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Crashing

Jan 31st

“So … how’s the fornicating gourmet?”

Jan 31st

“it was an isolated sexual incident”

Jan 31st

well *we’re* still on joyent. that’s okay, isn’t it?

Jan 31st

great header graphic - http://tinyurl.com/yw5a2p

Jan 31st

er - what? http://www.windowsserver2008.com/

Jan 31st

drinking pear juice

Jan 31st

today’s diet included crisps, doughnut and pizza. feel unsurprisingly grim.

Jan 31st

I love rspec

Jan 31st

So?

Jan 31st

Jan 31st

no, seriously. home time.

Jan 31st

CiteULike: Information for Publishers

Jan 31st

fixed failing specs. home time.

Jan 31st

yay - failing specs!

Jan 31st

“By mike rowsoft” - just got that.

Jan 31st

back with the server

Jan 31st

hmmm weird expecting nil error

Jan 31st

borked checkout. back on rev.

Jan 31st

ok that’s enough pending specs.

Jan 31st

“tossing the fruit” http://tinyurl.com/35turd

Jan 31st

hmm. somethings crashing autotest.

Jan 31st

Nearly there

Jan 31st

well that worked

Jan 31st

going to try turning in off and on again

Jan 31st

undefined method `higher_resolution’ for Date:Class?

Jan 31st

twitterlords drinking champagne - so, what’s up? (I mean, apart from the site?)

Jan 31st

being smuggled out

Jan 31st

Qatar considers dropping dollar peg

Jan 31st

oh, *really* back this time?

Jan 31st

"If you are going to have children, do not be...

Jan 31st

Ping The Taxman on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Jan 31st

moved to AUS? it was “government propaganda” -...

Jan 31st

Cold and wet

Jan 31st

Out of meeting

Jan 31st

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Victoria street

Jan 30th

Google maps mobile 2 not as good as google maps mobile 1

Jan 30th

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So were back?

Jan 30th

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Jan 30th

wha - ? http://flickr.com/groups/pootle/

Jan 30th

Crashing

Jan 30th

must immediately shave my own face

Jan 30th

“YOU SPAZ!”

Jan 30th

thanks to all who mentioned http://www.instapaper.com/

Jan 30th

Jan 30th

Emmeline Pankhurst (detail): i love this. she had such a...

Jan 30th

anyway. messages left on answerphones. outta here.

Jan 30th

look, if you send me an email with HIGH IMPORTANCE it really should say a bit more that “yeah...

Jan 30th

home time?

Jan 30th

fan running down, must be near the end of the parser run.

Jan 30th

ok - nearly there

Jan 30th

wow. still parsing. crazy.

Jan 30th

wow. still parsing.

Jan 30th

still parsing

Jan 30th

“Most people will not spot even a fake nose if it is applied properly”...

Jan 30th

“… then the world will suffer a very minor loss”

Jan 30th

parsing like crazy

Jan 30th

hmmm - http://hansard.millbanksystems.com.nyud.net/

Jan 30th

bit late in the day, but just kicked off a parser run

Jan 30th

HR = waste of space? http://tinyurl.com/2hqaz2

Jan 30th

considering time travel

Jan 30th

upgrading to rake 0.8.1

Jan 30th

baffled by atlaspost: great signup through yahoo, no clear story after that

Jan 30th

http://tinyurl.com/3c3ou3 - cripes

Jan 30th

: Nigerian SPAM email? Still?

Jan 30th

back again are we?

Jan 30th

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Jan 30th

North Greenwich

Jan 30th

off to stare and point at @bobcatrock

Jan 30th

erk! http://communitysafe.gov.uk/channels/all

Jan 30th

not really feling like a “hyper-wired globe-trotter” - that from my old employers…

Jan 30th

yo @bobcatrock that’s pretty good timing!

Jan 30th

I wish there was some dopplr / upcoming integration…

Jan 30th

weird spam sms now.

Jan 30th

I feel a disturbance in the force. Or Zone One, at least.

Jan 30th

Taking the warm route

Jan 30th

Hilarious wrong number.

Jan 30th

Not same guy

Jan 30th

Guy looks like nick cage

Jan 30th

Guy looks like a frog

Jan 30th

Must renew passport

Jan 30th

Lovely day out but cold cold cold

Jan 30th

Expecting to waste the next 45mins

Jan 30th

considering microcommute

Jan 30th

“The MPIO Resolution makes its way down the Thames with its legs up”...

Jan 30th

Must remember to check out dopplr mobile

Jan 29th

Coffee. Once this queue works through.

Jan 29th

For the record, i am not related to @crowbot or @delineator

Jan 29th

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Holland park

Jan 29th

yeah - berlin, september - sounds fun

Jan 29th

hmmm. RailsConf. thinking….

Jan 29th

right! onwards!

Jan 29th

actually I should get a new coat for work. the old one is falling apart at the seams.

Jan 29th

any UK thoughtworkers on twitter?

Jan 29th

throbbing eyeballs

Jan 29th

he had a dream about dinosaurs, I had a dream about an earthquake

Jan 29th

last svn up

Jan 29th

bbc next, apparently: http://www.google.co.uk/politics/

Jan 29th

“I saw human faeces.” http://tinyurl.com/2479e7

Jan 29th

engle-doug-berg??? (sorry)

Jan 29th

just sent email full of links. now running away.

Jan 29th

http://tinyurl.com/yrqboz

Jan 29th

er… http://tinyurl.com/ypn9e3

Jan 29th

updating http://robertbrook.com/ - anything obvious missing?

Jan 29th

lions roaring, or just loud burping?

Jan 29th

plotting

Jan 29th

red post

Jan 29th

I should have a blog, or something.

Jan 29th

loving getting feedback

Jan 29th

could use this site for a couple of meetings tomorrow: http://nukeitfromorbit.com/

Jan 29th

off to argue with atsign_more_coworkers_i_wish_were_on_twitter

Jan 29th

@crowbot thx for cache nudge

Jan 29th

I love you guys! http://tweetstats.com/graphs/robertbrook

Jan 29th

@monkchips well “we” could use one…!

Jan 29th

@khairoun readying myself for the chop

Jan 29th

@ladeirav ppt version now on shared drive - no guarantees though!

Jan 29th

@crowbot recent checkins delight me

Jan 29th

erk - big cheeses now noticing http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/ - wonder how they’ll react?

Jan 29th

@ladeirav http://tinyurl.com/2265w4

Jan 29th

must do more to cheer up the HeLP: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7213387.stm

Jan 29th

@ladeirav which boss? there seem to be so many…

Jan 29th

require toot from the blue cable

Jan 29th

loving the http://www.hoosgot.com/

Jan 29th

Oxford Street: Touristy shot

Jan 29th

Jan 29th

meh. got to iron a shirt.

Jan 29th

a frequent visitor round the office: http://www.someoneelseslife.com/?p=761

Jan 29th

about to microcommute

Jan 29th

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quick snort on the blue cable

Jan 29th

Jan 28th

Debus! Debus!

Jan 28th

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Oxford circus

Jan 28th

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I think i fancy the guy in the dunhill london ads

Jan 28th

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Driver a bit twitchy on the brakes

Jan 28th

On 94 up to holland park

Jan 28th

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Couple on the bus appear to have bought their own weight in crisps

Jan 28th

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Jan 28th

Another productive day, thanks to coworkers. Topped off by nosebleed acid.

Jan 28th

@crowbot http://pastie.caboo.se/144332

Jan 28th

./script/server falling over. not good.

Jan 28th

er…

Jan 28th

http://foi.mysociety.org/request/17

Jan 28th

@ladeirav http://twittervision.com/

Jan 28th

@ladeirav with @crowbot

Jan 28th

@ladeirav not at the coffee place, not at the place opposite the entrance, but the third place I...

Jan 28th

@monkchips sorry, I can’t reduce my meat consumption any further than I already have. maybe I...

Jan 28th

@monkchips huh? mmm - I think you’re right. weird.

Jan 28th

@daveph aaargh - sounds like very slow progress up the line!

Jan 28th

lovely weekend: http://tinyurl.com/22kj26

Jan 28th

@ladeirav not on corp email today (yet) - try mail at robertbrook dot com if required

Jan 28th

@monkchips if useful, try follow / unfollow robertbrook - will report

Jan 28th

what I missed - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/barcampukgovweb/interesting/

Jan 28th

@ladeirav lunch in pch?

Jan 28th

rake hansard

Jan 27th

autotest

Jan 27th

svn up

Jan 27th

coffee

Jan 27th

Up

Jan 27th

fading fast - need to crash out

Jan 27th

@ladeirav back on track now - just need loads of sleep

Jan 27th

so anyway, how did the govbarcamp go then?

Jan 27th

have seesmic invite, but no face for video

Jan 27th

Must stay awake to iron shirt

Jan 27th

Jan 27th

monument

Jan 27th

Wondering if this taxi will get us home for under £20. Maybe he takes €.

Jan 27th

Totally ignoring tomorrow being monday

Jan 27th

London traffic

Jan 27th

Ebbsfleet. Wow.

Jan 27th

What time is it in this country? I think my phone is making an educated guess.

Jan 27th

Popped out of the channel tunnel. Back in the uk.

Jan 27th

In a taxi en route to the eurostar

Jan 26th

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Jan 25th

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Jan 25th

Up

Jan 25th

Feel awful. Wish i was asleep.

Jan 25th

Dark Sith of Having the Flu: Also, co-worker Yertle.

Jan 25th

Listening to whatshername from yazoo. Alison moyet.

Jan 25th

@rands ha! Exactly what i thought.

Jan 25th

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Jan 25th

Rounding marble arch

Jan 25th

Tired. But ok.

Jan 25th

@ladeirav offestate now. You in monday?

Jan 25th

Singing knees up mother brown

Jan 25th

signing off

Jan 25th

hmmm. http://tinyurl.com/2xnhav

Jan 25th

@ladeirav common platform. interesting. yes, we should talk - you passing pch on the way out, or...

Jan 25th

Jan 25th

heh http://www.flickr.com/groups/sleeveface/pool/

Jan 25th

pregnancy leads to mac laptop use: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7207215.stm

Jan 25th

@crowbot http://tinyurl.com/2bhkan

Jan 25th

@ladeirav free to meet yes - pch? ppt? you’re joking, right?

Jan 25th

starbucks = frogspawn = victorian family

Jan 25th

thinking about feedback, risk, punishment and reward, addiction, addictive behaviours and similar

Jan 25th

rake hansard away!!!!

Jan 25th

dreadful feeling when people start taking you seriously…

Jan 25th

@bobcatrock yes but HeLP not on twitter!

Jan 25th

@crowbot this one? http://ruby-dtrace.rubyforge.org/

Jan 25th

this time tomorrow: hopefully in lille, not under the channel

Jan 25th

@gapingvoid please tell me when/if you find out!

Jan 25th

@delineator http://tinyurl.com/25gaa8

Jan 25th

interesting use of hansard material: http://www.ukcia.org/research/hansardstats/default.html

Jan 25th

window: View out of the open green wood barn in Leigh Woods,...

Jan 25th

wondering where my next meeting is

Jan 25th

Microcommuting

Jan 25th

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Whitehall

Jan 24th

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Down the dilly

Jan 24th

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Tenison court

Jan 24th

Must remember not to get off bus too early

Jan 24th

Kraftwerk

Jan 24th

Bionic thighs

Jan 24th

okay - prep for takeoff

Jan 24th

wtf time

Jan 24th

wondering if I can persuade parallels to actually launch without crashing

Jan 24th

@delineator http://flickr.com/photos/psd/2217422218/

Jan 24th

wrapping presents for HeLP NNth birthday this weekend. shhhh!

Jan 24th

whistling

Jan 24th

Up

Jan 24th

selecting fit-inducing screensaver for tomorrow’s meeting

Jan 24th

@crowbot http://tinyurl.com/ywy8re

Jan 24th

cereal, crumpets, tea

Jan 24th

“Quantum of Solace”. “Quantum of Solace”? WWWW TTTTT FFFFFFF?

Jan 24th

@bobcatrock you may enjoy http://flickr.com/photos/theverypage/

Jan 24th

facets facets facets

Jan 24th

eurostar telling me about weekend delays. NOT HAPPY.

Jan 24th

why am I still at work?

Jan 24th

Oh - the BONGS

Jan 24th

@boagworld http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ one of yours?

Jan 24th

everyone hating the bbc3 today!

Jan 24th

A2 origami. it’s the future.

Jan 24th

@lloyddavis thanks again for your time: very valuable for us!

Jan 24th

oh, he’s got more hair! http://tinyurl.com/yvhbov

Jan 24th

wondering where I said I would meet @lloyddavis - westminster tube or front of pch… well, at...

Jan 24th

hoping @lloyddavis heading in approximately this direction

Jan 24th

@johnoxton I had assumed: BBC taking the piss, anagram, something of that sort.

Jan 24th

“Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay” http://tinyurl.com/yomevn

Jan 24th

ashamed that I am only *now* adding http://del.icio.us/sogrady

Jan 24th

“Confused about coffee?” http://www.britishcoffeeassociation.org/

Jan 24th

Yay more coffee

Jan 24th

Into queen annes gate

Jan 24th

Passing guards chapel

Jan 24th

Just passed buck house

Jan 24th

Walking through green park

Jan 24th

Slow through knightsbridge up to hyde park corner

Jan 24th

@chrisv got parsley? Chewing that is supposed to help!

Jan 24th

Great day yesterday at bbc thanks to @ladeirav and escorted by @bumph

Jan 24th

@thinguy good luck. Croup not a fun time.

Jan 24th

quick svn up before next meeting

Jan 24th

Right. Boy dropped off. On to phase two.

Jan 24th

Lunch at last

Jan 24th

prep for takeoff: taking the boy to school

Jan 24th

millbank -> pch

Jan 24th

@yellowpark certainly talk re: nepal - will follow up for dates

Jan 24th

coffee

Jan 24th

Next meeting. Going to be frosty.

Jan 24th

@ladeirav @aubergene is already one of us!

Jan 24th

wow. meetings really piling up today.

Jan 24th

@crowbot http://www.railsconfeurope.com/proposals ?

Jan 24th

@delineator http://www.railsconfeurope.com/proposals ?

Jan 24th

svn up? not through *this* proxy.

Jan 24th

Empty Sea vs. Fantasy: it’s friday evening. i am w/ghosts...

Jan 24th

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Jan 23rd

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Jan 23rd

Cant reach anything on the desktop browser. Will catch up tomorrow.

Jan 23rd

@mkrisgman er - did the colleague drop out?

Jan 23rd

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pretty intense day - but a *very* good one

Jan 23rd

@mario it’s a “specialist” dry cleaners: boats is extra though.

Jan 23rd

Must remember to get my boat dry cleaned

Jan 23rd

@cote oh come on, we’re all men of the world here. I’ve nothing to be ashamed of.

Jan 23rd

Mid 90s hard house

Jan 23rd

Guys ipod so loud people are actually laughing

Jan 23rd

Guys ipod so loud people are actually laughing

Jan 23rd

Just found a banana in my boat pocket. Win!

Jan 23rd

Finally waiting for bus home

Jan 23rd

Great meeting @mkrigsman !

Jan 23rd

Turns out it was cory. Going to the same place as me.

Jan 23rd

Bridge Walk

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