February, 2012

29th February, 2012

Wednesday February 1, 2012 - 07:29

RT @bruceltwitter.com : Everybody wants an open W3C specification for touch events. Well, almost everybody. (W3C)

Wednesday February 1, 2012 - 07:39

RT @codepo8twitter.com : RNIB sues BMIbaby about the inaccessibility of their web site:

Wednesday February 1, 2012 - 07:41

RT @killerspaztwitter.com : I hate reading other people’s code:

Wednesday February 1, 2012 - 18:35

@TheAtriumClub I’d love a free day. When do I go? Sounds fabulous.

Wednesday February 1, 2012 - 18:40

@renedudfieldtwitter.com nope. Sorry.

Wednesday February 1, 2012 - 19:27

Wow. @sapientnitro have already turned off my email account. Hope I remembered to turn off the out-of-office thing. #sadToLeave

Wednesday February 1, 2012 - 19:31

@codepo8twitter.com all the really cool kids use @LightboxApptwitter.com

Wednesday February 1, 2012 - 19:35

Friday plan. Sleep until noon. Walk dog. Sleep until following noon.

Wednesday February 1, 2012 - 20:42

@ryanand26twitter.com @hairballopolis @Kained and @mobytwitter.com - thanks for the invigorating sign-off meeting in room W. Sorry that @nachttwitter.com couldn’t join us.

Wednesday February 1, 2012 - 23:39

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com @struggyonetwitter.com @paulcurleytwitter.com @hovlevtwitter.com @lucykavtwitter.com & everyone else in @theUltraplex - gonna miss you guys…

Thursday February 2, 2012 - 10:51

@mattslavtwitter.com RT @LeaVeroutwitter.com Interested in immigrating to the US on an H1B? These FAQs are very useful

Thursday February 2, 2012 - 10:55

@lucykavtwitter.com RT @adactiotwitter.com @jaffathecaketwitter.com Respond.js isn’t the only way of giving layout styles to IE<9.

Thursday February 2, 2012 - 10:57

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com please define your constants using all caps. CHANGE.

Thursday February 2, 2012 - 11:02

Today’s spare minutes will be spent exorcising old work crap from my phone. Goodbye meeting updates, goodbye boring ‘contacts’.

Thursday February 2, 2012 - 11:13

@lucykavtwitter.com

Friday February 3, 2012 - 00:43

RT @codepo8twitter.com : Cocky 17 year old rapper gets owned by English Teacher: - skip the first 4 minutes or so.

Friday February 3, 2012 - 09:56

WTF happened to @rightmovetwitter.com ? It used to be quite good, but the mobile site barely works, and the main site looks like a dogs dinner. UX #fail

Friday February 3, 2012 - 10:38

@rightmovetwitter.com honestly, the big banner with all the words in behind the main search on homepage is confusing. Looks like it’s crashed.

Friday February 3, 2012 - 12:56

@hovlevtwitter.com just browsing

Friday February 3, 2012 - 15:24

@nachttwitter.com head down, chin up, best foot forward etc. Don’t be a stranger…

Friday February 3, 2012 - 15:33

RT @bengoldacretwitter.com : Lansley is the Dr Beeching of the NHS. His name will be remembered long after we are all dead.

Friday February 3, 2012 - 22:24

Woot! Just finished big bang theory marathon. Season 4, all 24 episodes in less than 24 hours.

Friday February 3, 2012 - 22:31

RT @codepo8twitter.com : Golden Girls Tattoo - well, this is special:

Friday February 3, 2012 - 23:50

@videonastytwitter.com until Monday, I suppose I am. Now, I wonder if the local garage sells white lightning?

Friday February 3, 2012 - 23:58

@sapientnitro don’t forget, friends don’t let friends use poor text contrast.

Saturday February 4, 2012 - 00:19

@paulcurleytwitter.com is India really prepared for what we’re about to unleash?

Saturday February 4, 2012 - 20:22

• now all your arguments are invalid..

Saturday February 4, 2012 - 23:38

#uksnow cb7 6/10

Saturday February 4, 2012 - 23:38

@Dootsontwitter.com indeed sir… but back to a new grindstone on Monday :)

Sunday February 5, 2012 - 00:08

RT @newsycombinatortwitter.com : You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You

Sunday February 5, 2012 - 08:55

#uksnow cb7 5/10

Sunday February 5, 2012 - 09:34

@ElyPeopletwitter.com can we have this for our cathedral please?

Sunday February 5, 2012 - 09:42

RT @LeaVeroutwitter.com : “Can you solve this problem for me on the whiteboard?” Great allegory about flawed interview practices of tech giants. htt …

Sunday February 5, 2012 - 11:27

Weird snow drift

Sunday February 5, 2012 - 14:03

Rude snowman. #uksnow.

Sunday February 5, 2012 - 18:28

@videonastytwitter.com not really, we’ve had it a while, it’s @GreatAuntJudytwitter.com ’s PhD shed, or ‘garden office’ if you like ;)

Monday February 6, 2012 - 13:07

Nationality #fail RT @jaffathecaketwitter.com Urm

Monday February 6, 2012 - 22:34

Oh sweet mother of frickin Jesus, please stop going on about the queen.

Monday February 6, 2012 - 23:04

I find myself in total agreement. RT @everythingEDL I couldn’t have put it better, myself… #EDL

Tuesday February 7, 2012 - 22:27

RT @mrdoobtwitter.com : JavaScript WebM decoder. Internet Explorer, Safari and iOS can now play WebM ;)

Wednesday February 8, 2012 - 08:36

RT @Raspberry_Pitwitter.com : New blog post at from a UK Computing teacher. 1st in a series about Raspi & education. Go and rea …

Wednesday February 8, 2012 - 08:40

@remtwitter.com given the dearth of good iOS Devs , it’s often the only way clients can get their apps in the app store.

Wednesday February 8, 2012 - 10:25

@LeaVeroutwitter.com mine was a commodore vic20, 3.5k ram, 20k rom. Storage was a c90 cassette. #nostalgia.

Wednesday February 8, 2012 - 12:38

Linux in a can!

Wednesday February 8, 2012 - 22:49

RT @EH_WrestParktwitter.com : Popcorn at the ready for our first ever cinema screening at Wrest: #moviesatthemansion

Wednesday February 8, 2012 - 22:54

RT @codepo8twitter.com openphoto on browserid

Thursday February 9, 2012 - 06:44

RT @Carnage4Lifetwitter.com : Architect: Overrated! - #programming

Thursday February 9, 2012 - 23:42

RT @LeaVeroutwitter.com : Call for action: The Open Web needs you NOW! By @glazoutwitter.com and the rest of the @csswgtwitter.com

Friday February 10, 2012 - 08:20

Cold!

Friday February 10, 2012 - 09:56

@hovlevtwitter.com don’t worry, just got a lift to the station in the snow.

Friday February 10, 2012 - 18:39

RT @WiredUKtwitter.com : Five reasons the robo-car haters are wrong

Friday February 10, 2012 - 18:43

@GreatAuntJudytwitter.com what are we doing inside?! The #muppets movie is out tonight!

Friday February 10, 2012 - 20:18

RT @LeaVeroutwitter.com Ghost stories for programmers

Saturday February 11, 2012 - 00:39

RT @AnonyOpstwitter.com V for Vendetta author Alan More on #Anonymous & rise of Guy Fawkes mask as a protest symbol: must read

Saturday February 11, 2012 - 13:11

@lucykavtwitter.com @paulcurleytwitter.com @hovlevtwitter.com everyone else @theultraplex and @sapientnitro thanks, is awesome.

Saturday February 11, 2012 - 13:25

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com I got in!

Saturday February 11, 2012 - 14:58

RT @jgehtlandtwitter.com : Critical feedback should be a) actionable b) motivating.

b-only: you’re a cheerleader.

a-only: you’re a critic.

neither …

Saturday February 11, 2012 - 16:48

What the frack? #Italy ahead. #RUGBY

Saturday February 11, 2012 - 20:04

What, the Ireland-France match is cancelled. Why? Italy and England played in snow… pussies.

Saturday February 11, 2012 - 21:12

Just tried reading a ’newspaper’ it’s full of people I don’t know and don’t care about telling me the boring stuff from last weeks Twitter.

Monday February 13, 2012 - 08:19

@videonastytwitter.com Aah city living. Out here in the country we would never have decking…

Monday February 13, 2012 - 18:33

@Teslatwitter.com how the hell am supposed to get into this in multi-storey car park? RT @WiredUKtwitter.com Telsa’s Model X gullwing #fail

Monday February 13, 2012 - 18:39

RT @WiredUKtwitter.com : WinAmp recreated inside Spotify at SF Music Hack Day by @duncangeeretwitter.com

Monday February 13, 2012 - 19:17

RT @bruceltwitter.com : 1954 Pathe newsreel of water-divining “zombie” Catherine Bent

Monday February 13, 2012 - 19:22

RT @nachttwitter.com : good luck to my geek-in-passing-friend @DanLanetwitter.com on his new venture - his very own mobile network!

Monday February 13, 2012 - 19:23

RT @ubellytwitter.com : #nubelly-er @ShaunDunnetwitter.com has written up a very comprehensive rundown of #jquk. Read it here:

Monday February 13, 2012 - 23:51

RT @codepo8twitter.com : OH VLC 2.0 looks awesome:

Tuesday February 14, 2012 - 08:21

RT @LeaVeroutwitter.com : “Let’s build escalator solutions – smooth when the tech works but still available as stairs when it doesn’t.” — @codepo8twitter.com ht …

Tuesday February 14, 2012 - 08:36

RT @jackerhacktwitter.com : No words minced. Wow. RT @realdanlyonstwitter.com : Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to the Silicon Cesspool http …

Tuesday February 14, 2012 - 08:38

RT @DougCouplandtwitter.com : Incredibly happy dog that will obliterate all negativity in your life.

Tuesday February 14, 2012 - 08:44

RT @codinghorrortwitter.com : “It’s like the leper being cast out of the leper colony for being too leprous.”

Tuesday February 14, 2012 - 09:20

Did I mention @theUltraplex, I now have a proper dev machine. 16gb ram, 4core goodness, 1tb drive. Win8 and Ubuntu VMs running together!

Tuesday February 14, 2012 - 09:21

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com mash it up with my favorite and you get… the walking deadwood. #win!

Tuesday February 14, 2012 - 09:23

@hairballopolis and today I shall be Pretty Dog Jones.

Tuesday February 14, 2012 - 13:31

RT @codepo8twitter.com : If you own a cafe today - just sneak a ring into the food of every couple and watch the show.

Tuesday February 14, 2012 - 13:31

RT @codepo8twitter.com : - We’ve contacted the humans - but they think it is dubstep.

Wednesday February 15, 2012 - 10:26

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com build a case for it, and do it via @crowdfunderuktwitter.com you could give something back right?

Wednesday February 15, 2012 - 18:17

@theUltraplex RT @manuspornytwitter.com Google enhances search results for RDFa 1.0 +

Wednesday February 15, 2012 - 18:22

RT @jaffathecaketwitter.com : Is your web page over 400k? Remember, David Braben managed to fit a GALAXY in that.

Wednesday February 15, 2012 - 18:44

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com yeah but it would make a good sig.

Thursday February 16, 2012 - 09:41

OK - never really realised how clever the A/B/C system for paper was. Clever clever people… #iso216

Thursday February 16, 2012 - 09:44

… and consequently, how dumb the US letter size thing is. Metric logic > Imperial remember-by-rote #vivaMetric

Thursday February 16, 2012 - 10:09

@renedudfieldtwitter.com I now also see how much the names of metric and imperial suit their styles i.e. ‘based on metrics’ or ‘dictated by a king’. :)

Thursday February 16, 2012 - 15:32

♥ Making Plans for Nigel by Nouvelle Vague #lastfm: amazon:

Thursday February 16, 2012 - 19:55

@danholdertwitter.com @videonastytwitter.com e-generation at 40…

Friday February 17, 2012 - 08:24

@GeorgeMonbiottwitter.com #stonehenge is a hyper-dimensional steering wheel for a future race of ‘planet-driving’, cupcake-baking, communist, robots.

Friday February 17, 2012 - 14:23

@GreatAuntJudytwitter.com - RT @EnglishHeritagetwitter.com Ever wondered what’s inside the mind of a conservation guru? - I know i do. :)

Friday February 17, 2012 - 18:59

RT @bruceltwitter.com : RNIB has launched legal action against bmibaby’s website because it’s not accessible #a11y

Friday February 17, 2012 - 19:01

shock horror, consumer device company sells more consumer devices than it does expensive PCs #apple #yawn

Friday February 17, 2012 - 23:14

RT @PlayStationtwitter.com : Square Enix unveils Sleeping Dogs, an open-world action title set in Hong Kong:

Saturday February 18, 2012 - 10:11

@Kained err taxonomy?

Saturday February 18, 2012 - 10:57

@Kained nope, am at a loss there. randomly assign an ISO number and walk away.

Saturday February 18, 2012 - 21:43

Churchill had a very bad day. Oh no no no…

Sunday February 19, 2012 - 09:40

@Dootsontwitter.com You live in the hotel du vin? that explains a lot.

Sunday February 19, 2012 - 09:45

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com make them watch it twice?

Sunday February 19, 2012 - 10:24

Is it bad that, now that I know that @StackOverflowtwitter.com is built on .Net I feel a little bad for using it so much? #scarredByASP

Sunday February 19, 2012 - 23:14

Hooray, from out of the ashes of the NOTW comes #SunOnSunday definitely no hacking murdered children’s voicemail. Not.

Monday February 20, 2012 - 18:29

RT @natalimorristwitter.com : Students estimate the cost of the Death Star at $8.1 quadrillion:

Monday February 20, 2012 - 23:32

Yeah, the oatmeal still has it…

Tuesday February 21, 2012 - 07:26

An early walk with the dog.

Tuesday February 21, 2012 - 12:28

♥ Nashville Blues by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band #lastfm: amazon:

Tuesday February 21, 2012 - 13:04

♥ Po’ Lazarus by James Carter & The Prisoners #lastfm:

Tuesday February 21, 2012 - 14:28

♥ I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow by The Soggy Bottom Boys #lastfm:

Tuesday February 21, 2012 - 15:29

♥ Unforgiven by Iron Horse #lastfm: amazon:

Tuesday February 21, 2012 - 16:17

♥ Ten Feet Tall by The Devil Makes Three #lastfm: amazon:

Tuesday February 21, 2012 - 17:21

♥ Little Sadie by Doc Watson #lastfm: amazon:

Tuesday February 21, 2012 - 17:28

♥ Wildwood Flower by The Carter Family #lastfm: amazon:

Tuesday February 21, 2012 - 21:51

Wow! Ron Weasley is cleaning up at the #Brits.

Wednesday February 22, 2012 - 10:03

♥ The Limit To Your Love by Feist #lastfm: amazon:

Wednesday February 22, 2012 - 10:45

Really nice colour scheme designer, export to HTML and Photoshop, yay!

Wednesday February 22, 2012 - 17:16

♥ Roscoe by Midlake #lastfm: amazon:

Wednesday February 22, 2012 - 22:13

@olisteadtwitter.com myself, I’m literally thinking that yourself is inferring that I’m not getting what yourself is saying.

Thursday February 23, 2012 - 07:26

RT @StanCollymoretwitter.com : #dropthebill

A NHS,free at the point of service,with quality of treatment for all,wherever they live,and no profite …

Thursday February 23, 2012 - 19:17

@nachttwitter.com RT @videonastytwitter.com BBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleep -

Thursday February 23, 2012 - 23:33

RT @tom_watsontwitter.com : Don’t reward @rupertmurdochtwitter.com for bribery and hacking. Pull ads from Sun on Sunday #dontbuythesunanyday

Friday February 24, 2012 - 08:35

RT @codinghorrortwitter.com : Ruby and Rails: no longer cool.

Friday February 24, 2012 - 10:10

♥ I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter by Frank Sinatra & Count Basie #lastfm:

Friday February 24, 2012 - 11:10

♥ Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin #lastfm: amazon:

Saturday February 25, 2012 - 15:58

Ooh yeah I always love an England v Wales match, though am tempted to wear the Wales supporters hat today.

Saturday February 25, 2012 - 16:00

RT @nachttwitter.com : Big Data – Big Money Says It Is A Paradigm Buster - Forbes

Saturday February 25, 2012 - 17:44

Dammit Wales, well done.

Saturday February 25, 2012 - 17:49

@renedudfieldtwitter.com it’s true, Cambridge is rocking the startup boat. That’s why I’m working for one here now.

Saturday February 25, 2012 - 21:34

@nachttwitter.com @videonastytwitter.com if you want to optimize your sleep, check this.

Monday February 27, 2012 - 18:23

RT @ubellytwitter.com : One of our nUbelly writers ( @ShaunDunnetwitter.com ) has done a jQuery Mobile 101 post on Ubelly. Check it out

Monday February 27, 2012 - 18:29

RT @ElyPeopletwitter.com : ElyNewshound updated According to the Ely Traders’ Association, a scandalous act was played out in the District … http: …

Tuesday February 28, 2012 - 12:29

♥ Moments in Love by Art of Noise #lastfm: amazon:

Tuesday February 28, 2012 - 13:47

@RobGonda Yep occasionally, though am focused on info visualization at the moment.

Tuesday February 28, 2012 - 23:20

Mentions @Raspberry_Pitwitter.com #ftw RT @WiredUKtwitter.com An entire Android-powered PC in a USB thumb drive? No problem by @Britishgamingtwitter.com

Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 08:28

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com I completely failed to get a @Raspberry_Pitwitter.com , will have to wait until next month. Dagnammit.

Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 08:30

RT @BBCr4todaytwitter.com : Coming up at 07:45 - David Braben on the launch of the £22 @Raspberry_Pitwitter.com computer. See it here: #r4 …

Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 13:24

How have I never heard of this before? Now @mySocietytwitter.com are taking on the unenviable task of fixing public transport!

Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 13:48

@Kained - yeah I thought you might like that one :)

Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 13:49

@GreatAuntJudytwitter.com @guardiantwitter.com yeah, I was one of those people desperately pinging the @Raspberry_Pitwitter.com site this morning. Apparently I have to wait.

Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 15:34

@videonastytwitter.com you’ll need a USB keyboard and mouse, and an HDMI enabled TV or monitor.

Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 16:18

@videonastytwitter.com it’ll also output to a RGB connection, for an old TV.

Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 17:04

Finally someone else sees the madness that is QR codes for what they are… meaningless timewasting marketing bollocks

Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 17:36

Okay - first person to get Boot2Gecko running on @Raspberry_Pitwitter.com wins my undying respect, and possibly some form of prize

Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 21:52

Really interesting night with #CamCreative, thanks for making me so welcome.

Wednesday February 29, 2012 - 21:54

@videonastytwitter.com that Tweet reads like a situationist statement.