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darrenturpin

  1. @chuckwendig @ghostfinder Electro-pop! I can see you two the new Pet Shop Boys, definitely. Or half of Kraftwerk. Or something.
  2. 10 Things You Need to Know About WordPress 3.4 - ow.ly/bcYGO via @technosailor << New WP functionality coming our way :)
  3. "Dear Amazon KDP admin user. You made a teensy error and would like to change it? Tough - your title is In Review. See you in 12 hours."
  4. Amazon KDP admin screen, my old nemesis, we meet again. Your utter disregard for usability chills me. But enter your dread portals I must...
  5. **** me - £140 for an official Acer replacement laptop battery? That's 1/3 the price of a new laptop :o Not ****ing likely. To eBay! #fb
  6. @wes_chu @Marc_Gascoigne ...which looks kinda different on-screen to how it sounded in my head :o #illgetmecoat
  7. @wes_chu @Marc_Gascoigne Happens to all the best world-conquering tyrants. Sauron's Mum was a beggar for it. Until he Mount Doomed her ass.
  8. @wes_chu The voice in my head says "definitely not".
  9. @lr_lam That one's on @LeeAHarris. I take full responsibility for passing the one from @wes_chu's Dad today, though.
  10. @lr_lam @wes_chu Also: this is why they didn't hire me as an editor. Now, if only I knew how to get in touch with one of *those*... :|
  11. @lr_lam @wes_chu I is duly mortified and can only apologise for my shoddy grasp of the intricate technicalities of the English vernacular :o
  12. RT @angryrobotbooks: New blog post: Debut Author Wesley Chu (@Wes_Chu) Joins Angry Robot with The Lives of Tao angryrobotbooks.com/PG
  13. @ghostfinder WHS Mcr Picc. Operation Face-Out: #myworkhereisdone ow.ly/i/Dnz9
  14. Civ V Gods & Kings expansion offers steampunk-flavoured 'Empire of the Smoky Skies' scenario y'say? I'm doomed. ow.ly/aY5Gt #fb
  15. RT @angryrobotbooks: New blog post: Chuck Wendig's Ass is Ours! (We've Signed Him for Two New Books) angryrobotbooks.com/mZ9
  16. @thejayfaulkner @ghostfinder Actually, I dropped you a line via the contact form on the site - should be something in your inbox already.
  17. @exhibitabooks You'll be here all week..?
  18. @exhibitabooks @LeeAHarris You're not still going on about Miss Marple..?
  19. Iain Banks and Kim Stanley Robinson in Conversation, FP London: forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/06… via @ForbiddenPlanet << Two giants of the genre