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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-02

  • When my mother complains I'm really quiet on the phone what she really means is that her phone handset volume is turned down very low. #
  • "They were saying on radio 4 that there's a new iPhone germ" said my mother. #
  • RT @carolinegoodwin so it seems my nephew doesn't want a bath & possesses lungs capable of informing all of this situation. Dad 1:0 toddler #
  • Wetherspoons. You need more staff. Especially on a busy evening. #
  • Last run, shower and shave of the year complete. #randomcrap #
  • A modern curse: "May all your presents be delivered by City Link" <- @aypok !! #
  • Bad asda has no LCD tvs left. I predict a day driving now. Grr. #
  • Tron. In 2D. Because I'm a Luddite. #
  • STBXW is dressed like her MIL. #
  • RT @KevlinHenney RT @sf105 Why Companies Should Insist that Employees Take Naps http://is.gd/jIWFK <- interesting. #
  • RT @webmonkeyash Gingerbread house complete and ready to eat! http://flic.kr/p/95H45J <- Nom Nom looks good and yummy. #
  • Bromsgrove dog owners – snow does not remove your responsibility to clean up after your dog. Dog shit is not a grit substitute. #
  • Pudding #1 lost due to baby meddling. #
  • RT @gadgetlab How zip ties can help you bike through a blizzard http://bit.ly/fbLcXs <- too late now ! 🙂 #
  • My iPod Shuffle is dead; any recommendations for equivalent players? Needs to be small, decent battery life; iTunes sync would be nice 🙂 #
  • The rain sounds very nice and relaxing. Hopefully we'll be snow and ice free soon 🙂 #
  • http://sickipedia.org/ – plenty of jokes there…. #
  • Laundered money (with a distinctive tracking colour) http://twitpic.com/3k5tdo #WalletsDoNotNeedWashing #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-26

  • RT @metofficeWMids EARLY Warning of Heavy Snow for West Midlands valid from 0001 Tue 28 Dec to 2359 Tue 28 Dec http://bit.ly/f2JWlL meh meh #
  • Only another 364 day to go …. #
  • The icicles are falling off the house. I guess this is a good sign (thaw) #
  • Wondering if we should record the "x factor" wannabes next door…. #HowlingDogsAreBetter #
  • It sounds like there are a pack of dogs howling next door. (karaoke present obviously arrived). #
  • Merry Christmas everyone. #
  • Due to austerity (reindeer fleet) cuts, Christmas will be spread over two days next year to give Santa time to visit all good children. #
  • http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/incident.png <- Sudo failures go to Santa! #
  • Wondering why amazon have sent a "it's shipped" email after the present has actually arrived. #
  • Local snow 'sculpture' http://twitpic.com/3ivij1 #
  • Drunk reindeer ? http://twitpic.com/3ioxus #
  • Hello winter wonderland place (telford). Now. Where have you hidden Santa? #
  • Car De-snowed. Now minion pickup and gleeclub #
  • Wondering what would make anyone set an Apache DocumentRoot to /home/something … #messy #
  • RT @metofficeWMids FLASH Warning of Heavy Snow for West Midlands valid from 0200 Wed 22 Dec to 1400 Wed 22 Dec http://bit.ly/eNdwx0 #
  • RT @birminghampost Met Office warns of up to 25cm more snow to fall in West Midlands http://tinyurl.com/27txv9p <- hrmph. Had enough now. #
  • RT @birminghampost Cadbury to downsize Dairy Milk bars http://twurl.nl/wsz4wl <- good news for dieters! #
  • .@StormySan we demand proof you've made it. Photo of wedding with today's paper? #stormyWILLgettothewedding #whatWillGoWrongToday ? 🙂 in reply to StormySan #
  • Tellybellys, Tellybellys…. Stinky winkie, Dip shit, lard arse, poo….. I really out to not sing this variant in front of @RowanGoodwin #
  • Anyone using zabbix have any suggestions to help stop the server being an I/O hog? #
  • RT @OfficialSanta ☆★ ONLY 100 HOURS TIL CHRISTMAS ★☆ HoHoHo ☆★ #
  • RT @instruct Holy Shit!! anyone else seen what is at no 66 in the charts?!!! http://bit.ly/foWyh3 #
  • 2 weeks ago, the slightest chance of frost saw the roads covered in grit/salt. Now they're snowed over, the council seem not bothered. WTF? #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-19

  • M5 around Bromsgrove looks fine. A38 passable (Tarmac visible, slush etc) Stourbridge road – still White and poor. #
  • Looks like @StormySan has a creeper following him. #
  • Tractor stuck and snowed in! http://twitpic.com/3h2q36 #
  • We now have a Spa shop on Broad St, Bromsgrove. Opening hours 0700-2300. #
  • RT @adventbot There are 7 days to go until Christmas! #
  • Somewhat glad we're not heading off to Presteigne today. #
  • #uksnow ld8 8/10 – 6+ inches of snow apparently. #
  • #uksnow b61 4/10 http://twitpic.com/3h0u3m (stupid camera seems to not see snow flakes) #
  • #uksnow 3/10 b61 – falling lightly. about 1cm on ground. #
  • RT @glynmoody TSA misses enormous, loaded handgun in carry-on bag http://bit.ly/g5YOfx "failure rate approaches 70 percent at some airports" #
  • More please? #frequentlyaskedquestions #
  • Oh noes! someone's broken Facebook! Panic! Panic! #
  • Now for the coughing fit after getting in from a run. Still, no one honked me – and I wore shorts. Swan Lane (fairfield, b61) pretty slippy. #
  • Bromsgrove's 'Breakfast Club Meeting' sent an invite @ 01:36am for 08:00am meeting. Odd I didn't make it… #fail #business #networking #
  • I've just signed a petition to end to the #WikiLeaks crackdown. Sign up @Avaaz http://avaaz.org/wkl and please RT! #
  • Let's try for a nappy free night @RowanGoodwin #DangerWillRobinson #
  • RT @asda downloadable colouring-in pages for kids http://bit.ly/igeOfl #
  • RT @johngirvin Some people are like Slinky springs. Generally useless, but they make you smile when you push them down a flight of stairs. #
  • RT @rowangoodwin Good boy Daddy!!!! #
  • WebScale Database technology – http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6995033/ – #MySQL #MongoDB #lolz #
  • Xmas shopping for customers seems full of pain. Wine? Red or White? Where from? How much? … it just seems too much effort. #apathy #
  • I'm not following you and I'm not some weirdo off the Internet…. But can I watch ? #textyougetfromastalker #
  • My minions appear to have been studying the codebase to a newly open-sourced PHP project… *ahem* #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-12

  • RT @brucel So *that's* what Facebook is for http://strikegently.tumblr.com/post/2172591844 #
  • Open fire, draught hobgoblin, no modern music. Nice pub. #Loughborough #thewhitehart #
  • Wondering what all the people are queuing for – off Holloway Circus (Birmingham). #
  • Bromsgrove roundtable's sleigh looks great. (On the high street now. ) #
  • Exim #security #fail http://lwn.net/Articles/419495/ #
  • It only took three attempts and a bank anti fraud phone call to buy my mother her MacBook. Odd the Apple store doesn't do verifiedByVisa? #
  • Railgun developed by U.S. Navy can hit targets 100 miles away – http://bit.ly/f7DYhG <- Bow to your US Naval overlords. #
  • Stupid twitter; do you now know I'm not in Walsall and haven't been there for years? #
  • Interesting that my LloydsTSB business banking card reader is compatible with my Nationwide account…. silly banks. #
  • Quick! Shoot the giant monster toddler while it's not looking!! http://twitpic.com/3e4tj8 #
  • The minions are impressed (?) with me introducing them to http://www.stairporn.org/ (Safe For Work and young eyes) #
  • I'll just put my left over dinner in the fridge, to keep warm… #
  • Curtains frozen onto the window, and the heating was on all night. Brrr. It does look lovely outside, just a shame it's so cold. #
  • Hard at work this morning. http://twitpic.com/3dfgtn #
  • RT @StormySan "Don't worry about it, just spread your seed!". … uh…. yeah… nice advice Lyne… #wtf #tmi #
  • Good morning Jack Frost. You were busy last night. #
  • Apply the brake when walking away from your push chair – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8311289.stm Australia Train Baby #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-05

  • .@rowangoodwin is still asleep. I wish I was. He's heading for 15 hours (with a few minor interruptions to be sick etc). #
  • RT @Pewari Today’s xkcd is *awesome*: http://www.xkcd.com/829/ #
  • At approximately 10:30am a tin of Roses was delivered to our office. By 3pm the tin was empty. #
  • The car thinks it's -10'c outside. I wish there wasn't on the inside of the windscreen. #canWeHaveSomeRainInstead ? #
  • 10 print "hello world" #
  • RT @madeupstats We can reveal that 41% of FIFA votes went to the losing countries, and 74% of them to Russia. #
  • 3/10 b61 #uksnow (slowly falling and sticking) #
  • Why…. Hello mailman. *delete delete* #
  • RT @noradsanta 1 more day until the 2010 NORAD Tracks Santa site goes live!! #Santa #
  • RT @madeupstats Interestingly, 25% of graduates are involved in demonstrating*.

    (*Mostly TVs and steam irons in branches of Currys) #

  • And this evening I have an ill toddler who's probably over eaten and about to chuck. It seemed a good idea to persuade him to eat & drink #
  • Today I mostly fixed a poorly office pc; replaced hard disk, replaced ubuntu with Debian and so on. Unproductive day. Even played l4d2…. #
  • HOME has been mounted 45 times without being checked, check forced. <cue long wait/> #
  • RT @madeupstats Tonight, 2,400 tonnes of salt were used in Scotland and the North.

    (Chips sell well in this weather) #

  • Amazon – I do not appreciate seeing stuff I've bought (at full price) on sale, the day it arrives. This is not fair. #
  • Dying hard disk detected. Stupid computer / day. Grrr. #
  • Crap morning. Toddler -> drs; Work desktop failing to work (now using mac mini); productivity——- 🙁 #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-28

  • I'm at the great shrine to Christmas – Webbs 'garden' centre. #
  • I love waiting in a car queue. It makes my day. #
  • Fixed Adium Facebook account – recreated using jabber protocol. Before users weren't appearing online. #
  • RT @madeupstats Despite legal threats, the makers of Lynx deodorant won't stop us from informing you that 34% of their customers are virgins #
  • B61 2/10 #uksnow (now melt so I can play hockey later) #
  • RT @rowangoodwin Good boy daddy! Thanks for the lie in till 850. #
  • 0/10 #uksnow b61 (and don't come until tomorrow evening else you'll ruin the hockey match tomorrow) #
  • 4/10 (apparently) #uksnow ld8 #
  • RT @GeneHunt If the Winter Olympics were held in the UK and it happened to snow for a couple of hours…they'd probably be cancelled. #
  • RT @GeneHunt Why do people make snow men instead of snow women? I suppose it takes too long to hollow out the head. #
  • Was Palin's gaffe intentional to get attention / in the press? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11840828) </cynical> #
  • B61 0/10 #uksnow just bloody freezing. #
  • RT @madeupstats A study has shown: people who have already completed their Xmas shopping are more likely to harm sweet little animals. #
  • Hint: avoid Birmingham road in Bromsgrove today. Broken m5 = broken Bromsgrove. #
  • Employees seem to be in shock after discovering a SQL join in legacy php code…. #
  • RT @madeupstats Last week, a record 3,500 men entered Paris Hilton*.

    (*To dispel ambiguity, the hotel is the chain's largest in Europe) #

  • Submitted annual return to companies house; issued receipt for a different company (unique id fail) & then their website goes down. Result #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-21

  • Wondering why a restaurant doesn't have it's opening times on it's website. #fail #
  • Hockey: Bromsgrove 4ths v stourport, 5-0 win 🙂 #
  • This toddler sized hot water bottle is quite good. #
  • Not sure why Lord Young resigned; I think he's right (the recession hasn't been that bad… dealing with the debt from it will be) #
  • Starting a KDE program results in my X server restarting. Grr. Bad Ubuntu. One more reason to bring in the Mac Mini to work perhaps. #
  • To hockey, and beyond. #Bromsgrove #hockey #letsHopeItsOnTonight #
  • Time to run up Stourbridge road to The Swan. Then Hockey. You may spot me glowing in the dark. #
  • I now have some AstroTurf hockey trainers. Hopefully ill spend less time on the floor now…. #
  • RT @madeupstats The latest study by the Learning Skills Council shows a fifth of the population (25%) lack basic arithmetic skills. #
  • Tickets bought for the feb php conference in London. #
  • Ring ring…."Hello sir… Would you like a water cooler?"… Me:"No thanks we only drink coffee here". #
  • FFS. Quickbooks – WHY do I need to have a new serial type number to activate this fricking thing? Do you hate me as much as I hate you? #
  • Yesterday I upgraded to Quickbooks 2010; now there's 160mb of updates and it's lost the ability to integrate with mail client (thunderbird) #
  • Why do I need to register you quickbooks when you have all my details via a license key? #intuit #crap #quickbooks #annoyingpopup #
  • RT @madeupstats Emo's owe their name to their love of 'emotional hardcore' music?
    Where does this leave fans of country and western music? #
  • I was about to moan about the cold and frost. Then I saw the lovely blue sky. Time to cough my lungs up anyway. #
  • Goodbye #Gregynog Until next year perhaps. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-14

  • OH: @bryns 'we're not water boarding them yet' … #Gregynog #
  • .@bryns has made a student cry during interviews. Result! #Gregynog @abercompsci #
  • The Sat Nav entrance. Nice. http://twitpic.com/36eix1 #gregynog #
  • Let's try http://www.favoriterun.com/295867 – you know where to send search and rescue if I blow up and fail to return. #annualGregynogRun #
  • http://twitpic.com/368u7s the hard working industrialists. #
  • Cv reviewing. Hard work. http://twitpic.com/368tb8 #
  • Hello Gregynog. #
  • RT @madeupstats On average, a man will walk 70% further than a woman during his lifetime, yet buy only one fifth as many pairs of shoes. #
  • Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You've got a week to get your shit together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!! #IAmSpartacus #
  • Guess it's time to head off to Gregynog for me too… 2 days of interviewing students… hmm… #
  • RT @GeneHunt Tried a new machine at the gym. It made me feel sick after an hour's use – it's got KitKats, Mars bars & crisps in it. #
  • RT @paulmatthews86 http://bit.ly/680Ajy <– I couldn't have described it better myself #
  • Stupid French people – Renault can name new car Zoe as girls' case rejected http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11732595 #
  • Great PR there Amazon – Row over Amazon sales of paedophile advice guide http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11731928 #
  • Go away cold. It's time to move on to someone else. #
  • a world of tweets – 'degrades gracefully to flash on older browsers' 🙂 http://t.co/H3wtsYz via @aworldoftweets #
  • ,@rowangoodwin slept till 8:50am. 🙂 #
  • Ah. I love invoicing people. It's a good day. Aside from the burnt smell. #
  • Twitter vs toaster. Twitter won. http://twitpic.com/35lb4d #
  • Baked beans, chilli, garlic etc seem to be a lethal smelling combination. Perhaps I should stay away from work today…. #IHateMyBoss #
  • Coffee flavoured semolina wasn't a total failure. I wonder what else I could add coffee too…. Hot chocolate, cakes, ice cream, milk ….. #
  • Dear Server; When I stay up late to reinstall you, please try to behave. If I had physical access, you would have been kicked. Very hard. #
  • Wow. We might manage to be on time for #phpwm tonight. Dare I say 'early'… Perhaps me not driving is why…? #
  • Stupid body. Was fine while running but enjoyed coughing once I got home. Still. My lungs might be purged now. #
  • RT @GeneHunt I'm just buying a Marathon, Opal fruits, some Jif and Oil of Ulay for the girlfriend..at least some things will never change. #
  • RT @GeneHunt The girlfriend tried my handcuffs on for size…now that's what I call a charm bracelet. #
  • Kcachegrind or valkyrie running on a xdebug output file kills X on maverick 🙁 webgrind doesn't fail at least. Stupid computer. #
  • Hey. Not bad @rowangoodwin. I'll settle for an 8am wake up if you insist. #cleverkid #happydaddy #
  • RT @GeneHunt Funny how attractive women always drive cute little cars.That reminds me, the girlfriend's Panzer needs an MOT. #
  • *cough* *cough*. Think I need to purchase some anti-cold stuff. Wish the rain would go away too. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-14

  • OH: @bryns 'we're not water boarding them yet' … #Gregynog #
  • .@bryns has made a student cry during interviews. Result! #Gregynog @abercompsci #
  • The Sat Nav entrance. Nice. http://twitpic.com/36eix1 #gregynog #
  • Let's try http://www.favoriterun.com/295867 – you know where to send search and rescue if I blow up and fail to return. #annualGregynogRun #
  • http://twitpic.com/368u7s the hard working industrialists. #
  • Cv reviewing. Hard work. http://twitpic.com/368tb8 #
  • Hello Gregynog. #
  • RT @madeupstats On average, a man will walk 70% further than a woman during his lifetime, yet buy only one fifth as many pairs of shoes. #
  • Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You've got a week to get your shit together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!! #IAmSpartacus #
  • Guess it's time to head off to Gregynog for me too… 2 days of interviewing students… hmm… #
  • RT @GeneHunt Tried a new machine at the gym. It made me feel sick after an hour's use – it's got KitKats, Mars bars & crisps in it. #
  • RT @paulmatthews86 http://bit.ly/680Ajy <– I couldn't have described it better myself #
  • Stupid French people – Renault can name new car Zoe as girls' case rejected http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11732595 #
  • Great PR there Amazon – Row over Amazon sales of paedophile advice guide http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11731928 #
  • Go away cold. It's time to move on to someone else. #
  • a world of tweets – 'degrades gracefully to flash on older browsers' 🙂 http://t.co/H3wtsYz via @aworldoftweets #
  • ,@rowangoodwin slept till 8:50am. 🙂 #
  • Ah. I love invoicing people. It's a good day. Aside from the burnt smell. #
  • Twitter vs toaster. Twitter won. http://twitpic.com/35lb4d #
  • Baked beans, chilli, garlic etc seem to be a lethal smelling combination. Perhaps I should stay away from work today…. #IHateMyBoss #
  • Coffee flavoured semolina wasn't a total failure. I wonder what else I could add coffee too…. Hot chocolate, cakes, ice cream, milk ….. #
  • Dear Server; When I stay up late to reinstall you, please try to behave. If I had physical access, you would have been kicked. Very hard. #
  • Wow. We might manage to be on time for #phpwm tonight. Dare I say 'early'… Perhaps me not driving is why…? #
  • Stupid body. Was fine while running but enjoyed coughing once I got home. Still. My lungs might be purged now. #
  • RT @GeneHunt I'm just buying a Marathon, Opal fruits, some Jif and Oil of Ulay for the girlfriend..at least some things will never change. #
  • RT @GeneHunt The girlfriend tried my handcuffs on for size…now that's what I call a charm bracelet. #
  • Kcachegrind or valkyrie running on a xdebug output file kills X on maverick 🙁 webgrind doesn't fail at least. Stupid computer. #
  • Hey. Not bad @rowangoodwin. I'll settle for an 8am wake up if you insist. #cleverkid #happydaddy #
  • RT @GeneHunt Funny how attractive women always drive cute little cars.That reminds me, the girlfriend's Panzer needs an MOT. #
  • *cough* *cough*. Think I need to purchase some anti-cold stuff. Wish the rain would go away too. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-14

  • OH: @bryns 'we're not water boarding them yet' … #Gregynog #
  • .@bryns has made a student cry during interviews. Result! #Gregynog @abercompsci #
  • The Sat Nav entrance. Nice. http://twitpic.com/36eix1 #gregynog #
  • Let's try http://www.favoriterun.com/295867 – you know where to send search and rescue if I blow up and fail to return. #annualGregynogRun #
  • http://twitpic.com/368u7s the hard working industrialists. #
  • Cv reviewing. Hard work. http://twitpic.com/368tb8 #
  • Hello Gregynog. #
  • RT @madeupstats On average, a man will walk 70% further than a woman during his lifetime, yet buy only one fifth as many pairs of shoes. #
  • Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You've got a week to get your shit together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!! #IAmSpartacus #
  • Guess it's time to head off to Gregynog for me too… 2 days of interviewing students… hmm… #
  • RT @GeneHunt Tried a new machine at the gym. It made me feel sick after an hour's use – it's got KitKats, Mars bars & crisps in it. #
  • RT @paulmatthews86 http://bit.ly/680Ajy <– I couldn't have described it better myself #
  • Stupid French people – Renault can name new car Zoe as girls' case rejected http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11732595 #
  • Great PR there Amazon – Row over Amazon sales of paedophile advice guide http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11731928 #
  • Go away cold. It's time to move on to someone else. #
  • a world of tweets – 'degrades gracefully to flash on older browsers' 🙂 http://t.co/H3wtsYz via @aworldoftweets #
  • ,@rowangoodwin slept till 8:50am. 🙂 #
  • Ah. I love invoicing people. It's a good day. Aside from the burnt smell. #
  • Twitter vs toaster. Twitter won. http://twitpic.com/35lb4d #
  • Baked beans, chilli, garlic etc seem to be a lethal smelling combination. Perhaps I should stay away from work today…. #IHateMyBoss #
  • Coffee flavoured semolina wasn't a total failure. I wonder what else I could add coffee too…. Hot chocolate, cakes, ice cream, milk ….. #
  • Dear Server; When I stay up late to reinstall you, please try to behave. If I had physical access, you would have been kicked. Very hard. #
  • Wow. We might manage to be on time for #phpwm tonight. Dare I say 'early'… Perhaps me not driving is why…? #
  • Stupid body. Was fine while running but enjoyed coughing once I got home. Still. My lungs might be purged now. #
  • RT @GeneHunt I'm just buying a Marathon, Opal fruits, some Jif and Oil of Ulay for the girlfriend..at least some things will never change. #
  • RT @GeneHunt The girlfriend tried my handcuffs on for size…now that's what I call a charm bracelet. #
  • Kcachegrind or valkyrie running on a xdebug output file kills X on maverick 🙁 webgrind doesn't fail at least. Stupid computer. #
  • Hey. Not bad @rowangoodwin. I'll settle for an 8am wake up if you insist. #cleverkid #happydaddy #
  • RT @GeneHunt Funny how attractive women always drive cute little cars.That reminds me, the girlfriend's Panzer needs an MOT. #
  • *cough* *cough*. Think I need to purchase some anti-cold stuff. Wish the rain would go away too. #