Archive for the ‘Life Stuff’ Category

• Just received a spam message full of visible broken html including font and blink tags – some people just take no pride in their work #
• Should I switch my avatar to face to the right instead of the left? #
• Wow that was fast the spammer with the bad html has already been suspended for strange activity! Sign up to suspension less than 10 minutes. #
• Lunchtime trip to Lewis's fifth floor exhibition @ National Conservation Centre. The photos remind me of Edward Hopper http://bit.ly/arz3zx #
• Very Cool RT @jearle Now that's clever. http://www.vimeo.com/9194146 #
• Anyone know a high street shop that sells "00" Flour / Semolina Flour for making pasta? #
• @RFLong I used to know physicists who used two fifths of a part of a gnats anatomy as the smallest measurable unit of anything in reply to RFLong #
• listening to "Sharpe over the hills and far away" ♫ http://blip.fm/~lyxv0 #
• Great Shame RT @minapop: Oh no, Christian's fruit & veg stall is closed and the place will be demolished soon… http://bit.ly/awre1L #
• Reading rn an m gives don't burn bridges a different meaning #whentypographygoesbad #
• @sizemore New TV show pitch 1975. Is he mad, in a coma, or has he taken the cat out for coffee? in reply to sizemore #
• @jearle The decisions just seems disconnected – if its about originality Radio 1 and 2 should be axed ahead of 6. in reply to jearle #
• #killhaveyoursay RT @JamesWallis: Oi BBC–want to save money on websites? Kill off the ridiculous Have Your Say. Please. #
• So the BBC have started cutting back their web site – a picture of Mark Thompson on the news page is 404 missing in action #
• @KimKnox @RFLong 30+ years on from Star Wars and we're all still suckers for the merchandise. in reply to KimKnox #
• Cool Star Wars merchandise that didn't make the jump to light speed… http://bit.ly/9kQzMj #
• And this afternoons game is called chop the flowery language to make a better article. #
• @undeadbydawn I agree with you but I can't help but hear Monty Python's Spanish inquisition sketch… the BBC, NHS and Democracy in reply to undeadbydawn #
• @eyedoubleyou Its her Elaine Paige medley that makes me want hearing protection. in reply to eyedoubleyou #
• Why does a Direct Message each day from pushing a website feel far more like spam than 3 tweets a day? #
• Roman d20 (with Greek numerals) for @ehlanakovas http://bit.ly/9pdNWn #
• @grahamwalmsley Architecture, especially big civic architecture, using Stone was common up to the 19th Century if thats what you're after? in reply to grahamwalmsley #
• @grahamwalmsley Nottingham Council House and St George's Hall Liverpool spring to mind – stone clad steel frame buildings can be deceptive in reply to grahamwalmsley #
• @grahamwalmsley The Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building, are reinforced concrete frames clad in Portland stone not so good #
• I'd be more impressed with British Pie week if it didn't seem to be 1 companies marketing ploy & if it combined with Pi week later in March #
• RIP Michael Foot #
• Saw Michael Foot and M Thatcher debating at PMs questions. He was more impressive live than TV made him seem. #
• RT @sizemore: I think someone just saved the Star Wars franchise: http://i.imgur.com/FbFAn.jpg #
• @qwghlm You'll know its lost the plot when you can sue the character and not the writer in reply to qwghlm #
• @grahamwalmsley Grand Central's main concourse has a plaster vault ceiling on a steel frame and is limestone clad. I'm guessing not stone. in reply to grahamwalmsley #
• Boom! RT @spacefuture: Re-entry video of Jules Verne ATV [vid] #space http://bit.ly/9q6hKS #
• @jearle Reminded me of the Valkyrie letters page fiasco lol in reply to jearle #
• @KimKnox You forgot the biscuits? in reply to KimKnox #
• @jearle Don't tell Jay I found it funny but I wrote the comedy letter that was supposed to be one of a page of letters & not 1 of 2 letters in reply to jearle #
• @KimKnox No biscuits! Has civilization collapsed at your end of Liverpool? in reply to KimKnox #
• @newscientist Just curious are you A/B testing your Tweets to see which ones get the most referrals? in reply to newscientist #
• @newscientist Happens to all of us sometimes. Could be interesting to see how headline language relates to interest in science stories. in reply to newscientist #
• Need to knock this short adventure into shape just in case my players solve the bigger adventure… #
• RT @spacefuture: USSR's plans to go to the the Moon. In 1955 #space http://bit.ly/993IGz #
• Does the bloke in the Sure ad sound like he's worried about something else when he says "I'm worried I sweat more than others" #
• @jearle A lot of people want to change the world when its to their benefit and love the status quo when its not in reply to jearle #
• @sizemore Time to develop the worlds first hyperdimensional developer room to get those extra walls. Just don't slip down the cracks. in reply to sizemore #
• @DaveAllsop Spotted that yesterday in Liverpool Waterstones. Don't remember them being there last time I went in a couple of weeks ago. in reply to DaveAllsop #
• @stephenfry And good reading on the bus this morning it was too. Thank you. in reply to stephenfry #
• @qwghlm BBC never apologised in 70s when they showed The Flashing Blade even though they'd lost the last episode. in reply to qwghlm #
• Anyone using TweetMiner? Is it any use? #
• I was supposed to be writing lol RT @ghostwoods: Surreal… RT @canis_uk: Squee! http://bit.ly/9rpwDE #
• listening to "Dire Straits – On Every Street" ♫ http://blip.fm/~m75yv #
• @Trollgodfather Possibly a little but the odd one now and again and no one will notice in reply to Trollgodfather #
• Ok that adventures nailed. I might give it a bit of a polish tomorrow night. Now back to the weird sushi cat game http://bit.ly/cTz5KV #
• @DanDiplo Maybe we should examine the vibration damping qualities of different computer books to find the optimal anti-buzz option? in reply to DanDiplo #
• @sciamannata Just curious – which Game Writer / Game? in reply to sciamannata #
• Very cool – the human body as a tube map by Sam Loman: http://bit.ly/aY0U9H (http://bit.ly/9mCsoi) (via @jodiekearns @benzo8) #
• @sciamannata Check your wolfsbane too – something had to get at the garlic for the vampire in reply to sciamannata #
• Unfortunately not the truth about the sell your old mobile ads @guardiantech Mobiles move from cannibal to creator http://bit.ly/9ju2g1 #
• @benzo8 @ghostwoods I'd hate to see the rider list for that gig: 120l mineral water, flowers and presidency for life #
• Oo-er-missus RT @newscientist: Self-charging cellphone harvests energy from owner's wrist action http://bit.ly/9A3TrD #
• @eyedoubleyou Calm Down Ian! Calm Down in reply to eyedoubleyou #
• Time to do some plotting in several senses of the word. Down twitterscope… #
• @johnmcc Lesson learned a long time ago: Whenever possible avoid going live on Friday. Risk of service being down for weekend is too high. in reply to johnmcc #
• Warning World of Warcraft humour RT @WoWInsider: Breaking: Worgen druid flight form revealed! http://bit.ly/caZ8ND (via @ghostwoods) #
• Latest playtest went really well. Referees screen needs a lot of work. Think I may now know how to make unworkable adventure work. #

Wellington's Column Liverpool

Every work day I pass Wellington’s Column (or the Waterloo Memorial) on the corner of William Brown Street and Lime Street in Liverpool.

I think I may have spent too much time at work using Google Analytics and playing with numbers this week…

The following fact has absolutely no practical value I can think of…

On the first five days of March a seagull was stood on Wellington’s head four days out of five when I went past in the morning.

I thought I’d post another satellite picture after last weeks picture of the boneyard. Being a fan of the old Bond film Goldfinger I thought Fort Knox and the United States Bullion Depository (the large building with nothing around it at the bottom of the map).

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• Now resurfacing after a day deep in website testing… #
• Would you say a textarea 10 characters wide by 2 high for feedback on a website is usable? #
• @sizemore Could Ashley Cole be old King Cole's nearest descendant? I wish I was blissful ignorant. in reply to sizemore #
• 7 ways zombies could cure cancer and other sillyness RT @qwghlm: Linkbait Generator http://bit.ly/ai57Lh #
• If you'd told me in 1985 that in 2010 I'd know it was snowing in Texas while in L'pool through twitter I'd not have believed you. #
• @KimKnox So it's the 99% of genius which is #perspiration and not the 1% #inspiration you need today then… in reply to KimKnox #
• @KimKnox Well get her back into trouble PDQ in reply to KimKnox #
• It's the naan that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs http://bit.ly/9nF9cP via @jearle @wonderlandblog #
• @johnmcc You do know that Dodge the Lergy is ultimately almost as futile as Tetris in reply to johnmcc #
• @MarsDrive Only the last 6: I send something rude about online marketers and had 15 following me in 10 minutes (all gone now) in reply to MarsDrive #
• @RachelJameson Sounds like you found the bit of twitter running on CTCP (Clay Tablet Carrier Pigeon) protocol. in reply to RachelJameson #
• @qwghlm Spent 2 weeks sending a letter back that kept coming to wrong number, street, area and postcode. Red Marker got the message through. in reply to qwghlm #
• @pookie_uk Congratualtions in reply to pookie_uk #
• There's loads happening in the plot for the adventure I'm writing. Shame the characters are spectators. Need to fix that. #
• @eyedoubleyou It's retweeting gone maaaaaaaaaaddddddddd!!! lol #
• Lunch: Thinking about web site testing is making me wonder about automated testing for table top games rules. #
• Apparently we're rediscovering museums: I'm loving being able to get to Liverpool's @ lunch time http://bit.ly/bDL3d9 via @RFLong #
• @NeilCFord Excellent news in reply to NeilCFord #
• @LesterSmith There are far worse sins on twitter than sending something interesting 3 times in reply to LesterSmith #
• @LesterSmith I sent a tweet 4 times with different spelling corrections . Glad you like USOS. in reply to LesterSmith #
• @LesterSmith Always loved Dark Conspiracy 1st Ed – I remember an article by you about designing it but can't remember where I read it? in reply to LesterSmith #
• Brill Ashes to Ashes series 3 in April. Who is Gene Hunt? #
• @LesterSmith Thanks I don't have many Challenge magazines so that will narrow it down. in reply to LesterSmith #
• @lozzyjay Sounds like a lucky escape in reply to lozzyjay #
• Today I will mostly be buried deep in Google Analytics. Time to dig out Avinash Kaushiks Web Analytics an Hour a Day. #
• What happens to old political hot potatoes? Do they become dormant, are they hot potatoes waiting to happen or just potato salad? #
• @qwghlm It does seem odd. I've only seen 1 DM @ start of the week. Wondering if weak passwords have been cracked too? in reply to qwghlm #
• I don't listen to BBC Radio 6 but after hearing the 2 sessions recently I was thinking about it #savebbc6music #
• @grahamwalmsley Has he written a Haynes Manual: often a good way to spot a writers lean period. in reply to grahamwalmsley #
• Diggerence now there is a typo in need of a meaning in the Devil's Dictionary (sorry @jearle) #
• @jearle The only phishing DM I've had came from a very tech savvy user. This wasn't just catching n00bs. in reply to jearle #
• @KimKnox Phew – that must be a massive relief. in reply to KimKnox #
• @Danacea If it goes wrong you can claim it was a pharmaceutically induced literary experiment in the books blurb and sell 2x as many copies in reply to Danacea #
• @KristenLambTX How about concept writers (lots of SF) and setting writers (lots of historical, fanstasy and SF writers)? in reply to KristenLambTX #
• @Danacea I've seen chain mail bikinis and heard of the pinch issue. Was more impressed by a set of chain mail jeans and jacket in 3mm links! in reply to Danacea #
• @impworks Step away from the WiP away and get some sleep. in reply to impworks #
• Pleasantly surprised to see Liverpool ranking 3rd for England on Twellowhood http://bit.ly/crJXQc #
• @Danacea Took a professional jeweler 9 months to make for a shoot for a jeans company. The model had to stay the same size for 9 months. in reply to Danacea #
• @KimKnox Step away from the WiP and get some sleep… in reply to KimKnox #
• @KimKnox That's kids for you. Less short term memory than goldfish about being sick lol. in reply to KimKnox #
• @jearle I can't spot any difference in TweetDeck – what should I be looking for lol? in reply to jearle #
• Opened Vue. Opened Idle. I have a cunning plan… #
• @jearle Far more obvious on twitter. TweetDeck rounds all avatar pictures and the drop shadow is completely lost. Nice. in reply to jearle #
• @KimKnox Nice in reply to KimKnox #
• @jearle Last one I got was a terabyte for £60 and was cheapest from Amazon of all places but that was in a sale in reply to jearle #
• After a struggle with the code it turns out my plan was so cunning I could pin a tail on it and call it a fox. #

I noticed that several newspapers had shots taken from Google Earth of the eleven square kilometer US Airforce 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group Aircraft Boneyard today so I thought I’d dig it up on Google maps to have a look myself.

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• @tadhgk I use self hosted WordPress for 3 sites and I'm very happy with it. in reply to tadhgk #
• @qwghlm This has been going on since the 50s in offline sales but has really picked up in the last few years (not that I like it) in reply to qwghlm #
• Amazon's Half Term Deals include In Bruge (Certificate 18) and Edge of Darkness. The kiddies are in for a shock… #
• listening to "Jake Shimabukuro – Let's Dance" ♫ http://blip.fm/~l0oif #
• @Tamsynjk Its is a great film. Colin Farrell proved he can act for the first time since Tigerland. Funny yet Traumatic as well as Tragic. in reply to Tamsynjk #
• RT @jearle @sweena: Stats on what people download using Limewire http://bit.ly/9JQP7h lol #
• @renderosity Should that be last day rather than latest? in reply to renderosity #
• @KimKnox Gratz! in reply to KimKnox #
• @jearle It's a secret vote. But she took my school milk and they'd have left me on the dole to keep inflation down in the 90s. Just saying. in reply to jearle #
• 3 sites upgraded to WordPress 2.9.2 without a hitch #
• WoadPress – the open source blogging platform of choice for the ancient Britanni #
• @qwghlm What were you saying about mobs and fact checking the other day? lol in reply to qwghlm #
• I need a head transplant for one without a cold. #
• Famous lines John Wayne never said: "Get off your horse and drink your milk" for @jearle #
• Pigeon Mafia take over birdbath http://bit.ly/aoFhft #
• @KimKnox Is that better or worse than the Star Wars / Stargate impressions? in reply to KimKnox #
• @MonteJCook Don't the press blame computer games for everything these days? Although having seen the trailer for The Wild Hunt earlier… in reply to MonteJCook #
• Jar Jar Binks 1. Where Star Wars Went Wrong. 2. Strangely Not in the Star Wars burlesque… #
• My last comment was a reply to @KimKnox and shouldn't be read out of context… #
• listening to "Eric Clapton & Michael Kamen – theme from Edge of Darkness (1985)" ♫ http://blip.fm/~l3kjb #
• WoadPress – RT @pookie_uk: @impworks Only available with blue ink. #
• @jearle OMWF wouldn't work without the rest but is pure brilliance in its own wonderful way in reply to jearle #
• @JustinBailey I don't but there used to be several places that ran BSL courses. You might ask them to see if they can help in reply to JustinBailey #
• @jearle Yes. It pulls those threads together in a way that would otherwise have seemed heavy handed but the musical angle make it work. in reply to jearle #
• Shrove: a British mammal, related to a shrew, that emerges from hibernation on a date that appears to be related to the phase of the moon. #
• The Shrove was once seen as the European Groundhog but was later found to be drawn out by the smell of pancakes, sugar and lemon juice. #
• And if you believe any of that you really need to check a reliable source like Wikipedia #
• @JustinBailey Good Luck. 10 Years ago I could have put you in touch but everyone I knew who signed has left Liverpool. in reply to JustinBailey #
• @KimKnox So they want sprouts:here's tonight's menu: a sprout aperitif, sprout soup, a big pile of sprouts finished with sprout blancmange in reply to KimKnox #
• @KimKnox Isn't that a very expensive car? in reply to KimKnox #
• @FACT_Liverpool Eh Are you Getting ahead of Yourself with that last Tweet? in reply to FACT_Liverpool #
• @FACT_Liverpool Phew Maybe you could schedule in the Back to the Future Trilogy for last week? in reply to FACT_Liverpool #
• @jearle I mentioned them yesterday and now they're following me on Twitter lol in reply to jearle #
• @sizemore Far better than bleeding edge gums. in reply to sizemore #
• Couldn't find anything from the Tron soundtrack so this will have to do… ♫ http://blip.fm/~l5tnv #
• Back from Tron @ FACT in Liverpool. I'd never seen first 5mins before! F/X dated & pacing slow great to see it on big screen. #
• @Danacea I had one of those. On Monday it decided it was the time to strike – just in time for Tron at FACT L'pool last night in reply to Danacea #
• @Danacea Thanks – its more annoying than anything else. Hope you feel better soon too and that it doesn't decide to get worse. in reply to Danacea #
• @jearle Not sure you cunning plan to lure the assassin into the open by taunting her till she proves she is a woman will work in reply to jearle #
• @jearle Already done that for WordPress – pretty straightforward in reply to jearle #
• Now I understands the tweets of "Now I'm on a horse" http://bit.ly/buQrsH via @MonteJCook #
• Unfortunately (like Guinness) no matter how cool the advert I still just don't like the smell of Old Stench #
• RT @Paul_Cornell: I gather that Doctor Who fans should be watching BBC1 at 18.30 this Saturday, during the break between programmes. #
• @very_true_thing Some might even suggest Civ on Facebook will be the end of Civilization… in reply to very_true_thing #
• listening to "Eureka Theme( HQ sound)" ♫ http://blip.fm/~l8nes #
• Knocked out 500 words of background in the last hour before my cold defeated me. #
• I'd not have noticed my passing 1000 if you'd not mentioned your 15K @qwghlm #
• @qwghlm There was the previous attempt on the twin towers in '93 which killed 6 and from memory destroyed a number of important computers. in reply to qwghlm #
• Could someone tell BMW that rendered shinny balls is a sad cliche and suggest living in the past instead of innovation. #
• @jearle @qwghlm Terrorist / Freedom Fighter / Criminal in the end it's largely semantics. History will decide. #
• @jearle My comment wasn't about a specific instance. These terms tend to be kicked around and only time tends to result in a consensus. in reply to jearle #
• @jearle I tend to agree with you. My point is that even for this specific case you won't find agreement for a long time. in reply to jearle #
• @jearle I agree with you. That's how they're treating it. Again semantics. The White House has played in this name game for a long time. in reply to jearle #
• @undeadbydawn Not about any specific act. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. in reply to undeadbydawn #
• @undeadbydawn The word chosen tells you more about the commenter than the act. in reply to undeadbydawn #
• Sometimes 140 characters just are not enough. #
• @jearle lol Ok. We'll let you be. in reply to jearle #
• @undeadbydawn Sorry went to lunch look like @jearle pointed you where I'd probably have in reply to undeadbydawn #
• @Danacea Funnily I was writing about Mousetrap for work on Monday. What did you mean to Twitpic? in reply to Danacea #
• Tip: If you tweet something rude about Online Marketing it may take days for the crowd of them that follow you to go away #
• @KimKnox Time for #tea then? in reply to KimKnox #
• RT @MonteJCook: This is a fun little site making use of the questionable nature of online translators. http://translationparty.com/#6586011 #
• @KimKnox Congratulations on Painted Promise. in reply to KimKnox #
• @Danacea Have you been completely misquoted yet too? in reply to Danacea #
• @KimKnox Something just heard about your planning… in reply to KimKnox #
• East Enders and Tiger Wood are skirmishing for control of the BBC homepage. Tiger has the left side but EE has retaken the right. #
• @mdlachlan Congratulations. in reply to mdlachlan #
• @lozzyjay 4 hours? Ow! in reply to lozzyjay #
• listening to "Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton – Can't Find My Way Home" ♫ http://blip.fm/~lbh9r #
• @pookie_uk Could we persuaded them to make Strictly When the Stars are Right? They'll be driven crazy by what the cultists' dances summon in reply to pookie_uk #
• Doctor Who teaser was very meh not so much must see… #
• @pookie_uk I've played Civ IV on vista van't remember if I had to run it as admin for it to work. in reply to pookie_uk #
• @pookie_uk Its Strictly When the Stars are Right lets have a big hand for your hosts: Mr Shiny and Tess Daoloth in reply to pookie_uk #
• @richeym Definitely crossing fingers. I'm guessing they made that independently from the shows. Completely independently… in reply to richeym #
• @jearle Now you're just trolling for a reaction lol. Only way to be sure would be to nuke the planet and have done with it all anyway. in reply to jearle #
• Wasn't expecting 2 inches of snow on the ground in Liverpool this morning #uksnow #
• Firing up Vue 8. Firing up Idle. Time to put Beta version of star map script to bed and out to testers. #
• @pookie_uk Right click on the desktop icon or Civilization4.exe in directory then select Run as Administrator in reply to pookie_uk #
• @richeym Sounds about right. He's channeling Peter Jackson's ending to LotR. I've still not forgiven him for Why Don't You. in reply to richeym #
• @Tamsynjk Yes quite odd. Nice and clear up your way then I take it? in reply to Tamsynjk #
• Don't Panic: N.England covered in white undercoat in preparation for a Pollock inspired scheme to be applied by airships later. #
• My Vue python scripts are usually pretty lightweight but this one weight in at 9MB. Thank goodness for broadband and free bandwidth. #
• @Tamsynjk Well the snows gone here now – it was almost pleasant this afternoon but now its blood freezing cold here too. in reply to Tamsynjk #

• RT: @joomla Governments are adopting Joomla and Open Source http://ff.im/-fzYCk (Viet Nam Government) #
• listening to "Learning to fly – Pink Floyd (High Quality)" ♫ http://blip.fm/~kki8o #
• @qwghlm EMP is overkill. A cloud of ball bearings from an anti-satellite missiles will do the job without having to go nuclear. in reply to qwghlm #
• Big Hair, 80s Cheese Rock ♫ http://blip.fm/~kkjdc #
• @qwghlm Best defence might be neutrality, diverse customers, stability & minimal threat so attack would hurt self & draw wrath of others in reply to qwghlm #
• Picked up tickets for screening of Tron @fact_liverpool #
• @jearle A 500 Server error is amazing? I think they may just have been accidentally DDOS via Twitter… in reply to jearle #
• @pookie_uk According to the Home Guard Manual (1941) the Petrol Bottle is an earlier less refined version used Spanish Civil War. in reply to pookie_uk #
• This is very silly -> RT @Danacea: For when things go wrong: http://bit.ly/bMLZjs (via @MarkCN) #
• @pookie_uk Good choice. Nossov's Ancient & Medieval Siege Weapons dates petrol bombs to 835AD Naffatun troops but thats not much help really #
• Why do software makers get caught up in hyperbole but don't have feature lists & why has this curse infected Open Source projects? #
• Spent lunchtime at the Mummies in Liverpool Museum #
• @KimKnox You have #tea but do you have a #tea cup? http://bit.ly/9y58E3 in reply to KimKnox #
• listening to "Johnny Clegg & Savuka – Cruel, Crazy And Beautiful World" ♫ http://blip.fm/~kn5pv #
• Anyone got the number for the adjective police? I've just seen a gratuitous use of Ultimate where Incomplete would have been more accurate. #
• @MarsDrive Not sure Google Translate got that right: Suspended particles come and go depending on the direction of wind in reply to MarsDrive #
• Why do software makers want me to sign up just so I can see prices? Put it upfront otherwise I'll assume its big and go elsewhere! #
• @RFLong Yeh I saw that earlier too. Funny how the 70s became cool and the 80s not and now the 80s are cool again… in reply to RFLong #
• @RFLong Sounds like you need something equally catchy to fight it. If this fails I suggest resorting to Bucks F… ♫ http://blip.fm/~knqaf #
• Think I found the memory leak in my star plotting script. Now to see just how many stars Vue can handle. #
• @jearle But both of those are myths about fascist regimes so might invite the analogy being taken further… in reply to jearle #
• I must make time to see China through the lens of John Thomson http://bit.ly/dg6i2z #
• @Tamsynjk Perfect Tantrum. Perfect Overdraft. Perfect Credit Card Bills. Perfect Debt Consolidation. Perfect Nervous Breakdown. in reply to Tamsynjk #
• @mdlachlan @KimKnox Don't know the title but there is a Hancock's Half hour where a novel just ends a page short because the writer died in reply to mdlachlan #
• @KimKnox You're not literary enought – yet lol in reply to KimKnox #
• @mdlachlan Thanks saved me a bit of googling there in reply to mdlachlan #
• @KimKnox So we'll not be seeing any novels by Kim X Knox (where X is you're middle initial) soon then? in reply to KimKnox #
• Tip for marketers: if your Twitter profile opens with Online Marketing or Marketing take a marketing refresher course #
• @Danacea At the end it includes the positive news that 40 independent book shops opened last year & no figures for online in reply to Danacea #
• @KimKnox Congratulations in reply to KimKnox #
• Wow! Welcome to my 11 new followers since 12:11 I should point out I'm not an Online Marketer which seems to have sucked lots of you in #
• For writers & gamers (probably not the Marketers except nervous ones) How Snipers Work http://bit.ly/alJa8p via @GarySmailes #
• @mdlachlan A great performer who worked with some top notch writers. in reply to mdlachlan #
• @robwillb The URL you just tweeted is broken. #
• @jearle Glad to see you got that sorted out. #
• @lumpleygames I picked up 11 before with Online Marketing and Marketing. How many did "a gamble, an uncertain investment" get you? in reply to lumpleygames #
• @iancockayne No Buzz here yet. Clearly I'm not a hip trendsetter like you and @eyedoubleyou in reply to iancockayne #
• @LivMuseums I didn't know the planetarium was now free – last time I visited it was charging but was really worth every penny. in reply to LivMuseums #
• Can the In-ess of a joke be #measured RT @LukasUXD: @googleanalytics I use Motion Charts to hit on girls, but I have a low Conversion Rate #
• Is it wrong that I can't get excited about #googlebuzz even though I've now got it? #
• Got the star positioning working for Vue sky dome last night. Tonight getting the brightness right. #
• @JamesWallis That description is just what I was looking for to inspire me with the RPG I'm scribbling away at in reply to JamesWallis #
• Atmospheric picture by Gill Brookes http://bit.ly/cIikrQ #
• Star magnitude working in script. Reward tonight's NCIS. #
• @very_true_thing Quit Numb3rs as it goes daft every time. NCIS is OK. US TV not lots better than UK. More $$$ = higher production gloss in reply to very_true_thing #
• Latest Blog Post: Where Should Buzz Have Been? http://bit.ly/9bDJY0 #
• Just noticed #googlebuzz also ties into Google Reader. However I'm still not excited by it. #
• Jim Steinman song clone: Cigarette behind an Ear may set Fire in to Your Hair. Inspired by smoldering man on bus #
• @RFLong Were. As in the past tense. As in eaten? in reply to RFLong #
• Last night's Blog Post: Where Should Buzz Have Been? http://bit.ly/9bDJY0 #
• @RFLong So it was the great flapjack heist of 2010 carried out by a crack crew then lol in reply to RFLong #
• Buzz for Buzz so far hearing 1 in favour rest say Meh. In other news I still can't get rid of the taste of the smell of burnt hair. #
• @qwghlm Pretty much. Just has added integration into other Google bits and stuff. in reply to qwghlm #
• Strip Poohsticks? In this weather? http://bit.ly/cVp3ol #
• @ehlanakovas lol That was kind of my point. in reply to ehlanakovas #
• @KimKnox Gratz! Oh well! in reply to KimKnox #
• 10 Worst Valentines Albums in the World Ever! http://bit.ly/90uLTW #
• My scarf still smells of cigarette smoke and burnt hair from the bus this morning #
• @ehlanakovas At least it wasn't my hair its smells of and he didn't go up like a torch just a bit of a smolder… in reply to ehlanakovas #
• @qwghlm Are you sure you're not reading the Onion? in reply to qwghlm #
• @ehlanakovas He sat in front of me with the not-quite-out cigarette behind his ear. Glad he didn't use gel or hairspray. I escaped unharmed. in reply to ehlanakovas #
• @qwghlm Especially when it shows up that the page has been built to get high keyword density for your search term or terms. in reply to qwghlm #
• @qwghlm Cheaper than where a friend of mine works where tier 1 (lowest level) helpdesk ops are trained to do that or pass it on #
• @qwghlm I find both funny in there own way. Not as funny as it taking 1hr to find out someone had their broadband connected to a plant pot. in reply to qwghlm #
• @ATerribleIdea Sorry. Building Service Engineer in work… in reply to ATerribleIdea #
• Twitter is not Journalism: it's word of mouth catching up with Journalism's distribution network. #
• @qwghlm Verifiable infringements like #paperchase turn up regularly on art forums. Twitter just give a route for word of mouth to spread. in reply to qwghlm #
• @qwghlm Yes. Twitter is word of mouth is catching up with 300 years of PR and Press using wealth to create distribution channels. in reply to qwghlm #
• @jearle I may be 1 of a tiny fraction of men who wears a not Black T-shirt to Salute & I like flake but I don't think that's my shade lol in reply to jearle #
• @KimKnox You'll need #lunch to go with that soon in reply to KimKnox #
• @undeadbydawn That's one way to get wax out of a carpet… in reply to undeadbydawn #
• @Danacea Could a purple d8 & d6 have escaped into the wild from a consignment & have been breeding little dice ever since? in reply to Danacea #
• There seems to have been a decrease in Gorilla marketers in the last few weeks. Has the great ape market declined? #
• #ff #followfriday @KimKnox @RFLong @RowanLarke @qwghlm @shawndriscoll @jearle @JamesWallis @very_true_thing @pookie_uk @darkdwarf #
• #ff #followfriday @Tamsynjk @GarySmailes @NeilCFord @Danacea @ATerribleIdea @undeadbydawn @ghostwoods @FACT_Liverpool @LivMuseums #
• @PaulKChapman It's the English language's way of telling you to use a different literary device…. in reply to PaulKChapman #
• @KadrinaLage lol That could be confusing and might boost his ego a bit. in reply to KadrinaLage #
• @FACT_Liverpool The one down side of work moving from Edge Lane to city centre – can't see the sunset anymore in reply to FACT_Liverpool #
• @ehlanakovas Yeh but his own hashtag with the follow friday level of activity and he might just implode… in reply to ehlanakovas #
• @NeilCFord True. If you overfeed them they grow up to be obese d20s or worse they become the dice equivalent of fashion models d10s . in reply to NeilCFord #
• Tonights Dinner: Chicken in Chardonnay and Peach Sauce http://bit.ly/bHhNVX #
• .@KimKnox We need guns. BIG GUNS!! http://bit.ly/b7B5XV (Why isn't Split Second available on DVD?) #
• @aniakovas lol in reply to aniakovas #
• QI on form tonight… #
• Ashes to Ashes, Luther and a hint of Doctor Who teaser from the Beeb. I'll put those three toe to toe with any US shows. #
• #WiP open time have #dietfizzybrowntrademarkedcoladrink time for a little writing #
• RT @NASA: Shuttle crew awoke to theme song from "Firefly." The Ballad of Serenity, performed by Sonny Rhodes, was played for Bob Behnken. #
• @stebal4 lol in reply to stebal4 #
• Robin Hood Arrested For Identity Theft http://bit.ly/bgc4ve #
• @jearle Its time to step away from the WWW when you start finding people in tiny thumbnail pictures attractive… in reply to jearle #
• "I nearly took out a cat in the process" RT @DanDiplo @codinghorror: nobody hates software > software developers http://bit.ly/9AaSSH #
• @KimKnox Tease. in reply to KimKnox #
• I only remember lots of songs from Time Tunnels but only one song that was played at Wildlife at th Guild of St… ♫ http://blip.fm/~kwyb6 #
• WiP open on an unexciting but important section… #
• Somewhere a cat thinking about how to put a group of humans into small containters and get a photo of it to see how we like it #
• @very_true_thing Had that too: found the cause was Real Player's thing that let you download flash movies to your computer if that helps in reply to very_true_thing #
• Fortean Times has an article that the original Robin Hood might have been a Knight Templar during reign of Edward 2 #plotbunnies #
• Can England survive the last 5 minutes and end ahead of Italy? #6nations #
• You wouldn't get titles long enough for a title track like this anymore… Hill Street Blues ♫ http://blip.fm/~kzdty #
• Cooked Black treacle brushed pork, crushed butterbeans and Devon cider apple sauce for dinner and it was really good http://bit.ly/9OOSit #
• However my kitchen looked like a bomb site after I'd finished lol #

1. Greatest Sickly Love Songs
2. The One with Pink Roses on the Cover
3. Twelve Songs You’d Forgotten and One You Still Sing in the Bath
4. Last Years Valentines Album with a Different Cover on It
5. Songs that Say I Hate You More than Words Ever Could (Double CD with Sleeve Notes)
6. Some Random Album I Grabbed in a Hurry because I was Running Late for the Train
7. Cheesy, Big Perm, 80s, Rock Love Songs (Including Genuine Lock of Rock Star Hair*)
8. Songs Inspired by Roger Corman’s The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
9. Last Years Halloween Album in the Wrong Box
10. The One Next to the Charcoal Brickets because Flowers are Sold Out at the Petrol Station
11. Twelve Songs You’d Forgotten and One You Hum (Badly) in the Bath because you’ve Forgotten all the Words Volume 2

* Artificial or animal hair may be substituted. Limit of one hair per album. Certificate of Authenticity available on Request.  Leaving the hair at a murder scene to frame a random 80s rock star may result in prosecution.

Google launching Buzz has crystalized a thought that’s been running through my head for a while.  Ever since the WWW came on the scene there have been a series of landgrabs for bits of the Internet.  Bits that give revenue which might be page impressions giving advertising revenue or e-commerce giving cold, hard, cash revenue.  Sometimes its been the potential for revenue or the myth of potential revenue.  That’s where we had the first big crash when the bubble burst.

At the moment a pile of the players are going after the social networking pie.  Google Buzz, Twitter, Facebook and all the other general purpose networks are all busy trying to tie us into their set up.  The problem from a users point of view is that we end up with our network fragmented depending on where our friends are.  These networks are quite crude at the moment.  Basically they tend to be quite private or quite public but with messages shared with everyone or just one person.

Then there are all the niche network sites built on old style forums where we meet up with people who share an interest.  There are all sorts of sites which may have something you’re interested in from personal blogs by friends, news sites and everything else in between.

Keeping up with all of those takes time.  RSS and Atom feeds made it easier to keep up with sites by letting us know when there was something to read rather than having to trawl over the sites every few days.  TweetDeck lets you pull your social networks together in one place.

So after all the preamble here is my real thought – is the real winner down the road not going to be whichever social network grabs the most members or gets the model right but will it be the tool that we all use to keep up with Social Networks, RSS, forums and Email in one place.  I don’t know if it will be a web app, something you install or a mix of both but I wish that was the Buzz Google had launched today instead of the one we got.  That would seem to me to have been closer to Google’s mission to organise the world’s information.

• Looks like the iPad jokes are going to run for awhile http://bit.ly/cOo1no via @guardiantech #
• Did you ever hear back from the BBC @jearle ? #
• RT @qwghlm: Brilliant animated gif: http://i.imgur.com/kjj6P.gif #
• Robo Wars: 8PM BBC Radio 4 might be interesting http://bit.ly/aHNfHM & http://bit.ly/cdpRPN #
• IE6 Die! Die! Die! (and XP too) http://bit.ly/cGvx2h via @guardiantech #
• With the giant wheel being taken to bits it looks like the Worlds Largest PacMan game is about to be staged in Liverpool #
• iPants part II http://bit.ly/dy0ysY #
• Liverpool Wheel is now a 50% Pie Chart. 50% of what though? #
• UK government petition to phase out IE6, almost 800 signatures so far so get signing – http://bit.ly/btOdTO #ie6 via @richeym #
• Hitler declares war on Hitler Parodies http://bit.ly/bJPlIb #
• Tag Line for a really bad British Action Film… Half Man Half Anorak #
• There are 5 satellite broadcast vehicles outside Liverpool crown court today #
• @ehlanakovas I think it was probably this: Liverpool cadet killer jailed for 17 years http://bit.ly/bsFZAc in reply to ehlanakovas #
• If you stand in just the right spot in our new reception and look through a gap between two buildings you can see both Liver birds #
• The wheel is now lit up and looks like the biggest, white, trivial pursuits segment I've ever seen. #
• @KimKnox Are you going to have to send Twitter to bed early without pudding? in reply to KimKnox #
• @jearle Bet you didn't expect to use the word promulgating when you got up this morning. in reply to jearle #
• @jearle You're giving your lexicon a good work out with canonically too now. I've a penchant for interesting words too. in reply to jearle #
• Hmm put "Penchant for" into Google with auto complete on. There must be more choices out there than that. #
• @ehlanakovas Shame there isn't at least one more choice – Books or Walks in the Rain in reply to ehlanakovas #
• When they say it isn't work friendly they mean especially not when there's a film crew in your office http://bit.ly/aDEeEw #
• @jearle I hated it too. Rifts was just so wrong on so many levels but it had fans and they'd spend their £ so game shops loved it. in reply to jearle #
• Passed a Bus v Lamp Post on West Derby Road. Neither looked to have come off well. Hope no one was hurt. #
• @very_true_thing Which interface are you using to Closure Compiler? in reply to very_true_thing #
• If you & I woke up in jail together…using only FOUR words…what would you say to me? #
• 2010 is out of control:Thin Film Turns Any Surface Into a Touchscreen http://bit.ly/bUJBBc via @RFLong @marschronicler @MarsDrive + others #
• @mdlachlan Sadly its all a status on the streets thing. There's a big problem for charities when aggressive dogs turn out to be placid. in reply to mdlachlan #
• #uksnow L2 1/10 Light snow mixed with rain #
• Had a wander through the Aubrey Williams: Atlantic Fire exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery at Lunch http://bit.ly/bzPYqb #
• @KimKnox Tweetdeck still not playing ball? in reply to KimKnox #
• @KimKnox Snowing here for almost an hour. in reply to KimKnox #
• L2 3/10 #uksnow #
• L2 0/10 #uksnow #
• L2 5/10 #uksnow #
• L2 0/10 #uksnow – Twitter thinks this is Spam because I said it before lol #
• @ehlanakovas For all my abilities I've yet to learn the art of making it snow. I will try harder. in reply to ehlanakovas #
• One of the Go Penguins on display in St George's Hall Liverpool http://bit.ly/b2UzBi #
• Yeh! Having a lunchtime outing for another (last) look at the Go Penguins before they're gone. http://bit.ly/b2UzBi #
• @KimKnox Coffee makes you write naughty stuff? Is #tea an antidote? Do other drinks help writing styles. Enquiring minds need to know lol. in reply to KimKnox #
• Empirical experimentation sounds like a good idea @KimKnox. Maybe the standards of writing can be improved through imbibing the right drink. #
• Could it be something in the water @KimKnox ? #
• @mdlachlan Hopefully it ends before you discover you were only 25% of the way there… in reply to mdlachlan #
• @jearle That case clearly isn't domain name squatting & sending the lawyers in straight away is OTT it can be a real PITA. in reply to jearle #
• @NeilCFord Access: Success. in reply to NeilCFord #
• @KimKnox You made @DarkDwarf wear the bikini? (in my defence: I've no idea what you were tweeting about) in reply to KimKnox #
• Busker singing Elaine Paige songs on bold street. I quickened my step to get past before she sang Memory. #
• Writing a spec for what is probably the cutest web site I've ever had to think about. #
• @RowanLarke They'd have to let you see their tweets so you won't invade anyone's privacy that didn't want to share with you. in reply to RowanLarke #
• @RowanLarke Waves back. @KimKnox was teasing with her tweets but now I get to see both sides without any effort. in reply to RowanLarke #
• Heaven 17 weren't my first choice for electronic back in the '80s but I'm enjoying Heaven 17 & La Roux session on Radio 6. #
• Its not the plot bunny thats causing me grief tonight: the rules bear is trying to drag this little game way over the 4 page limit #
• @ehlanakovas Good luck in reply to ehlanakovas #
• @pendraken Any pictures? in reply to pendraken #
• @pendraken Cool I'll retweet them through the SFSFW twitter when there are pics in reply to pendraken #
• @darkdwarf Could you get me a glass of water while you're there lol in reply to darkdwarf #
• Heaven 17 Radio 6 earlier has left me with flash backs to Time Tunnel LUGS 1992 ♫ http://blip.fm/~kfar8 #
• About now @ Time Tunnel the LX crew (especially black clad rock lovers) would be "discussing" who ran the Death… ♫ http://blip.fm/~kfd9o #
• Ok so it was Real Player that was blanking Firefox when it found stuff I might want to download #fail #
• & now for a change: I only crewed one Freak Scene right through. Chumbawamba were the only band on the bill I o… ♫ http://blip.fm/~kfewn #
• @KimKnox is @darkdwarf alright – he seems to be tweeting to himself now? #
• @darkdwarf lol it's the 140 character discipline that's hardest thing to get used to. Sometimes I really just want more space than I'm permi in reply to darkdwarf #
• The rules bear won't let me put this game to bed. Time for #applejuice then #saturdaykitchen #
• @jearle They may be some time they're arguing with a 4 year old over how to correctly punctuate NeNaw in reply to jearle #
• Idiot check Doh! Forgot to include initiative rules. Doh! #
• "We're The SWEENEY son and We Haven't had our Dinner YET". "Gov your capitalisation". "I was shouting, Carter, it was for emphasis." #
• @jearle It's a fair cop. Damn you slow tweet deletion. in reply to jearle #
• Salty lardons ingredient or euphemism? #
• Sports commentator struggling "10 is the atomic number of neon" It's also the bus from L'pool to St Helens; 2×5; & the PMs house. So???? #
• So when will there be some Rugby rather than waffle? Glad I'm doing other things while waiting. I may be too board to watch the games. #
• @KimKnox The word tortoise getting in the way today? in reply to KimKnox #
• @RFLong Well they sorted that out quickly enough #6nations in reply to RFLong #
• Well that was a bit flat #6nations #sixnations #
• #writing #6nations & #crumpets could Saturday be any better? #
• With all that pressure that try had to come and the conversion was an almost certainty #6nations #
• @sizemore Glad to hear there will be another season of #eureka I thought it had been cancelled in reply to sizemore #
• @qwghlm lol Yes but it's shorter than Strictly, X-Factor or Big Brother which do nothing for me in reply to qwghlm #
• @iancockayne Ssh! Don't tell everyone I've not bought mine yet lol. in reply to iancockayne #
• Well the last 10 minutes of that made up for the first 70 #6nations #
• @pookie_uk Look @ reviews in news agents in magazines to see how hard reviews are: some don't have conclusions & some don't bother to end in reply to pookie_uk #
• @KadrinaLage Great musical and a big part! Wow. in reply to KadrinaLage #
• @jearle Well Klout say's you're a persona & therefore might be a celebrity & b4 any1 else gets there: that makes me you're stalker… in reply to jearle #
• @RowanLarke So long as it isn't 1 of mine or 1 I'll have to fix @ work on Monday I can live with that. Happens all the time. rm -Rf ./* in reply to RowanLarke #
• @jearle So you'll not be having a comeback tour soon then. I'm off to find a real celebrity to stalk. in reply to jearle #
• Ok I've found a celebrity to stalk now. I'm not going to say who. The police haven't put the front door to the flat down for a few years. #
• @RowanLarke It wasn't a website it was your website. You should have said I'd have been less flippant and more sympathetic lol in reply to RowanLarke #
• @shawndriscoll Really like the sense of scale on Azun starport scene in reply to shawndriscoll #
• @KimKnox in reply to KimKnox #
• Are Netbooks, Laptops and iPads the 21st century's replacement for hot water bottles? #
• Almost finished first draft of Fall of the Goblin Empire for the SFSFW's Fantasy Air Wargame competition #sfsfw #
• RT @natalief: @impworks This is hillarious! Thank you! http://bit.ly/3ZlAUa – Thanks! Glad you found it funny #
• It's astonishing how much less space text takes up in DTP software than in Word because of the better text handling. 6 pages reduced to 3.5 #
• @ehlanakovas You just wanted to tweet LaTeX didn't you lol in reply to ehlanakovas #
• @ehlanakovas Just as long as its real Latex and not that weird imitation Latex that was being worn in an inappropriate way last summer in reply to ehlanakovas #
• @pookie_uk So long as they avoid doing the bits that might cause a war or one of the rocked up/poped up versions that are creeping i in reply to pookie_uk #