overreaction!

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@hayles I’d be okay with it as long as there was no DRM. As it is, paying the same amount to basically rent a specific licence is annoying.

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Random thought: Cafes should have a sign singletons can put on their table that indicates “I really don’t mind sharing. But I’m working.”

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@asic69 Well, I guess I have to define him as a failure of a celebrity, as I have no clue who you’re talking about…

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Oooh, yes, @Jorence, @stillawake, good idea: A Twitter Breakfast Club. Yes, let’s do it. Any other takers out there?

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Heh. Is “Peter Andre: The Next Chapter” the best ITV can field against BBC’s “Lennon Naked”?

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@Nose_in_a_book Thanks for sponsoring me :)

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@megpickard That’s so blatant it’s at least a metafive.

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On the plus side, it’s only marginally less likely that England will win the world cup now.

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@Schofe Yes, well, you shouldn’t have been waving a German flag around. Bet that’s quite painful to remove. ;)

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Well, that turned out less “we woz robbed” and more “we woz rubbish.” Well done, Germany, nonetheless. Good playing.

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Well, at least it means that decision didn’t matter so much. Hopefully we won’t be dragging the footage out for next 30 years

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@KaveyF There’s no way you’ll avoid seeing footage or a photo of it in the next 24 hours. Unless you’ve another Antarctica trip planned.

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@becksldrt not his fault. He was probably the only person who wasn’t looking at it when it went in ;)

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Well, if we get four or five more goals, we might win 3-2.

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@djelibeybi_meg Thanks! That’s completely lovely of you!

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A snap of the deserved winner of the “best dressed” prize at Pants in the Park :) http://twitpic.com/20fynk

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DailyQuail RT @DailyQuail: Mail bases iPhone 4 recall story on tweet from fake Steve Jobs account: http://is.gd/d67gG (new URL: it changed overnight)

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@djelibeybi_meg But I’ll be doing the half marathon in September, so there will be other opportunities to sponsor me, anyway ;D

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@djelibeybi_meg No, sorry, that’s the only thing I’ve got set up. I’ll see if I can figure out what’s wrong. After this iced coffee :)

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@tsunimee Thanks! And yes, hosed myself with sunscreen before setting off :)

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Incidentally, if you’d like to help out Prostate UK by sponsoring me to run 5K in silly pants (pics later): http://bit.ly/am3SF1

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I’m off to run 5K for Prostate UK. What’s that, @Jorence? The hottest day of the year? Oh. http://twitpic.com/20e2sm

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@mikedunn Aha, so my guess was about right. Cool.

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@mikedunn Oh, yeah, I see. Not sure how that works. Looks like Nike are promoting tweets including the hashtag. Maybe that earns a badge?

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@mikedunn Err… Why _wouldn’t_ it be trending?

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Result. Took fewer than 100 photos on the Flickr walk. Nothing like as much processing to do for five hours of photography as usual :)

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My prediction: the supervillain behind the evil alliance will be Graham Norton

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@mattgemmell If you have odd non-logging problems, turn them around in the pouches. Worked for me.

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Now at the Suspension Bridge

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We’re still in Underfall Yard

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@Jorence Meet us in Clifton Village? It will take Some Time to climb the Zig Zag. Guessing you’ve at least an hour.

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@Jorence Sorry, only remembered it was on a couple of days ago, forgot I’d not tweeted about it!

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@Jorence It’s a photo walk! It’s starting soon. Details in a post under http://flickr.com/groups… Come, join us anywhere!

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Heading on over to the Flickr walk.

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@hayles er. Hang on, reading that again I’m not sure I was with you when I answered that!

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@hayles No, I have a 3GS that I’ve upgraded to iOS 4. The 3GS has Nike+ built in, too, but I prefer RunKeeper.

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@hannahnicklin No such thing. Evil little bastards.

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Wonder if @Runkeeper will record my GPS track in the “background” now, with iOS 4? *pokes runkeeper.com with a stick and gets no response*.

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@djelibeybi_meg Hmm. , you say? I should give that a go, shouldn’t I?

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@stillawake Shame. If not, sure someone else will nick the idea, it’s very cool.

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@stillawake This is how I slept last night, courtesy of Sleep Cycle :) http://twitpic.com/201tau

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@stillawake Sleep Cycle is great, and really works. I use Pzizz, too, but generally on the Mac. Bigger speakers :)

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Starting to wonder if the cold was gone days ago, and if it’s actually Lemsip that’s making me feel rough.

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@MGBS4 Should be there before the start time, but don’t wait for me — I’m coming from Hotwells so I can’t miss you…

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@mattgemmell Clearly Jobs is telling you you should consider PVC more often when making fabric choices.

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A good example of a place where a comma is very important: http://twitpic.com/2092qh

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StephenBahr Is this the best newspaper headline ever? http://bit.ly/9uLj2k

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@ahnlak My expectations are lowered every time I hit that login page with one link that says “click here to do what you just asked to do.”

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…Unfortunately 3’s website will tell me neither. Grmph.

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Reading @hayles’ blog post about MiFi. Would love to know how much contract I have left on 3 dongle/how much a MiFi upgrade would cost.

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As you can see from Ray’s photo, today I worked hard and stuck to my diet. http://bit.ly/b2wQMo

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@MGBS4 I still think I could have reined myself in a bit more, but I did a lot better than usual in terms of duff shot ratio.

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@tyronem No idea, but it’s cool. Some kind of hawkmoth, maybe?

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@MGBS4 Sure it’ll be a good walk regardless. Much rather be out taking photos than down the pub.

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@twitttles Why thank you. Although I try to aim for truly grumpy yet occasionally gentle. Hrmph.

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New series of The IT Crowd: 10pm, Channel 4.

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@Dan_Martin I think they should do Bill Bailey in the style of Kraftwerk in the style of the Wurzels. The universe would implode.

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A wedding reception just drove past me on the Hotwell Road http://flic.kr/p/8df3gg

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(If you are into foulmouthed animal pupptry, http://petscomedy.com/ is the Pets internet hub…)

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Anyone who enjoys Mongrels on BBC3 tonight should go watch Pets, pretty much the original, though uncredited, and fab. http://bit.ly/a7ENiW

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@Dan_Martin Oh, sorry, thought you were at Bill Bailey on Sunday!

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@Dan_Martin will that make it the second time you’ve seen a live performance of Combine Harvester within a week?

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@philmonger Sadly they’d mostly buzzed off when I went past just now!

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Hmm. Bristol Flickr walk tomorrow seems to go around places I normally am week in week out. Still, that’s a challenge, I suppose.

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@TTApress cool, ta for reply! At least I know I’m not missing a deal if I just take out a new sub :)

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@bccore Yeah, but I want bigger screen and huge battery life. Plus e-ink seems nicer for the summer sunshine :)

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@philmonger Clearly my curses have started working. Lloyds TSB card fraud services had better watch out for the fleas of a thousand camels.

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philmonger There is a GIANT FUCKING SWARM OF BEES trying to break into Natwest bank on Corn Street http://twitpic.com/1zsqbd

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Think I’m skewing the stats by answering Guardian iPhone app surveys. No way to say, “but that’s because I only use the app once a month!”

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@TTApress If I already subscribe to Black Static and IZ, is there a good (i.e. cheapest) way to add Crimewave?

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Hmm. This may be a good time to buy a Kindle.

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@chrisphin Similarly, YouTube commenters would use the query “lol how change pass ur moron”.

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@chrisphin By a process of deduction, I’d say they’re likely looking to change their AOL passwords.

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@tsunimee well, I just hope the man isn’t ticklish.

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@chrisphin @stitchbitch tidy one single area until it’s a more serene place to slob, then give yourself permission to slob (important).

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hotdogsladies New Sanity Enhancer: Banker’s box labeled, “Cords, Adapters, and Power Supplies I’ll (Probably) Never Need.”

Net Sanity Enhancement: +20%

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Presumably they’ll have to have a break at 100 games to 99 while they hammer a couple of nails into the scoreboard to hold the extra digit?

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@floyduk That was a very pessimistic 3,000th tweet ;)

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robjmills man, looks like apple have got serious issues with the new iPhone antenna http://bit.ly/9cIp7M

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@csoanes Similar provenance to Vat 69, then!

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Lovely bit of writing on Tom Fordyce’s blog about the crazy everlasting tennis game http://bit.ly/bk067I

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darrenwaters Only in a mad world do people queue for an iPhone while looking at queues of people queuing for an iPhone on their iPhones.

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@hayles I hope you’re going to consider matching cases. Though it’ll be a hard choice between the iSmug and the iVomit.

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On t’boat. This boat, to be specific. http://twitpic.com/1zgaem

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@asic69 mostly. Just had a lemsip, though.

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Right. Off to catch the early boat.

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Basic Instructions is a little more surreal than normal today :) http://bit.ly/aAuMTd

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@KaveyF @Playleimagery You’d actually be surprised how well that works :D

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@KaveyF @Playleimagery @ahnlak Start recording audio from microphone on one computer. Play video on other. Be very quiet for “n” minutes. :)

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Daleks: http://hicksdesign.co.uk… (via @Hicksdesign)

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Yup, liking the new Flickr photo screens. Wide shots (like this one from this morning: http://flic.kr/p/8cRu99) look better in the new width

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@tweeny4 Yes, I am also enjoying the new shiny.

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I just mistyped “Grain Barge” as “Gran Barge”, thus turning a pub into an example of discourteous public transport behaviour.

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@KaveyF Nah, I was only out for a half hour. Still recovering from my cold, so I’m not going long distance :)

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…although with the fill-flash it does look like I did that with green-screen and Photoshop! Next picture: me jogging past the Taj Mahal.

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Lovely evening for a jog. If a touch hot. http://twitpic.com/1zba8o

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@canofpopcom I’m guessing he was watching the footie; maybe the mrs mayor wasn’t so interested :)

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@canofpopcom Surely if he was stalking me he’d have chosen a less distinctive car? :)

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Just been oddly questioned by the Lord Mayor’s chauffeur after taking a photo of his car. http://bit.ly/adSgAX

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@jacrats Rational? You have my sympathy. Always wondered why people used their design tools when their tools were clearly so badly-designed.

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@paulahillier No, I’m at work. It’s quite quiet in here, though!

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@hayles Wow. My max was nearly 1GB. Clearly you’re a lean, mean, tweetin’ machine.

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Why is there so much day left at the end of the caffeine high?

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Hah! Following on from yesterday, other pubs are making different promises! http://twitpic.com/1z77ak

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Strobist info: I used the fucking sun. Grow up.

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Hmm. Apparently, @laverneshow rocks when escaping from police with her in elderly car after she’s trashed a place with a JCB.

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Grr. Can’t seem to upload a @dailybooth picture at the moment. Either errors or it just sits there for a Very Long Time.

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@RichNeville Yeah; I’ve actually managed to feed the media fake Stephen Hawking quotes on several occasions :)

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@RichNeville It’s what I did. I died in ’87. This is actually a BBC “B” that’s still hooked up to UUNET at the back of a school cupboard.

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@mikedunn Well, they deserved that, really, didn’t they?

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@RichNeville Your famous last words may need some work.

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@mikedunn Looks to me like they changed their minds.

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@ahnlak …it’s just that they spent all their time arguing about how to do it, then went on strike.

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@ahnlak Well, it looked like they were trying their best.

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What’s that distant clacking noise? Oh, yes, that’ll be all the worry beads in Greece.

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An increase in IPT? That’ll be fun. I know at least two computer systems with the rate hardcoded in in places!

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@bexxi I’d much rather be a producer than a consumer :)

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Screw you, “Solar Plus”, for sending me spam in an envelope marked “IMPORTANT INFORMATION ENCLOSED”. No trust in your scammy company now.

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Well, that’s pleasantly different. http://twitpic.com/1z0wct

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Question on Stack Overflow: “What does linefeed means?” So tempted to answer with “How is babby formed?”

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@majicDave Tried using Image Capture? I just use a card reader, can’t remember the trick for direct connection.

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Can I just stop being ill now, please? *sigh*

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I’m happy to pay any phone company an unlimited sum of money for their service every month. There is a fair-use cap of £25, however.

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Yay! New Chris Fowler Bryant & May novel has arrived. So, read now, or save it for holiday time? Hmm… http://twitpic.com/1yrvlz

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@benparkatbjs Well, I’d only bother with the crucial ones. I need @Runkeeper to work, would take my chances with most other stuff :)

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Just misspelled “mattgetsrunning.com” as “mattgetsruning”. Presumably that would be the blog of my AD&D character in an alternate universe.

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@benparkatbjs But I’ve already had notification from at least one major app author that their app isn’t compatible yet. Think I’ll hold off.

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