2011-08-11 (Thursday)

@gwire Oh, finally!

Yeah, character encoding, I got you! Making my virtualenv use a newer version of python did the ticket. Boo and, as they say sir, ya.

@TamiDunn My pleasure! Glad you got to see some his London. Have you seen the Pepys walks on the website: http://bit.ly/ndFH70

@tominsam, if you were in the office I’d get you to swear about character encoding for me. I’m going to have to do it myself instead.

@AnnieFeighery Are you trying to prove my point? :)

If you’re trying to find the worst place to have a nuanced discussion about a complicated topic, Twitter will be pretty high up your shortli

@maryloosemore Oooh, exciting! (For you :) )

What’s that quote about the worst time for making laws being during the immediate aftermath of a crisis?

@blaine Perhaps more directly theft: Supermarkets fix prices and cost consumers £270m. Get fined £50m. Sounds like a good wheeze.

I bet if you put the Skype eng team in different locations and forced them to collaborate via Skype, shit would improve real quick.

Urban rioting existed before SMS/social media. You know what didn't? Large-scale community cleanups, spontaneously organized within hours.