April, 2015

Wednesday April 1, 2015 - 10:59

RT [ @EnglishHeritage ](/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/ @EnglishHeritage ) : English Heritage starts its most important chapter yet. Today marks the first day of the [ @EnglishHeritage ](/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/ @EnglishHeritage ) charity: htt…

Wednesday April 1, 2015 - 11:00

@DoIlum April fool!

Wednesday April 1, 2015 - 11:01

RT @madebymany : Could there be a different approach to RFPs? RFW: a request for a workshop? -

Wednesday April 1, 2015 - 18:44

#ChromeSelfie is a mystery to me. I have a raspberry pi on my head…

Sunday April 5, 2015 - 14:38

RT @LabourEoin : David Cameron told many lies during the #LeadersDebate. I have fact checked some of them here for you

Sunday April 5, 2015 - 15:33

Sweet Jesus. Not in a sort of Easter chocolate way.

Tuesday April 7, 2015 - 11:01

@rem bro - you need to cut back on the ‘roids ;)

Tuesday April 7, 2015 - 11:02

@Samcoles you could try - looks really interesting

Tuesday April 7, 2015 - 15:45

RT @jackschofield : Fall of the Designer Part I: Fashionable Nonsense: @eli_schiff on flat icons ~ #iOS #android

Tuesday April 7, 2015 - 16:07

RT @jackschofield : Stunning Windows app makes the best case yet for the Surface Pen, says @tomwarren at @verge ~ htt…

Tuesday April 7, 2015 - 16:14

@DoIlum reminds me of the Völkisch SS settlements - coincidence? I suspect not… ;)

Tuesday April 7, 2015 - 18:03

RT @thecoolhunter : The New Outdoor Gym

Tuesday April 7, 2015 - 18:43

RT @TrekRenegades : Star Trek: Renegades Official Trailer: via @YouTube

Tuesday April 7, 2015 - 22:25

RT @teabass : Refactoring in a nutshell:

Wednesday April 8, 2015 - 07:20

@DoIlum @mattpovey problem is, vernacular aside, is Poundbury buildings are usually well designed and high spec. Most copies aren’t.

Wednesday April 8, 2015 - 08:17

Thanks @greateranglia , for canceling the 0747 CBG-LST. Being able to get to work on time is so overrated.

Wednesday April 8, 2015 - 12:57

@DoIlum @mattpovey some people like it, because increases wall space for storage, and/or reflections in the telly. So, Mr Trebus types.

Wednesday April 8, 2015 - 13:04

@arrest_bankers @DoIlum can’t help wondering if getting a loan from Russia might be a bit like getting one from cash4gold… Scary…

Thursday April 9, 2015 - 07:37

@DoIlum surely luxury communism will provide us all with Vivienne Westwood watches? How else will we know what time it is? (In gold)

Thursday April 9, 2015 - 08:02

RT @jiatolentino : A good time to donate to the legal fund for Ramsey Orta, the man who’s in Rikers after filming Eric Garner’s murder http:…

Thursday April 9, 2015 - 08:07

RT @Carnage4Life : This is what you sound like when refusing to address technical debt. #programming

Thursday April 9, 2015 - 09:23

@DoIlum I’m not sure what you’re replying to :/

Thursday April 9, 2015 - 09:27

@DoIlum ah, tech debt is specific to programmers refusal to address issues they’re able to deal with, but don’t because of false priorities😃

Thursday April 9, 2015 - 09:28

RT @wrkclasshistory : Margaret Thatcher being welcomed in to hell, died two years ago today

Thursday April 9, 2015 - 09:29

@DoIlum get the feeling you’re up to your neck in it at the moment?

Thursday April 9, 2015 - 16:11

Ah, there’s nothing like the sweet feeling that comes with unchecking the ‘install search app’ when installing Java.

Thursday April 9, 2015 - 17:18

This might be a dumb question, but is the only ’native’ supported by ReactNative, iOS? AFAICS no others are mentioned @ShaunDunne

Thursday April 9, 2015 - 17:33

@ShaunDunne ohhhhhhhh nice!

Thursday April 9, 2015 - 18:33

Ok @Vyclone , you had me at multi-device synced video. Then the web app blew me away. (and on Droid, iOS & Win)

Friday April 10, 2015 - 07:32

Ooh, Ely has a Green candidate for the election. Shame no-one except Lib dems seem to be bothered about canvassing

Friday April 10, 2015 - 07:48

RT @rauschma : . @manuelkiessling is writing a book on React Native.

Friday April 10, 2015 - 07:49

RT @whitehouseostp : Announcing… a Week of Making this June 12-18! → #NationOfMakers

Friday April 10, 2015 - 07:50

RT @rmurphey : new rule: the person who implements style checking gets to set the style for a repo

Friday April 10, 2015 - 08:01

Hmm, my local Green candidate’s ‘politics’ blog. A weird ramble about homeopathy and ‘alternative thinking’.

Friday April 10, 2015 - 08:12

Sigh, looks like @HuwSECambLabour is the least worst option. At least the lib dem candidate could be arsed to put a leaflet through my door

Friday April 10, 2015 - 08:34

RT @iamdevloper : All my childhood pets were called password.

Friday April 10, 2015 - 08:49

@DoIlum not especially, but I’d like to feel like local candidates don’t think a Tory win is a foregone conclusion. They’re not even trying

Friday April 10, 2015 - 08:53

@DoIlum Ely is losing incumbent Tory, so race should be a bit more hotly contended. Just doesn’t feel like anyone gives a fuck.

Friday April 10, 2015 - 08:54

@DoIlum also, only Tories and Kippers are fielding female candidates. What’s with that?!

Friday April 10, 2015 - 09:47

@DoIlum seems a bad situation when even politicians don’t seem to be engaging with politics. Bring back feudalism ;)

Friday April 10, 2015 - 10:21

@HuwSECambLabour @SECambsLabour I want someone that fights for my values, regardless of their profession. Perhaps fewer academics full stop.

Friday April 10, 2015 - 10:26

@HuwSECambLabour Haha - hard to do in a tweet - perhaps I’ll come to a hustings :)

Friday April 10, 2015 - 18:40

I may be late to the game but am liking @HarpWebServer - all npm-based, does jade, stylus and MD out of the box. Next step @surge_sh

Friday April 10, 2015 - 18:47

@katecrawford @PennyRed hasn’t Vitality been doing this in the UK for a while?

Saturday April 11, 2015 - 09:06

@ruskin147 @BBCr4today

Monday April 13, 2015 - 15:52

Anyone had any luck setting up @HarpWebServer to work on @Cloud9IDE ? It’ll happily run, but I can’t see the server externally… #lazyWeb

Monday April 13, 2015 - 16:12

Angry @doctorow is angry!

Monday April 13, 2015 - 22:23

@zacharyparadis that’s nothing, wait until you find out how little they care. That’s really shocking.

😒 sounds like a buzzfeed headline

Monday April 13, 2015 - 22:25

The perfect quote for @ShaunDunne “ @GonzoHacker : Nothing is as elegant as software you haven’t written yet”

Monday April 13, 2015 - 22:27

RT @MichaelH14 : Wow ! The Times newspaper nails the Tory Lib Dem lie about the deficit & the financial crisis. http:…

Monday April 13, 2015 - 22:27

RT @doctorow : DRM-free audiobook of Rapture of the Nerds /pls RT! @cstross

Monday April 13, 2015 - 22:30

@DoIlum surely that just ends in you grooming cats for women.

Monday April 13, 2015 - 22:33

@zacharyparadis buzzfeed headline aside, it’s true. I know 2 companies, 1 tiny, 1 very large. Both don’t care about actual customer feedback

Monday April 13, 2015 - 22:35

RT @Greenpeace : These aren’t ghosts, this is the world’s first ever hologram protest.

Tuesday April 14, 2015 - 08:52

RT @nacht : #Best #Answer on @Quora by @jaltucher to ‘Who would win in a rap battle between @Eminem and @kanyewest ?’

Tuesday April 14, 2015 - 19:26

Nice work @greateranglia - 2nd night running that 1807 LST-ELY is delayed. No apologies tonight though. At least not cancelled at CBG. Yet.

Tuesday April 14, 2015 - 19:28

RT @doctorow : Hole-punch flip book

Tuesday April 14, 2015 - 19:34

@studiozeroco - part of core values discussion I think “ @stubbornella : Afraid you might be unintentionally sexist?

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 09:37

RT @RednorthUK : #ConservativeManifesto Called in for disability assessment he knew he wasn’t well enough to attend. He died next day https:…

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 15:42

@DoIlum

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 15:43

RT @ValaAfshar : Easy work:

1 blaming

2 judging

3 imitating

4 pretending

5 waiting

Hard work:

1 learning

2 teaching

3 inspiring

4 improving…

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 15:48

@ruskin147 any idea why EU doesn’t go after Apple for same vendor/browser lockin on iOS, that MS/IE had? i.e. You can only use Safari on iOS

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 16:14

@ruskin147 of course… Ah well.

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 18:11

@HuwSECambLabour @ElyCycle actually it would change this mind. Put simply, I would cycle more if cycling were safer and easier.

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 18:18

RT @aallan : Ever used this picture in a talk? Time to pay back, the kid’s dad needs a kidney transplant,

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 18:26

RT @xolabs : The new @blasttheory Karen App launches today. We’re already being coached, are you? #KarenIsMyLifeCoach

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 18:32

@greateranglia trying for the hat-trick tonight with the 1807 LST-ELY train. Feels slow so far, but no announcements. Are we on time?!

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 18:55

@HarpWebServer is it possible to get the filename from within _layout.jade? Have xyz.md, need xyz in page. From yield perhaps?

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 19:05

RT @doctorow : Proposal: @BBCRadio4Extra should broadcast something of contemporary interest for those of us who can’t abide The Archers on …

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 19:08

@doctorow [ @BBCRadio4 Extra](/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/ @BBCRadio4 Extra) @BBCRadio4 could I suggest an edutainment radio soap about living in a British city. Wheely bin etiquette etc.

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 19:10

@doctorow [ @BBCRadio4 Extra](/twitter/ex-twitter/?xtwitlink=https://twitter.com/ @BBCRadio4 Extra) @BBCRadio4 what to look for when buying an international phone card.

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 19:19

@HarpWebServer D’oh - found it!

It’s ‘current’ right?

I’ll get my coat…

Wednesday April 15, 2015 - 19:19

@HarpWebServer haha - yeah just saw that - thanks :)

Thursday April 16, 2015 - 07:24

RT @paul_irish : The protocol relative URL is now an anti-pattern.

If the asset is available on HTTPS, always request it with that.

Thursday April 16, 2015 - 07:28

RT @doctorow : Fordlandia: novelistic history of Henry Ford’s doomed midwestern town in the Amazon jungle

Thursday April 16, 2015 - 07:47

RT @_ericelliott : Programming riddles, games, and brain teasers are a great way to hire. First one to say “fuck this” and walk out gets the…

Thursday April 16, 2015 - 07:52

@Samcoles aren’t railway sleepers about 6x4 ? Not that they’re any easier to get hold of…

Thursday April 16, 2015 - 10:06

@Samcoles eBay can be helpful for unusual sizes.

Thursday April 16, 2015 - 14:18

EXCITED!

Friday April 17, 2015 - 17:18

@ElyCycle @HuwSECambLabour @CambsCC @EastCambs I’m always nervous that devolution is great for rich areas, less so for poor ones.

Friday April 17, 2015 - 17:44

@PennyRed can you tell us a little more about what it’s for?

Saturday April 18, 2015 - 11:10

Let’s all aim to make this true.

Monday April 20, 2015 - 07:26

RT @djspooky : All I can say is wow: Science Fiction’s White Boys’ Club Strikes Back @tnr @doctorow @NancyHightower @…

Monday April 20, 2015 - 07:58

RT @iankatz1000 : Don’t miss @katierazz on Women’s Hour at 10.15 talking about her shocking revenge porn film. Here’s film if u missed https…

Tuesday April 21, 2015 - 08:14

RT @IvieEve : This past year, we’ve seen more American police execution videos than ISIS execution videos.

Thursday April 23, 2015 - 07:52

RT @MrMalky : #scotnight

Here’s how the Tories fudge the employment figures. As them why their tax take isn’t up

Thursday April 23, 2015 - 07:54

RT @architectclippy : I see you have a poorly structured monolith. Would you like me to convert it into a poorly structured set of microserv…

Thursday April 23, 2015 - 17:44

RT @doctorow : Privilege: you’re probably not the one percent

Thursday April 23, 2015 - 17:49

@ustwogames did you see the monument valley episode of @NetflixUK house of cards? Wow!

Thursday April 23, 2015 - 17:50

RT @iamdevloper : “Remote work? No.”

• click clack of table football *

“No-one would work”

• segway crashes into wall *

“How could I tru…

Sunday April 26, 2015 - 19:46

RT @TCUK_DBA : Hear from our user @toychicken about the importance of being able to present your business idea #DBAmakeithappen

Monday April 27, 2015 - 07:39

@mattpovey I was pleasantly surprised. Not perfect, but not Keanu Reeves either.

Monday April 27, 2015 - 07:46

RT @harrymccracken : I need some sort of ring with a display and net connectivity, so I can stop checking my watch so often.

Monday April 27, 2015 - 07:59

RT @paul_irish : 4 colors, 350×350px, 3 seconds. Every 2 weeks, 9 animators and designers contribute a loop.

Monday April 27, 2015 - 08:17

@PennyRed yeah, I prefer to read it as a treatise against gentrification. (But you’re right about orphan black) #daredevil

Monday April 27, 2015 - 08:23

“ @nacht : #Automotive people you’re doing it wrong. Don’t be the new macrovision @Bickle_G

Tuesday April 28, 2015 - 06:54

RT @BleuCapone : This won’t even make the news RT @cmcampbell6 : Conversation between an officer at today’s #FreddieGray protest

Tuesday April 28, 2015 - 07:49

@ShaunDunne @paul_irish I could imagine some pretty funky stuff in SVG…

Tuesday April 28, 2015 - 08:17

RT @Medium : “Futuristic Simulation Finds Self-Driving ‘Taxibots’ Will Eliminate 90% Of Cars, Open Acres Of…” by @ferenstein

Tuesday April 28, 2015 - 10:16

Heh - okay @ShortList you got me :) If Pixar made Fast & Furious -

Tuesday April 28, 2015 - 10:20

@DoIlum here are some essential tips for working from home -

Tuesday April 28, 2015 - 14:36

@DoIlum aah, not only an anti-semite, but a cowardly one.

Tuesday April 28, 2015 - 15:25

RT @stopsatgreen : I wrote an opinion piece on the future of the open web inspired by @Cennydd and @Paul_Kinlan

Tuesday April 28, 2015 - 16:15

@DoIlum @BigB0bbyT not for Chromecast, but spotify - just look for toychicken

Wednesday April 29, 2015 - 07:36

Lies, damned lies and letters from small businesses…