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Quick quick: Anyone a member o…

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Quick quick: Anyone a member of WizzGo? I can use you as a referrer, get you some money off. #

A different kind of patching

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Picked up Thyme, Mint and Rosemary, and couldn’t resist a Bronze Fennel, from Hulme Community Garden Centre. The beginnings of a herb patch. #

Imitating art

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Perfected my Tom Waits impression, although it does lean into Louis Armstrong on occasion. A bit concerned I’ve ruined my vocal cords. #

Bug kill

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Bug kill: Just submitted 7 tickets to WordPress, with patches to fix, in an attempt to kill all PHP error Notices during normal operation. #

There’s a Lib Dem on my doorstep

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Doorstepped by my Lib Dem MP, John Leech. He was campaigning for the council elections, they’re proposing better recycling - sounds great. #

On culinary usability

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I love the way Gnocchi floats to the top when it’s done. How much more usable could food get? #

Manchester transport fails when mobile

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The bus timetables are in PDFs on the Stagecoach website. The local gov website fails in the browser on my mobile. Brilliantly inaccessible. #

Teasing

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That is torture. In the distance I can see the bus I want, but there is no way, even though I am now a brilliant runner, that I can get it. #

Corporate greed

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Heading for GeekUp. It feels like they’ve reduced the bus services at the same time as increasing the prices. Where’s my placard? #

YouTube’s blogging API

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It seems YouTube’s remote publishing function (XMLRPC, etc) will only publish, not create draft posts. Which seems awkward. #