urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc Jennifer Jennifer 2009-02-06T11:56:59Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:82010 2009-02-06T11:56:59Z 2009-02-06T11:56:59Z Can someone do me a favour and see if they have any Squirrel Nut Zippers in their catalog? I'd rather not pass out my credit card details is they don't have what I need.<br /><br />thanks urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:81877 2009-02-02T01:39:36Z 2009-02-02T01:39:36Z Jumping on the bandwagon, what I did today:<br /><br /><ul class="loudtwitter"><li><em>09:37</em> Scrapheap Challenge and a purring cat on the lap. Sunday mornings don't get much better. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1166546053">#</a></li> <li><em>09:46</em> Wondering why there's a helicopter hoovering over west end <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1166554888">#</a></li> <li><em>11:38</em> And that's the last stool constructed. Time to get out and about. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1166671044">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:81632 2009-02-01T02:05:56Z 2009-02-01T02:05:56Z Jumping on the bandwagon, what I did today:<br /><br /><ul class="loudtwitter"><li><em>09:41</em> pre10am and already I've put handles on doors, moved wine racks and watched Cmdr Riker kill folk in Quincy <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1164173325">#</a></li> <li><em>22:51</em> Laughing at Hellboy 2's Giant's Causeway but in a different way to the laughing at the Can't Smile scene <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1165520528">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:81292 2009-01-31T10:39:28Z 2009-01-31T10:39:28Z Jumping on the bandwagon, what I did today:<br /><br /><ul class="loudtwitter"><li><em>13:33</em> Hmm, yum. sushi. It really does taste better when it comes off a conveyor belt as well. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1161589722">#</a></li> <li><em>13:46</em> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/c84t69">tinyurl.com/c84t69</a> Max Raabe does Britney <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1161616946">#</a></li> <li><em>09:41</em> pre10am and already I've put handles on doors, moved wine racks and watched Cmdr Riker kill folk in Quincy <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1164173325">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:80946 2009-01-30T14:39:58Z 2009-01-30T14:39:58Z Jumping on the bandwagon, what I did today:<br /><br /><ul class="loudtwitter"><li><em>16:49</em> Getting nowhere today, too many hurdles to get across, only to find the stake pit on the other side. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1158938116">#</a></li> <li><em>18:44</em> I am the Queen of the Allen key. One stool down, one more for the weekend as it's off to the knitting group now. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1159279205">#</a></li> <li><em>22:23</em> Home from knitting, missed a text message from Anders :( Wish he was home sooner, I miss talking to him through the day. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1159901724">#</a></li> <li><em>09:07</em> Bad start to day, remembered laptop sitting in house when in Clyde Tunnel. Time to go southbound through tunnel: 30sec, northbound: 5min <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1161179055">#</a></li> <li><em>13:33</em> Hmm, yum. sushi. It really does taste better when it comes off a conveyor belt as well. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1161589722">#</a></li> <li><em>13:46</em> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/c84t69">tinyurl.com/c84t69</a> Max Raabe does Britney <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1161616946">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:80838 2009-01-29T01:43:09Z 2009-01-29T01:43:09Z Jumping on the bandwagon, what I did today:<br /><br /><ul class="loudtwitter"><li><em>10:32</em> Right now I'm wishing I was home in bed. Too many late nights make for grumpy coders. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1154863161">#</a></li> <li><em>12:23</em> Todays goal, to eat a tasty lunch on £1.20 since I foolishly left my purse at home today. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1155030538">#</a></li> <li><em>12:41</em> I've just misread this <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/davos/7855079.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/davos/7855079.stm</a> as &quot;Serious Davros gets down to business&quot; <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1155063227">#</a></li> <li><em>14:16</em> Yum, free roast chicken, does life get any better? And now I have my &lt;£1 lunch for tomorrow instead. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1155271119">#</a></li> <li><em>18:15</em> Have just discovered whole extra bit of work that needs to be done. Time for a replan I think. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1155972883">#</a></li> <li><em>20:28</em> Ultimate Iron Man = Awesome. Really enjoying the ultimate series/universe, volume 2 of the Ultimates next. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1156366201">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:80420 2009-01-28T01:30:12Z 2009-01-28T01:30:12Z Jumping on the bandwagon, what I did today:<br /><br /><ul class="loudtwitter"><li><em>10:21</em> Investigating the intricacies of VMWare virtual machines <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1151707021">#</a></li> <li><em>11:22</em> I think there's a Wordpress plugin for everything, possibly even making tea. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1151787249">#</a></li> <li><em>12:15</em> I should know better than to try watch something MSN video <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1151865237">#</a></li> <li><em>14:48</em> There's something magic about the glass negatives the Library of Congress has been posting <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2wukhe">tinyurl.com/2wukhe</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1152183031">#</a></li> <li><em>20:26</em> Mmmm, php, my favourite web flavour <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1153127694">#</a></li> <li><em>01:26</em> Darn, the space bar on the laptop is hanging on by a single hinge. Hope it's fixable. <a href="http://twitter.com/addedsparkle/statuses/1153911894">#</a></li></ul>Automatically shipped by <a href="http://www.loudtwitter.com">LoudTwitter</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:80135 2009-01-27T21:16:05Z 2009-01-27T21:16:05Z I'm having the strangest Linux error today. I keep getting "Command not found" trying to run an executable. The file is there, it's set executable to everyone, it's in the path and still "COmmand not Found". I've even tried full path to the binary.<br /><br />Not even Google can help me :( urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:79510 2009-01-18T02:17:53Z 2009-01-18T02:17:53Z <p>It's quite hard to pisht post on am iPod. It keeps correcting my typos. Have returned from psychochickens where much wine beer and whiskt was drunk and the conversation ranged from poodle rock to the culpability of the financial institutions via a via the current economic downturn. Gods night all in all even with the Extreme</p><p><em><small>Posted via <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/cosysoftware_en/">LiveJournal.app</a>.</small></em></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:79187 2009-01-14T23:00:52Z 2009-01-14T23:00:52Z <p>Is surprisingly not High School Musical 2. I'm not saying it was good or anything but it didn't make me claw out my own eyes.</p><p><em><small>Posted via <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/cosysoftware_en/">LiveJournal.app</a>.</small></em></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:79090 2009-01-14T16:46:00Z 2009-01-14T16:46:00Z Strange, strange kiwi film. But very enjoyable and touching. Thanks psychochiken and zantic. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:78677 2008-12-20T17:22:30Z 2008-12-20T17:22:30Z For some inexplicable reason, I seem to have thrown away the christmas tree. This is not good. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:78527 2008-12-09T13:29:59Z 2008-12-09T13:29:59Z the gentle whirr of case fans From <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2324">RFC 2324 - Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol:</a><br /><br />2.3.2 418 I'm a teapot<br /><br /> Any attempt to brew coffee with a teapot should result in the error<br /> code "418 I'm a teapot". The resulting entity body MAY be short and<br /> stout. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:78256 2008-12-02T16:52:05Z 2008-12-02T16:52:05Z Damn you Doctor Who Adventure Calendar, damn you to hell! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:77914 2008-11-13T12:17:36Z 2008-11-13T12:17:36Z <a href="http://www.heyquiz.com/quiz/cat_kill"><img src="http://www.heyquiz.com/bimage/14_89.jpg" alt="Is your cat plotting to kill you?" /></a><br /><br />Not surprising considering he is Basement Cat urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:77757 2008-11-09T21:36:57Z 2008-11-09T21:37:27Z I have returned from the frozen wastes of Denmark. Had a lovely time, saw Bond (okay but most definitely a "middle" film), went to a Danish christening (they stand up for readings and sit down for hymns - backwards!) and was taken to see a great Norwegian band by the name of Kaisers Orchestra who had the entire hall in the palm of their hands. Great music and that's without understanding a word. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:77402 2008-11-04T09:51:20Z 2008-11-04T09:51:20Z Last night they took a cigarette to the saddle. Obviously this is not accidental.<br /><br />This morning I phoned the police. They advised me to report the crime but that it probably wont have any time put against it as they have more pressing problems. I'm leaning towards putting a note in the close however, saying the police have been involved.<br /><br />Hopefully this will stop it all, otherwise I'm going to have to start keeping it in the bedroom :( urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:77276 2008-11-03T23:02:05Z 2008-11-03T23:02:05Z <p>My geek fu is strong tonight. Now I can synch my iPod and google calendar. And post about it from the iPod.</p><p><em><small>Posted via <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/cosysoftware_en/">LiveJournal.app</a>.</small></em></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:76840 2008-11-03T10:42:29Z 2008-11-03T10:42:29Z Halloween was great, lots of people turned up to the party and much joy was had. Disco Jon repulsed all women, Gill was practically unrecognisable as a pink-haired punk, Antje Annie-Hall, Sandman Kieran, Hazel Hot-Lips, Ewan the Mac Daddy Pimp, Disco Daisy, Two-Tone Michael, Miggy Stardust, Mhairi's Bat Out of Hell, Velma and Daphne, Munchkin and Sharon's perfectt 70s couple and of course, Nigel's awesome "Play with my joystick" Pong costume. Smudge coped very well with the crowd, even managing not to savage my very drunk neighbour who chased him round the house for a stroke. Tidy up was suprisingly easy and the flat was in shipshape order by the time my mum arrived and we toddled off to the Good Food Show.<br /><br />There was some very interesting things at the show, but far far too much cheese and oatcakes. We sampled lots of lovely food including some to-die-for Iberian ham, some gorgeous additive free colcannon from Mash Direct and a yummy black pudding from Ramsay's of Ayrshire. We also watched two demonstrations of amazing non-stick cookware, one Titanium and one ceramic. Both were pretty impressive in their non-stickness but the ceramic ones were way lighter. Overcome with show "must buy stuff"ness we bought a wok, grillpan, sautepan, omlette pan and saucepan which turned out to be not too much and almost 50% cheaper than buying it outside the show.<br /><br />Next we sat down for out Winter Kitchen stint with James Martin who was hilariously funny, having a go at all the folk who phone in to complain that the chef's don't wash their hands on Saturday Kitchen, and Sainsburys, the sponsers of the Winter Kitchen. <br /><br />Afterwards our throats were dry, so we headed to the drink side for the Gordon's Gin stand, only to find it shut. So instead we tried some lovely Sloe Gin Liquer, a very nice wine from Rickety Bridge (bought for further enjoyment last night), some Punk beers and two other breweries whose names escape me and some odd Swedish thing called Xante that was a bit pish. <br /><br />By this time the doors were closing so we ran back, picked up our pots and took a taxi home.<br /><br />Sunday we gave the pots a test run, frying an egg with no oil and it just slid off the pan. Then we put proper holders on the lovely deco quilts my Mum made me a few months ago, and went to ikea to get some of those hang-stuff-on-it tracks for the kitchen, my original hooks having disappeared into a black hole.<br /><br />I had my one and only ski lesson, an experience I will never be repeating due to it's sheer awfulness. Then we went home and drank nice wine and watched Ironman. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:76718 2008-10-28T09:21:59Z 2008-10-28T09:21:59Z Some fucking asshole, piece of shit has ripped the saddle on my new bike. Not even a week old and already it needs a part replaced.<br /><br />I'm so angry I could cry. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:76401 2008-10-26T18:59:15Z 2008-10-26T18:59:15Z Jon and Keiran kidnapped me last night (honest guv) and made me go see jonathan coulton. It was awesome and fantastic even though I did make a fool of myself in that "oh my god I'm talking to a famous person" kind of way. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:76069 2008-10-23T22:21:38Z 2008-10-23T22:21:38Z It emerged at knitting tonight that some of you fine people are not aware of the works of Mr Coulton. So for your listening pleasure, I present some of his fine works.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/mp3/Creepy%20Doll.mp3">Creepy Doll</a> - About a doll, that's creepy.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/mp3/Chiron%20Beta%20Prime.mp3">Chiron Beta Prime</a> - A xmas song from the inhabitants of an alien work camp<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/mp3/Mandelbrot%20Set.mp3">Mandlebrot Set</a> - everyone's favourite fractal<br /><br />If you like I encourage you to check out the webpage <a href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/">http://www.jonathancoulton.com/</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:75879 2008-10-21T18:39:21Z 2008-10-21T18:39:21Z Washing machine dead :(<br /><br />Bath full of sofa covers that were supposed to go in washing machine :( urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:75315 2008-10-06T09:29:30Z 2008-10-06T09:29:30Z Started off nicely, went to the pub on Friday with Anders and some friends. They put a significant dent in the Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild while I tried the Stars and Stripes and then the Hype. Much tosh was talked, and Michael should get commission from Apple for the demo he was giving of the iPod functionality of the iPhone (see Monday).<br /><br />Saturday however was a wash, almost literally. The rain came down quite heavily on our way to Edinburgh, and while I got to do some wool shopping and picked up a nice alpaca/wool mix for Dad's scarf, Anders got stuck in a traffic jam and missed out on doing the aerial assault course. Dinner was nice though, good people, good food, good wine. So the day ended on a high.<br /><br /> Sunday was almost a perfect day, reading in bed with a cup of tea, a late breakfast at Cafe Circa (more on that later), a walk in the park then a movie. Anders went home in the afternoon and then I bummed around on WoW.<br /><br />Cafe Circa, should be called Cafe Faker. Item the first, the "Original 1960 John Lennon poster" with the large "Printed in 1980" on the bottom of the actual poster. Item the second, the "Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice" poured from the carton in the fridge. Don't think we'll be going back there. The food was nice, but not awesome enough to justify the price tag.<br /><br />This morning I rounded off the weekend by ordering an iPod Touch. I have fallen, I have left the straight and narrow path of righteousness and succumbed to the lure of popular choice. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:jennifermc:75054 2008-10-03T13:11:50Z 2008-10-03T13:11:50Z Is it wrong to think that a good reason to buy an iTouch iPod is that you could get at Ravelry patterns from any wifi spot?