John H

posted 11 messages on Twitter

“Giant Christmas crackers dancing an Irish jig. To think, some people need to take /drugs/ to have this sort of experience. #schoolnativity”

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“Just seen charming tableau of turkeys square-dancing while chefs sprinkle them with seasoning. Lovely. ;-) #schoolnativity”

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posted four messages on Twitter

“Amarok always takes /ages/ to disconnect my iPod. Does this happen with iTunes, where the collection is pretty large (pushing 40 GB)?”

13 hours ago - Link

“My first Amazon.co.uk MP3 download: "Blue", by Joni Mitchell. NB: no opinion on Canadian politics implied by this choice.”

13 hours ago - Link

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loved 10 songs on Last.fm

The Smiths – Girl Afraid

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The Smiths – Reel Around the Fountain

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posted a message on Twitter

“@FrSpike @truk77 @pwinn Recycling symbols all coming out loud and clear on Debian. #WIN”

14 hours ago - Link

posted nine messages on Twitter

“@jaredcwilson You're v disciplined. Usual time for me between "must get hair cut - is now urgent" and getting haircut is around 2 to 4 weeks”

16 hours ago - Link

“OK, maybe last tag should have been #havinginsufficientRAMsucks. But still: y/day I ended up just yanking the plug out.”

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posted an entry on The Boar's Head Tavern

I also know that John should give me his Blackberry, right now! Five words, Mark: From. My. Cold. Dead. Hands. (jn)

17 hours ago - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“@Jdjohnson I find that too much caffeine sends my writing over the edge. Like those videos of spiders spinning their webs on drugs.”

18 hours ago - Link

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The Melangerie: <i>Plus ça change?</i>

18 hours ago - Link

Fascinating list of "then and now" inflation-adjusted price comparisons. - John H

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And my Blackberry’s pretty entry-level, truth be told. (jn)

18 hours ago - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“@undegaussable Debian (Lenny)”

21 hours ago - Link

posted two entries on The Boar's Head Tavern

Anyone have any thoughts/comments on the New English Translation (i.e. NET Bible)? Randy’s post got me scurrying off to Olive Tree’s website to check out their...

22 hours ago - Link

A smug Linux user asks the obvious question

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posted two messages on Twitter

“@infobunny Hmm. Probably something more in the 5 to 10 range? Oh, sorry, thought you meant her sentence...”

22 hours ago - Link

“Bears! In! Spa-a-a-a-a-ace! http://tinyurl.com/54qgv5 (HT: @infobunny)”

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posted 19 messages on Twitter

“@wyclif So, a striking contrast with the Anglican Communion. (Must... keep... straight... face......) ;-)”

yesterday at 4:10 am - Link

“@wyclif What prompted your "train-wreck" comment about Continuing Anglicanism?”

yesterday at 4:01 am - Link

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posted an entry on The Boar's Head Tavern

TMH: your luck’s in. Just in time for BHT Christmas, this arrives: and $13.99 plus shipping, people shouldn’t need to bust through the spending limit to get it...

yesterday at 1:44 am - Link

posted two messages on Twitter

“Superficiality as the new deep: the relationship-building quality of Twitter. http://tinyurl.com/63udy2”

Wednesday at 5:01 pm - Link

“Possibly the strangest thing I've ever seen. "I made this. You play this. We are enemies." http://tinyurl.com/6xasut”

Wednesday at 4:50 pm - Link

posted nine messages on Twitter

“Listening to Neko Case's Sept. 2000 Peel Session.”

Wednesday at 2:57 pm - Link

“Listening to Bona Drag. First Morrissey album I ever bought, and still have a real soft-spot for it. Bought Strangeways... same day, ditto.”

Wednesday at 2:27 pm - Link

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Paul Kedrosky: Octa, Enne, Deca … Chilia!

Wednesday at 2:26 pm - Link

What comes after the Octabox? Planning for a HD multi-punditry future. - John H

posted four messages on Twitter

“@undegaussable @frizz Altogether now: "The president's a demmycrat!"”

Wednesday at 11:20 am - Link

“@ruskin147 Meanwhile, some of us are still answering the question "What AV software do you use?" with the word: "Linux". #smuglinuxuser”

Wednesday at 11:06 am - Link

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posted 15 messages on Twitter

“@tom_watson Blimey. Reckon the Albanians would agree to a swap? We get Jozefina Topalli, they get Michael Martin?”

Wednesday at 9:05 am - Link

“OK, now I'm confused. Is the real @tonybenn going to start twittering or not? (Tho' of course it's policies that matter, not personalities.)”

Wednesday at 8:54 am - Link

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Mark N: you’re probably right, but the other explanation is more fun. And to quote 24 Hour Party People (loosely quoting The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance),...

Wednesday at 7:02 am - Link

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It’s just like the Blitz all over again

Wednesday at 3:22 am - Link

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It’s funny. I almost made an ironic comment on Comrade’s“phases of conversion” post about how his phases - especially the cage phase - don’t apply to me...

Wednesday at 1:35 am - Link

The usage of "cage stage" here seems best applied to young supralapsarian five-point Calvinists. The type of larval TRs who think that Samuel Rutherford is the *ne plus ultra*. - wyclif

shared two items on Google Reader

Alternate Currency

Wednesday at 2:12 am - Link

"Collapse of the dollar"? Hah! You guys are mere /amateurs/ when it comes to having your currency collapse. /Our/ currency can even collapse against a collapsing dollar. Beat /that/! - John H

Stages of Conversion

Wednesday at 2:12 am - Link

This is /so/ good. - John H

posted a message on Twitter

“The legal equivalent of "regression hell": have to try to combine three sets of separate amendments into a single document. Aaaargh!”

Wednesday at 2:07 am - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Think I prefer Hatful of Hollow to Queen is Dead. I know, heresy, but HOH passes "What do you want to listen to /right now/" test more often”

Wednesday at 12:56 am - Link

posted four messages on Twitter

“@SylviaPlath Not Stein/way/???”

Tuesday at 11:26 pm - Link