January 2010
134 posts
One of my finer dad jokes
Rich: What does Martin's mom do in Rome?
Me: Well, whatever the Romans do I should think.
Today I will be setting up a Windows 7 Boot Camp partition for the umpteenth time, and I’m determined not to screw it up.
Whereas upgrading my OS 10.5 to OS 10.6 was as simple as putting the DVD in and clicking a few buttons, the Windows 7 process is every bit as convoluted as you’d expect of Redmond’s finest. Downloading an .exe that had to be converted to an .iso and burned...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Portico Quartet (22)
The Bad Plus (16)
Stanton Moore Trio (11)
Amy Winehouse (11)
Duke Ellington (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Twitter Widgets
I’ve stopped importing my Tweets in favour of a Twitter widget in the side bar, because I’m planning on separating the two services out a bit. Only trouble is that the widget doesn’t seem to want to work for me. Any ideas?
Watching the Hannah Montana episode of Family Guy. Forgot how appallingly flat she sings.
I’m currently performing a psych experiment with my bass’ eBay listing. I need two more Warwick Corvettes to sell for my controls…
The line between Espresso Martini and White Russian just got deliciously blurred. http://yfrog.com/3l1o2j
Anyone want to buy a bass? http://bit.ly/8dCOCc
Springsteen, The Police, Jaco, Steely Dan and The Standells. Looking forward to my upcoming eBay deliveries.
Seriously considering selling my Warwick Corvette. I can’t see myself thinking “actually, I don’t want to play my American Deluxe this time”
Alright messy flat, today you’ve met your match.
I’m pretty upset with @jamiewightman for getting me into vinyl actually. It’ll have me in the poor house for sure.
When you watch nature documentaries do you ever find yourself treating them like a catalogue for reincarnation options?
If @RichardWHBray were a web dev, he’d work in these terms. http://bit.ly/5BD9ia
Loaf of bread in the oven. I have a feeling it’s going to be ridiculously large…
The reason I stopped following @garyvee is completely summed up by his categorisation on Tumblr directory as “entrepreneur” and not “wine”.
Usually I like something salty - like popadoms - to cleanse my palate, but after the salt bomb that was the Cross Buttocks, I’m not so sure.
If you felt so strongly about Conan O’Brien and The Tonight Show that you went to a rally, you need to reassess your life’s priorities.
My supervisors organised a meeting day for the ten-or-so other people on the BBSRC scholarship program I’m on and their supervisors to get together, discuss research, exchange ideas, make friends, network, etc.
Guess who didn’t get invited.
“I’m a different kind of Republican. I’ve always just wanted to go down and solve the problems, regardless of party…I’ll look at each and every bill for its merits and how it affects our state, and then I’ll make a decision. To say am I going to do this or am I going to do that, it’s really not appropriate right now.”
I’d really like to believe Scott Brown when he says that....
It’s not my fault that the 2010 Alex is less eloquent and less motivated than the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed 2009 model.
It’s official: I have now reached the “self-plagiarising” stage of paper writing.
MA Dems campaigned so poorly, most voters were unaware who the opponent really was. Many thought they voted for this man: http://j.mp/6gKUZ8
Candidates seeking office in MA: calling Red Sox World Series heros Yankees fans can and will cost you the election.
So @RichardWHBray and I are going to resurrect @guest_tales here and on Tumblr. It’ll have notes on beer, wine, cocktails, tequila, whisky..
RT @tweetie: Buy Tweetie for iPhone or Mac tmw and all proceeds will go to Doctors without Borders and the Red Cross. http://bit.ly/6umKCU
Parcelforce man remarked how happy he was that today’s parcel (a pullover) was lighter than the last one he delivered (30kg of cat litter).
Haiti six days later (photos): http://bit.ly/51PlDP
Last.fm scripts
I seem to be unable to win with the two big Last.fm scripts. Neither one wants to work for me and automatically post every week. Anyone else have problems?
Not sure I remember the last time our kitchen was this clean.
Neurotweeters: ever used a molecular diagram from Wikipedia? Can’t get over my prejudices, but it might be the only public domain figure.
I don’t wanna go to school today.
RT @therealadamwest: In LA recording more episodes of Family Guy with Seth. Do you love taffy as much as Mayor West? http://bit.ly/7vw3dH
“Ok, well if you trip and crack your head open and bleed all over the place,...”
– Grandmother to child walking on cobblestones
Off to the Oak Rooms for lunch. Will never refer to it as Ogstons On North Street. Oak Rooms.
The Beatles In 1957
all-thats-interesting:
The Beatles in 1957. George Harrison is 14, John Lennon is 16, and Paul McCartney is 15.
My first loaf of bread; not bad if I do say so myself. http://yfrog.com/4iutbyj
Watching the Simpson’s episode with @Danny_DeVito; I keep hoping he’s going to say “I think we should bang” or pull out a gun or something.
Off to Morrisons while my bread dough rises.
Could have been MUCH worse. LPs and whiskies now separated for not playing nicely.
We need more celebritries who are as caring and charitable as Wyclef. Wait, I mean the opposite of that. http://bit.ly/5J11Vl
Damage report- KIA: Harpoon jug, 3 unlabeled tasters; wounded: 11 LP sleeves; survived: all LPs, La Fogata, Uigeadail, and Bruichladdich PX.
HOLY SHIT! A bunch of shit just fell from the LP and Whisky shelf. Prelim damage report: a couple wet lps, broken bottles and a scared cat.
So much mud has drained out to sea from the burn that the surf is brown. Eugh.
“Jamie: Hey Rich, where did you go?
Rich: I went outside to listen to Journey....”
– When Rich disappeared from the pub for 10 minutes.
I’m having a lot of trouble keeping my introduction section to my last experiment from becoming a project proposal for my next experiment.
Off to (hopefully) sort out my expenses claim once and for all. Should have been an MP, way less hassle.