March, 2012

31st March, 2012

Thursday March 1, 2012 - 09:25

@paulsmithuktwitter.com thanks Paul, it was great. Good to meet a few creative people in Cambridge.

Thursday March 1, 2012 - 15:05

♥ Beartown by Polar Bear #lastfm: amazon:

Thursday March 1, 2012 - 15:28

♥ Flim by The Bad Plus #lastfm: amazon:

Thursday March 1, 2012 - 18:19

@WiredUKtwitter.com that’s great, but when are you going to offer the same for Android-based subscribers? Perhaps an html5 version please?

Thursday March 1, 2012 - 22:38

RT @jongallowaytwitter.com : Amusing a group of MVP’s with a demo of a great resource for customizing co-workers’ workstations …

Friday March 2, 2012 - 08:30

Just sometimes, I look at Cameron and think, ‘at least Thatcher was a scientist…’ sigh

Friday March 2, 2012 - 17:51

@Kained Joyent and Heroku get my vote.

Friday March 2, 2012 - 19:15

RT @anniemacdjtwitter.com : “ @edibowtwitter.com : “ @bbcpresstwitter.com : BBC to name wing of new Broadcasting House after John Peel - #johnpeel” brill …

Friday March 2, 2012 - 19:53

@danhappysaladtwitter.com RT @jaffathecaketwitter.com Mario? With Portal guns? throws money at screen (via @tominsamtwitter.com )

Friday March 2, 2012 - 23:34

@rowanlambtwitter.com RT @codepo8twitter.com Pixels and Polaroids -

Saturday March 3, 2012 - 08:56

RT @nachttwitter.com : Well worth the read - Do we always know why we do things ? - if nothing else the anecdotal stories are amusing. …

Saturday March 3, 2012 - 11:25

@paulcurleytwitter.com you absolutely should. #conferencePint

Saturday March 3, 2012 - 12:59

OK, how do Fox’s make such tasty biscuits (Ginger crunch creams) and why does their apostrophe wear a top hat?

Saturday March 3, 2012 - 13:59

@Raspberry_Pitwitter.com I think it sounds good,you might explain why you’re making two different models. No network seems an odd choice

Saturday March 3, 2012 - 20:33

@Bickle_Gtwitter.com - OLED Lights Will Make Future Audis Glow Like Jellyfish

Sunday March 4, 2012 - 16:14

What the deuce? #ukSnow 5/10 cb7

Sunday March 4, 2012 - 16:20

@Raspberry_Pitwitter.com If you’re interested in getting kids excited by coding, you really should read @justinvincenttwitter.com Excellent.

Sunday March 4, 2012 - 16:35

@ryanand26twitter.com All I can surmise from G+ ‘what’s hot’ is that most of us are attracted to xenophobia, cod philosophy and landscape photography.

Sunday March 4, 2012 - 16:39

Join the revolution! RT @Raspberry_Pitwitter.com Lovely little Raspberry Pi bit in today’s Observer:

Sunday March 4, 2012 - 23:21

@videonastytwitter.com @GreatAuntJudytwitter.com this is actually awesome. RT @codepo8twitter.com Abandoned Russian Flying Saucer building - - DAMN

Monday March 5, 2012 - 22:55

Need follow recommendations for @GreatAuntJudytwitter.com . Cute animals, cool architecture and holiday destinations pls. I’ll start, @EmergencyPuppytwitter.com

Monday March 5, 2012 - 22:58

And they say piracy is killing music. RT @videonastytwitter.com It’s a shit business

Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 09:25

Why audio-bollocks is actual bollocks. Nice“ @coolcshtwitter.com : Super cool article on why 24/192 music downloads make no sense.

Tuesday March 6, 2012 - 23:11

@Kained they are with a #conferencePint

Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 09:57

♥ A Real Hero (feat. Electric Youth) by College #lastfm:

Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 10:27

♥ Ikyadarh Dim by Tinariwen #lastfm:

Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 12:10

♥ Sing Swan Song by Can #lastfm:

Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 16:28

♥ Band of Gold by Freda Payne #lastfm:

Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 17:09

♥ Walk on by by Isaac Hayes #lastfm: amazon:

Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 17:28

♥ Respect by Aretha Franklin #lastfm: amazon:

Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 18:20

♥ One Mo’gin by D’Angelo #lastfm: amazon:

Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 18:28

♥ Superfly by Curtis Mayfield #lastfm: amazon:

Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 19:11

♥ Heart Attack by Raphael Saadiq #lastfm: amazon:

Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 19:43

♥ Theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes #lastfm:

Wednesday March 7, 2012 - 20:35

♥ Never Too Much by Luther Vandross #lastfm: amazon:

Thursday March 8, 2012 - 10:01

♥ Down in Mexico by The Coasters #lastfm: amazon:

Thursday March 8, 2012 - 13:26

♥ knee-deep in the north sea by Portico Quartet #lastfm:

Thursday March 8, 2012 - 13:59

♥ Forceful Beast by Basquiat Strings #lastfm: amazon:

Thursday March 8, 2012 - 14:59

♥ Hitting Home by Acoustic Ladyland #lastfm: amazon:

Thursday March 8, 2012 - 15:28

♥ Freddie’s Dead by Curtis Mayfield #lastfm: amazon:

Thursday March 8, 2012 - 18:59

@codepo8twitter.com misread that, thought you said ‘witchcraft minister’ … that would be awesome.

Friday March 9, 2012 - 09:20

Woot, am at #TEDxGranta!

Friday March 9, 2012 - 10:42

Okay, 2 TEDxGranta talks in and I want to learn Esperanto and program a @Raspberry_Pitwitter.com , awesome.

Friday March 9, 2012 - 19:35

Dinner at TEDxGranta

Friday March 9, 2012 - 19:35

Photo: Dinner at TEDxGranta (Photo by toychicken)

Friday March 9, 2012 - 22:31

Saw this on a stand today at TEDxGranta, looks interesting. but at $250 to start it’s no @Raspberry_Pitwitter.com

Saturday March 10, 2012 - 21:09

Today, #wifeAway. Bombay mix, Pie d’Angloys and Creme Eggs for lunch, entire afternoon writing and Chicken Jalfrezi for dinner. Nom nom nom

Sunday March 11, 2012 - 00:20

Thirst (2009)

basically Therese Raquin with vampires. Awesome!

Sunday March 11, 2012 - 00:29

@nachttwitter.com hell yeah… Abe FTW!

Monday March 12, 2012 - 10:27

♥ The Visitor by Portico Quartet #lastfm: amazon:

Monday March 12, 2012 - 11:03

Am liking the look of EmberJS - has anyone used it with .NET on the backend?

Monday March 12, 2012 - 11:16

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com Hopefully not, just wondering if EmberJS + .NET might have any non-obvious gotchas… think it might well be ideal for me.

Monday March 12, 2012 - 11:31

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com great stuff, thanks. .NET 4 is looking a lot more helpful in terms of what it can spit out (i.e. JSON) by default.

Monday March 12, 2012 - 14:27

♥ The Windfall by Hidden Orchestra #lastfm: amazon:

Monday March 12, 2012 - 17:05

@JeffSchillingtwitter.com thanks, looks like ember.js is going to be on the short list.

Tuesday March 13, 2012 - 10:59

♥ Por Una Cabeza by The Tango Project #lastfm: amazon:

Tuesday March 13, 2012 - 16:10

♥ Spitfire by Porter Robinson #lastfm:

Tuesday March 13, 2012 - 17:43

♥ Guided Relaxation Dub by Borgore #lastfm:

Tuesday March 13, 2012 - 18:28

♥ Organ Donor by Zomboy #lastfm:

Tuesday March 13, 2012 - 19:08

♥ Cruel Intentions (Joker Remix) by Simian Mobile Disco #lastfm:

Tuesday March 13, 2012 - 19:27

♥ Clockwork by Virus Syndicate #lastfm: amazon:

Wednesday March 14, 2012 - 08:53

@videonastytwitter.com yeah I struggled with Iron Council. Perdido Street Station was awesome.

Wednesday March 14, 2012 - 16:07

♥ Classical Favorites 2 by virt #lastfm:

Wednesday March 14, 2012 - 23:22

Pi day is not today. Repeat not today. It’s actually on 22/7. That is all.

Wednesday March 14, 2012 - 23:28

Arse. Have not got a cab home.

Thursday March 15, 2012 - 05:58

@GreatAuntJudytwitter.com RT @codepo8twitter.com New Simon’s cat -

Thursday March 15, 2012 - 06:06

@danholdertwitter.com Get back on Fireworks now. Photoshop is not d.i.g.i.t.a.l enough!

Thursday March 15, 2012 - 06:29

Have the kind of hangover that says ‘be grateful, this could have been much worse.’ Phew!

Thursday March 15, 2012 - 23:01

RT @vbloketwitter.com : NO TESCO, NO

Friday March 16, 2012 - 11:26

♥ July, July! by The Decemberists #lastfm: amazon:

Friday March 16, 2012 - 22:55

@Dootsontwitter.com absolutely. Loving the fact that if I get caught in a five minute chat after work, it means I’m only 5 minutes late home.

Saturday March 17, 2012 - 18:03

@rowanlambtwitter.com RT @nachttwitter.com This guy hacked a lens from 1919 onto his Canon 5D to see what it would look like! Woah!

Monday March 19, 2012 - 22:22

This is definitely one for Aidan.

Monday March 19, 2012 - 22:31

RT @HalifaxSlashertwitter.com : Spaceboy. A short novel, by me, on sale for Kindle.

Tuesday March 20, 2012 - 15:03

♥ The Reeling by Passion Pit #lastfm: amazon:

Tuesday March 20, 2012 - 15:26

♥ Stress by Justice #lastfm: amazon:

Tuesday March 20, 2012 - 16:08

♥ Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack #lastfm: amazon:

Tuesday March 20, 2012 - 17:48

Okay - I’ve been on @lastfmtwitter.com all day, and each time I’ve thought ‘I like it’ it’s Justice - Cross. Might have to buy

Tuesday March 20, 2012 - 18:07

♥ Genesis by Justice #lastfm: amazon:

Tuesday March 20, 2012 - 23:44

Sweet mother of…

Wednesday March 21, 2012 - 09:48

@Bickle_Gtwitter.com Saw this and thought of you… - Cambridge company, naturally ;)

Wednesday March 21, 2012 - 09:56

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com did you change the name of @theUltraplex?

Wednesday March 21, 2012 - 09:59

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com ah… my bad. Stupid typo…

Wednesday March 21, 2012 - 10:01

@tweetdeck - please, please, please tell me how to mute / disable / change volume of the notification sound on the Chrome App. #SHOUTING!

Wednesday March 21, 2012 - 10:07

@silentworkstwitter.com @ShaunDunnetwitter.com er… there’s no ‘access’ - just a twitter account to follow that’s supposed to retweet interesting UX / Dev stuff.

Wednesday March 21, 2012 - 10:12

@silentworkstwitter.com @ShaunDunnetwitter.com none of us had anything interesting to say ;)

Wednesday March 21, 2012 - 10:44

Going forwards… what I did next

Wednesday March 21, 2012 - 17:03

♥ Geo by selectone #lastfm:

Wednesday March 21, 2012 - 17:19

Going forwards. Why I went from @sapientnitro to @FeaturespaceLtdtwitter.com and how we can help you tell the future…

Wednesday March 21, 2012 - 20:28

@FeaturespaceLtdtwitter.com RT @RobGonda :: Adobe to release a predictive modeling service this year [big data] ::

Wednesday March 21, 2012 - 21:24

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com ’look mum, no hands! '

Thursday March 22, 2012 - 10:20

@Pinteresttwitter.com - why do you keep adding people to my ‘following’ list? I’m not interested in shoes or party dresses.

Thursday March 22, 2012 - 17:58

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com A bit like the infinite cat project right?

Thursday March 22, 2012 - 23:01

Check out my new Geeklist name! You should get yours here: #gklstbeta

Friday March 23, 2012 - 06:51

@GreatAuntJudytwitter.com RT @PennyRedtwitter.com I wrote about sex, class, power and The Hunger Games for

Friday March 23, 2012 - 14:11

I like the look of the new hotness of project mgmt, @sprintlytwitter.com - but can we have a free / trial version? #tryBeforeWeBuy

Friday March 23, 2012 - 14:13

♥ I’m Not Done by Fever Ray #lastfm: amazon:

Friday March 23, 2012 - 14:14

@kained is in danger of exposing the horrific truth of web development. We’re all just in a giant cargo cult!

Friday March 23, 2012 - 14:18

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com actually (I think) all you need is <!DOCTYPE html><title></title> … and you’re done. ;)

Friday March 23, 2012 - 18:26

Dear @gklsttwitter.com , in 1 day since signup, you’re good as your word, no tweets on my behalf. Adding people to my follow list however… not cool.

Friday March 23, 2012 - 18:36

@renedudfieldtwitter.com get a @Raspberry_Pitwitter.com - powered by USB as requested. Not quite a laptop mind you…

Friday March 23, 2012 - 23:44

@Mr_flinty, saw this, thought of you… RT @betsyphdtwitter.com We would’ve bought this if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids

Saturday March 24, 2012 - 10:57

RT @DougCouplandtwitter.com : Good old fashioned Saturday morning cartoon:

Saturday March 24, 2012 - 11:50

RT @yaelleveytwitter.com : This is great! Screenshots of Despair - (via @claragttwitter.com )

Monday March 26, 2012 - 15:24

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com only if i can say ‘Your eye’ for URI.

Monday March 26, 2012 - 15:27

&#9829; Another Green World by Brian Eno #lastfm: amazon:

Monday March 26, 2012 - 15:28

RT @langtry_girltwitter.com : Remember Tetris? Now there’s Debtris, which is both informative & makes me giddy with geeky joy:

Monday March 26, 2012 - 16:19

I will be advertising unicorn removal services. I should be paid for having kept unicorns out of UK. /cc @jaffathecaketwitter.com

Monday March 26, 2012 - 17:27

@videonastytwitter.com of course they do. Unions are best served fried on a hotdog.

Monday March 26, 2012 - 19:45

RT @ReplayEventstwitter.com : BBC Micro creators together again at #beeb30

Monday March 26, 2012 - 19:49

@GreatAuntJudytwitter.com bugger, time to fill up Wolfgang… might be the last time for a while.

Monday March 26, 2012 - 20:04

@PennyRedtwitter.com Congratulations! Enough to get me reading the Indy… perhaps…

Monday March 26, 2012 - 22:44

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com my feeling is that good designers should care about code, not necessarily do it, and vice versa for coders. Mutual respect.

Monday March 26, 2012 - 23:05

@videonastytwitter.com but it was facilitated by it being a shit service. Happy to stick the knife into newscorpse though.

Tuesday March 27, 2012 - 06:47

@videonastytwitter.com nothing wrong with the Tech, but the package was poor value as i remember.

Tuesday March 27, 2012 - 11:37

@WiredUKtwitter.com thanks for showing me this. Possibly the sexiest hardware I’ve seen in some time… #iPadSchmyPad

Tuesday March 27, 2012 - 11:40

@jaffathecaketwitter.com eep, neither look great, one steps, the other pulses. Can’t you use a <marquee> or something? ;)

Tuesday March 27, 2012 - 12:20

Just spent some time looking @browserstacktwitter.com - it looks all kinds of awesome. Has anyone used it in anger?

Tuesday March 27, 2012 - 12:42

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com but they’re remote VM’s right? - they are actual machines…

Tuesday March 27, 2012 - 22:15

RT @codepo8twitter.com : Petition: Put Alan Turing on the next £10 note

Tuesday March 27, 2012 - 22:22

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com videodrome?! want.

Wednesday March 28, 2012 - 06:33

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com that’s totes amazeballs. Thanks.

Wednesday March 28, 2012 - 08:37

@videonastytwitter.com @nachttwitter.com RT @codinghorrortwitter.com interesting read on the fall of Sealand, skip to page 4 for insightful summary

Wednesday March 28, 2012 - 12:16

@ShaunDunnetwitter.com @jaffathecaketwitter.com no one is coming out well… @jon_ronsontwitter.com should have engaged with @jonronsontwitter.com at the outset. #firstWorldProblems

Wednesday March 28, 2012 - 15:58

RT @Pinboardtwitter.com : Published a rant on the “Social Graph” and why I think it’s bogus:

Wednesday March 28, 2012 - 16:27

♥ Chiprape by Stu #lastfm:

Wednesday March 28, 2012 - 22:49

Saw this, thought of @nachttwitter.com

Thursday March 29, 2012 - 06:47

RT @McNodebagtwitter.com : Caught my son playing with Legos the other day. Slapped him hard. In this household, we only play with non-blocking toys.

Thursday March 29, 2012 - 22:47

OK, if the updates for the apps on my phone are so much of an improvement, why do they never take up less space? #optimisationFail

Friday March 30, 2012 - 08:18

RT @ElyPeopletwitter.com : Anonymous919 updated An Online Campaign has been set up against the Conservative Leader of East Cambridgeshire D… http: …

Friday March 30, 2012 - 11:34

@DonnaBowtwitter.com @videonastytwitter.com as per usual, the comments on news sites make me wonder about the state of humanity. #sigh

Friday March 30, 2012 - 17:26

♥ Air War by Crystal Castles #lastfm: amazon:

Friday March 30, 2012 - 19:31

WTF @cineworldtwitter.com ? If your food wasnt both expensive and shit, i wouldn’t be trying to bring my own in. Protection racket! #hungerGames

Saturday March 31, 2012 - 10:31

@Dootsontwitter.com ooh, is yours on the market?