RT @mikebutcher: I can’t believe the CrunchPad is over. Someone rescue it! http://bit.ly/7byEfG
@memespring thanks :-)
@timmillwood yeah - we’ve used that for a few projects - its really useful. we’re looking for something a bit more interactive for this one
Has anyone got any suggestions on ways to produce Google Analytics style charts in PHP?
RT @guardiantech: Scottish independence? The SNP have an app for that http://bit.ly/6bkpot <— I wondered how long this would take
29 minutes to get from Cardiff to Newport. It’s a 10 minute journey normally. Now 90+ minutes late.
Now crawling out if Cardiff. We’ve taken 8 minutes to travel from the platform to John Lewis. I can walk that in 2. Now 80 minutes late.
Still stuck at Cardiff Central. No sign of movement. :-( good start to the weekend
@timsculthorpe you manage to get on the Portsmouth harbour service? #train #fail #arrivatw #arrivafail
Chaos at Cardiff Central. Major signal failure. Everything stopped for the last 90 minutes.
RT @LittleLaura, @fellowcreative a letter to my MP about the Digital Economy Bill threatening YOUR Freedom to Think http://bit.ly/4xhZL4
RT @hrvaughan: Link: ‘Please design a logo for me. With pie charts. For free.’ - Absolutely AMAZING. http://tumblr.com/xsd49n…
3 days of non stop bug fixing. Maybe sometime tomorrow I can actually start on this week’s work. :-(
I wonder where the morning has gone - so far its been all about the corporate website. urgh.
MicheleKnight #childreninneed I will donate £2 for every RT of this from now until midnight up to £1000 so get retweeting
tom_watson It’ll break the Internet. I will not support this and neither should you. http://bit.ly/Yarrrrr
@Joel_Hughes the one who initiated the call.
RT @ruskin147: Breaking - T-Mobile says it was their customers’ data which was sold on to other firms
RT @pezholio: What? Boundary data? Postcode areas? Whole goddamn maps? Fraptious day! http://is.gd/4XcXz
@ruskin147 I just assumed it was standard practice - I was always been called by firms towards the end of my contact (until I moved to o2)
RT @BrandRepublic: Sad day here. Media Week and Revolution magazines to close. Haymarket restructures http://tinyurl.com/ylgc9… (@martinc)
Staff from a mobile phone company sold customer data for substantial sums - ICO to prosecute those involved - http://bit.ly/tV55X
BREAKING: Information commissioner examining whether staff of mobile firm sold customer details (from BBC News) -which mobile phone company?
Hmm, listening to dance/trance music in Spotify and get an advert for Take That Singstar - don’t think I’m quite the right target market
RT @barrymcgee: Senior Web Developer position available: BBC http://j.mp/4qxEtZ
Day 2 of my week off. Its actually quite nice not having to get up at the crack of dawn for work :-)
Enjoying my morning off :-)
Planning on avoiding twitter for a while - my sister doesn’t get home for an hour so can’t watch #drwho until then :-(
@shepherdnick my brother (@hrvaughan) is working on the Bloodhound SSC project
@Charlie_elise ar yr stadiwm http://yfrog.com/0ar29pj
WALES WALES WALES. In the stadium for Wales V Samoa. :-D
RT @journalismnews: Sun apologises for spelling Jacqui Janes’ name wrong… http://bit.ly/2ICXdw
@lesteph i’ve not come across one before - but if you find one, i’d love to try it out!
In work wearing my Welsh Rugby top - everyone coming up to me and asking if I’m going to the match tonight? What gives them that idea?!
@jemimakiss I completely agree.
RT @holizz: Here’s a new EU law requiring the crippling of most Web sites hosted in Europe http://bit.ly/2X6joH (via @cjno)
@egrommet apologies for the many spelling mistakes in that tweet!
urgh, having big trouble typing today - too many things going on
@dafyddbach I disagreed with that article- they slow the page rendering and cause accessibility issues.they should be for tabular data only
@egrommet I disagreed in that article- tables slow the page rendering and cause accessibility issues. tables should be for tabular data only
@glitchkitty definitely not beginners - expensive contractors
I wonder how anybody thinks they can get away with producing a website using tables for layout anymore. grrr. #stuckinthepast #fail
The evening begins with Wales v New Zealand. :-)
Amazed to see a former employer has finally cottoned on to an SEO technique the rest of us knew about over 3 years ago.#stuckinthepast #fail
@idesignstudios it should be possible, just specify the sidebar to start in the middle of your elements.
Missed the train by 40 seconds. Guard closed the doors as I got off the Paddington train. Now have to wait for an hour for the next. #ffs
Now storming through the outskirts of London on the way to the office for a meeting. Why is the London sky always a hazy orange?
@cathackforth firefox is now reporting it as a phishing scam, and I’ve reported it to Natwest. Not much else to do now.
Just reported the presence of a forged natwest bank login page to the owner of a website who seemed thoroughly unconcerned at its presence.
Moral of the story: 1) don’t buy cars - they just seem to fall apart / catch fire & 2) follow @cflabs car recall list - http://bit.ly/11GDP5
RT @cflabs Recalled: Ford Focus 1.8 / 2.0 L Turbo Diesel - because it might catch fire (3 already have) http://bit.ly/SDKOL
RT @cflabs Recalled: Land Rover Passenger car - Land Rover Discovery and Sport - because it might leak fuel& catch fire http://bit.ly/21FY5h
RT @cflabs Recalled: Audi Passenger car - Audi A3 and TT - because the clutch might not work http://bit.ly/1R76b3
RT @cflabs Recalled: Nissan Passenger car - Qashqai (J10) and X-Trail (T31) - because you might lose steering control! http://bit.ly/VCJsw
@akyan @timsculthorpe there is something with a bomb at some point in the series - it caused Victoria to be evacuated a few months ago
@akyan @timsculthorpe is it me or is the grid a bit sparse recently - it used to be much busier #spooks
@timsculthorpe and she has just been added to the character list on the website (wasn’t there an hour ago) #spooks http://bit.ly/4yAUgY
Great start to Spooks - It will be interesting to see if Ruth plays any further part in the series #spooks
and so #spooks begins :-)
@clarer congratulations :-)
Looks like the new expenses system won’t be ready before the next parliament. Introducing IPSA has slowed the process down further.
Leader of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will be paid a maximum of £100,000 per year
Gordon Brown favours lowering the voting age to 16 - believes there should be consultation #PMQs
Question about lowering the voting age to 16 at #PMQs - following on from Youth Parliament debate last week
I’m glad that the 3 main party leaders have accepted the Kelly report in full, but how long before it is implemented? #kelly #PMQs
I like recommendation 40 of the #kelly report - MPs will no longer be able to sit in both Parliament and the Assembly/Scottish Parliament
reading the #kelly report on MP Expenses
RT @timsculthorpe: Lots more MPs just decided to step down at this election. Year’s salary this time, eight weeks next time… #kelly
RT @LittleLaura: Swedish plans leave #digitalbritain trailing - British Government in a “time warp”.http://bit.ly/4Diu8S - via @cyberdoyle
@Pheonix_b congratulations :-)
@Thiefree my brother gave me this for Christmas a few years ago: http://bit.ly/4BjeAm
@Thiefree what about one of those alarm clocks that launches itself across the room and needs to be returned to its base before shutting up?
Time to go home - managed to fix some issues on 3 websites, did a bit more work on StayPrivate and reached Inbox Zero. Successful day :-)
If politicians were HTTP codes: http://bit.ly/1o1Vti (via @philnash, @emmapersky & @adamamyl) - fantastic :-D
Not only can Jacy @coffeenumber1 make a fantastic hot chocolate but apparently she can save people’s lives too :-) http://bit.ly/4oUb4j
RT @tom_watson: MP claims Mandleson has been hoodwinked on Internet piracy blitz: http://bit.ly/4eRgQJ
Spent the first hour and a half of work tidying my desk and filing everything away. Tasks for today: some StayPrivate work and Inbox Zero.
Great, my external hard drive is officially dead. luckily, it is still under warranty.
Woo, power back on (for now!) #powerfail
@akyan it comes down to investment. they don’t bother investing in the rural network because it doesn’t provide a big enough return
@akyan because we have an American company managing the network here and trying to make as much money as possible.
Good start to the morning - no electricity. Great.