On my way to the #GreatSouthRun
Bus replacement service again…hoorah!
#TodayILearned that King Louis of France invaded England in 1215.
French invaders and rebel Barons held London for over a year
I did a degree in politics…and I’m not sure I understand all of this
People who say they know what they were voting for back in 2016 must be ruddy clever
#TodayILearned that @adbertram has a marvellous function for doing dynamic ValidateSets
Getting flashbacks to that time when I was working for a mobile phone network and….. #threedown
“And as the sunset came to meet The evening on the hill I told you I’d always love you I always did and I always will”
#PostASongLyricYouLove
Didn’t realise this was on Spotify
One of my favourite-est gigs - Joe Strummer standing in for Shane Macgowan and doing my favourite Clash song
Straight to Hell (with Joe Strummer) - Live by The Pogues open.spotify.com/track/2ff…
There’s a photo of the actual ‘arch’ here: historicengland.org.uk/listing/t…
I don’t think I’ve seen this before JMW Turner’s ‘The ancient arch in Mr Wyndham’s garden, Salisbury; surrounded by trees.’
The ‘YAML’ file format still reminds me of Professor Yaffle from Bagpuss
Nice homage to the Clash LP cover by @wessexarch
#TodayILearned that ‘globalisation’ is spelt differently in different countries
(via @DoctorDns in the first #Powershell Conference book….which is fab)
#TodayILearned to do Ctrl-Alt-Del on a Remote Desktop
- Start, then ‘osk’ for on-screen keyboard
- hold Ctrl-Alt on the ‘off-screen keyboard’
- click on Del on the on-screen one
Most of the companies I’ve worked for have had some sort of semi-regular annual kick-off type event
We should really dress up properly like this, and have the big boss turn up in a golden carriage twitter.com/thomasmes…
#bbc606 re: £30 for Scotland v San Marino….Chelsea v Man United in the @Carabao_Cup is £25 - seems slightly better value!
Although given how poor Man U are at the minute, maybe not
:)
RT @stillawake: Interviewer: What came first, the lyrics or the music?
George Gershwin: What came first was the contract.
RT @SQLPi: There’s a Jewish phrase I like: “Pray as if everything depends on God. Act as if everything depends on you.”
Facebook apparently “allows politicians to make false statements in paid advertisements”
RT @guyrleech: To uninstall a product using #PowerShell you can do it via WMI/CIM in 1 line (better in 2 - query first & call if not null)…
It would be better to have something a bit more gender-neutral than ‘Scrum master’, wouldn’t it?