Monthly archives: March 2009

Tweets today

This entry was posted in Spinneyhead Twitter on March 23, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

02:24 Blog: Tweets today tinyurl.com/dgxqhu #

08:47 RT: @JohnM9: “I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.” Orson Welles #

09:24 Blog: Lossy compression tinyurl.com/csa893 #

11:31 Just added myself to the wefollow.com twitter directory under: #Manchester #Writer #Director #

12:24 Blog: When Calvin & Hobbes grew up tinyurl.com/cb96s4 #

12:24 Blog: Mongrels- Who let the GODs out? Part two tinyurl.com/cejklg #

13:42 What’s the latin for "I think I think, therefore I think I am"? It’ll be an early piece of robot philosophy, mark my words. #

15:29 @technicalfault Where is Walrus? Or are you keeping it a secret? #

16:10 The Bentley in Withington Somerfield car park looked a little out of place. #

17:14 In Kro early in case anyone didn’t get updated on the time change. #

18:46 I’m still recruiting for Venn. Http://venn.tv #

20:29 That could have gone better. #

21:53 @SkippyUK Actors. The guys I’ve worked with before are still up for it, if their schedules allow, but no-one else turned up tonight. #

21:54 @kemibe That’s what I suspected, based upon cogito ergo sum, but I’ve never been taught any latin so I wasn’t sure. #

22:28 This week’s Wednesday film shall be Knowing @ 7 @ odeon filmworks. #

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Mongrels- Who let the GODs out? Part two

This entry was posted in Comics mobile phone Mongrels Phone comic on March 23, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

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When Calvin & Hobbes grew up 1

This entry was posted in Calvin and Hobbes cartoons Nostalgia on March 23, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

Some sweet, some disturbing. The one I like, though I can’t help feeling I shouldn’t, lies somewhere in between.

Lossy compression

This entry was posted in compression video on March 23, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

Generation Loss from hadto on Vimeo.

I meant to do this some time. Open a jpeg file then save it a t a lower quality. Repeat with the new photo. 600 times for this short video. I got bored after 20.

via BoingBoing

Tweets today

This entry was posted in Spinneyhead Twitter on March 22, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

11:40 Another Sunday of catching up on films & tv I think. #

18:40 Isn’t it strange how dying makes you a wonderful person. #

19:52 Oh those wacky Tudors. And that loony Heston. #

19:57 Nonja zimbies #

21:24 Blog: April is Script Frenzy month tinyurl.com/cnzekf #

21:24 Blog: Tweets today tinyurl.com/dee8c9 #

21:24 Blog: Tweets today tinyurl.com/d9q28c #

21:24 Blog: Tweets today tinyurl.com/ca9pex #

21:24 Blog: New road layout ahead tinyurl.com/cfchwe #

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Tweets today

This entry was posted in Spinneyhead Twitter on March 21, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

14:02 Getting a definite Springy vibe. #

14:54 Space reserved in The Northern for Thursday’s Venn writers’ meeting. #

15:24 Spring springs and Manchester feels like a different town. I like it. #

15:34 He’s got a brand new car. Looks like a Jaguar. It’s got leather seats. It’s got a cd player. #

21:28 It says something when casa spinneyhead enters a pub and the average age goes down. #

22:35 Duelling yodellers! #

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New road layout ahead

This entry was posted in flickr photo on March 21, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

New road layout ahead, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.

Maybe they should just leave the hole and see what they catch.

Tweets today

This entry was posted in Spinneyhead Twitter on March 20, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

09:04 Just read- Agent Zigzag. Fascinating stuff tinyurl.com/c9vaxs #

11:16 Off to have bits snipped off my neck. #

12:09 On Two Wheels- The helmet debate tinyurl.com/dmy6hv #

18:17 Should have left for the pub already, but got caught up in faffing with video formats. #

19:46 In the New Oxford in Salford. #

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Tweets today

This entry was posted in Spinneyhead Twitter on March 19, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

23:50 Calling All The Heroes may be the only rock song ever about rescuing your sheep. #

00:45 And the next Atomic 80s is Bank Holiday Sunday. Dance off the Easter eggs in a totally ironic manner. #

10:01 Getting a few spam follows. I’d like to think it’s because I’m a Twitterer of note, but they’re probably just trawling through members. #

13:37 Trying a marinading experiment inspired by Heston (but hopefully without the food poisoning). #

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April is Script Frenzy month

This entry was posted in NaNoWriMo script frenzy on March 19, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

The people who bring you NaNoWriMo now also bring you Script Frenzy. The aim is to write 100 pages of script in April, be it for film, TV, stage or comic.

CAn I aim for 100 pages of script across more than one project (Venn, phone comic, vague idea for a heroic bloodshed type graphic novel)?

The drunk on the bus

This entry was posted in Drunks idiots on March 19, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

Note Written as a comment on this post at Dr Joan Bushwell’s Chimpanzee Refuge. I’ve included a link to the internet loony’s site, though my IP’s blocked from it so I can’t vouch for it working.

I’d forgotten I was banned from Gribbit’s world. His insight isn’t worth the minimal effort it would take to change my IP address and get round the block.

Very early this morning, on the way back from a night out, I had an encounter that reminded me of Grib and his ilk. A scruffy, unshaven and very drunk man took the seat in front of me on the bus and demanded to know my age. He had the look of the loon, so I humoured him hoping it would shut him up. It had the opposite effect. Based upon my age he jumped to the conclusion I was an academic (flattering for a drop out such as I) and labelled me a waste of space.

He claimed to have been a major in the Paras and started pacing up and down the bus, repeating the waste of space accusation and lecturing me about how people had died for my right to be a waste of space. Or something. I didn’t exactly ignore him, just in case his violent rhetoric should change to actual violence, but I didn’t try to engage him in debate because that would have been pointless.

In the end the bus driver threw him off a few stops before mine.

If the drunk remembers the encounter, which is unlikely, it will be as him giving a waste of space academic a deserved dressing down before being unreasonably ejected from the bus. Gribbit and the like are the drunks on the bus, but at least it’s only virtual so you don’t have to put up with the drizzle of spittle as they foam at the mouth

That would be a bit of a commute

This entry was posted in Afghanistan odd jobs on March 19, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

SQL/Access Programmer – Kandahar – SC Cleared new!
SQL/Access Programmer – Kandahar – SC Cleared Our client a leading North American Defence company, is looking for a Technician to maintain, maintain and update various programs running on Kandahar Airbase in Afghanistan.

The SQL Programmer shall have the following knowledge and skills:

* You will also need to speak to the users and find out how the programmes can be made more user friendly and carry out modifications. abilities:
* A robust knowledge and 5 years’ experience with respect to various programming languages, Operating Systems, frameworks and development tools;
* SQL Developer certification and 5 years experience as a developer in a SQL Environment;
* Access programming experience
* DBA knowledge
* “NATO Secret” Security Clearance preferred.

Salary for this Trainer/Developer role is Circa £41500 per year TAX FREE inclusive of yearly bonus and also includes Accommodation, Food, Transport, Laundry and Return Flights Home.

IS ROLE IS BASED IN AFGHANISTAN

99 Deadly Sleds

This entry was posted in art nintendo Sketch YouTube on March 19, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

I have a bad art product addiction, buying loads of sketch pads which are only ever part filed. Maybe a Nintendo DS and the Colours app could replace them.

Tweets today

This entry was posted in Spinneyhead Twitter on March 18, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

23:55 @Kalyr Possibly so. We’re working on a few storylines that would suit it. #

10:05 Tinking of songs to request at Atomic 80s tonight- Queen, Marillion, Cure, Damned, Clash, Frankie GTH, Nena, TVV, Kylie. #

11:38 Imet your children. What did you tell them? #

14:07 Just got an email asking if my daughter is bored. Is there something someone’s not telling me? #

14:57 Because Spinneyhead hasn’t updated in almost a week my mum just phoned to make sure I was still alive. #

21:11 Running a little late, but I’m off to Atomic 80s at Bookbinders, if only to see whether the Ninja dresses as Adam Ant. #

22:08 The man from del Monte he says, "Where the hell is everyone?" #

22:14 Shouldn’t have watched Full Contact over the weekend. I now want to start a gunfight in Bookbinders. #

22:44 Challenge- to be organised later- put together your ideal film soundtrack and pitch the associated film. #

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Mongrels- Who let the GODs out? Part one

This entry was posted in Comics Mongrels Rok Comics on March 18, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

Episode 2 coming soon. Go to Rok Comics to sign up to receive comics on your phone.

Tweets today

This entry was posted in Spinneyhead Twitter on March 17, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

08:54 And a happy St Patrick’s to the little bit of Irish everyone seems to have hidden deep in their family history. #

12:09 On Two Wheels- Traffic can break your heart tinyurl.com/cprllx #

12:19 Stewart Lee looks like Morissey, but is far funnier. tinyurl.com/d7j6wt #

14:04 @SkippyUK Tea solves everything. Of course you should have a cup of tea. #

18:22 Just passed a God botherer lecturing a traffic warden. They were made for each other. #

18:31 This year I think all the big Guinness hats look stupid. Possibly because I’m still sober. #

19:51 A future Spinneyhead production must have a giant exploding unicorn in it. #

20:57 Dan- he’s like a gateway drug for orgasms. #

22:46 Not convinced by the Irishness of the music. Now to dodge stupid hats all the way home. #

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The top of Trof

This entry was posted in flickr photo on March 17, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

The top of Trof, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.

It’s a lovely pub, but bloody expensive.

Cows are magnetic

This entry was posted in Cow Google Map science on March 17, 2009 by Ian Pattinson

Well, not really magnetic, but they do tend to align themselves to the Earth’s magnetic field. A scientist has researched the alignment of herds of cows using images from Google Earth. His results show that herds of cattle and deer will, when standing still, all align themselves north-south. However, disruptions of the local magnetic field, such as those caused by powerlines, upset their senses and they tend to point in random directions. This effect becomes less pronounced the further away from the powerlines the cattle are.