Michael Buble singing "Santa buddy"- just wrong!

RT @JamesdFranklin: Spotify seems to be down for me. Anyone else?

RT @DawnHFoster: Blimey. On phone to sister (in Welsh), bloke gestured at me and said "Those fucking Poles are why no one can get Britis …

I’m #reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson http://t.co/6ZSZ7HfQ

Currently frying like an onion in Moroccon Sahara.

Read Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho – http://tinyurl.com/nxezb3

4 of 5 stars to Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh – http://tinyurl.com/m7xd8j

I’m #reading Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh – http://tinyurl.com/lb5fa7

4 of 5 stars to The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry – http://tinyurl.com/llk9bc

3 of 5 stars to Jesus Wants to Save Christians by Rob Bell – http://tinyurl.com/mdubpx

Really enjoying Moroccan art and hospitality

The internet certainly wasn’t built with french keyboards in mind- all the right punctuation is never where when you need it.

Back in the UK! And Back with English keyboards

3 of 5 stars to The Fountains in Trafalgar Square by C. K. Munro – http://bit.ly/3glXy

I want to read: Man and Boy by Tony Parsons – http://bit.ly/zWHXi

I want to read: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad – http://bit.ly/VmgAV

I want to read: Corridors of Power by C. P. Snow – http://bit.ly/2ynV6m

My phone didn’t survive a drop on a tiled floor… checking messages via O2 bluebook

I want to read: The Storm by Vince Cable – http://bit.ly/cwdO3

I’m #reading Stalingrad by Antony Beevor – http://bit.ly/3R9iht

2 of 5 stars to The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant – http://goodreads.com/review/show/62604701

Turning to the Man-Booker longlist 2009 – http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/thisyear/longlist

I want to read: Middlemarch by George Eliot – http://bit.ly/ZOD0I

http://vimeo.com/5732745 – "public speaking" like nothing I’ve seen: ‘Larry, what the hell just happened here?’

I want to read: The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad – http://bit.ly/kvdKD

3 of 5 stars to The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher – http://bit.ly/Lna1m

Just registered as an organ donor – only took 10 seconds <a href="https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/“>https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/

I’m #reading Development as Freedom by Amartya K. Sen – http://bit.ly/2KQgo8

A quick audit shows I own ten (10) cans of deoderant.

Lost an orange iPod in London- anyone found one?

Just come back from Holland with the bug for good product and interior design- anyone know of any good sites? Esp UK stockists…

#IE8 *still* not supporting SVG? Now that’s frustrating.

#Google Image Search for "lite bulb keyring" and you get pages of chainsaws- weird. http://bit.ly/1CGWBG

Nokia 3210 is actualy easier to use than my newer all singing and dancing (but now dead) Samsung… a lesson in interface design?

I’m #reading Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud – http://bit.ly/o8TRp

I’m #reading The End of Poverty by Jeffrey D. Sachs – http://bit.ly/14roe2

I want to read: The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier – http://bit.ly/1M6rbh

I want to read: Corridors of Power by Charles Percy Snow – http://bit.ly/47mLi8

I want to read: Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz – http://bit.ly/4fscPW

RT @Spotify: Spotify Mobile http://bit.ly/4kXU30 – the best argument for an iPhone, or the best argument for Spotify premium? Perhaps both

Looking at camera carrying options- #Domke looks awesome. Any other ideas?

http://www.billingham.co.uk/ – Possibly the nicest website I have seen in a *long* time- just well designed, it doesn’t shout at you.

http://bit.ly/4AuhP
– Brilliant short!

100MB? #iTunes 9 better be good!

#spotify is back on invite only in the UK- I have invites spare – DM me for one

RT @UNIC: 24,000 children die every day from preventable reasons: "Achieving Zero" http://bit.ly/12VGa6 #UN #news #cheesymusic

"Trust in science is decreasing in industrialized countries, among young people and the public in general" – OECD Sept 08: http://tr.im/ytgB

#cop13 – unfortunate headline: "wind could cut china’s emissions" http://bit.ly/oap8W

Norman Borlaug is credited with saving a billion people- why isn’t science and biotech higher up in the public consciousness?

Pretty cool time saving/organisational utility came out of private beta today- I’d reccommend @Gist – http://gist.com/

Just emailed by someone claiming their job description is "Co-founder/Risk taker". Crazy. What do they do for a living? Walk under ladders?

RT @bisgovuk: New mums could transfer last 6 months of maternity leave to the dad- 3 months paid- in proposed Govt regs http://bit.ly/31jPZu

Perhaps the least well designed website I’ve seen in a while: http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/~dusautoy/

Can anyone give me a lift to the OECD world forum? http://tr.im/yOvD

#Facebook has a positive cashflow? Can’t quite believe it!

No point crying over spilled milk- Belgian farmers dump millions of litres: http://bit.ly/dFGG1

I’m #reading The Masters by Charles Percy Snow – http://bit.ly/1wN6HD

It’s all too much. I’m leaving to go make fairy cakes.

I’ve been following updates from the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference- very interesting cross-continent stuff: http://bit.ly/hgd0L

If you’re syncing files across computers, #Dropbox is a pretty polished way of doing it: http://bit.ly/35ce3p

What roles are there for gov’t in changing public opinion? And what are the effects? Look at this from sweeden: http://bit.ly/6eXvw

I want to read: Hardy by Thomas Hardy – http://bit.ly/jlfEX

I want to read: Amsterdam by Ian McEwan – http://bit.ly/LWrxE

I want to read: The Islamist by Ed Husain – http://bit.ly/v21mI

RT @dfid_uk: Aged 13-19 in the UK? Apply today for a chance to become one of our new youth reporters: http://bit.ly/youthreps

Is there some kind of competition going on? "Create the most irritating #spotify advert possible to boost premium sales"?

New #Picasa is out and it’s pretty neat

RT @bcolbow: Does anyone else ever get annoyed when they get anything other than google maps when they click on a "map" link?

New Newton Faulkner album is out on #spotify spotify:album:5EGjY4kYhEgg8zAPtiVu1B

Just nominated www.runninginheels.co.uk for Best Online Magazine http://mashable.com/owa #openwebawards

I still can’t get over how beautiful this album is: http://bit.ly/kjkHF – Passenger

Ebuyer sent a harddrive and the matching cable in different shipments. One arrived… the other swalled by the strike. #fail

Contacts implementation in #Googlewave – a MASSIVE #fail

http://bit.ly/5c6y1y – new #JohnMayer album- sadly not as good as he’s been- too much production

Interesting advertisement makes a statement on first world pollution affecting others… http://bit.ly/8IOZCI #cop15

Had a #failwhale day. Attempting to fix with large quantities of Sausages.

I’m #reading Middlemarch by George Eliot – http://bit.ly/ZOD0I

I’m #reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel – http://bit.ly/6uaPSg

I want to read: Deaf Sentence by David Lodge – http://bit.ly/5DeotF

4 of 5 stars to Stalingrad by Antony Beevor – http://bit.ly/3R9iht

I’m #reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini – http://bit.ly/avS8nk

I want to read: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – http://bit.ly/a2USfN

4 of 5 stars to The Curious Incident of the Dog in th… by Mark Haddon – http://bit.ly/aIvGLr

I want to read: A View from the Foothills by Chris Mullin http://bit.ly/bVaPb2

I want to read: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith http://bit.ly/9Xtdqf

I’m #reading A View From The Foothills by Chris Mullin http://bit.ly/crk09w

Just been accepted as a librarian on www.goodreads.com – a really jolly site I just quite like

Congratulations Mr and Mrs Bartindale!

Is #google #maps bust? #gmaps

RT @STOPTHETRAFFIK: #Nestle, when can we buy #chocolate from you that is free of violence, slavery and the worst forms of child labour? …

What a really beautiful day! Not a cloud in sight (not even an ash one!)

The National Trust is throwing their doors open to stranded tourists- I love this country

I have become the epitome of the modern man- eating pizza, drinking beer, doing the washing, ironing and hoovering and contemplating politic

RT @RIHmagazine: When did newspaper editors decide that dress colour was a more important election issue than regional rape centres? htt …

Bike thieves really are the lowest form of life…

RT @UN: RT @Jason_Pollock: I can’t believe that #endmalaria isn’t a trending topic yet! Let’s keep it going! RT if u agree!

3 of 5 stars to The End of Poverty by Jeffrey D. Sachs http://bit.ly/14roe2

I didn’t think astronomy was cool until I tried Google earth- some seriously cool stuff.

I saw a mouse on the floor of tesco #westminster

Marked as to-read: The Orange Book by Paul Marshall http://bit.ly/cjDz25

Marked as to-read: The Pinch by David Willetts http://bit.ly/9K3GB2

The website at http://programmeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk/ has fallen over. #fail

4 of 5 stars to Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel http://bit.ly/6uaPSg

I’m #reading Blood River by Tim Butcher http://bit.ly/btBVHP

I have Frito! And I haven’t bricked my phone either!

The free @digg app comes to your iPhone! They’re giving out 1 custom ColorWare iPad each day for 2 weeks to celebrate! http://bit.ly/diggapp

I want an iPad.

Just entered to win a free iPad. Follow @eForCity and retweet to enter! www.eforcity.com/twittergiveaway.html#eForCityGiveaway.

Win a free iPad from PastorGear.com! Details: http://bit.ly/a2UBez

Walkers Flavour Cup – what a bunch of insipid, disgusting, soggy tastes!

1 of 5 stars to The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters http://bit.ly/cz8sCO

1 of 5 stars to The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters http://bit.ly/cz8sCO

It’s actually hotter outside right now than the inside of an oven…

Today I was told that the average age of charted civil surveyors in the UK is 57.

What has the #BBC done to its beautiful #bbcnews website? Are they colourblind? There are more clashing reds than a lipstick factory. #fail

Alex is really really happy.

3 of 5 stars to Deaf Sentence by David Lodge http://bit.ly/bW5Vml

If you live in the hampstead area and were hit by a champagne cork tonight, my apologies.

My computer has never quite been the same since I spilled a pint of water inside it…

Google #Wave – great product, shockingly badly released, but ultimately failed as it was dependent on browsers that weren’t up to it

3 of 5 stars to The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt http://bit.ly/cLvWGY

I’m #reading The Glass Room by Simon Mawer http://bit.ly/b5bbN5

2 of 5 stars to The Glass Room by Simon Mawer http://bit.ly/b5bbN5

I’m #reading Summertime by J.M. Coetzee http://bit.ly/dlElYH

Marked as to-read: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro http://bit.ly/avrpcV

Marked as to-read: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro http://bit.ly/dgCcTJ

Unintentional #bbcnews pun – "winter fuel allowance could be frozen"

1 of 5 stars to Summertime by J.M. Coetzee http://bit.ly/dlElYH

I’m #reading The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh http://bit.ly/aoMeVo

Very excited about moving house tomorrow!

#gmote on android is changing my life…

Does anyone in London have a ladder?

Having a terribly good evening darning socks and listening to the Dave Matthews Band

RT @RIHmagazine: The latest edition of Running in Heels hits the internets tomorrow!

4 of 5 stars to The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh http://bit.ly/aoMeVo

2 of 5 stars to The Reader by Bernhard Schlink http://bit.ly/8Y5fIr

2 of 5 stars to The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro http://bit.ly/avrpcV

Marked as to-read: Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller http://bit.ly/bGjdiP

A toothbrush for £160 – now I really have seen everything!

#virginmedia – possibly the worst company in the world?

Can’t wait to leave #virginmedia and try the next broadband provider- hoping they’re slightly less awful

5 of 5 stars to Room by Emma Donoghue http://bit.ly/9dWRFB

5 of 5 stars to Room by Emma Donoghue http://bit.ly/9HWhIG

Marked as to-read: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson http://bit.ly/fAn5Qb

3 of 5 stars to The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson http://bit.ly/heuh1R

4 of 5 stars to The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford http://bit.ly/hqKPOG

I’m #reading The Economic Naturalist by Robert H. Frank http://bit.ly/evlsIr

I’m #reading The Long Song by Andrea Levy http://bit.ly/dG0COp

I’m #reading The Battle for Spain by Antony Beevor http://bit.ly/eLAg0x

3 of 5 stars to The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell http://bit.ly/i2U91u

I’m #reading One Day by David Nicholls http://bit.ly/gYlJAF

3 of 5 stars to One Day by David Nicholls http://bit.ly/gYlJAF

I’m #reading The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson http://bit.ly/gBNz42

4 of 5 stars to Money in the Bank by P.G. Wodehouse http://bit.ly/eEDgMy

Marked as to-read: Nudge by Richard H. Thaler http://bit.ly/g3RqBS

Windows #live is actually a pretty good suite… but #Picasa‘s face recognition is way better

Got gingerbread on #android (nexus one uk)- so black I’m wishing I hadn’t!

1 of 5 stars to The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/146322440

Going to the fair!

3 of 5 stars to The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68157351

3 of 5 stars to The Long Song by Andrea Levy http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/137889207

I’m #reading In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/163249327

3 of 5 stars to In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/163249327

Marked as to-read: C by Tom McCarthy http://goodreads.com/review/show/165267722

Read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67634072

2 of 5 stars to C by Tom McCarthy http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/165267722

Had a super duper birthday- thank you EVERYONE for coming!

Saw one man, two gunvors last night at the national – simply brilliant!

5 of 5 stars to Life of Pi by Yann Martel http://bit.ly/krnAe5

I’m #reading Civilization by Niall Ferguson http://bit.ly/ixgzCX

Marked as to-read: Good Value by Stephen Green http://bit.ly/iXNjpZ

Don’t like #google‘s new black bar. Bring back blue!

5 of 5 stars to Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey http://bit.ly/iCmwPg

Does anyone have a spare wetsuit on Sunday?

3 of 5 stars to Civilization by Niall Ferguson http://bit.ly/ixgzCX

Marked as to-read: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes http://t.co/tI2iiI7

RT @Eris: When you think about it, the Bat Signal was probably the first cloud-based push notification.

Irony – two hours before an economics exam, I buy a cup of coffee for nearly 4 pounds

RT @google: 43% of online adults would give up beer for a month to keep their smartphone. More stats for mobile marketers via AdAge http …

RT @dsuDUCK: Do any charities have any London Marathons places that they want to wing our way? Sign up was huge!

RT @ICMorg: BIS Finance Fitness event tomorrow – see #financefitness. #ICM CEO @philipkingicm on panel ‘Managing cash…’ #SMEs #ukbusi …

max mawby

RT @Number10gov: The PM is speaking shortly at London’s Imax on #UKgrowth. We’ll be live tweeting his speech from the event.

RT @philipkingicm: RT @bisgovuk: This afternoon … hosted by @DougRichard…. #financefitness #ukgrowth ..>> @philipkingicm on pa …

RT @bisgovuk: Vince Cable will open the afternoon session on #financefitness & funding for #SMEs – join us at 2pm #ukgrowth http://t.co/ …

Possibly the coolest thing I’ve seen all year: http://t.co/KpHAXC8E

My sound card works… as long as you don’t plug in a microphone. Great.