Category: lifestream

September 28th –

	Well today’s been a suitably busy start back after hols, can catch my breath now; what up Liverpool?
	Earth-shattering news: I’ve just had a pleasant experience at Subway!
	Don’t tell the Bride – WTF TIMES OVER 9000?!?!
	My ‘pad is outta of juice and plug is 2m from sofa, y don’t apple make their damn cables longer? Also is saying " ‘pad " really pretentious?
	Seven Days – meh so what, boring bunch of rahs, more important question is will they film the lovies when they’re shooting up out back?
	Laura Marling tickets on sale at 9am tomorrow morning? Yes please! http://bit.ly/c2pE2Z
	Shared Find and Buy LAURA MARLING Concert Tickets on GIGSANDTOURS.
	Published links for 2010-09-22.
	Ordered my Laura Marling tickets, anyone else going? http://bit.ly/c2pE2Z
	Having a mind-bending day of capacity planning today. Picking the least worst option is not always straight-forward!
	Laura Powell commented on a photo of you.
	RT @edwardcook78: Congratulations to @t1ingram and @clare_powell on the engagement. Great news.
	The usual hard slog aside, having a very good day indeed today. Next up is pizza, later Falling Down on ITV4, which is apparently about me!
	I prefer Phil Mitchell when he’s on the crack, #eastenders has gone all boring without the depraved bear and the evangelical serial killer
	Since when did maternity leave presentations become in vogue?
	Working off a serious flexi deficit today with some software & systems design, but just can’t lose myself in it like I normally do
	Shared RSS Not Dead for Online Media.
	Checked in at Lark Lane Market
	Checked in at Trafford Centre
	Checked in at John Lewis
	Checked in at habitat Trafford Centre
	.@mcknut indeed, it was a bedraggled @OddEssay being towed along by a decisive looking Mrs OddEssay so I thought I’d steer clear 😉
	Checked in at Ikea
	Am at the IKEA. Why am I at the IKEA? I hate the IKEA, I had one of the worst days of my life at the IKEA! I should hurry about my business.
	I has flatpax an not-so-flatpax ana headache
	RT @davidschneider: "Simply Red For The Last Time". First episode of "For the Last Time" where bands perform and then are shot dead.
	The BBC is spewing some sort of inflammatory bile in the form of a religious debate show. It’s unintentionally like the Onion News Network!
	What has the world come to when Terry Christian is able to deliver an interesting commentary *and* quote Animal Farm on @bbcpoliticsshow?
	Checked in at St Luke’s ("The Bombed Out Church")
	Checked in at Brew Tea Shop
	Checked in at The Bluecoat
	Checked in at FACT Cinema and Art Gallery
	Checked in at Rayross Print Factory
	Checked in at Bold Street Coffee
	Those Sambadudes are effortlessly good at their drumming. @ Bold Street Festival
	Checked in at Brew Tea Shop
	#xfactor look, it’s 2010, every bullshit nuance has been wrung out of this format now, so save energy and refer back to previous enactments
	"I’m blonde like Kate from #xfactor 14, but I’m sensitive underneath in the same way that Daveforce were in #xfactor 5 #voteforme kthxbye"
	Just caught myself cackling at the tv and exclaiming "DIE!" again and again as acts get knocked out… perhaps I should turn over #xfactor
	I has unflatpaxed! http://yfrog.com/n0xm5sj
	Shared Yfrog Image : yfrog.com/n0xm5sj – Uploaded by AlexNolan.
	Published links for 2010-09-26.
	Checked in at Cosmopolitan Housing Group
	Spoonfeeding the minion IT for Dummies whilst I should be doing important things on lunch break. Just explained that PDF files have a source
	Have struggled to keep on top of Google Reader recently, but well crafted queries from http://www.theyworkforyou.com/ make it all worthwhile
	Pretty audacious of Microsoft to advertise that a) tv on a pc is a modern thing b) they invented it, or even c) it works as intended!
	Why do the #eastenders producers keep replacing ok actors with crap ones?
	Shared Biennial guide.
	Published links for 2010-09-27.

September 21st –

	Checked in at Chania Habour
	.@craigrigby is getting married to the lovely Jo Wormald in 2 hours. Wish them well twitter people!
	Checked in at Dimitris Restaurant
	Listening to Punt PI with @MikeNolan & @Mister_Roy in Argleton
	RT @MikeNolan: Managed to find a hotspot to listen to Punt PI episode about Argleton: http://j.mp/9gnm2Z feat. me and @Mister_Roy.
	Shared BBC – BBC Radio 4 Programmes – Punt PI.
	Checked in at Dimitris Restaurant
	Published links for 2010-09-19.
	Checked in at Dimitris Restaurant
	Had a lovely trip out on a boat snorkelling and stuff. Back to the UK tomorrow, where evil lurks round every dark corner.

September 14th –

	Janine having a moment of doubt? I don’t buy it, now man up, you crazy psycho. #eastenders
	More excited than I really should be about a wooden storage box I bought for my lounge this evening
	I know I come down harsh on Twitter for iPad, I just want it to work correctly, but it has 2 ‘Open in other program’ buttons visible at once
	Published links for 2010-09-07.
	Just had a #coffee #fail whilst trying to use a tiny coffee machine. Didn’t get much in the cup, and it was bitter and full of granules
	Listened to 91 songs. White Denim – Regina Holding Hands Julian Plenti – Only If You Run Delphic – This Momentary Wild Beasts – All The King’s Men The Gaslight Anthem – The Backseat Jeffery Prystowsky – Charlie Darwin Morecambe & Wise – Positive Thinking Jamie T – Castro Dies Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards – The Letter La Roux – I’m Not Your Toy Bloc Party – One More Chance The Hot Melts – Red Lips Vitalic – Poison Lips Alberta Cross – ATX – Radio Edit Sweet Sunny South – Shortnin’ Bread Maps – I Dream Of Crystal Gomez – Touchin’ Up Band of Skulls – Death by Diamonds and Pearls joy kills sorrow – My Jury’s Still Out on You Stardeath and White Dwarfs – new heat Passion Pit – To Kingdom Come Little Red – It’s Alright The xx – Islands Travis Tritt – T-R-O-U-B-L-E Taken by Trees – To Lose Someone joy kills sorrow – Weary Blues from Waitin’ Tracy Byrd – Watermelon Crawl LCD Soundsystem – 45:33 (Prince Language Remix) The Tractors – Baby Likes to Rock It Golden Silvers – Lily The Lover Modest Mouse – Perpetual Motion Machine Haunts – Love Is Blind Arctic Monkeys – My Propeller Deadmau5 – Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff (Original Instrumental Mix) Travis Tritt – Ten Feet Tall & Bulletproof Placebo – The Never-Ending Why JFK – Fist Of God Music Go Music – Warm In The Shadows Muse – United States Of Eurasia [+Collateral Damage] Florence + the Machine – Drumming Song The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – The Sun Ain’t Shining No More – Original Ian Brown – Stellify The Flaming Lips – Borderline – With Stardeath And White Dwarfs Album Version joy kills sorrow – Spring Amanda Palmer – Leeds United (Edit) Miike Snow – Black & Blue Malcolm Middleton – Zero The Very Best – Warm Heart Of Africa (feat. Ezra Koenig) Mary Chapin Carpenter – Shut Up And Kiss Me Twin Atlantic – Lightspeed (Album Version) Fat Freddy’s Drop – The Raft The Dodos – Fables frYars – Visitors The Horrors – Mirror’s Image Wave Machines – Punk Spirit Amanda Blank – Might Like You Better Liam Frost – Held Tightly In Your Fist – Radio Edit joy kills sorrow – 1216 Two Step The Juan MacLean – Happy House – Radio Edit Noah and the Whale – Blue Skies – Radio Edit Jay-Z – Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys) The Duckworth Lewis Method – Meeting Mr Miandad Magnetic Man – I Need Air Fever Ray – Triangle Walks (Rex The Dog Remix) Richard Hawley – For Your Lover Give Some Time Yo La Tengo – Avalon or Someone Very Similar Fanfarlo – Drowning Men Fontän – Neon Snakes Nneka – Heartbeat UNKLE – Heavy Drug (Surrender Sounds Mix) Invisible – London Girl Julian Plenti – Games for Days Brand New – At The Bottom The Big Pink – Dominos Speech Debelle – Spinnin’ – Radio Edit Soulsavers – Death Bells – Featuring Mark Lanegan and Gibby Haynes Burns – Turbo (Original) Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart Manic Street Preachers – Jackie Collins Existential Question Time – Saint Etienne Remix Bing Ji Ling – Home – The Phenomenal Handclap Band Remix Q-Tip – Feelin’ Thomas Dybdahl – B A Part Bat for Lashes – Sleep Alone Gossip – Love Long Distance joy kills sorrow – liza jane The Rumble Strips – Daniel Basement Jaxx – My Turn (feat. Lightspeed Champion) The Count & Sinden – Mega I Was A King – It’s All You Simian Mobile Disco – 10000 Horses Can’t Be Wrong joy kills sorrow – train on the island
	Shared INTJ Profile.
	Latest confused.com advert = tarvu.com?
	Published links for 2010-09-08.
	More lounge painting to perfect masterpiece -> fell asleep on couch -> asphyxiation from paint fumes -> massive downer trip, woah not good!
	*Groan*, some people do drugs, others get drunk, personally I’ll never Paint & Snooze again, the after effects are horrendous!
	The Metro appears to have inexplicably started using the word ‘workless’ instead of ‘jobless’. Is jobless less PC now or something?
	Or do the 3.9 million ‘workless’ families all have jobs but are just bone idle and don’t do them very well. That’d be my experience.
	RT @deadbelgian: gig at Que Pasa next Sunday the 12th >> at 14.30 I heard – take a break from Liverpool Food & Drink Festival and pop down?
	Just had to point out to a colleague the difference between the words racial and racist. He purposefully mixes the two up. I wonder why…
	RT @AppAdvice: New Jailbreak Exploit Found: Will Jailbreak Every Current iDevice Forever http://bit.ly/bZdK5Q
	Shared New Jailbreak Exploit Found: Will Jailbreak Every Current iDevice Forever :: App Advice.
	I have a hangover like Phil Mitchell’s crack habit, couldn’t go to work today!
	Published links for 2010-09-10.
	Michael Nolan also commented on his status.
	Universal law of supermarkets: the fresh custard is never with the dairy produce. (@ Morrisons) http://4sq.com/b9oqXZ
	Checked in at Morrisons
	Pete Willingham and Michael Nolan also commented on Michael Nolan’s status.
	RT @deadbelgian: deadbelgian – que pasa cantina, lark lane liverpool sunday 12th september 2.30pm
	Liverpool Food & Drink festival at Sefton Park today. Would be nice if the weather holds but I think it’s gonna chuck it down.
	Finding the spending cut whiners on @bbcpoliticsshow a little offensive to be honest, esp Union Spivs demanding increased public spending
	Checked in at Sefton Park
	Liverpool Food & Drink Festival (@ Sefton Park) http://4sq.com/cTT1XS
	Food & Drink festival is in full flow, very little food left now 😉
	Bit of old time country has started up – my ex plays this track better than this girl, but don’t tell her I said that!
	The band currently on stage at the Liverpool Food & Drink festival demonstrate everything that’s wrong with the perception of folk music 🙁
	Popping over to Que Pasa to listen to some good music, save me some food, I’ll be back for my 7th course later
	Checked in at que pasa cantina
	WTF? HSBC are popping up affiliated anti-virus adverts before I even log in? Very naughty way around their opt-out clauses!
	Listened to 4 songs. Mogwai – May Nothing But Happiness Come Through Your Door Mogwai – Chocky Mogwai – Punk Rock: Mogwai – Cody
	Listened to 2 songs. Cliff Richard & The Shadows – Seven Days to a Holiday Cliff Richard & The Shadows – Summer Holiday
	I know many people including especially @t1ingram will be deeply distressed by this announcement: my Jesus pants have gone missing.
	.@t1ingram it’s ok, the holy spirit’s been putting in some overtime and designed Jesus pants mark ii, now with rustic sackcloth effect
	Checked in at Manchester Airport T2
	Checked in at Caffè Nero

September 7th –

	Checked in at Tesco Allerton Road
	The pope’s visit is gonna cost the taxpayer £10-12 million? That’s one hell of a speaker’s circuit fee #newsnight
	Published links for 2010-08-31.
	Ick, new Apple TV ain’t so good, my PS3 does it all already. And iTunes 10 is a cynical move into personal information mining.
	New iPods aside, none of Apple’s announcements today have anything to do with quality products for consumers, they’re about industry control
	Final touches on coursework & watching @RichardDawkins fighting the good fight. Always wanted to see him & Chuck Norris in a buddy film
	So many ‘Last ever […]’s ticked off this morning. [TMA submission], [week of absolute hell], [pound of flesh sold], [agonising awakening]
	Checked in at Caffe Nero
	Listened to 34 songs. B.o.B – Airplanes, Part II [feat Eminem & Hayley Williams of Paramore] – Explicit Album Version The Go! Team – Templates from home The Temper Trap – Love Lost The Go! Team – Huddle Formation Jurassic 5 – A Day At The Races KT Tunstall – The Hidden Heart Hot Chip – Babongo Tribe Remix Ratatat – Bilar The Go! Team – Get It Together! The Go! Team – Doing It Right We Have Band – Oh! will.i.am – One People The Egg – Trails And Tribulations The Go! Team – Ladyflash The Ruby Suns – Don’t Trust The Dirty Fruit Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – These New Knights Guns ‘N’ Bombs – Riddle Of Steel – Bonus Track – Classixx Remix Apparatjik – Ferreting Jason Mraz – Long Road to Forgiveness The Go! Team – The Ice Storm Massive Attack – Black Milk The Go! Team – Grip Like A Vice Fenech-Soler – Stop And Stare – Original Johny Borrell – Carrickfergus Skin – Simmer Down Sarah Vaughan – KIN Dawn Kinnard – Love Is My New Drug The Go! Team – Kill The Klansmen Hybrid – Komoru Jeremy Warmsley – Grains of Sand Tom Baxter – Make A Stand Roger Sanchez – Noneya Yusuf Islam – Edge of Existence Nas – Nastradamus
	Twitter for iPad client needs some work, screen is too busy. They’ve gone a bit heavy on the ‘material based’ apple style guidelines too.
	More Twitter for iPad niggles: obscured character count when scrolling to top of message, no feedback that message sent / timeline refreshed
	Last Twitter for iPad tweet: the expanding slidey gubbins won’t work right till you can save tweet-threads on the left and make them persist
	Yikes, bus keeps pulling up microns from the one in front! I’d have (additional) anger issues too if I was a driver #learning2loathearriva
	Oh Christ now we’re driving down the wrong side of the road on Renshaw Street #tellthecopsarrivadidit
	Off to the Ruby Lounge in Manchester in an hour. ‘The Like’ are playing a gig there later.
	Checked in at Warrington Central Train Station
	Checked in at Manchester Oxford Road Rail Station
	Checked in at Cornerhouse
	Checked in at The Old Wellington
	Checked in at The Ruby Lounge
	Aww crap, due to an oversight by my partner in crime we’ll be back on the train when The Like are on stage @ The Ruby Loune later
	Last night was an expensive disaster, missed most of the main band’s set AND the last train home!
	Jon Cooper also commented on Clare Powell’s status.
	Jane Iliffe and Jon Cooper also commented on Clare Powell’s status.
	Kathryn Canner, Jane Iliffe and Jon Cooper also commented on Clare Powell’s status.
	Checked in at Paul’s Barbers
	Checked in at Frankie & Benny’s
	Scott Pilgrim is brill. I kind of feel it could happen to me – I’ve been having 8-bit reality fantasies since I played Repton in 1985!
	Sally White, Kathryn Canner and 2 other friendsJane IliffeJon Cooper also commented on Clare Powell’s status.
	DJs incorrectly pronounce ‘Alors on danse’ as ‘I love a dance’! It’s obviously not an English song, why would the title line be different?
	This iPad pillow is exactly what I need http://j.mp/a8EhH6
	Shared iPad® Pillow.
	RT @deadbelgian: a gig at que pasa,liverpool next sunday the 12th
	Checked in at New Mersey Shopping Park
	+ nice bright painted lounge – covered in paint after painting in my underwear
	.@t1ingram I wasn’t planning on posting an image thanks!
	Published links for 2010-09-05.
	User steering committee meetings are a terrible idea. At best slack-jawed proles spewing duckspeak doubleplusgood, at worst IT blood letting
	Is underwear less robust these days or am I using it harder? Holes everywhere I look!
	This month’s steering committee was an attempted bath-full of blood letting,but I cauterised the wound with a hot poker to save some dignity
	RT @discuit: 40 Useful iPad Apps for Web Designers http://ff.im/-qirej
	Listened to If I Had A Ribbon Bow (08-01-40) – Maxine Sullivan.
	Just realised that Simon Amstell *is* Michael Cera.
	Wow the Kingsway / Astoria burnt down last night. Had many forgettable nights in there when I was 17.

August 31st –

	Just written to my MP for the first time, go me! 🙂
	Christ, Makosi’s turned into the new Lolo Ferrari?
	Nikki – still sending opinions of bulimia sufferers back to the dark ages after all this time #ubb
	No choice but to take the rest of the week off to study so trying to fit 5 days of work into 1. Feel like I’ve walked into a war zone!
	Checked in at Static
	I’m at Static w/ @oddessay @mikenolan @madscouser. http://4sq.com/aIuZfi
	.@MikeNolan is presenting at #smcliv about Social Media Overload
	Having an industrious study evening now but thanks to everyone at #smcliv earlier, it was another great night
	Interesting to discover this evening that it was actually @keithfloydbunny who gave my batman costume fleas and not in fact @rosiebunny…
	Hate it when Moyles sucks up to slebs in interviews, but I suppose people actually care about boy band in-fighting for some reason *shrugs*
	The new bromance Robbie-Gary duet is for people who don’t actually listen to proper music. It’ll be number 1 for weeks then. Sigh.
	Listened to 23 songs. Dean Martin – My Rifle, My Pony and Me Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole – Snowdrop Jurassic 5 – Brown Girl (Suga Plum) DJ Shadow – Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt Mighty Sparrow – No, Doctor, No (The Situation In Trinidad) The Stanley Brothers – How Mountain Girls Can Love Sigur Rós – Sigur 1 (Untitled) The All-American Rejects – Dirty Little Secret Crystal Castles – Suffocation Mighty Sparrow – Teresa Crystal Castles – Violent Dreams Crystal Castles – Year Of Silence Mighty Sparrow – Village Ram Pickin’ on Series – New Slang Crystal Castles – Vietnam Crystal Castles – Pap Smear Memphis Jug Band – On the Road Again Crystal Castles – Birds Mighty Sparrow – Jack Palance Crystal Castles – Empathy Crystal Castles – Intimate Crystal Castles – Not In Love Crystal Castles – I Am Made Of Chalk
	#eastenders has put the nation off their evening meals twice in two episodes now – not cool!!!
	I have a bad stomach. Explains why the guys at ‘Krunchy Fried Chicken’ sniggered and rounded up my change the other night…
	Does Win 7 ship with an OS level equaliser? Trying to kick back with some Billie Holiday but the recording quality in Spotify is terrible
	Whenever Olbermann does a Special Comment – http://bit.ly/dr2gYm – I half expect him to get up and hit a punchbag, or bite down on raw meat
	Shared Olbermann: There is no ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ – msnbc tv – Countdown with Keith Olbermann – msnbc.com.
	RT @AppAdvice: Hotmail Users To Get Exchange ActiveSync – Will Push Hotmail To Your iPhone http://bit.ly/dgzkHv
	Ooo Mumford & Sons on BBC3.
	One day I’m gonna get an electric banjo. Electric banjos are cool. Might make me play a little better too.
	Listened to 28 songs. Lemon Jelly – A Tune For Jack RJD2 – The Horror RJD2 – Smoke & Mirrors Lemon Jelly – ‘76 aka The Slow Train RJD2 – 1976 Lemon Jelly – Come Lemon Jelly – His Majesty King Raam Lemon Jelly – ‘64 aka Go The Go! Team – Milk Crisis Young Money – Young Money Ft. Lil Wayne – Bedrock The Go! Team – Everyone’s a Vip to Someone Pink – Pink – Misunderstood Lemon Jelly – Nice Weather for Ducks (unplugged) The Go! Team – Pocket Monkey Rodeo The Go! Team – Willow’s Song The Go! Team – Friendship Update Lemon Jelly – Page One Lemon Jelly – Homage To Patagonia William Shatner – Has Been RJD2 – Ghostwriter Pickin’ on Series – 21 Guns Lemon Jelly – ‘90 aka A Man Like Me Lemon Jelly – Space Walk Lemon Jelly – Ramblin’ Man RJD2 – Salud William Shatner – I Can’t Get Behind That The 5th Dimension – Stoned Soul Picnic Lemon Jelly – Make Things Right (Radio Edit)
	Listened to 2 songs. The Shins – A Comet Appears Forte Series – Tickled Pink
	Published links for 2010-08-27.
	Saturday + end of the month = (@ Lark Lane Market) http://4sq.com/cRuasf
	Checked in at Lark Lane Market
	Am a broken wreck today,OU is going to strike me dead within sight of the finish. Perhaps someone will perform a Systems Failure study on it
	Unless BBC3 coverage is mistaken, one must infer that the Reading Festival has been utter shit? Might go to some festivals abroad next year
	Ok ‘utter shit’ is too kind a compliment for the Libertines. So offensively bad I want a nuclear bomb to go off on stage.
	Checked in at Brew Tea Shop
	Checked in at Mathew Street Festival: Exchange Street
	Well that was…interesting, just been in the centre of a 20 teenager strong fight on the 82 bus.
	The Dingle crew racially abused a crowd of black kids, who proceeded to beat the living shit out of them. They seem unphased by it all.
	Jane Iliffe also commented on Clare Powell’s status.
	Shared Top 25 Open Source Project Management Apps.
	Published links for 2010-08-29.
	RT @TheOnion: In Focus: Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck http://onion.com/bcd3f6
	Have gone through several ‘community rating’ services for Spotify recently, but Pitchify is a far better concept http://pitchify.com
	Shared 3 links. Las Vegas woman missing for four months found dead under pile of junk in her house Pitchify – Spotify links based on great reviews Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source | Onion News Network
	Listened to 60 songs. Broken Bells – The Ghost Inside Anais Mitchell [feat. Justin Vernon] – Epic [Part I] Eddy Current Suppression Ring – get up morning Vampire Weekend – Giving Up the Gun Broken Bells – The High Road T. Rex – Teenage Dream Beachwood Sparks – By Your Side Anais Mitchell [feat. Justin Vernon, Ani DiFranco and Ben Knox Miller] – Way Down Hadestown The Bluetones – Sleazy Bed Track Sex Bob-omb – We Are Sex Bob-omb Sex Bob-omb – Garbage Truck Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Which Way To Go Owen Pallett – Keep the Dog Quiet Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Wrapped Up Vampire Weekend – Taxi Cab Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Colour Television Beck – Ramona – Acoustic Version Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Cool Ice Cream Eddy Current Suppression Ring – We’ll Be Turned On Mogwai – 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong Owen Pallett – Mount Alpentine Owen Pallett – Midnight Directives Vampire Weekend – Horchata Van Dyke Parks – The Four Mills Brothers Vampire Weekend – White Sky Broken Bells – Vaporize Brian Lebarton – Threshold (8 Bit) Blood Red Shoes – It’s Getting Boring By The Sea Metric – Black Sheep Owen Pallett – Lewis Takes Action Vampire Weekend – I Think Ur a Contra Eddy Current Suppression Ring – I Admit My Faults Anais Mitchell [feat. Justin Vernon] – Wedding Song Broken Bells – Your Head Is On Fire Sex Bob-omb – Summertime Eddy Current Suppression Ring – I Don’t Wanna Play No More Van Dyke Parks – Bing Crosby Vampire Weekend – Run Eddy Current Suppression Ring – That’s Inside Of Me Black Lips – O Katrina! Frank Black – I Heard Ramona Sing Plumtree – Scott Pilgrim Mogwai – Mogwai Fear Satan Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Having A Hard Time Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Memory Lane Vampire Weekend – Cousins Vampire Weekend – California English The Rolling Stones – Under My Thumb Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Pitch A Tent Julianna Barwick – Bode Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Sunday’s Coming Vampire Weekend – Holiday Vampire Weekend – Diplomat’s Son Owen Pallett – Red Sun No. 5 Crash and The Boys – We Hate You Please Die Eddy Current Suppression Ring – You Let Me Be Honest With You Broken Social Scene – Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl Beck – Ramona Broken Bells – Sailing To Nowhere Sex Bob-omb – Threshold
	Published links for 2010-08-30.
	Argggggh that familiar and awful feeling of ‘waking up’ after a night of coursework and 2 hours sleep. 2 days left, I’ll beat you yet, OU!!!
	RT @guardiantech: You ask, they answer: Dell http://bit.ly/cEYIt0
	High as a kite on horrible Nescafe instant coffee today (have had 6 now). Feel like sprinting laps round the office.
	Listened to 79 songs. Los Campesinos! – Plan A Four Tet – Sing Wavves – When Will You Come? Four Tet – This Unfolds Owen Pallett – Oh Heartland, Up Yours! Surfer Blood – Anchorage LCD Soundsystem – One Touch The Juan MacLean – Feliz Casa – Ian Breno Dub Shabazz Palaces – chuch Surfer Blood – Harmonix Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM Charlotte Gainsbourg – Heaven Can Wait Shabazz Palaces – N. Splendored/Find Out Still Going – Spaghetti Circus Beach House – Norway Owen Pallett – The Great Elsewhere Beach House – Walk In The Park Owen Pallett – Flare Gun Beach House – Silver Soul Wavves – Post Acid Shabazz Palaces – spechol-analog LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean James Blake – I’ll Stay Four Tet – Love Cry James Blake – CMYK Charlotte Gainsbourg – Master’s Hands Shabazz Palaces – sparkles Los Campesinos! – In Medias Res Beach House – Take Care Wavves – Super Soaker James Blake – Footnotes Four Tet – She Just Likes to Fight Shabazz Palaces – gunbeat falls Los Campesinos! – We’ve Got Your Back (Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #2) Owen Pallett – E is for Estranged Los Campesinos! – Romance Is Boring Beach House – 10 Mile Stereo Charlotte Gainsbourg – Time of the Assassins Charlotte Gainsbourg – Voyage Los Campesinos! – There Are Listed Buildings The Radio Dept. – Domestic Scene Surfer Blood – Fast Jabroni Wavves – King of the Beach Owen Pallett – Lewis Takes Off His Shirt Beach House – Real Love Charlotte Gainsbourg – Trick Pony James Blake – Postpone Beach House – Zebra Charlotte Gainsbourg – Dandelion Wavves – Idiot Charlotte Gainsbourg – In the End Los Campesinos! – 200-102 Beach House – Used To Be Surfer Blood – Slow Jabroni Four Tet – Reversing The Radio Dept. – Heaven’s on Fire LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls Owen Pallett – What Do You Think Will Happen Now? Charlotte Gainsbourg – Me And Jane Doe Charlotte Gainsbourg – La Collectionneuse Beach House – Lover Of Mine Charlotte Gainsbourg – Le Chat Du Café Des Artistes Surfer Blood – Swim Surfer Blood – Twin Peaks Charlotte Gainsbourg – Vanities Shabazz Palaces – hottabatch The Radio Dept. – This Time Around Surfer Blood – Neighbour Riffs Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes Four Tet – Plastic People The Radio Dept. – Never Follow Suit Surfer Blood – Take It Easy Shabazz Palaces – 100 sph Beach House – Better Times Surfer Blood – Catholic Pagans Four Tet – Circling Charlotte Gainsbourg – Greenwich Mean Time Owen Pallett – Tryst With Mephistopheles Four Tet – Angel Echoes
	Gearing up for another all-nighter at my makeshift ironing-board desk. Bit wobbly but I can adjust the height to my liking.
	Shared 2 links. You ask, they answer: Dell | Environment | guardian.co.uk T852 – Learning from IS failures – Open University Course

August 24th –

	Checked in at Yo Sushi
	Checked in at Novas Contemporary Urban Centre
	Bus just drove straight past me, been waiting 15 mins! Fuck you Arriva, I’d rather walk home than give you my £1.70 now!
	Ok The Deep just got so bad I had to turn it off. Not done that to a TV show for a long time.
	Can’t sleep.When I try,I have nightmares where everyone takes maternity/paternity leave from life simultaneously,leaving me to run the world
	One nightmare last night: I was at a wedding, no one was paying attention, they were all looking after babies! I had to do the speeches!
	In another one David Cameron was on paternity leave, so I stepped in, looked around and all the cabinet members were babies in prams!
	Listened to 12 songs. Harry Belafonte – Jump In The Line The Smiths – Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want – 2007 Remastered Version The Smiths – What Difference Does It Make? [Peel Session – BBC] Harry Belafonte – Island In the Sun (Lead Man Holler) The Smiths – This Charming Man Kurt Weill – The Threepenny Opera: I. Jenny Des Pirates (Pirate Jenny) The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now The Killers – All These Things That I’ve Done Amy Macdonald – Mr Rock & Roll Jethro Tull – Witches Promise The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out Thomas Dolby – Europa And The Pirate Twins
	Clearing today, busy day for me as property managers around the country call me up in tears as the computer systems go down under the strain
	Emma Louise Walsh commented on your status.
	Peter Bull commented on your status.
	Emma Louise Walsh commented on your status.
	Making a concerted effort this week to listen to some new (to me) bands. Faves so far: She Keeps Bees, Darwin Deez & Sleigh Bells.
	Listened to 36 songs. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl – Bang Bang Bang Rose Elinor Dougall – Start/Stop/Synchro She Keeps Bees – Release Rose Elinor Dougall – Find Me Out The Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey M.I.A. – XXXO Bombay Bicycle Club – Many Ways B.o.B – Airplanes [feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore] – Explicit Album Version Sleigh Bells – Crown on the Ground Sleigh Bells – Run the Heart Sleigh Bells – Kids Sleigh Bells – Infinity Guitars The Jesus and Mary Chain – Taste the Floor Eliza Doolittle – Pack Up Darwin Deez – Radar Detector Sleigh Bells – Tell ‘Em Best Coast – Boyfriend Darwin Deez – Deep Sea Divers Lissie – When I’m Alone Bombay Bicycle Club – Rinse Me Down The Jesus and Mary Chain – The Living End She Keeps Bees – Get Gone She Keeps Bees – Ribbon Eliza Doolittle – Skinny Genes Sleigh Bells – Holly Lissie – In Sleep Sleigh Bells – Straight A’s Sleigh Bells – Rill Rill Sleigh Bells – Treats Sky Ferreira – Whatcha Gonna Do The Jesus and Mary Chain – The Hardest Walk Sleigh Bells – A/B Machines She Keeps Bees – Gimme Bombay Bicycle Club – Dust On The Ground Bombay Bicycle Club – Ivy & Gold She Keeps Bees – Wear Red
	Neil Morrin made you an administrator of the Page "How? Why? DIY".
	Shared Survey Features Overview : Web Based Survey Software Tool – SurveyGizmo.com.
	Published links for 2010-08-19.
	Oh my word, the weather! Hope I’ll be safe getting to work, have got major software upgrades to do in an hour’s time!
	Apparently Gillian Anderson is filming for a period drama in Catherine Street right now
	Installing Lotus Smartsuite ’97 for our Finance Director. Social Housing is *that* cutting edge.
	Listened to 57 songs. Eliza Doolittle – Mr Medicine Crystal Castles – Alice Practice Crystal Castles – Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs HEALTH) Bombay Bicycle Club – Emergency Contraception Blues Crystal Castles – Magic Spells Eliza Doolittle – So High Eliza Doolittle – Go Home Bombay Bicycle Club – Swansea Bombay Bicycle Club – Jewel Bombay Bicycle Club – What If Lissie – Record Collector Sleigh Bells – Riot Rhythm Crystal Castles – xxzxcuzx me The Jesus and Mary Chain – April Skies Bombay Bicycle Club – Autumn She Keeps Bees – Strike The Jesus and Mary Chain – Sometimes Always Bombay Bicycle Club – Leaving Blues Bombay Bicycle Club – Cancel On Me She Keeps Bees – You Can Tell Lissie – Little Lovin’ The Jesus and Mary Chain – Some Candy Talking Eliza Doolittle – Nobody The Jesus and Mary Chain – Happy When It Rains Bombay Bicycle Club – Magnet The Jesus and Mary Chain – Dirty Water Bombay Bicycle Club – The Hill She Keeps Bees – Focus Bombay Bicycle Club – My God Eliza Doolittle – Rollerblades Eliza Doolittle – Missing Lissie – Bully Eliza Doolittle – Police Car The Jesus and Mary Chain – Come On Bombay Bicycle Club – Lamplight Lissie – Everywhere I Go Eliza Doolittle – A Smokey Room Bombay Bicycle Club – Always Like This Eliza Doolittle – Back To Front Bombay Bicycle Club – Ghost She Keeps Bees – Cold Eye The Jesus and Mary Chain – Darklands She Keeps Bees – Bones Are Tired Bombay Bicycle Club – Evening/Morning Sleigh Bells – Rachel The Jesus and Mary Chain – You Trip Me Up Bombay Bicycle Club – Fairytale Lullaby Eliza Doolittle – Moneybox She Keeps Bees – My Last Nerve Crystal Castles – Untrust Us Bombay Bicycle Club – Flaws Crystal Castles – Baptism Bombay Bicycle Club – Word By Word The Jesus and Mary Chain – Bullet Lovers Eliza Doolittle – Empty Hand Crystal Castles – Air War Crystal Castles – Courtship Dating
	Watching classic 4later mashup show ‘The Trip’ on YouTube curtesy of user pidger. Mind-bending stuff. It’s 1999 all over again 🙂
	Listened to 3 songs. Crystal Castles – Celestica Crystal Castles – Fainting Spells Crystal Castles – Doe Deer
	Checked in at Old Rapid Hardware Building
	Many workshops and techie gubbinses going on at How Why DIY? today at the Nerve Centre (@ Old Rapid Hardware Building w/ @mikenolan @mcknut)
	Off work to study and feeling fairly productive today, but strangely unable to mind control passers-by into bringing me fresh coffee
	#eastenders lol wut?
	Dodgy scouser on Dragon’s Den should be in jail, not business!
	TV is putting me off my 69 page passport service report, Grandma’s House is getting deliciously dysfunctional now 🙂

August 17th –

	I published my Batman talk on slideshare for anyone interested in comics and/or systems, link via my site http://bit.ly/aQlIx2 #igniteliv
	Shared Alex Nolan » Blog Archive » Unmasking Batman: A Systems Failures Approach.
	Checked in at Caffe Nero
	Listened to 4 songs. Laura Marling – Crawled out of the Sea (interlude) Laura Marling – The Captain and the Hourglass Laura Marling – Tap at My Window Laura Marling – My Manic and I
	Shared Ignite Liverpool 3 in the LDP. Ignite Liverpool 3 in the LDP
	Watching a making of video for the updated Monkey Island 2 makes me realise I would give kidneys for an HD Grim Fandango remake / sequel
	Published 2 posts. links for 2010-08-11 links for 2010-08-11
	Posted Unmasking Batman: A Systems Failures Approach.
	All my colleagues have slinked off for a skive and left me to get some work done in peace today – I need Friday Spotify suggestions please!
	Shared deadbelgian on MySpace Music – Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads.
	Listened to 3 songs. Paloma Faith – Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? Paloma Faith – Stone Cold Sober The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 1
	Checked in at Brew tea bar
	Firefox’s amazing new Tab Candy feature has dropped into nightly builds today, and yeah I can kind of see how it might be the next big thing
	Flipboard for the iPad is amazing
	Posted 4 items. Jeremy Hunt Employers shouldn’t be surprised that Americans won’t take their crummy, low-wage jobs.  – By Daniel Gross – Slate Magazine You Weren’t Meant to Have a Boss The Predator drone program: is humanity ready?
	RT @rww: Geofencing: What’s Next For Location-Based Services? http://rww.tw/drhLon
	Shared 2 links. Geofencing: What’s Next For Location-Based Services? @AlexNolan So you need a iPad Test & Keep a apple iPad! Its Free http://bit.ly/freepad4u?=ntq4
	Emma Louise Walsh posted something on your Wall.
	Emma Louise Walsh also commented on your post.
	Having another Fringe marathon whilst I study this w/e. Seems series 2 gets just as scary as series 1 sometimes; why do I do this to myself?
	Published 2 posts. Recent Reads – August 14, 2010 links for 2010-08-13
	Published links for 2010-08-14.
	Watching Brown Betty, the musical episode of Fringe. Not quite ‘Once More With Feeling’ funny, but loving the film noir look.
	Checked in at Liverpool One
	Bleh, I knew this was coming, ill again, 3rd time this summer, how can a caped crusader work under these conditions?!?!
	Shared Urban Dictionary: htfu.
	I have delicious foods in the fridge but too poorly to move. Switching to Plan B, the tried & tested Jedi Force-Pull.
	Posted Who’s a Pirate? It’s Not So Simple.
	Published links for 2010-08-16.
	Teaching Alex’s little helper some intranet skillz today. For once we both agree on something: it’s a terrible product we have to work with!
	Listened to 3 songs. 2 Unlimited – Get Ready For This Jacques Brel – Amsterdam Glasvegas – Daddy’s Gone

August 10th –

	Published links for 2010-08-03.
	iPhone’s in an infinite loop. Another night of restores for me, what joy!
	Shared Holy Tight Costume!. Holy Tight Costume!
	You lucky twitter followers get a sneak peak at what’s in store tomorrow night #igniteliv http://flic.kr/p/8pvYPn
	Shared Holy Tight Costume! | Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
	BBC One, Disturbia, wow, dude’s gotta bat and he means to use it!
	Published links for 2010-08-04.
	Well I tried very hard without, but sadly I will require notes for my #igniteliv talk, too much to keep in head otherwise. Is that cheating?
	Posted Why didn’t the Joker ever manage to off Batman – answered at Ignite 3 | Ignite Liverpool.
	http://open.spotify.com/track/7gUhoN7nkHhqSjxxgtumSW Spotify: The Jam – Batman Theme
	Shared http://open.spotify.com/track/7gUhoN7nkHhqSjxxgtumSW Spotify: The Jam – Batman Theme.
	Beth Edmondson tagged a photo of you.
	Alter-ego has had to leave on pressing superhero business, I get to watch the second half of #igniteliv
	Published links for 2010-08-05.
	Toni Verburg posted Something on your Wall.
	Crying out for coffee this morning, if I don’t get some soon I’m gonna die. Hurry up bus!
	RT @amcewen: #FollowFriday #IgniteLiv 3 speakers @m8nd1 @AlexNolan @rosiebunny @davidbartlett1 @RichardSmedley @beej777 @frabcus @runpai …
	Don’t normally do #FollowFriday but props to #igniteliv 3 behind the scenes legends @methoddan @amcewen @franticuk @defnetmedia missed ne1?
	Not sure it’s been explicitly tweeted yet, but as well as the extensive blog post, #igniteliv is on page 9 of the Daily Post today
	Checked in at Ship and Mitre
	Checked in at Vernon Arms
	Checked in at Thomas Rigby’s
	My broadband is down again. This is getting ridiculous now.
	Gah, lots to do but it’s quite dangerous to work on an empty stomach, people might get hurt. To the Batmobile, let’s shop!
	Checked in at Oomoo
	Shared Unmasking Batman: A Systems Failures Approach.
	Anyone know if slideshare’s embedded player can be configured to add speaker notes below each slide?
	Published Unmasking Batman: A Systems Failures Approach.
	Oh bastards, just banged my head on an archway in oomoo so hard I can’t walk straight!, man that hurt!
	Listened to 3 songs. Jake Thackray – Lah-Di-Dah David Bowie – Kooks David Bowie – Lady Stardust
	RT @MikeNolan: OH in office: "As a general rule, everything @stedaniels says is bollocks" <<< true dat.
	Shared mikenolan’s lazereyes Bookmarks on Delicious.
	Is the crazy druggy teacher from Pulling in #eastenders now? I love a good crossover, a few months ago it was Karl dating Ronnie.
	Published links for 2010-08-09.
	Shared MaxBounty.

August 3rd –

	Emma Louise Walsh commented on her status.
	Emma Louise Walsh commented on her status.
	Posted Why didn’t the Joker ever manage to off Batman – answered at Ignite 3 | Ignite Liverpool.
	Paul Stacey commented on your link.
	Listened to 11 songs. Whigfield – Saturday Night The Jam – Batman Theme Alesha Dixon – The Boy Does Nothing Sister Sledge – We Are Family – Single Version Iyaz – Replay Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally – Remastered Single Version Jason Derulo – In My Head Peter Andre – Mysterious Girl – Radio Edit Deee-Lite – Groove Is In The Heart The Veronicas – Untouched – Single Edit Aretha Franklin – Respect
	Shared 19 photos.
	Holy outrageous themed purchase! #ignite
	Enders is genius at the moment. Next up this evening, deadbelgian at Que Pasa Cantina – recipe for an awesome Thursday night!
	Again find myself listening to deadbelgian play the hits of Jaques Brell. Hauntingly beautiful music, live at Que Pasa, Lark Lane.
	Shared : http://twitpic.com/29up8z i CaNt g0 SkU i hAv3 bI3b3R f3v3R ! 😛.
	Fell asleep on the sofa again last night, woke up after 5. My body is screaming at me now – it’s too large for such things!
	Have watched more Batman (1966) in the past few days than during the rest of my life. Going slightly mad I think.
	RT @robertpopper: MARKETS OF BRITAIN: A new short by me and @serafinowicz http://bit.ly/cERNfF
	Shared Markets of Britain, a short film by Lee Titt (via Serafinowicz and Popper) – Boing Boing.
	Checked in at Tesco Allerton Road
	Checked in at St Luke’s ("The Bombed Out Church")
	Published links for 2010-08-01.
	Should finally finish my #igniteliv presentation today after many weeks of work. Is 3 days enough to practice?
	A bit disappointed with the #igniteliv props I received through the post this morning. Not as described!
	All the diverted traffic from tunnel to Dale Street is looping back via Tithebarn & sideroads, guess old habits die hard 🙁
	So tired I can’t see straight. Would sit here crying if I had the energy. @defnetmedia is a harsh taskmaster but he means well (I think)
	Dear The Council, Dale Street is awesome since you’ve blocked off the tunnel traffic, now please initiate phase 2 and bulldoze the flyover.
	RT @andrewbaron: Slow motion video of things being destroyed – http://mag.ma/nl04h0
	Shared 2 links. Hissing Kitty Slow motion video of things being destroyed / Magma

July 27th –

	Inception…well gosh, don’t think I’ve ever left the cinema feeling quite so overwhelmed. Like Mission Impossible but good & no Scientology
	Watching Forces of Nature, a 1999 Afleck/Bullock rom-com, to see if the old rumour that she has a hairy back is true.Or had she shaved it?
	Published links for 2010-07-20.
	Shared 2 photos. iherdulieksocialmedias I herd u liek social medias?
	.@MikeNolan @BBCNewsnight enjoy http://flic.kr/p/8kzKUM
	Shared 2 links. TPS Registration I herd u liek social medias? | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
	Published links for 2010-07-21.
	Peter Bull commented on your photo.
	Shared @AlexNolan This is the albume I’ve been jabbering about ‘I’m Gonna Be An Engineer’ was the song stuck in my head – http://bit.ly/ciF7o7.
	Published links for 2010-07-22.
	Checked in at Mocha lounge
	40 minute fire alarm. No fire discovered. Firemen seemed disappointed.
	Shared Cage nuts. Cage nuts
	I hate waiting on the phone for car insurance. What are they playing at? 21 minutes now. Yes I mean you @admiralnews
	Jonathan Williams posted Something on your Wall.
	Am masquerading in the seedy high-roller world of financial auditors this evening. It is a VERY STRANGE PLACE!
	Ok don’t want to sound too ungrateful, financial auditing is a strange world which happens to come with infinite free drinks at swanky bars!
	Despite the trappings of the auditor lifestyle, I’m so proud to be a paid up IT geek, on balance we are a much more self fulfilled crowd 🙂
	Mathew Street collary: haha I am a nerd who is also bestowed with the ultimate power: I could dance better than you if I chose to! Defy me!
	Shared @AlexNolan Hi! I was thinking you might be interested in a free Apple iPhone 4G http://ly9.net/5/iphone4g?=mtex #fb 🙂.
	In a highly dangerous move, this morning I am frying up whilst still drunk from the night before. It’s fun!
	Checked in at Lark Lane Market
	Argh, dreamt that the boiler was fixed, it is not, day 5 of cold showers here we come.
	Posted 27 items. iOS4 – The Changelog Jeremy Hunt: Faster, higher, stronger – and cheaper – UK Politics, UK – The Independent Iain Dale’s Diary: Disability Living Allowance: A Reader Writes… Does The iPad Suppress Our Capacity For Creativity? – PSFK It is right to worry about the future of our young men | Editorial | Comment is free | The Observer Smart Fortwo Ed: electric cars move on but still face road bumps | Environment | The Observer BBC News – Plan to tackle ‘throwaway’ food waste How do Apple and Google see the future of mobile? | Media | The Guardian The Guardian The Guardian New AppList: iPad Multiplayer Games :: App Advice Incredible Chart Shows How Everything In Your Life Leads Back To iPhone :: App Advice Gillian McKeith: You are what you tweet | Technology | guardian.co.uk Why have we all become so casually cruel? | Gaby Hinsliff | Comment is free | The Observer Will the paywall work? Thanks to Murdoch, we’ll soon find out | John Naughton | Comment is free | The Observer C&S News and Features » Features General » Favourable reviews for The Environmental Responsibility Reader Social Darwinism; a guide to Twitter dorking | Social Media Marketing | Internet Marketing Can Your iPhone Increase Your Gas Mileage? :: App Advice Wirral Partnership Homes considers pulling £290,000 yob busting contract – Skelmersdale Advertiser Ben Goldacre: why I’m battling it out with Gillian McKeith again | Science | The Guardian Headlines and Deadlines: Freedom of Information Act: not the only option, but sometimes the only known option Jailbreak Only: Toggle Multitasking And Backgrounds On And Off With Ease :: App Advice SuperMe: Channel4’s plan to make the world a nicer place for teens | Media | guardian.co.uk Internet plagiarism rising in schools | Education | The Guardian Roy Greenslade: Google ready to launch paid content system | Media | guardian.co.uk Jailbreak Only: Make Your iOS 4.0 Signal Bars Appear iOS 4.0.1-Like :: App Advice Get a great intranet by involving everyone « Mark Morrell
	Listening to the new ‘Men’s Hour’ on 5live: ok(ish) content, variable guests, but the format feels like it needs some work.
	So this #Sherlock is loosely based on A Study in Scarlett?
	Not overly impressed with #Sherlock. A serious treatment needs a Brett, and anyway the origins story lacks Downey-Junior/Law bromance.
	.@madscouser You should settle in one bank holiday for back to back Jeremy Brett Holmes on ITV3, well either that or you’d get Fred Dibnah
	Published 2 posts. Recent Reads – July 25, 2010 links for 2010-07-24
	Oh my god, the local gov guy removing all the speed cameras on @r4today is a giant spiteful prick!
	RT @Defnetmedia: Wowsers! List of projects that have had funding cut by NWDA http://bit.ly/diMsnt Manchester International festival, Liv …
	Getting really hacked off with firefox nightly builds disabling all my extensions now, though I recognise that I have no damn right to be
	RT @baron_orm: Over 250 bottles beers ‘baron rated’ in the first ‘year of beer’ for the baron – http://j.mp/bVy27h >> congrats to The Baron!
	Shared 2 links. The Ormskirk Baron: A year of beer > News > NWDA lists projects hit by spending cuts – Place North West
	Published links for 2010-07-26.