July, 2012

Sunday July 1, 2012 - 00:42

The Turing exhibition today at the science museum was disappointingly sparse and incoherent. Signage was awful.

Monday July 2, 2012 - 09:40

RT @LeaVerou : PHP: A fractal of bad design long post detailing exactly why PHP sucks.

Monday July 2, 2012 - 10:15

@paulcurley I’ve heard good things about - though not used them myself.

Tuesday July 3, 2012 - 12:17

♥ Diesel Power by The Prodigy #lastfm: amazon:

Tuesday July 3, 2012 - 22:44

RT @Jacques_aih : Bob Diamond has handed in his resignation. Presumably it will take 3 days to clear.

Tuesday July 3, 2012 - 22:59

RT @PennyRed : Article on welfare cuts and the ‘culture of entitlement’ for @NewStatesman

Tuesday July 3, 2012 - 23:02

@alastair - saw this thought of you! RT @EnglishHeritage At Tynemouth Station’s reopening

Wednesday July 4, 2012 - 10:23

RT @maggiefok : Hahha these are pretty funny - RT @tomkillen : Texts from Xcode (via @sambalistic)

Wednesday July 4, 2012 - 11:08

Check out Porter Robinson – Spitfire via @lastfm

Wednesday July 4, 2012 - 11:12

♥ Down In Mexico (LP Version) by The Coasters #lastfm:

Wednesday July 4, 2012 - 12:24

RT @ThirskICT : Today I want to show Yr9 students how far a tweet can travel. Please RT this message Thanks. #Howfar

Wednesday July 4, 2012 - 15:41

I don’t care what you say, @lastfm is the greatest music discovery tool in the world. Today it threw up #awesome

Wednesday July 4, 2012 - 16:16

@DoIlum i guess something like a photon that has wave and particle characteristics.

Wednesday July 4, 2012 - 16:22

@WiredUK I’ve started seeing #higgsboson as #higgsBosom and am now laughing like Sid James.

Thursday July 5, 2012 - 11:15

♥ My Body Is a Cage by Arcade Fire #lastfm: amazon:

Thursday July 5, 2012 - 12:09

♥ Intervention by Arcade Fire #lastfm: amazon:

Thursday July 5, 2012 - 12:26

♥ I Don’t Know Why by Stevie Wonder #lastfm: amazon:

Thursday July 5, 2012 - 19:05

RT @Peston : This putative Barclays ad is quite funny. Anyone know if real or photo-shopped?

Thursday July 5, 2012 - 22:59

RT @longcat333 : long

Thursday July 5, 2012 - 22:59

RT @longcat222 : is

Thursday July 5, 2012 - 22:59

RT @longcat111 : longcat

Thursday July 5, 2012 - 23:34

RT @futurebanter : Alien sighting in London town…

Friday July 6, 2012 - 10:00

Had to alert @VoyagePriveUK to a major security hole + usability issue. Hope they respond promptly. My hopes are not high.

Friday July 6, 2012 - 11:33

Sweet WTF? Using Google Vis API inserts SVG in an iframe in an iframe (or table). #inceptionCoding…

Friday July 6, 2012 - 11:34

RT @MrAndrewCotter : Love this picture from the grand opening of The Shard last night: RT @jamesbridle :

Friday July 6, 2012 - 11:36

@hovlev nope, it’s just Photoshop for Gorillas :)

Friday July 6, 2012 - 17:58

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Sunday July 8, 2012 - 22:28

Thanks Twitter, for being the web. t.co URL shortening doesn’t seem to be redirecting.

Tuesday July 10, 2012 - 08:03

RT @spolsky : 90% of the things in the feature backlog will never get implemented, ever.

Tuesday July 10, 2012 - 08:12

RT @instructables : Prometheus Data Cube.

Tuesday July 10, 2012 - 08:13

RT @instructables : How to make a Portal Gun.

Tuesday July 10, 2012 - 08:17

RT @PictureDept : “The Glittering World” of transgender Native American beauty pageants, as seen in Polaroids by Molly Surno. …

Tuesday July 10, 2012 - 08:17

RT @ruskin147 : “ @Kickstarter : People in the UK will be able to launch projects on Kickstarter starting this autumn!…." Big news for UK …

Tuesday July 10, 2012 - 08:20

@lucykav RT @olg Dear 11th arrondissement of Paris, about your poster for Bastille Day: you win - love, the Internet.

Tuesday July 10, 2012 - 08:45

RT @LettersOfNote : “J.D. Salinger went into hiding because he was embarrassed.” Ha! 1-star Amazon reviews of classics: …

Tuesday July 10, 2012 - 19:20

@Dootson yeah, been a busy start to a busy month. Still, home in 20 mins. #shortCommute

Tuesday July 10, 2012 - 19:29

RT @LettersOfNote : In her book, “Bossypants,” Tina Fey responds to an Internet commenter:

Tuesday July 10, 2012 - 23:07

@renedudfield don’t worry, we all make mistakes. Don’t let it happen again.

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 08:30

Principled much? Clive Stafford Smith: ‘The jury system in this country is utter insanity’ via @guardian

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 08:36

@GreatAuntJudy RT @BBCBreaking Chris Moyles announces he will leave @BBCR1 breakfast show at end of September #Moyles

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 11:54

@Kained I’m thinking you probably need the Clockwork Orange soundtrack. Try

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 11:58

@ShaunDunne shudder - don’t think I’ll be sleeping tonight… unless I surreptitiously swap pillows with @GreatAuntJudy …

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 12:03

@DoIlum @bbcr4 is also for ‘comedy’ written exclusively by Oxbridge grads about ‘funny’ working classes.

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 12:15

@DoIlum ‘amusing’ surrealist, ‘cutting’ political, ‘zany’ science and ’topical’ news . Straight from Oxbridge student comedy shows. #killme

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 12:19

@DoIlum probably doesn’t help.

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 17:25

I’m reliably informed that @sapientnitro London are not running low on front-end devs, they’re actually expanding their teams! Good work :)

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 18:49

@paulcurley Just be glad you’re out… now breathe.

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 19:25

@danholder yeah, writing code is easy. We could probably get a computer to do it. cc @hovlev @paulcurley @lucykav @ryanand26

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 19:26

@ShaunDunne probably to sneak in some of the coding they need done properly, right?

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 19:33

@GreatAuntJudy RT @heathermcrobie on the #chrisbrown comeback

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 23:05

@ShaunDunne no, I’m pretty sure it also applies to transformers (robots, not electrical components)

Wednesday July 11, 2012 - 23:13

RT @WonderlandBlog : Make sure HugeCorps don’t get huge tax breaks for sponsoring the Olympics, hey?

Thursday July 12, 2012 - 08:40

@GreatAuntJudy RT @Marthalanefox Am in awe of @Camfed read this to see intl dev at its best

Thursday July 12, 2012 - 09:03

@danholder I think that qualifies you to run a front-end dev team. Don’t tell anyone or they’ll cut your pay, and put you in the basement.

Thursday July 12, 2012 - 15:51

♥ El Tango by Astor Piazzolla #lastfm: amazon:

Thursday July 12, 2012 - 19:13

RT @LettersOfNote : Magnificent letter from a Michigan resident on behalf of the beavers behind his house:

Sunday July 15, 2012 - 11:23

RT @LettersOfNote : Ian Curtis would’ve turned 56 today. After recording Closer, he sent a note to Joy Division’s manager: …

Sunday July 15, 2012 - 23:06

@BigB0bbyT nah, the people on the far side aren’t wearing suits, man.

Monday July 16, 2012 - 12:50

♥ Mysterons by Portishead #lastfm: amazon:

Monday July 16, 2012 - 13:33

@Kained WTF? You as well?

Monday July 16, 2012 - 13:50

@ryanand26 @Kained - must’ve missed that episode. Is this going to end up like Dallas, where the entire Bobby Ewing murder was a dream?

Monday July 16, 2012 - 14:53

♥ Don’t Turn the Light On, Leave Me Alone by Can #lastfm: amazon:

Monday July 16, 2012 - 15:26

♥ My Reply to Houdini by The Executor #lastfm:

Monday July 16, 2012 - 15:48

♥ Odessa by Caribou #lastfm:

Monday July 16, 2012 - 16:16

♥ I Say a Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin #lastfm: amazon:

Monday July 16, 2012 - 16:58

♥ Close (To the Edit) by Art of Noise #lastfm: amazon:

Monday July 16, 2012 - 18:31

RT @Raspberry_Pi : Multiple orders now available! We’ve lifted the one per person restriction. More at

Monday July 16, 2012 - 23:25

@DoIlum you could try a nexus7 with a keyboard.

Tuesday July 17, 2012 - 06:43

@DoIlum yes but tablets have more efficient OS’s and don’t need virus protection.

Tuesday July 17, 2012 - 06:46

RT @doctorow : A message to #locog

Tuesday July 17, 2012 - 16:13

♥ Nocturne by Daft Punk #lastfm: amazon:

Wednesday July 18, 2012 - 08:06

RT @rands : This is how you a paint a 150 foot tall Batman:

Wednesday July 18, 2012 - 10:16

♥ Saku by Susumu Yokota #lastfm: amazon:

Wednesday July 18, 2012 - 13:36

@hovlev @ShaunDunne or make page redirect 4 times before landing on the ‘mob-appified’ version which kills history and dies frequently.

Wednesday July 18, 2012 - 13:38

@GreatAuntJudy RT @codepo8 : All ducks wear dog masks: (old but gold)

Wednesday July 18, 2012 - 13:46

I’d always avoided custom-sorting large arrays in JS, preferring to do it on the server. Turns out it’s easier than I remembered. #relief

Thursday July 19, 2012 - 07:25

RT @stopsatgreen : Police raid graffiti artists across London: THERE MUST BE NO DISSENT. YOU WILL LOVE THE OLYMPICS.

Friday July 20, 2012 - 07:06

London-based UI devs, there’s good news! free devices! cc @ShaunDunne

Friday July 20, 2012 - 07:34

RT @waxpancake : McSweeney’s made a list of suggested BuzzFeed articles: And BuzzFeed made them real: …

Friday July 20, 2012 - 13:45

@paulcurley hey - I’d say you’re worth double both of them!

Monday July 23, 2012 - 21:42

RT @ConnectingCambs : Connecting Cambridgeshire is on Twitter! Please follow, retweet and register for our campaign …

Tuesday July 24, 2012 - 08:07

RT @WiredUK : Amazon to launch R&D hub in London by @olivia_solon

Tuesday July 24, 2012 - 17:55

@DoIlum thought about becoming a traffic warden? Don’t they get bikes?

Tuesday July 24, 2012 - 22:08

@DoIlum RT @Cassetteboy New Cassetteboy! Boris Johnson’s Olympic Welcome -

Tuesday July 24, 2012 - 22:11

@paulcurley drop me an email, i have some tips.

Wednesday July 25, 2012 - 18:28

@ryanand26 unless the client is IN drag, in which case its just uncomfortable.

Wednesday July 25, 2012 - 18:34

@lucykav RT @codepo8 Nyan Catwoman

Wednesday July 25, 2012 - 19:29

@paulcurley leigh@ toychicken .co.uk

Thursday July 26, 2012 - 19:35

@danholder no use to me if i don’t know if it’s Fahrenheit or Celsius. #thisissolar

Thursday July 26, 2012 - 23:16

@lucykav how unemployed are you?

Friday July 27, 2012 - 09:48

Jesus, BT Police with massive guns at Kings Cross. What have we come to.

Friday July 27, 2012 - 14:58

Wow. RT @lindayueh #Spain unemployment rate rises to 24.6%, highest on record in Q2 yet below est 24.7%

Friday July 27, 2012 - 15:05

LOCOG says it’s always been clear preliminary archery rounds closed to public, as long queues form outside Lords #fasterHigherGreedier

Friday July 27, 2012 - 15:40

RT @monkchips : great profile of a talented street artist and a damning indictment of pre-emptive policing for the olympics …

Saturday July 28, 2012 - 14:10

Irony is flying Olympic to get away during the Olympics. See you next week!