Tweets from 2010/11
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Whoo! This time round, #londonindies is the day before the tube strike, not the same day.
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@SongbyToad at the (software) company I work at, bits of card pinned to a board do the job admirably.
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"ack" is fucking golden. http://betterthangrep.com/
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hey, #londonindies was fun, huh? now I guess I need to get on with organizing a jam for london...
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@KommanderKlobb yep! i'm a member of @londonhackspace . not that it's exclusive or anything, you can totally join yourself.
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Hey! Das Racist on the 13th December anyone?
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@tomscott @timoncheese you two know each other? small world!
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best article i've ever read on the problems of the american left. and i've read too many. http://bit.ly/dCqeEg
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thinking to try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj9pbs-jjis next tuesday at the hackspace
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How utterly peculiar... http://tumblr.com/xuiobg58o
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The forest wants to buy their space. Asking for donations. I gave them some. http://forestcafe.tumblr.com/
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Amazing style reference. Admittedly, some have "style" rather than style, but still! http://nerdboyfriend.com/directory/
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@3en and it makes it harder to find a vein to shoot up in
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RT @MaxTundra: Foundation X To Curate ATP.
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real people with real lives don't need landscapes
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@simonv3 Apparently you do?
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Photo: Leaves! http://tumblr.com/xuiogunn3
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o2 != vodafone
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@oh_cripes RT @ludumdare October Challenge has ended! Submit your incomplete games too! - http://is.gd/gIqYu - #ld48
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@la_miaow sorry, can't :< but considering Soft Circle + Eye + Nedry + Baths saturday?
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Photo: I got a tripod! http://tumblr.com/xuiohwpe7
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Photo: Lots of fun things you can do with one… http://tumblr.com/xuiohwtgl
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Photo: …Like be a ghost! http://tumblr.com/xuiohww9z
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A lovely story: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?gid=2010-10-21a.923.0
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http://www.ctrlc.hu/~stef/blog/posts/pippi_longstrings.html is really cool
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@AbdelS i recently took the plunge and en-stickered my laptop. would love to have a said.fm one on there...
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@AbdelS oh, and how you finding london? be nice to see you guys at some point - you should swing by the hackspace some time.
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RT @mossmouth: Whoa, when did Fool update his website? http://www.foolstown.com/ I <3 that house on the opening page. Dang, best #pix ...
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@Rachelbug1 saw em a while back, they were beautiful. and lovely people, too. :D
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@Sobri time for dd & http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec etc, I guess. Hopefully you'll lose only metadata.
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@radiodario cheers! as the name implies it's just a place to dump stuff to listen to later... though it now is a nice chronology, too.
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Ubuntu is ditching Xorg. For Wayland, which is all OpenGL'ey. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/551
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@S0phieH the game, if it's good, deserves good marketing. It's an invalid, and if it's going to meet folk you have to push it.
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@S0phieH also, right now people are buying your reputation, not your game.It's okay, let people give you money for whatever reason they want
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RT @marksteward: When a manufacturer claims an interface is "proprietary", they mean "shonky".
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Work Log http://post.ly/1AFhd
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@glassarmy yaaay! wasn't it awesome? I utterly loved it. *puts on the CD*
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RT @radiodario: The idea for information design is: Don’t get it original, get it right. —Edward Tufte
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Photo: Foldable http://tumblr.com/xuip38636
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@pozorvlak that does kind of put in perspective my mental moaning that there's not MOAR. But still, seven years'd be sweet.
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Email from Songkick : "New concert for Pulp"
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@Rachelbug1 excellent! where are you going?
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@glassarmy aww, you poor thing. ps. pretty sure i'll like your hair. i want to shave a bit of my head, just because it feels so lovely.
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@glassarmy worried i won't look "masculine", however. advice?
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@glassarmy not surprised lesbians hit on you. (that inevitably means i really quite like it, as i'm sure you know)
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@awesommelier @glassarmy stop ganging up on me, not fair. maybe i'll compromise and lose all of my hair...
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"Results from people in your social circle for ______ - BETA" : new Google Search feature...
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A weird problem for Google is that they're founded on search, and that only works if you have good text input. Unlike TVs and phones, say...
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@radiodario There are downsides... http://www.101wankers.com/ (But yeah, I totally need to become a cyclist, too)
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RT @longcat333: long
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RT @longcat222: is
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RT @longcat111: longcat
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I'm in favour of the protests. Even of property damage, if it has a useful outcome. But I am suspicious of provocateurs...
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So replacement decent headphones are on their way, but I'm stuck with crappy £2 earbuds. What's good music for shit headphones?
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@tonicblue happy birthday! go get drunk (on whisky?) and smoke a cigar to celebrate. bonus points if you do it in a dressing gown.
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Smilies are like visual onomatopoeia. 0_o, D:, \o/, etc
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Groundbreaking new sort algorithm http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/dropsort.html
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@dracos And on Google Calendar it means stop being on Google calendar, not "go to the last view I was on". Goddamnit.
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Photo: Facebook’s design http://tumblr.com/xuipi5xzq
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@oh_cripes so was i when i first saw the link. i've no idea if i'm dissapointed...
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Discovered it was Spotify that was causing stray unclickable patches of screen. Curse you, Spotify!
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In related news, 8 tabs of largely chiptune youtube music at once autostarting at once sounds ace. Mental, but ace.
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@radiodario qs1bG6BIYlo rgoz_cPEM8A 3lFK1INWKlQ J3y14bZEu2Q k5hVIc6qC8k hv50REyjmn4 (from you, istr) & 4rGvq3cdJkk :D
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RT @taleoftales: oh, thats nice! RT @chrisoshea: I love it, peppers ghost for iPhone/iPad creates theater in your hand http://goo.gl/xSm ...
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RT @rockpapershot: Uh, it's probably not a problem, probably, but I'm showing a small discrepancy in... well, no, it's well within acce ...
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http://pyecorneraudio.bandcamp.com/ - Some excellent sounds.
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Oh, #unity3d - Did I really just make a gun that makes things disappear after health gets to zero in 5 minutes, which works first time? Yes.
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@jonty @mattsheret is that for this? http://www.ueda.nl/ptt/
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I've failed at going to see a particle accelerator. Fuck the district line, fuck my own ineptitude.
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@russss tell me about it. Sorry for the getting there fail, hope Diamond is good. :/
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RT @molleindustria: Best commentary on the game industry. Go and make it viral! http://youtu.be/8-5kvqZBRVg
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@edclef 'Sposed to be visiting http://www.diamond.ac.uk/ , but missed my lift from Ealing Broadway...
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@radiodario That looks amazing! jealous of your bakery...
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RT @oh_cripes: Shout out to all those with android phones. Try out my new game Kaptilo and tell me what you think. http://ohgames.co.uk/ ...
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@oh_cripes it dunt wanna install.
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@jon_ellis that looks like it was done with pastels...
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Imma cook some of this shit http://cookingforassholes.blogspot.com/
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@EmilyHair Sometimes you remind me of http://www.perfectstars.com/ That's totally a good thing.
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Breaking News! Shutters keep your house warm! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11759023
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Breaking News! People sometimes eat breakfast at work! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11759385
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Those are the two most read stories on BBC News right now, by the way. And now I go to make some porridge.
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RT @infectedarea: RT @blahjedi: Response a mate got after writing to Ch9 affiliate highlighting how crap Top Gear AU is. http://bit.ly/c ...
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Photo: The white is thick today http://tumblr.com/xuiqb8tru
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Photo: It sometimes feels nice to know there’s nothing to see. http://tumblr.com/xuiqb8vd2
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If only I was a super-prolific game creator, I'd could get in touch with all these awesome chiptune artists to ask to use their musics.
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@CphGC god damn you! I'm supposed to be making games, not reading fascinating papers on larps...
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Small parts, loosely joined. http://post.ly/1Ctk0
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@radiodario I take it you've donated, then? Know how the fundraising is going?
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@new_nomad Our kitchen is tiny, and the dishwasher is broken. But that stuff all sounds tasty, so I'd be happy to trade kitchen for food...
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Anonymous asked: if you succeeded in your mission, would you be willing to eat a stewed shoe?? http://tumblr.com/xuiqchqd0
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@radiodario cripes! last I heard it was £500,000. Which is still quite a lot...
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@CphGC you hate me making games, clearly... but I'd love to try out some jeepform games. Is there any hope for me, Londoner that I am?
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@CphGC oh! and that business card game is great... I'm going to try to start a game of it at #londonindies next month. :D
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@CphGC I would like to got to Fastaval, and indeed I may. But I'm too timid to run a game myself, utterly naive of the form. And thanks!
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RT @Booooooom: haha http://twitpic.com/37gsch
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@richfenne "So if there is a cause about which you are ambivalent, do like Karl Marx did. Pen its manifesto."
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@richfenne Having said that, I support you in your goal. But please sell out, for your own good.
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@radiodario gloss
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@awesommelier "the woman the word ’fabulous’ was invented for – strikingly beautiful, effortlessly stylish with attitude and magnetic charm"
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@radiodario don't worry too much, I always just find the matte a bit distracting. you may disagree!
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@CphGC :D Thanks! I played B.U.T.T.O.N. at Roskilde, and loved it. Looking forward to playing it again some day...
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Work Log - Singing and colliding http://post.ly/1CyHJ
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@robyngallagher yeah, that kicked in halfway through yesterday evening. Odd...
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http://i.imgur.com/xxgyF.png
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@awesommelier ... I think you're in there, love.
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Photo: Listening to music by yourself… http://tumblr.com/xuiqgr6t2
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@new_nomad i'll hold you to that. have fun up in Ed!
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Bought a ticket for World of Love 2. Indie love! (though I thought love was supposed to be free?)
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@jonty It won't play for me! Such a tease!
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@srules oh oh oh oh? where how what?
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@CamelGlasses That Kupa stuff is good, eh? Feels a lot richer and fuller than most chiptune stuff.
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@srules and I have! not sure whether it's worth it - someone usually has one...
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@npupp It's a good point. @richfenne , get on it!
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@richfenne @npupp was saying that Ed Uni should be sending out a press release about you doing the Sat-Nav thing.
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@richfenne @npupp What, don't know or don't care? Is Garmin/Fox gonna do a PR blitz on this thing?
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Oh God, this cake is killing me. I know it'll kill me, but I eat it anyway.
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@increpare It just grinds you down, doesn't it?
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@oh_cripes There's this lovely program, it's called mencoder. It's like mplayer, only the opposite.
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@oh_cripes hey yeah that's really useful it really does do everything huh?
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@tomscott you're a cruel cruel man
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@tomscott Oh, no, that was a response to you ruining Lord of the Rings for @marksteward .
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@iamtef :D you now a Londoner? Where's the job?
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@jonty I thought you were ill
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http://imgur.com/qx8CQ an incredibly staged #screenshotsaturday. this meme isn't the best for someone working on a game without any graphics
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@awesommelier I like that, just a shame it's Tennants...
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http://productiveblog.tumblr.com/ - A good productivity blog.
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Was looking for an old Miles Kington column where describes "l'appel du vide". All I found was a comment by me 6 years ago, describing it.
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@HilariousCow Kingdom of loathing
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The music that I liked that I couldn't remember who it was by from a game which involved dyeing cubes with ropes was by Ghost Monkey!
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Ghost Monkey: http://bit.ly/bamYsP , the game: http://zenbound.com/ and which has a sequel: http://bit.ly/bDmnW0 . All three are good!
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RT @jamescrabtree: "Any sufficiently advanced financial instrument is indistinguishable from fraud." (via Metafilter")
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Dear Google Calendar, Please make the back button do the sensible thing. Many Thanks, George Buckenham
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@3en But... All you do is cut out middle men by inserting yourself as a thinner middleman. It's a good thing, though.
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@3en though fucking scary - the leisure crisis is here, just not evenly distributed.
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@3en It's a 60s concept--what to do when automation means that everyone has too much free time? Only--that makes some idealistic assumptions
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Photo: And now we come home in the dark http://tumblr.com/xuira4mqc
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I'm not a very good sound engineer.
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@3en yeah, the ironic thing is - well, if you didn't have to work to live, how hard would you be working? yeah, me too...
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Photo: Guess where I took this photo? http://tumblr.com/xuirgdw6n
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@pozorvlak you're wearing the wrong suits if yours don't have many pockets. 9 pockets is normal, and that should be enough for any man.
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@tomscott don't have your number, but I assume I'll see you there anyhow.
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@guided1 :D thanks! I use Unity, it's really useable. Also, free. If you want I can show you hiop's guts, not that they're so pretty.
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If you like explosions, say booom!
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RT @pozorvlak: Short story: "Peer Pressure" http://pozorvlak.livejournal.com/157048.html
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Leaving work early so I can get home in good time to start work again.
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Photo: feels like -4.8°C http://tumblr.com/xuiry1bz5
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Hey! Midsummer is in London. Who wants to go see? http://www.tricycle.co.uk/current-programme-pages/theatre/theatre-programme-main/misdummer
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It's fascinating actually reading http://cablegate.wikileaks.org Even if just for an educated insight into actual politics, not often seen.
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@awesommelier you should - it's fascinating, and better reportage than you get to read in the papers. mind, there's only 200odd properly out
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@awesommelier oh, and hey, you're in London soon? want to get a drink?
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@awesommelier Yeah, sounds good. Down Chiswick way?
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I like living in the future. I want a phone dock, but I don't want to pay. Luckily I found this: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1725 :D
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@CphGC the difference between a good experiment, a good tech demo and a good game, I guess.
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@alitheg but they can print themselves! (But seriously, makerbots cost less, also I have access to one.)
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@alitheg hackspaces for the win... http://london.hackspace.org.uk/
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@ballboymusic you can be categorized a sex offender for being caught pissing in an alleyway.
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fuuuu-- http://www.level3.com/index.cfm?pageID=491&PR=962
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@oh_cripes wfm. it's a press release from level 3 saying comcast has shaken them down for a fee to carry their traffic. net neutrality :<
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@kitrichardsonuk http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2010/11/stream-new-lone-album Hey look we're both on twitter.
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@kitrichardsonuk also you were saying you wanted to take more photos but then we never discussed that further, we should do that
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I really want to do this: http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/chernobyl.php
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@ballboymusic Actually, turns out I was thinking of the US. But it's possible: http://www.policespecials.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=63949
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@ballboymusic Any road, I'm wary of lists you can't (?) appeal to get off, and you don't have to be convicted to get on.