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7^th Sep
Macbook replacement appears to be fault-free, awesomes, need to put back on it everything I'd previously installed

12:50 7th September
7^th Sep
the vague route for our USA holiday looks something like this: http://bit.ly/bAddfN

12:02 7th September
7^th Sep
just over 3 weeks until our holiday for 20+ days! still can't quite believe I'm going to see SF, CA, CO, AZ, UT etc

10:04 7th September
6^th Sep
Brilliant Star Wars Posters by Andy Helms

12:46 6th September
6^th Sep
NYC health dept. shuts down underground lobster roll dealer

12:42 6th September
5^th Sep
Home in bed after fireworks picnic with friends in Princes St. gardnes, right below the castle

22:23 5th September
5^th Sep
RT @mhoye: "Homeopathic Supervillain Puts Nothing In Town Water Supply".

22:14 5th September
2^nd Sep
not cool Apple: new macbook pro has a strange white 'bright' spot on lower left of screen

7:30 2nd September
1^st Sep
snacktastic - http://t.co/6qSEvmk via @grazedotcom

19:21 1st September
1^st Sep
RT @whitespacers: Everybody say 'hi' to our latest Developer - @mypropaganda! Welcome to the whitespace family.

11:02 1st September
31^st Aug
I have a shiny shiny MacBook Pro! :D http://yfrog.com/2c2vspj

12:49 31st August
31^st Aug
RT @whitespacers: @apwillustration gets started on her exhibition for the first ever Showspace right here in the whitespace office http://twitpic.com/2jxd3h

11:37 31st August
30^th Aug
ahh, Visual Studio, we meet again

10:56 30th August
28^th Aug
Caught Pappy's:All Business at pleasance (still funny, 3rd year running) then noodles at new Red Box Noodle place. Good evening.

21:26 28th August
28^th Aug
Played the Kane & Lynch 2 demo. Love the visual style and setting

16:40 28th August
28^th Aug
Also, had food in Joseph Pearce last night. £9 for a (tasty) burger that came with half a cherry tomato, 6 lettuce leaves and no chips!

8:58 28th August
28^th Aug
Ouch, head strangely ow-y after last nights Fringe shenanigans

8:54 28th August
27^th Aug
In Spiegeltent to see Smoke and Mirrors. Bumped into @alexturbull and @thingsinjars outside having a crafty pint

21:57 27th August
27^th Aug
what's the time? that's right - beer o'clock!

16:52 27th August
27^th Aug
RT @fridaymixdj: #fridaymix is playing: Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners Foo FightersEchoes, Silence, Patience & Grace #tune

14:19 27th August
27^th Aug
RT @mypropaganda: @sherred @maxmanders Are we like the only php developers in Scotland or something? LAWLZ

13:43 27th August
24^th Aug
Russia in color, a century ago

12:53 24th August
23^rd Aug
How machines work

16:00 23rd August
23^rd Aug
Polymaps

12:49 23rd August
23^rd Aug
David Sykes' Light Breakfast

12:42 23rd August
23^rd Aug
Saw The Expendables on Friday night. Kinda disappointing! Wasn't even "good" in the "bad" action-movie sense. 2 Slys out of 5

8:47 23rd August
20^th Aug
http://open.spotify.com/track/2CJtimCSGAn8x6RE3irZFV Spotify: Kenny Loggins – Danger Zone #synthdrums4lyfe

14:29 20th August
20^th Aug
om nom nom #baconrollfriday in full effect

9:48 20th August
20^th Aug
5/7 on bbc news quiz. Most of them blind luck

8:40 20th August
19^th Aug
Launched a new site last night for a client (and friend) Catherine Anne Hiley: http://www.cahiley.com

12:23 19th August
17^th Aug
RT @TheNewcastleMal: QUICK RT - One of the next 200 people to RT this will get a £50 MalCard to use in any Malmaison or Hotel DuVin!!

17:25 17th August
17^th Aug
My Twifficiency score is 46%. Whats yours? http://twifficiency.com/

9:33 17th August
16^th Aug
RT @johnstok: > @codemonkeyism: RT @myzt: The main idea of "Inception": if you run a VM inside a VM inside a VM inside a VM, everything will be very slow

17:31 16th August
16^th Aug
Festival Weekend

My parents were visiting for the weekend to get a taste of the Festival experience.

Friday evening we had a very nice meal at L'Escargot Blanc, but chickened out of the £20 "surprise" menu. It really was a surprise, only the chef knew what we would get, the waitress wouldn't give us any hints, and the whole table had to opt for it. Given the name of the establishment, there was a good chance it might be snails.

Saturday we wandered around Bristo square before picking a random matinee show to go and see - Kate Fox News. Mostly an auto-biographical show based around the major news events in her life, her slightly bizzare up-bringing and, sprinkled with some poetry. Browns on George Street for lunch, very busy, great burger! Then off to the Book Festival to browse the books and people watch the odd mix of grizzled book fanatics, families eating ice creams, gin soaked publishers and people hoarding spare chairs on the lawn. We had tickets to see Rhapsodies in Red, White and Blue at 7pm so we went home to smarten up before heading to the newly refurbished (in a frantic hurry just before the festival) Usher Hall. Great performance, I don't think I've ever since something with a a full orchestra and choir before. I loved the Copland and Gershwin, but some of the Ives was quite challenging. Back home for an excellent (and promptly delivered) takeaway from Zen Kitchen.

Sunday we had a bit of a lie-in and then got a bus over the Foodies Festival in Holyrood Park. I wasn't quite sure what the expect, they had seemingly been giving free tickets out left right and centre. I was pleasantly surprised though! It was a good size, lots of different exhibitors and we signed up for a free rum tasting class - which amazingly wasn't a complete sales pitch. Scorching weather by this point which just brought even more people out to the festival! My only nitpick was that they needed more seats, people were sunning and drinking all over the place. We saw my parents off on their train back south and then I joined Ria and friends at Reel to Real. Which was pretty schmaltzy, camp musical goodness with some clever interactions between screen and stage.

Great weekend.

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13:19 16th August
16^th Aug
neat! import your last.fm 'loves' into spotify: http://bit.ly/ckm5N4

9:08 16th August
15^th Aug
Holy crap it's a nice day.Just left Foodies Festival after three hours of sun,free gin,rum tasting,Stewart beer and some tasty TexMex chilli

14:17 15th August
13^th Aug
Superb dinner out with parents at L'Escargot Blanc. Sleepy now, off to bed in preparation for a Fringe filled weekend

22:51 13th August
13^th Aug
working on integrating @disqus commenting on a client site

14:28 13th August
13^th Aug
Still funny: http://bit.ly/9fT4aQ

9:23 13th August
13^th Aug
Id Demos Impressive ‘Rage’ on the iPhone

8:09 13th August
12^th Aug
huzzah, my popcorn a-110 boots again after some SystemRescueCd and fsck hdd repairing magic

20:37 12th August
12^th Aug
post #EdBL sweats only just wearing off. Time for tea methinks

14:58 12th August
12^th Aug
RT @kbordwell: Just saw a woman hitting a rat as big as a cat, with a garden spade. She was rah-ing, the rat screaming

8:16 12th August
11^th Aug
Anyone else heading to @techmeetup this fine evening?

13:53 11th August
11^th Aug
The new-ish Bonobo album (from, erm, March) is rather good: http://bit.ly/cmn9hS

13:49 11th August
11^th Aug
Technology for Tesco.com Blog: Who are Ribot, and why did we make them our mobile partner: http://bit.ly/aclgLI

8:39 11th August
11^th Aug
RT @MonkeyMagic: My mum thinks lol means lots of love. Just got a text from her saying "grandads been put in a home tonight. Lol mum."

8:24 11th August
11^th Aug
OK Cupid on the impact of camera settings on attractiveness

8:04 11th August
10^th Aug
OH in Filmhouse cafe : "I've 'ad some amazing MDMA, haven't slept for like 3 or 4 days. Nah, just been playing tennis..."

20:04 10th August
10^th Aug
whoah! that was a low fly-over by something noisy. I'm assuming for the tattoo

20:02 10th August

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Oliver Jackson is a blogger, web developer & designer living and working in Edinburgh.

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