Recent tweets
- @idbas heh that's why so many of my dvds are still wrapped in plastic. I'll watch the downloaded copies instead. 2012/05/19
- Reading SpaceX's mission objectives for tomorrow's launch while listening to Mongolian throat singers. Bliss. 2012/05/19
- @ID_AA_Carmack Sweet, I love living in the future! Just don't tell me the price and kill my buzz. 2012/05/15
- @ID_AA_Carmack stereo? 2012/05/15
- Did diy and maths tonight. 4/6ths complete on this TMA and theres still over a week to go. Now beer and tv. 2012/05/11
- @Drewjbeckett I'm waiting for them to start investigating why you're still single, cos someone should get on that; It's a scandal. 2012/05/11
- The day I start using Lyx is the day it's wiki is down. :( 2012/05/09
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Toby
beerandnoodles posted a photo: This is Toby. Lara’s cute new puppy.
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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