Dafydd Vaughan (@dafyddbach)
London, UK

The content below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @dafyddbach since July 2008

November 2009

RT @mikebutcher: I can’t believe the CrunchPad is over. Someone rescue it! http://bit.ly/7byEfG

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@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

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Has anyone got any suggestions on ways to produce Google Analytics style charts in PHP?

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RT @guardiantech: Scottish independence? The SNP have an app for that http://bit.ly/6bkpot <— I wondered how long this would take

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29 minutes to get from Cardiff to Newport. It’s a 10 minute journey normally. Now 90+ minutes late.

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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.

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Still stuck at Cardiff Central. No sign of movement. :-( good start to the weekend

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Chaos at Cardiff Central. Major signal failure. Everything stopped for the last 90 minutes.

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RT @LittleLaura, @fellowcreative a letter to my MP about the Digital Economy Bill threatening YOUR Freedom to Think http://bit.ly/4xhZL4

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RT @hrvaughan: Link: ‘Please design a logo for me. With pie charts. For free.’ - Absolutely AMAZING. http://tumblr.com/xsd49n…

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3 days of non stop bug fixing. Maybe sometime tomorrow I can actually start on this week’s work. :-(

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I wonder where the morning has gone - so far its been all about the corporate website. urgh.

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MicheleKnight #childreninneed I will donate £2 for every RT of this from now until midnight up to £1000 so get retweeting

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tom_watson It’ll break the Internet. I will not support this and neither should you. http://bit.ly/Yarrrrr

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RT @ruskin147: Breaking - T-Mobile says it was their customers’ data which was sold on to other firms

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RT @pezholio: What? Boundary data? Postcode areas? Whole goddamn maps? Fraptious day! http://is.gd/4XcXz

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@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)

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RT @BrandRepublic: Sad day here. Media Week and Revolution magazines to close. Haymarket restructures http://tinyurl.com/ylgc9… (@martinc)

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Staff from a mobile phone company sold customer data for substantial sums - ICO to prosecute those involved - http://bit.ly/tV55X

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BREAKING: Information commissioner examining whether staff of mobile firm sold customer details (from BBC News) -which mobile phone company?

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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

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RT @barrymcgee: Senior Web Developer position available: BBC http://j.mp/4qxEtZ

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Day 2 of my week off. Its actually quite nice not having to get up at the crack of dawn for work :-)

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Enjoying my morning off :-)

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Planning on avoiding twitter for a while - my sister doesn’t get home for an hour so can’t watch #drwho until then :-(

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@shepherdnick my brother (@hrvaughan) is working on the Bloodhound SSC project

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WALES WALES WALES. In the stadium for Wales V Samoa. :-D

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RT @journalismnews: Sun apologises for spelling Jacqui Janes’ name wrong… http://bit.ly/2ICXdw

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@lesteph i’ve not come across one before - but if you find one, i’d love to try it out!

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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?!

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RT @holizz: Here’s a new EU law requiring the crippling of most Web sites hosted in Europe http://bit.ly/2X6joH (via @cjno)

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@egrommet apologies for the many spelling mistakes in that tweet!

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urgh, having big trouble typing today - too many things going on

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@dafyddbach I disagreed with that article- they slow the page rendering and cause accessibility issues.they should be for tabular data only

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@egrommet I disagreed in that article- tables slow the page rendering and cause accessibility issues. tables should be for tabular data only

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@glitchkitty definitely not beginners - expensive contractors

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I wonder how anybody thinks they can get away with producing a website using tables for layout anymore. grrr. #stuckinthepast #fail

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The evening begins with Wales v New Zealand. :-)

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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

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@idesignstudios it should be possible, just specify the sidebar to start in the middle of your elements.

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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

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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?

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@cathackforth firefox is now reporting it as a phishing scam, and I’ve reported it to Natwest. Not much else to do now.

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Just reported the presence of a forged natwest bank login page to the owner of a website who seemed thoroughly unconcerned at its presence.

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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

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RT @cflabs Recalled: Ford Focus 1.8 / 2.0 L Turbo Diesel - because it might catch fire (3 already have) http://bit.ly/SDKOL

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RT @cflabs Recalled: Land Rover Passenger car - Land Rover Discovery and Sport - because it might leak fuel& catch fire http://bit.ly/21FY5h

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RT @cflabs Recalled: Audi Passenger car - Audi A3 and TT - because the clutch might not work http://bit.ly/1R76b3

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RT @cflabs Recalled: Nissan Passenger car - Qashqai (J10) and X-Trail (T31) - because you might lose steering control! http://bit.ly/VCJsw

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@akyan @timsculthorpe there is something with a bomb at some point in the series - it caused Victoria to be evacuated a few months ago

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@akyan @timsculthorpe is it me or is the grid a bit sparse recently - it used to be much busier #spooks

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@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

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Great start to Spooks - It will be interesting to see if Ruth plays any further part in the series #spooks

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and so #spooks begins :-)

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Looks like the new expenses system won’t be ready before the next parliament. Introducing IPSA has slowed the process down further.

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Leader of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will be paid a maximum of £100,000 per year

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Gordon Brown favours lowering the voting age to 16 - believes there should be consultation #PMQs

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Question about lowering the voting age to 16 at #PMQs - following on from Youth Parliament debate last week

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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

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DC stressing the importance of accepting the #kelly report in full #PMQs

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What can we expect from MPs about #kelly expenses report at #PMQs?

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I like recommendation 40 of the #kelly report - MPs will no longer be able to sit in both Parliament and the Assembly/Scottish Parliament

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reading the #kelly report on MP Expenses

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RT @timsculthorpe: Lots more MPs just decided to step down at this election. Year’s salary this time, eight weeks next time… #kelly

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RT @LittleLaura: Swedish plans leave #digitalbritain trailing - British Government in a “time warp”.http://bit.ly/4Diu8S - via @cyberdoyle

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@Thiefree my brother gave me this for Christmas a few years ago: http://bit.ly/4BjeAm

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@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?

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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 :-)

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If politicians were HTTP codes: http://bit.ly/1o1Vti (via @philnash, @emmapersky & @adamamyl) - fantastic :-D

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Not only can Jacy @coffeenumber1 make a fantastic hot chocolate but apparently she can save people’s lives too :-) http://bit.ly/4oUb4j

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RT @tom_watson: MP claims Mandleson has been hoodwinked on Internet piracy blitz: http://bit.ly/4eRgQJ

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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.

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Great, my external hard drive is officially dead. luckily, it is still under warranty.

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Woo, power back on (for now!) #powerfail

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@akyan it comes down to investment. they don’t bother investing in the rural network because it doesn’t provide a big enough return

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@akyan because we have an American company managing the network here and trying to make as much money as possible.

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Good start to the morning - no electricity. Great.

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