August 2010
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I'm officially Twitter user number x!!!
This morning I’ve noticed a new app tweeting something along the lines of: I’m officially Twitter user No 325 in United Kingdom! http://uris.us/xxx Check out Your Number at http://uris.us/xxx #fun #United Kingdom My initial reaction was ‘ooh, that looks fun, I might check it out’, however, after seeing a few more tweets I noticed that the number kept rising...
Aug 31st
July 2010
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April 2010
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Apr 30th
Worst spam email ever.
HEY HOW ABOUT TAKING THAT TRIP U ALWAYS WANTED PAY OFF SOME BILLS PAY OFF THAT SCHOOL LOAN FIRE THAT BOSS BE YOUR OWN BOSS!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW ABOUT THAT HOW ABOUT NEVER STRESSING ABOUT RENT HOUSE NOTE OR EVEN BILLS WOULD U LIKE TO NO MORE CLICK THE LINK OR PUT IT IN YOUR WEB BROWSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ‘School loan fire’? ‘Rent house note’? Spam, or the...
Apr 27th
March 2010
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My email to the BBC Trust
Fired off in the heat of the moment, so excuse any half-formed ideas or grammatical errors: I am absolutely flabbergasted by Mark Thompson’s announcement today that the BBC are to close the digital stations 6Music and the Asian Network. 6Music in particular for me has been a shining beacon of light in the world of commercial radio, where we’re not subjected to the same rolling...
Mar 2nd
February 2010
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January 2010
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Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo... →
One of my favourite Wikipedia articles ever. Isn’t language brilliant?
Jan 20th
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Jan 18th
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“What must it say about the Express titles that even Peter Hitchens - I repeat,...”
– Robin Carmody on Sunday Express makes a twit of itself
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ListenErykah Badu - You Got Me (Blu Mar Ten Remix) ...
Jan 14th
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Bin collection alerts via Twitter?
I’ve had a bit of a brainwave and was just after people’s thoughts - obviously too long for Twitter, and a bit too half-formed to go on the ol’ blog, so Tumblr it is! At Lichfield, we do bin collection alerts via DM which (mostly) works well. This works by querying the database at a specific time and sending a DM to those people who are signed up. This is all well and good, but...
Jan 13th
“Compared to..Coventry, Wolverhampton is a mythical Shangri-La where lemonade...”
– pezholio (via robthedog)
Jan 12th
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Guinness Punch
Back in the day when I was at uni, me and my mates used to make a killer Guinness punch - perfect for post rave recovery and full of sugar and calories. Here’s a little recipe which is similar to what we used to knock up: 1 bottle of Guinness (Nigerian import is best - stronger (7.5% ABV!) and sweeter) Tin of evaporated milk Tin of Vanilla Nurishment 1 tsp of Vanilla essence Pinch of...
Jan 2nd