I’m playing with Opera Mini; they provide a great mobile proxy, it reduces a large Confluence wiki page to 7k. #
Category Archives: Quick thoughts
Quick thoughts for 2008-02-06 (via Twitter)
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood’s track Big Red Balloon is one of the best surreal pop songs ever. Fantastic. #
Quick thoughts for 2008-02-05 (via Twitter)
An article for all us BarCampers, Rands on giving and writing presentations: http://tinyurl.com/34mkj7 #
Quick thoughts for 2008-02-01 (via Twitter)
Google UIs started translating into a Cyrillic language a few days ago, but have reverted now. Luckily I hadn’t booked evening courses. # Just finished putting a chicken curry in the slow cooker. Used a different spice mix this time, and I think it’ll be hotter. #
Quick thoughts for 2008-01-30 (via Twitter)
Off to London Village today, and I’ve got up to catch the first bus. That’s harsh. # I think I need to look beyond Flash for my offline animation work. Any advice on a scriptable alternative? # Lotus f’ing notes. Why don’t you just have me carve the email design on a stone tablet with …
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Quick thoughts for 2008-01-28 (via Twitter)
I hate it when first line support staff reply with an assumption that I’m an idiot, without reading the previous evidence I’ve sent in. # By all means assume I’m an idiot, I may well be, but only after you’ve actually read what I’ve sent you. #
Quick thoughts for 2008-01-27 (via Twitter)
Watching the Activity Monitor while exporting a QuickTime movie from Flash, Flash is using 103% of the CPU… ?? # When did Flash start incorporating ActionScript into exported movies; or have I been missing a trick all these years? Particle effects ahoy! #
Quick thoughts for 2008-01-26 (via Twitter)
They’re cutting down the Acacia tree behind us; not great from an environmental viewpoint, but it will mean we get summer sun after 1pm. # Finished entering 134 receipts into a spreadsheet, one step closer to the completing my last minute tax return! # Oh no… just found another folder of receipts. Back to Excel …
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Quick thoughts for 2008-01-25 (via Twitter)
An article about Soc Gen’s rogue trader ends: "His Facebook page had 11 friends, last night that was down to 4." An important detail. # Sitting in a restaurant and a woman has just run in, dropped a case by the stairs and run out again. Should I leave? #
Quick thoughts for 2008-01-21 (via Twitter)
"The PayPal site is currently experiencing technical difficulties with our credit card processor." This is on their test system… eh? # Spring ’08 is shaping up to be good for live music: I’ve booked for Fink in the Northern Quarter, Alabama 3 at the Academy, Portishead TBC. # Got an invite to Fork’d, Cooking 2.0. …
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