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Quietly editing every 'going forward' from an inventor's business plan. Until there is an option of going backward, it isn't needed. about 10 hours ago via web from Bradford, Bradford
Want to check camper van tyre pressures but put off by wildly differing expert opinion on what psi to go for. Hardly dare drive it now. about 11 hours ago via web from Bradford, Bradford
Hot. Shorts on. Suspicion growing that those are not my knees. 7:20 AM May 26th via web from Bradford, Bradford
shanerichmond RT: @reallifejourno: Did cyber bullies drive you to suicide? Magazine wants to pay you for interview! Email heather@medavia.co.uk <- Seance? 5:30 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by abettermoustrap and 2 others
Mothercare in the doldrums again v.gd/vehOzx. Might do a lot better if it was actually run by mothers. 5:48 AM May 24th via web from Bradford, Bradford
@demsoc @bbcr4today He said one should question 'facts' that contradict people's daily experience, That's a rather different thing. 12:52 AM May 24th via web from Bradford, Bradford in reply to demsoc
Interview with Jonathan Ives @BBCr4today a useful reminder that we put too much effort into consuming, not enough into making. 12:41 AM May 24th via web from Bradford, Bradford
MichaelPDeacon Of course, being kicked in the balls 62 million times would make Beecroft sad, but I think it's a price worth paying 12:30 AM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry® Retweeted by abettermoustrap and 3 others
MichaelPDeacon Did you know that if every British man, woman and child kicked Adrian Beecroft in the balls, the economy would grow by five per cent? 12:28 AM May 24th via Twitter for BlackBerry® Retweeted by abettermoustrap and 11 others
Simplicity isn't simple - Jonathan Ive interviewed v.gd/W11zoA 3:52 AM May 23rd via web from Bradford, Bradford
Need a cheap psychologist to explain why, when a wasp is a sitting duck on the window, my first swat always misses. 9:20 AM May 22nd via web from Bradford, Bradford
Cameron wants to cut jobs red tape. Have lost count of ministers who promised to cut red tape and instead created more. 1:19 PM May 20th via web from Bradford, Bradford
@1p_com_au Only in my head! When I get the time... 1:55 AM May 20th via web from Bradford, Bradford in reply to 1p_com_au
InventorNews Banks reject Carlisle man's ATM anti-skimming invention - News & Star bit.ly/Mtex25 4:36 PM May 18th via dlvr.it Retweeted by abettermoustrap and 1 other
MatthewClarkLP RAF flew Olympic torch to Lands End. Huge support operation. Wonder what it cost. It's not looking like a very 'sustainable' games so far. 1:36 AM May 19th via Twitterrific Retweeted by abettermoustrap
1p_com_au Technologist or inventor – why it matters wso.li/26S7 1:45 AM May 19th via WordSocial Retweeted by abettermoustrap
Olympic torch(er) relay organisers seem not to grasp that the old term 'nine day wonder' isn't '70 day wonder' for a reason. 12:21 PM May 18th via web from Bradford, Bradford
Ipkat Cat the Kat reviews the BSA global report on software piracy--it's only US $63.4bn, just 15% the size of Greece's debts tinyurl.com/brzgeze 5:10 AM May 18th via web Retweeted by abettermoustrap and 2 others
First Greece, then Facebook? Let people waste their own cash on Fb shares, but not institutions gambling other people's money. 4:49 AM May 18th via web from Bradford, Bradford
Just how simple do you have to make a website to stop people ringing up to ask what it is that you do? 6:57 AM May 16th via web from Bradford, Bradford

Name Graham Barker
Location Hebden Bridge, UK
Web http://www.abette...
Bio Invention adviser, researcher and writer since 1984. Author of 'A Better Mousetrap' and EPO Inventors Handbook. Also playwright. Likes Dylan, Stones, jazz.