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Previous twitterings
I didn’t want to lose all my previous twitterings, so I’ve collected all stored ones (tedious) and they’re now listed below in this post. They’ve only been saved from May 22nd, which means there’s slightly less than half my tweets 
I should have installed the twittertools plug-in earlier, and not done the twitterfeed one. *sigh*
- must…stop…procrastinating… 03:39 PM July 14, 2008 from web
- Pandammonia: http://tinyurl.com/56q49w # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://tinyurl.com/5wxz7k 03:20 PM July 14, 2008 from twitterfeed
- http://tinyurl.com/56q49w 05:58 PM July 13, 2008 from web
- @fergycool I know I’m exceedingly clever and everything, but even I can’t graduate after only my second year
05:34 PM July 12, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool - at a graduation ceremony 03:00 PM July 10, 2008 from TweetLater
- http://tinyurl.com/228gne 06:02 PM July 08, 2008 from web
- what is it with over-the-counter remedies that have side effects that are the same as the thing they’re supposed to be treating? 05:56 PM July 08, 2008 from web
- didn’t buy exactly what i set out to buy, but it’ll do. 05:53 PM July 08, 2008 from web
- gonna spend some money 03:33 PM July 08, 2008 from web
- @djryan good luck with that. and the job… 03:26 PM July 08, 2008 from web in reply to djryan
- cannot cope with elements of logic. it’s illogical. 03:21 PM July 08, 2008 from web
- @djryan exciting new job to go to? 03:21 PM July 08, 2008 from web in reply to djryan
- so many things to do…so little time to do them in… 01:30 PM July 08, 2008 from web
- I wish – he had much more command over his crew than I do! 09:24 AM July 08, 2008 from web
- Pandammonia: The ypocrisy of politicians rears its ugly head once again. http://tinyurl.com/6duslw 08:20 AM July 08, 2008 from twitterfeed
- I thought it was all sorted, but now there’s insolence in the ranks. Insolence! Or mutiny. It might be mutiny. 11:35 PM July 07, 2008 from web
- finally finished reichenbach 1947…chapter I Introduction. *sheepish* 05:02 PM July 07, 2008 from web
- @0anna0 course it wouldn’t! 05:02 PM July 07, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- @fergycool ask john
05:01 PM July 07, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool - the internet went away – i blame the thunder (there’ve been 5 rumbles niow, the last with lightning) 03:24 PM July 07, 2008 from web
- @fergycool Cattle are coming. 03:23 PM July 07, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @fergycool oh. i hope it stays good then – i love melty french cheese 03:23 PM July 07, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- rumble of thunder number 3 just rumbled 03:01 PM July 07, 2008 from web
- @0anna0 ugh – you’ll look nice in the photos! (yes) 03:00 PM July 07, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- the man on the telly says they want to move lowestoft from suffolk to norfolk 01:39 PM July 07, 2008 from web
- the rain seems to be very quantatative 01:34 PM July 07, 2008 from web
- the cat got soaked in the rain (she refused to come in when i opened the door) and now stinks of wet cat 01:31 PM July 07, 2008 from web
- i have just read three emails that have made me completely despair. completely and totally and utterly despair. 12:39 PM July 07, 2008 from web
- @fergycool you and LN eat it now and get another for your party? 12:38 PM July 07, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- Cattle are coming. 11:22 PM July 05, 2008 from web
- @0anna0 is it all sorted yet? 11:20 PM July 05, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- @firefox_answers Thanks, I’ll try that 11:19 PM July 05, 2008 from web in reply to firefox_answers
- but it’s *months* till xmas! 07:47 PM July 05, 2008 from TwitterFox
- has a bad head, but thoroughly recommends the maypole’s pie 12:02 PM July 05, 2008 from TwitterFox
- the pickerel is beckoning 05:07 PM July 04, 2008 from web
- http://tinyurl.com/6gouh5 Pringle, anyone? 04:47 PM July 04, 2008 from web
- @0anna0 well, we’re not fussy, so wherever is good for us. just not nando’s or frankie and benny’s. 04:44 PM July 04, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- @0anna0 who’s look after them while you’re out? 04:31 PM July 04, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- @0anna0 look here then: http://tinyurl.com/575jak 04:31 PM July 04, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- @0anna0 oh, well no-one told me that. 04:28 PM July 04, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- @0anna0 http://tinyurl.com/5cpmjf It’s near the uni. 04:21 PM July 04, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- @fergycool My Jack was irrelevant! It’s just a hard-to-parse sentence. I’m reading the book it’s from (I think). And Dot Cotton = Steptoe. 03:50 PM July 04, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- John where Jack had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher. 02:19 PM July 04, 2008 from web
- Pandammonia: Scouse and French are high-pitched. French is also nasal. Brummie is low-pi.. http://tinyurl.com/5arpvx 12:20 PM July 04, 2008 from twitterfeed
- is reading gobbeldy-gook 11:49 AM July 04, 2008 from web
- @drossy cheapskate 09:11 AM July 04, 2008 from web in reply to drossy
- @0anna0 what about the one i suggested to anthony on facebook? it seemed ideal to me 12:33 AM July 04, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- @drossy unlike your brother, who only confused which one came first… 07:00 PM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to drossy
- @fergycool kind of 06:59 PM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- being forced to leave the house! 05:29 PM July 03, 2008 from web
- identi.ca has gone the way of useless things: forgot password, no email address registered. Despite their email to me about my account. 05:12 PM July 03, 2008 from web
- @0anna0 is this to do with next week? 04:06 PM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- on the plus side, i found out, by reading the documentation, how to make my labels look nice when using the subfigure package. 02:00 PM July 03, 2008 from web
- source of latex problem: forgot the newline at the end of a table line. stupid latex and its unhelpful error messages. 01:58 PM July 03, 2008 from web
- it’s gone now. i wish this error in my latex would go away as well. 01:35 PM July 03, 2008 from web
- must be over the river 01:15 PM July 03, 2008 from web
- copper chopper hovering out the back! 01:14 PM July 03, 2008 from web
- junk: landscapers, an estate agent and do-a-foundation-course-so-you-can-do-a-degree. i’m doing a degree. naff off. 01:13 PM July 03, 2008 from web
- something has been shoved through the door 01:11 PM July 03, 2008 from web
- catching up with private secret diary…from 2004 12:57 PM July 03, 2008 from web
- @fergycool could the timing be any worse?! 12:26 PM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @fergycool see you there! *looks out the window. sees lots of rain. and a blown tree.* 12:16 PM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @fergycool see you there 12:10 PM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @djryan it must have some sneaky anti-loopness in it. disappointing! 12:09 PM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to djryan
- @fergycool i’ll bring a brolly what time? 11:37 AM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @djryan you’re going to have infinitely recursive posts if you’re not careful!
11:31 AM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to djryan - is it just me, or do firefox 3 and google reader disagree about something? 11:16 AM July 03, 2008 from web
- must be about time for a nice cup of tea, then i can stop faffing with the pooter and the internet and do some work! 11:09 AM July 03, 2008 from web
- @djryan sorted the width: maximised window & resized it. shouldn’t have to. am not getting into the old fixed/variable width debate though. 10:46 AM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to djryan
- @djryan must plurk be so wide?! 10:36 AM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to djryan
- bloomin’ latex! 10:33 AM July 03, 2008 from web
- @fergycool its appearance is nicer – less garish 10:25 AM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @fergycool see what you think of this: http://posterous.com/ 10:18 AM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @fergycool have signed up! 10:09 AM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @0anna0 what you doing wrong? 10:04 AM July 03, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- will someone take my neighbours away? please? 05:16 PM July 02, 2008 from TwitterFox
- @djryan demand your money back! oh, wait… 0:) 04:56 PM July 02, 2008 from TwitterFox in reply to djryan
- @fergycool do you wanna see some puppies? 04:55 PM July 02, 2008 from TwitterFox in reply to fergycool
- @fergycool is it quite long, then, is it? 03:53 PM July 02, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- eating jaffa cakes 03:10 PM July 02, 2008 from TwitterFox
- twitterfox lies to me 02:11 PM July 02, 2008 from TwitterFox
- the annoyingly loud scaffolding men are back to the house two doors down. they’re doing annoyingly loud things with scaffolding 02:10 PM July 02, 2008 from TwitterFox
- back from the PO. Also went to the shop 01:15 PM July 02, 2008 from TwitterFox
- going to the Post Office 12:42 PM July 02, 2008 from TwitterFox
- The cat is sitting on my big blue book of French verbs. How is that helpful? 11:45 AM July 02, 2008 from TwitterFox
- Pandammonia: My mother has got herself a degree – a 2.2 in BSc Biomedical Science. Cong.. http://tinyurl.com/5qesaf 09:26 PM July 01, 2008 from twitterfeed
- @fergycool thanks 04:02 PM June 28, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- a bit lacking in the doctor, but was still exciting! 03:14 PM June 28, 2008 from TwitterFox
- been to pub for dinner. now sleepy and about to watch last week’s doctor who on iplayer 02:20 PM June 28, 2008 from TwitterFox
- Pandammonia: What did God do with the water above the vault? http://tinyurl.com/65ppdz 06:27 PM June 27, 2008 from twitterfeed
- waiting till i have a posh new pen for my posh new notebook before working. it’s my new supervisor-imposed notes-taking and -making tactic! 02:59 PM June 27, 2008 from web
- @fergycool hehe. I’ve got leftover Chinese to look forward to tomorrow 12:40 AM June 27, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @djryan yes, he certainly is! i don’t have anything to do with him, though – not my field 10:21 PM June 26, 2008 from TwitterFox in reply to djryan
- @fergycool depends whether you also have half a can of warm flat beer to go with it or not! 11:14 AM June 26, 2008 from TwitterFox in reply to fergycool
- installed twitterfox 04:53 PM June 25, 2008 from TwitterFox
- reading, reading, reading 03:27 PM June 25, 2008 from web
- @djryan i dare you to buy a poetry book 12:36 PM June 25, 2008 from web in reply to djryan
- should have gone to bed earlier last night 11:14 AM June 25, 2008 from web
- tum-te-tum 11:06 PM June 24, 2008 from web
- @djryan Periods, childbirth? Come on! 08:04 PM June 24, 2008 from web in reply to djryan
- @djryan George reckoned it’s a man, not a woman, if there is one, on the grounds that a woman wouldn’t've fecked it up so. 04:13 PM June 24, 2008 from web in reply to djryan
- Pandammonia: I discussed omniscience in an earlier post. This illustration says pretty .. http://tinyurl.com/6es6oe 02:22 PM June 24, 2008 from twitterfeed
- just finished an email trying to explain stump to someone. i deserve a cup of tea for that! 11:49 AM June 24, 2008 from web
- @fergycool jackie, man! 10:24 PM June 22, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @fergycool ?? 11:30 AM June 22, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- disappointed by charlie chan last night 10:59 AM June 22, 2008 from web
- @emma_on_toast ooh, I love that! 04:27 PM June 21, 2008 from web in reply to emma_on_toast
- twitter’s noticed me again 04:27 PM June 21, 2008 from web
- twitter’s ignoring my updates! 12:01 PM June 21, 2008 from web
- @fergycool thanks it’s when you use the auxiliary avoir in the passé composé form, followed by a verb in the past participle… 11:31 AM June 21, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @djryan glad to hear it! but didn’t know she was ill! 10:21 AM June 21, 2008 from web in reply to djryan
- going to uni very soon. 11:12 AM June 20, 2008 from web
- @0anna0 what’s the question? 10:47 AM June 20, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- @fergycool ask about the passé surcomposé – when it’s used, what it’s used for, if it replaces the past anterior or vice versa. cheers! 10:34 AM June 20, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- pins and needles! 09:56 AM June 20, 2008 from web
- firefox 3 keeps on crashing on exit 08:51 AM June 20, 2008 from web
- wondering what to make for tea 03:13 PM June 19, 2008 from web
- @fergycool no way – it’s full of OAPs! Blocking the aisles with themselves, their trolleys; standing about chatting. Must be pension day 12:36 PM June 19, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- back from the shops 12:20 PM June 19, 2008 from web
- am fascinated by EarthDesk 09:16 AM June 19, 2008 from web
- @0anna0 aw, get well soon! 09:09 AM June 19, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- confused by the conditional: it just doesn’t fit 01:39 PM June 18, 2008 from web
- didn’t take long for firefox 3 to crash… 10:47 AM June 18, 2008 from web
- @fergycool is maria having an exhibition or some such? 10:09 AM June 18, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @fergycool one rule for town; one rule for gown 09:40 AM June 18, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- have installed it 09:33 AM June 18, 2008 from web
- downloaded firefox 3. am now installing… 09:27 AM June 18, 2008 from web
- was kept awake last night by loud music from town until past 2am. was it may-week-in-june held by the colleges, along with the fireworks? 08:46 AM June 18, 2008 from web
- trying to remember where I read something useful 11:04 AM June 17, 2008 from web
- is wondering what i’d drink if we didn’t have tea 10:55 AM June 17, 2008 from web
- bad night’s sleep, so slept in. dreamt alun armstrong (so tall!) was staying with us. i was late for tuesday lecture at 10. woke at 10. 10:09 AM June 16, 2008 from web
- is up and has been to the shop for milk 11:20 AM June 15, 2008 from web
- have a case of man-flu to look after 12:13 PM June 14, 2008 from web
- been to “work” for happy hour – free food and beer! 11:09 PM June 13, 2008 from web
- the trouble with the nicest cups of tea is that you have to drink them as hot as you can bear, so that means they don’t last long 01:43 PM June 13, 2008 from web
- i have a deadline – i can finally start doing some work now! 01:09 PM June 13, 2008 from web
- @fergycool start chopping it all down in a suspicious manner – see what they do! 01:05 PM June 13, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- getting new glasses 12:26 PM June 13, 2008 from web
- @fergycool saw the copper-chopper, and an ambulance, but it was going away from town, up milton road 12:15 PM June 13, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- finally going to go to bed. 02:48 AM June 13, 2008 from web
- is amused by the mill road tesco being turned into a community centre before tesco get their paws on it 03:09 PM June 12, 2008 from web
- going to the library 11:02 AM June 11, 2008 from web
- Pandammonia: Security scans will show sex organs | NEWS.com.au This is shocking! I.. http://tinyurl.com/6lm78k 10:20 AM June 11, 2008 from twitterfeed
- is cânta the same as cînta, but spelt different? 03:00 PM June 10, 2008 from web
- @0anna0 much sympathy 10:37 AM June 10, 2008 from web in reply to 0anna0
- going in now, to make the tea 06:18 PM June 09, 2008 from web
- outside now. watching the cat, who’s watching the birds that dare to land in her tree. 04:13 PM June 09, 2008 from web
- I’d be outside if someone wasn’t spoiling the are peace and quiet with a powered garden tool. 03:10 PM June 09, 2008 from web
- @fergycool I know the feeling – I’m definitely not out tonight! 02:30 PM June 09, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- Not feeling too hungover after yesterday’s drinking session for @djyran’s birthday. 10:58 AM June 09, 2008 from web
- going to set the video then go to strawberry fair 01:46 PM June 07, 2008 from web
- @fergycool yeah, so? :p 04:45 PM June 06, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- they’re thinking about digging bus tunnels under cambridge. what about the guided busway they’re digging half the surface streets up for?! 04:34 PM June 06, 2008 from web
- @gorbash78 yeah, i read about that…it doesn’t disappear, but the font colour changes to match the background. it’s a feature 04:21 PM June 06, 2008 from web in reply to gorbash78
- where’s verbix.com gone?! 03:10 PM June 06, 2008 from web
- Pandammonia: Useful blog post found about how to flush tables and figures in Latex. http://tinyurl.com/5hk5to 01:19 PM June 06, 2008 from twitterfeed
- bloomin’ latex! 01:04 PM June 06, 2008 from web
- apple just tried to download software updates, but firefox said no. 12:02 PM June 06, 2008 from web
- @djryan me too! 12:01 PM June 06, 2008 from web in reply to djryan
- @fergycool oh, that time of year again already?! Weather forecasts’s not looking good, but we’ll be there. Might even see you this year! 11:12 AM June 06, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @fergycool where at? 10:50 AM June 06, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @fergycool Me neither. Used Latex for all MA essays and dissertation; am not changing to owt else for my PhD thesis. I do hate it, though! 10:08 AM June 06, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- @fergycool You don’t think I’d trust Word with my thesis, do you?! 09:19 AM June 06, 2008 from web in reply to fergycool
- Pandammonia: I just found a page by Mark Schenk who first used Latex when writing his MS.. http://tinyurl.com/6346a7 04:23 PM June 05, 2008 from twitterfeed
- Latexing 04:01 PM June 05, 2008 from web
- Pandammonia: God is omniscient, right? This means he knows everything. He knows whatR.. http://tinyurl.com/5ak78z 12:19 PM June 05, 2008 from twitterfeed
- is apparently not the only one to dislike the new Google favicon. 09:30 AM June 05, 2008 from web
- is back to Walllooooon! 02:50 PM June 04, 2008 from web
- is it break time now? 01:27 PM June 04, 2008 from web
- emailing stupid form to supervisor 01:16 PM June 04, 2008 from web
- is doing her supervisory board form It’s so tedious. 11:33 AM June 04, 2008 from web
- WALLOOOOOOOOOOOON! 05:10 PM June 03, 2008 from web
- @djryan it’s quite wet here 04:25 PM June 03, 2008 from web in reply to djryan
- last message from the cat, walking across the keyboard on her to the floor from the printer. 04:25 PM June 03, 2008 from web
- fddddtrgf 04:25 PM June 03, 2008 from web
- is putting off doing her supervisory board form and wondering if @jtauber has done his yet. 03:50 PM June 03, 2008 from web
- renewed overdue library book online. handy, although it would have been useful to know I could do that sooner! 03:30 PM June 03, 2008 from web
- next time: twice as much chocolate (or higher cocoa percentage) and definitely twice as many chocolate chips in the mix! 02:51 PM June 02, 2008 from web
- full of home-made chocolate muffin 02:50 PM June 02, 2008 from web
- another day… 09:42 AM June 02, 2008 from web
- getting ready to go to library 09:08 AM May 30, 2008 from web
- forgot to renew 7-day loan book online. now it’s overdue. 09:43 AM May 29, 2008 from web
- apathy has set in; am therefore doing nothing 04:54 PM May 28, 2008 from web
- @drossy and what will you do with it? 04:54 PM May 28, 2008 from web in reply to drossy
- yesterday: culture; today, getting Henry after MOT (pass), shopping, gardening (pandammonium-style) with new tool, thinking about study… 04:32 PM May 27, 2008 from web
- pottering 11:37 AM May 26, 2008 from web
- @jtauber Hehe. Here’s a good example of eejitcy, plus it’s currently topical (in Europe): http://tinyurl.com/23l6ab 07:54 PM May 25, 2008 from web in reply to jtauber
- @jtauber eejit: http://tinyurl.com/lfv5p 07:40 PM May 25, 2008 from web in reply to jtauber
- @jtauber eejit! 07:30 PM May 25, 2008 from web in reply to jtauber
- Watched Eurovision last night: the political voting is getting beyond a joke now. 11:11 AM May 25, 2008 from web
- someone deliberately shoved something up Henry’s exhaust – is it worth telling the police? 03:30 PM May 23, 2008 from web
- taking Henry for his MOT 10:19 AM May 23, 2008 from web
- getting ready to take Henry for his MOT. 09:35 AM May 23, 2008 from web
- thinking about getting ready to take Henry for his MOT 08:35 AM May 23, 2008 from web
- beer fest! 05:04 PM May 22, 2008 from web
- French verbs again… 04:57 PM May 22, 2008 from web
summer
I recall that last May, the weather was hot and sunny a lot of the time; it seemed like summer, although it’s really only late spring. Then it chucked it down in the period we in Britain traditionally associate with summer.
This year, we’ve had our April showers and now we’re into May and the sun is blazing away up there in the sky, seeming like summer again. Presumably that’s because there’s less ozone to protect us from the rays now. Hmm, no-one ever goes on about the hole in the ozone layer anymore. It’s all greenhouse gases this and carbon footprint that. I still say we should plug the cows into the gas mains…
Anyway, from the evidence of two consecutive years, I hypothesise that summer has moved to May. I also suggest that winter has moved as well, given that 20–30 years ago, we got snow in December, but now we get it in January, if any; spring must be reduced to March and April. If we get all that rain again that we had last year, then I propose we have a new rainy season in June to August, followed by autumn.
Weather
Seems to be having a right old weather today. It was blowing a gale this morning, flinging rain against the window so hard, it sounded like it was hailstoning. But it wasn’t. I looked. That was around 7 or 8. Now—nearly time for elevenses—it’s less windy, not rainy and really quite cloudy. But no so cloudy that the sun can’t peek through now and again.
It’s weathering…
It’s tailing off now, but there’s just been a bit of a storm, with thunder, lightning, loads of rain and even a few hailstones!
My husband’s out in that. Running.
Rain
There was rain forecast for today. There were clear blue skies and sunshine this morning. The rain is happening now. Most murky-dismal, so it is. I’m glad I went out this morning, instead of putting it off till this afternoon!
Summer
The summer’s over, by the way. It ended a couple of weeks ago. We’ve had nowt but rain and clouds now, with the sun trying to peek out now and again, like it is doing now.
Summer weather
A run of a few hot, sunny days turned into what seems like an eternity of hot, sunny days. It’s been too hot for me to go outside – hey, I’m from the north east! I’m not used to such heat as one finds in Cambridge in summer – so I languish in the humid heat of my house, with the windows and back door open, hoping a for a through breeze. The cat doesn’t know what to do with herself, and hides from the sun under the buddleia bush. She rolls in the muck and brings that muck right in the house. The grass of the lawn in mainly yellow and straw-like.
Yesterday, it came to a head and we had thunder and a heavy sploosh of rain (which sent the cat not in through the open door she was a couple of feet away from, but under her beloved buddleia bush, and wouldn’t come out even when I went to get her. The heat and humidity didn’t leave us, however.
Today, it’s been sunny and hot again, but this afternoon, there have been intermittent rumbles of thunder in the near distance. Now, the light is dark yellow, the rain has arrived. The rain is getting heavier as I type. The thunder’s further away, but it’s still going. The cat’s inside.
Update, about 5 minutes later: the rain is coming down in billions of big fat drops, heavy and hard. They’re bouncing off the wall when they land.
It’s just what the ground needs.
Update, about 2 minutes later: the road out the front’s flooding and the thunder’s getting nearer!