RT @rhodri: How to write a feature: a) Write a really crap feature, to length. b) Go to bed. c) Get up, pretend some other twat wrote it …

Overheard: “When I walk the dog I often do a few lunges.” (One for @seamusmccauley there.)

So ‘late morning’ is now ‘some time after 330pm’. I had to ring to find this out. Why is so much customer service so crap?

I never knew I could be so disappointed by the non-arrival of a waste skip. I’ve plumbed new emotional depths.

This week I’ve put new life into my genealogy newswire @geneally and launched a sister feed: @localhistoryuk

Sometimes MySQL baffles me, but I love it. A query with 65 results took 7 mins; same query with 4 million only took 13 mins!

RT @purserhallard: Just realised Dirk Gently’s name is based round a spoonerism of Wowbagger’s insult to Arthur: “You’re a jerk, Dent. A …

Yes, I can just about manage to lift a single prawn snack.

Today I shall be hard Hat – waiting for delivery of a skip.