July 2011
13 posts
amused that my phone’s predictive text turns footie into ennui.
has walked through the Headstone Tunnel. A childhood ambition fulfilled.
Watching all the silver dots streaming down Winnat’s Pass from three miles away.
RT @Queen_UK: Mr Jobs, there is no such thing as ‘American English’. There is English and there are mistakes.
RT @simonblackwell: Downing Street publishes detailed record of David Cameron’s meetings with Rupert Murdoch, under the title ‘Conservat …
Are you losing sales through your site’s poor English? Why not hire a professional writer to help? http://bbc.in/oDxCW3
Ding dong….
RT @rupertg: Vince Cable Champagne Binge Enters Record Thirteenth Day - “What Comes After Nebuchadnezzer?” Asks Coalition Minister
RT @carltonreid: RT @roadcc #London Evening Standar picks up on road rage story. http://bit.ly/qgiE3e #bexleythug
RT @forthebest: Note to US porn spammers on Twitter - in England, you need a different nom de porn than Slough. Here, there is nothin …
is going to burn.
I’ve linked this Twitter account to my new Google+ profile. Will that actually do anything?
RT @quietoutbursts: Oh finally! OpenStreetMap seems to be the only major one to have it [South Sudan]. <-Usually the way it goes.
June 2011
2 posts
RT @ruskin147: Just done live radio while waiting to collect my DHL parcel ~ other customers ignored me as another harmless eccentric t …
RT @openstreetmap: You will not be able to edit #OpenStreetMap today due to planned maintenance. We expect the downtime to last for abou …
May 2011
3 posts
Is it correct, when speaking English, to call the Irish language “Gaelic”? I was under the impression that it wasn’t.
Dear @posterous, you need a “report this blog as spam” button on the site. And a way of dealing with the reports it generates.
Spot fines for bad drivers are all well and good, but the problem isn’t one of powers, it’s of enforcement. http://bbc.in/jskMXn
March 2011
3 posts
Wonder if the Daily Mail will have a story about how the earthquake and tsunami will affect house prices tomorrow?
Since @itoworld still gets lots of love for its breathtaking “Year of edits” OpenStreetMap animation from 2008, is a new one in order?
Great. I lose out for being an early adopter again. @Nokia is giving away DAB headsets with the N8 at the moment. I have to pay £45 for one.
January 2011
3 posts
RT @cyclestreets: Julian Huppert MP says in House of Commons that DfT should use @cyclestreets rather than “inventing a new wheel” #BigS …
Why do malcontents stick with community projects they appear to hate? Surely it’s just easier to leave than to keep complaining?
Renewed my driving licence photocard today. Ticked the organ donor box that’s now on the form.
November 2010
59 posts
OMG! What’s this white stuff falling out of the sky that’s NEVER BEEN SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY BEFORE? #uksnow #overreaction #pisspoormedia
RT @richardf: I’ve just set Potlatch 2 as my default OpenStreetMap editor - you can too by going to your ‘my settings’ page #osm #p2ftw
“This woman has to be gotten to a hospital” “A hospital? What is it?” “It’s a big building with patients but that’s not important right now”
RT @rainct: Adding the streets near the place I live to #OpenStreetMap. It’s really easy with the web editor (it lets you draw upon aeri …
Capacitive touch screens don’t work if you have gloves on. #geekwinter
RT @SteveC: I’m working at Microsoft and we’re donating imagery to OpenStreetMap! http://post.ly/1EqIE <- congrats Steve.
RT @mrchrisadams: On the Irish bailout: “Ah Jaysus, No. Honestly, I’m grand. Couldn’t possibly…Ah fuck it, go on then. I’ll have a la …
RT @FakeAPStylebook: Run stories about white people concerned about being overrun by illegal immigrants alongside kids’ accounts of the …
Now listening to @dracos at #wherecampuk — always a pleasure
Looking at more GeoPorn courtesy of @osbornec at #WhereCampUK
RT @gravitystorm: Just finished hacking together @smsm1 ‘s Bike Shop Locator with #potlatch2 - view missing UK bike shops while editing …
RT @smsm1: I think that #gravitystorm should do a demo of #potlatch2 at #wherecampuk <- +1
Now helping with the #OpenStreetmap Q&A session at #WhereCampUK
UK Local authorities are the canonical source for street names, not Ordnance Survey #wherecampuk
Sat in the first #wherecampuk session of the day, listening to @gravitystorm talk about #openstreetmap Quality Assurance.
Ordnance Survey to be part of ‘public data corporation’ - Guardian. No idea what this will really mean. http://bit.ly/dBBbgg
Accessible web mapping now. Should have a particular relevance for #OpenStreetMap #WhereCampUK
Being bullied by @gravitystorm into giving a presentation at #wherecampuk. Any suggestions? “Buy my book” not a good topic, apparently.
RT @superglaze: BBC plans ISP net neutrality warning system for iPlayer http://bit.ly/dsrGlA #netneutrality
Waiting to hear about the Rural Divide at #wherecampuk
RT @cnetuk: World Toilet Day raises water awareness with Flush Tracker crap map http://goo.gl/fb/g2GMy
Midnight Commander gets a thumbs up from @boilerwadding at #WhereCampUK #OpenStreetMap #CloudMade
Now listening to @tim_waters talk about Pyschogeography at #wherecampuk
It’s late, and I have to be up early to pick up @gravitystorm and @firefishy1 and take them to Nottingham for #wherecampuk. A fun day waits.
RT @synack: OH “OpenStreetMap has 60 polygons for brothel”
If you’re going to play something as trivial as online reversi, why bother acting like a child when you lose? Unless you are a child, maybe?