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Weekly Tweets for 2010-09-05

Dan — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:00:00 +0000

So yeah, had a rocking lucid dream last night where, as soon as I knew I was sleeping, I thought I'd fly. Interesting experience. #
Retweets of Sarah Palin's brainfarts in my timeline? Which republican/retard – interchangeable term FYI – am I following?! #
@cookeharry: Note to self: check if you are deaf in your right ear. Can someone RT this to me tomorrow? #
@dmcnally Sounds like a euphemism for something sexual. 'Slow swimmers', 'timings screwed', 'clogging'. in reply to dmcnally #
"So you've discovered our plans. This means we'll have to move forward sooner than anticipated." #quotesthatwereneverheardatwork #
IMHO, only link tables in SQL Server should be pluralised. All others should be singular. #
Has anyone else noticed that the BBC love for 4chan is growing ever stronger? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10520487 #
Apple need a music subscription model if they have a hope of dragging me away from Spotify though… #
I do believe that Apple just shot at last.fm, Spotify and Facebook with one bullet. Shame about the first two. #
I hate hand-coding DALs. It's soooo repetitive. #
Ordered an awesome present for my sisters 30th birthday. Next up, I have to buy the wife something for hers. And buy something 'colourful'. #
Unable to continue playing The Saboteur on the PS3. It keeps freezing on the same mission (steal back the Aurora). Grrr… #
we are tooling up to begin using redis http://goo.gl/LyZW on stackoverflow for shared memory caching @antirez (via @codinghorror) #

Weekly Tweets for 2010-08-29

Dan — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Time to bring the waistcoats back once again! #
BBC News – Magic wand casts spell on Dragon Duncan Bannatyne http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11089786 #
Today's one of those random days where I've finished one thing, and I'm about to start something else, but I have to wait until tomorrow… #
Sometimes I'm unable to stop myself from 'contributing' to a discussion/project that has nothing/little to do with me. #onemorefailing #
@richardstelmach http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/dwights-blog/ #
@BestBuy are opening stores in the UK?! I don't fancy being wallet-raped by some prick telling me I need to spend £100 on a HDMI cable. #

Weekly Tweets for 2010-08-22

Dan — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:00:00 +0000

@jankowarpspeed yeah, but then you get designers who create something that isn't technically feasible, or is just over the top pointlessness in reply to jankowarpspeed #
The National Railway Museum is a giant stinking heap of overpriced crap. Entry is free, but thereon in, it's ripoff after ripoff. #
Successfully made the wife believe that This Is Spinal Tap is a documentary of a real rock band.", even though I spent half of it laughing. #
Sometimes code makes me laugh. "val != true" #donotwant #
Who designed and developed the ASP.NET forums? Have they been taken outside yet and shot in the back of the head Of Mice and Men-style? #
Why is Twitter suggesting that I follow a bunch of people that I unfollowed? Have they since become more interesting?! #
@dmcnally And we don't wear ties anymore. in reply to dmcnally #
@dmcnally No, not really. We can whatever we want every month (and donate) and the money goes to various charities. in reply to dmcnally #
Ctrl+M,O and Ctrl+M,L (toggle collapse/expand) have become my favourite VS2010 shortcut keys. #
@jbolster Lol, no, it's not today! But I washed my casual clothes last night, and my top came out stained. in reply to jbolster #
The top I was going to wear for our company dress down day is stained. So it's trousers and a shirt for me! #
Stop saying that you can program in HTML. Where's the logic and iteration? #
It's all well and good creating awesome sites dripping with HTML 5 goodies, but, if 80% of your visitors don't support it, what's the point? #
Newcastle don't look like they're going to beat us at home (which hasn't happened since 1972). Scholes is on fire tonight though! #manutd #
Man United haven't lost an August home game in nearly 20 years. And at half time, it looks like we're going to extend that run. #manutd #
Would like a C# implementation of Levenshtein distance, but also including an array of string containing the differences. Time to write one. #
Were @JonSkeet and Timmy Mallet separated at birth? http://twitpic.com/2fbml9 #
USB monitor! Pretty cool! http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/c609/ #

Weekly Tweets for 2010-08-15

Dan — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:00:00 +0000

VS 2010 patch available for issue where find/replace dialog grows over time: http://bit.ly/ctAOLp (via @scottgu) #
It sounds like the guy in the kitchen towel advert is saying "One shit does plenty". Interestingly, that too could sell more kitchen towels. #
Go visit http://paulirish.com/ If not for the excellent articles on HTML and jQuery, then for the sweet interactive background! @paul_irish #
A pretty sweet Google WebFonts previewer: http://code.google.com/webfonts/preview #
What's the point of the Google Maps API Premier if you still have to display their bloody logo? Bing Maps ftw! #
@jbolster Hope you're having a great time, giggling like a little girl every time He speaks. in reply to jbolster #
RT @nettuts: Makes you think, "Sheesh – why didn't I ever consider that before? It's so obvious." http://bit.ly/a65DU4 (via @codylindley) #
The NHS is just terrible. Over an hour waiting for a triage examination! You should have an initial check within minutes. #fuckthenhs #
Got an email from the National Lottery to tell me I haven't gambled for over a year, and that I should probably log in (to do so?!). #
I beat my wife to A+E. Not literally, of course, that would be dreadful. She's stuck waiting for a taxi, and I cycled here in five minutes. #
@SarahSuperbreak No, it is too early for festivities! Of course, if you can get me somewhere nice at crimbo on the cheap, I'm all ears! in reply to SarahSuperbreak #
No Serializable attribute prevents Northscale from caching objects. Figures. #
RT @loicwolff: @codinghorror did you just started working on the W3C board? http://validator.w3.org/unicorn/ #
Has P≠NP been proven? It'll be pretty monumental if it has. The cryptography ramifications alone are interesting. #
You can't middle-manage your way to innovation. (via @chadmyers) #
I'm officially over sites that make me click to "page 4 of 8,423,234." I say Infinite Scroll = Love. http://bit.ly/9YLLsY (via @shanselman) #
"Why buy a car when you can buy a Land Rover?" Uh, tax, fuel efficiency, not looking like a knob, Chelsea Tractors, not looking like a knob. #
Hard up BBC staff selling laptops for extra cash?! http://bit.ly/bTz6TR Haven't they heard of DOSH4GOLD? #
#FilmFri Live & Let Die 7/10 – Blaxploitation at its finest and Jane Seymour still looks amazingly hot today! #

Weekly Tweets for 2010-08-08

Dan — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Chilling with Kelle and OJ in Museum Gardens, York. This is my chillin' pose. http://twitpic.com/2ctlu1 #
I feel let down by Milky Bar ice cream. Completely let down. #
IRC on the iPhone? Whatever next? Windows Update for OSX? #
Decided to take the plunge with ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor. First impressions are pretty positive! #
I hate the Virgin Media won't let me record from DelayTV. Unbelievable! #
so sick of seeing bool myVar = (condition) ? true : false; #
Google multiple accounts are now enabled, but not for Analytics/Search. #
@cookeharry Why not enter the 10k and drop out at the halfway mark. Of course, you will look like a retard when you stop and finish. in reply to cookeharry #
@davymacca I do like the Twitter integration though. Reviews from my friends… Neato! in reply to davymacca #
@davymacca You have little to fear. Under a review for Inception: "Just seen A Team. It really IS rubbish isn't it!" in reply to davymacca #
The English language needs to create a new punctuation mark to indicate "a question with surprise" because I'm sick of seeing/writing "?!". #
Finally, Google roll out multiple account sign-in! #
Started reading The Lovely Bones on my iPhone last night. Got through 100 'pages'. I believe I may cry before the end of this book. #
Glad to see that BBC News changed their tech headline from "Android phone shipments explode" to "Spike in Android phone shipments". #
Microsoft just told me that my copy of Office is not geniune. Microsoft can fuck off and build a better validation tool. #
Found the Oracle 'dual' table. A bit of a pointless feature, but very useful for returning results like dates. #
I appreciate that it's not the greatest of browsers, but IE8 is pretty stable, so when it crashes, it really weirds me out! #
@jbolster I shall bring it into work for you tomorrow then! in reply to jbolster #
Every time I hear someone have a coughing fit, I can't help but do the 'deattttthhhh' sound from Black & White. #
I don't like having to restart VS2010 any time I change my settings in Productivity Power Tools. #
Looking for a geniune (ie, legitimate) masseuse in York Desperately in need of one as my back pain still hasn't shifted. #

Weekly Tweets for 2010-08-01

Dan — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Spending my Saturday telling supposed SEO experts that Google doesn't give a toss if a url is dynamic or not, or even if it has pretty text. #
Trying very hard to wind down after a physically exhausting week, but finding it pretty hard. Even this lovely hotel room isn't helping. #
There's a crowd at York station taking train pics. I wonder if a scientific study could be done to determine whether they were breastfed. #
Is it too early for Adolf Hitler: The Musical? #
The UK Government says that they can afford to pay for new nukes, but nothing left over for upgrading from IE6. #
Horizontal scrolling FTW! http://arngren.net/ #
Awful back pain today. I need to find a legitimate masseuse while I'm in Hull this weekend. Although odds are that she'll be a crack whore. #
What a crazy night. Went straight from work to apartment, completely repainted it in five hours, and still need to do loads more… Sheesh! #
Fancy doing some creative coding but need some inspiration. #
Turns out that people still use Facebook to talk to each other. What's all that about? Are they living in the 2000's still?! #
@richardstelmach Fine, then will you do my nails for me? in reply to richardstelmach #
Is it wrong that I want to go to a nail salon to get my ridiculously long nails filed down?! It's mainly because I can't stand clipping them #
I swear that the sun is a million miles closer today. It's boiling hot for this time of day. #
No, no. They've moved it to the Extensions menu. #
It appears that Google has removed the Extensions menu in the latest dev version of Chrome. This upsets me. #
Slowly becoming addicted to Foursquare, but there are definitely some flaws with it. #
First impressions of the BBC News iPhone are pretty good. Would like to see more links (related/external) though. #

Weekly Tweets for 2010-07-25

Dan — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:00:00 +0000

@cookeharry Don't go near town! It's packed with tourists and race-goers. Drive away from York to somewhere quieter. Like London. in reply to cookeharry #
Why is it that everybody at Homebase in York is clueless about garden furniture? You'd think that they didn't want to sell anything. #
Ha! Top hit on my site is from Google searches for Tnetennba! #
Laughing at so called 'experts' websites on how to fix high CPU usage by the svchost.exe processes. #
Listening to Suggs, who appear to be playing across the road at the NRM. #
Does @bp_america ever release a picture that hasn't been shat on by an amateur Photoshopper?! #
@maartenballiauw Lordy lord! Who installs to a floppy disk drive?! in reply to maartenballiauw #
In this day and age why do installers need to check how much free space I have if the total size is ~20mb?! I'm looking at you, TortoiseSVN! #
@davymacca I actually thought about it, then realised I could just download it onto my phone using Spotify. in reply to davymacca #
You know it's an odd day when you have to remind half the office how the theme tune to Back to the Future goes. #
@richardstelmach You heard wrong, Rich. You heard wrong. in reply to richardstelmach #
Just downloaded RocketSVN for VS2010 and saw the awesomeness that is OnTime. Holy freaking hell, it's looks like an amazing piece of kit! #
I think I'll write a "How to downgrade from ASP.NET MVC v2 to ASP.NET MVC v1" article. It seems I'm not alone with my problems. #
I'm positive that ASP.NET MVC 2 has some performance issues when it comes to evaluating large route tables compared to MVC 1. #
I wish for better handling of userscripts in Chrome (Greasemonkey?!), rather than just dropping them in the extensions area as they are now. #
@robconery @davidebbo If it makes you feel any better, it gives you the perfect excuse to upgrade to the new one! in reply to robconery #
Finally completed Albion yesterday. It's a game I've owned since 1997. #
@davidebbo T4MVC 2.6.20 Looks great! I've just updated it now. Really like weirdmvc's additions as well! #aspnetmvc in reply to davidebbo #
I need a squeegee for my back sweat. #
I have nothing against the fine folks in India, but if you're going to work in a call centre, don't say "thankyou please"! It's so blasé! #
@cookeharry A jumper? Maybe he add the location before killing himself, because he found out that, actually, foursquare was quite crap! in reply to cookeharry #

Weekly Tweets for 2010-07-18

Dan — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:00:00 +0000

@cookeharry oddly I got an achievement for creating The Clifton pub on Water Lane. in reply to cookeharry #
Got Virgin Media installed. Had to ask the install guy not to open my Firefox for "personal reasons". Had a laugh about it. Good times! #
Go-Cat, now made of 90% cardboard, 10% food. http://twitpic.com/263cuo #
Looking for body pillows online and came across Japanese love pillows. WTF?! Having sex with a pillow is just bloody lazy! #
@cookeharry Look's like the singer is giving the Agincourt sign. in reply to cookeharry #
Elmah added! #
For the first time in four months, I have no unread emails in my inbox. I've actually been waiting all this time to read some of them! #
@SI_games It looks like somebody crapped on your .css files. in reply to SI_games #
@mindtouch – I think your 'email trial licence' is broken. I've been waiting all morning for one. I've tried multiple addresses also. #
@charltonbrooker No, I just think you're taking 'tongue in cheek' literally, especially when you're on the phone. #
OMFG! http://www.weirdlover.com/ How have I never come across this site before?! It's a freaking awesome resource! #
@davidebbo lol! Cheers! Wasn't sure if it was a bugfix as it was so close to the last one, and there was no blog post! Thanks again! in reply to davidebbo #
@cookeharry @jbolster I've switched off AutoPagerize for Google, which is the only possible explanation I can think of… in reply to cookeharry #
Still getting errors from Google telling me I'm doing automated queries. Nobody else is having this problem. #
@davidebbo Hey! Why is there no changelog for T4MVC 2.6.15? #
Do I secretly implement ELMAH?! I'm so enamoured by @cookeharry's suggestion that I may just do it. #
Finally went after 8 tries! Going to start feeding the cat heavy metals. Kill two birds… 1: the cat and 2: getting rid of my heavy metals. #
Are cat turds made of helium or something?! Three flushes and it's still floating. #
Got two SO badges I really didn't want. Tireless and Tumbleweed. So I'm a lame expert who asks shitty questions. Thanks #StackOverflow #
Went straight from work to new house to move boxes around. Didn't finish till after 9 so walked to town, for Chinese, and then home. #fucked #
Met random vulnerable lady on the way to work this morning and helped her get back to her retreat. Sounds like possible sitcom material. #

Weekly Tweets for 2010-07-11

Dan — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Wanted – Octopus. Must be able to predict outcome of football matches. #
Achingly close to getting the Tumbleweed badge on StackOverflow. Not really a badge I want, to be honest! #
And now we play the waiting game…
http://twitpic.com/23lank #
Too many h1 tags spoil the SEO broth. #
Hey @ocadouk! Why is there no barcode scanning feature for the iPhone? It'd be a real killer feature! #
I would very much like to see the ability to add comments/notes to the "IPv4 Address and Domain Restrictions" feature in #IIS7 Please, MS?! #
Devs: SQLike – a small query engine for JavaScript (like SQL) http://hnsl.mn/by3T4h (via @shanselman) #
@robconery I think it's one tool too many. If I used VWD, I'd be asking myself why I don't use WebMatrix. Seems like VWD is obsolete then… in reply to robconery #
So, .NET professionals use #VS2010 Tight arses use VWD. Everyone else uses #WebMatrix Can't help but feels it's one tool too many… #
@Danatkinson Ways to catch Moat. Number four. Shoot another copper and then wait for him to pop up and take the credit. #
@scottgu Don't get me wrong, but aren't you fragmenting the .NET toolset a bit? VWD/WebMatrix, SQL Compact/SQL Express… in reply to scottgu #
@SarahSuperbreak I'm going to have to say something because it's winding me up… It's surprise, not suprise. in reply to SarahSuperbreak #
IPhone 4 set up. Still not got O2 on it though… #

Weekly Tweets for 2010-07-04

Dan — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Another person goes Cumbrian. This time in Gateshead. Must be the weather. #
@modernizr is a very nice bit of JS that detects HTML5/CSS3/SVG support in browsers. Brilliant stuff! #
I imagine that most of the world is with Ghana right now. #
@kevinrose Just got my first peek at Digg v4a. Very nice! Kudos to those involved! #
O2 will be surprised to find that, no, the information didn't answer my question. http://imgur.com/RSA18.png #
@RebelKelts I exist! I think. in reply to RebelKelts #
@superbreak I think the new design for http://www.superbreak.com is pretty awesome! Although I would say that, wouldn't I!! #
Just what I need in hot weather… Sat in the hairdressers baking under a heater switched to max. #
I think that the SNP is annoyed about the AV referendum being held on the same day because there'll be more liberals voting against them. #
Do my eyes deceive me?! A £27 netbook?! No, it's for real! http://bit.ly/dgslQa Eat that, OLPC! Probably not a bad 'My first netbook'… #
And I get a free pizza, courtesy of yet another cocked up order by @pizzahut. #
Looking at the Google Analytics API, the setup docs says use _getTracker, but other docs says it's deprecated and to use _createTracker. WTF #
I like how we have some pretty important tasks to do, but as soon as a tiny issue with the iPhone comes in, then that's all we care about! #
@bairdyd92 I find it hilarious, especially when Google Translate gets its hands on the site. in reply to bairdyd92 #
@bairdyd92 Lol! It's not the first time! Many people mistake me for a Japanese journalist, and they send me random links to news articles! in reply to bairdyd92 #
@bairdyd92 I'll have you know that I'm rarely a douche, and only occasionally a pain in the arse! in reply to bairdyd92 #
According to O2's iphone availability page, if I want an iPhone 4, I'd have to travel to a store in Wales. http://bit.ly/iphoneMadness #
Why on Earth do I have three versions of Java installed?! Is this the norm?! #
@baconsalt After long discussions with @jbolster, I'd like to suggest to you Baconade – a refreshing drink to wash down your bacon sandwich! #
@TowertravelYork Yeah, I'm not fond of it. I'd much prefer it if they just built an iPhone app instead. And yes, I have a PinSentry. in reply to TowertravelYork #
@TowertravelYork Do you mean how do I sign in, or what do I think of it? The former… Log into iBank at Barclays. The latter… Crap. in reply to TowertravelYork #
@jbolster Cool! in reply to jbolster #
@StephenJatDell Hey! Why don't you guys sell boxes with Windows Home Server installed?! #
Did I take the noindex,nofollow meta tag off?… #
@jbolster Sorry to hear that. It's quite pathetic that people do that. You should carry stink bombs with you at throw them at the offenders. in reply to jbolster #
Why the hell doesn't Barclays Bank have an iPhone app?! I bloody well want one! I don't want to use barclays.mobi. #
@dmcnally I haven't, no. There's no availability in the York area. I also need an operation to remove my pinkie so I don't lose the signal. in reply to dmcnally #
It took 74 days for the original iPhone to reach 1 million sales. It took the iPhone 4 just 3 to sell 1.7m of them. #
I want to scream. Sat in the doctors waiting for my appointment that was supposed to be for ONE HOUR AGO. #
@jbolster @cookeharry You might be interested in iPhone stock in York – http://bit.ly/iPhoneYork #