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• Got out of shower and grabbed my towel to find there is a minging crusty white stain on it. Like someone whiped their knob on it! WANKERS! #
• Playing Rage for the first time. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked the Ghost Buster achievement on Rage! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Playing Rage. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked 2 Xbox achievements on Rage! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Playing Bastion. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Playing Overlord. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Protect a system that would be free (as in speech) if it wasn't run by a bunch of profiteering gluttons! #SOPA http://t.co/BXYZuNmI #
• Stop #SOPA Stop the US from allowing US corporations to censor you! This is especially important if you're NOT a US citizen. #
• Round of applause to the 13 million people who stood up – #PIPA and #SOPA are tabled 4 now. #13millionapplause #
• Playing Rage. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked 4 Xbox achievements on Rage! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• B4 U diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, 1st make sure that U are not, in fact, just surrounding yourself with assholes. #
• @MaxScoville all food is effectively edible vomit! They used to say about curry "looks same coming out as going in!" #
• Been watching #TwinPeaks for first time (in my memory) in HD on @netflix free 1 month subscription. #
• Creating a new blog and wondering whether to put the date and time in #ISO8601 cos I think it's cool… e.g. 2012-01-22T19:21:40+00:00 #

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• "venimus, vidimus, et recalcitravit suus asinus." Bill Murray in Latin! #
• Woo… Finished #Neverwhere by @neilhimself. Now comes the difficult decision of what to read next? #
• My head hurts :'( #
• Has anyone got an old digital camera they don't want anymore? I have a project requiring of one, but trawling eBay is depressing! #

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• Awesome… Just awesome! http://t.co/aOf6BtR8{647486}%2b&cpage=6&urlrefer=search #
• The problem with Macs is that they just work, as in only just!!! You make some progress fixing it, then it kicks you in crotch! #
• Playing Back to the Future: The Game – Ep. 1: It's About Time for the first time. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Has done a lot of work on his iMac just so a few particular pieces of software actually work on fresh Snow Leopard install. #
• Apparently 37mph winds in Doncaster right now. Can kinda believe it given the amount of noise over our roof! #
• @appelbaum Just watched @Hak5 1019. LS4WIN batch file should have %1 %2 %3 after dir to pass paramiters. http://t.co/amPZvSSq #
• Why wont @Sony realise that #MusicUnlimited is,
  a)crap,
  b)expensive and
  c)effectively the same as @LastFM and @Spotify (which are free). #

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Are you used to using the command ls in Linux, BSD and Mac OSX? Do you keep typing ls instead of dir in Windows? Well, you’ll be glad to know there is a simple solution to ease your burden. A submission to the Internet show Hak5 (episode 1019) suggested creating a file called ls.cmd which contained only the word dir and placing it in the c:\windows directory. Now, when you type ls it automatic replaces it with dir.

This alas has a bit of a glaring problem. If you typed ls *.bat it would only run dir not the logical expectation of dir *.bat. However, with a small re-write this is possible since the suggestion was basically a Windows batch file (.bat) and can come with a host of other commands.

So, I did a minor re-write which maintains some of the common parameters which are shared by both directory listing tools.

@echo off

dir %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

This new file saved as ls.bat (I’ll call a spoon, a spoon, thanks) now executes dir and passes parameters. So if you type ls *.bat you get dir *.bat as expected.

There are a lot of other improvements to make like changing ls parameters into the dir equivalent. But that is a project for another day.

• Playing Batman: Arkham City. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked 2 Xbox achievements on Batman: Arkham City! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Wondering whether to buy the Halo:Reach expansion packs cos they're half price today. But I don't really play MP Reach! Plus, not got Gold. #
• Playing Batman: Arkham City. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked 3 Xbox achievements on Batman: Arkham City! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• .@Veronica Is it not a bit wrong to refer to #Skyrim players as "SkyRimmers" (@Tekzilla 281)? It sounds too much like Mile-high anal-lingus! #
• Playing Batman: Arkham City. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked the Stop the Clock achievement on Batman: Arkham City! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Playing Batman: Arkham City. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked 2 Xbox achievements on Batman: Arkham City! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I've done a complete re-format and re-install on my iMac and it's ruiing great. Pus, I can run Lion now (don't need Rosetta anymore)! #
• Playing Machinarium for the first time. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• How is it that we have 2 bathrooms and I still have to queue to piss? #
• Playing Brink for the first time. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked 6 Xbox achievements on Brink! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Wrote a program which only backs up files changed since last backup, keeps every version. Kinda like Time Machine, but for Windows. #
• PS… It's not particularly tidy. Will need a rewrite! And maybe, rewriting to run in background and backup hourly? #

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• The "post-Christmas" video games #sales have begun. #Steam http://t.co/g52KTngM etc etc etc #
• As predicted, the #LANoire Rockstar Pass is reduced today for #Christmas #Sale. #
• Playing L.A. Noire. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked the The Printer's Devil achievement on L.A. Noire! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Finished all my present wrapping. Now, I don't think I have to leave house till Crimbo morning. #
• Playing L.A. Noire. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked 2 Xbox achievements on L.A. Noire! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Playing L.A. Noire. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Merry Christmas to all. #
• Playing 3D Infinity. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Playing Batman: Arkham City for the first time. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked 4 Xbox achievements on Batman: Arkham City! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Oooh, Alice: Madness Returns is on the cheap on #Steam amongst other things. But, I don't think I can run it. #
• Playing Batman: Arkham City. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked 6 Xbox achievements on Batman: Arkham City! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #

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• Considering replacing my misbehaving iMac with an Atom based Mini-ITX. #
• Woke up before 6am and can't get back to sleep. #
• Am bored and rather cold! #
• #Skyrim for £22.49 on #Xbox360 and #PS3 To buy or not to buy? http://t.co/vBxQEk1z #
• Playing Saints Row: The Third. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Bollocks… My #Xbox360 hung… I'll give it a minute before I turn it off! #
• Playing Saints Row: The Third. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Woe, I'm up late enough (by accident) to watch #MakeLive FYI I'm in the UK so it's 2am. #
• I unlocked 6 Xbox achievements on Saints Row: The Third! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Playing Saints Row: The Third. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• @Veronica & @PatrickNorton I bought a pair of Touch Screen Gloves from our local Pound Shop (Dollar Store equiv) and they work a treat. #
• @TaraLongest What exactly is "4Loko"? #
• .@hak5darren If you put @Snubs in a UPS box, add a load of Pixie Sticks, she'll enjoy the trip! #
• @MickyStrange Um… It's NOT snowing! #
• Bought #Kirby #039;s Epic Yarn on the cheap… It's really fricking good for a #Wii game. #
• Played 2.5 hours of #EpicMickey It so distracted me that I missed 2 hours of #Unforgiven on #ITV1 #
• My homemade Intervalometer design is a success! Kite still Photography is now possible. #

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• Hey @IGN & @NaomiKyle the RSS (& iTunes) has still not been updated since 11/23/11. #
• Found a quick way of creating playlists in Linux/BSD/Mac OS-X.
  ls -1 | grep .avi >> all.m3u #
• Has anyone got the new #Xbox360 Dashboard yet? #
• Why is it sooo damn hard to buy a PanaVise Jr in the UK? #
• Well, the new #Xbox360 dash update is a bit disappointing. Nothing really works! It's either delayed or it requires Gold sub. #
• Hey @snubs. Apparently #Siri does NOT dream of Electric Sheep. http://t.co/dNRUToFP #
• @InFuSiioNz Also, due to the way #Microsoft works by their own time (Pacific) it was well into the 7th before I got it! #Xbox460 Dash #
• Got bored so wrote a Binary Clock in Pascal. Show's I ain't lost it, except knowing Pascal is mostly useless these days. #
• Done a couple of jobs on the house already and it's not even lunch time yet! #
• “@PlayStationEU: Music Unlimited 60 Day Free Trial” fuck it, Last.fm is free! #
• Oooh, DigiKey do free postage on orders over £50. This is useful info. PanaVise Jr is £20 alone. #
• Another woman trying to get me to shoot her glamor portfolio. And, yet again, tryies to pay is sex! I NEED MONEY PEOPLE, NOT PUSSY!!! #
• Another woman trying to get me to shoot her glamor portfolio. And, yet again, tries to pay is sex! I NEED MONEY PEOPLE, NOT PUSSY!!! #
• @MontyOhm @missA_min That reminds me of when I moved home after uni. Door to bed and door to desk, via TV & 360! #
• Playing Call of Duty: Black Ops. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Free Xbox Live Gold this weekend and I've spent a load more time tinkering with my binary clock program! #
• @neilhimself Balls, I missed it! Was too busy coding! #
• #Twitter & #Facebook for #Xbox360 still #suck #

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Whatever Internet Browser you use, you tend to alter it to make it work a little better for you. Well for me, I use the following add-ons in either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox… OR BOTH!

1. Flash Block (Firefox / Chrome)

This lovely little piece of software stops Flash applets from loading automatically. You can still run them by clicking on a play button in the middle of where the flash would have been. Very useful for blocking flash adverts, also improves performance a lot.

2. HTTPS Everywhere (Firefox / Chrome)

This plugin forces websites to use secure encryption preventing websites sending your password & username over in plain text form. Developed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, this is another layer of piece of mind when browsing the Internet.

3. F6 (Firefox)

Since the appearance of the Chrome-like Tabs-on-top appeared in Firefox (very useful feature, claims back loads of screen space) pressing F6 no longer takes you to the address bar but the the 1st tab (except on Mac where it’s normal). This plug-in returns that feature on Windows and Linux. Always found this very useful.

4. FireFTP (Firefox)

Often a plug-in not to be done without. If you ever have anything to do FTP (either your website, XBMC install or whatever) this is essential. It is a very reliable FTP client right in Firefox. Sometimes working much better than that of FileZilla on some tasks (installing Xbox Media Centre was always unreliable).

5. Xmarks (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer)

I’ve been using this for some time to syncronise my bookmarks across installations of Firefox and Chrome on various different versions of Mac, Windows and Linux and it rarely puts a foot wrong. It can even syncronise my bookmarks to my iPod Touch (when Xmarks for Safari is working, which sometimes it is not).

• Playing Rayman Origins Demo for the first time. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Playing LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 Demo for the first time. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Some good #games at less than half price on #XboxLive today only. Includes the truly awesome #BeyondGoodAndEvil #
• Playing Beyond Good & Evil HD for the first time. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked the Hovercraft achievement on Beyond Good & Evil HD! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Well, another #Steam sale has been and gone and I managed to only spend £3.50 ish on #TheWitcher #
• Playing Beyond Good & Evil HD. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Played so very much #BeyondGoodAndEvilHD today. Now sleep. #
• Playing Beyond Good & Evil HD. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Playing Stacking for the first time. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked 4 Xbox achievements on Beyond Good & Evil HD! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked the Strike Breaker achievement on Stacking! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Playing Fancy Pants Adventures for the first time. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I really need to start doing useful things again. I've played basically continuous video games for a month, ish! #
• @Monty0hm Normal… Curable with drink! #
• Well, only 3 people have visited my #LinkedIn profile, ever! And not 1 is in the UK! #
• @Monty0hm It's usually first thing I did when work was in. Then sleep and later, video games! Kinda miss Uni, was fun, but proved useless! #
• Playing Beyond Good & Evil HD. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked 2 Xbox achievements on Beyond Good & Evil HD! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Finished Beyond Good & Evil HD. That game is truly awesome, way ahead of it's time. The sequel is well overdue, but I shall remain patient. #
• I unlocked 4 Xbox achievements on Beyond Good & Evil HD! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• You know, with the heating off, it's 5ºC warmer in my bedroom (in loft conversion) than in the kitchen on ground floor. #
• @TaraLongest You know, YouTube doesn't appear to have changed for me. Maybe a delay in UK. #
• Public sector strikers should think themselves lucky. I'm unemployed and not claiming (asshole JobCentre staff), so no pension payments. #
• Playing Stacking. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked the Seasoned Swashbuckler achievement on Stacking! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• Hey @IGN & @NaomiKyle. Are you aware that your RSS (& iTunes) feed for Daily Fix has not been updated since before Thanksgiving? #
• Just got a PayPal Phishing attack. Idiot put his IP address in the submission form. Clay Road, Katy, Texas. #
• Not to self: Must not stay up till 3am watching interesting movies and creating circuit schematics! #
• Playing Beyond Good & Evil HD. http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #
• I unlocked the Gamble King 2 achievement on Beyond Good & Evil HD! http://t.co/xYLZbfYC #

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