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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

https://t.co/2hjgxs1wlz then: https://t.co/3n1jextiyf

3:38PM Fri, June 14

In reply to: " Where can one find the WWDC 2013 videos in the dev portal? " -Asked by @MaxKDevelopment

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

If you’re after exhaustive data, http://t.co/huJf1WOLFw will have it, but that’ll need some digging.

8:02AM Fri, April 05

In reply to: " Can anyone point me towards a nice link detailing the breakdown of where benefits money goes? Pensions/unemployed/disabled etc? " -Asked by @saramegan

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Should be googleable. Am on a phone ATM so my timeline doesn’t go back far enough…

8:01AM Fri, April 05

In reply to: " Can anyone point me towards a nice link detailing the breakdown of where benefits money goes? Pensions/unemployed/disabled etc? " -Asked by @saramegan

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

There’s a PDF of a visualisation doing the rounds on Twitter this morning - shows that and much more.

7:58AM Fri, April 05

In reply to: " Can anyone point me towards a nice link detailing the breakdown of where benefits money goes? Pensions/unemployed/disabled etc? " -Asked by @saramegan

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Last time I tried to use Imagemagick, the chicken escaped as I was turning thrice widdershins prior to sacrificing it…

2:35PM Fri, March 29

In reply to: " Oh #lazyweb, what’s the tool du jour for batch-converting @2x pngs to non-Retina sizes? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Merci pour ton assistance. La autre passenger c’est etrangle maintenent…

4:32PM Fri, March 15

In reply to: " Does anyone know the French for “If you don’t end this phone call soon, I and my fellow passengers will strangle you with your scarf”? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Ask ‘em where the Any key is…

8:55AM Fri, March 01

In reply to: " I'vegot a cold call from 'Windows Support'. what do I do? " -Asked by @saulcozens

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Thanks - signage is suspiciously quiet on the subject, so was wondering if I’d get nailed for an hour #cheapskate

1:18PM Mon, January 28

In reply to: " Sheffield #lazyweb: does the QPark at the station still do the 20-minutes-parking-free thing? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

now that DOES look interesting. Reasonably priced with a bit of Googling, too…

5:12PM Sun, January 06

In reply to: " So, oh #lazyweb - my 24” monitor is on the blink, and I’d like to replace it with a 27” IPS panel. Any recommendations from anyone? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

+1 for the Grange. Spent a month there after being flooded out of flat. Food is bloody stunning. Put on a stone…

5:33AM Tue, November 27 2012

In reply to: " People of york. i’m looking for a nice hotel to book. any suggestions? #lazyweb " -Asked by @pollingj

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

It’s very like Javascript in many respects. Arduino is something of a gateway drug into coding more generally...

12:50PM Tue, November 20 2012

In reply to: " I’d like some kind of ambient notifier that reacts to weather forecasts. Something that changes colour or something. How can I make that? " -Asked by @peterjlambert

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Arduino pulling down a weather feed, then altering colour of an LED based on content of forecast?

12:19PM Tue, November 20 2012

In reply to: " I’d like some kind of ambient notifier that reacts to weather forecasts. Something that changes colour or something. How can I make that? " -Asked by @peterjlambert

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

can’t see why not. They’re separate processes, albeit updated by a singleton location manager

5:10PM Tue, October 16 2012

In reply to: " Technical iOS question. Can two app's monitor GPS position at once? /cc #lazyweb " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

IIRC, you can receive position updates while backgrounded - would that do it for you?

5:04PM Tue, October 16 2012

In reply to: " Technical iOS question. Can two app's monitor GPS position at once? /cc #lazyweb " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Have wondered about rolling my own as a learning exercise. A lot of the existing services add more bells and whistles than I need

12:24PM Tue, October 16 2012

In reply to: " Quick #lazyweb poll: what online tools are people using to share sets of simple user stories with clients? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

http://t.co/9SMwziGu looks like it might be useful in the future (bit overkill for the size of this project atm)

12:22PM Tue, October 16 2012

In reply to: " Quick #lazyweb poll: what online tools are people using to share sets of simple user stories with clients? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Hmm. Could copy files into docs, lib or tmp dir at runtime, but not sure otherwise. May need build script :(

10:52AM Tue, October 16 2012

In reply to: " #lazyweb iOS developers, have a dir I need some members included in to my bundle resources, can I force Xcode not to include entire dir? " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Ah, ISWYM. You could remove the redundant files from the Copy Bundle Resources setting in the Build Phases?

10:33AM Tue, October 16 2012

In reply to: " #lazyweb iOS developers, have a dir I need some members included in to my bundle resources, can I force Xcode not to include entire dir? " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

What's the full path that you need? e.g. /Documents/a/file ?

10:26AM Tue, October 16 2012

In reply to: " #lazyweb iOS developers, have a dir I need some members included in to my bundle resources, can I force Xcode not to include entire dir? " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Which folder do you want them to end up in on the phone?

10:21AM Tue, October 16 2012

In reply to: " #lazyweb iOS developers, have a dir I need some members included in to my bundle resources, can I force Xcode not to include entire dir? " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Add dir to app folder in Finder, then drag what you need into bundle via Xcode

10:18AM Tue, October 16 2012

In reply to: " #lazyweb iOS developers, have a dir I need some members included in to my bundle resources, can I force Xcode not to include entire dir? " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

I can think of other means, but doubt they’d be compatible with professional standards

3:16PM Tue, September 25 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone suggest techniques for getting 17 year old boys to hide under desks and pretend the building is falling down? " -Asked by @bjd8747

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

throw things at them from the front?

3:15PM Tue, September 25 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone suggest techniques for getting 17 year old boys to hide under desks and pretend the building is falling down? " -Asked by @bjd8747

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

am slightly confuseled as to why adhoc / test flight isn’t an option, tho?

5:23PM Tue, August 28 2012

In reply to: " Anyone else I know use @testflightapp? Is there honestly no way to update a build to add a tester without manual intervention? #lazyweb " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

ah. Innovative, easy, quick. Pick any two…

5:22PM Tue, August 28 2012

In reply to: " Anyone else I know use @testflightapp? Is there honestly no way to update a build to add a tester without manual intervention? #lazyweb " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

it’s just a clever exploitation of the adhoc process unfortunately…

5:20PM Tue, August 28 2012

In reply to: " Anyone else I know use @testflightapp? Is there honestly no way to update a build to add a tester without manual intervention? #lazyweb " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

You could do something with a CI server to do the build, and headless browser to automate the profile update?

5:19PM Tue, August 28 2012

In reply to: " Anyone else I know use @testflightapp? Is there honestly no way to update a build to add a tester without manual intervention? #lazyweb " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

it’s an Apple limitation, really. Enterprise provisioning is the other non-App store option…

5:13PM Tue, August 28 2012

In reply to: " Anyone else I know use @testflightapp? Is there honestly no way to update a build to add a tester without manual intervention? #lazyweb " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

nope - you need to add them to the provisioning profile manually, then reembed the profile into the binary :-(

5:09PM Tue, August 28 2012

In reply to: " Anyone else I know use @testflightapp? Is there honestly no way to update a build to add a tester without manual intervention? #lazyweb " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

PPE at Oxbridge, SpAD for current MP, maybe stint at think tank. Simples.

7:19AM Tue, August 21 2012

In reply to: " If someone was thinking they might try get into formal politics in, say, 8 yrs time, what might be the ways one might do that, do you think? " -Asked by @Erica_Jane_MP

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Oh, thank you so much! Now, about this bridge that you're selling...

1:01PM Fri, August 17 2012

In reply to: " Lazyweb, what's the best way to get electronically get cash to someone in Turkey? Western Union? Amex? Anything similar? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

That's a bold claim - I'd better check it out in a couple of hours...

7:16AM Thu, July 26 2012

In reply to: " #lazyweb, where's a good place to get a coffee in Edinburgh tomorrow? Near Waverley, ideally with wifi and preferably not too tartan...? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Business opportunity. MiFi in the bar, 2 hours connectivity for the price of a pint.

7:01PM Wed, July 18 2012

In reply to: " How can a burger and a rum&coke cost more than the corporate allowance for an evening meal? #hilton " -Asked by @saulcozens

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

The answer to that rhetorical question lies in the hash tag… Dare I ask what they charge for wifi?

6:48PM Wed, July 18 2012

In reply to: " How can a burger and a rum&coke cost more than the corporate allowance for an evening meal? #hilton " -Asked by @saulcozens

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

.@ojmason We failed to open bottles of Becks with pen drive bottle opener here. Awesome freebie - won’t open beer, and can haz root kit ;-)

5:27PM Wed, July 11 2012

In reply to: " Anybody had any luck with the pen drive bottle opener? It might open bottles, but how to get at the 2.7GB read-only partition? #iosdevuk " -Asked by @ojmason

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

YouTube is owned by Google, who have $billions and many, many lawyers. Mega upload isn't, doesn't, and hasn't.

5:21PM Mon, July 02 2012

In reply to: " Can someone explain to me how Megaupload differs from, say, YouTube? How can one be accused of copyright infringment and not the other? " -Asked by @bjd8747

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

First world problems!

7:39AM Wed, June 27 2012

In reply to: " Oh #lazyweb, any recommendations for PAYG 3G USB dongles that play nicely with OS X? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

tethering looked like the best option - until I remembered that it's not in the iOS6 beta yet :(

6:19AM Wed, June 27 2012

In reply to: " Oh #lazyweb, any recommendations for PAYG 3G USB dongles that play nicely with OS X? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

There's a technical term for marketing by trying to confuse the ever-living snot out of your customers, right?

6:16AM Wed, June 27 2012

In reply to: " Oh #lazyweb, any recommendations for PAYG 3G USB dongles that play nicely with OS X? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

"WiFi Pointer" turns into E586 on product pages. Networks have a LOT to learn about product naming, ffs

5:45AM Wed, June 27 2012

In reply to: " Oh #lazyweb, any recommendations for PAYG 3G USB dongles that play nicely with OS X? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

I thought that was a laser pointer/mouse thingy. Shittest product name EVAR.

5:43AM Wed, June 27 2012

In reply to: " Oh #lazyweb, any recommendations for PAYG 3G USB dongles that play nicely with OS X? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

MiFi looks interesting - they're a wifi hub as well as 3G?

5:39AM Wed, June 27 2012

In reply to: " Oh #lazyweb, any recommendations for PAYG 3G USB dongles that play nicely with OS X? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Erm - not if there's another way of getting it to talk to a Macbook?

5:18AM Wed, June 27 2012

In reply to: " Oh #lazyweb, any recommendations for PAYG 3G USB dongles that play nicely with OS X? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

…and it's eventually going to look pretty pants next to my *new* MBP screen ;-D

10:04AM Wed, June 13 2012

In reply to: " Yo #lazyweb, if I were to get a new monitor, 24" at least 1080p, preferably LED, I'd like HDMI, what should I get? " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

It's my primary display - the onboard bright/contr controls aren't brill, but w. Mac calibration tools it's decent enough

10:02AM Wed, June 13 2012

In reply to: " Yo #lazyweb, if I were to get a new monitor, 24" at least 1080p, preferably LED, I'd like HDMI, what should I get? " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

I'm in front of an Ilyama E2407HDS. Ain't no Cinema Display, but does for me - suitably non-£££

9:59AM Wed, June 13 2012

In reply to: " Yo #lazyweb, if I were to get a new monitor, 24" at least 1080p, preferably LED, I'd like HDMI, what should I get? " -Asked by @JonRowe

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

I think my last retweet sums it up better than I will ever be able to.

7:41AM Tue, June 12 2012

In reply to: " Why is there a Church of England? I mean other than so some long dead king could bend the rules about marriage to suit his needs? " -Asked by @em_cooper

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

…pining for a mythical golden age when the proles knew their place and didn’t question the status qou.

7:29AM Tue, June 12 2012

In reply to: " Why is there a Church of England? I mean other than so some long dead king could bend the rules about marriage to suit his needs? " -Asked by @em_cooper

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Historical anachronism that suits reactionary hypocritical bearded old farts who like to think they’re on the moral high ground.

7:27AM Tue, June 12 2012

In reply to: " Why is there a Church of England? I mean other than so some long dead king could bend the rules about marriage to suit his needs? " -Asked by @em_cooper

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

It's a little known fact that TOGAF certification requires a 5-day training course where you learn the 3,276 ways of saying "no".

2:49PM Thu, June 07 2012

In reply to: " When are these hacked sites going to bring out two form authentication calculator things? That makes things safer, yeah? " -Asked by @aden_76

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

I guess that depends how their TOGAF architects feel about 2-factor authentication devices, no?

2:41PM Thu, June 07 2012

In reply to: " When are these hacked sites going to bring out two form authentication calculator things? That makes things safer, yeah? " -Asked by @aden_76

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

have a Corsair in mine, had no issues. Have heard of problems with Crucial, but that's anecdotal.

7:04AM Sat, May 26 2012

In reply to: " Treating my ageing Macbook to an SSD. Does #lazyweb have recommendations or is it a case of pretty much pick anything? " -Asked by @devolute

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Oh, that's rather good, thanks!

4:14AM Fri, May 11 2012

In reply to: " Spotify is suggesting Shirley Bassey to me. Can anyone suggest something a bit more appropriate for a morning of coding? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

words cannot begin to describe how little of a fuck I give about all things Olympics or Jubilee.

3:53PM Fri, April 20 2012

In reply to: " Invite to the road's Jubilee street party comes through the door. Now, where can I get a life size cardboard cutout of Tony Benn? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Agree that "evil" is lazy, self-perpetuating yah-boo tribal politics, tho.

1:24PM Tue, March 20 2012

In reply to: " you know, I don't actually think ppl go into work & think "How can I make the world worse today?" Lansley et al aren't evil, mad or stupid " -Asked by @Erica_Jane_MP

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Lawrence Lessig is worth a read. US-focus, but v good analysis of corrosive effect of money on politics

1:23PM Tue, March 20 2012

In reply to: " you know, I don't actually think ppl go into work & think "How can I make the world worse today?" Lansley et al aren't evil, mad or stupid " -Asked by @Erica_Jane_MP

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

"How can I make myself richer, and bugger the consequences" isn't evil per se, but tends towards it in absence of constraint

1:22PM Tue, March 20 2012

In reply to: " you know, I don't actually think ppl go into work & think "How can I make the world worse today?" Lansley et al aren't evil, mad or stupid " -Asked by @Erica_Jane_MP

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Maybe not "How can I make the world worse today?", but maybe "How can I make myself/my backers richer"?

1:20PM Tue, March 20 2012

In reply to: " you know, I don't actually think ppl go into work & think "How can I make the world worse today?" Lansley et al aren't evil, mad or stupid " -Asked by @Erica_Jane_MP

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

I've moved from 123 to Gandi - their service is infinitely better, and they're competitive on price as well.

6:14AM Thu, March 01 2012

In reply to: " Can someone recommend a good domain registrar? Not @123reg who've wasted enormous amounts of my time with wrong info via support today. " -Asked by @adrianshort

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Are you testing it standalone? Or rolled into something like Spree?

9:09AM Mon, February 20 2012

In reply to: " Can't find many resources on testing activemerchant (cucumber/capybara). Any pointers, lazyweb? " -Asked by @felix_cohen

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

It could be pronounced "rrrr-kut". Which sounds quite close to "Orkut"…

7:09AM Mon, February 20 2012

In reply to: " What do you think our name is? "R.C.K.T." or "Rocket"? " -Asked by @rcktsheffield

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Dammit, thanks. Should have starred it at the time :(

9:04AM Wed, February 15 2012

In reply to: " Spotify geeks - does the Mac client have a history of what I've played anywhere? Can't find it for looking... " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Erm - no. Been using them for > 8 years, and they're reliable to the point of boring...

3:31PM Tue, January 17 2012

In reply to: " Can anyone recommend an email provider *better than* fastmail? " -Asked by @robertbrook

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Call with [class ston];

11:50AM Wed, August 17 2011

In reply to: " Figuring out the best way to implement a singleton in objective-c.. can anyone recommend a good pattern? " -Asked by @robhayward

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

how about static class *ston=nil; +(class *)ston { if (!ston) { ston = [[alloc] init]; return ston; } }

11:50AM Wed, August 17 2011

In reply to: " Figuring out the best way to implement a singleton in objective-c.. can anyone recommend a good pattern? " -Asked by @robhayward

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Refresh - coffee's alright...

7:22AM Mon, April 18 2011

In reply to: " Does anywhere (nice) in Broomhill have free wifi? @tiemachine? " -Asked by @topfife

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Thanks, I've ordered a tanker-full. And am now browsing the 'chicken hygiene' section of that site...

4:13PM Tue, April 05 2011

In reply to: " Advice required, o Twitterverse. How do I get the smell of cat wee out of a wool carpet? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Let system warm up, unscrew a rad bleed nipple and let some dribble out. BG price == outrageous, indy should be 1/4 of that for!

6:39AM Thu, February 24 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone have any opinions/experience of power-flushing(!) a central heating system. (What have I become?) " -Asked by @abscond

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Depends what state the fluid's in - black & full of bits, probably worth it. Clear = probably not. Welcome to home ownership ;-)

6:35AM Thu, February 24 2011

In reply to: " Does anyone have any opinions/experience of power-flushing(!) a central heating system. (What have I become?) " -Asked by @abscond

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

In those situations, I believe the rules say you're worth 10 points.

4:44PM Wed, November 10 2010

In reply to: " Does anyone know the rule for cars if they want to turn left across a cycle lane? i've been nearly knocked off twice " -Asked by @knebworthchap

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

What, and miss an opportunity to shovel some more money in the direction of Crapita? Where's your spirit of free enterprise, man?

5:32AM Fri, September 10 2010

In reply to: " So where do I go to put in my eleventy-billion pound bid to build the new ukgov eBay site, then? After all, the real eBay's no use, is it? " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Ioko comes to mind?

7:07AM Fri, August 06 2010

In reply to: " Does anyone know who a globally known consultancy based in York might be? " -Asked by @rossjones

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

Thanks - never thought of using mount --bind, sneaky...

6:20AM Wed, June 23 2010

In reply to: " Question for Git gurus: can I commit contents of extra dirs that AREN'T under the main gitted dir? Does git follow symlinks? #git #lazyweb " -Asked by @timd

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64b87723205341fe444788a5082db334_normal @timd

had some packets of minifigs the other week - dunno where they came from, tho

4:02PM Wed, May 26 2010

In reply to: " I want little Lego people. Where can I buy little Lego people in #London? " -Asked by @craigwebster

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