Joe's Jottings

I'm lurgied - sniffly cold and the sore throat from Hell - last night's dreams were good, though! #
RT @JimSymonds: Bad news for gardeners. Having Green fingers about to become a term of abuse. #comeonengland #
RT @AlexGoodall: US Gov. reaction to BP needs to be compared to its reaction to Union Carbide (Bhopal) where 100,000s died/seriously ill #
Thank goodness - seem to be getting a little focus in to my day! #
UNICEF calls upon Governments and Private Sector to act against Child Labour... http://www.unicef.org/media/media_53955.html #
Taleban hang a 7 year old - savage barbarism still survives... http://is.gd/cMzBu Will be interesting to see who condemns the Taleban.... #
I like this...something for all of you with emotional pain today... :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1g3ENYxg9k&feature=player_embedded #
Frankie Boyle yet again shows his sensitivity...sigh....http://is.gd/cMqEa #
I hope these African Killer Bees don't get out of their hives and attack the fans and players... #worldcup #
RT @guidofawkes: Prezza to face Iraq Inquiry, presumably to establish if he ate the WMD. #
I trust that all US shareholders of BP will contribute their dividend payments to the Gulf cleanup?.... #bp #
I love British Gas's payments dept - undecipherable accents and bad attitude! #
RT @ivortymchak: To all the American hypocrites bitching about BP, I say this; Bhopal. #
Good evening last night courtesy of @gemdirectories birthday bash. Today lots to get done - but looking forward to it! in reply to gemdirectories #
Hmmm....'people's University'...http://is.gd/cKmVk - had it for 40+ years and it's called the OU! #
RT @britmic: #google hit every branch falling out that ugly tree RT @momentsoffilm: Damn, Google is UGLY today! #
Are the #google images today to encourage you to set up an account so you can make it somewhat more tolerable? #
Aaaaahhhh....good to see 'class warfare / envy' coming to the top as Labour activists bring up their own suggestions for cuts.... :-) #
Oh good grief...I understand why Google stuck with plain screens for so long - they have no sense of taste..... #
One thing I genuinely look forward to in the next few months is seeing an influx of grass-roots activists to community projects... #
Parsing XML from a client - how do you explain to them that 'valid XML' should not include invalid characters....sigh..... #
#bb11 housemate tombola...all above board, says Davina...sort of like previous phone-votes? :-) #
Ack! It's Jordan! Heeeeelp! #bb11 - Love, I know the career was taking a dive but surely you're not...oh, hang on...my mistake.... #
Hmmmm...."I'm not an attention seeker..." - why audition for #bb11 then, petal? #
Re. #bb11 Dave - one feels that Nero may have been on to something..... #
Watching #bb11 housemates...will to live slipping...slipping... #
Depressing that none of the leadership candidates appear to be in favour of true electoral change... #nslabourleadership #
Why do Big Brother contestants squeal like the cast of 'Deliverance' when they get in to the house? #bigbrother #
I would agree - interesting but over-stated. RT @guardiantech: Iran's 'Twitter revolution' was exaggerated, says editor http://bit.ly/aLOa6J #
Absolutely - right up until recent year or so, even. @benfolley Burnham says New Labour excluded good party members #nslabourleadership #
Would certainly encourage me.... RT @louiebaur: Could a $50 'Paperback' Kindle Beat the iPad? http://bit.ly/bWv6IZ #
How depressing that in the 21st Century we have to be talking about 'Woman Friendly' mosques (or Synagogues, or churches) http://is.gd/cJ4O0 #
Tokenism - it's the political establishment saying you're not good enough to get there without help. http://bit.ly/crVW7U #
Of course GM food is safe...yeah...right...http://ofgoatsandmen.blogspot.com/2010/06/genetically-modified-fooods-gmo-causes.html #
RT @RobMcNealy: New BlackWater 4 Sale (Ad): "Experienced whore looking for new pimp. Will kill anything for anyone." http://bit.ly/cPc5pl #
Mcdonnell leadership pull-out - great shame for left but stupid comment is NOT appropriate for a major party leader. #
Meeting this AM, change of plans this PM, will get work done instead! #
Elton John plays for Rush Limbaugh Wedding - http://is.gd/cHPZI - amazing what folks do for a million dollars. #
Excellent season finale for Fringe - looking froward to it's return! #fb #
Wow! That's a lot of 140 characters! RT @mashable: Twitter Hits 2 Billion Tweets Per Month - http://bit.ly/9SZd1n #
An utterley sad story on so many levels.... RT @kennyellaway: WHAT?!? http://bit.ly/9KoUlE #
Yay!!! We're noticed by a whingebot! Fame at last! :-) My life is complete! :-) @whingers @RadShef @blowupchurch in reply to whingers #
I doubt National Express will follow suit..... :-) RT @arstechnica: Amtrak to take free onboard WiFi nationwide - http://arst.ch/l5c #
When Lloyds say ditch oil, buy renewables, we'd better listen... http://is.gd/cHsqA #
A new way to bury the bad news!! RT @mashable: BP Buys Top Google Result for "Oil Spill" - http://bit.ly/bDmCQp #
Having a vaguely productive day - Google Maps API is succumbing! #
Re. Duke of Edinburgh...when I heard the words 'damaged wrist' I have to admit to bursting in to fits of giggles.... #
Rio tells when he knew his World Cup Dream was over..."It was when the boss put Heskey on the pitch..." #
So....Steve Jobs demos a phone that can't get a Wifi signal and connect to the Net. #fail #iphone4 #
Right - drink tea and get off to meeting! #
Michael Gove's fall...almost Mr Bean-like! He did take it well! #
Typical - I have a meeting this afternoon and it's raining.... #
Busy morning codiing, hoping rain stops properly before lunch! #
On way to #startupmill sheffield at #gistlab #
McDonnell...foot...gun...blam! RT @iaindale: Blogpost: McDonnell: I Regret Not Assassinating Thatcher http://tinyurl.com/242g8aq #
You mean like you can do with Windows?... ;-) RT @TechRepublic: Send instant messages between Macs on a LAN http://tek.io/9SSIWf #
Bye bye St Phillips Club, Netherthorpe. Watch the land get snapped up for more yuppie flats! #
Doing the background work for new business - web site regn. software installs, Twitter and Facebook setup. #
...we used to map the gene by mutating the flies, look at what the mutation was, then look at chroms. under microscope...wasted youth. :-) #
Started preparatory work for a major career change in 2010 - exciting times! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-13