Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-13

  • @hatmandu so THAT'S who's stealing all the bread #
  • A child could do better than this, and DID http://bit.ly/CVYfY #hirstisacock (via @bengoldacre, @charltonbrooker) #
  • Link: Automating web site deployment with Fabric: Fabric, the Python tool for website deployment http://bit.ly/geNPe #
  • Anyone still at #drupalcon or nearabouts: I lost a notebook. Is there a lost property list? Might it be... online...? #
  • @brighty @wesayso the word "Nazi" actually comes from the phrase "needs sauce", which people always remarked about their underspiced cuisine #
  • @waako got email from Isabell - apparently everyone's gone but she's got the pile of stuff #
  • Link: Read Regular - a typeface to help dyslexics: Read Regular is a typeface designed to improve the readi.. http://bit.ly/THEnQ #
  • RT @TomRaftery: Seriously people, the correct order is planet first, then people, then profit. http://j.mp/11jKOv #climatechange #
  • #fabric easy_inst barfs cryptically at pycrypto stage if you don't have python-dev installed. How do I report this? http://bit.ly/13UoJ0 #
  • @alonpeer that photo's not so bad. You should see some of the ones I *didn't* upload. #
  • Link: Madeleine Bunting on cutting carbon consumption and 10:10: "Carbon cutting is about a more hones.. http://bit.ly/3N1PUg #
  • @alonpeer yeah, none of that rings a bell. Was that your umbrella though? #
  • @brighty "Win a camper, fishface (dot com)" #
  • All evening at the new house, making ready for carpets next Mon and moving in shortly thereafter. Too much on plate right now. #
  • @murgeys thanks: no sign of notebook but at least I made it home with computer and phone! #
  • Dixons staff who can actually use Facebook are probably a cut above the average.... #
  • @brighty Camper Than Fishhoven? I don't know where I'm going with this. #
  • OH: "Jesus..." "What?" "... I just installed #drupal 7" #
  • Link: Glum Councillors http://bit.ly/EBxMw #
  • @greg_harvey I think the lack of blue was a bit of a shock #
  • @greg_harvey you can only see the non-blue Drupal with your third eye. Peyote might help, or possibly salvia #
  • My first ever #drupal #ubercart shipping module - seems to be working so far. #
  • @galooph no user options: it lets admins taxonomize as being e.g. "royal mail", "man with van", then only charges 1x most expensive shipping #
  • @galooph also has free shipping option if your basket total is over a particular threshold #
  • Good luck, @andrewgodwin . It'll be fine. Just take a deep breath, then another, and another... and then keel over backwards with hyperoxia! #
  • @galooph the trick with shipping is in registering extra uc_quote actions. f in doubt trim uc_flatrate down to last 3 fns and rejig #drupal #
  • Rediscovered placeholder postcode lookup code: click on "find my address", get "You live in a SHOE!" Better remove that before staging. #
  • What *is* @bloggerheads counting down to? And what has it got to do with the usual UK Toryblog suspects? #
  • @petecooper @griffinkate has noticed people having trouble with 2nd 't' in 'text' e.g. 'I got a couple of texes', 'Tex me', 'He tex-ed me' #
  • @leisa disregarding developers OS matters for clients because it solves a trust issue: little supplier lockin and easier supplier comparison #
  • Whenever I start to complain about #php admin I try to picture how misery-making #coldfusion servers can be. And you pay for the privilege. #
  • "Apparently, suddenly, it's not a stopped line after all" Renationalization is too good for BT: they should be broken up and sold as scrap. #
  • Now *I'm* being stalked by the @BTCare bot. Why would a company otherwise desperate to avoid communication with customers use Twitter? #
  • Maybe if BT didn't hide behind 0845 numbers, understaffed call centres and poor automated phone systems it wouldn't need @BTCare at all #
  • @BTCare have BT changed their security policy so that I can give out sensitive account data to any Twitter user with "BT" in their name? #
  • @BTCare if not, then maybe BT money would be better spent hiring engineers and call-centre staff rather than an autoresponding Twitter bot. #
  • In short, @BTCare bot: no, you CAN'T help. Unless you plan to become the @GPOot any time in the near future. #
  • Goodbye, @BTCare. Hope you have fun convincing strangers to DM you their account details and teaching them to get phished. #mocknblock #
  • @psd Theoretically the call centres should be staffed with real people who can help. Once I see evidence of that I'll check out @BTCare. #
  • @psd @griffinkate's encountered @BTCare before so I was wondering why they hadn't pounced on me yet. #
  • @psd thanks anyway: a rocket up a bum turned BT's repeated "stop on your line" to "oh, no actual line." Engineer booked but ADSL obv delayed #
  • @andrewl @greg_harvey ask @garrettc all about Barclays ePDQ and the eleven pounds and eleven pence #
  • The #drupal epicycles required for my code to act like it's orbiting nodeprofile, which itself orbits user, are making my head spin. #
  • #google #gmail has just recently stopped remembering my plain-text-response preference. Bug in a recent update? #
  • @greg_harvey yeah, none of that's mine. A tatty Pukka Pad with incomprehensible notes isn't on the list.... #
  • We're ready to move, but the rest of the world doesn't seem to be as ready. Then suddenly we get an unexpectedly lovely offer from friends! #
  • @sillage BT's 0800 is free from an existing BT phone. It's the most expensive number I can call from my mobile. BT line bootstrap #fail. #
  • What a beautiful morning, though. Golden sunshine and crisp green-smelling air. Rabbits up by Perrotts Hill Farm! #
  • Wow. Tweet "salvia" and a considerable time later @buysalviaonline follows you. Stop breaking into your own stash, dudes. #mocknblock #
  • @sillage that was a bit hyperbolic: excluding premium rate lines and foreign countries, I mean #
  • Blarney-polishing anti-#climatechange Uncle Tom Wogan followed me to #R3 this morning! Can Sarah Kennedy be far behind? Is there no escape? #
  • @wesayso did you send Wogan over to R3, just to freak me out? #
  • Setting up this new client crashed @jwebster's software. Looks like the "Bobby Tables Trust" project is on hold for now. (via @davecranwell) #
  • RT @timetric: Graphing Oxford weather using Timetric! http://bit.ly/6op0U #climatechange #
  • Frustration at the automated phone systems I've had to use to change address is mitigated by often hilarious mispronunciations of "Cogges" #
  • @Mark_Radcliffe and @StuartMaconie are walking Hadrian's Wall: it's their last day today but they've been tweeting their progress. Vivat #r2 #
  • @julietteculver that's terrible! #
  • A shovelful of fail for me tonight: surprised at how many call centres close before 7, and foxed by work iStockPhoto account *again*. #
  • @glinner a certain breed of fourteen-year-old customer? #
  • @wesayso Bambi's gotten quite hard-bitten over the years, hasn't he? #
  • #reasonstobecheerful the problems I work with are complex and interesting enough that it generally doesn't matter what the tech actually is. #
  • Ahh! #mssql throws a "device off-line" error on database restore if you've scp'ed the file with #cygwin and its Win permissions are screwy. #
  • RT @griffinkate Anti-coal vigil outside Ed Miliband's dept, 4:30pm Monday: http://qurl.com/72kbt #climatechange #
  • @robinhouston could #CiF be improved by tracking pingbacks rather than comments on sensitive articles? Would raise the bar for reply quality #
  • I always read "your browser has been updated and needs to be restarted" to rhythm of "the people! united! will never be defeated!" #firefox #
  • Navigador! Renovado! Debe ser recomenzado! #
  • @greg_harvey I use #chrome a bit, but it's still occasionally buggy. Even Google Apps have prodded bugs in it in the past. #
  • @greg_harvey maybe it's improved. Now I use it more for xbrowser testing (Webkit) than every day. Firefox needs to get worse for me to move! #
  • If your only rhetorical trick is to eat your opponent's head, is that an ad hominomnomnomnom argument? #
  • How on earth does one work out what vacuum cleaner to buy? How does one work out how to work that out? Ah, the homebuyer's burden! #
  • @wesayso @dracos Miele look very good but I can't work out why I shouldn't just buy a Henry. What doesn't it do? @adamamyl a possibility... #
  • I'm sensing a lot of Miele love from @simonmhawkins and @wesayso, and that one Simon mentioned was already in my sights.... #
  • #reasonstobecheerful I live in a country with traditions of providing public lending libraries and of promoting literacy. #
  • Any good resources (online or other) for identifying trees or shrubs? Several came with house and need tlc #gardening #
  • @simonmhawkins that Miele you linked to is actually a Cat and Dog vacuum http://bit.ly/iCh7P #
  • @simonmhawkins was that the actual model you got? I guess it'll be just a generally good cleaner #
  • Thanks for all the tree-based suggestions. The next step is to take a handy photo if only so that I can do what @socks did and Google terms. #
  • #reasonstobecheerful The Beatles, let's be honest: even after all the currently mental hype. #
  • Midcounties #coop has special offers for skiing but you HAVE to fly to Berne to qualify: train travellers can fuck off. #climatechange #fail #
  • RT @bloggerheads ONE thing you must do today is listen to Donal MacIntyre on Radio 5 Live at 7:30pm http://bit.ly/10q4OF #
  • Link: Custom SSH port with svnserve at bcg: How to configure svn+ssh with custom variations http://bit.ly/2fg6lT #
  • "We need a [#drupal] theme for testing, however simple, that looks like a proper website. " Can *you* help #d7ux ? http://bit.ly/VTUjs #
  • @greg_harvey don't tell me BT's @BTCare bot-that-is-not has started following French residents. Where will this madness end? #

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