November 2008
36 posts
Not looking forward to getting up early to go to work in the morning. Oh no, hang on, I don’t have to get up early. Best have another beer.
Trying the iPlayer Grabber
Enjoying the taste of redundancy beers.
Hmmm beer
Entering the 19th hour of train travel in order to go see friends.
Just worked out that i’ve spent nearly 17 and a half hours on the train since 7am monday. Hmmm.
Ordering a T-Mobile sim card so that I can check reception before committing to the Google G1
The “broken windows” theory of crime is correct |... →
Interesting article suggesting that there’s evidence to prove the ‘broken window theory’
EveryBlock — A news feed for your block →
I listened to a podcast of one of the founders speaking about this project. It sounds pretty interesting.
Sitting in front of the computer when I should still be in bed
Down for everyone or just me? →
Useful tool to check whether it’s “down for everyone or just me”
Going for a swim
Finally making progress on fixing up, and converting to pure ruby (from ruby/curl), my script that downloads my hsbc transactions.
Reading my reply from Stephen Ladyman. He doesn’t sign EDMs as “they are pointless as nothing happens to them and often misleading”.
Getting ready to tile, or at least attempt to tile, the bathroom floor.
Writing to my MP (Stephen Ladyman) to ask him to sign EDM 2141 (http://tinyurl.com/5cwofr)
ExactCODE: Bardecode →
Open source barcode recognition software. The code is at svn.exactcode.de (not mentioned on this page).
Trying to decide whether I should buy the G1 Android phone
Just realised the first DR in drinkaware forms a wine glass. I always thought they had the crappy domain of d-rinkaware (with the hyphen).
Attempting to fill in my tax return
Finished my tax return and only encountered one dead link and one, non critical, broken form.
Buying the new Donavon Frankenreiter album that the iTunes genius thing told me about
Buying a Bon Iver album based purely on a recommendation from a friend.
Reading mysoc rules: “Break these House Rules once, and we’ll let you off with a warning. After that, we reserve the right to get medieval.”
suffering in the uncomfortable heat of the office
a mile with me →
Running podcast that I read about in Runners World
Buckeyeoutdoors.com →
Free training log that appears to be useful for any kind of sport. Initial impression is that of a cluttered interface.
lazyGov.org →
The site suggests that these guys undertake MySociety-like projects.
Join the running revolution! - RUNNER+ →
Seems to be some kind of training log combined with forums. Seen in Runners World.
Running From the Reaper →
Running podcast mentioned in Runners World
Phedippidations PodCast Website →
Running podcast mentioned in Runners World
Downloading some John Butler Trio goodness and signing up to hearfromyourmp.com
Playing with soocial
Clearing email inboxes and other assorted tasks
Feeling, and being, quite productive
Heading off to a wedding