Author: simonwheatley
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Quick thoughts for 2008-01-05 (via Twitter)
Picking up my parents from Manchester airport. Nice SMS info service; texted me on takeoff and during with ETA, and on approach and landing. # Wow. Another SMS says the baggage is on the conveyor, a quick call to Dad confirms it’s true. Great service, although it is 25p per text. #
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Quick thoughts for 2008-01-04 (via Twitter)
Computer speakers are starting to distort, I think that at 9 years old I might be due a replacement set. # A Google reshuffle has penalised one of my .com domain names on google.co.uk and enhanced it’s SERP on google.com (UK hosting). Interesting. #
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Quick thoughts for 2008-01-03 (via Twitter)
Little snow flakes floating around aimlessly outside my house. # I can see some nice slow cooker recipes for my beef brisket on Saturday. (I think I’ll avoid calls for ketchup and condensed soup, weird.) #
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Quick thoughts for 2008-01-02 (via Twitter)
Life is hard, and I’m back at work. Support emails done, now starting down the barrel of my cron reports… filtering like crazy. #
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Quick thoughts for 2007-12-30 (via Twitter)
Poppadoms and coleslaw. Someone needs to have a word with my otherwise brilliant Indian takeaway. #
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Quick thoughts for 2007-12-25 (via Twitter)
Up to preheat the oven and prepare the goose. I’ve had to remove the legs so it fits, and covering the exposed flesh with foil is awkward. # I feel less prepared for today than I remember from last year, my mind doesn’t feel too sharp. Time to give myself a good talking to. #…
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Quick thoughts for 2007-12-24 (via Twitter)
I feel like I’ve supported just about every single local food shop. Quite tired now, and damp from this uninviting and uninvited rain. #
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Quick thoughts for 2007-12-23 (via Twitter)
Heading to the butchers to pick up the goose. The rain yesterday has frozen on our lane, and every step involves a slip and lucky escape. # The freeze last night seems to have caught Manchester council unawares, even pavements on major roads are treacherous. # Remember kids, goose cooking time is 20 mins per…
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Slow cooker chicken casserole recipe
I’m really enjoying my slow cooker at the moment, quick preparation and then the house fills with lovely cooking smells for hours. (My wife says it smells like her grandparents house when there’s something in the slow cooker.) This is a simple chicken casserole I knocked up the other day, slightly spiced with the chilli.…
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Quick thoughts for 2007-12-21 (via Twitter)
Secure deleting all my personal data from the rented laptop, which is taking ages. Wish I’d started last night, the courier is due today. # Genius description: Ashen faced, disintegrating, infant suspending, not full shilling, struggling fairground owner, Michael Jackson… # Radiohead received no money from pre-Rainbows albums digital sales, due to contractual wrinkles from…