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- RT @bengoldacre: Who is this guy?: great work http://dlvr.it/3Bz85 21 hours ago
- @pauljchambers and its on tonight on Film4 :) 2010/07/29
- @ColHall You get fat. 2010/07/28
- The bread machine just beeped :) 2010/07/27
- I must've missed a few episodes of Smallvillle. Cos Clark is dating Lois! 2010/07/27
- You know what to do: RT @megpickard: all tweets including the word Channel 4 will appear on a screen in the company's lift today 2010/07/27
- Water is bouncy, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRSK4k3D-50 2010/07/27
Author Archives: Alan
My very own twitter client.
Followers on Twitter may have noticed that I’m now posting using a client called alanjames. This is really just Spaz but now registered at Twitter under my own name. Here’s the how and why I’ve done that. For some months … Continue reading
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beerandnoodles posted a photo: and that’s pretty much the last we saw of that one.
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Issues with the YouGov poll on LD policies
Sunday’s YouGov voting intention poll for the UK contained a number of questions on policies. Commisioned by the Sun newspaper it seeks to gauge support for Liberal Democrat policies. Now as people (according to recent media reports) have been completely … Continue reading
Within-group aggregates with another wrinkle.
Recently when optimising an SQL query I needed to return a specific subset of records from a large table. The brilliant Common Queries Tree pointed me in the right direction, but the examples didn’t quite cover my specific case. I … Continue reading
Tethering Jolicloud with a Nokia 6500 Classic
Yesterday I plugged my Nokia 6500 Classic phone into my Jolicloud powered netbook, told the network manager I was on a Vodafone contract and bang, instant 3G internet access. It could hardly be simpler. Once its set up, you can … Continue reading
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Spaz, the twitter client.
I use a Twitter client named Spaz. Now if you’re from the UK the name might strike you as being a bit distasteful, perhaps even offensive. Get over it, its just a random sound in most of the world. Actually … Continue reading
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