v21’s Twitter Archive

Tweets from 2010/05

1. "I wonder where one goes to meet programmers when on holiday somewhere"
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2. @fonduelover you're not alone in this. my best bits of my job are learning.
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3. …in reply to @dnwood
   @dnwood I dreamt Nick Cave invited me on stage and gave me some ale. As I was leaving I used his toilet, which he didn't like, but gracious.
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4. So apparently the end result of seeing Bill Bailey is that you play two-step garage.
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5. Shamanistic fortune telling using RSA keyfob numbers.
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6. …in reply to @alitheg
   @alitheg they're amazing, aren't they? I want three now. One in portrait. I'll not be satisfied til I am entirely surrounded.
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7. Meet George Buckingham, Head of Web at a student radio station. http://www.radiosonar.co.uk/stationmanagement.php?do=blog&manager=379
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8. The latest distraction rolling around the office is training for filling out the new weekly TSPS reports. Gnnnrg.
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9. The Sun goes all out. Simon Cowell & page 3, that's what. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/may/05/sun-general-election-2010
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10. …in reply to @jamesthomson
    @jamesthomson I know, right!? That font is /so/ ugly...
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11. @wellinformatted it's not nice to mock the homeless
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12. Considering bitching out Chrome's memory hoggingness, but you know what? Fuck you, facebook, for being such a memory hog. gmail, too.
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13. Ooh! Added a film to my list of films to be excited about list. MACHETE http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44943
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14. People who have seen Iron Man: how much is Robert Downey Jr being a dick, drunk, and how much is explosions?
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15. People said we were evil but they missed the point again; it was just youthful high spirits.
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16. This is game design: http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/nsmb/vol1_page4.jsp
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17. Ugh. Awake, in work, reading the results. The results aren't so bad, mind, I'm just tired like everyone else.
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18. So it seems likely: Cons minority govt, Lib Dem harping on about electoral reform and getting shafted. New election soonish.
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19. BBC NEWS 24: Surreal. Sarah Teather just told live on air what's happened in the election. She told everyone to go to bed.
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20. Of course, Brown is still asleep, so he's ahead of the game. Sleepytime Parliament, I think this is.
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21. Which reminds me: Is Cameron on speed? By my reckoning, he last slept Tuesday night. And still going! (But then, they're very plump cheeks)
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22. Best outcome: voting reform pushed through in the next month. New election. In the mean time, a government of unity(for the markets, y'know)
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23. Fuckssake Lib Dems - Negotiating is supposed to mean you gain something, not just ... fuckssake.
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24. …in reply to @jimjamriley
    @Jimbalobob ... I was also at Indieoke. How strange! It was good fun. I signed up to sing "Bandages" but I didn't get a go.
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25. …in reply to @TallyCola
    @TallyCola How can you find Iron Man uninteresting? It's all about him doing ?the right things? for ?the wrong reasons?
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26. @TallyCola okay this does mean rich white guy making things explode. But playboy and crimefighter mix more interestingly than with Batman.
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27. …in reply to @jimjamriley
    @Jimbalobob JARVIS! (or was that disco 2000? were you the one with the indie glasses? this is a ridiculous conversation)
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28. I forgot about Channel 101. You're fucking racist if you think swords don't kill asians too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qwdd3IR3Ac
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29. "you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Take a look at my cousin: he's broke, don't do shit."
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30. "I mean, on the one hand, yes, but on the other hand, no"
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31. I go for a run, and come back and the PMs resigned and Twitter has broken. Wow!
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32. …in reply to @srules
    @srules thanks for reminding me! *finds FOTC ticket in "safe place"* That's a weight off my mind.
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33. AV! fuck! AV! Not very good. An improvement, but not very good.But the Lib Dems are going to have to swallow it, Lab's nothing left to give.
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34. …in reply to @musebloom
    @musebloom fucking quite. Cons say it's their final offer, apparently. I wonder what leverage could be applied now...
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35. …in reply to @undefined
    @JamesMackerness They still don't have a majority. It could happen, but -- it's a better threat than a plan.
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36. …in reply to @undefined
    @JamesMackerness fucking chris lightfoot! I miss him, despite only knowing him since his death...
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37. One lie I want to point out right now. AV is not a form of proportional representation. It's okay, but it can be more distorted than FPTP.
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38. This is really quite strangely informative about the political scene. http://politicalsurvey2005.com/themap.pdf
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39. My watch has an easter egg! I have owned it for ages, and it has an easter egg! (Hold the bottom right button and it says "CASIO")
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40. …in reply to @dnwood
    @dnwood I know! But I'm really excited anyway! (Also it means I am a terrorist http://bit.ly/9vU5P3 which is maybe cool?)
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41. Election drama: pretty much over. Lib/Cons, referendum on AV, Tories have to be a bit less evil to the poor. It's done.
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42. Grr, arg. I have ants, and I have lost my debit card. Both of these things are valid reasons to be annoyed, I think. So I am moaning to you.
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43. …in reply to @fonduelover
    @fonduelover distressingly enough, yes. they're in my laundry pile. god knows what they hope to find.
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44. There's too much here to comment on: the full Lib/Con compromise. What the government will do in the next 5 years. http://bit.ly/9tL2jl
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45. @odannyboy they're mainly useful as a vocabulary, as a sanity check that your prejudices and biases aren't /too/ original.
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46. "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine." http://www.mediauk.com/radio/rajar/316/bbc-6-music
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47. …in reply to @clq
    @clq They do have enough in the party. But the local selection groups don't select them. The local selection groups have > 50 % women.
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48. …in reply to @undefined
    @Rachelbug1 Damnit, I remembered that as @tonicblue to you ... Anyway, sexy hat, I wanna steals it. So buy it and let me steals it.
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49. Guess who's currently on a train to Glasgow? It's not a particularly hard thing to guess. Nor are there prizes. Sorry.
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50. …in reply to @tonicblue
    @tonicblue And here's Channel 7 News' Steve Brule
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51. @dariovillaneuva you about this weekend? I'm up in edinburgh. And plan things hugely in advance.
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52. RT @iamtef: the c programming language http://imgur.com/nrNn9
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53. It's at times like these that I regret working at a job that starts at 8 am. Does it make it better or worse that it was a work do?
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54. …in reply to @npupp
    @npupp if only anyone else had to be in earlier than 10... mind, I do feel alive and well. Although I guess I'm sposed to be there by now.
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55. New Pornographers tonight, anyone? At the Electric Ballroom.
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56. "Your e-ticket for Have I Got News For You (Have I Got News For You - Wednesday 2nd June)" : anyone interested?
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57. …in reply to @fonduelover
    @fonduelover I hope you're using @WhatDoTheyKnow
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58. …in reply to @dnwood
    @dnwood They're free. But in London.
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59. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier Venter is a bit of a dick, though. But awesome, in a Bond villain kind of way.
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60. Facebook, the solution to your privacy woes isn't to add yet another layer of granularity to the controls.
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61. RT @hpneilson : Neil Young "On the Beach" is a great summer evening album.
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62. You know what's better than working? Picnics.
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63. …in reply to @dnwood
    @dnwood Then tell them the better one. Besides, I never got a official predicted mark...
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64. …in reply to @JennyJenJenna
    @JennyJenJenna You've shaved your head?
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65. …in reply to @JennyJenJenna
    @JennyJenJenna You've sold your first batch of cider, with interest in the next couple of batches - you're going to go full time with this..
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66. …in reply to @JennyJenJenna
    @JennyJenJenna You've discovered how to slow the passage of time. (Which leads to making it affordable to travel to other solar systems)
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67. …in reply to @JennyJenJenna
    @JennyJenJenna You bought a bed?
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68. …in reply to @JennyJenJenna
    @JennyJenJenna You've been drafted as a international super spy slash model. The next week will be spent doing assault courses and catwalks.
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69. VP8 came down the tubes. It's a new experience, being on nightly releases for something I use so much. Things mysteriously fixing themselves
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70. @TallyCola I am harassing you still about Iron Man, because I still think he's interesting. So here: http://exiledonline.com/22210/
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71. RT @Jewbacchus: Sup power through language. http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/05/201052574726865274.html
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72. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier packing is better drunk, anyway. Throw some stuff in and call it a day!
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73. the most noticeable impact of the merger is that the new branded mugs are a lot bigger. #tea
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74. Baby: I got what you need. (it is http://www.caseyjamesbasichis.com/AdventureTime_JigglerMusic.mp3 )
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75. I am excited to see the Difference Engine in action. I am anticipatory! Who is up for Science Museum Lates?
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76. …in reply to @CellarDoorChris
    @CellarDoorFresh Yeah, "sure sure sure you are an accident"
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77. I thought it was Friday. I'm glad it's not, I have things to do before the weekend. Like find my watch, which tells me what day it is.
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78. Fuck HTML emails.
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79. I am now an @LondonReview subscriber. It's nice having money.
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80. @RubZo I will confess: I am jealous. I guess I'm just as jealous that when you wake up, and stumble out the tent - beauty! *sigh* :)
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81. …in reply to @undefined
    @Rachelbug1 I am happy for you. If for no other reason than if you lost much more weight you'd disappear, and then I WOULD be sad.
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82. RT @quelsolaar: I made motherhood persistent.
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83. It'll be more of a revolution for Google TV to get us used to a pointing device and keyboard for the TV than any of the tech they make.
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84. …in reply to @LRB
    @LondonReview It's definitely value for money, I am not complaining at all!
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85. No longer in my overdraft! I mean, I will be later in the month, but the month after I shouldn't be, and... :)
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86. …in reply to @undefined
    @Rachelbug1 and it's going to get much better as more people join in the new term!
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