January 2011
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Girl With A Camera: Naconf →
girlwithacanon:
After a six hour road trip from Nottingham, I’ve returned to Scotland after attending Simon Collison’s New Adventures In Web Design conference. I wanted to travel light, so I only took two out of my three lenses; the 135mm ƒ2 and 28mm ƒ1.8. As soon as I took to the road, though, I…
Some cracking shots, sums up #naconf very well… Just as I remember it, except the...
October 2010
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Nick Clegg's Email to me re: Clause 43 in the...
Edit: It appears that the Lib dems have proposed an amendment which will negate most of the issues around clause 43, so my apologies to Nick Clegg on that one.
This does not alter the fact that huge swathes of the rest of the bill are deeply flawed, or the larger one of rushing through an un-debated bill in the wash up, after an election has been called, is utterly un-democratic and should not be...
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Nick Clegg's Email to me re: The Digital Economy...
This is the email Nick Clegg, my MP, sent to me in response to my email regarding the Digital Economy Bill. Note, by the way;
My email stated concerns both with the filesharing aspects and with Clause 43. I received no response on Clause 43 until I sent another email asking for clarification. This response is here.
I asked immediately if he would mind me publishing this email, as this seemed...
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March 2010
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“What garlic is to food, insanity is to art.”
– Unknown
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Caroline Herschel - Ada Lovelace Day
It was a pretty easy task to pick a science or technology heroine for Ada Lovelace day this year, as I’m in the middle of reading about Caroline Herschel at the moment.
Caroline Herschel (16 March 1750 – 9 January 1848) is best know for discovering several comets, but made many contributions to astronomy, at a time when women were certainly not expected to take any part in such...
RT @jonnyhaynes: RT @Ebuyerdotcom: have you voted yet?? http://bit.ly/9buSME <- apparently I’ve already voted. Nope. #poll #fail
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An Interview with Wildlife Photographer Joel... →
With a great call to action for all photographers at all levels to help document the damage we’re doing to the world and help do something about it…
RT @shirleyearley: Interested in Digital Identity and the Elderly? - register for our workshop http://bit.ly/bzEONp
RT @saulcozens: @Erica_Jane_MP @timd @thegreatgonzo 3-some? ewwww! <- i turn on twitter after 4 hours for this image? Not feeling well!
RT @wiilassie: Oh my, just caught up with #cashgordon debacle. Tory webteam really …snip.. Obviously don’t read XKCD. http://xkcd.com/327/
RT @craigelder: @Erica_Jane_MP the Twitter feed was is one small part of the site - not the entire site! <- how many saw anything else then?
RT @Erica_Jane_MP: @craigelder IMO context fail is rancorous election debate env + geek comm pissed off with ALL pols over #DEBill. +1
Just found himself looking for the retweet button in outlook…
RT @VizTopTips: DAVE CAMERON. Redirect attention from disastrous #cashgordon campaign by announcing that your wife is pregnant.
RT @Andrew_Taylor: RT @wwwebgun: Haha! Real LOL: http://twitpic.com/1a8o2l #cashgordon <— snigger. Hope its real…
RT @megpickard: Anatomy of the #cashgordon hashtag: http://www.flickr.com/photos/meg/4453821027
Not that the tories are a bunch of utter incompetent fuckwits or owt, but they typo’d their redirect to conservatives.com… #cashgordon
http://twitpic.com/19jdlb - Has big shiny thing
I just wrote to my MP to tell him not to rush the #debill http://bit.ly/b7BzTg - please do the same <— Please mention clause 42 too btw!
RT @jonnyhaynes: @martsky Apparently Monty wants a longer contract not more money - <— Proper Blade :-) #blackwellout
RT @crouchy: hmmm, what size iMac to buy, 21.5 inch, or 27?? <— Is that a trick question?
Why the hell does #photoshop take 5 mins to turn text bold if I do ctrl-shift-b, but its instant if I use the text pallette? Grrr… #fail
RT @boagworld: Came across by far the best wireframing tool yet. http://bit.ly/gPKWd <- Not tried, but looks good - FAO @andygoundry esp.
RT @dansumption: We drank black liquid at lunch time, to celebrate the life of some guy who replaced snakes with kiddie-fiddlers.
How odd. I quite enjoyed that match. It does help when you’re playing such a awful team mind. Nick mongomery, footballing genuis. #sufc
This meeting room smells of hamster bedding. Very odd.
“Using a watermark on your work is like peeing on your belongings so no one will...”
– Thomas Amador
Is having serious lip syncing issues with his #humax, and is far from happy about it…
RT @josiefraser: Got a Lib Dem MP? Nice words, time for action RT @timd: Last chance to sink the Dig Econ Bill http://bit.ly/aAFK4k #debill
RT @martinxo: Supplier X is taking us through their new app <- Is that the legendary “user testing sucks, standards schmandards” supplier X?
The power of seduction (via Boagworld) →
Just watched grand prix in 90 seconds on bbc. Still dull.
RT @hworsnop: Great to see #F1 drivers … taking an interest in making it more exciting. <- Its almost like they actually want to overtake!
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is using #visio, and doesn’t like it
RT @jonbradbury: http://twitpic.com/183ax9 - My flickr stats have been rather bizarre these last few days <— WTF? Never seen owt like that!
Drumn’bass on spotify makes an excellent backing track to the #bbc commentary on #formula1
RT @jonbradbury: This is the pic I’ve sold http://bit.ly/aykbh7 for use in promoting this years Skegness So Festival <- Cracking shot Jon
Ahhh, massage… Better. Now for a quick snooze…
RT @jonnyhaynes: @martsky Monty’s off as well now! FFS! Blackwell out! http://bit.ly/9ac3Sj <— He’s not renewing either then. Proper Blade!
had no idea there were so many extensions for firebug! http://getfirebug.com/downloads
So, 6 #firebug extensions installed. Wonder just how much slower I’ve just made #firefox. May now need calendar to test rather than a watch.