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Daily Twitter Updates for 2010-01-20

Simon Steed — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Ever needed to create #thumbnails of websites? #thumbalizr is the tool for you http://bit.ly/Uewkc #
Problem with the new logo is my good wife now thinks I look like a turtle! #
Updated my profile picture, 30 mins spent in photoshop was fun and worth the end result #

Daily Twitter Updates for 2010-01-19

Simon Steed — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

I'm working from home the next few days with a sick 5 month old baby Question is, how much will I get done??? #
Working on new site content for Simon Antony Photography http://bit.ly/5IZWr5 – what would entice you to use us? #

Daily Twitter Updates for 2010-01-18

Simon Steed — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

asks – Do you need a freelancer? Drop me a line and let me know what you need, maybe I can work for you next? #

Weekly Twitter Updates for 2010-01-17

Simon Steed — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:42:00 +0000

Calling all #freelancers – do you have issues getting paid by your clients and what measures do you have in place to deal with it? #
Snowing again in Stockport! #
getting really frustrated trying to edit a photoshop document with my tablet when the cursor just does a random streak across the page grrrr #
Does anyone use the Blueprint CSS Framework – any examples of how you've used it and what your thoughts are? #
working from home today, lets see what I can get done with a pre 5 month old baby demanding my time #
brrrr it's cold out there!!! #
It's snowing again in Manchester!!!! #
well the igloo is finished, not bad even if I say so myself http://twitpic.com/wrqab #
Snowy pictures day – still snowing in Stockport!! What a day for my daughters birthday and no school http://twitpic.com/wr8i4 #
Another snowy picture, this time of the aerial on my roof http://twitpic.com/wr7lp #
Snowy scenes in Stockport http://twitpic.com/wr65r #
Well got 1 mile to work and had to turn back, set off at 7:40, just got home!!! #
wow, a good 4-6 inches of the white fluffy stuff this morning, getting to work is going to be fun #
is now available and looking for new contract roles – contact me with more details #
My latest work, http://www.iqdesign.co.uk – need a stylish case for your iPhone, iPod, iTouch etc, check it out #
Arghhhhhhhh – how am I supposed to fix code when it's been written by incompetent monkeys!!!!! #

Daily Twitter Updates for 2010-01-15

Simon Steed — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Calling all #freelancers – do you have issues getting paid by your clients and what measures do you have in place to deal with it? #

Daily Twitter Updates for 2010-01-13

Simon Steed — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Snowing again in Stockport! #
getting really frustrated trying to edit a photoshop document with my tablet when the cursor just does a random streak across the page grrrr #
Does anyone use the Blueprint CSS Framework – any examples of how you've used it and what your thoughts are? #

Daily Twitter Updates for 2010-01-11

Simon Steed — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

working from home today, lets see what I can get done with a pre 5 month old baby demanding my time #
brrrr it's cold out there!!! #
It's snowing again in Manchester!!!! #
well the igloo is finished, not bad even if I say so myself http://twitpic.com/wrqab #
Snowy pictures day – still snowing in Stockport!! What a day for my daughters birthday and no school http://twitpic.com/wr8i4 #
Another snowy picture, this time of the aerial on my roof http://twitpic.com/wr7lp #
Snowy scenes in Stockport http://twitpic.com/wr65r #
Well got 1 mile to work and had to turn back, set off at 7:40, just got home!!! #
wow, a good 4-6 inches of the white fluffy stuff this morning, getting to work is going to be fun #
is now available and looking for new contract roles – contact me with more details #
My latest work, http://www.iqdesign.co.uk – need a stylish case for your iPhone, iPod, iTouch etc, check it out #
Arghhhhhhhh – how am I supposed to fix code when it's been written by incompetent monkeys!!!!! #
Yet another kitchen unit fitted, new top, cabinet and woodwork all oiled up and ready to go, will finish the rest over the next 12 months #
well was looking forwards to getting out in the snow to get some pictures but now it's raining #
Happy new year all from the Steed Family – have a great 2010 #
nearly finished the kitchen refit and my lovely wife wants another cabinet fitting – off to ikea we go, hi ho, hi ho #
Have a great merry xmas everyone #
Now i'm officially on my holidays, I am going to relax – yes relax, I know it's not in my vocabulary but I don't care, RELAXXXXXX #
Stamp prices rising yet again, just another way to rip us off in rip off britain #
Wish me luck, about to brave the manchester weather…. #
http://twitpic.com/umuyb – Bloody Twim has uploaded a black screen, muppet! #
http://twitpic.com/umuyb – The manchester snowline #
I predict chaos this afternoon in Manchester, the snow is coming down heavily – Manchester will grind to a halt as the rest of the country! #
Snowing in manchester and the city grinds to a halt………again! #
Went to Yum Yums in Manchester tonight, never again – food was so poor me and wifey are both feeling sick So much for our xmas do! #
Why do the Network Rail ticket collectors look like thugs?Dressed head to toe in black, complete with black beanies and they pounce on you! #
How come the Uk, particularly Manchester and Stockport are so crap at gritting pavements and roads – it's lethal out there! #
I'm now listed on the Local Twitter Directory for Stockport, Cheshire: http://www.loadedweb.com/twitter/ #
Check out my ElfYourself video: http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/mme2F5CdzdlorJJv #
Xmas decorations up, now we are nearly ready to meet Santa #
Hmm why do devs still use inline css then have extrnl css as well in addition to not structuring code properly so overrides dont work! #
Well guess what, i'm working with VB for the first time in over 10 years! #
Can anyone suggest a #wireless router that actually works with an #Acer #7720G – wont see Belkin nor Netgear of which I have both #
My daughter just spoke to her brother in Stacey language and he just fell about laughing – he is 4 months old Lol #
Now off the market until the New Year – always open to discuss opportunities, even if only short term #
Sorry to anyone emailing simonantony.co.uk in the last 12 hours, dns failed so we were off the web entirely – now fixed! #
How many sprouts can you take before you fart? http://bit.ly/8XN15i #
Getting ready to release iqdesign.co.uk – new iphone, iTouch, iPod, Blackberry etc designer cases – watch this space…. #
Getting ready for last day a Photolink, been a good experience, now onto my next role which is erm, dur, hmm ??? #
Ooops – SimonAntony.co.uk server just run out of disk space, silly me forgot to delete old backups!!!! #
After 24 hours of a severe food poisoning outbreak, I'm now starting to recover enough to get some work done! #
I just got Voice Candy for Mac for free from tap tap tap. They're celebrating launching Voices on the iPhone http://bit.ly/i56Un #
#Google Wave – seems i'm not the only one that doesnt know what to use it for – how do you use yours? Clean answers please #
is now looking for job opportunities – Available immed for interview – dotnet development, photography, photoshop, interim management etc #
That is i'm available from next week #
I'll be available for any freelance dotnet, development, design, infrastructure work etc on freelance/contract basis – anyone need anything? #
i've got some Google Wave accounts to give out – who is interested? #
Yipee! Been accepted onto the beta program for Google Wave – now I just need to work out how to use it #
Why does writing valid css for IE6, 7 & 8 need to be so hard – firefox just, well works! grrrrrrrrrr #
Google producing Chrome OS – whatever next, missions to mars? #
asp.net cassini comes to the rescue – open source, dont ya love it … #
Anyone managed to run an asp.net website complete with dataset capabilities on a CDRom? Let me know what solution you came up with! #
Well another project successfully (cough) rolled out today – http://www.aidsalliance.org – my last 7 weeks of hard graft! Phase 2 now !!!! #
What billing and purchase tracking (ok accounting) tools do you use on your mac? Currently using iRatchet for billing but need expenditure 2 #
Get 6 top mac apps for free with MacHeist – http://www.macheist.com/ #
Just fulfilled another photo order for two clients – need to improve workflow, it's good, just not as good as it can be #
Imminent impact @MacHeist (151.7,174.4) Witness it and get DaisyDisk ($20) for FREE to reclaim GBs of space on your Mac! http://macheist.com #
RT @PhotoLegal: Petition against the Government's smash and grab raid on photographer's intellectual property http://bit.ly/1hZEhN #
chilling before a mamouth photo editing session laters #
Right that is 80 gig of my music in one place, now I need to get iTunes running to sort them all out – ouch! #
See, I knew banannas were important http://bit.ly/3udwqx #
Berners-Lee 'sorry' for slashes in internet URL's http://bit.ly/SJZno #
Is Photoshop CS4 all its cracked up to be? Why should I upgrade from CS3? Questions questions!!!! #
Google Forces Web Standards Issue Using Sexy Buttons – http://bit.ly/p74cq #
#Photolinks new artwork, #banksy it's not but excellent it is anyway http://twitpic.com/kqmvs #
30k email addresses compromised – was it down to keyloggers? http://bit.ly/1wFJuQ #
Google hit by email scam, were you affected? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8292928.stm #
Wondering why the planes have changed flightpath, now over my home. Turns out Man Airport are upgrading the ILS so planes using VOR instead #
Looking for free #email client for #e71 that supports multi pop3 boxes, nokia email not 100%. Must also leave mail on server and not remove. #
Happy now, managed to find a usable and free #twitter client for my #nokia #e71 – #twim #
been out and about tonight looking at ideas for some night photography, some interesting opportunities out there, keep your ears on the blog #
Just finished updating my twitter homepage with a new background – what do you all think? http://bit.ly/FHUTx #
Seen some awesome jQuery tricks lately, anyone point me in the direction of some good solid tutorials with real world examples I can use? ta #
having a coffee and wispa after a hard days slog #
working on the Bump, Baby & Beyond branding + packages – should be a good day! #
Looking for any freelance work/photography/website or graphic design etc – please get in touch and let me know what I can do for you! #
RT @TipSquirrel: RT @Minervity: 52 Professional Website User Interface Photoshop Tutorials – http://bit.ly/CqHah #
RT @chrisspooner: Create a Fun Illustrated Toy Site Design in Photoshop – http://bit.ly/q4UEo #
Bought a new book today, Improve your memory today – wonder if I will remember to read it? #
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear Simon, happy birthday to me #
RT @Paul_Casey: RT @cycleman4997: "Golf Club Fail" – http://twlol.com/tw/?v7-14138 Genius! – ordered mine already :_ #
I'm going to adopt a snow leopard – are you? http://www.apple.com/uk/macosx/ #
RT @StockportMBC: Events: Merseyway’s Summer Sound 2009! See live music, dance & entertainment in the Stockport Town Centre…http://tin … #
30 Top Design Blogs for Great Tutorials & Inspiration – http://is.gd/2rviF #
RT @BianaBabinsky: On My Blog: Simplest Way To Build Your List With Social Networking, http://bit.ly/28XR7b #
currently editing just over 300 pictures from a recent wedding shoot – need to crack on, client chasing me!!! #
Need to alter your Time Machine frequency? http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/ #
Simon is pleased to annouce the birth of his baby son on 16th August weighing in at 9lb 7oz, mother and baby both doing well #
well as of 30 mins ago, Sharon's (wifey) waters broke – baby is on its way #
Well the pink limo turned white but apart from that another great days shooting – now to photoshop to tweak and prep album… #
Off to shoot another wedding – looking forwards to this one, big pink limo involved too #
Currently watching georgina at swimming lesson & thinking about how to drum up more business #
Goosed after a garden tidy, 12 bags at the tip & it looks great. All whilst waiting for a SQL Server db to be provisioned – why so long #
Working on my new design website – wordpress, php or dotnet??? hmmmm decisions decisions……… #
Well baby not come so back to work I go and finish off AllEventsDirectory – Sharon now 1 day overdue!!! #
is now chilling out and looking hopeful that his new baby will be born this weekend – i'll try not to work this weekend love, honest #
Question: Why does raspberry ice cream not have any raspberry in it? #
Can anyone recommend a good asp.net 3.5 book/resource – cookbook style is ideal as not into the theory, just how to do stuff #
Need a helpdesk solution, ideally opensource, customisable, time tracking so clients know time left in their support contract! Ideas anyone? #
So funny – watching Jeremy Kyle and seeing the losers getting caught out lying. Dont want to get caught? Then dont do it in the first place! #
Major tip – never ever ever use when writing an asp.net AJAX app – it will stop updates working #
Up since 4:30 this morning, working since 5:30 – extreme tiredness will hit by the end of the day lol – hope everyone in twitter land is ok! #
Working on All Events website, should be live in two weeks – Also baby's head now engaged, any time now, cant wait to meet him/her #
Baby due soon (36wk + 5 now), birthing pool up in back room and i'm still working on websites!!! #

Weekly Twitter Updates for 2010-01-03

Simon Steed — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:42:00 +0000

Yet another kitchen unit fitted, new top, cabinet and woodwork all oiled up and ready to go, will finish the rest over the next 12 months #
well was looking forwards to getting out in the snow to get some pictures but now it's raining #
Happy new year all from the Steed Family – have a great 2010 #
nearly finished the kitchen refit and my lovely wife wants another cabinet fitting – off to ikea we go, hi ho, hi ho #

Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-12-27

Simon Steed — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:42:00 +0000

Have a great merry xmas everyone #
Now i'm officially on my holidays, I am going to relax – yes relax, I know it's not in my vocabulary but I don't care, RELAXXXXXX #
Stamp prices rising yet again, just another way to rip us off in rip off britain #
Wish me luck, about to brave the manchester weather…. #
http://twitpic.com/umuyb – Bloody Twim has uploaded a black screen, muppet! #
http://twitpic.com/umuyb – The manchester snowline #
I predict chaos this afternoon in Manchester, the snow is coming down heavily – Manchester will grind to a halt as the rest of the country! #
Snowing in manchester and the city grinds to a halt………again! #
Went to Yum Yums in Manchester tonight, never again – food was so poor me and wifey are both feeling sick So much for our xmas do! #
Why do the Network Rail ticket collectors look like thugs?Dressed head to toe in black, complete with black beanies and they pounce on you! #
How come the Uk, particularly Manchester and Stockport are so crap at gritting pavements and roads – it's lethal out there! #

Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-12-20

Simon Steed — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:42:00 +0000

I'm now listed on the Local Twitter Directory for Stockport, Cheshire: http://www.loadedweb.com/twitter/ #
Check out my ElfYourself video: http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/mme2F5CdzdlorJJv #
Xmas decorations up, now we are nearly ready to meet Santa #
Hmm why do devs still use inline css then have extrnl css as well in addition to not structuring code properly so overrides dont work! #
Well guess what, i'm working with VB for the first time in over 10 years! #
Can anyone suggest a #wireless router that actually works with an #Acer #7720G – wont see Belkin nor Netgear of which I have both #
My daughter just spoke to her brother in Stacey language and he just fell about laughing – he is 4 months old Lol #
Now off the market until the New Year – always open to discuss opportunities, even if only short term #
Sorry to anyone emailing simonantony.co.uk in the last 12 hours, dns failed so we were off the web entirely – now fixed! #
How many sprouts can you take before you fart? http://bit.ly/8XN15i #
Getting ready to release iqdesign.co.uk – new iphone, iTouch, iPod, Blackberry etc designer cases – watch this space…. #
Getting ready for last day a Photolink, been a good experience, now onto my next role which is erm, dur, hmm ??? #
Ooops – SimonAntony.co.uk server just run out of disk space, silly me forgot to delete old backups!!!! #
After 24 hours of a severe food poisoning outbreak, I'm now starting to recover enough to get some work done! #
I just got Voice Candy for Mac for free from tap tap tap. They're celebrating launching Voices on the iPhone http://bit.ly/i56Un #
#Google Wave – seems i'm not the only one that doesnt know what to use it for – how do you use yours? Clean answers please #
is now looking for job opportunities – Available immed for interview – dotnet development, photography, photoshop, interim management etc #
That is i'm available from next week #
I'll be available for any freelance dotnet, development, design, infrastructure work etc on freelance/contract basis – anyone need anything? #
i've got some Google Wave accounts to give out – who is interested? #
Yipee! Been accepted onto the beta program for Google Wave – now I just need to work out how to use it #
Why does writing valid css for IE6, 7 & 8 need to be so hard – firefox just, well works! grrrrrrrrrr #
Google producing Chrome OS – whatever next, missions to mars? #
asp.net cassini comes to the rescue – open source, dont ya love it … #
Anyone managed to run an asp.net website complete with dataset capabilities on a CDRom? Let me know what solution you came up with! #
Well another project successfully (cough) rolled out today – http://www.aidsalliance.org – my last 7 weeks of hard graft! Phase 2 now !!!! #
What billing and purchase tracking (ok accounting) tools do you use on your mac? Currently using iRatchet for billing but need expenditure 2 #
Get 6 top mac apps for free with MacHeist – http://www.macheist.com/ #
Just fulfilled another photo order for two clients – need to improve workflow, it's good, just not as good as it can be #
Imminent impact @MacHeist (151.7,174.4) Witness it and get DaisyDisk ($20) for FREE to reclaim GBs of space on your Mac! http://macheist.com #
RT @PhotoLegal: Petition against the Government's smash and grab raid on photographer's intellectual property http://bit.ly/1hZEhN #
chilling before a mamouth photo editing session laters #
Right that is 80 gig of my music in one place, now I need to get iTunes running to sort them all out – ouch! #
See, I knew banannas were important http://bit.ly/3udwqx #
Berners-Lee 'sorry' for slashes in internet URL's http://bit.ly/SJZno #
Is Photoshop CS4 all its cracked up to be? Why should I upgrade from CS3? Questions questions!!!! #
Google Forces Web Standards Issue Using Sexy Buttons – http://bit.ly/p74cq #
#Photolinks new artwork, #banksy it's not but excellent it is anyway http://twitpic.com/kqmvs #
30k email addresses compromised – was it down to keyloggers? http://bit.ly/1wFJuQ #
Google hit by email scam, were you affected? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8292928.stm #
Wondering why the planes have changed flightpath, now over my home. Turns out Man Airport are upgrading the ILS so planes using VOR instead #
Looking for free #email client for #e71 that supports multi pop3 boxes, nokia email not 100%. Must also leave mail on server and not remove. #
Happy now, managed to find a usable and free #twitter client for my #nokia #e71 – #twim #
been out and about tonight looking at ideas for some night photography, some interesting opportunities out there, keep your ears on the blog #
Just finished updating my twitter homepage with a new background – what do you all think? http://bit.ly/FHUTx #
Seen some awesome jQuery tricks lately, anyone point me in the direction of some good solid tutorials with real world examples I can use? ta #
having a coffee and wispa after a hard days slog #
working on the Bump, Baby & Beyond branding + packages – should be a good day! #
Looking for any freelance work/photography/website or graphic design etc – please get in touch and let me know what I can do for you! #
RT @TipSquirrel: RT @Minervity: 52 Professional Website User Interface Photoshop Tutorials – http://bit.ly/CqHah #
RT @chrisspooner: Create a Fun Illustrated Toy Site Design in Photoshop – http://bit.ly/q4UEo #
Bought a new book today, Improve your memory today – wonder if I will remember to read it? #
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear Simon, happy birthday to me #
RT @Paul_Casey: RT @cycleman4997: "Golf Club Fail" – http://twlol.com/tw/?v7-14138 Genius! – ordered mine already :_ #
I'm going to adopt a snow leopard – are you? http://www.apple.com/uk/macosx/ #
RT @StockportMBC: Events: Merseyway’s Summer Sound 2009! See live music, dance & entertainment in the Stockport Town Centre…http://tin … #
30 Top Design Blogs for Great Tutorials & Inspiration – http://is.gd/2rviF #
RT @BianaBabinsky: On My Blog: Simplest Way To Build Your List With Social Networking, http://bit.ly/28XR7b #
currently editing just over 300 pictures from a recent wedding shoot – need to crack on, client chasing me!!! #
Need to alter your Time Machine frequency? http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/ #
Simon is pleased to annouce the birth of his baby son on 16th August weighing in at 9lb 7oz, mother and baby both doing well #
well as of 30 mins ago, Sharon's (wifey) waters broke – baby is on its way #
Well the pink limo turned white but apart from that another great days shooting – now to photoshop to tweak and prep album… #
Off to shoot another wedding – looking forwards to this one, big pink limo involved too #
Currently watching georgina at swimming lesson & thinking about how to drum up more business #
Goosed after a garden tidy, 12 bags at the tip & it looks great. All whilst waiting for a SQL Server db to be provisioned – why so long #
Working on my new design website – wordpress, php or dotnet??? hmmmm decisions decisions……… #
Well baby not come so back to work I go and finish off AllEventsDirectory – Sharon now 1 day overdue!!! #
is now chilling out and looking hopeful that his new baby will be born this weekend – i'll try not to work this weekend love, honest #
Question: Why does raspberry ice cream not have any raspberry in it? #
Can anyone recommend a good asp.net 3.5 book/resource – cookbook style is ideal as not into the theory, just how to do stuff #
Need a helpdesk solution, ideally opensource, customisable, time tracking so clients know time left in their support contract! Ideas anyone? #
So funny – watching Jeremy Kyle and seeing the losers getting caught out lying. Dont want to get caught? Then dont do it in the first place! #
Major tip – never ever ever use when writing an asp.net AJAX app – it will stop updates working #
Up since 4:30 this morning, working since 5:30 – extreme tiredness will hit by the end of the day lol – hope everyone in twitter land is ok! #
Working on All Events website, should be live in two weeks – Also baby's head now engaged, any time now, cant wait to meet him/her #
Baby due soon (36wk + 5 now), birthing pool up in back room and i'm still working on websites!!! #
Wedding bookings are going fast for 2010 – still places available for 2009 but book soon #