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@sladey66 Fair point. I'm actually rather fond for Her maj, but the thought of her idiot son is horrifying. Anne I could live with. about 14 hours ago via web in reply to sladey66
@rupertg Missed you too. Free for a Skype tonight? about 14 hours ago via web in reply to rupertg
Seriously Britain, you're getting Monday and Tuesday off for the Royal parasite weekend? What with the royal wedding I feel cheated :) about 14 hours ago via web
So Jim is our sole bastion against all the sickening Royalism in #thearchers? We need Che Guevara, we get #alancolmes 9:54 AM May 31st via web
Has anyone actually had such a slow news day that they've done a story about a company getting put in #gartner's oh-so magic quadrant? 8:15 AM May 30th via web
Was circled by a dolphin (and freeloading remora) while swimmg last night. No mystical crap, but such utterly magnificent masters of water 6:05 PM May 22nd via TweetDeck
yfrog.com/kh21sexij in volcano crater, frying tonight 2:52 PM May 18th via TweetDeck
thirdsectordave I see Prince Charles' charity promoting homeopathy has been dissolved. bit.ly/KeGB4Y Presumably that will only make it more powerful. 1:22 AM May 18th via web Retweeted by iainthomson and 615 others
@alexandrapullin I did wonder if you had a dyslexic relative on #thearchers writing team 11:01 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to alexandrapullin
I suspect a Bartleby-related homicide is in Mr Pullen's future, and no-one will know who the shadowy figure on the trap was #thearchers 10:20 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
yfrog.com/gyxighmpj Feral cats of #bigisland. Must remember to travel with pilchards and nip for the skinny little things 9:39 PM May 16th via TweetDeck
@seangeer Oh great, thank you so much :) 10:43 AM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to seangeer
yfrog.com/eszhkwfj Good morning Big Island. The mosquitoes are out in force, but a few bites never killed anyone, except via malaria. 10:03 AM May 15th via TweetDeck
Seven hours until the plane leaves and I'm still doing sodding email. I hate holidays sometimes. 2:45 AM May 14th via web
A 7 page international fax now costs nearly as much as a fax machine at #FedEx, and seems to be running at 33kbps. Way to coin it in. 3:54 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
Now people are admitting crimes! 9:55 AM May 11th via web
My god, the #radio4 #PM program readers letters are frightening. Linking all wrappers to individuals and billing for litter... 9:53 AM May 11th via web
@bengoldacre Or, as the NSS newsletter points out, Catholic Church abuse 7:53 AM May 11th via web in reply to bengoldacre
@julpepitone You almost have to give them brownie points for effort. 7:52 AM May 11th via web in reply to julpepitone
@bpiatt Curses, should have played spo the fed ;) 1:56 PM May 10th via TweetDeck in reply to bpiatt

Name Iain Thomson
Location San Francisco
Bio San Francisco transplant covering tech news for The Register. All views expressed are mine and nothing to do with my employer etc.