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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-06-04

    Twitter Updates for 2009-06-04

    Fascinating piece in the Indy. Newly discovered World War One photographs, help needed to identify people/units in them. http://bit.ly/geSFI # Nice tinkly piano music/squiggly jazzy stuff on @radioriel at the moment. Perfect for when (as now) one’s head is stuffed with cotton wool. # RT @danieljowen loves headlines mentioning gay penguins. Makes you just want…


  • Twitter Updates for 2009-06-03

    Twitter Updates for 2009-06-03

    And… relax. That’s the last of the election leaflets done, with help from Beloved Other Half comparatif cialis. Back is a bit of a wreck but rest will cure. # Just been watching nesting blackbirds in the creeper on the garage wall. Very sweet. # I love a dual-monitor set-up: work on one monitor, live…


  • Twitter Updates for 2009-06-02

    Twitter Updates for 2009-06-02

    Bloody tortoises. One came into the house when we weren’t looking, crapped on the carpet, and toddled merrily off into the garden again. #


  • Twitter Updates for 2009-06-01

    Twitter Updates for 2009-06-01

    Woke up with my back locked solid… bloody leaflet rounds. # Bof. Tired and battered after a ridiculous working Sunday. #Scrum estimation meeting, IRL & Indy Lights and more motorsport. Need a weekend. # (Bof)x2. Just remembered I have to do a quote for a possible new client. Think I’ll review it tonight and nail…


  • Twitter Updates for 2009-05-31

    Twitter Updates for 2009-05-31

    OK, have had tea. Let the day begin. # Certif arrived from FSB, with comical covering letter: “Now, as a member, high-handed gvt officials will be too scared to bully you’. ROFL. # Sniffing an upset in Britain’s Got Talent. Suspect Susan Boyle might have peaked too early and Stavros Flatley might snatch an surprise…


  • Twitter Updates for 2009-05-30

    Twitter Updates for 2009-05-30

    Last day of sprint & suddenly none of the network clients can access the #scrumworks server. Firewalls check out OK. Odd, maddening. #scrum # is suffering uncontrollable twitching in the dead nerve deep inside his leg and feels sick because of it. Meralgia Paresthetica is a bitch. # thinks life seems a lot better with…


  • Twitter Updates for 2009-05-29

    Twitter Updates for 2009-05-29

    needs breakfast, coffee, inspiration, animation, tea after the coffee, a clear head and a rocket up the arse. Apart from that, all’s well. # Well, never did get the inspiration or the animation – but my old contracting agency did just send a case of wine so it’s not all bad. #


  • Twitter Updates for 2009-05-28

    Twitter Updates for 2009-05-28

    feels all grown up and professional cos he went to a seminar yesterday and is now about to have a phone conference with a marketing expert. # thinks life would be a lot easier if only it wasn’t so difficult. Although perhaps it’s only difficult because it’s not easy – who knows? # is having…


  • Twitter Updates for 2009-05-27

    Twitter Updates for 2009-05-27

    is off to London for training seminar later. Hopeful of good stuff but West End agencies – bah. Black holes for clients to pour money into. # doesn’t like London and doesn’t want to go back. It’s crowded and too full of people and smells. Can’t we just wall it off, be done with it?…