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Tweets from 2010/04

  1. So I got home, had a nap, woke up, and now I'm heading back off to work. What a life, eh?
  2. technical solutions to social problems
  3. @cses whatcha up to Wednesday? I can see if there's hignfy tickets for you guys - me, rod and sarah are going.
  4. …in reply to @cses
    @cses requested! either way, we should all have a drink after. I'll let Rod pick where, it's right by his work - I've not been out that way.
  5. Installing Quake2 for the web. I wonder how well it'll work...
  6. …in reply to @aeoye
    @narfyyy And I get annoyed at having to restart Chrome ever few days... What do you mean, I have too many tabs open?
  7. …in reply to @Choplogik
    @Choplogik That's beautiful. It's brilliant seeing the same forms I remember you doodling years back and ... how rich it's become.
  8. http://www.reddit.com/r/hurts_my_eyes
  9. Cambridge won. Boo...
  10. @oh_cripes jesus! You crazy mofo. What's it like, being better than everyone else?
  11. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes You should really use vim.
  12. …in reply to @infectedarea
    @infectedarea Any other monopoly infested utility.
  13. I want to quit my job and sit at home and get better at sitting at home and playing videogames all day. That doesn't seem a bad idea at all.
  14. How have I avoided listening to bearsuit for so many years?
  15. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes http://paulrobertson.mechafetus.com/pokegirls2009h.gif
  16. This is so good I unabashedly like it and it's fanfiction. http://bit.ly/bTHb6L
  17. Seriously: "Harry glumly considered the Dartmouth Conference on Artificial Intelligence in 1956." Fuck yes! http://bit.ly/cEs8Fm
  18. @cses : Have I Got Tickets For You!
  19. …in reply to @ezodude
    @AbdelS ah! I have been wanting to go to that for months, seemingly.
  20. hey! I can vote for the #pirateparty ... #SWSurrey , ho! (but I doubt I will...)
  21. …in reply to @npupp
    @npupp haha! I saw that last night, you know. Now I wanna watch the program to see which bits got cut.
  22. …in reply to @jennielees
    @jennielees my housemate takes blood at a center, and i have previously had sex with men. i know how you feel.
  23. Did ... did Apple just ban Unity for iPhone? http://daringfireball.net/2010/04/iphone_agreement_bans_flash_compiler
  24. Malcolm McLaren's dead!? Shit.
  25. …in reply to @russss
    @russss fun fact: every time you get a text/call, it bounces through the chain of portings before getting to your new network.
  26. Lemon is a drink that tastes of lemons
  27. …in reply to @musebloom
    @musebloom it's ... computers have a clock speed, the rate at which they do stuff. you can put that higher than they do by default.
  28. ... what? http://i.imgur.com/MUfFc.gif
  29. …in reply to @musebloom
    @musebloom having seen it, how could I not? Is your world not richer for now containing it? Just don't look her in the eye...
  30. Most played, last 7 days: Bearsuit, The Lucksmiths and Handsome Boy Modelling School.
  31. …in reply to @undefined
    @simonv3 Haha, no. It's some concept albums by Dan the Automator and Prince Paul, feat everyone, pretty much.
  32. Yusra is right, jealousy is a terrible, pervasive thing.
  33. Squee! My Plumtree T-shirt is here! #isnotamassivefanboyforscottpilgrim
  34. Oh, Google! Your response to a difficult format war is to introduce /another/ format? #vp8
  35. "State is the primary reason people fear computers—stateful things can be broken." http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/#p9
  36. Which is an example of the best kind of essay, one that induces "No, wait, what? You're wrong. I think. Maybe? Hm, let me think about this."
  37. …in reply to @timoncheese
    @timoncheese they ask for your address when you sign up, thinks I. I know I still get the scottish government yelling at me about cocaine.
  38. I think my favourite thing about eating pistachios is playing with the shells.
  39. Brown's lopsided, Cameron's nervous, no-one really cares about Clegg. #idontevenknowwhatthehashtagshouldbe
  40. I am a politician, I met a person with an occupation. They told me an anecdote, and that's why I'm right. #leadersdebate
  41. Awww, Clegg's had his idea talked about my Cameron! I bet he feels well chuffed #leadersdebate
  42. Ugh! Police on the streets! Longer sentences! ASBOs! If you want to deal with burglary, legalize drugs #leadersdebate
  43. Did Brown just flash to the dispatch box? Yes he has! He's enjoying this! #leadersdebate
  44. …in reply to @roderickhodgson
    @roderickhodgson They're rehearsing for a hung parliament.Clegg does have an unfair advantage,mind: no power means no history of abusing it.
  45. Oh okay, we all agree that the war will continue for the forseeable, then? #leadersdebate
  46. HELICOPTERS #leadersdebate
  47. Cameron:I <3 helicopters & the NHS Brown:We have helicopters & the NHS Clegg:I know how to pay for helicopters & the NHS #leadersdebate
  48. I trust NICE over Cameron. #leadersdebate
  49. What did Cameron say to Clegg at the end there? They stood and looked smug for a sec while Brown went and pressed flesh.
  50. I am now wearing contacts. This is me: '_'
  51. pears & vodka? oh shit! tasty lemonade (what do we have here? this is fuckin' delicious)
  52. In related news: the park is calling. Who wants to come?
  53. …in reply to @teh_nipples
    @teh_nipples Sure - see you there in an hour?
  54. http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0tngvk5WE1qanypzo1_500.jpg My favorite pokemon is Diglett because he's still underground.
  55. …in reply to @oh_cripes
    @oh_cripes which? which? i am full of curiosity!
  56. Over a billion people have played snake.
  57. I can see the direction they wanted to take this piece, but I have no idea if anyone's convinced. Is http://bit.ly/aUzqbo at all effective?
  58. …in reply to @tef
    @iamtef This names the grass, not the paths.Because it's easier to say "Yoshi" than "on the left of middle meadow walk when coming from ...
  59. Remind me to stop reading the Daily Mail when the election is over... http://tumblr.com/xui8wotiq
  60. Fuck. Tired from running, went to the supermerket. Did a big shop but - oh! forgot my wallet. 20 minutes til it closed.
  61. Ran home. Ran back. Had time. Basket where I left it. Now /really/ tired.
  62. OH my GOD, this is a CATASTROPHE. this whole DAY will be GRINDING TORMENT. I have FORGOTTEN my HEADPHONES. D:
  63. Metro: front page: Clegg & Brown impersonators shaking hands w/ champagne. page 9: "Clegg: I don't trust Brown" ...
  64. …in reply to @scaol_
    @RubZo good luck! knock 'em dead! break a leg! cogently explain your ideas!
  65. beautiful: bit.ly/afFEYA
  66. …in reply to @undefined
    @simonv3 it makes me glad people are more into this than me. (*goes and puts on plumtree t-shirt*)
  67. Stop staring at me! #leadersdebate
  68. See, it's not at all fashionable, but I love Brown. He has figures. He cares about the figures. Facts FTW.
  69. Hahahahaha! Clegg did really just "Think of the children"'d Europe! #leadersdebate
  70. Dream ticket: Clegg for PM, Brown for Chancellor. Lets forget that both would hate it, that it's electorally impossible. Man!
  71. RT @glassarmy: Helicopters! #leadersdebate
  72. This debate ... is about this issues. We had a good and honest debate on Europe, and a good and honest debate on Trident. :)
  73. RT @Aiannucci: #leadersdebate She thought about giving Clegg her number. Didn't she?
  74. The conservatives: against frightening people in elections.
  75. I ... this debate isn't about the ridiculousness of the format, or the ah-hah moments. It is about policy. I am surprised and pleased.
  76. …in reply to @wenkakes
    @wellinformatted no-one likes the backdrop. or sky, for that matter.
  77. I don't like Cameron's worship of "business leaders"
  78. "jobs tax" "jobs tax" ... Wonder if it'll catch on? (Oh, and again: "jobs tax")
  79. …in reply to @AdamRamsay
    @AdamRamsay I ... completely agree with you.
  80. Clegg has kept it up. The tide hasn't turned yet.
  81. Mind, I wonder what the papers will scream this week. More digging up old dirt?
  82. …in reply to @undefined
    @ch8ese @wellinformatted, @dnwood I'm against, for the feeling of fear you get from the phrase "Papers please"
  83. Was this Plaid Cymru woman even watching the debate? Dear god! "They all have the same policy on Trident"
  84. RT @Aiannucci: #leadersdebate The British public were the real winners tonight. So that's 2 wins to them. Another win + they go thru to ...
  85. …in reply to @lefishy
    @lefishy don't tell him this, but brown reminds me of my dad. It might be the main reason I like him.
  86. Third beautiful weekend in a row. Tomorrow: Brighton ho! Who's in?
  87. …in reply to @primadonut
    @primadonut "is this the south ken one?"
  88. …in reply to @SaraMarianne
    @SaraMarianne it's where you click on things and stuff changes but there's no new page. or where all the content was done by other users.
  89. Bought Captain Successor, failed to buy Frozen Synapse, considering buying Plain Sight, should buy VVVVV.
  90. …in reply to @JennyJenJenna
    @JennyJenJenna ... I like that I have now been informed of this conversation from both sides...
  91. I like my new desktop wallpaper, but I don't like I keep putting windows over it. I guess the lesson here is the desktop metaphor is stupid.
  92. where's the laconi.ca of last.fm? i wish i was using that imaginary, unpopular service instead of sitting in this lovely garden of spotify.
  93. …in reply to @andrewmcdonough
    @andrewmcdonough yes. spotify:user:v21 or http://open.spotify.com/user/v21 for example
  94. i hate myself, so i am listening to news 24 reporting on this whole Gillian Duffy thing. ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh
  95. …in reply to @la_miaow
    @la_miaow i'm angry 'cuz they have british accents, us flags on their uniforms and recreate sri lankan atrocities. actually, that's a lie.
  96. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FnmnuDiVno - both years old and incisive and relevant election coverage.
  97. @mikesimpsonuk Why aren't you on here?http://election.theyworkforyou.com/quiz/GU98qw
  98. …in reply to @timburke55
    @timburke55 Pulseaudio! When it's good, it's very very good, when it's bad it is utterly nonfunctional.
  99. …in reply to @scaol_
    @RubZo What! You're really abandoning "Bazooka Boys"?
  100. …in reply to @undefined
    @simonv3 watch it. the last two have been chock-full of hardcore policy. twitter is mainly just wit and snark.
  101. RT @clq: BBC wins the microphone per leader prize: at least 4.
  102. …in reply to @clq
    @clq and then he smiles...
  103. Clegg would do three things.
  104. Clegg is above all this petty political point-scoring.
  105. …in reply to @ballboymusic
    @ballboy_music I wish to give you money, and receive a copy of Club Anthems. D: Also - thanks for reminding me of "where's me jumper?" :D