Lifestream Weekly Digest – March 11th

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New blog post: Lifestream Weekly Digest – March 9th http://bit.ly/9W1MCe [tawalker]
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From Sound On Sound this month: Media music composers need to deliver music to fit the project, not their personal tastes. Food for thought. [tawalker]
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Apparently, Alan Turing was a computing genius AND an athlete: http://bit.ly/8Yn5LA [tawalker]
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The event I’m most looking forward to in the next few days, is the arrival of my new 7-space guitar rack. That’s how quiet this week is. [tawalker]
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Actually, this is the kind of week I wanted for ages, so I’m content :-) [tawalker]
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Good news: the courier turned up with my guitar rack today (ordered with 3-to-5-day delivery, yesterday! :) ). Bad news: no-one at home. :( [tawalker]
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RT @GlennGouldFndn: Would be a great dinner [inviting Glenn Gould]! – yes, especially as he’d be there with Alexander Pope and others… :) [tawalker]
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Adding the last seven days’ Twitter posts to my Twitter diary (a LaTeX document). Wish there was an easy way to automate the job. [tawalker]
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My Twitter book LaTeX document is now up-to-date… except for this post, which is about to go in as well. This is getting self-referential. [tawalker]
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When I hear Paolo Nutini’s "Pencil Full Of Lead", it says to me: "Please use me in a Persil ad with a cute kid getting muddy in the garden." [tawalker]
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As @robertpopper said, it would be cool if YouTube closed down every night, old UK TV-style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgsixMZ1hqw [tawalker]
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Actually, I just read some of the "pages from Google" in that last clip. If I’d had a mouthful of coffee beforehand, I wouldn’t afterwards. [tawalker]
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I am really, seriously, thinking of resurrecting my Tumblr presence, for those times when Twitter is too short, and my blog too long. [tawalker]
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Just had a clear demonstration of what happens if one’s automatic posting arrangements between Web 2.0 services, get out of control. [tawalker]
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Maybe it’s time to fire up Inkscape and make a diagram of which Web services (blogs, etc.), cross-post to each other. Feedback loops ahoy! [tawalker]
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Wondering: can I use @Pixelpipe to cross-post text (i.e. blog posts) to both Moblog and Tumblr, as I can with photos, videos, audio, etc.? [tawalker]
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Let me be quite plain: any emails landing in my inbox bearing the word "webinar", will go straight to the proverbial bit-bucket. [tawalker]
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Just heard myself complaining that "no-one knows how to troubleshoot their networks". Truly, I have become Moss from "The IT Crowd". [tawalker]
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Daily errands behind me (literally); now heading back to the office under cloudy skies which hopefully aren’t thinking of emptying yet. [tawalker]
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Wishing the office shop sold Rennies; don’t want to be belching and groaning all afternoon (for all concerned). #toomuchinformation [tawalker]
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McVities’ Go Ahead Crispy Slices: for those times when another chocolate bar for lunch Just Isn’t On. [tawalker]
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RT @eeebuntu @Dropbox is a Brilliant app for online storage! Get it while its hot users http://getdropbox.com/ [seconded!] [tawalker]
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In fact, I think @Dropbox complements my 8Gb Asus Eee 701SD netbook well – a neat way to back up user files on the SSD without much effort. [tawalker]
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Lifestream Weekly Digest – March 9th

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New blog post: Lifestream Weekly Digest – March 2nd http://bit.ly/c3WPjG [tawalker]
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"The #BBC’s critics say the cuts don’t go far enough" – well, THERE’s a surprise. (Ref: earlier meat/wolves analogy) http://bit.ly/aVRCbD [tawalker]
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Wonder if there’s already a #welovethebbc or #ilovethebbc hashtag (and/or a ‘twibbon’ for Twitter avatars)? Must check. [tawalker]
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#latedevelopers When Sir Edward Elgar had his first major musical success with the "Enigma Variations", he was 42 years old. [tawalker]
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#latedevelopers L Frank Baum published the first "Oz" novel in 1900 to great success. He was 44, and had failed at most of his other jobs. [tawalker]
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Re. L Frank Baum: I’d love to see what Tim Burton would make out of the "Oz" books. Think they’d be right up his street. [tawalker]
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Today is the first time I can remember, where three UK daily newspapers have identically-worded headlines ("Bulger Killer Back In Prison"). [tawalker]
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Really feeling the improvement in my mood this week. Think it’s mostly the weather not blowing a gale, sheeting with rain, etc. [tawalker]
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#georgeformbysingsmicrosoft With My Little Stick Of Blue-Screen Rock; When I’m Crashing Windows [tawalker]
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You learn something new every day: I wasn’t aware that Thomas Edison is credited with inventing the stock ticker. http://bit.ly/aPyvh3 [tawalker]
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I wish Frozen Bubble could somehow be ported to the DS Lite, so Naomi could play it on there and let me have my netbook back. [tawalker]
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I’ve been trying to go into the effice earlier for a few days now. The getting-up earlier takes a bit of getting used to, but worthwhile. [tawalker]
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Wondering whether the #Nokia #N900 would make a good replacement (feature for feature) for an #N95, or would an #N97 Mini be more advisable? [tawalker]
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I started learning guitar 23 years ago today… and please don’t ask how I remember that; I have no idea. #fb [tawalker]
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Wishing that the LR Baggs pickup/preamp system I’d like, didn’t cost over a third of the price of the guitar I want to fit it to :-( [tawalker]
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Thanks @johnmr – I suspect I’ll end up hanging onto my N95 until it falls apart! [tawalker]
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If it weren’t for the chilly breeze outside, it would be easy to believe that winter has finally naffed off for another nine months. [tawalker]
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Still, it’s nice and sunny out here. You know what? I’ll take it. [tawalker]
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Amazingly, #CBeebies is STILL showing their "winter" song. Might be temporally correct (until the 21st), but it just FEELS wrong. [tawalker]
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RT @anthodges Automated telephone calls that just start talking to you… do you listen or hang up right away? [depends where's calling!] [tawalker]
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Enjoying a wonderful wedding anniversary dinner with my even more wonderful better half. At this very moment, life feels… er, wonderful :) [tawalker]
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RT @pixelpipe added support for uploads to @audioboo… from any Pixelpipe app that supports audio [no need for iPhone any more? Yaay! :-) ] [tawalker]
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Double-checking the price (US$) of a VPN service, and I’m sure it would cost me UKP2-3 more than a week ago, due to the plummeting pound. [tawalker]
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I like much of what I’ve read about the Nokia #N900, but think I would really miss a native Google Maps app (yes, I know there are hacks). [tawalker]
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My heart is gladdened that, yes, "The Now Show" returns to Radio 4 at 6.30pm. Yee-haa and, indeed, woo-hoo. [tawalker]
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Thanks to @pixelpipe adding upload support, I’ve now joined @Audioboo (I’ve been waiting ages for that :) ). First "boo" coming soon… [tawalker]
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audioBoo: My first Audioboo test (from a Nokia N95) http://boo.fm/b102940 [tawalker]
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Just re-read my last tweet, and struck by how pompous I must’ve come over. I’m not like that most of the time, honest. [tawalker]
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Looking forward to a red-hot chicken jalfrezi tonight. It’s the weather; still a bit chilly (not ‘chilli’) in these parts. [tawalker]
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Now I know I can post audio to @Audioboo va @Pixelpipe from my N95: next step, producing "boos" on Audacity and uploading from my Eee 701. [tawalker]
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File under "I never knew that": if this IMDb page is correct, the piece often known as "Here Comes The Bride", was composed by Wagner. [tawalker]
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I told Joy about "Here Comes The Bride"; she replied that the "Wedding March" was composed by Mendelssohn. She’s right: http://bit.ly/9ZAufN [tawalker]
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A bright, clear, sunny early spring afternoon; almost too nice to be tweeting it ;-) [tawalker]
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One kind of Web site which enrages me more than a site which expands the window to full width by Javascript, is a site which KEEPS doing it. [tawalker]
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It’s simple, Web site builders. As a user, *I* want to choose the window width, and *I* want to choose if I open links in a new window. OK? [tawalker]
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Exhibit A for the prosecution: http://www.quiklok.it/ 2 new windows, resizes browser. If their products weren’t good, I’d never come back. [tawalker]
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Feeling like a break from Web sites with awful user experiences, so taking Naomi to the playground to catch some (chilly) sun. [tawalker]
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New blog post: Quick tip: Sync files and folders outside your Dropbox folder http://bit.ly/abvu12 [tawalker]
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Interesting article in the "Chosun Ilbo" (Korean daily newspaper) about the inspiration for Russell in Pixar’s "Up": http://bit.ly/cy8eYZ [tawalker]
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RT @AIannucci I’m sitting in front of Rupert Murdoch. What should I do to him? [Oh darn, read it too late. Would've been illegal anyway :) ] [tawalker]
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Think that last post to @AIannucci, could be seen as a kind of Rorschach test… [tawalker]
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I’m awake, you probably gathered, though it only half-feels like it. At least it’s another sunny morning – keep ‘em coming! [tawalker]
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Off to town, to find out about multiple-occupancy guitar stands. [tawalker]
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RT @robertpopper YouTube closes down at night: http://bit.ly/bOtWpK [must see this later - old tally nostalgist that I am...] [tawalker]
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That should’ve read "old TELLY"; my fault this time. [tawalker]
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Think I have a good idea of guitar storage rack prices. Now, can I find a better price online? (don’t think so, as it happens) [tawalker]
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i have a query for the guitarists out there: what sort(s) of #guitars might have a "nitro" finish? [tawalker]
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Can it really be ten years since Coldplay released "Parachutes"? I’m feeling older by the day (hmm, there’s an obvious statement). [tawalker]
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RT @divinecomedyhq We present our new album "Bang Goes The Knighthood" For info & artwork go to: http://tiny.cc/dhUjs [will look later :) ] [tawalker]
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May have found the best-priced offer on a multi-guitar (7) stand, thanks to Amazon. And yes, I can fill it. [tawalker]
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Looking forward to meeting up with @danlane001 and @laneland this evening. [tawalker]
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Listening to a Radio 4 interview with Jimi Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer, I wonder what Jimi would’ve made of 40 years of music technology. [tawalker]
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Had a fine evening with @danlane001 and @laneland. Good night :-) [tawalker]
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A bit of a "slow news day" for me here, though perhaps that’s not such a bad thing. To town for lunchtime errands. [tawalker]
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The more I look at possible replacements for my #Nokia #N95, the more I hope my phone will have a long and productive life. [tawalker]
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How did it take me five years to find out that the CD of Sigur Rós’ 2005 album "Takk…" has a hidden track? #fb [tawalker]
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Oh – "Takk…" doesn’t in fact have a hidden track: Rhythmbox just didn’t count "Andvari" as part of the album sequence. As you were. [tawalker]
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Have just found myself attempting to explain the concept of peer review to Naomi (5). I know I don’t like to "talk down" to her, but… [tawalker]
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The frame in this comic strip by @sydneypadua, with Lovelace and the fan, is genius, and I want it on a T-shirt! http://bit.ly/aZeeAJ [tawalker]
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is quite discomfited to find that after all this time, there are still only two complete episodes of "Noah and Nelly in SkylArk" on YouTube. [tawalker]
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NO WAY is that Tony Robinson at 0:59: it’s a mashup of Patrick Troughton and Charles Hawtrey! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MDVSHsFFh0 [tawalker]
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Lifestream Weekly Digest – March 2nd

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New blog post: Lifestream Weekly Digest – February 23rd http://bit.ly/9cakGs [tawalker]
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Morning listening in the car: "Something Else" by the Kinks. Sublime slice of… what’s the English version of "Americana"? "Engliana"? #fb [tawalker]
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Let’s face it: any album bookended by "David Watts" and "Waterloo Sunset" is starting off with a pretty strong home advantage. #kinks [tawalker]
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In fact, I’m in a bit of an "English tea on the lawn" musical mood today. Only one album for the morning, then: "Promenade"! #divinecomedy [tawalker]
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http://twitpic.com/152ipb – I thought electricity was sort of blueish? [tawalker]
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RT @marcusbrig Bless you for trying but when I asked for mint in my Pimms I didn’t actually mean a Polo. #middleclassinsults [good one :-) ] [tawalker]
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In case it wasn’t already painfully obvious, bad spelling is one of the things I’d have to add to my "Room 101" list (as in the BBC show). [tawalker]
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Considering how hardly anyone encrypts their emails, I wonder how many people would send all their "snail-mail" correspondence by postcard? [tawalker]
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It’s great reading bedtime stories to Naomi, especially now she’s starting to read them for herself. First school year over 50% gone… [tawalker]
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Good morning to all my readers – hope your day is, to use the rather dated English colloquialism, a "corker" :-) [tawalker]
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Before I run off to get ready for the day: anyone out there recommend a good "starting point" for albums by Sufjan Stevens? #sufjanstevens [tawalker]
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Almost contributed to the #schoolmotto trending topic, but it dredged up a few too many memories… I’ll just go now… [sniff] [tawalker]
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Back again. Um… Aren’t we due spring soon or something? [tawalker]
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Phew, saved by the Twitter 140-word limit, from tweeting something I might have cause to regret. 3 thrown cushions later, I’m calm. ;-) [tawalker]
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Read via @YOSushi that there are now wasabi Pringles. Really hope this isn’t an early April Fool, so I can go out and buy a whole box. [tawalker]
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This week’s musical endeavours: finishing a short film soundtrack, and reworking a piece from late last year as a 12-string guitar duet. [tawalker]
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Truly, today is a Cumberland pie day. [tawalker]
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Except, unbeknownst to me, today is actually a Chinese takeaway day. Happy with that, except I only found out after buying Cumberland pie. [tawalker]
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How did it escape me all this time, that the Common Unix Printing System (used on Mac OS X, many Linuxes, etc.) was developed by Apple? [tawalker]
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New blog post: A four-way calendar conundrum http://bit.ly/acMGjv [tawalker]
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Just realised: the blog post which went live a few minutes ago, was my first post in nearly a month. It’s not easy to find time these days. [tawalker]
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Calendar conundrum: http://wp.me/pG8pY-2n [tawalker]
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Waking early to an almost bright-ish dawn here, and realising I can only remember a couple of sunny clear days this entire winter. [tawalker]
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RT @qikipedia The male least auklet has testicles that are larger than its brain. [must... resist... footballer... joke...] [tawalker]
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Just took delivery of a "mini" USB Bluetooth dongle; cost less than £3. Just as well; only working "on and off" on my @Eeebuntu v3 netbook. [tawalker]
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Hopefully the upgrade to @Eeebuntu 4 will be easy; I understand it includes Blueman, which I hear works better with this Bluetooth adapter. [tawalker]
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Members of Genesis (past and present) are turning 60: Gabriel, Banks, Rutherford and Hackett this year; Collins and Phillips next year. Wow. [tawalker]
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http://twitpic.com/15fis9 – Unbranded USB Bluetooth adapter in Eee 701 netbook [tawalker]
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wonders if anyone else knew that "Soul Survivor" was a song by the Rolling Stones – especially the organisers of the Christian festival? #fb [tawalker]
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The English mountain #dulcimer player Roger Nicholson died last November, and the Independent only just ran his obituary. RIP Roger. [tawalker]
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Wouldn’t it be just peachy if all online banking services expected the same types of credentials as each other? ("WHICH security code??!") [tawalker]
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RT @anthodges How would you recommend people avoid the phishing scams? [um... not following every Twitter link like a Pavlovian reflex? ;-) ] [tawalker]
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Wondering why bands no longer seem to come up with album titles like "H To He, Who Am The Only One". [tawalker]
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At a local kids’ activity centre with Naomi. They’ve kindly put out some celeb gossip mags for the parents; sadly, no copies of "CHAV!". [tawalker]
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I always find it cute, the way that toddlers learning to walk and run, raise their arms for balance. It feels so long since Naomi did that. [tawalker]
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It may say a lot about me, that what I feel this kids’ activity centre is missing, is free WiFi for the parents. And, lockers for laptops. [tawalker]
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A town-wide "mesh network" wouldn’t help in here: the building is mostly metal, so radio waves get screened out (Faraday cage effect). [tawalker]
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Now Naomi has found one of her school acquaintances. This seems to happen on most of her visits here. [tawalker]
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Thinking that it might be time to look into defibrillating my dormant Tumblr page back into action. (That sounds so decisive of me.) [tawalker]
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I’ve never listened to BBC 6music, but all I know is, if the Murdochs want it axed, that’s enough to put me in the #savebbc6music camp. [tawalker]
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I may have found how to get my new mini USB Bluetooth dongle working fully under @Eeebuntu 3: ensure the dongle is plugged in at boot time. [tawalker]
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Do you ever see a photo from a sunny, hot, dry summer’s day, and feel like the weather’s never going to be that good again? That’s me today. [tawalker]
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Ever noticed news stories where .1% in an economics figure can make all the difference? Read this (from BBC News): http://bit.ly/bEL6OF [tawalker]
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How could I show the British Library via my Web site, that they have permission to archive it, and don’t have to ask? http://bit.ly/a0T1TT [tawalker]
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Soon to take Naomi off to a kids’ party near here. My, I do hope the girl can keep up with the social whirl that is her life at present… [tawalker]
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This wasn’t actually a kids’ party after all: it’s a #Fairtrade coffee-and-cakes afternoon. No problem: N is happy with the cakes and kids. [tawalker]
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How come late nights seem to arrive just when you least want one? [tawalker]
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OK, I think I’m ready for spring now. Weather, I’m talking to you: I mean, look at the calendar, you know? [tawalker]
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If I wanted to turn someone over to the idea of banning TV advertising to children, I think I’d just have to show them one hour of CITV. [tawalker]
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Enjoying a belated ruby wedding anniversary lunch with my parents and an assortment of family and friends. [tawalker]
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Just to clarify: the ruby anniversary is my parents’, not mine – Joy and I have our 8th this week :-) [tawalker]
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Note to self: There can be good reasons to mute the audio when recording video on a Nokia N95 – as long as you switch it back on afterwards. [tawalker]
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Thought we might make an early night this time – was aiming for 9pm, but 10 currently looking more likely. Rock’n'roll. [tawalker]
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When I think of all the online storage sites that don’t impose irritating restrictions on "free" users, I wonder how RapidShare survives. [tawalker]
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Could’ve done with a sleep-in until at least 10am (after two unexpectedly late nights over the weekend). Ah well, welcome to a new week. [tawalker]
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Why is the custom of British civil servants’ neutrality during elections, named after Joanna Lumley’s character in "The New Avengers"? [tawalker]
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Just noticed I spelt "self-flagellation" wrongly earlier. My apologies – put it down to unfamiliarity with the subject matter. [tawalker]
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Going into town, partly to run an errand or two, but to enjoy a sunny day which comes close to feeling spring-like. It’s been months coming. [tawalker]
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It’s also the first day in ages where the wind feels as if it has dropped below Beaufort scale 6. Please, let’s have a summer this year too? [tawalker]
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Oh man, this sun is wonderful – I don’t think I’d realised how much I missed it until today. Really hope Faster turns out this well. [tawalker]
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"Faster"??? "EASTER", you (literally) stupid phone! Oh, for a handset with a QUERTY keypad… [tawalker]
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So, let me get this straight: a set of "made for iPod" headphones which cost more than most iPods? Right… http://bit.ly/9sA17D [tawalker]
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My Eee 701 netbook kept dropping its wireless connection to our ADSL router last night. I really hope it was the router playing up. [tawalker]
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Thinking of Tom Lehrer’s immortal lines: "spring is here, ah-sup-pur-ring is here!". [tawalker]
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In announcing its cuts, I feel the #BBC is (to paraphrase "Jungle Doctor" Paul White), throwing bones at vultures. #savebbc6music [tawalker]
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The reference is to Paul White’s tale of a monkey who feeds vultures ("he threw bones, not stones"), and ends up becoming their main course. [tawalker]
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On the subject of "Jungle Doctor" Paul White: I just read on Wikipedia that last Sunday (28 Feb 2010) was the centenary of his birth. [tawalker]
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Couldn’t the makers of "Dirtgirlworld" on #CBeebies, have come up with a title which doesn’t sound like a sequel to "Belle Du Jour"? [tawalker]
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Anyone else noticed that "Timmy Time" on #CBeebies is a spinoff of "Shaun The Sheep", which is itself a spinoff of "Wallace and Gromit"? [tawalker]
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Cheryl Cole/Tweedy/whatever is planning to sing at this year’s V Festival. Never heard of #Vocaloid being used onstage before. [tawalker]
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For anyone wondering what "Vocaloid" is: http://bit.ly/bqXiXR (ofiicial site) http://bit.ly/cFHXZX (Wikipedia) [tawalker]
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2010’s cattiest cover headline: "Lady [Cheryl Cole] And The Tramp [Katie Price]" (Heat). Even KP’s ample makeup won’t hide those clawmarks. [tawalker]
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Apologies for the rash of tweets pertaining to trashy UK celebrity culture. I have had a nice lie down, and will not be tweedying… D’OH! [tawalker]

Lifestream Weekly Digest – February 23rd

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New blog post: Lifestream Weekly Digest – February 16th http://bit.ly/9m1cUj [tawalker]
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My Eee Desktop – February 2010: http://wp.me/pG8pY-2i [tawalker]
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Shared Flash Earth.
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Hello again – breaking Twitter silence slightly earlier than expected… Please pray for Madeira: many dead in worst storm in many years. [tawalker]
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We’re all back and safe; I think this is the most pleased I’ve ever been to see Bristol ;-) #fb [tawalker]
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Even with the expected pile of letters awaiting us at the front door, it is indeed a relief to be home. The post can wait until tomorrow. [tawalker]
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Dying for a quiet evening and an early night, and reasonably sure that’s the last thing I’m likely to get. Ah well, still glad to be back. [tawalker]
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Thinking how lonely my poor old blog must be getting these days. Probably time I threw something its way: something on my musical efforts? [tawalker]
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That last tweet of mine was a bit of an in-joke; musical activity is something else I need to restart. What HAVE I been up to for 2 months? [tawalker]
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I feel a blog post coming on, about how best to sync a calendar between a Mac, Linux netbook, Nokia N95 and a ‘cloud’ calendar. Can’t wait. [tawalker]
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If my Roland Micro Cube (love it) came with a direct USB audio interface built-in, I’d be one happy bunny… @Roland_UK [tawalker]
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Saw a "What musical interval are you?" quiz on Facebook, and hoped I’d come out as a tritone. Took the quiz, and it said I WAS a tritone. [tawalker]
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A tritone is a musical interval of three whole tones (e.g. E and Bb). Sinister-sounding; think Holst’s "Mars" and "Red" by King Crimson. [tawalker]
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Oh, and I almost forgot: without the tritone, Black Sabbath would probably have turned out as a slightly loud blues band. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Word Of The Day No. 1: "Snowclone" – a well-worn, recognisable phrase easily adaptable to many situations (e.g. "X is the new Y"). [tawalker]
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Word Of The Day No. 2: "Xenochrony" – in recording, the reuse of a musical part from a previous work (e.g. a solo) in a new one. [tawalker]

Lifestream Weekly Digest – February 16th

Posted under Lifestream by tim at 23:00 No Comments »
twitter (feed #2)
New blog post: Lifestream Weekly Digest – February 9th http://bit.ly/9WQaJT [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Left the @eeebuntu v4 BitTorrent going overnight. Still going (just passed 470Mb), but has now sped up and may finish in 25 minutes. #eb4 [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Great – the @eeebuntu v4 download is done. Now, how long will the disc burn take…? #eb4 [tawalker]
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RT @r4today Kraft accused of "cruel manipulation" over Somerdale http://is.gd/84jvI [give me strength - what did we expect?] [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Latest addition to my "follow" list: @muppetsstudio (who have apparently posted a new YouTube video follow-up to their "Bo Rhap" spoof). [tawalker]
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In the sun and out of the wind, methinks I can sense the distant call of approaching spring. That’s unusually optimistic of me. [tawalker]
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Oh very funny, ha ha – ten minutes after my last tweet, walked back from town in a brisk snow shower. Good joke, weather folk. [tawalker]
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No. Oh please, not more snow… ah, it seems to have stopped again. For now. Long may it NOT continue. [tawalker]
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#Google #Buzz… isn’t that Justin Fletcher’s sketch show on #CBeebies? [tawalker]
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Hmph. I was quite pleased with my Google Buzz/Gigglebiz joke here earlier, and no-one seems to have taken any notice. Will sulk on way home. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Ah, that’s better. Now about to enter the evening in non-sulk mode. I’m all right, really. [tawalker]
delicious (feed #3)
Shared WiTopia.
twitter (feed #2)
Great laugh from @MuppetsStudio (they’ve ‘got’ YouTube to a tee): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAtBki0PsC0 [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Felt a sudden inexplicable urge to listen to the Toccata from Widor’s Organ Symphony No 5, loudly. Sometimes you just have to go with it. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Whoayeah! Widor’s Toccata rocks! (Suspect the urge to put that on, was prompted by @sydneypadua’s comic here: http://bit.ly/dBC9aY) [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Looking forward to going away for a week at the weekend. Advance warning: really "getting away from it all", so tweets, etc. will be few. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Might be a bit quiet on here today (me, that is) – see you this evening… [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I really hope my Nokia #N95 doesn’t fail on me for the foreseeable future, or at least until the #N900 drops in price considerably. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I remember when downloading a 10Mb patch for a mid-90s DOS game was a big deal. Now, every little iTunes update seems like nearly 100Mb. [tawalker]
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Well, that wasn’t exactly a classic day in my Twitter life… and remember I’ll be offline for much of next week. Hope I’ll return inspired. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
RT @scottandrew 10: DESTROY HUMANS
20: GOTO 10 [let me guess: bad day, or a reference to a song by "Flight Of The Conchords"?] [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
http://twitpic.com/12qtyf – Stonehenge, Spinal Tap style? [tawalker]
twitpic (feed #6)
delicious (feed #3)
Shared Aviary.
twitter (feed #2)
If you compose/record a deliberate pastiche of a piece of music (similar arrangement, different chords), could you be sued for plagiarism? [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I suppose if uncanny soundalike musical pastiches were plagiarism, it might prove a headache for the likes of @NeilInnes and @MitchBenn… [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Trying to find some in-ear earphones, but most of these are more like "too-big-and-hurt-your-earphones". This could prove frustrating. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I so wish I could justify the cost of some proper noise-cancelling earbuds (the ones which use electronics), but I just don’t travel enough. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Whatever phone ultimately replaces my N95, I hope the battery meter will start losing bars when there’s more than about 10 percent left. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
In other words: I’m fed up with my N95’s battery meter reading "full" until the charge is about 90% gone, then suddenly falling off a cliff. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Loading up with BBC iPlayer progs (some #QI and BBC4 stuff, mostly), ready for our trip away tomorrow. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Soon to set off for our week away from it all; probably won’t post much here. Normal service will resume when we return; have a good week! [tawalker]
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delicious (feed #3)

Lifestream Weekly Digest – February 9th

Posted under Lifestream by tim at 23:09 No Comments »
twitter (feed #2)
New blog post: Lifestream Weekly Digest – February 2nd http://bit.ly/aALpO5 [tawalker]
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Wednesday? Surely not… oh, the calendar never lies. These weeks are certainly flying. [tawalker]
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BT is changing its peak billing period from 0600-1800, to 0700-1900. They kept that quiet -can’t think why? [tawalker]
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So far, this week is turning out rather quieter than I expected. It may make for more boring Twitter, but believe me, I’m grateful for it. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
The Nokia N900 is now on T-Mobile UK for (IIRC) £35 p.m. for 2yrs. Ah well; hoping the price has fallen by the time my N95 dies on me. [tawalker]
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OK: so does this mean we’ll have reverted to a pre-industrial civilisation by the time I’m elderly? http://bit.ly/b9Hsws [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Pondering what other trade I’d learn if the UK reverts to a pre-industrial state within 50yrs (the impression some greenies seem to give). [tawalker]
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I doubt I’d make a good blacksmith by 2050 (too hot and back-breaking, especially for a 77-year-old), so: wandering minstrel or cart-driver? [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Wish I could think up a hashtag for "what if, by 2050, the UK’s problems have caused it to revert to the year 1800?". Tough to boil it down. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Maybe I’d better start printing out my Twitter posts for when computers no longer work. Question is: would A5 or pocket size survive longer? [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I mean: if debt, attacks, energy loss, etc. lead to total breakdown of UK society, would an A4, A5 or smaller book survive the holocaust? [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I hope you can tell that I am not entirely convinced that my homeland is irrevocably headed for total destruction. Probably not so bad. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Actually, in all seriousness, I *am* archiving my tweets daily for posterity. Closest I get to a diary; also good practice in writing LaTeX. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Suddenly feel a teensy hankering for a tot of cherry liqueur. Would like it even more if I could slosh it over some Ben & Jerry’s. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
The British news media is starting to read like a work of apocalyptic sci-fi. I like John Wyndham and John Christopher, but that’s fiction. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Suspect our drains might be blocked a bit, as they absolutely REEKED this morning. Hope our local store has something to clear ‘em. [tawalker]
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If our local emporium has run out of drain cleaner, I’m not too bothered – a use has just occurred to me for their "value brand" cola. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Recall me asking earlier this week, why the activity I was expecting hadn’t occurred? I think it had been waiting for me to forget about it. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Life currently feels like an old ghost train. You expect a mummy to jump out at you, but when it does, it’s a mannikin wrapped in loo roll. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
It took about five minutes of redrafting to get that last tweet into 140 characters. If I say so myself, I think it was worth the effort. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
With his gift for surreal and concise one-liners, I imagine Milton Jones (http://bit.ly/a41JbG) would do well on Twitter. Is he here? [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Found some clips from "The Mary Whitehouse Experience" on YouTube. Still funny, but weird seeing David Baddiel as a 20-something non-author. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Enough. Enough, now. Bed. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Time for an end-of-week hashtag devoted to music recorded on old beaten-up gear: #lowfifriday [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
#LaTeX question: with the default "book" document class, is it possible to specify a subtitle when you set up a \maketitle page? [tawalker]
delicious (feed #3)
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I know some PHP, but looking at WooThemes for #WordPress, I wouldn’t know where to begin coding one of them from scratch. Amazing work. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Mmm – the #Moog Guitar now has MIDI control too… oh well, there goes the 10th Commandment ;-) http://www.moogmusic.com/moogguitar/ [tawalker]
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Even better: the #Moog Guitar E1-M has a Roland-type 13-pin output, so I’d be able to use it with my GI-10 MIDI guitar box. Want one. [tawalker]
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Mind you, at over £3000, I suspect it’ll be, um, a little while before a Moog Guitar with MIDI might come within ‘reach’. [shrug] [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
UK readers: check this out, and see if the first words you think of are: "they STILL don’t get it, do they?" http://bit.ly/b67LXg [tawalker]
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Just curious: why do some NEW BBC News pages, still use the pre-2007 "narrow" page template? (Compare http://bit.ly/9f5gG2 with home page.) [tawalker]
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Every time I see a display of Cadbury products, I feel a sense of injustice: one day they’ll all be gone, to make a few shareholders richer. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
About to turn in, after the kind of day I enjoyed sufficiently not to tweet about. And in case you wondered, that’s a positive thing :-) [tawalker]
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Awaiting keenly the latest slice of the adventures of Babbage and Lovelace from @sydneypadua. Given her recent travails, an heroic effort. [tawalker]
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Turning in, with the thought that I should usually trust my instincts when they warn me not to end a tweet with an emoticon. [tawalker]
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It always impressed me that Pete Townshend (The Who) can boast of having done a stint as an editor at Faber & Faber. http://bit.ly/aE541K [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Now that the @eeebuntu v4 beta is due out this week: can it be run as a live CD, or must it be installed? (BTW: like the new logo) [tawalker]
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Next time I come into an eye-watering fortune, I think I could easily settle for a #Roland VG-99 (esp. as it has a USB audio interface). [tawalker]
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#thingsyoucantbelievewere20yearsago "The Only One I Know", "This Is How It Feels", "Heaven Or Las Vegas" (album), "Amarok"… getting old. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
In case you were wondering what impresses me so much about the #Roland VG-99, here’s a taster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ8EyAWVRgU [tawalker]
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We watched "The Princess And The Frog" (Disney’s latest) earlier this evening: quite entertaining, great music and passes the time nicely. [tawalker]
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Now, THIS could be a rather hectic week – about to go out into it… [tawalker]
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Mike Oldfield recorded all the electric guitars on "Tubular Bells", using a 1965 Fender Telecaster that used to belong to Marc Bolan. [tawalker]
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With all the different electric guitar tones on "Tubular Bells", it’s hard for me to believe they all come from one old Fender Tele. [tawalker]
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Heading "back to the barn" amid light flurries of soggy snow. Will finish this update before the N95 gets too wet. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
has a message for the makers of "Waybuloo": look, I do NOT want my daughter learning yoga "via the back door". Even if you can’t spell it. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
There’s only one thing I dislike about "Alphablocks": that #CBeebies didn’t launch it two years ago, when N was starting to read… [tawalker]
delicious (feed #3)
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Why is is so hard / to start the day earlier / even if you need to? (Rhetorical question, which came out, coincidentally, as a haiku.) [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Granted, a "real" haiku should contain a reference to the season(s), but it’s too early in the morning for me to think of that. [tawalker]
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RT @eeebuntu Once again ALL the beta is NOW available at http://eeebuntu.org please retweet to let everyone know .. trending #eb4! [Woohoo!] [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Week going pretty well so far, and arguably better than I thought it might, for which I am grateful. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Wondering if Transmission on our Mac at home, has picked up the @eeebuntu v4 torrent file I put in @Dropbox earlier? Wait and see. #eb4 [tawalker]
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http://twitpic.com/12903p – Happy Chinese New Year 2010! [tawalker]
twitpic (feed #6)
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Waiting for Eeebuntu 4: http://wp.me/pG8pY-2c [tawalker]
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Will need to update my latest blog post on @eeebuntu v4, as the beta is now out (darned auto-posting :-) ). Downloading now via BitTorrent… [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
…and also ’seeding’ the torrent, in the hope that it’ll speed up the download for others… #eb4 [tawalker]
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The Eeebuntu v4 download is trickling in. At this average rate, I think I’ll have to leave it going all night, but it’ll be worth it… #eb4 [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Thanks @eeebuntu for the retweet – I’ve updated my Eeebuntu 4 blog post: http://wp.me/pG8pY-2c [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
46Mb of 788Mb received; looks like my BitTorrent download of the @eeebuntu v4 beta will be going overnight! #eb4 [tawalker]
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Joy’s on the Mac, so I can’t see where the #eb4 download has got to. Guessing I’ll need to leave it going overnight, so I will. ‘Night all. [tawalker]

Lifestream Weekly Digest – February 2nd

Posted under Lifestream by tim at 23:09 No Comments »
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Noted earlier that our Mac’s hard drive is down to its last 45Gb, then realised that would’ve been larger than most drives 10 years ago. [tawalker]
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#middleclassalbums Tusk-any (as in the Fleetwood Mac album + the favoured Italy retreat of Guardian columnists… I’ll get my coat) [tawalker]
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Actually, I NEED my coat today; outside, this is one "lazy wind" (it doesn’t go around you, but through you). Winter’s staying a while. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Every time I see artwork by Jamie Hewlett (Gorillaz, etc.), I feel a stab of "you know, I REALLY wish I could do that". [tawalker]
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Is there an RSS feed reader app which can use an OPML file as its database of subscriptions (instead of just for one-off imports)? [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
OK – where can I find out about the new #Apple #tablet announcement? Time to go a-searching… [tawalker]
delicious (feed #3)
Shared 2D Goggles.
twitter (feed #2)
So, the "iPad" it is – those who predicted a big iPod Touch look to have been proved correct., but $499 came as a surprise. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
The iPad intro video is now up at Apple’s site (http://bit.ly/crahPV – the bit.ly URL is unintentionally funny, though…). [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
If the iPad could be mounted on a wall (e.g. in the kitchen), it could make the ultimate digital picture frame/calendar/Web terminal. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Re my earlier comment about how Jamie Hewlett really makes me wish I could draw, here’s another: Sydney Padua (http://www.2dgoggles.com/) [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
At current exchange rates, US$499 works out to about £309.10. Right: we poor ripped-off Brits should get the iPad for 400 quid, then. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
This has given me the biggest laugh of the week (esp. Lovelace’s reaction to Babbge’s calendar mix-up…): http://bit.ly/cA4JiT [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
So, the iPad has no camera at all? Shame – it could’ve made a great device for video-calling (Skype et al). I’ll stick with my netbook. [tawalker]
delicious (feed #3)
Shared BlogBridge.
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Just over two weeks until we have a week off – I get into routines easily, and become nervous when we break them. Will still enjoy it. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I really like #Conky, #Compiz and @eeebuntu, but I do wish the two Cs would get along better (text vanishes in Conky). Glad EB4’s coming! [tawalker]
blog (feed #1)
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New blog post: Cross-platform RSS aggregators http://bit.ly/chK26q [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
If #WordPress gives odd error messages about "failing" to update posts/drafts, at what point do you conclude WP is damaged, and reinstall? [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Summary of this ITV advert’s pitch: "Don’t share your holiday with fat ugly chavs with the table manners of Cookie Monster." Oh, the irony. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
And, why do I REALLY hate that advert? I will now have "Run Rabbit Run" running round in my head all night, like… er, a running rabbit. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Yaay – David St Hubbins is on Twitter! (Or at least, his alter ego "Michael McKean": @MJMcKean) [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I’ll try following @marcusbrig for a day or two, and see if my Mac melts under the onslaught like Fox News says polar ice caps don’t. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Starting to assemble the LaTeX files for a "my year in Twitter" book (just for my own "future reference"; I’m not THAT good a writer ;-) ). [tawalker]
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RT @mrchrisaddison The iPad: the iPhone as designed by Dom Joly. [for non-UK readers: refers to Dom bawling into a 5' phone prop on 90s TV] [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I don’t THINK I have any reason to walk into town this lunchtime, which given the rain and cold wind swirling out there, is just as well. [tawalker]
blog (feed #7)
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Ten programs I want on all my computers: the Eee 701 view: http://wp.me/pG8pY-23 [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
http://twitpic.com/10b8i9 – Why does #TweetS60 display some avatar icons with gridlines across them? [tawalker]
twitpic (feed #6)
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Ah good, it’s clearing up nicely outside (clouds breaking, etc.). Maybe we’ll have that find weekend the Met Office was talking about. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Nooooo – FINE weekend, you (literally) stupid phone!!! Please, can someone add context-sensing to predictive text input on mobiles? [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Web site error of the week: "Error executing error template." I know geeks are supposed to get off on recursion, but… [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Much as I’m loth to admit it, the photo of Tony Blair on the BBC home page right now looks uncannily like Steve Bell’s caricature of him. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Belated #followfriday nods to BT-worrier @marcusbrig, steampunk "dessineuse extraordinaire" @sydneypadua and everyday hero @anthodges. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
RT @qikipedia: Don’t forget QI tonight BBC1 8.30 on ‘Greats’… [OK, I have about ten minutes to finish off this letter, then...] [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
#QI (on BBC1 as I type) has got me wondering if I’m related to Charlemagne, and there aren’t many programmes on telly which do that. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Just checking the clock… OK, ildly surprised that #QI sequence about Catherine The Great made it out before the watershed. Funny, though. [tawalker]
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is amused by Naomi’s unintentional mashup of two children’s entertainment franchises: "Little Miss Pet Shop". #fb [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
A long queue at the Post Office is not the best place to try and keep a bored five-year-old from wandering off. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Stocking up on various Oriental foodstuffs, whilst the opportunity presents itself. At least the relevant stores aren’t so far away. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Guess which leading UK high street fashion chain shares a name with a rather edgy Jacques Brel song (covered by Scott Walker & Alex Harvey)? [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
And before anyone asks: no, Scott Walker never recorded a track entitled "Marks and Spencer"… [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I only wanted TeXmaker (LaTeX-orientated document editor) on my netbook, but Synaptic installed a whole 200Mb+ LaTeX setup as well. OK… [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
LaTeX? It’s software for creating documents (articles, books, etc.) that look as if they’ve been typeset properly (and not wordprocessed). [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Texmaker is my favourite app for writing LaTeX docs: http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/ LaTeX (Wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX [tawalker]
delicious (feed #3)
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Just about to moan about Naomi wanting things advertised on TV, them saw the trailer for "Astro Boy", and thought "sauce for the goose…". [tawalker]
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I follow @qikipedia :-) [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I an also following #qikipedia… [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Looking forward to a tip-top Korean dinner courtesy of my wonderful wife (we have Chinese/Korean friends round this evening). Bring it on! [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Naomi just scored a TRIPLE strike on Wii Sports bowling in the last game, and followed it up with a double strike in the next one. Jammy. [tawalker]
delicious (feed #3)
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Wondering if this new week will turn out to be total bedlam, as I suspect. Gripping the harness for dear life: here comes the big loop! [tawalker]
delicious (feed #3)
Shared Daytum.
twitter (feed #2)
If I get any spare time this week (ha ha), I’d like to start checking out Daytum: http://daytum.com/ (great fun for "stats geeks" :-) ) [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Just found out (or remembered?) that Naomi needs her passport renewing in <2wks. Seeing a likely mercy dash to Newport in our near future. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
For one awful moment, I thought I’d received my first spam at the email address I never give out. Thankfully, it was another account… [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Love the way that in "Monsters, Inc.", most of the machines in Monstropolis have "nixie tube" displays: http://bit.ly/cKbXCV [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I’ve just had an evening meal so horribly calorific, I feel I should be doing penance for it (and I’m not Catholic). Twice round the block? [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Apparently, two of my main bits of guitar gear (Roland VG-8 + GI-10) were also used by Mike Oldfield in the late 90s. Love that connection. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Off for my often-customary amble into town, seemingly between bouts of rain. Hoping I miss the next one. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
If I don’t get a haircut soon, I fear I’ll start being mistaken for Phil Oakey circa 1981. I know the 80s are "in" at the moment, but… [tawalker]
delicious (feed #3)
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I am getting fed up with the slashing, grinding noise which my iMac makes, most times it’s reading a CD/DVD. Misaligned disc? Damaged drive? [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Ah, that’s more like it – the iMac seems to have stopped trying to shred the CD inside it. Now, what did I do again? [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I played the Facebook game which tells you the UK No 1 single when you were born: mine was Gilbert O’Sullivan’s "Clair". Quite a relief. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
By a spooky coincidence, Gilbert O’Sullivan and I both spent much of our formative years in the same town. I don’t play piano much, though. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Working my way through my latest CD purchase, "Missing Links Vol 4" by Anthony Phillips (a compilation of his stock/library music). [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
I want to get more into soundtrack/production music this year. Ant Phillips is one of the pros, so hoping to learn something from the CD… [tawalker]

Lifestream Weekly Digest – January 26th

Posted under Lifestream by tim at 23:00 No Comments »
twitter (feed #2)
New blog post: Lifestream Weekly Digest – January 19th http://bit.ly/5CrgUU [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Wishing @MitchBenn a most felicitous 40th, and noting with slight alarm that I’ll be following him over the hill in less than three years… [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Well, we did get a bit of snow, but it’s wetter than an Old English Sheepdog after a long swim, so it’ll probably melt soon. Phew. [tawalker]
twitter (feed #2)
Canteen busier than usual (no-one wants to go out in the sleet); just found a spare spot for lunch. [tawalker]
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Ah, Twitter went down for a bit – by now, you’d think I’d realise the cause, every time the "Twitterwaves" fall unexpectedly silent. [tawalker]
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Looks like the auditionees for the final "Big Brother" meet the usual standards. I’ll avoid it like I did the other 10. http://bit.ly/51az60 [tawalker]
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Shared KeePassX.
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The two CDs on our car’s passenger seat just now: the complete works of Edgard Varèse, and "Scott 2" by Scott Walker. I’m in highbrow mood. [tawalker]
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RT @lklinks: South Korea sends workers home to make babies: one way to increase the birth rate (Evening Standard) http://bit.ly/5iFV1e [tawalker]
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Day off work today – mainly for a couple of essentials, but hopefully for a bit of R&R as well. [tawalker]
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Just dropped N off at school – one of the fringe benefits of my days off work :-) Now, to the day. [tawalker]
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Busy morning sorting out all manner of stuff. Here’s hoping we get an hour or two from here to ourselves. [tawalker]
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A day off, in my experience, is usually merely a day off WORK – not a day off everything. Today has provided ample proof of this. [tawalker]
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In the odd position of expecting a tech product user forum, to provide more intelligible advice than the official support phone line gave. [tawalker]
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http://www.mydavidcameron.com/ I laughed for about ~1min, then I realised Cameron’s going to be PM within 6 months. Oh, for a CHOICE. [tawalker]
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As I’ve just broken my own self-imposed rule on not tweeting about politics: I’m not biased towards either major party, but away from them. [tawalker]
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Still of the opinion that "WALL-E" is the finest movie #Pixar has yet made (though in fairness, I haven’t watched "Up" yet). [tawalker]
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Had no idea that Kathy Najimy and Sigourney Weaver both have voice roles in "WALL-E" ("Mary" and the Axiom’s computer respectively). [tawalker]
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Mind you, I can’t watch Fred Willard in "WALL-E" without thinking of him as Mike LaFontaine in "A Mighty Wind". [tawalker]
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Dreamed last night of being on a train which ran onto a flooded river bridge and was swept away, but train stayed upright. What’s with that? [tawalker]
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"Tuppence, but I want it to feed the b…" [WHAP!] "DON’T GIVE ME YOUR LIP, YOU SANCTIMONIOUS LITTLE [bleep]!!!" #alternativemoviescenes [tawalker]
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I would contribute / If I was not working here / so, er, well, I won’t. #dullhaiku [tawalker]
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Treating myself to a nice Coronation chicken rice bowl. Well, it *is* Friday. [tawalker]
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Looking forward to the peaceful, non-stressful weekend… which I am highly unlikely to get in reality. Can I wake up in three weeks’ time? [tawalker]
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That car’s exhaust pipe looked like one of HMS Belfast’s guns, and almost as noisy. Look, chum: it’s not big, and it’s not clever. [tawalker]
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Have a few minutes to get through a "Flight Of The Conchords" episode. How can they cram so many toe-curling moments into 30 minutes? [tawalker]
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It’s the episode of "FotC" where Bret & Jemaine go "on tour", and inadvertently do all the archetypal "rock star" acts (car in pool, etc.). [tawalker]
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My Eee Desktop – January 2010: http://wp.me/pG8pY-27 [tawalker]
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RT @lklinks: Big article on Kimchi going global in the Washington Post http://bit.ly/89sKtf (HT: Marmot) [excellent article!] [tawalker]
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Wish #Conky had a config variable for "display IP address for the now-active interface". (Can be done with "if_up" and "addr", but fiddly.) [tawalker]
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A relatively quiet start to what I suspect might be a bit of a crazy weekend (and, for that matter, few weeks). [tawalker]
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Just thought that I haven’t said ‘hi’ to all you wonderful Twitter followers for a while. So… well, I just did :-) [tawalker]
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Watching the CBeebies birthday spot with Naomi, and thinking how long it’s been since she turned one year old. [tawalker]
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It’s weird seeing James Bolam as a 70-year-old in "Grandpa In My Pocket", as I’m used to him in "Likely Lads" repeats from the early 70s. [tawalker]
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Joining the Guardian’s Arts blog, in noting the centenary of the birth of the great Django Reinhardt: http://bit.ly/4xdgIf [tawalker]
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One burst of activity over for the moment; time for a relative breather. Hopefully something fun. [tawalker]
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Just woke up, and already curious why #TweetDeck periodically ‘loses’ previous Twitter and Facebook posts. Not inconvenient; just puzzling. [tawalker]
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has an awful feeling he’s going to regret letting Naomi anywhere near Moshi Monsters. It’s coming over like "online kiddie crack". [tawalker]
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Into Oxford with N (J can’t come, sadly). Wondering what my 5-year-old will think of the steampunk exhibition. [tawalker]
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There’s a guy over there with a Games Workshop carrier bag, who I’m afraid to say, looks the very stereotype of a Games Workshop customer. [tawalker]
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Wonder what R2D2 would’ve looked like if he’e been invented in the 19th century? I suspect we’re about to get an idea. [tawalker]
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The #steampunk exhibition at the Oxford Museum of Science is highly recommended, not least as it shows how much "Dr Who" is sp-influenced. [tawalker]
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http://twitpic.com/zkaik – Steampunk table lamp [tawalker]
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As they say, "the game is afoot"… but why not "anarm" or "aknee"? (sorry, that’s the kind of week this is turning out to be!) [tawalker]
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Feel a clog rant coming on about via idiocy of T9 predictive text… but not until I have a spare hour or two. You’re spared. [tawalker]
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"Clog rant" about T9 predictive text input??!? There you go: Exhibit A, right there. [tawalker]
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Recalling Mr Banks’ lonely nocturnal walk in "Mary Poppins". [tawalker]
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Whenever I use this underpass, there’s often a youngster who can’t resist testing the echo, repeatedly. It’s OK, my daughter did that too. [tawalker]
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Think I’ll soon have to revisit my old "10 programs I want on all my computers" blog post: no @Dropbox??! http://bit.ly/7rgbrW [tawalker]
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Will the public seats at Tony Blair’s enquiry hearing, be set up so if the occupant utters any word like "liar", they drop into a furnace? [tawalker]
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Just made the connection from Patrick Humphries’ Nick Drake biography, that Anthony Phillips shared a bill with Nick (with Genesis) in 1970. [tawalker]
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Starting the day early, and realising we’re already 1/12th of the way through 2010. I think I post something like that this time every year. [tawalker]
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Using the last 10mins or so of my lunchtime, to continue tweaking my Eee 701’s #Conky config. Current task: show 3G link stats (if active). [tawalker]
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Maybe it’s the lack of cloud today, but I actually notice the evenings are starting to lengthen now. [tawalker]
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The first chord sequence (0:00-2:35) of Part 2 of "Hergest Ridge" by Mike Oldfield, is sheer genius. How’d he write it before he turned 21? [tawalker]
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Naomi just asked for a DVD entitled "Liquorice the Seaweed". Unless it’s a new CBeebies show, I think she’s getting sleepy and hyper. [tawalker]
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On balance, I think it’s "sleepy and hyper" – now N is getting alternatively silly and tearful (often within the same minute). Bathroom! [tawalker]
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Will have to check this: Wikipedia states that Bret McKenzie (Flight Of The Conchords) appeared as an elf in "Lord Of The Rings". Really? [tawalker]
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Yes, apparently Bret McKenzie DID appear in "LotR" – as did his father Peter (Elendil in "FotR"). So, it seems Wikipedia is right sometimes. [tawalker]
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Oops – pressed Enter by mistake. Anyway, thanks to that last link, #Conky no longer has a grey shadow around it in Compiz. [tawalker]

Lifestream Weekly Digest – January 19th

Posted under Lifestream by tim at 23:07 No Comments »
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New blog post: Lifestream Weekly Digest – January 12th http://bit.ly/8vKsMI [tawalker]
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Snowed again last night. Will take the bus; about to get ready for the day. (Forecast says this may be the last fall for now. Phew.) [tawalker]
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Reached bus stop through 5-10cm of snow. You know, I could just about find it in myself to sink a nice gingerbread latte about now… [tawalker]
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It seems pretty obvious to me: if you’re riding on a bus, set your mobile phone to ’silent’. Especially if you’ve set a naff music ringtone. [tawalker]
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RT @AndyRileyish: Ducks eat bread, therefore bakers must have evolved before ducks. #amateurscience [he should work for Fox News :-) ] [tawalker]
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If LivingTV announced a Mills & Boon weekend, there would hardly be any more slush about than there is in our town this lunchtime… WHOAH! [tawalker]
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No wonder Cookie Monster showers food fragments everywhere when he eats: he has no teeth! #thoughtfortheday [tawalker]
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http://twitpic.com/xxled – Snow (shoe) face [tawalker]
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It’s cold out here, but not really freezing as it has been the last week or two. Wonder if we’re seeing the start of the promised thaw? [tawalker]
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There’s a little girl on the bus, singing nursery rhymes and rewriting the lyrics as she goes. I don’t mind: Naomi does the same thing too. [tawalker]
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Have ditched Screenlets for desktop system stats, in favour of #Conky. Now tweaking the config file to get it looking "just so". [tawalker]
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To clarify: #Conky is going on my Eee 701 netbook (see eee701planetoid.wordpress.com), where screen space & system performance both matter. [tawalker]
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and Joy are chilling out to "So What" by Miles Davis, and trying to figure out how on earth those guys did it. [tawalker]
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OK, I’m getting the idea that Pat Robertson has said something which has offended people (maybe Haiti-related); can’t find it at the BBC. [tawalker]
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The other UK news outlets don’t seem to be covering the Pat Robertson story either. May have to look further afield to get the lowdown. [tawalker]
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Now I’ve found out what Pat Robertson said, two thoughts: (1) he must’ve skipped the ‘tact’ classes at his seminary; and (2) Luke 13v4. [tawalker]
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Into town, with the sounds of dripping water all around. This really feels like the big thaw is starting, and about time too. [tawalker]
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Standing in a bank queue, and seeing the BBC News coverage of the Haiti earthquake, really gives me a revised sense of perspective. [tawalker]
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Has something happened to the mobile version of #Google Reader? The usual URL takes me to the desktop login page, even though I’m logged in. [tawalker]
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Ever wondered how tall the Teletubbies actors really were? Po (smallest) was played by #CBeebies presenter Pui Fan Lee. Work the rest out. [tawalker]
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This is the kind of lunchtime I wish I could spend inside with a nice got coffee. No such luck: off to town I head, as usual. [tawalker]
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Life, right now, has a few too many jobs I’d rather put off or ignore. Maybe it’s just a "January thing". [tawalker]
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#webdeveloperbands Steeleye Span (think ‘HTML’…) [tawalker]
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#webdeveloperbands The Stylesheet Council [tawalker]
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Time for a hashtag dedicated to tiny pots of fruit-enhanced fromage frais: #petitsfilousfriday [tawalker]
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Is there a Twitter hashtag to flag up excruciating puns based around #followfriday? [tawalker]
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What? ‘Peppa Pig’ a bad influence on kids? Who’da thunk it? http://bit.ly/5V2JbB [tawalker]
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Most of the snow has already good this morning – just a few piles left. That didn’t take long. [tawalker]
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can barely believe we’re halfway through January already, but isn’t complaining… [tawalker]
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I don’t care if it’s unfashionable to say this: I REALLY wish I’d come up with "Clocks" by Coldplay. (I think it’s the extra synths.) [tawalker]
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Think I’ve worked out why the UK’s supply of grit for the roads is low: most of it must’ve been used on this school’s entrance. Crazy. [tawalker]
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Why am I at a school on Saturday? Simple: it’s where Naomi goes to her weekly dance class. (Honestly, the entrance is SMOTHERED in grit.) [tawalker]
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Think that if I’m ever going to study music properly, it will have to be full-time. Ah well, one for when I win the lottery I don’t play… [tawalker]
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On the scale of tough/unpleasant things you’d do for those you love, driving round central Bristol is, for me, a real "acid test". [tawalker]
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As we’re in Bristol anyway, trying out the local Wagamama (that makes up for me having to drive around here ;-) ). [tawalker]
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If it was a cat that left the (at least) five huge great steaming piles around our garden, I hope the constipation kills it before I do. [tawalker]
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J and I thought we’d leave N with a babysitter and watch "Avatar" at the cinema. Let’s just say the afternoon has gone like a comedy movie. [tawalker]
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I’m normally terrible at foreseeing plot turns in a movie, so when I predict them all (as I did with "Avatar"), that’s a worrying sign. [tawalker]
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Also, I can see now why US right-wingers took umbrage at "Avatar"’s "tree-hugging natives good, jarhead invaders bad" ethic. Bull: red rag. [tawalker]
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RT @anthodges The Gadget Show: Korg announces Kaossilator Pro touchpad synth http://bit.ly/5330iu [add to my "I REALLY want one" list :-) ] [tawalker]
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Nice to be walking to and from town without nearly pulling a muscle every ten paces (from slipping on ice and slush). I’m getting old. [tawalker]
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Looked in the mirror this morning, and just for a split-second, I thought I’d morphed into David Mitchell. Was it the hair, or the chins? [tawalker]
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RT @eeebuntu Don’t worry all we haven’t forgotten about you! Private beta atm… [yaay, c'mon, c'mon, lemme at it... :-) ] [tawalker]
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If the new @eeebuntu fixes sound bugs and buggy Compiz on the Eee 701, I’ll be on it faster than a chocaholic squirrel on a Snickers bar. [tawalker]
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Think my N95’s mains charger is finally wearing out after nearly three years (works only intermittently). At least, I HOPE it’s the charger. [tawalker]
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If there were a @Dropbox client for #S60 mobile phones like my Nokia #N95 (as with my Linux netbook), that would be "perfection on a stick". [tawalker]
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Ah well: goodbye Cadbury. When you’re assimilated like a Borg victim, I will miss you – hope something of worth survives. [tawalker]
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I’m not the best business mind, but maybe the Kraft-Cadbury takeover will be a watershed in foreign buyouts of UK companies. Hope so. [tawalker]
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Trust me: if #Kraft does to #Cadbury what they did to Terry’s in the 90s, I will never buy another Kraft product as long as I live. [tawalker]
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On a lighter note: I’m finally starting to make my way through "Flight Of The Conchords" again. May even finish both seasons this year. [tawalker]
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has a message for whatever creature laid the ~200g of poop he’s just gathered off the back garden: "you won’t like me when I’m angry". [tawalker]
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Not for the first time, my 5-year-old daughter is thrashing me at Wii Sports bowling. I promised myself that sort of thing wouldn’t happen. [tawalker]
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Never thought I’d say this before the start of 2010, but I really hope the forecast snow misses us tomorrow. I’d even prefer rain (what?!). [tawalker]
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Off to the shops; the wind is picking up and it has a chilly edge to it. Still hoping we miss any snow in next 24hrs; time will tell. [tawalker]

Lifestream Weekly Digest – January 12th

Posted under Lifestream by tim at 23:01 No Comments »
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New blog post: Lifestream Weekly Digest – January 5th http://bit.ly/4Kf1ox [tawalker]
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OK: time to turn in for the night, and hope we’ll be able to get out of the door tomorrow morning. Nighty-night, all. [tawalker]
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Outside the window, lots of snow. N’s school is closed (just heard), and getting ready in case my office isn’t. Buses running? #uksnow [tawalker]
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No way am I driving this morning in those conditions – if I have to go out, it’s bus or walking. #uksnow [tawalker]
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On the bus to the office through an Arctic landscape – my, we’re a hardy breed :-) #uksnow [tawalker]
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I wonder if the battery in my N95 is wearing out already – <2hrs WiFi, and it’s down to 5/7 bars on the battery meter. Only one year old. [tawalker]
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is currently listening to "()" by Sigur Rós – one of his top albums of the Noughties, and perfect for a snowy day like this. [tawalker]
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Trudging into town for a couple of essentials, and curious how many businesses will have managed to open today. [tawalker]
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That’s three snowmen I’ve counted in our High Street this lunchtime. Definitely a record. [tawalker]
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Just think how fun it’ll be on the roads tonight, when all this snow and slush freezes… [tawalker]
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http://twitpic.com/wwjcv – The "Subway snowman" [tawalker]
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Setting out for home (as are most of my colleagues), to beat the predicted freeze and associated halting of all bus services. [tawalker]
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has a newsflash for the oiks lobbing snow/ice at passing buses: it’s not big, it’s not clever, and does your mummy know you’re out? #fb [tawalker]
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Have been unplugged from Twitter for much of the evening, trying to get something else plugged *into* our network. All done; soon to bed. [tawalker]
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Having fun with Eeebuntu 3: http://wp.me/pG8pY-1W [tawalker]
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It’s so cold out here as I head to the bus stop, it’s slowing the refresh rate on my phone’s screen. I want a coffee. [tawalker]
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http://twitpic.com/x10eu – Snowy, icy morning [tawalker]
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Three cheers for our local bus drivers, without whom I’d be compelled to work from home… er, oh well, they’re doing great anyway ;-) [tawalker]
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.Walking in a winter wonderland… just into town, though. Imagining the floods when this lot thaws.. [tawalker]
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On bus home. Wonder what costs more: the petrol to drive to work and back, or the bus fares? [tawalker]
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Just passed a corner shop which still hasn’t taken down its Christmas decorations. Fortunately, I’m not superstitious (neither are they?)… [tawalker]
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Possible "(Hate) Mail" case against @MitchBenn: "Erm… hrmph… er… aah, one of his co-presenters hates Mel Phillips! Out! Out, I say!!!" [tawalker]
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Any idea why #Ubuntu 9.04 in #VirtualBox on my Mac, has suddenly started displaying in 720×400, and won’t switch to any higher resolution? [tawalker]
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Setting up a Nokia N95 as a 3G modem in Eeebuntu 3: http://wp.me/pG8pY-21 [tawalker]
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My word, what was I thinking when I started studying orchestration properly? The arrangement part’s OK, but notation is doing my head in. [tawalker]
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Never thought I’d say it, but I wish I’d never stopped reading music when I gave up piano at age 7. Glad I remember *something*, though. [tawalker]
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It could also be said that the loud birthday party taking place in our vicinity (next door?), is not exactly aiding my concentration. [tawalker]
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Oh, now I’ve placed that loud birthday party: it IS next door, but not in the direction I expected. I hope they finish before 12. [tawalker]
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That’s all the music notation exercises I’m doing tonight. Sleep well, all you wonderful ‘tweeps’… [tawalker]
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Up earlier, to see if I can dig out the car (or will it be the bus again?). All this snow is rapidly losing its novelty. [tawalker]
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The bus it is, then – off to find one. [tawalker]
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Naomi at 7.30am: "Daddy, why are we awake when it’s still night-time?" #naomisayings [tawalker]
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Once more unto the town: mostly for an eye test this time. [tawalker]
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Phone battery just plunged from "all bars" to "one bar" in less than 30 mins. Wasn’t doing much different from normal – wonder what’s up? [tawalker]
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suspects the plans for Naomi’s 5th (yes!) birthday this weekend, will have to be rescheduled for weather-related reasons… #fb [tawalker]
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Realised one factor which makes riding on a bus quite strange (in the UK, at least): no seatbelts. Not that keen on the omission there. [tawalker]
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I hoped there would be an "entry-level" variant of Sibelius (music notation s/w) which didn’t cost >80% of a MacBook: http://bit.ly/7bpj1E [tawalker]
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"Sibelius First" looks like a worthy enough product. £129 is still pretty steep, but if the alternative is pencil and manuscript paper… [tawalker]
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Loads of fun sledging with Naomi and one of her school friends. [tawalker]
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Finally dug the car out of the snowed-in drive, so Naomi can try her dance classes again. Ah, the things I do for my family. [tawalker]
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RT @AAS JoikuSpot Premium is currently available for EUR 7 (usually Eur 25). http://bit.ly/8Wt2tU [YAAY! I am now SO glad I waited :-) ] [tawalker]
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Honestly, Naomi’s been even more hyperactive today than usual – anyone would think she turned 5 tomorrow or something… [tawalker]
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On this Elvis clips show on the iPlayer, Cliff Richard is playing an acoustic "Heartbreak Hotel". Actually, he’s quite a capable guitarist. [tawalker]
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says a very Happy Birthday to our wonderful daughter, who made her grand entrance five years ago today. How time flies! [tawalker]
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So grateful the snow has held off, and the stuff on the ground won’t stop us getting around today. Always something to be thankful for. [tawalker]
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Reached the end of a busy day, celebrating five years since our daughter emerged to a waiting world. Here’s to the next five! [tawalker]
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Not such a great night, due to "temperature issues" (the room, not illness). Wish I could lie in a bit (until about 10?); no such luck. [tawalker]
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is listening to Robert Fripp’s 14th Jan 2006 "Soundscapes" live set, as if (after his earlier walk into town) he wasn’t chilled enough. #fb [tawalker]
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Here’s a surreal/random thought: UK PM Gordon Brown is one month younger than country singer Crystal Gayle. Love Wikipedia’s birthdays page. [tawalker]
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Now Naomi has turned 5, can’t help wondering how long we have until she decides that ALL of CBeebies is "for babies". Start bets at 6mths. [tawalker]
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Another Arctic night; perfect for walking over to the shops for a few provisions. Please, let us have a proper summer this year… [tawalker]
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Trying Screenlets (onscreen widgets) on my #Eeebuntu-powered Eee 701. Conky is next on the list. [tawalker]
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I see #AmaroK (a Linux music player) is now up to v2.2.2 ("Maya Gold"). There must be a serious #mikeoldfield fan or two on the dev team. [tawalker]
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In case you wondered, "Amarok" is a 1990 album by Mike Oldfield, and "Maya Gold" is a track on "Tubular Bells II". Yes, I’m a MO fan. [tawalker]
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Really looking forward to the next version of #Eeebuntu (or whatever they call it), especially if it includes the Blueman Bluetooth utility. [tawalker]
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Often wondered why Google doesn’t offer official online storage: could it be on the way? http://bit.ly/5RDM7q [tawalker]
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It’s a crying shame that Philip Rees stopped trading in 2006: they made exactly what I am now looking for :-( http://bit.ly/8zRprz [tawalker]
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There HAS to be a cheaper MIDI merge box than the MIDI Solutions one (~£65). At this rate, I’d be better off with a 3rd USB MIDI interface. [tawalker]
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If I could find a Philip Rees Little 2M MIDI merge box for <£25. that’d be perfect. Hasn’t been made since 2006, so not much chance of that. [tawalker]
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The problem: I need 4 MIDI In’s on our Mac, and I have 2 USB-MIDI interfaces (a 2×2 and 1×1 = 3 In’s). Need merge box, or another interface. [tawalker]
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has just spent 90mins knocking off a 30-second MIDI guitar Bach "Brandenburg Concerto" pastiche in Logic. Everyone should try it sometime. [tawalker]
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