Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19

  • Downgrading again. Sometimes it feels like TinyMCE 2.1.3 was last version that behaved with third-party systems like #drupal WYSIWYG. #
  • Multiple upgrades, downgrades, uninstalls, patches and dev versions later, got #drupal Image Assist, TinyMCE 3.x and WYSIWYG API talking. #
  • I don't want to sound pathetic but Saturday's drive to Ikea and back has left me with tendonitis... in my big toe. Wait... I sound pathetic. #
  • @stevejalim Wait: how did you know our window frames needed refilling? Oh. Is this the substance of that talk my parents never had with me? #
  • Actual street #scam: car driver asks for £3 for petrol http://qurl.com/6b2sz . @robmanuel fell for it to the tune of £10, but got her photo. #
  • @griffinkate warning: if you're in a petrol station and @robmanuel asks you to smell some perfume, you'll wake up and your pillow'll be gone #
  • Googling for hoaxes, I found that mobiles at petrol pumps are safer than, er, staticky shoes: http://qurl.com/jk8jl Why aren't both banned? #
  • Stolen @jwebster's new @torchbox monitor. He seems happy standing his existing monitors up on their sides. Best leave him to it, I think. #
  • @paulcarr almost as good as someone else's first thought being "ooh, I must maintain Wikipedia's spotless reputation as a beacon of truth." #
  • Finding Tweetdeck confusingly nonlinear. Am I getting old? #
  • @ihatemorning grouping twitterers is definitely the main use I hope to get out of it. It's just a lot to take in, horizontally. #
  • Should be planning #ogn 13 on Wednesday, but I just want to sit outside and listen to the bellringers practising. I'll miss Eynsham. #
  • Want to pitch an idea in 60 seconds at #ogn 13 ? Add your request to this Google group thread http://qurl.com/f1jj3 or dm me here. #
  • HN08 PXO #Argos van, blind corner, overtake, HELL'S BELLS ONCOMING TRAFFIC #cagerfail #
  • @whatishen were you eyeing up the contents of the stationery cupboard at the time? #
  • @gamdel "If you follow ME, then I will follow YOU" but you just followed ME without me following YOU #mocknblock #
  • Thanks to @westdotcodottt, @torchbox is currently enjoying some láze?ské oplatky. They're a bit like communion wafers with caramel filling. #
  • @griffinkate the muffled, bored-sounding recorded voice at the start of the call seemed to say "This is Friends Provident Fails Centre." #
  • About to exchange. A long and ultimately fruitless Critical Illness conversation with a call-centre droid has rather taken the joy out of it #
  • @griffinkate well done you for taking care of everything else, though. #
  • @argle I know the feeling. Friends Provident are currently recalculating whether or not I'm worth more in the form of extruded meat patties. #
  • Open process != transparent process. Killer list of unanswered #GPL questions and ultimately unilluminating comments: http://qurl.com/ygdzl #
  • @argle @griffinkate I'm not meant to have visions of Daryl Hannah manning the phones now, am I? Her cartwheeling her way to the watercooler. #
  • @griffinkate well that certainly has the *form* of a joke. #
  • "How hetero are you?" Well, if you'd built your poll site in HTML rather than (pointlessly) in Flash, I'd be able to find out. #fail #
  • @covert for #ogn 13 tomorrow evening you could remove jacket and tie and rip your shirt a bit. It *is* the Jericho Tavern, after all. #
  • Last-minute bits and pieces for #ogn 13 at the JT tomorrow: @torchbox, @openplatform, @friendsofed and @overheardatmoo sponsoring. Be there! #
  • Today, at around 4pm, contracts were exchanged with the vendors. Then @griffinkate and I spent two hours waiting for each other to tweet it. #
  • @j4 complete next Tuesday. We're just relieved the paperwork stage is over. Now it's the era of Ikea. #
  • bravo to @argle for his results. At least part of him is now actually first class. #
  • Any twitterers thinking of going to #ogn 13 tonight:bring your tweeting interfaces, and note the generic hashtag (not #ogn13!) #
  • Almost all set up at #ogn 13. Refuelling with nachos. We have internets through a pipe this big: . #
  • Why is it that I never drink at an #ogn, but always wake up the next day feeling hungover? #
  • @griffinkate @j4 that does explain it. And at least the damage to my shin isn't a mystery drinking bruise: I remember falling off the stage. #
  • Thanks again though to @torchbox, @openplatform, @friendsofed, @overheardatmoo, @covert, @brucel and all the other speakers for a great #ogn #
  • @claypole thanks for that; @j4 - define "stupid" #
  • RT @griffinkate Boris, keep your promise! http://qurl.com/n33ts (via @thegreenparty) #
  • RT @simonwillison I wonder how big a factor "will developers ever trust our platforms again" is in decisions to shut .. services like Popfly #
  • Did @garrettc just accidentally scrobbled the Fraggle Rock theme tune? That'll teach him to inflict earworms on us all. #
  • @addedentry I'm just waiting for Terry Wogan to express annual surprise at typically rainy July weather: "summer's over for another year!" #
  • @griffinkate Sigh. I notice Wogan's gone quiet about how #swineflu warnings are nannyish health-and-safety scaremongering, though #radio2 #
  • @sambowlerr Dukt looks good for immediate timesheet tracking... what was the non-TweetDeck AIR app you mentioned? #
  • @rhodri maybe *she's* meant to look proud. The interlocking semicircles look satisfied to me. Smug bastards. #
  • When did Taylor's on St Giles get rubbish? Half as much stock, over-organized counters, no non-Tyrrell's crisps. Where'd the cornucopia go? #
  • "All patients have a right to free healthcare that is based on their clinical needs, not the size of their bank balance. " http://bit.l ... #
  • "We feel there's no point keeping the planet habitable unless we've still got quick access to Disney World and Ibiza." http://bit.ly/IRbqR #
  • Gah, #Wordpress installs compromised AGAIN. The software is just full of holes. If I had infinite time I'd switch all my blogs to #drupal. #
  • @petecooper it says at the bottom of the article that he's on #desertislanddiscs in fifteen minutes. Might have to listen again tho #radio4 #
  • #Ikea secure site unavailable: so much for shopping online. It doesn't have all the actual store stock on it anyway #fail #
  • @robinhouston I was trying to buy in the *absence* of coffee; that was probably part of the problem. Kettle on! #
  • @robinhouston my eye for design isn't great. It looks ace, but maybe 5-line strapline needs iconography/simplifying? 3 points with graphics. #
  • @robinhouston is each individual tweet's layout intuitive? As a user I don't know how clicking on a # is different from clicking on name. #
  • @robinhouston title attributes on <a> tags might help. But multiple different URLs linked by same repeating text (#) is accessibility bad. #
  • Oh, wow: #Ikea account area is working! I can now register a new profile - Create one here! - and - oh. Server 500 error. #fail #
  • Three server errors later, #Ikea's left nav thinks I'm logged in, top nav that I'm logged out, and clicking on "Become a family member" 500s #
  • #Ikea example page titles: "none", "# not used". Doesn't exactly fill one with confidence. #fail #
  • Want to join #Ikea family? "This secure site is unavailable." Want to pay online using a gift card? Tough! #fail #
  • Delete a product from your #Ikea basket: "Sorry, an error has occurred <br><br>Please take one of the following actions." Great HTML. #fail #

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