Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-02

  • Why is @Lon2012don now following me, given I consider the 2012 Olympics to be a sorry waste of potentially useful arts funding? #mocknblock #
  • Sounds like practically everyone I know had a great weekend at #truck09 . Ultimately glad we didn't get tickets this year, but next year.... #
  • Woh. Weird post-sneeze rattling noises from inside my sinuses. At least they're not emitting high-pitched whines again. #
  • Anyone else want to see Tickell, Lynas and Miliband at the #foe #climatechange event at the Town Hall in #OX1 tonight? 7.30pm, free entry. #
  • Just seen Ed being interviewed at station. #climatechange #
  • And Energy Savings Trust inside station. Gosh. Green-themed Oxford. #climatechange #
  • Town hall full; had to swap rooms. Tickell and Lynas both present; where's the Milisaur? #climatechange #OX1 #
  • Vestas workforce now represented on the panel discussing #climatechange. #
  • Miliband on the run over carbon capture. R&D does not need a new Kingsnorth. #climatechange #
  • Still, Miliband holding his own. But what if there is no inspiring story for the masses? #climatechange #
  • Uh-oh. This guy's brought notes. 'All you need to do is fund my perpetual motion machine.' #
  • Hellay. My name's Sesan and I'm a plant. Jist hay levely will the Carbon Capture Snuffleupagus be? #climatechange #
  • Nuclear success story France recently closed several power stations... Because the coolant sea water was too warm. #climatechange #fail #
  • V854 NWC pavement-mounting bumpybump ignorant indicatorless Park End Street wideboy #cagerfail #
  • When your day's fail culminates in cutting your lip on a piece of toast, it's probably time to go back to bed. #
  • RT @jamieandrews Big Green Gathering festival canceled after 'political pressure' from police http://bit.ly/16eKrs #
  • @covert [applause] he's here all week, folks! Try the fish! #
  • How does one tell the difference between a gradually more irritated hole made in one's hand to dig out a splinter, and an actual splinter? #
  • Gosh, @BridgeHealth saw your tweet and it piqued their interest, they’re a medical travel company and they’d love to connect! #mocknblock #
  • RT @stefanoscalia The Middle East according to Fox News - see "Egypt" http://twitpic.com/bum2w #
  • @ihatemornings just as unit 9 have been stealing our cutlery, so unit 8 have been stealing the heat out of your fridge, to make our tea with #
  • @wesayso I recommend Gobi or, at a pinch, Atacama. [picks self off floor; wipes tears from eyes] #
  • Just bit my already mangled lip, and discovered we'd cracked a Wychwood half-pint glass some time previously. It never rains but etc. #
  • #twitviewer is apparently a scam. But as far as I can see twitpic.com still uses the password anti-pattern. Is it integrated with Twitter? #
  • @wesayso you've always struck me as the umble illiterate cockernee urchin type gorblimey guvnor up the chimernee wiv me poor sewf. Tiramisu? #
  • RT @sillage Guardian [journo] makes anti-racist @Herring1967 seem racist http://bit.ly/4fxlkB #richardherringisnotaracist #brianloganisadick #
  • @wesayso hello-hurray, there's a price to pay for an Eton trifle (Eton trifle!) #
  • RT @sillage Guardian [journo] makes anti-racist @Herring1967 seem racist http://bit.ly/4fxlkB #richardherringisnotaracist #brianloganisadick #
  • @robinhouston well, Gorman *quotes* two sentences, not one; there's a hell of a lot more in the original article. Also: http://bit.ly/OkEjV #
  • @hatmandu honour is more contextual than that. Or: pick the fight you think is worth fighting and don't get miserable over other battles. #
  • #thameswater managed to misspell "Stacey", "John" and "Griffin". Griffins outnumber Griffens by 25:1, unless you're a utility company. #fail #
  • RT @wesayso My new favourite site: http://businessguysonbusinesstrips.com #
  • @robinhouston you read my mind: we were just having a, er, heated exchange in the office about how awful pie charts can be. #
  • RT @leisa can't believe I haven't had a single UI or module suggestion on the in-place-CRUD demo for #drupal/economist http://bit.ly/1UA7H #
  • @hatmandu @griffinkate once worked in a nursery where an assistant made up "The lion is very very um, roary: he couldn't be anything else!" #
  • RT @greenpeaceuk flight of the conchords'... rhys "murray" darby's ode to climate change. problem solved! http://bit.ly/OW1NX #
  • @damiancugley Neal and I have just been discussing mysql_escape_string versus mysql_real_escape_string. We feel your pain. #php #drupal #
  • RT @ihatemornings Ending every sentence with an ellipsis doesn't make your copywriting kid-friendly. It makes you look slow. #freetip #
  • Hacking around in #Drupal 5's global $_menu. Feels strangely satisfying when something that oughtn't to work, works. Like rewiring your pet. #
  • British Chiropractic Association sue science writer over critical article; internet decides to regulate BCA http://bit.ly/JpITU #fail #win #
  • Of course, the BCA should already be regulated: by the GCC, who refused to accept a single complaint covering 500 chiropractors. Bravo! #
  • @davecranwell we're already having to move with a dozen bottles of cheap French red or I'd try and make space. #
  • RT everyone: When the technology ruins the customer experience, with bonus cute puppy: http://su.pr/99xOFX #
  • Fancy doing a 5-minute microslot at #ogn 14 on Wed 23 September? Submit your talk details http://bit.ly/zcT7v We're a friendly bunch really. #
  • #Ocado van "drinks biodiesel"; affectedly talks in first person. Its driver cannot drive safely on single-track roads. #cagerfail #
  • @hatmandu you have a child: if your carpet and upholstery isn't glistering then you're not giving them enough fluids and essential nutrients #
  • Writing custom hook_form_alter for #drupal node editing is easier than spending hours messing with CCK. Should revisit KarenS' ace tutorial. #
  • @didlix whoops, ran out of space: creating custom #CCK fields in #Drupal http://bit.ly/TAltJ #
  • via @robinhouston, hardware hacking and #dorkbot for those who heard about it at #ogn 13 http://tr.im/uKSq #
  • Looks like our vendor has returned to snarf the spare patio slabs she decided were still hers; we think she might also have used the loo. #
  • @natbat they were extolling the virtues of Eurostar on R2 panel show last night. It's like magic that gets you to France. #yayforeurostar #
  • @helenroper well, yeah, it's trespass and theft. And er, toiletry. Not much we can do except change the locks, though, which we're planning. #
  • XML, HTML, #XHTML2, XHTML1.1, #HTML5 and all that: in Scott McCloud-esque cartoon form http://bit.ly/c3wu2 #ogn #
  • @peteaylward she takes that tree over my cold, dead, rake-clutching hand. #
  • RT @serafinowicz: #
  • Sad to see my first ever site for @torchbox is scheduled for demolition. Four and a half years is a good run, though. Ave atque vale. #
  • @wesayso darnit, you guessed. It was grumioestcoquus.ln and it never really recovered from that whole volcano thing. #
  • @sambowler I really need to blog about that, don't I? Well, we need to release it first. #
  • Feeling drained and full to the brim with bloody houses and bloody driving. #
  • Apparently on Sundays Witney's Focus DIY is open 10-4pm in England and Wales and 9-6pm in Scotland. Another reason to keep the Act of Union. #
  • Every now and then TweetDeck seems to just sort of forget that the internet is there, and I have to tweet something to wake it up again. #
  • Anyone who knows me and doesn't yet subscribe: want a free LRB subscription for a year? Anyone who's already tried one and given up: shush. #
  • @benwerd the catch is you actually have to want to read the LRB - which I love - and not just go "mm, free stuff!" No other catch. #
  • @robertdouglass the admin toolbar in #drupal core is ideal: CMS should tread lightly on its content. Seen @leisa's vid? http://bit.ly/1UA7H #
  • @benwerd it's yours. @htfb apologies - whenever they send us another I'll earmark it for you. #
  • @leisa "disguise self as Druplicon"? now your secret's out: this was YOU! http://bit.ly/q33jS #
  • "Birds, lakes, rivers, fish and glaciers have no political agenda; but climate deniers and their wealthy sponsors do." http://bit.ly/awOWE #
  • LA51 VLL are taxis really exempt from traffic laws on Broad Street? #cagerfail #
  • Our compost bin produces no compost but it consumes kitchen/garden waste like some sort of enormous concrete pet rabbit. I daren't reach in. #
  • Kieran Webb (Movemakers) tried to buy our house: not just after it went STC, nor after exchange, but so late that *we* got his letter. #fail #
  • Working out how to get to the wedding. Public transport #fail at least means we'll be able to get a coffee waiting in Oxford. #stagecoach #

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