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There is a word that starts 'cluster' that just about describes today to a tee. Lunch was the only highlight. about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter
Another Google Wave invite is in the inbox to yet another email account I signed up wth! Anyone still desperate for one, just DM me about 11 hours ago from TweetDeck
Great, Monday morning and the first email I have to fire off is a complaint. Positive start to the week! about 12 hours ago from TweetDeck
Cheezed off that Old Fizzywigs is closed in the Metrocentre. Between that and the Whisky Shop, that was generally my entire shopping trip! 7:22 AM Nov 29th from UberTwitter
Yes! Inbox Zero once more. Why does it take nearly a full day every month to do this :( 8:04 AM Nov 27th from TweetDeck
@incatatus It's taken me a play through FarCry2 and BioShock to get me out of the mouse and keyboard FPS headspace, but will let you know :) 7:07 AM Nov 27th from TweetDeck in reply to incatatus
@woodss tut tut - check snopes http://bit.ly/16iAPZ 5:32 AM Nov 27th from TweetDeck in reply to woodss
@jmtd I love Temptation, and sample it frequently - also stocked in Waitrose now too (alongside my current fave 'Tribute' from St Austell ) 3:24 AM Nov 27th from TweetDeck in reply to jmtd
@jmtd want me to post some tasting notes before you commit to getting a bottle? ;) 2:31 AM Nov 27th from TweetDeck in reply to jmtd
@AdamLeadbetter I do enjoy the Durham 'Temptation' at 10% on a regular basis - which is an Imperial Russian Stout style.. 2:31 AM Nov 27th from TweetDeck in reply to AdamLeadbetter
Just bought a bottle of this : http://bit.ly/841VYs who fancies coming around for a tasting? :) 1:28 AM Nov 27th from TweetDeck
@chrisbarber86 Awesome - think I'm going to buy a bottle of that right now :) 1:22 AM Nov 27th from TweetDeck in reply to chrisbarber86
@nichbuick I did find a piece of cat5 long enough to trail from my router to my xbox. Got a shiny new dashboard :) not played online yet tho 10:34 AM Nov 26th from UberTwitter in reply to nichbuick
@hattieriley he wouldn't get very far without any legs :) 10:32 AM Nov 26th from UberTwitter in reply to hattieriley
@nichbuick I had to play it while Harriet is in another room. She did not enjoy the scary bits ;) took me a while to get into it too I admit 10:31 AM Nov 26th from UberTwitter in reply to nichbuick
Finally finished BioShock on the xbox. That's only taken a year. Need MW2 now as I'm out of FPS! 9:51 AM Nov 26th from web
OK so it takes 2 days to read a thesis word for word. First one I've read to completion since my own. Ready to examine it next week now :) 9:22 AM Nov 26th from web
familiarising myself with Newcastles rules and regulations for examining a PhD candidate. A good idea before reading the thesis I hope... 1:44 AM Nov 25th from TweetDeck
I have been sent some scary looking instructions from HP to cure our ailing RAID, except they look like a recipe for data disaster... 8:59 AM Nov 24th from UberTwitter
@DrNoelCarter we're having more trouble with outsourced Illumina suppliers than Affymetrix ones! You'll have to let us know who youre using 6:29 AM Nov 24th from TweetDeck in reply to DrNoelCarter

Name Daniel Swan
Location Newcastle, UK
Web http://eridanus.n...
Bio Bioinformatics, synthetic biology, R, Ruby, atheism, drum and bass, wine, whisky, photography, The Chap, running, Web 2.0 and life in Newcastle upon Tyne