Archive for May, 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-07

1374 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

back in the office for the first time in over two weeks, almost good to be back in familiar surroundings! #
we have a new Blackberry user on the block! Lets get this baby configured! #
Blackberry’s software download page really sicks, broken again, at least for me behind a proxy :-/ #
@chuckstar76 I have an 8820, just trying to get it activated here in Spain is turning into a pita! I hope the BB experience will be worth it #
Blackberry service enabled, now configuring email, what fun! #
@chuckstar76 hey Charlie, check out the twitterberry screenshots, somebody is famous!! http://tinyurl.com/5ddzla #
@GrahamChastney currently "free", not connected to the CSC service #
must be about time to do my expenses, should be a lot of fun…. #
@stroker looking forward to things getting going, shout if I can help! #
BB doesn’t seem to be picking contacts from my sim card, makes me wonder whether they’re on my old phone. Some investigating to do me thinks #
@delboycarter you got one going cheap, that’ll work in Spain!? #
great, time to go and a big thunderstorm arrives! later everyone! #
Tweeting from twitterberry on the 8820 before watching Madrid v Barca. I hope it will be a good match! #
@gialyons LOL! I put off doing mine today. Why is it torture wherever you work! #
R.Mad 1-0 Barca #
@delboycarter good luck. We had big thunderstorms here ealier. The girls avoided it though! #
R.Mad 2-0 Barca #
R.Mad 3-0 Barca #
R.Mad 4-0 Barca! #

1375 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

Morning Twitterverse! Day off revising for my PER exam this afternoon…! #
coffee taking effect and upgrading to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS in the background, yey!! #
Ubuntu upgraded without a hitch, great stuff, now have FFb5, looks good! #

1379 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

slept terribly last night, must be because I’m looking forward to flying home today. Just hope I can get some sleep on the plane! #

1380 days

by Simon Scullion in Links

Get the Photo Dropper Flickr WordPress Plugin

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1380 days

by Simon Scullion in Tweets

morning twitterverse, feeling a little weary this morning #
@Phigment Congratulations on becoming a BP! #
@kellypuffs LOL! yeah, the alarm and I are not on speaking terms this morning, had a little falling out #
@monkchips thanks for the tip on the wp photo dropper plugin, looks cool, will be trying #
@Phigment too much info!! #
looks like tonight will be Japanese for dinner, sounds good! #

1381 days

by Simon Scullion in Links

10 Tips for After You Install or Upgrade Ubuntu | Tombuntu

Ubuntu is becoming more and more complete and easy to configure. However, like any operating system there’s work to be done after the installation. Here’s a list of 10 tips that you can use after installing or upgrading Ubuntu.

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Disable your Internal Speaker’s Beep in Linux | Tombuntu

Linux has the annoying habit of beeping too much. And not using the normal speakers, it beeps with the speaker inside your PC. This can often be very loud.

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