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BigAlUK

  1. @rad_g metallica live on @YouTube at the min from Rock in Rio about 3 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  2. There's nothing more tedious than reformatting a Word doc to HTML. about 10 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  3. Wow, Just witnessed @nrichardson's first Starbucks :-) (a frap) about 13 hours ago via Twitter for Android
  4. @OpenPhoto Hi, I'm not seeing any of the consumer tokens under Manage > Apps, anywhere else I can find them? about 14 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  5. Aaahhh, so S3 does do versioning…. but no one switched it on. Oops. Bye bye files. about 16 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  6. Just had to restore a production DB on @Heroku. Scarily easy and painless. Love it. Client happy after their silly mistake. about 16 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  7. Hmm, cycling to Brighton at midnight on Saturday. Really should have trained :\ 3:26 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac
  8. I'm a slave to hype - Diablo 3 - never played a Diablo before, is it worth getting into or will it end my life/sleep? 2:03 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac
  9. I like the Google Account Activity report, fairly pointless, but I like it. My searching is down 7% over the last month :) 8:57 AM May 23rd via Twitter for Mac
  10. @neilmiddleton Awww, sounds like my kind of gig :) 3:25 AM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac in reply to neilmiddleton
  11. Love how this @verge video descends into email attitudes. Think MS should use the 2nd woman's strapline youtube.com/watch?feature=… 2:32 AM May 22nd via Twitter for Mac
  12. @neilmiddleton I'm enjoying that. Must be the "oh yeah, how _do_ they make money?" sinking in. 9:53 AM May 21st via Twitter for Mac in reply to neilmiddleton
  13. Very nice CSS3 folding technique on SketchUp showcase google.com/sketchup/showc… 9:42 AM May 21st via Twitter for Mac
  14. Does the US have an carphonewarehouse equivalent to buy sim-free/unlocked phones? 8:43 AM May 21st via Twitter for Mac
  15. Why does everyday feel like this? i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq235/K… 7:20 AM May 21st via Twitter for Mac
  16. Can I have a quick show of hands - how many Web Designers solely use Fireworks? (as opposed to Photoshop) 3:47 AM May 21st via Twitter for Mac
  17. Wrong. Just wrong. 2:08 AM May 21st via Twitter for Mac
  18. Like the look of the Skyfall teaser: 007.com/skyfall/ 1:47 AM May 21st via Twitter for Mac
  19. @neilmiddleton yup, the zarco crash was definitely a premonition. :-) 4:30 AM May 20th via Twitter for Android in reply to neilmiddleton
  20. @johnbeynon that noticeable huh? 10:51 AM May 18th via Twitter for Android in reply to johnbeynon
  • Name Alan Pennell-Smith
  • Location Epsom, Surrey, UK
  • Web http://alan.penne...
  • Bio Web Developer at Monochrome. Gadget geek. A little ranty.
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