Man on the bus not covering your mouth when he coughs, I could really do without your Christmas gift.

Having to make an estimate with almost no information is always fun, especially when you know the scope and requirements will change later.

I think I need to get better headphones for work. Might have to get @theyellowdoor to remind me which ones she has.

Some politicians may come out of this with enhanced reputations. The ones who’ve not tried to exploit the situation for their own ends.

People rioting supposedly about flags, or politicians using the events for political point scoring. Not sure which depresses me more.

@blzzrd Obviously I don’t mind getting two, but it just doesn’t seem right :)

@blzzrd Before you send me two copies of the Blizzard again this month, do you fancy another crack at stopping this madness?

I appear to be in the mood to unfollow people today. You’re probably safe as long as you don’t say boring or offensive things though.

He’s the same bus driver who managed to be overtaken yesterday on a 30 minute route by the bus that left 30 minutes after him.

My bus driver doesn’t see the irony in criticising workmen for slowness despite turning up 30 minutes late on a 15 minute trip himself.

It astounds me when a form rejects an email address as invalid because of a plus sign. If it’s under my control I don’t let that happen. Grr

Recruiter says he’ll ring at a certain time. Doesn’t ring. Does get in touch later to apologise and explain. Pleasant surprise that.

A recruiter who includes a plain text attachment telling me that my client “cannot read this email” starts off in my bad books.

Absolutely worth the money. A whole selection of excellent articles. RT @blzzrd: The Complete Blizzard Collection - bit.ly/TvP10z

For some reason “Pull up to the bumper baby” is rattling around my head this morning. This is not necessarily a bad thing.

Every time I see a @GoDaddy advert it reinforces my commitment to never purchase anything from them.

I thought it was impossible for my opinion of Pat McQuaid to fall further. He is making a mockery of that belief with every word he utters.

Sad today as @swmcc had his last day in work before starting his new job next week. They’re lucky to have him.

Much that politicians do riles @ManyHues, however with his opposition to the oxford comma Owen Paterson may have just topped the list.

For some reason I’m distracted by wondering how a cricket scorecard would be marked up semantically in HTML. I blame the cold.

I think I’m hitting the stroppy part of being ill. I just hit my desk in frustration at coughing again.

@Canonisation Up and about for dinner and Merlin. They’ve not toned down the you-know-what, every scene has a double-entendre!

Voluntosubscription to @TheBuglePodcast paid for myself and @ManyHues. Long may the bullshit continue.

The glee shown at the inability of Cameron to say what Magna Carta means says more about some of his critics than it does about him.

For a horrible moment there I thought one of my domains hadn’t been renewed. Thankfully mistaken. I must really use it for something!

Given the lack of success of my exhortations of the last week I feel compelled to say “Come on the West Indies” for this afternoon.

Well at least my uncle will be happy with the Donegal win.

Bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger!

Come on Mayo!

Probably not going to be a fun day for @MarkMulqueen, following the removal of the feeds from the Oireachtas on which @KildareStreet relied.

I despair for the future of Northern Irish football when I see 10-12 year olds playing 11-a-side on a full-size pitch.

Commenting out vast sections of code you have no need for anymore, rather than simply deleting, is not the way to get on my good side today.

Judging by the amount of bell-ringing going on in Hillsborough right now I suspect that someone is invading the country.

Gov bod on radio said taxpayers want to know benefit sys efficient. No, I want people to get help they need. Then we worry about efficiency.

The only surprise I feel regarding the Armstrong news is that it has taken this long to happen.

@legsidelizzy Don’t say anything!!! There is nothing commenting on in the batting. Nothing ;)

I understand OPTA should benefit from this, no problem with that. I just think the language of the T&Cs is a bit sweeping #MCFCAnalytics 2/2

Regarding my #MCFCAnalytics uncertainty, I’m not against the data release, I’m just against the sweeping claim to any work done using it 1/2

I’d have signed up already for #mcfcanalytics, but point 4 of the terms and conditions is a killer. I wonder how many have actually read it.

This excites me an awful lot MT @guardian_sport: Manchester City to open the archive on player data and statistics. gu.com/p/39n23/tw

@carisenda @StrayTaoist @martymc @swmcc Sweet zombie jesus!

@swmcc Remind me to start following you again tomorrow once I show you how the caps lock key works.

@HaVoCT5 @swmcc Go to www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/index.htmland click the right arrow on the top row. It’s in there. Tea, with milk, thanks. Cup on my desk.

Time to have lunch and watch Katie Taylor.

No matter how old I get space launches and landings are still awesome!

@NASAJPL Congratulations! Fantastic job :)

The NHS tribute was a nice idea at least. Slightly shambolic, but worth doing. As for the rest, well… #openingceremony

The Underworld #openingceremony theme was excellent. Sadly I have little else positive to say.

By the end of this project I will be fluent in “Bug Report”, as my Bug Report to English translation skills are really being put to the test

@blzzrd Is @qzzrd dead now? I’m loathe to admit this, but I sort of miss it.

I hate the fact that when I look at job requirements I focus on the one area I’m weak in rather than the multiple areas I’m strong.

That was related to poker, for the non-poker fans among you. Which reminds me I must play online again soon.

I’ve only just had the chance to catch up on @VictoriaCoren at the WSOP, and I’m delighted to see that she’s in the last 30 odd of WSOP 53.

Spend last night having many short dreams about the project I’m working on, none of them good. Now I’m in work. This will not be a good week

Granted, I’ve been guilty of the crime in that re-tweet myself. Generally I realise what I’ve done just after saying it :(

I despair at “developers” who fail to write coherent code or explanatory comments. It’s a “Fuck You” from them to people who follow.

Extending poorly documented code reminds me of 80s adventure games. Slowly mapping and gradually understanding how it all holds together.

I’d have more time for criticisms from Roy Keane if he said what he’d actually do selection-wise and tactically.

Woohoo! RT @blzzrd: Issue Five digital downloads are available now! (for subscribers, that is)

I just laughed at a sudo-based joke. I feel slightly ashamed now.

@carisenda Worth a try. I never thought to see how a fusion table would handle it. Thanks for putting the idea in my head during work :P

@carisenda The data is horrible sadly. Start and end times mixed in the route info. Multiple days in a single parade. No organisations etc.

@carisenda I’m not sure when it appeared. It wasn’t there last year when I wrote a script to extract it all!

@carisenda If I find something that will do a decent job of extracting the “route” info from the data I’m right back on it though :)

@carisenda Nope. I looked into doing it, but the free text aspect of the routes in the Parades Commission data finally broke me.

My call for the solicitors to get a move on earlier has just borne fruit. Not a good sign for Cardinal Brady I hope.

Redknapp on the BBC for Euro 2012? Are they trying to see how rubbish BBC football can get? Now far below the barrel and mining further.

To catch up on a busy week: Brady, resign for fucks sake; Hodgson, best choice; Pep, thanks and enjoy the break; solicitors, get a move on.

@BarryMcBride The Mock Draft Muncher appears to be confused. Kuechly , Kirkpatrick, Mercilus, Jenkins, and more picked more than once.

After hours wrestling with a problem, over a few days, I finally solve it by going back to basics in a few minutes. Wood for the trees…

I’ve enjoyed his radio work, but find him a repetitive presenter. Granted, I like @ManyHues, prefer Horizon with a narrator, not a presenter

The sooner we can make an AI that can present a concept more quickly than Marcus de Sautoy the better.

Having colleagues ask me about testing, or for examples of tests I’ve written, is gratifying. Banging away at the topic has paid off :)

Tho after some experimenting with @sinatra I probably will use it for the project I’m playing with. @stevebiscuit may have created a monster

After experimenting with @datamapper I’ve switched back to ActiveRecord. I couldn’t find any support for spatial column types. Nice though.

@stevebiscuit As you’re the Belfast Sinatra go-to guy… What, if any, ORM do you tend to use with Sinatra?

It’s becoming rather pleasant to wake up and see that @Irelandcricket has won another T20 qualifier comfortably. Hopefully one more too.

@shanley Spot on in your calling out of @gklst for both the video and their reaction to your criticism.

Great to see Afghanistan qualify for the T20 World Cup. I just hope that @Irelandcricket manage to win the next two matches to join them

@C4EqualMarriage Your petition form rejects valid email addresses, such as the one I tried to put in with a + sign.

@blzzrd I’ve just realised that yesterday was your 1st anniversary. Congratulations :)

Not sure how I missed Orbital have a new album coming soon. Thankfully @grahamb put me right, and pointed me to their @SoundCloud page.

Finally got around to putting some old project on @github :)

Two days in a row I’ve arrived in to work to find an email perfectly pitched to completely piss me off. This has not been fun.

@TheMACBelfast On a more positive note, I’m really looking forward to the Lowry show :)

@TheMACBelfast You might want to fix the spelling mistake on the homepage. “Incovenience”?

@Johnboy636 Fine final over bowling there. Great work!

I just made a catch that was wasted outside of a cricket field. One-handed, not even looking at the ball. Did anyone care? No. Philistines.

2 weeks to the new issue of The Blizzard (@blzzrd). Woohoo!!!

@Canonisation Jeff and Rossi sitting in a tree!

I’m sceptical as to the value of the FIFA rankings, however that doesn’t stop me from feeling happy that Rep. of Ireland are up to 20th.

I’ve just heard something from @swmcc which made me hold my head in my hands in shock. He is a disturbing man!

@theyellowdoor Well that was good. With that I shall bid you adieu!

Well that was worth staying up for. Hopefully I won’t pay for this by being more I’ll tomorrow.

Obviously, anything bad I say about the BBC Super Bowl coverage does not include @Carlsonsports. He will be excellent as always.

I’m already embarrassed by the BBC Super Bowl coverage

I hate being ill. At least I have a Test match to follow, and @ManyHues is looking after me very well.

Made it to @BelfastRuby in one piece. Actually managed to see a live @davidjrice!

Might as well dream :) RT @Irelandcricket: ‘Ireland to become a Test Nation by 2020 and nothing less’ Cricket Ireland CEO Warren Deutrom

Oh so right. RT @john_self: I don’t know why there aren’t any Greggs in Northern Ireland. They would bloody well clean up here.

I must recommend the book A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke by Ronald Reng. Wonderfully written, painful reading.

I go away for a little while and @opendatani finally admits to having shut down. Well that was underwhelming while it lasted.

@Waterstones Your mobile site is down and your iPhone app is displaying nothing.