I can feel my heartbeat in my ear, can't swallow, and thought I saw a lion outside earlier...

No riots at TKMaxx. Just some poor souls drifting forlornly amongst aisles of cheap-but-not-that-cheap clothes... Depressing.

Willl shortly wander down to watch the mini-riot that is the opening of Lancaster's TKMaxx... :)

Probably shouldn't be eating my Thai-fried noodles & vegetables in thick soy sauce doggybag from last night now, at 11.30am, but can't stop!

Ralph would like to be with you, but can only commit to 75% consciousness....

About to deep fry some Brie....

Just rescued Anu the cat from quarry mount...

Hangover. Nothing that a plate of huevos ranchero couldn't handle though. Now full of spicy goodness and ready for another day in paradise.

Time for action!

Weekending...

new car :)

Pick up our new car at lunchtime today :D

Early morning walk up to the ashton, beautiful day!

No breakfast (fridge and freezer seem to be empty), developing a cough, sniffles, feeling achey and odd... Is this... Swine flu? o_O

Think I must still be ill - working is like floating though a complicated dream world where I can't remember which is the red wire...

I keep on losing my lunch pictures, take 2....

Beans, egg and chips, £2.70, marketgate terrace cafe :)

Silencing the shutter shound on the Android HTC Magic?

Oh, some things make me so angry.

Enforced shutter sounds on phones are one of them.

The HTC Magic Android phone has a loud and annoying shutter sounds that can't be turned off. I read that this is more and more common to prevent upskirt-style pictures etc being taken.

But, hang on... If I put my HTC Magic on silent mode, then the shutter is silent anyway.

So what's the point in forcing a shutter sound on normal mode?!

It just doesn't make any sense.

If you came here looking for a solution, then good luck. There seemed to be some camera apps in the Android Marketplace that claimed to silence shutter sounds when not on silent mode, but I have my doubts, and many only worked before more recent versions anyway, so I understand.

Browsing forums on this subject will just make you angry too - lots of self-righteous people explaining, patronisingly, why sounds are a good idea to prevent perverted pictures, and denying that there is any legitimate use of silent cameras.

Okay, examples.

In an art gallery, in a library, in a theatre during a performance, watching a friend's poetry recital, taking pictures of your food in a restaurant for review on your website, anywhere, frankly where you don't want to make a noise generally...

Grr.

Any the cat is ill and is off to the vets... :(

Is back from the world of feverish sweating and endless under-blanket-film-watching. Did I miss anything?

Feeling ill... not happy :(

amusing...

Banana Licuado - saviour of mankind

home made black bean burger for lunch... mmm...

Can't think of anything clever to say this morning.

I love sudden technical problems any time past 4pm...

The sun! The sun! I just saw the sun! (briefly)

Just ignored the gas man at the door, with his little torch, and his annoyingly persistent knock...

Restraint... have to stop venting my spleen at our in-house IT dept... As they say, you can't kid a kidder...

Tip of the day: Don't eat your lunch 2 hours early - doing so allows time for you to digest it, and feel hungry 2 hours later...

A morning of being confused by my own mistakes, untangling other ppl's sinfully bad ftp code, and longing for cake...

Nimba the cat, fearsome hunter, presents her latest victim to us...

Nimba

street is a river... torrential. I forgot about lancaster's monsoon season... :(

Bloody rain

Distracted today. The pixies that live just out of focus at the corner of my vision are over-excited, it seems.

Go home!

The god of TCP/IP Sockets whispers secrets in my ear... Specified SQL server not found...

*grunt* why am I awake again?

making a strawberry cake after all. to be consumed with wine and mechanised Japanese zombie school girls.

Considering making a strawberry roulade. It is possible that I'm too hungover to complete the mission. Perhaps mojitos would be easier?

egg Benedict @ qsf in Lancaster, good but bloody expensive! £17 for two!

It's all over bar the shouting - the weekend is upon us!

Just racked me mead, like.

*sigh* time to clear up the cat vomit... I can put it off no more... :(

Just had my lunch in the oven for 30 mins on 'fan' rather than 'oven'... *sigh*

pre-lunch quesadilla. ..

A morning spent cancelling and rebooking train tickets... Ah, the joy of Virgin Rail's website...

Had a siesta... feel better. I'm getting the hang of siestas, I used to be against them. Like olives.

not tip top this morning, insomnia again, feeling ill... *sigh*

Giant horsefly in the yard, yikes, that'll give you a good bite...

Next door: Scream, shout, shout, smash/tinkle, shout (bit louder), cry, bawl, tantrum, scream, shout, loop.. Ah, school finished for summer?

Lunch: Nothing in the house except some frozen chips and frozen falafel.. so... falafel and chips then...

I *will* make those plain digestives interesting and eat them... oh yes I will...

Feel awful today, lay awake all night groaning, digesting masses of roast potatoes, cakes and wine...

cakes, wine, beer, roast... all good

tumeric apocalypse, it is everywhere... my hands, nails, counter, bowls, jeans :(

Right, it must be time for beers and a nice Cambodian curry :)

Plain Digestive biscuits are so dull :(

Cold, damp and dark this morning... Did I miss the rest of summer? Are we in autumn already? :(

lunch today is a mystery from the freezer... :) even after a taste I don't know what it is!

full of good, if over-priced, tapas...

Last try: one of these http://ping.fm/OXzZC just ran up my leg :(

Oops, in fact, one of *these* just ran up my leg http//www.pbase.com/nebulanbloom/image/83914028

One of these just ran up my leg :( http://ping.fm/087jU

Whoever wrote our original login system for our main website needs to be hunted down and hurt some. And then be told to find a new career...

I sense that our web server is trying to tell us something: "[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver] Timeout expired"... 4,128 times... *sigh*

All over for another day, well done everyone.

Time for tea and biscuits. Well, crackers anyway. I don't have any biscuits :(

Lunch is a pasta dish designed to be eaten cold. I'm heating it in the oven. I like hot pasta. I'm not a bad person.

I've cracked my head really hard on various wooden objects every day for the last three days. Wood has it in for me, it seems.

Oh no, not that again...

In the international language of upset stomachs Ralph's digestive tract tells him of its displeasure of having a litre of seaweed soup in it

For a minute there I forgot why I was sitting at my keyboard, no idea at all, then I remembered, ah, yes, work, oh, yes, I remember...

Made some plum vodka, now enjoying a pint of Guinness...

Morning world (yes, I know). *yawn* the wife is making pancakes *stretch* life could be worse...

That's it! Time please! Weekend. Time for a beer. I only have Guinness, but will survive the hardship.

Wondering if I should have a 'happy' pizza tonight :)

Udon noodles in miso.... mmmm!

Friday, about bloody time.

man, people stink. how can they not notice? on a busy train crammed with smelly, noisy, people...

*sigh* trains are all messed up... delays. :(

on a very slow bus feeling rather sick... :(

Quesy after a 5 bean chilli and pint experience in Wetherspoons...

at work, not even an hour late... good eh?

off to brave London rush hour :(

in London... the home of nasty-tasting tap water and black snot. :)

train actually moving now, which is nice

bloody train is stuck at bloody carnforth. :(

Lunch is a grilled, folded corn tortilla filled with hot chilli sin carne and cheese topped with natural yoghurt...

Mental prep for journey to London begins...

check out my old-school flowchart template - punched cards, tape, vdu... ah, the golden days :)

Having a nice fresh strawberry and wild berry milkshake, just a pint of...

making some mead... and why not?

food might take a while....

Lunch on the fly today, sage derby cheese and hummus on home-made bread (a modified 'grant' loaf)...

The usual post-holiday email horror is here...

mojito #1

might spend the day drinking mojitos....

top of brown willy, bodmin