August 2011
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December 2009
62 posts
Right, that’s enough of that. #hometime
Been sat staring at Access databases for three hours now, pretty much distraction free. Another couple of hours and I’m going home.
http://twitpic.com/se4gt - This I can do without.
How HTML5 Will Change the Way You Use the Web -... →
“Firefox and Safari partially support it, Google’s Wave and Chrome projects are banking on it, and most web developers are ecstatic about what it means. It’s HTML5, and if you’re not exactly sure…
#Favorited matlock: Hah! Just turned over to Downfall on Film 4, and it’s *that* scene. It will remai.. http://bit.ly/6BHZUG
Using http://www.ommwriter.com to write up my next blog thing. Yep, s’ok.
cello player →
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I’ve married a violin player, near enough?
cello player
Traffic. Balls.
But anyway, enough of me sitting in traffic, how are *you* this evening? Up to anything nice this weekend?
RT @ryanqnorth: #sorryforsayingfuckontheinternet has no search results. EVERYONE NEEDS TO CLASS IT UP SOME AND START APOLOGIZING.
#Favorited Boggins_Love: RT @tweetmeme Chris Morris to unveil his terrorist farce : News 2009 : Chort.. http://bit.ly/5clMgT
There’s a table, within this huge, kafka-esque database, that has exactly 1000 records. Round numbers make me very nervous. #timeforlunch
Drinking tea, discussing new VLE sync between SITS and Moodle = HESES displacement activity. Get back to it, the clock’s ticking…
#Favorited VizLetterBocks: My wife told me she thinks I might be going mad. What does she know? She’s.. http://bit.ly/5PfWpl
#Favorited timeshighered: VC calls on academics to do MORE admin so she can cut down on admin staff: .. http://bit.ly/87wIdx
RT @plasticbagUK: Says @annapickard: “It’s like you were drinking the alphabet and you laughed and some of it came shooting out of your …
#Favorited plasticbagUK: Says @annapickard: “It’s like you were drinking the alphabet and you laughed.. http://bit.ly/5RfdgP
Twitter’s new mobile site, at http://mobile.twitter.com Er, ok? http://twitpic.com/s2mvg
I favorited a YouTube video — Prototype Mechanism #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEHnCXWYU2Y&feature=autoshare_twitter
Prototype Mechanism #2 →
Failed Predictions →
Stewart brand set over this excellently illustrated set of failed predictions listed over at oddee.com. Excerpts below:
“It will be years –not in my time– before a woman will become Prime…
Not feeling 100%, it’s gotta be said. And that was the last of the Anadin Extra.
RT @KatSyriou: “Im turning into an aspirin junkie. Soon I’ll be boiling the cotton
at the top of the bottle to get the extra.” #famousmo …
#Favorited Btacts: RT @bbcCultureShow: http://twitpic.com/rzkd9 - Andrew Graham-Dixon sidles up to Jo.. http://bit.ly/4p5uiC
RT @Mackam1983: bored of admin! // Bored of admin, bored OF LIFE, I say! Well- no, that’s a lie. I would never say that. Ahem.
Reconciling myself to the fact that I’m going to have to come in and work this weekend to get all this done, but for now, it’s #hometime.
RT @OHintheoffice: “I can barely tell the difference between your coughing and your talking anymore”
Have we all had a go on Mentionmap yet? Another way of visualising twitter conversations and who to follow. http://icio.us/dky2qw
Yes, that’s all well and good, but is he on Twitter? http://j.mp/6fFa2z
Explore Your Twitter Network with Mentionmap |... →
“Asterisq just released Mentionmap, an exciting web app for exploring your Twitter network. Discover which people interact the most and what they’re talking about. It’s also a great way to find…
RT @Laruchka: I get very few replies and I’ve yet to earn a retweet. I need to be funny, smarter, less lurky, or add a pic with cleavage …
RT @mazphd: Aren’t you glad you use Twitter? Don’t you wish everybody did? http://twitpic.com/ryfjo
Seeking clarity and structure. Just finding confusion and indecision at the moment. It’ll come though.
Times Higher Education - V-c: scholars should... →
The academic v administrator debate rumbles on, and still doesn’t get anywhere… ‘Answering a question on “blended roles”, which mix academic and administrative tasks, she said: “I would like to see…
Study reveals lack of awareness over university... →
“The scope and clarity of information provided by universities and colleges about bursaries leave a lot to be desired, says the study. Almost one-half of students (44 per cent) thought there was too…
Study reveals lack of awareness over university bursaries and scholarships, from the Independent http://icio.us/goxxzk
The academic v administrator debate rumbles on, and still doesn’t get anywhere… http://icio.us/c4ogir
Reading (large, wordy) online software manuals, and trying really hard to resist the urge to have done with it and print them all off.
It was the #HESES section of that that’s giving me concern at the moment. And it’s that for which the clock ticks. #shudders
Wondering how many other #SITS users are growing to hate these manuals: http://bit.ly/4xc3gK Meanwhile, the clock ticks…
RT @ruskin147: http://bit.ly/4wfuif Web giants - Google, Facebook etc - slam Mandelson copyright plans. Great story from @jonfildes
So much to do. Is it poss yet to buy more time? You know, like on eBay or Amazon or something. I mean, it is 2009, ffs. SURELY. #fb
#Favorited monkchips: girl on the train is pouring echo falls rose’ wine into her red bull. and drink.. http://bit.ly/8Hxx5u
In the staff room overhearing more tales of traffic woe because of the floods in York. I think I’m getting away very lightly. #iheartA64
Having lunch, reviewing a paper I’ve co-written for SMT on HESES and HEFCE’s non-completion definition. NOT good for my digestion.
RT @Munchious Excellent! Twitter displacement activity has successfully brought me up to one o’clock. Lunch!
One to bring up at my German class this evening? https://twitter.com/qikipedia/status/6265549787
“Relentlessly Christmas”; good term https://twitter.com/nickentwistle/status/6265532277
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“Many of us could do with the benefits that come with regularly practising meditation – as it can help develop qualities such as calm, focus and compassion. And perhaps nowhere are these qualities…