Football Manager 2013 is breaking me. Hours of meticulous pre-season still resulted in a 9-0 loss in opener. Not like the (easier) old days.
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Merry Christmas from my nephew George. He's now officially a Gooner! http://flic.kr/p/dE9zPj
Off to London for @robinince’s Nine Carols for Godless People this evening. Humanist festive cheer with comedians, science people and music.
At #HNLondon with @globaldev (@ Central Foundation Boys' School w/ 3 others) http://4sq.com/UszpHU
This could be very useful in the @globaldev office RT @IFTTT @37signals group chat service, Campfire, is now on IFTTT! http://bfr.st/SOuLSh
Off to the Emirates for the North London Derby. Hard to call it.
Well-earned Chinese takeaway (@ Pitch & Chip) http://4sq.com/STxahw
Trying to stop nuisance texts from TalkTalk about an engineer visit I’ve not asked for. I’m not even a customer! Replying “STOP” fails.
Rugby score!
RvP, Valencia, Young, Carrick, Ferdinand, Rooney. United buy expensive talent from rivals and haven’t done badly. Just a thought, Arsène.
Perfect Sunday on the sofa by a wood burner playing Letterpress and reading @themagazine
Challenge me on #Letterpress, a new word game for iPhone and iPad. I'm barryfrost on Game Center http://www.atebits.com/letterpress/
Dire, abject performance from Arsenal against Schalke tonight. Apoplectic guy next to me almost had a heart attack when they scored second.
Hotel welcome card: “No denims in public areas after 6pm” Luckily I have my black tie with me. Jack Donaghy would approve.
Practising and preparing for the @wld conference (@ Warren Weir) http://4sq.com/VdJL2D
I've ordered a Belkin WeMo Switch so that I can remote control things over the internet. Thinking about my heating... http://bfr.st/PBO7hI
Refresh refresh refresh... Second failed attempt to buy tickets to BritRuby. Ruby conferences: more popular than Glastonbury
Ordered one of the new Sky+HD 2TB boxes to replace my ailing Thomson one. Huge storage, HD EPG and iPad remote.
Testing a post from ADN using Netbot that should hopefully crosspost to Twitter and be picked up by @ifttt — https://alpha.app.net/barryf/post/688008
Now that there’s a @tapbots client for ADN I’ve stumped up the cash to join. Find me over there as barryf http://bfr.st/Uhh58u #adn
Teams being announced. The boos for Terry louder than for Cole. It’s going to be spicy.
Off to the Emirates for Arsenal v Chelsea courtesy of Singapore-based @cronkshaw (cheers mate). Expecting a few goals from both sides.
Having a play with Tent using tent.is’s implementation http://bfr.st/THn4Dt
“It stimulates the part of the brain called Shatner’s Bassoon.” #drusglive
So this is a Brass Eye repeat, yeah? #drugslive
Another day, another PPI spam text
Lost email flags after upgrade to iOS6 with Gmail/GApps via Exchange? Add your domain in settings http://www.andrewbecker.me/technical/apple-technical/ios/2012/ios-6-flag-message-fix/ios-6-flag-message-fix.html
There have been queues across the street outside Clinton’s Cards in Windsor for the last hour for the closing down sale. Baffling.
First iPhone 5 delivery in the office! In your faces, suckahs!
Latest inexplicable Twitter fuckwittery: just received an email saying I’ll no longer be able to use @IFTTT to archive my tweets :(
Simple solution if you don’t like Apple’s new Maps app in iOS6: go to http://bfr.st/UgQwPG and add Google Maps (web) to your homescreen.
@alexstrang Was only temporary: back to the Orange T-Mobile hybrid now.
My iPhone carrier label just switched from Orange to EE. Looks like the name change is underway @EE
This weekend I have dug/laid paving slabs, wired up a loft light and part-boarded the loft. With my dad, but it counts. Manual work is hard.
Succumbed: iPhone 5 upgrade ordered through @orangeuk who claim delivery on Monday. Not sure I believe that!
First page of proof-of-concept working and committed to git. So far so good. #gdhackday
Remembering how sophisticated our platform is under the hood. Need to think this hack through more carefully… #gdhackday
Coding keyboard dusted off and a fresh VM set up and ready for the @globaldev Hack Day tomorrow #gdhackday
Sad how Guardian’s @guardiantech section has withered. I had to resort to the Telegraph for reporting on @ee 4G launch this morning.
Very impressive - responsive design and gorgeous web fonts RT @BenHobson: Everyone check the relaunched Vogue site - http://bfr.st/RuwI8W
Discovered today that you can diff two documents in Word, either side-by-side or via annotations. Handy. http://bfr.st/NCfzFq
Just held a department meeting between 30+ staff in London, Windsor and Sydney over Skype and FaceTime on an iPad. Tricky but it worked.
Bug, Veep, Alan Partridge, Bad Sugar, Hunderby, A Touch Of Cloth… pretty much all the best new comedy is on Sky Atlantic/One these days.
Great Foo Fighters setlist at Reading: plenty of first album favourites.
The week's two best memes in one. Superb. RT @thedailymash Harry photos ruined by old Spanish woman http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/harry-photos-ruined-by-old-spanish-woman-2012082439034
Man Utd's new checked shirt must look propah nice with a Burberry cap on Yeovil High Street.
C4 is repeating Brass Eye starting tonight. If you’ve never seen it then watch and marvel. Just as relevant today as in the nineties.
In Hyde Park ready for the Blur/New Order/Specials Olympics closing gig. Never seen so many picnics!