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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-05

rob — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:01:00 +0000

Staying here for three nights http://bit.ly/ZxHtu What a nights sleep that was! Soooo many quips to be made when sleeping in the rainforest! #
*MY* Oz Prayer: Dear God, If I should die before I wake, Whether by red back spider or deadly snake, Please just make it quick 4 fucks sake! #
RT: @DerrenBrown: Blog post: Taking down the Church of Scientology http://bit.ly/6ipXg — DB's a geek like me #
No Google Wave invite yet… maybe it'll b waiting 4 me in the Whitsundays. Flying out there at silly a.m. tomorrow – going 2 miss Cairns :/ #
I have made it to the Whitsundays! Waiting for ferry to main-land Airlie Beach. Bought a Moleskine to look intellectual with. Hmmm. Yes. #
My sister fell asleep on the shitter and dreamt about fighting a spider. She tried to dress it up as more than that. But thats what happened #
Off 2 board "Spank Me" for three nights. No intertent for three days. That'll be liberating & give me time for my sunburn 2heal <3 aloe vera #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-28

rob — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:01:00 +0000

I have arrived! No wifi in Sydney but have now made it to Darwin and found my sis! Chilling watching BBC World – its like I never left home! #
The heat / humidity in Darwin is actually very tolerable… I could get used to this tropical weather #
Spent morning shopping for essentials (trunks & sandals) afternoon @The Territory Wildlife Park & evening at sisters friends. Saw a wallaby! #
Just back from a sunset cruise on a catamaran on the bay & nice dinner. Aussie lasses are predominately gorgeous! Melikes Australia muchly. #
Sweet jesus Australian broadband is utterly shite!! Missing my 24mbit massively!! #
Been chillin in waterfall rock pools in Litchfield Park – an awesome way to spend an afternoon surrounded by natural beauty… literally! #
Got burnt today without really realising it – not too bad for now, not sure how it'll feel 2moro. Jetting off 2 Cairns in three hours! WooT! #
Arrived in Cairns. I love this city!! With every passing day I spend in Oz the less I want to go back to the UK. Oz is sweeeet! #
Happy days are here again. Spent the whole day on the Great Barrier Reef an awesome experience!! Livin the backpackers life, on a sofa 2nite #
First time I've paid to sleep on a sofa, not the most comfortable but not complaining. Getting hire car & might do Cape Tribulation today… #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-21

rob — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:01:00 +0000

I wonder sometimes y ppl dont even try 2 help other people to help them. Its like going 2a doctor and saying "cure me".. of what symptoms?!? #
@derrenbrown Fix your blog, peas?? Come on! I want to read your blabberings. Thanks #
Gyah! Can't seem to concentrate on anything this evening. I think I need sleep #
@derrenbrown I remember seeing this a while ago http://bit.ly/4whFzx Seemed like a humane way to catch the blighters #
@derrenbrown I know! Place approx 20 numbered plastic cups upside down then go around stamping on them & see if you get the bugger Or not #
Stormtroopers' 9/11: http://bit.ly/Ak2rH #
Loving the Google logo today!! #
Loving the @Google logo today!! #
@derrenbrown Now you're starting to sound like Uri Gellar… that isn't a good thing #
Just bought tickets to see @derrenbrown Enigma in Liverpool on March the 3rd – my birthday present to myself in advance! #
OMG, randomly chose an episode of House to watch and turned out to be the one where @feliciaday is the corneal transplant girl. Yey! #
RT @google We're excited to announce we've acquired reCAPTCHA http://bit.ly/MRS8l — WTF!??! #
I've had just about enough of @Skype IM spam – they fucking suck at maintaing a spam-free IM service. Never again will I recommend them! #
Im happy for @derrenbrown Must be nice to meet a person who's had such a strong influence on your life whether it's professional or personal #
@derrenbrown Make them disappear? A truely inspired suggestion methinks. Think about it. #
@PeteratSkype Privacy settings are at maximum, no-one should be able to message me but contact yet the spam STILL gets through. in reply to PeteratSkype #
@PeteratSkype Oh yeah, and DTMF tones don't work! Fantastic in today's world of automated phone systems. No wonder @Skype devalued so quick! in reply to PeteratSkype #
47 hours and counting 'till Australia!! w00T!! #
To me, Google's projects at times seem to be completely pointless, this is one such project which has come full circle http://bit.ly/2MC62O #
Cannot WAIT to go scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef. Soooo glad I did that PADI course!! #
I'm really looking forward to my first collaborative artistic endeavour! Oh, that and scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef #
I wonder if @derrenbrown is concerned about stupid people deciding to launch stupid, frivolous law suits against him/Ch4 after tonights show #
In car heading to airport – woop! #
On plane, tiny jet. Sitting over wing / on emergency exit so lotsa leg room but might have to practise my throwing arm. Waiting 2 taxi… #
Landed at Heathrow – 30mins flight time, not bad. Looks like it'll be a nice sunset over #London tonight! #
Sitting inTerminal 3 departure lounge waiting for my gate to open in an hour. I'm on *another* emergency exit seat to KL. Suhweet (i hope) #
I don't think I've seen so many people in such a rush to get nowhere before. #
Google launches a nuke across Apple's bow about the Google Voice app… http://bit.ly/46Lso3 #
About 2get on plane, watching BBC news at the gate about Lockerbie bomber & footage of crash. Not what i want 2see b4 getting on a j … #
First impressions of Malaysia Airlines ain't good! Cabin temp is high 20's deg C & emergency seat "legroom" is non-exsistent! #
Landed in KL, cabin cooled down & changed seats. 3 1/2 hours wait 'till Sydney flight. KL is beautiful – trees as far as the eye can see #
Damn near lost my passport / boarding pass / life – left "wallet" on seat. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-14

rob — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:01:00 +0000

Playing with Postbox and ZCS 6.0 with Zindus – nice! Everything is running smoothly. #
Designing myself a new hoodie. So many design choices it's crazy. <3 being able to design my own stuff though. That's mint! #
I think I'm all HOWTO'd out :S I think I should catch some ZZZzzz's before work tomorrow.Why do weekends go so damn quickly!!? #
I fucking hate Twitter whores who spam for money. Fuck off you annoying bitch whores. Seriously, go pimp in the street, u'll earn more. #
In fact I may as well name and shame @Priscilla_Bentl <— one of many twitter whores who pimp their tweets out for money. So sad. #
I now name them "Twhores" & every single one that follows me gets blocked, so there's really no point. @Twitter REALLY need to sort spam out #
Can't wait for this season! RT: @wilw: An announcement of extraordinary magnitude: I will be on an episode of #thebigbangtheory this season. #
@ScottBourne I'm going travelling soon in Oz, have you any tips / essential equipment for a backpacking photographer? #
I am *really* looking forward to Derren Brown's upcoming series of "Events". Predicting the lottery numbers – that's an awesome claim. #
I think I've figured out how DB will do his "trick" – convince the audience AFTER the draw that he "predicted" them BEFORE the draw. #
i.e The draw will happen normally, then DB will "predict" after-the-fact, then convince the audience the predicted them b4 the draw. Cant w8 #
I'm a twitter snob – I only let people follow me if I find their feed interesting, otherwise they get the block. My anti-spam measures. #
Yey! My dissolvable stitches are finally starting to… dissolve! #
Follow http://www.twitter.com/scottbourne for a chance to win cool prizes for photographers. Details here: http://bit.ly/cnWXt #
Just passed 070-290: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 environment. Another string to the bow. Yey! #
Pissed following a good night out celebrating my exam passing, leaving do and birthday party. Woo! #
Is it just me, or does Twitter seem a bit quiet today? #
Just heard a scally girl on the train say,"I feel like I'm in love, but I don't know what with". Hmmm #
Oz in T minus 8 days, 18 hours, 29 minutes. I. cannot. wait. #
Wow, major issues on @merseyrail this morning. Stuck on a train – its shocking how quickly some people get irate & almost descend into panic #
@derrenbrown Fantastic show my friend. I knew you could do it! Please look into creating more reality for us. The human brain is amazing eh? #
What the FUCK is going on with @Merseyrail. Seriously. Get your shit together! #
Probably going 2b in my virtual darkroom this evening (aka Photoshop) processing todays shots. Been asked to do a session for the GRWE too. #
@derrenbrown Please fix your blog, so much to read, so little patience #
Back from work and shoot. Knackered! 3 hours driving for a 30 min photoshoot. So worth it if it homes even one hound #
@wilw Hope you're feeling better. Here's some Star Trek vs Monty Python to cheer you up a bit #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-06

rob — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Back from town, Matthew St was crazy, shame the rain came along and ruined a nice day. Hopefully tomorrow will be better weather. #
@wilw Good luck! RT: @Schwarzenegger: http://twitpic.com/fv6vr – Just had a briefing at command center for the "Station Fire" in LA Cnty #
Oo0o0o! I've been invited to the "Private August 2009 Technology Preview" for VMware Workstation etc. Suhweet! #
Back from Matthew St Festival Day 2 – man I'm knackered. 4gb of shots to process – yey #
Self-cooked chickkkaan fajitas! Hell yes!! #
Nothing in True Blood surprises me anymore – I suppose that's why I still love it #
I wonder why gay men and women really have "pride" parades. I seriously, really do want to know. #
I'm proud of being hetero, but I don't feel the need to take it to the streets and sing it from the rooftops. What's up with that? #
@wilw Wil, is this you on reddit? http://bit.ly/pp1GF (it made front page) #
RT: @wilw: Penny Arcade on Disney's acquisition of Marvel: http://is.gd/2O2YR #
Nehalem server online Yey! Just waiting for #zimbra v6.0 to be released as GA #
@feliciaday – I just watched "Socializing Sucks" The interchange with the FPS girl & the "prettier outfits" line was great – Nice writing! #
So… it's a tad windy then. #
Zimbra 6.0 goes GA! http://bit.ly/227lef Yey!! #
Had a bitch of a day! Manged to get LOADS done this week though. Loads of tech to play with this week too w00t #
I think I'm going to have a power nap right here… #
/me fucking HATES zimbra right now. Fucking PoS #
I made Zimbra my bitch. And now I'm going to sleep – I'm going to be a walking zombie tomorrow. #
@Hampo Is it your birthday? If so, Happy Birthday, well done! You made it another year #
Offski to the GRWE Dog Show to help out some greyhounds! I get to see my two! Yey!!!!!! #
Back from the Greyhound West of England "Family Fun Day and Dog Show" – another successful year! Legs are knackered, lotsa photos tho!! #
This CoD4 Star Wars mod looks awesome: http://bit.ly/OTIxV too bad there aren't any lightsabres #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30

rob — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Woop!! Congrats to the England team!!! I feel *really* bad for the new Aussie guy who's starting his new job with us tomorrow. #
Fook. Completely arsed my blog by attempting to photoblogise it. I almost can't be arsed fixing it :/ #
Yey! Blog all fixed(ish)! Knackered – not looking forward to surgery tomorrow I suppose at least I can sleep when I come 'round. #
I just had a thought – how come u never really see baby pigeons about the place? #
I wish Id had sedation before. I didnt remember a damn thing! Also there was a mirror ball in reception. No really… http://bit.ly/uAlzN #
I'm off to try and clean my camera sensor. First time for everything! #
I've just realised I've had a very surreal day. I don't think that sedative truely wore off until about mid-afternoon. #
RT: @ScottBourne: The Fear of Failure – http://bit.ly/8VmCG – #photog I good philosophy in my book #
Only two tiny specks of dust left on my sensor… I'll get them next time. In other news 1/125sec is my favourite shutter interval sound. #
Just registered my"wave" domain in preparation for the Wave federation server I'll be setting up whenever Google decide to release it. Yey! #
The freaks don't half like using Merseyrail. #
Forget the Palm Pre… I'm holding out for one of these bad boys… http://bit.ly/AlzWA not least because of this… http://bit.ly/3gH3v3 #
RT: @ScottBourne: AudioBoo: How To Buy a Used Camera Lens http://boo.fm/b58745 – sounds like some excellent advice! #
My next big project as part of the two year plan… http://mybluewave.com #
@vaguehalfie Thanks for the tweet. They are a perfect pair of black beauties, but then I am biased! #
I hate doing weekends on call. But the money's good. Gyah! Such a conflict! #
Another example of the demise of BBC reporting http://bit.ly/iSuB Tweets from insignificant people & OPINIONS are NOT news. #
@Hampo… wtf? when did you leave? Didn't you leave with the rest of us? I can't remember that well :/ #
I just literally clapped my hands with glee (who does that these days?) 4get the Pre, 4get Android this is my next phone http://bit.ly/W4OH0 #
Matthew St festival is pretty busy this year. Got some decent shots (I hope) #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-23

rob — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Y do people (women especially) have 2b complete fuck ups? When an agreement is reached 2 respect each others wishes. Honour it. RarRaArAaR! #
Iv had a hell of a day. Glad it's over. Expelled a few demons, realised a few things, faced some truths. Ready 2rock on with the next stage! #
We have dopped off the net along with the rest of Lpool who are on Virgin Media. Shit. #
And I thought yesterday was bad. I thought today would never end! I hope Telewest sort it out in time for tomorrow! #
Not looking forward to having to implement DR procedures tomorrow. Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse. #
Normal service resumed. Thank god! The phones have finally gone quiet! #
I hate it when I get so many ideas in my head that I can't get them out quickly enough to remember them all Other news, glad 2day's over! #
I'm completely de-sensitized to the daily news reports of deaths in Iraq and Afghanistand and I fucking hate the media / government for it. #
Thank fuck today's over. Going to bed and will jump off a cliff if tomorrow is anything like more of the same. G'night! #
… oh yeah, and today, I'm ashamed to have Scottish blood in me. Utterly ashamed. Scotland has let the UK down today. #
Win a new Canon 5DMKII (or $2500 Gift Cert) from @OPGear & Scott Bourne. Pls RT. Details here: http://bit.ly/BqU8N #
Just got up and am checking out the time-lapse I ran overnight. Pretty awesome results!! #
Glad last night's project went ok… http://vimeo.com/6220810 #
Dayum! District 9 is an awesome film! Now I don't know which is better, Moon or D-9!! Gyah!! #
My list of people to look out for in the coming months / years: Michio Kaku (http://bit.ly/1Gnbo) & Felicia Day (http://bit.ly/kL5VI) #
I r off to make chiikkkkaaann fajitas. Yey! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16

rob — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Can't sleep and I have to be in work in 5 1/2 hours. Great. #
I hate rain. Loving "Strawbery swing" by Coldplay though. There's a beautiful girl working in Waterstones, Liverpool. Who'dve … #
It's a small world, and seemingly an even smaller city eh @hampo #
I have to say… I'm becoming more and more intrigued by the ancient alien theory. I've always had a hunch about it #
/me is re-discovering the artistic joys of b/w photography #
You can't beat IT as being, at times, the most ironic industry ever. #
@stephenpc You're afraid of your Pre? Or just afraid of being without it. It's 4 months 'til I can get one over in the UK and can't wait #
I'm off to catch a falling star… on film (hopefully) http://is.gd/2dVUu #
Damn the typical Bitish clouds, on this one night when it'd be great 2 have clear skies. Now stuck in a field beneath clouds. Great. #
Looking forward to catching "District 9" at the cinema soon #
Change is afoot at work, one guy resigned… who else might follow him? #
Support #welovetheNHS, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! – http://twibbon.com/join/welovetheNHS #
Showing that I and #welovetheNHS… it needs more funding but the people in the NHS are world class. Show your support http://is.gd/2fA2M #
I'm honestly pondering having an early night. 9pm?! That's mega early… *yawn* #
Hmmm, not looking forward to getting a Palm Pre so much now http://is.gd/2fCqv That could very well be a deal-breaker #
<3 banter Fridays #
Just bought a new pair of trainers! The first time I've bought non-work shoes in 8+ years. I'll miss my old ones #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-09

rob — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:00:00 +0000

I think I can safely say, I love pretty much *every* shirt on thinkgeek. If only I had the money to buy some and ship 'em over #
I've just had a good old chuckle at how crap MS is at multi-tenanted hosted software design. Having a major SPoF ain't good #
Why does my sunburn *never* turn into a tan, but just turns into freckles instead?! #
Is getting the feeling he has too much on his work schedule #
Learning some photoshop trickery to tilt-shift a video of mine #
<3 solving problems which have been bugging you for weeks #
aaaaaahahahahaha! epic EPIC New Labour fail… http://is.gd/25lhp #
Just come back from watching Moon. That's without doubt the best "sci-fi" film I've seen in the latter half of this decade. Wow. #
@stephenpc Is it really still that common – even amongst the younger generation? #

HOWTO: Create a shit logo…

rob — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:19:08 +0000

Open up Word 2003 Type your company name Increase the size of the text so that everyone can read it, even if they’d really rather not. Make the text bold Highlight the text and change the text colour to red. BINGO! Here’s a quick screencast (17 seconds) to cover it all… (Please open the article