This is what I've been listening to for weeks in rehearsal next door: http://ping.fm/7NskX

is back from the wilderness

is camping

It's 2009 and my apps still won't remember which of my screens I put them on last time

New blog post: Managing by metric http://ping.fm/BQtTT

Cricket South Africa descend further into laughing-stockery http://ping.fm/Tl7Yo

Hadn't planned on installing Exchange Server 2003 SP2 today, but still got some real work done too.

Anybody got a superuser.com beta password they could share with me?

is fixing an Exchange Server problem. Joy.

Andrew Flintoff is the Desert Orchid of cricket.

Having FOUC problems http://ping.fm/BbANh

Here come the helicopters! http://ping.fm/6t8af (http://ping.fm/ihrlX)

is having an all-night party

Hoping for some cloud cover and a ball that swings

Disappointed by Bopara. He has more character than that. Hope he learns from his mistake. cricket

Can't remember seeing cricket that poor in an Ashes match before. Bad bowling, bad batting, bad fielding.

Firebug 1.4 is broken and my productivity is suffering. Gah. Don't need this right now.

You know you're a geek when the fire alarm goes and the first thing you do is "git push origin master"

All the minor celebs I follow on Twitter are at Latitude sitting around the same table.

Firefox Javascript bug: if you use control.getAttribute() then control.id subsequently returns a reference to the getAttribute function

I'm in the presence of a Fourth Plinther. http://joroberts.net/ is in my office.

Streisand Effect lives! Guinness World Records call attention to their own FAIL http://ping.fm/aHLD0

Scientists have now discovered that cats meow when they are hungry. Who knew?

Priest: “There’s nothing there . . . it’s just a tree . . . you can’t worship a tree.” http://ping.fm/ujJsC

Suggest a separate Ashes competition for Worst Wicketkeeper. Strong competition from both Haddin and Prior.

Slight case of butterflies listening to the cricket

I see no reason why your time on the 4th plinth should be dedicated to entertaining the world. Why not just chat to friends? oneandother

A man dressed as a poo is on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square http://ping.fm/JftZh

My first internet email address was 70624.31@compuserve.com back in 1993

Two predictions for The Ashes series: (1) Andrew Flintoff will not play in the final test. (2) Ravi Bopara will emerge as a future England captain.

The final three paragraphs of this story, if true, are astonishing and alarming: http://ping.fm/eZVgF

Myleene Klass/Daft Punk missed a trick with that Pantene advert: should have released the music http://ping.fm/kotar

Disqus comments have started tweeting *by default* all of a sudden. If this is a silent change I'm annoyed.

All wheels firmly attached today

is taking remedial action

can see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. Hope it's not an oncoming train.

Just checking if the broken ping.fm receiver on my website is working again

I hope, just briefly, that "pussy" was a trending topic in memory of Molly Sugden.

Mrs Slocombe has gone to join Miss Brahms. No word on her pussy. http://ping.fm/qhuXL

Is anybody going to the Chief Wine Officer event tromorrow night?

I need the active window to be the window I'm looking at. Future generations will laugh at us for not fixing this.

If it's spelled lingerie why does everyone say it like langerée?

Hello Dolly rehearsals continue, this time with the profoundly irritating title song.