Mark O`Neill`s Twournal
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Mark O`Neill`s Twournal
Mark O'Neill's Twournal Nov 2009 - Jan 2012 Turn your tweets into a Twitter eBook for free at TWOURNAL.COM Optimized for web, not recommended for print. @MarkONeill http://www.markoneill.org Citizen of Earth, Husband, Scotsman, Manic Depressive Nocturnal Opinionated Chocolate & Red Bull Addict, Freelance Writer, Managing Editor of MakeUseOf.com Copyright © Mark O'Neill 2012 MarkONeill's Twournal 2009 Mon Nov 30 06:31pm Been approached by another website offering me a job. Can't say who it is at the moment but the higher salary is tempting. What to do? Tue Dec 01 09:34pm Mark Received a very nice payraise from my job. I have to do some extra work to get it but that's not a problem at... http://ff.im/-chEID Wed Dec 02 07:55pm Ask Gmail to send your snail-mail Christmas cards - http:// bit.ly/7G5doW 1 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Thu Dec 03 12:40pm Just been to my hospital appointment. I like visiting the sweetie doctor - I always get new colourful pills to "make me all better" 12:53pm My best friend who is pregnant has shown me her ultra-sound pics. After looking at Junior, I have decided to christen him "Blob" 12:59pm Just wrote out a list of "things I should be thankful for at the moment". Got 9 things and shocked myself. You should try it yourself. Sat Dec 05 02:20am Cool Websites and Tools [December 4th] http://ff.im/-csdRJ Sun Dec 06 02:10am Cool Websites and Tools [December 5th] http://ff.im/-cuJfa 11:08pm Call me brave - just had my chest & back waxed & I didn't squeal. Well maybe just a few silent screams.. 11:12pm @aenon1mus Monika is looking for her Facebook login details! LOL 11:14pm @aenon1mus the waxing? No occasion. Just like a bit of pain now and then...LOL Mon Dec 07 01:22am MakeUseOf's Facebook fan page has 3,016 fans! Facebook continues to amaze me with what it can do.We seriously neglected it in the early days 02:37am Cool Websites and Tools [December 6th] http://ff.im/-cxaLS 2 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 10:20pm @KarlGechlik I did a 2 part series on MUO about setting up Google Apps For Your Domain - http://tinyurl.com/m6zs4g 10:21pm @KarlGechlik correction. It was only one part series, not two parts. Still good reading if you're interested in Google Apps 10:31pm @sarahintampa yeah the new ones take a bit of getting used to don't they? I don't like how total strangers just pop up in my Twitter stream 10:58pm My girlfriend Monika is learning to tweet for the first time http://tinyurl.com/yaskyt9 . She really likes using Twitpic on her phone. Tue Dec 08 04:03am Cool Websites and Tools [December 7th] http://ff.im/-cAv1H Wed Dec 16 04:32am Cool Websites and Tools [December 15th] http://ff.im/-cYrNZ 12:32pm How to make $30,000 a year blogging - http://bit.ly/8NIH6I 01:54pm Ben Bernanke is Time Person Of The Year 2009? - http:// bit.ly/4Xzlnh - nothing personal against the guy but I could think of better people. 02:48pm Mark Just found out that Evernote has released an app for the Android phone. Makes my life a bit easier when trying... http://ff.im/cZGDd 05:54pm Question : what's the difference between a @reply and a #hashtag on Twitter? Both are searchable so what's the difference / advantages? 05:56pm It's snowing here in Germany and I just got a Xmas card from my uncle (rare event!) - I really must be in the winter wonderland. 3 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 06:07pm I find it very weird how Britain is unable to let go of the cheque book - http://bit.ly/7Ywwyo - even Africa is ahead with their mobiles. 06:35pm Trying to go back to Tweetdeck to do my tweets. I previously uninstalled it because it kept crashing. Here's hoping it will work now. 07:09pm Italian Government wants to block all haters of Berlusconi on Twitter & Facebook - http://bit.ly/927ot2 - yeah good luck with that. 07:51pm Israeli airport security fires three shots into a tourist's laptop http://bit.ly/55qnNX - couldn't they have just asked for the password?! 07:57pm @jmarsicano You've succeeded :-) 09:27pm The pizza delivery guy got lost and our pizza has gone all cold. Yuk. Nothing worse than hot pizza gone cold. Chewy cheese! 09:59pm @tristanx no. We complained though and we got a credit for the next pizza. Doesn't make our one tonight any warmer though! Thu Dec 17 02:33am Evernote – The Killer App For The Android Mobile Phone http://ff.im/-d1qUK 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 16th] http://ff.im/-d1Fm6 12:47pm Trying out putting my tweets into my Evernote account for a MUO story - @myen . Hope it works otherwise a pretty useless story! 04:52pm It gets dark really fast here and the temperature has plummeted to below zero. I think I can safely say winter has arrived. 06:01pm Stanford's Sapolsky On Depression in U.S. (Full Lecture) http://ff.im/-d3liE 06:11pm REINCARNATION- past life evidence, Part 1 http://ff.im/d3mLr 4 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 06:11pm REINCARNATION, past life evidence, part 2 http://ff.im/d3mLq 07:19pm George Lucas loses stormtrooper legal fight - http:// bit.ly/4BLBUa - "blast 'em!" 07:44pm Student brings typewriter to lecture and pisses everyone off http://bit.ly/87ynyM 08:50pm RT @tweetmeme 10 Twitter Safety Tips To Protect Your Account & Identity http://bit.ly/8OCF2i Fri Dec 18 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 17th] http://ff.im/-d4ILx 12:50pm Some sick bastard has stolen the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign at Auschwitz - http://bit.ly/8SR36n 01:53pm Human-like fossil find is science breakthrough of the year http://bit.ly/61cDPR 03:28pm Essential scary reading - http://bit.ly/81fJLK - Digital Inspiraton's email gets hacked. I've just changed my password. You should too. 04:11pm The snow is coming down fast again today. Could we possibly have a white Xmas this year? Does it really matter? My girlfriend thinks so. 05:34pm Thinking about going to see Avatar this weekend. This good review has convinced me to go - http://bit.ly/7Fg3sT 05:46pm @tristanx Our cinema is showing it in 3D only. With my epilepsy, I am not sure whether I should risk it. 3D screens sometimes set me off. 5 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 05:52pm Google is working on a branded Chrome OS netbook - http:// bit.ly/52K8qE - today netbooks, tomorrow the world! Muhahaha... 05:53pm 13 things a man should keep in his car - http://bit.ly/8rYl1A number 14 - a girlfriend to read the map. 05:55pm Web worker jobs you can do anywhere - http://bit.ly/8202ic - no mention of being a spammer though! Equal rights to spammers! 07:24pm @tristanx I take medication which controls it about 95%. I am OK as long as I don't get into situations which provoke it. Sat Dec 19 12:32am Archive Your Twitter Tweets Into Your Evernote Account With @myEN http://ff.im/-d6uUw 04:34am Cool Websites and Tools [December 18th] http://ff.im/-d6ysh 06:34pm Whisky hangover worse than vodka - http://bit.ly/5GnHYX - we need a study for this Professor Malt? 06:37pm Germany to contribute 60 million Euros to preserve Auschwitz - http://bit.ly/6o7L1b 09:52pm @KarlGechlik I think it's pretty easy to open up a Firefox extension and examine the code. That should give you an idea of difficulty level 09:55pm Watching the UK's Strictly Come Dancing contest on TV. I would love to be able to dance like that! Would need to get fit first! Sun Dec 20 04:32am Cool Websites and Tools [December 19th] http://ff.im/-d8vTt 6 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Mon Dec 21 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 20th] http://ff.im/-daPrT 02:02pm Finally going to see Avatar in a couple of hours. Just found out the movie is 3 hours long! Man, my ass is going to hurt! 02:52pm @rdube I'll try but 3 hours is going to be tough on the ass. Cinema seats are never comfortable! 02:54pm @rdube There is also a dedicated Yahoo Messenger client for the Droid if you need it. It's called Hi Yahoo 04:09pm How do you get Google's "I'm feeling lucky" to work in Google Chrome's address bar? This is driving me nuts. 08:35pm Britain to have its first televised election debates - http:// bit.ly/90ZmYY 08:37pm @ink_slinger No, never. As the BBC article says, they have never been able to get the parties to agree before. 09:36pm I have 12 Google Wave invites. If you want one, DM me with your Gmail address. First come, first served. Tue Dec 22 12:23am @DeanSherwin Aaagh! The Guinness Brewery is on fire? That's just like the whisky factory in Scotland going up in flames! LOL. Disaster! 12:24am @clandestinique We must be psychic :-) 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 21st] http://ff.im/-ddNlB 05:23pm @tamar we've seen "missed schedule" before on the MUO Wordpress. No idea why it happens though. All you can do is publish manually. 05:34pm @tamar So are you giving social love to our new manual? 7 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Wed Dec 23 02:33am 5 Google Chrome Extensions That Could Finally Make Me Switch From Firefox http://ff.im/-dgCSk 04:34am Cool Websites and Tools [December 22nd] http://ff.im/-dgREi 11:44am Dilbert sets the romantic mood! - http://bit.ly/6zRtnI - a real ladies man! 06:01pm Come and join the MakeUseOf Public Google Wave! - http:// bit.ly/8XyulT 10:34pm Easily Encrypt Your USB Drive With Rohos Mini Drive 1.7 http://ff.im/-dj4wX Thu Dec 24 04:32am Cool Websites and Tools [December 23rd] http://ff.im/-djwHj 11:57am The man who voiced Top Cat is dead - http://bit.ly/5uPnwe - TC was my childhood hero! 12:01pm "It's Barry from DC" - http://bit.ly/7j9s94 - Obama makes surprise phone call on air to a radio show. 09:01pm Merry Christmas to all of my Twitter friends! Peace & love. 10:42pm Join The Public MakeUseOf Google Wave! http://ff.im/-dkWcp Wed Dec 09 12:06am Use Your Android Phone To Find & Reserve Hotels With “Hotels Near Me” http://ff.im/-cD7uh 02:04am Cool Websites and Tools [December 8th] http://ff.im/-cDpYM 8 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:36pm Hackers post private emails of Holocaust denier David Irving http://bit.ly/271HLW 02:39pm The Guide To Drinking for the Teetotaler - http:// bit.ly/4UDKvn - drinks you should be aiming for. 02:42pm The Introvert's Guide To People - http://bit.ly/1v4GTo essential reading for people like me. 02:44pm RT @tweetmeme 60 Million People A Month Use Facebook Connect http://bit.ly/7VUUTk 02:44pm RT @tweetmeme BBC News - Post code data to be free in 2010 http://bit.ly/7eZ4MM 02:44pm RT @tweetmeme Twitter creator unveils hot new venture CNN.com http://bit.ly/4uNVHY 06:28pm Teenager secretly paints penis on parents roof - http:// bit.ly/7EZD - and it wasn't discovered for a year! Benefits of private education! 09:38pm The student who lives in a van & saves a ton in the process http://bit.ly/6OnK6n 11:58pm Mark Eating cheese and mushroom pizza at 11.30pm. On reflection, a bad choice since I'll be going to bed soon.... http://ff.im/cGm6Z 11:58pm Mark December 9th and virtually all my Christmas shopping is done! Miracle! http://ff.im/-cGm6t 11:58pm Mark December 9th and virtually all my Christmas shopping is done! Miracle! http://ff.im/-cGm6t 9 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Thu Dec 10 12:35am Create Professional Looking Photo Slideshows With Photo Story 3 http://ff.im/-cGrRm 02:04am Cool Websites and Tools [December 9th] http://ff.im/-cGEdQ 12:35am Create Professional Looking Photo Slideshows With Photo Story 3 http://ff.im/-cGrRm 02:04am Cool Websites and Tools [December 9th] http://ff.im/-cGEdQ Fri Dec 11 05:04am Cool Websites and Tools [December 10th] http://ff.im/-cKcRl 12:29pm Can't be bothered to get changed into proper clothes today. Sitting around in pyjamas. Thank God for self-employment home working. 12:39pm Mark Had my first glass of Baileys the other night (along with my pizza). Totally addicted to it now. Tastes and... http://ff.im/-cL4Um 01:13pm @monika227 yeah I could get used to drinking this stuff....the romantic company always makes it taste better! xx 03:24pm Mark I don't know why, but I am really looking forward to Christmas this year. Other years, I am a real Humbug and... http://ff.im/cLsbD 04:00pm My CD Burner on my hard drive refuses to open and I have a disk stuck in there. Any easy and fast ways to get the bugger open? 04:57pm @dixbert @tristanx @therealkiri why didn't I think of the paperclip?! After a lot of prodding, the tray finally creaked open. Thanks. 05:04am Cool Websites and Tools [December 10th] http://ff.im/-cKcRl 10 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 12:29pm Can't be bothered to get changed into proper clothes today. Sitting around in pyjamas. Thank God for self-employment home working. 12:39pm Mark Had my first glass of Baileys the other night (along with my pizza). Totally addicted to it now. Tastes and... http://ff.im/-cL4Um 01:13pm @monika227 yeah I could get used to drinking this stuff....the romantic company always makes it taste better! xx 03:24pm Mark I don't know why, but I am really looking forward to Christmas this year. Other years, I am a real Humbug and... http://ff.im/cLsbD 04:00pm My CD Burner on my hard drive refuses to open and I have a disk stuck in there. Any easy and fast ways to get the bugger open? 04:57pm @dixbert @tristanx @therealkiri why didn't I think of the paperclip?! After a lot of prodding, the tray finally creaked open. Thanks. Sat Dec 12 05:03am Cool Websites and Tools [December 11th] http://ff.im/-cNlg6 04:21pm A Day In The Internet - http://bit.ly/5TuQll - I'm thinking of getting this turned into a poster! 04:22pm Can anyone advise how I can EASILY upgrade my Android phone from 1.5 to 1.6? Is it automatic? 10:33pm @KarlGechlik The phone is a Samsung Galaxy and the phone provider is O2. 11:16pm Would you pay $1000 for the Golden Opulence Sundae? http://bit.ly/5EiFHv 05:03am Cool Websites and Tools [December 11th] http://ff.im/-cNlg6 11 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:21pm A Day In The Internet - http://bit.ly/5TuQll - I'm thinking of getting this turned into a poster! 04:22pm Can anyone advise how I can EASILY upgrade my Android phone from 1.5 to 1.6? Is it automatic? 10:33pm @KarlGechlik The phone is a Samsung Galaxy and the phone provider is O2. 11:16pm Would you pay $1000 for the Golden Opulence Sundae? http://bit.ly/5EiFHv Sun Dec 13 02:57pm Putting up the Xmas decorations, listening to carols and eating cookies. Maybe this Xmas thing isn't so bad after all. 03:36pm Gordon Brown gets ready to call a snap March election - http:// bit.ly/7L5Wha 02:57pm Putting up the Xmas decorations, listening to carols and eating cookies. Maybe this Xmas thing isn't so bad after all. 03:36pm Gordon Brown gets ready to call a snap March election - http:// bit.ly/7L5Wha Mon Dec 14 02:32am Cool Websites and Tools [December 13th] http://ff.im/-cRVeI 12:51pm Testing The New MakeUseOf Site Theme http://ff.im/-cT381 08:57pm UK Ministry Of Defence guide on "how to stop leaks" is leaked! - http://bit.ly/kjKay - how ironic. 02:32am Cool Websites and Tools [December 13th] http://ff.im/-cRVeI 12:51pm Testing The New MakeUseOf Site Theme http://ff.im/-cT381 12 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 08:57pm UK Ministry Of Defence guide on "how to stop leaks" is leaked! - http://bit.ly/kjKay - how ironic. Tue Dec 15 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 14th] http://ff.im/-cVfHw 12:49pm Two Johnny Hallyday fans attack his surgeon in the street for allegedly seriously botching his back operation - http://bit.ly/6LLWVy 01:01pm Man attacks a burglar who ties his family up & he gets 30 months in prison! - http://bit.ly/8gFUUW - absolutely outrageous. 03:35pm Trying out Twitter mobile. Not bad. 05:16pm Couple breaches anti-social behaviour order by having VERY loud sex - http://bit.ly/834pbg - absolutely hilarious. 05:19pm @KarlGechlik I am normally using TwitterRide which is not too bad. But the mobile Twitter site is starting to get my attention. 05:58pm Mildly sleazy uses of Facebook part 14 - http:// tinyurl.com/28yg74 - another great XKCD cartoon I found while stumbling. 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 14th] http://ff.im/-cVfHw Fri Dec 25 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 24th] http://ff.im/-dljwe 03:02pm Merry Christmas From Everyone At MakeUseOf http://ff.im/dlVES 06:20pm @clandestinique the post was scheduled before I got your picture. I will change it later. 03:02pm Merry Christmas From Everyone At MakeUseOf http://ff.im/dlVES 13 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 06:20pm @clandestinique the post was scheduled before I got your picture. I will change it later. Sat Dec 26 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 25th] http://ff.im/-dmK5x 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 25th] http://ff.im/-dmK5x Sun Dec 27 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 26th] http://ff.im/-do8tt 12:36pm Just a few more days till the end of 2009. I can't wait to write this year off. Not been one of my best. Roll on 2010! 01:01pm Pigeon shits all over Google Street View camera - http:// bit.ly/6WonWL - bullseye!! 03:24pm My Time Magazine subscription renewal "nag" letter calls me "a leading influential". My girlfriend is strangely aroused. LOL. 03:47pm Is the Secret Service responsible for keeping the president from getting drunk? - http://bit.ly/6MGq0G 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 26th] http://ff.im/-do8tt 12:36pm Just a few more days till the end of 2009. I can't wait to write this year off. Not been one of my best. Roll on 2010! 01:01pm Pigeon shits all over Google Street View camera - http:// bit.ly/6WonWL - bullseye!! 03:24pm My Time Magazine subscription renewal "nag" letter calls me "a leading influential". My girlfriend is strangely aroused. LOL. 03:47pm Is the Secret Service responsible for keeping the president from getting drunk? - http://bit.ly/6MGq0G 14 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Mon Dec 28 12:50am @KarlGechlik I used to use a plugin by Yoost De Valk which automatically made all links nofollow. Cant remember the name - try Googling it 12:51am @ddrager My thoughts exactly. Did they arrest this guy as a terrorist because he dared to complain on the plane about something? 12:53am @ddrager or even worse, did they arrest him because he was a Nigerian on the same flight as the other guy? 04:34am Cool Websites and Tools [December 27th] http://ff.im/-dpJOU 07:50pm Turtle gets farting attack after eating Xmas brussel sprouts! http://bit.ly/4T4dhy 12:50am @KarlGechlik I used to use a plugin by Yoost De Valk which automatically made all links nofollow. Cant remember the name - try Googling it 12:51am @ddrager My thoughts exactly. Did they arrest this guy as a terrorist because he dared to complain on the plane about something? 12:53am @ddrager or even worse, did they arrest him because he was a Nigerian on the same flight as the other guy? 04:34am Cool Websites and Tools [December 27th] http://ff.im/-dpJOU 07:50pm Turtle gets farting attack after eating Xmas brussel sprouts! http://bit.ly/4T4dhy Tue Dec 29 12:34am Got a Christmas present from AVG Anti-Virus today - a pen with a secret 2GB USB drive hidden inside. Very cool! 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 28th] http://ff.im/-dtgQZ 15 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 03:09pm @stephenfry Saw you last night on the Sherlock Holmes programme. We share something in common - we're both Holmes fans! 04:01pm German computer scientist publishes details of cracked GSM mobile phone encryptions - http://bit.ly/757RYW 12:34am Got a Christmas present from AVG Anti-Virus today - a pen with a secret 2GB USB drive hidden inside. Very cool! 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 28th] http://ff.im/-dtgQZ 03:09pm @stephenfry Saw you last night on the Sherlock Holmes programme. We share something in common - we're both Holmes fans! 04:01pm German computer scientist publishes details of cracked GSM mobile phone encryptions - http://bit.ly/757RYW Wed Dec 30 04:32am Cool Websites and Tools [December 29th] http://ff.im/-dwvqb 12:27pm British Auschwitz hero in line for prestigious Israeli honour for helping a Jewish prisoner - http://bit.ly/5sIq7x 05:36pm Keep Your Computer Clean & Tidy With WinPatrol Portable [Windows] http://ff.im/-dyas1 04:32am Cool Websites and Tools [December 29th] http://ff.im/-dwvqb 12:27pm British Auschwitz hero in line for prestigious Israeli honour for helping a Jewish prisoner - http://bit.ly/5sIq7x 05:36pm Keep Your Computer Clean & Tidy With WinPatrol Portable [Windows] http://ff.im/-dyas1 Thu Dec 31 04:32am Cool Websites and Tools [December 30th] http://ff.im/-dzGKl 16 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 01:01pm Make it so Sir Patrick - http://bit.ly/5sNhvL - Patrick Stewart is knighted by the Queen. 02:48pm The BBC's most read stories of 2009 - http://bit.ly/79vi9t 04:32am Cool Websites and Tools [December 30th] http://ff.im/-dzGKl 01:01pm Make it so Sir Patrick - http://bit.ly/5sNhvL - Patrick Stewart is knighted by the Queen. 02:48pm The BBC's most read stories of 2009 - http://bit.ly/79vi9t 17 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 2010 Sat Jan 02 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [January 1st] http://ff.im/-dFmyk Sun Jan 03 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [January 2nd] http://ff.im/-dHRkj 05:18pm The 10 Most Popular MakeUseOf Posts in 2009 http://ff.im/dJ93B Mon Jan 04 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [January 3rd] http://ff.im/-dKrUP Tue Jan 05 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [January 4th] http://ff.im/-dNPe2 18 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 06:50pm Just received 5 Google password reset emails - someone is really going for it trying to hack into my Gmail account. Assholes. Wed Jan 06 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [January 5th] http://ff.im/-dRdV4 12:29pm Just discovered that my Samsung Galaxy Android phone will NOT receive any Android upgrades EVER. Samsung is abandoning the phone. FUUUCCKK! 12:31pm It seems my phone will b stuck on Android 1.5 & there will b no "migration method" for me to upgrade as Samsung is moving onto newer phones. 05:35pm Big Mac: Make Your Own | Recipe | Local Lemons http:// ff.im/-dT49d 07:18pm Mark Worried that Scotland's terrible bad weather won't clear up before I go over there next month. Will my flight... http://ff.im/-dTn3A Thu Jan 07 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [January 6th] http://ff.im/-dUOxz 12:25pm @Wossy my girlfriend has gone into mourning! Will you be moving to another TV station? How will the Four Poofs cope?! ;-) 12:32pm Bitterly cold here with a layer of snow and frost on the ground. Hard to energise myself in such weather. And now for the sports news... 12:36pm The Google Nexus One - the "Fuck You iPhone" phone! http://bit.ly/66Tc8D - funny! 05:03pm I nominate @MakeUseOf for a Shorty Award in #tech because they are the coolest cats on the block! http://bit.ly/shorty 19 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 05:05pm @rdube I've heard enough to know that I sure as hell picked the wrong phone in the shop. 09:22pm @aenon1mus I would have got another phone such as the HTC Hero or Nexus. I'm due to get some money soon so I may pay it off & get another. 09:24pm Just got my measurements done for my kilt. I am a bit shocked at how much weight I've gained. Do I go over the belly or under? Decisions...! Fri Jan 08 12:11pm Swiss millionaire given record $290,000 speeding fine - http:// bit.ly/6nd3Sb - that should make him think twice next time. 05:37pm @huffingtonpost No domestic terror attacks under Bush? So what was 9/11 then? 09:10pm RT @mashable “A-Team” Trailer: Check It Out While You Can - http://bit.ly/7KiFtr - load of donkey balls! Original series MUCH better. Mon Jan 11 01:34pm Someone has a serious bowel problem! - http://bit.ly/5RZtBd "the smell was overpowering!" LOL. 02:48pm oh the weather outside is frightful..let it snow...the white stuff is really coming down now. Thanks a lot Russia, you can keep it! Brrr..! 02:49pm Just received my birthday present from my nice MakeUseOf boss! A very interesting T-shirt from Threadless! Will post pics soon. 02:50pm correction - not birthday present, Christmas present. Isn't my birthday till next month! 20 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Wed Jan 13 01:15pm Could Google be about to shut down their offices in China? http://bit.ly/5IMr90 01:21pm Britain's Channel Four is looking for a terminally ill patient who would like to be mummified on live TV - http://bit.ly/8twLjl 03:03pm German "fleshmob" protest group strip down to their undies to protest airport full body scanners - http://bit.ly/4MJBCe Fri Jan 15 06:01pm Discovered that I need a nose operation - scheduled for January 27th. Surgeon has assured me "I won't end up looking like Michael Jackson" 07:23pm Has anyone heard of something called the Maven Network? Just received an email invite to join them for occasional consulting projects. 07:33pm US TSA watch list has an 8 year old listed - http:// bit.ly/4OmIY6 - pats him down aggressively at the airport. 07:44pm United States updates Osama Bin Laden's pictures to show what he would look like now - http://bit.ly/66wyKG Tue Jan 19 01:12pm Can YOUR daughter do pushups? - http://bit.ly/7iDYUg 21 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Thu Jan 21 07:39pm @sarahintampa We here at MakeUseOf are trying to use Wave for all non-urgent discussions.Getting people to switch from email is hard though. 08:03pm @sarahintampa You mean the conference calling facility? That requires people from different timezones 2 b online at the same time.Difficult. Fri Jan 22 11:47am Historic snowflake photos for sale - http://bit.ly/81Tm3U absolutely amazing. 11:48am Dirty Harry meets Rain Man - http://bit.ly/7oWSo6 - very funny XKCD comic. 11:51am @Wossy what kind of old toys do you have? 05:14pm Woman who has noisy "unnatural" sex is given suspended prison sentence - http://bit.ly/7qxG8J - very funny! Tue Jan 26 07:35pm Tweeting once again from hospital. Having an operation tomorrow. I am quite nervous about the general anesthetic. Is that normal? Wed Jan 27 08:48am One hour to operation. Guy in bed next to me says there's nothing 2 it. Confidence! 08:50am Time for my sleeping pill. See u on the other side my friends. 22 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 05:02pm Well I am still alive but my head hurts like merry hell. Nurse is gorgeous though! Thu Jan 28 05:08pm If a person in Haiti can spend 2 weeks under a building, I can do 2 days in a hospital bed. Man up! 10:32pm Just been given 2 sleeping tablets - neither of them work!!! Nurses dumbfounded. One tab was industrial strength! Fri Jan 29 08:58am Coming home today. Nose will take 8 weeks to heal but I am already feeling Benefits. So happy. 11:32am BBC reporters are tweeting from inside the #iraqinquiry in London as Tony Blair gives evidence. Laura Kuenssberg is one @BBCLaurak . Tue Feb 02 08:45pm still off work, recovering from the operation. Hope to be back Friday. My doctor has now been given the nickname Jack The Ripper (by me). 08:48pm Why Jack The Ripper? Because he doesn't hesitate to cut you open. But his bedside manner is terrible. German health care at its worst. Wed Feb 03 02:27pm Watch the "pornobanker" video on the front page - http://bit.ly/ jAKSW - VERY funny & no German knowledge required :-) 23 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Thu Feb 04 02:39pm Top 10 Reasons Why iPad Marks Kindle’s Death - http://bit.ly/ cxKDWQ 08:29pm Finally going back to work tomorrow. After nearly 2 weeks, I am ready to get started again. Sleep & relaxation is over-rated :-) Fri Feb 05 01:42pm Just received a very cool Get Well Soon gift of a 3D Star Wars poster. It's the classic poster design - Luke is jumping out with his gun! 01:44pm Campaign starts to "save Dave", the banker caught looking at porn on live TV - http://bit.ly/bIwOAt 02:14pm @jack_cola I'm in two minds about this. On the one hand, employers don't pay people to look at porn. On the other hand, if he was set up... 02:15pm @jack_cola plus after the first picture, he should have realised what was going on and shut the whole thing down. But he kept on looking! 02:22pm @jack_cola I'm not sure if looking at MakeUseOf will have the same kind of shock factor. Not unless we start featuring semi-naked girls :-) 02:53pm @aenon1mus why not? I think "MUO Tech Girls" would bring in the crowds :-) 09:23pm five crates of Scotch whisky & brandy found under South Pole ice - http://bit.ly/a2VkRU - been there over 100 years! 24 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Tue Feb 09 06:53pm It's rumoured that Germany will get up to 20cm of new snow tonight. Goddammit. We've just got rid of the last lot. When is summer coming? 06:57pm What's better for you? A banana or a Kit-Kat? - http://bit.ly/ cLeSux Wed Feb 10 06:34pm Huge 165-Million-Year-Old Monster Spider Fossil Found in China - http://bit.ly/bOGrej Fri Feb 12 05:20pm How to add Facebook Chat to your IM client - http://bit.ly/ chHafR 07:11pm @ScepticGeek What is the name of your Wordpress theme on Skeptic Geek? I really like the white and blue neat layout. 07:27pm @jaschaul Thanks! I got a bit worried when I saw the "buy" button but thankfully there's a free version of the template :-) 07:27pm @aenon1mus well actually, I have a ton of stuff you could do....nah, just kidding. Sat Feb 13 01:40pm @aenon1mus You're in a good mood today! 03:56pm Scotland is currently ahead in Six Nations rugby match against Wales. Score at half time - 18-9 25 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:53pm Totally unbelievable. Scotland has lost the Six Nations match against Wales - 31-24. We can't bloody win anything. Sun Feb 14 02:38pm Watching the highlights of yesterday's Olympics on BBC. Are they using fake snow to make up for the lack of real snow? 02:39pm Just got Buzz on one of my older Gmail accounts. Am distinctly unimpressed. Nothing but more noise which I definately don't need. 02:42pm @lauraannc Ah! Those clever Canadians! LOL. 04:11pm Monika baked me a Valentines Day cake today. Very delicious. Makes my box of Raffaelo for her pale in comparison :-) 04:39pm Looking for a story idea for MakeUseOf.Haven't written anything in quite a while - the life of a busy editor. But I don't know what to write Fri Mar 05 06:20pm Why didn't I think of this? German geeky bride & groom send out their wedding invites as a computer game - http://bit.ly/dhtEha 06:33pm "Funny Or Die Presidential Reunion Unites SNL Stars for Web Hit " - http://bit.ly/9AVvbb 06:52pm Guys in chicken suits shouldn't mess with chemistry professors! - http://bit.ly/9bWafb 06:55pm "Epic Wii Curling Fail" - http://bit.ly/bXxL2L - if you don't laugh at this, you have a serious problem! 06:59pm The last link doesn't work. Here's the full link - http:// www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/03/04/epic-wii-curling-fail 26 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Sun Mar 07 09:37pm Need a domain name suggestion for a news & media website I want to start. Think along the lines of a site like Huffington Post. Any ideas? Mon Mar 08 12:55pm Thanks for your domain name suggestions! I finally went with cyberspacepost.com . 09:06pm @sarahintampa There's already a Swedish version of Dragon Tattoo out. I think it has English subtitles. Supposed to be not that bad. Wed Mar 10 03:17pm @sarahintampa No idea. I find it strange that they are bringing out 2 versions of the same book - Swedish & Hollywood - in a short time. 03:18pm Currently sick with a very nasty virus. Doctor thought initially it was the novo virus. Thinking about food makes me want to barf. Thu Mar 11 04:28pm Virus gradually going away. Able to eat dry toast and crackers without throwing up! Why can't they make "sick people's pizza"? 04:43pm @sarahintampa At least they spell your name properly! One PR person called me Mr Marco Neil. Yup, Marco from Italy. 27 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Fri Mar 12 01:51pm Back from getting our "no impediment" documents from the town hall so we can marry in May. My head is spinning at spending over 100 Euros. 02:06pm Here's a Grade A for being immature - school cancels prom after student asks to attend with her lesbian girlfriend - http://bit.ly/ dCAY1S 02:14pm 51 decapitated skeletons found in a mass grave in England were Scandinavian Vikings - http://bit.ly/bo2JR5 Sat Mar 13 03:57pm Guess I am a master criminal then - http://bit.ly/cQ4j0z 04:00pm Journalist refuses to name social networking site where he posed as 14 year old girl & was approached by perverts - http://bit.ly/ dkZTgO 04:05pm Got millions of dollars available? Then start bidding on http:// www.sex.com - http://bit.ly/9gqu1E Sun Mar 14 01:16am @aenon1mus Sorry I haven't got around to giving you my list yet. I'll try and do that tomorrow. 01:18am @bencrystal Have you read the Shakespeare conspiracy thrillers by J.L.Carrell? Am reading the sequel which is not as good as the first book. 01:19am @aleksk finished watching the Virtual Revolution programmes you made. Haven't enjoyed a documentary so much in ages. Good job! 28 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 07:57pm Monika has made a fan page for the cinema where she works.The page (& the cinema of course!) is absolutely great :-) - http:// bit.ly/d10ABt Mon Mar 15 12:01pm @bencrystal you don't read a good fiction book with your cup of hot chocolate before bed? ;-) 02:44pm @aleksk Well his main female protagonist is very macho and very much in charge of all the men! I kind of liked the roles being reversed! 02:46pm Now I am discovering I need MORE documents for my wedding. I am DROWNING IN PAPERWORK!!! And it's costing a pretty penny too. 04:59pm @Steve_Campbell Now's the time to watch that Runaway Jury movie and also the one where Demi Moore gets terrorised by Alec Baldwin! LOL. Tue Mar 16 12:18am Just heard Kate Winslet is single again. Finally! Wedding's off Kate and I are hooking up! LOL. 12:34pm Children think Luke Skywalker was the first man on the moon http://bit.ly/a8ssaN 02:05pm Forget Kate Winslet. I think I've found my new honey - http:// bit.ly/9mb1b5 - watched a BBC programme by her & I am entranced! 02:26pm @aleksk Some of us are not weird - just big fans :-) 29 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Wed Mar 17 04:43pm @aleksk I know. I used to work in their debt collection department :-) 04:44pm @bencrystal are you eating your cookies? 04:45pm @aenon1mus is this your online business card? :-) 04:46pm @craigdarlow ah Blockbuster. I used to work for them, back when video cassettes were the norm and DVD disks were a fancy new technology :-) 05:04pm @bencrystal for some reason, I am talking to everyone in a Cookie Monster tone of voice at the moment. The postman is extremely unnerved. 05:23pm @bencrystal I would have got away with it if it hadn't been for those pesky kids! I'm in the mood to watch some Scooby and Scrappy now. 09:03pm This is totally surreal - http://bit.ly/cWand1´- man attacks female police officer with his penis? 09:28pm @rdube to quote Al Pacino in Scent Of A Woman, "the day you stop looking is the day you die". Well said Al. Thu Mar 18 02:13pm @bencrystal Here's one of my Muppets favourites - http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY 02:21pm How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet - http:// bit.ly/1V3v4s - Douglas Adams in 1999. Very prophetic. 05:25pm just ate a huge bag of balsamico crisps and now I feel like barfing. Nice one Mark. And you wonder why you don't lose any weight. 30 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 06:13pm RT @BreakingNews: In legal first, British gang member convicted of murder based on dog's DNA http://bit.ly/cUfPby 06:59pm Facebook considering installing a panic button - http:// bit.ly/9HxfUu 08:42pm Scientists have created the first ever 3D invisibility cloak http://bit.ly/9As128 Fri Mar 19 12:48pm This guy is married to Sandra Bullock but he still feels the need to have an affair? What a stupid asshole - http://bit.ly/9otuPo 01:44pm "My Mom's On Facebook" song goes viral - http://bit.ly/a76VhD - very funny! 02:25pm Mark Twain Captured on Film by Thomas Edison (1909) http://bit.ly/ap3HCc 03:09pm Here's a great laugh - http://bit.ly/bcWqhR - people with unfortunate names applying to change them. I feel so fortunate having a good name. 06:42pm Five Geeky Games for a Perfect Game Night - http://bit.ly/ av0xDk 07:12pm Sometimes Twitter Accounts About Sh*t Your Dad Says Get You TV Deals - http://bit.ly/ddg8Sb 08:05pm Nestle pisses off its Facebook fans. How NOT to run a Facebook fan page - http://bit.ly/cIdQnU 31 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Sat Mar 20 12:10pm Watched a documentary on how Tetris was invented. Now got the Gameboy out playing it! I can't stop playing this damn addictive game! 12:58pm RT @geeksaresexy Daily Telegraph makes "hardon" typo in their online news - http://bit.ly/boTnAR 07:35pm Just ate LOTS of home-made pizza. Completely stuffed but my appetite is satisfied :-) Not a bad way to pass a Saturday afternoon! 07:36pm @DeanSherwin What's the job? Well done. :-) Sun Mar 21 02:44pm Sat with the 7 week old son of our best friends yesterday. His name is Linus and he is absolutely adorable :-) 05:13pm Just deleted a very important Windows folder belonging to Monika. She is really upset and I am gutted. Recovery software coming up zilch. 08:29pm @aenon1mus finally having limited success bringing up some files % pictures. But her MP3's are gone. The one folder we forgot to backup! Mon Mar 22 12:23pm What's to stop a future US Republican president from repealing last night's health reforms? Or at least significantly changing it? 03:11pm @Asiabroadcast You mean the Twitter guide? Glad you like it. :-) 32 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 03:40pm @aenon1mus Great! The word "Memphis" has inserted that Cher song into my head! AAAAAAGGHHHH.... 08:38pm Nestle in public relations disaster after Facebook "fans" stick the knife in - http://bit.ly/dxJfou 10:02pm David Cameron's wife is pregnant - JUST IN TIME FOR THE ELECTION! - http://bit.ly/9uodCR 10:07pm German government doesn't like Firefox & they don't like Internet Explorer. What DO they like? - http://bit.ly/azxqDb Tue Mar 23 01:55pm Conservative website attacking Gordon Brown immediately hacked and rickrolled. Twitter feed hijacked - http://bit.ly/9m2JLk Wed Mar 24 03:59pm @sarahintampa my girlfriend would like to know if you have posted your Lost theory online as she would really like to read it. :-) 06:06pm @tamar that tamar.me link doesn't work - 404 Not Found. 06:26pm RT @tamar: how to get an influencer's attention http://bit.ly/ bwkHOo - I am one of those being interviewed :-) 06:39pm @tamar great article Tamar. You've made my day :-) 07:18pm @aenon1mus Imagine how long it would take if it was coming with Russian Post :-) 07:35pm @aenon1mus LOL. How can you refuse someone called Dolores? In a few minutes, her name will be Chuck. Then Cindy. 33 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Thu Mar 25 04:01pm 'World's smartest man' refuses $1m prize for solving mathematics puzzle - http://bit.ly/adTmDK Fri Mar 26 04:42pm @aenon1mus what did you buy? 04:43pm Here's a tasty morsel for you - just found two long hairs in a sealed box of Bertolli margarine. Nice to know hygiene standards are high. 04:44pm I strongly recommend avoiding buying Bertolli margarine unless chewing someone else's hair is a fetish of yours. Wed Mar 31 04:18pm @timmyjohnboy Problogger bought by Google. But are they buying the blog or are they just buying the domain name? - http://bit.ly/ bSLy03 04:22pm Should There Be an Inquisition for the Pope? - http://bit.ly/ c9uSwq Thu Apr 01 03:23pm "Someone is coming in my ear - Oh behave!" - http:// bit.ly/102l1A 04:56pm Here at MakeUseOf, we gave the staff writers pay raises and they don't believe it - they think it's an April Fools joke. 06:11pm @evanw got really excited about this until I realised it's only for the Motorola. I have a Samsung Galaxy & I really want it updated to 2.1 34 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 06:19pm @evanw 1.5! The oldest! I am really mad I'm paying so much money for a phone I can't upgrade! 06:23pm @Samsungtweets I want to know when my Samsung Galaxy mobile phone will receive an Android 2.1 update. I am REALLY mad about this. 06:26pm @Samsungtweets What does "US Only Account" mean? Updates can be pushed out over the web so what does location matter? 06:39pm @Samsungtweets Aren't you Samsung the company? I've one of your products! Can't u find out for one of your customers about the update? 07:00pm Official from Samsung Germany - "we just make the Android phone. If you want updates, contact Google". Contact Google? Yeah right. 07:04pm I'm going to pay off the phone contract, sell the phone & get the Motorola. Samsung is a pile of shit.They treat their customers VERY badly. Fri Apr 02 11:46am I wonder how many people actually fell for this yesterday? http://bit.ly/d1CPqL 04:16pm @geeksaresexy This just cracked me up completely - http:// bit.ly/9I13Jl 05:41pm Was this study commissioned by the Easter Egg industry? http://bit.ly/9YKFWZ 35 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Mon Apr 05 06:05pm An astrologist has just sent me a spam email & told me that my life will make a "major change for the better" on April 27th. 06:06pm Apparently she got a "hot burning tingling feeling" about me. Ah well, what can I say? She's only human :-) Tue Apr 06 03:56pm UK General Election campaign only in its 5th hour and already I am sick of hearing the word "change". Obama has a lot to answer for! 04:27pm BBC has set up a "Digital Election Center" for monitoring social networks for the election - the DEC consists of one guy sitting at a desk. 07:39pm The BBC guy doing the Digital Election Center is getting sexually aroused live on TV. Something about Twittering his Google. Arrff! 08:27pm BBC ambushes BNP leader Nick Griffin on live TV - "...your publicity chief was fired because he was plotting to kill you". WTF! Wed Apr 07 01:21pm After YEARS of searching,I have FINALLY found an old school friend from 20 years ago. I just love the internet.I'm quite emotional actually. 36 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Thu Apr 08 12:40pm Catching up with my old school friend who I haven't talked to in 20 years.Lots of changes.Apparently one of my other school friends has died 01:28pm How do you remove someone from your LinkedIn profile? I don't see any delete button. 01:30pm OK forget it. Got it now :-) 02:46pm Absolutely brilliant - The South Park boys get onto Facebook & Stan gets harassed by people wanting him to poke them - http:// bit.ly/9mTGqE 04:48pm I really hate blogs like the BBC that moderate all the comments before publishing them. 2 hours on & my comment still isn't there yet. Boo! 07:18pm @aenon1mus out of curiosity, how much do you want for it? Looking for an iPhone that doesn't break the bank. 07:51pm @aenon1mus I am becoming a bit disillusioned with my Android phone (the whole upgrade fiasco). So I am just exploring other possibilities. 07:52pm @aenon1mus but buying an iPhone requires a bloody bank loan! Fri Apr 09 10:54am @bencrystal Are you in the Woolpack having a pint? 37 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Mon Apr 12 01:29pm @paul_clarke @bencrystal better than "how's it hanging?" which someone said to me not that long ago. 01:31pm RT @jimmy_wales: In case you were laboring under the misconception that you understand Japan, watch this :-) http://ow.ly/1x8ix 02:22pm Just received my compensation money from the tram company that knocked me over in 2008. My bank balance is looking very healthy. :-) 03:10pm Is this really Kelly McGillis from Top Gun? - http://bit.ly/ dAZXW0 - this photo takes my breath away! LOL. 03:18pm Has a cure been found for skin cancer? - http://bit.ly/dl06bU or is it just progress? 03:24pm General David Petraeus for US President in 2012? - http:// bit.ly/clxogm - the 2012 Presidential race has started already. 06:40pm If you are looking for a new webhost, I recommend BlueTreeHost, run by @ddrager . Very friendly & professional service. Good prices too. Tue Apr 13 10:45am Finally getting my website up and running after a long hibernation - http://bit.ly/7ppj4 - what do you think of the design? Wed Apr 14 05:57pm RT @librarycongress: Library acquires ENTIRE Twitter archive. ALL tweets. More info here http://go.usa.gov/ik4 38 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 08:48pm MakeUseOf.com brings out the official iPhone / iPod Touch app - http://bit.ly/b9zOw5 - what do you think? 11:15pm @aenon1mus Note the comment two below that which calls us "the Radio Shack of technology websites". I thought that one was really cool. Thu Apr 15 10:20am Pornographic magazine for the blind launched - http://bit.ly/ c3Vco1 - hoohah 10:29am Twitter can be used to predict movie box office earnings (apparently) - http://bit.ly/dwRpsP 04:07pm Really pissed. My German satellite TV box has broken down and the replacement box has lost three of my favourite channels! 07:59pm UK Prime Ministerial debates to start on British TV in a half hour but I am not expecting much. There's probably rules on when to breathe. 11:49pm Privacy Fail: Free MMS iPhone App Exposes Messages For All To See http://bit.ly/dnvTTN 11:59pm From my blog: What The Wii Console Would Be Like If Women Played It http://goo.gl/fb/G9nXr Fri Apr 16 12:33pm From my blog: The Winner Of Last Night’s UK Election Debate:The Man Who Can Never Win http://goo.gl/fb/QIfcL 12:53pm New malware infects PCs & publishes user's net history on a public website before demanding a fee for its removal - http:// bit.ly/9Joqkh 39 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Sat Apr 17 12:50pm @diptychal what airline are you going with? British Airways has cancelled everything until Monday afternoon. 02:35pm @jimmy_wales Why not just take the plane? I haven't done a bus trip like that since Edinburgh to Poland in 1997 - 32 hours! 07:55pm From my blog: Kiefer Sutherland On Jonathan Ross http:// goo.gl/fb/9QWIS 09:52pm From my blog: Lincoln’s Missing Bodyguard http://goo.gl/fb/ J2zRp 11:35pm From my blog: Monty Python’s Bruce http://goo.gl/fb/f7DFu Mon Apr 19 12:23pm This volcanic ash cloud thing had better be gone by May, otherwise we are going to have to swim to Scotland for our wedding. 01:22pm @sarahintampa the wedding isn't due until May 29th but scientists think the ash problem could go on for months. That means no flights to UK. 01:24pm Anyone know if UK Royal Mail deliveries to Europe are stopped because of the volcanic ash? If so, I may not get my voting papers for May 6th 02:25pm That is cool. @RoyalMail promptly answered my last tweet about European deliveries. Very good customer service @RoyalMail ! 03:09pm Royal Navy going to "rescue" stranded Brits abroad? What a shameless election photo-op! What about the ferries, buses and Channel Tunnel? 40 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 04:07pm @sharninder the Navy is going to rescue the Brits stranded by the volcano yes. But they are only going to France & Spain - pointless! 04:09pm @sharninder I feel very sorry for everyone stranded there but there's hope.50 "test flights" are apparently being allowed into Germany today 04:11pm Airspace in Scotland and north of England to reopen at 7.00am tomorrow morning local time. I AM SAVED! (Mr Volcano, don't erupt again!) 05:05pm @sarahintampa I may be OK. They are re-opening Scottish airspace tomorrow morning :-) (Assuming the volcano doesn't erupt again of course). 05:07pm My new glasses are ready and I will pick them up on Wednesday. I'm looking forward to wearing them - they make me look like Chuck Berry. 05:08pm wait no, not Chuck Berry. Who's the 50's musician with the glasses who died in the plane crash? 05:09pm That's it - Buddy Holly :-) 05:12pm Now I've got this song stuck in my head - http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt02zuoxGj4 - oh well there are worse songs to keep singing! Tue Apr 20 01:46pm Looking for an interactive free web app which allows you to make seating plans for a wedding. Any suggestions? 03:26pm BBC reporter to couple trapped in France by volcano ash : "you still have your sense of humour". Old man replies "of course, we're British!" 41 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 06:37pm What do you think of my new glasses? Click my new Twitter profile picture above. 06:43pm @tristanx Really? I've had some very strange looks from people on the way home... Wed Apr 21 02:01pm Just done my 2009 taxes. All the energy has been sucked out of my body after that experience. I'm sure you know that feeling too. 07:25pm Do NOT fly with RyanAir - they've VERY badly treated passengers stranded by the volcano by only giving assistance to the value of the ticket 07:26pm That means if someone buys a 4 Euro plane ticket, Ryanair will only give 4 Euros worth of food & drink. Forget about hotels & other help. 07:33pm @SolCutter OK will do. Good to see others are as pissed as I am about this. 10:27pm @MakeUseOf is looking for a developer to turn our iPhone app into an Android compatible app. Interested? Send me a direct message. Wed Apr 28 12:21pm RT @geeksaresexy James Hance's Amazing Star Wars-Themed Art - http://bit.ly/dr4PNV 07:52pm To the media - leave Gillian Duffy alone. It's not her fault that Gordon Brown is a complete incompetent asshole. 42 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Thu Apr 29 01:14pm Finally got my postal voting papers & I've one day 2 decide who 2 vote for. 2 assholes who could b Prime Minister or one nice guy who can't? 02:40pm Gordon Brown lost my vote yesterday. Cameron is a bit of a bastard too (nice hairstyle though). Looks like Nick Clegg then...<sigh> 02:49pm @nick_clegg promise me that if I vote for you, you won't agree to any coalition that keeps Gordon Brown in office. That man needs to GO. 05:16pm @sarahintampa That is one hell of a shovel. Is that the Chinese version of the Home Shopping Channel?! 05:17pm @sarahintampa The Western music just SO makes me want to buy! 06:37pm @packratius You're welcome. I hope you get some new signups because of it. :-) 06:39pm @rdube I was in a really bad mood yesterday. Having sticky coke dripping down your face & getting your picture taken? No thanks! 10:33pm @bencrystal It really put me off that Gordon Brown was grinning like an insane madman all the time. #leadersdebate 11:04pm After watching the debate, I'm switching my vote to David Cameron. Clegg's policy on an amnesty 4 illegal immigrants is a dealbreaker 4 me. Fri Apr 30 05:59pm Met an old friend today in a bookshop, whom I haven't seen for 5 years. She hasn't changed a bit, still gorgeous & highly extroverted! 43 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 07:42pm I am going to stop using Google. I hate being reliant on one company for my searches. For a while I am going to try Wolfram Alpha and Hakia. Sat May 01 05:45pm Just got my British satellite TV channels back - including Channel's 4 & 5 baby! My health may be going downhill but I have my TV channels. 06:10pm @Cydonia1 Just get a satellite dish & point it to the Eurobird satellite. Took me ages to set it up but it's well worth it. 06:10pm @Cydonia1 I didn't know I had a Würzburg person following me! Nice to meet you. Sun May 02 01:04pm @bencrystal It doesn't matter one jot who the papers are supporting. They still have this quaint idea that people will be influenced by them 01:05pm @diptychal sounds like Germans. They wouldn't know how to form a queue even if they were shown an instructional video on the subject! 01:10pm Snooker shock! Former World Champion John Higgins suspended for allegedly accepting bribes to fix matches - http:// bit.ly/9WRENU 01:26pm General Election 2010 - in Lego! - http://bit.ly/c8WszW - very cool. 44 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 01:28pm I just love Stephen Fry! RT @stephenfry: Well, the traffic between Heathrow and London is twelve types of absolute arse pig. Heigh ho. 01:31pm @Cydonia1 Have you seen Python's "Bavarian Restaurant Sketch"? It was part of the "German series" they made in the 1970's. Absolute classic. 01:33pm @Cydonia1 Here it is - http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=vAaaAVJr9zg 02:17pm @Cydonia1 "Nietzche has just been booked for arguing with the referee. He accused Confucius of having no free will" 04:01pm 90 year old pensioner scores a hole-in-one on the golf course http://bit.ly/bGQOGJ Mon May 03 11:43am Laura Bush alleges she and Doofus husband were poisoned here in Germany - http://bit.ly/ddC6TG - the chef is mega pissed. 12:28pm Is it just me or is Wikipedia very slow today? 12:46pm @diptychal hishik bishik? 01:17pm Three days to the UK General Election, an ICM/Guardian poll puts the Conservatives on 33%, Labour and the Lib Dems on 28%. VERY close. 04:58pm BBC reports that as much as 46% of British voters have yet to make up their mind about who to vote for on Thursday. 05:32pm Sandra Bullock has adopted a black baby? What is this fascination by stars about adopting black babies? How about white babies? 45 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Tue May 04 04:30pm My new neurologist is the spitting image of Sarah Palin. When I shook her hand, I was half expecting her to wink at me. 04:36pm 2 days to UK General Election. Conservatives are widening their lead to 35% with other two parties on 28%. But half the voters are undecided 05:06pm @Cydonia1 Ich hoffe, dass die vulkanische Asche ist weg :-) Ich bin ein bischen angst für meine Flucht in 3 Wochen Zeit. Asche oder nicht? 05:31pm @Cydonia1 Ich bin zu meiner Hochzeit in Schottland gehen :-) Warum Eastbourne? Was ist da? Wed May 05 09:39am German man marries his dying cat - http://bit.ly/ctOohC - just as long as he doesn't try to consumate the marriage! 09:40am BRILLIANT! Spiderman & a group of Jedi Knights jump into action & stop a shoplifter - http://bit.ly/aUo8TE 01:54pm @KarlGechlik Thanks Karl for the Lost spoiler! I haven't watched it yet! 05:55pm Meet the new look Google and its new options column - http:// bit.ly/a2kKNB 08:40pm Opera Mini for the Android phone is fantastic - speed dial! Thu May 06 12:06pm UK General Election Day - DON'T forget to vote! 46 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 12:09pm 15 month old baby sent UK election voting card - http:// bit.ly/9jYzsD - will he vote for the "more breast feeding for all" candidate? 12:13pm BBC offers an "election night party pack" where you can wear a facemask of your favourite politician! WHAT FUN - not - http://bit.ly/ cL1Q73 02:23pm Vote Conservative in the UK General Election today and save these girls from unemployment! . http://bit.ly/bOtZmT (NSFW) 04:02pm wow, I'm impressed. I emailed Facebook to ask for an account change and they did it immediately. Even sent me a nice email back! 06:32pm The Vimeo site is totally f@cked. Is anyone else seeing the page falling to bits? 07:49pm It seems you CAN remove yourself as a Facebook fan page admin if you are the page creator - you just have to email Facebook and ask them. 07:49pm If you ask them, they will remove you manually - they did that for me today very promptly. 08:30pm From my blog: Removing Yourself As The Admin Of A Facebook Fan Page http://goo.gl/fb/HC51J 10:32pm RT @BreakingNews: Exit polls: Conservatives win most seats in U.K. election, but fall short of a majority http://bit.ly/a4xuHm Fri May 07 01:17pm Is the UK Labour Party maneovering to install a new leader - ANOTHER unelected Prime Minister - in order to placate the Lib Dems? BETTER NOT 47 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:19pm Gordon Brown - for the love of God - RESIGN. Holding on to power like this is PATHETIC. You lost last night - get over it. 01:49pm Why are there TWO armed police officers outside 10 Downing Street? Do they think David Cameron will rush in with a machine gun? 04:14pm Dear Westminster Council - I'd like to report a squatter hiding out in 10 Downing Street.Please evict him immediately as it's not his house. 04:28pm I'm exhausted. Drinking Vanilla Coke trying to stay awake but it isn't working too well. Maybe I need to inject myself with pure caffeine? Sat May 08 01:33pm A good informative article by Christopher Hitchens on George Orwell's "Animal Farm" - http://bit.ly/aQ0vBv - still banned in some places. 05:39pm @ddrager The Neverending story movie is so bad, even the author of the book disowned it. The book is a classic and the movie is total crap. Sun May 09 02:41pm Never heard a baby scream so loud at his own baptism. Obviously wants to be protestant instead. 06:17pm Gordon Brown met Nick Clegg in a secret meeting at the Foreign Office? So much for Conservatives getting first try. That didn't last long. 08:04pm A friend told me today that iPad prices in Germany have been set at a minimum 540 Euros. 48 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Mon May 10 12:44pm RT @BreakingNews: Obama to nominate Solicitor Gen. Elena Kagan to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on Supreme Court - NBC News 03:57pm RT @BreakingNews: President Obama formally nominates Elena Kagan for Supreme Court says she is one of the country’s “foremost legal minds” 05:27pm RT @BreakingNews: Gordon Brown says he will resign as British prime minister 06:11pm RT @BreakingNews: Twitter hack allows users to force followers; many accounts show 0 followers Tue May 11 04:15pm Removal vans spotted at the back of Downing Street - is Gordon Brown finally moving out and is David Cameron finally about to move in? 05:35pm RT @BreakingNews: Liberal Democrats, Tories reach deal on new government In Britain; Prime Minister Brown to resign. http://bit.ly/ cRUUeB Wed May 12 03:51pm OK, rather hacked off now. SnagIt has an upgrade but are demanding $25 for it. Why aren't "valued customers" entitled to free upgrades? 49 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:46pm RT @sarahintampa: Seriously, this is why I love the Internet: www.wtfjapanseriously.com Thu May 13 06:59pm RT @stephenfry: The best letter I've read for a long time. Not ashamed to say it made me cry - http://bit.ly/a4Jcff 07:00pm RT @RealChadVader: Who would win in a fight, me or Harry Potter? I predict me. 08:09pm Only 16 days to matrimony! Get out the handcuffs! :-) 09:05pm Jedi church founder thrown out of Tesco for refusing to remove his hood - http://bit.ly/1P0EPK 09:12pm @tristanx what makes me laugh is that he walks around like a Jedi but he is only emotionally traumatised when he gets chucked out of Tesco! Tue May 25 11:34pm From my blog: Bagpipes Outside Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh http://goo.gl/fb/tKMTk Wed May 26 10:57pm From my blog: Day 3 – The Highlands Tour http://goo.gl/fb/ kL2lw 11:34pm From my blog: The Highland Tour Of Oban & Loch Lomond http://goo.gl/fb/AUmCv 50 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Fri May 28 08:53am My last full day as a single man. OK, where's those strippers? 05:52pm The holiday flat is full of flowers and lots of German people. Time for me and the best man to make ourselves scarce! :-) Sun May 30 12:47am The deed is done! One of our wedding photos from today. http://twitpic.com/1sa3lc 11:33pm From my blog: The Day After The Night Before http://goo.gl/ fb/sztpI Tue Jun 01 10:58pm From my blog: …And So Farewell Scotland…. http://goo.gl/fb/ Wr0HB 51 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Fri Jun 04 04:48pm Just 2 let you know that I DON'T use Google Buzz as it hasn't been extended to Google Apps yet. So any messages you send won't be answered. 04:55pm Monika has just bought me a pair of black "Germany" pants with a German flag on the back in case anyone lifts my kilt at our wedding party! 06:04pm From my blog: BBC News – Highland Bullock Hamish Gets First Girlfriend http://goo.gl/fb/fHzoF 07:40pm From my blog: Lee Evans & The Sat Nav System http://goo.gl/ fb/eDrxc Sun Jun 06 04:38pm My step-gran has just died. I feel numb. Mon Jun 07 02:22pm Stephen Fry names the "most beautiful tweet" - http://bit.ly/ c7aa4G 02:26pm LOL! It turns out that most condoms are too small for Indian men - http://bit.ly/qYikH - is this supposed to be a serious news story? Tue Jun 08 07:43pm I am addicted to pizza. Can't get enough of it. Eventually I will turn into one big pizza myself and live in a box. 08:30pm An easy job - being the corpse in a TV cop show. Unlimited work and you get to lie down all the time and say nothing! Sign me up! 52 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 08:31pm @loyaleagle I don't think that would work. I can eat pizza until it's coming out of my ears. 08:35pm I think I would be mentally scarred for life if Dustin Hoffman turned to me and kissed me on the lips - http://tinyurl.com/25djav8 Wed Jun 09 01:07pm Don't ever subscribe to Time magazine. They unashamedly sell your contact details to other organisations. A bit unethical isn't it? 01:23pm It's steaming hot here in Würzburg & it's a good day for a man to be out on the street. Lots of hot ladies wearing virtually nothing! Yeah! 07:11pm @jhpot As my grandad likes to say, there's no harm admiring the flowers, just don't try to pick them! That's when you get in trouble! 07:13pm Tonight, the song stuck in my head is Mr Elvis Presley! "It's now or never, come hold me tight, kiss me my darling, be mine tonight..." Fri Jun 11 01:17pm First World Cup match this evening - Uruguay v. France. Not normally a football fan but I can see myself getting sucked into all the matches 01:47pm Just been asked if Monika and I will be celebrating our two week wedding anniversary tomorrow. I replied that every day is a celebration! 02:45pm @sharninder yeah just found out about the other match. Didn't see it listed on BBC - turns out the other channel is covering it :-) 53 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 03:16pm Watching the start of the first World Cup match. Is it me or is South Africa getting their asses whipped already? They don't look THAT good 03:33pm Desmond Tutu is in the football stadium wearing his football shirt, hat and scarf. That guy is the coolest Archbishop on the planet. 04:21pm GOAL!!!!!!!! Well done South Africa.....that was brilliant. The commentator is getting carried away though - "a goal for all Africa"? 04:42pm GOAL! Finally, Mexico finds the back of the net and they spoil South Africa's party. 05:48pm @Wossy couldn't you just have got her a bottle of perfume or something? You guys have way too much money! Sat Jun 12 05:45pm If England loses its World Cup match against USA tonight, we will never live it down. It would b extremely embarrassing. Please Wayne Rooney 06:01pm RT: @Article_Dan this is a good example of how Britain is totally fucked up - http://post.ly/jAeH - my God! Breasts! Lock up the kids! 06:02pm RT: @wikileaks United States might assassinate Wikileaks founder? - http://bit.ly/d8crge 06:33pm Reality TV show stars who do the "phone & vote for me" gesture with their hands should have their fucking hands cut off. And whipped. 07:25pm From my blog: A Fairly Boring Video Of Oban http://goo.gl/fb/ FtVlA 54 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 08:45pm Come on England. What's wrong with u? Kick some ass! #worldcup 09:26pm If we can't beat USA then we are doomed. Doomed I tell you! #worldcup Sun Jun 13 09:02pm This game with Australia is turning into an outright bloodbath! #worldcup Thu Jun 17 02:16pm My best friend Leni has had her baby! His name is Sverre. Fri Jun 18 03:01pm Germany just got its ass handed to them by Serbia in World Cup, although the Serbians didn't really play fair. Grounds for appeal? #worldcup Sat Jun 19 01:06pm The German wedding party is tonight. Thank God there is no German football match on tonight otherwise there would have been a mass exodus. 01:07pm @bencrystal you don't by any chance need a proofreader do you?! *wink wink* 01:11pm I am totally taken aback by how well the USA team is doing in the World Cup. Americans can play soccer and England suddenly can't? Wow. 55 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 02:13pm Is "Anyone But England" T-shirts racist or is it just harmless football banter? - http://bit.ly/bmSmte 02:31pm Getting back into the kilt again. Being in tartan makes me feel all kind of Highlander-ish. I just need the immortality & the sword now! Sat Jun 26 10:11pm It's taken me a whole hour to get online! Bloody hotel free WLAN! And this is supposed to be a "hotspot". Yeah right! Sun Jun 27 03:52pm Wanted. Shambolically bad football players to play for England. Interested applicants please reply to F.Cappello. 03:52pm That indeed was a goal for England but you know what? The England team are playing so badly that they don't deserve to win. Sorry but true 04:28pm England, give it up. You're getting demolished. And remember to sack your manager when you get home #worldcup 04:56pm Fabio, stop whining about the lost second goal. If you had got it, you would still have been thrashed 4-2 instead of 4-1. Jesus! #worldcup 04:59pm The car horns are blaring non-stop here in Germany. The celebrations have begun. I need to keep a low profile for a few days! #worldcup 56 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Mon Jun 28 12:13pm German gets assaulted in London by English mob angry at World Cup defeat - http://bit.ly/bKbBsq - England are such bad losers. 12:15pm BBC reports that Fabio Capello would get 12 million pounds to cancel his contract if it is decided to sack him. WTF! #worldcup 01:01pm Take a look at this photo and tell me if you see what I am laughing my head off at - http://tinyurl.com/29byegn Wed Jun 30 11:45am Russian 'spies' in United States were no James Bonds - http:// bit.ly/aoamEe 06:56pm Andy Murray is through to the semi finals of Wimbledon! With Federer out, could this be THE year for Britain to win? #wimbledon 08:03pm A Scotsman set to become the next President of Lower Saxony in Germany - http://bit.ly/bNYk4Q Sat Jul 03 05:18pm Germany beats Argentina 4-0 and is through to the semi-finals! GOODBYE ARGENTINA! Have a safe flight home Diego. #worldcup 05:19pm @jhpot They are the best team in the world and with Brazil and Argentina now out of the game, they are going to win next Sunday. 08:33pm @jhpot The Dutch team are excellent but they cannot hope to match the German team. The Germans are excellent tacticians & are much fitter. 57 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Sun Jul 04 07:13pm 4th July - the day the heroic Americans were liberated by the evil English. At least that's the way Mel Gibson portrays it in his movie. 07:15pm RT @gavmccaughey: There's a line in Back To The Future where Christopher Lloyd sets the DeLorean for "25 yrs in the future" THAT'S TODAY! Mon Jul 05 04:11pm From my blog: Relax, Take It Easy http://goo.gl/fb/SxjKV 04:43pm From my blog: Ike & Her New Pet http://goo.gl/fb/fRw0o 09:17pm From my blog: Life In Germany http://goo.gl/fb/Tr96i 10:08pm From my blog: Going To The Bank – The German Obsession With Organisation http://goo.gl/fb/TjunB Tue Jul 06 12:04pm MakeUseOf.com has now opened a T-shirt store - http://bit.ly/ bFirC4 - check it out! 07:12pm From my blog: The German Nurse & Her Stuhlgang http:// goo.gl/fb/zNurO 09:39pm From my blog: Great Scott! We’ve Landed In The Year 2010! http://goo.gl/fb/ORi0i Wed Jul 07 01:09pm As Germany and Spain battle it out tonight, it is revealed why Germany wins so much - http://bit.ly/bE4ZIy 58 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 06:27pm Have a sexy girl moan your IP address out loud - http:// bit.ly/8aAg - thanks @god for the find! Is this a new geek fetish? 06:29pm Woman runs down Lord Jesus Christ with a car - http://bit.ly/ b4Xri0 - did the reporter write this with a straight face? 06:32pm Germans dressed as Spanish guys singing "Adieu Espana" (to the tune of Y Viva Espana). It's already started! #worldcup 07:57pm What crap is this German team? Come on, play football! #worldcup 08:19pm Half time & no goals yet. German team playing like a bunch of fairies #worldcup 09:27pm What the fuck just happened? #worldcup 09:53pm I want to kill an octopus right now #worldcup Fri Jul 09 01:20pm Booked the plane tickets for our honeymoon to Rome! Going in the middle of October. Can't wait! 01:22pm @PenguinBooks "it was a dark & stormy night, the beasts were stirring in the darkness outside & the rain pounded the window" #bestfirstline Sun Jul 11 01:55pm Thief "damaged, brutalised and mutilated" Shakespeare folio http://bit.ly/9ThYWx - he deserves to be flogged for this. 59 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Mon Jul 12 10:37am British politician too drunk to vote - http://bit.ly/dqXjuo - and his name? Mark Reckless. How appropriate! 07:26pm From my blog: The Germans & Their Football http://goo.gl/fb/ n9sen Tue Jul 13 11:59am A Pakistani hotel employee who makes $235 a month hands in $50,000 that he found - http://bit.ly/a1nM8A - how honest is that eh? 12:03pm Paul the psychic octopus decides to retire from the oracle business - http://bit.ly/9Nd1AN - good move Paul. Could you predict being eaten? 05:18pm Is it just me or is Season 4 of the IT Crowd really boring? 05:28pm The French Muslim veil ban is idiotic and discriminatory. That's like telling a Jew that he / she can't read the Talmud. 09:30pm RT: @geeksaresexy @OldSpice Most male geek now look up to you as a role model. As a comic book-loving geek, how do you feel about that? Wed Jul 14 11:00am Check out MakeUseOf's latest PDF guide on digital photography - http://bit.ly/a4HPng - courtesy of @Bakari45 60 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Thu Jul 15 03:29pm Just received an email from Fring which says that Skype has blocked users from accessing them via Fring. Wonder if this is permanent? Fri Jul 16 11:31am Singer Pink is taken to hospital after an on-stage stunt at her German concert goes badly wrong - http://bit.ly/98O8RJ Sun Jul 18 01:16pm World's oldest champagne found on ocean floor - dates from French Revolution - & they drank it! Philistines! - http://bit.ly/c9ZyUm Mon Jul 19 09:54am Want to start Christmas shopping in August? Then go to Selfridges in London - http://bit.ly/dhsHjY 03:05pm I wouldn't like to have a dad like this - http://bit.ly/dlj9dG 07:29pm From my blog: Dropping My Bank Card On The Bus (& Trying To Get It Back Again) http://goo.gl/fb/f3kgL Sat Aug 07 06:00pm What? I wiped my Android phone back to factory settings & now it isn't compatible with Skype and Facebook! WTF? 61 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 06:04pm And another thing - is Skype fucking up now? Complete strangers are suddenly appearing on my contact list without me approving them first! 06:36pm @suemax No, it kept it on the same OS. All it did was wipe all the data and apps. On the plus side, the phone is freaking fast! :-) Mon Aug 09 03:28am RT @iTweetFact: At 6mins and 7secs after 5 o'clock on Aug 9th 2010, it will be 05:06:07 08/09/10. This won't happen again until 3010. 02:39pm @saikytweets Yes you're right. I retweeted that tweet. Must have been someone from North America who writes their dates backwards :-) 04:09pm From my blog: Things That Piss Me Off [9th August 2010] http://goo.gl/fb/xv9bf Tue Aug 10 06:49pm How do you get Facebook Questions? Is this a bit like Gmail where they only roll it out to selected users first then everyone else later? 11:57pm I love Aardvark! Join my network so we can help each other out... http://vark.com/s/j59A Wed Aug 11 05:35pm Tony Blair is such an arrogant asshole, it defies belief - http:// bit.ly/9c04uj 62 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Thu Aug 12 11:25am Switched to the @seesmic app for updating my Twitter feed on my Android phone. What an app! Very sweet. Highly recommended. 11:26am And on the subject of Android, I am finally ready to dump this piece of @Samsung Galaxy shit and buy the Motorola Milestone instead. 11:46am u have 2 hand it 2 @O2. It takes a whole week 2 call me back on a customer service issue.But then they give me a better data plan 4 my phone 04:46pm Is it just me or is this extremely scary? - http://bit.ly/dwzBNl Fri Aug 13 12:36am Managed to get PacMan & Super Mario working on my Android phone! Yay! 03:10pm From my blog: The Pillow Fight On Lufthansa http://goo.gl/fb/ NzaLg 07:28pm @evanw I've read it & it's great. Sat Aug 14 11:30am @o2myhandy I have a Samsung Galaxy i7500 & German O2 phone service. Does O2 provide latest Google Android update? I am stuck on Android 1.5. 11:41am RT @SoEffingTrue: Roses are red. Violets are blue. Friend requests are great. But who the hell are you. #SoEffingTrue 11:42am RT @darthvader: Do you like piña coladas & gettin' caught in the rain? If you're not into Yoda, write to me and we'll escape. 63 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 11:44am Motorola Milestone users - what are the pros & cons of this device? And does Motorola push out frequent Android updates "over the air"? 01:39pm @o2myhandy 1.6? You're kidding right? We're on 2.2 now! What would I want 1.6 for? 02:11pm @o2myhandy Funny you should say that.When I contacted Samsung,they told me to contact O2! Looks like a classic case of customer pingpong :-( 03:23pm Anybody looking for guest articles and willing to pay a decent fee? Looking for more money to get my pension started. Everything considered. 06:39pm @joerg78 I used a free app called Nesoid Lite. Then move the game ROM's (freely available online) to your phone. Then start and play! 06:41pm Monika and I are seriously considering buying a Kindle. One each though otherwise there will be murder committed when we want to use it. 08:39pm @ivorberry I would love an iPad but it's an issue of price. Here in Germany, an iPad is 500 Euros. A Kindle is 110 Euros. Big difference! 10:00pm I need some new super cool interesting cultured and sophisticated people to follow on Twitter. Any candidates? Sun Aug 15 12:23pm LOL!!!! RT @BestWorstAdvice: Want to surprise your wife with breakfast in bed? Wrap a pancake around your dick. 01:58pm @ivorberry LOL. Unfortunately it's money we don't have, otherwise I would have bought one ages ago :-) 64 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 03:05pm @brit_battleaxe My wife & I are rooting for you to win Masterchef. I have a feeling you will triumph over the others! Keep calm & carry on! 09:13pm RT @VizTopTips: FOOL BURGLARS into thinking you own a large dog by shitting all over your garden. /via @NullanVoid Mon Aug 16 01:34pm Just found my parents & grandparents on Google Street View. Looking at their front doors! Thankfully no bums were showing at the window! 01:45pm Ordering our Kindles. Amazon wants to charge us $38 postage to Germany and $75 "import fees". Eeek. Talk about small print. 02:58pm Preparing to leave for Berlin tomorrow. We're off to the "Salt" movie premiere, to walk on the red carpet with Angelina Jolie. As you do. 06:12pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @stephenfry 06:24pm A fascinating article about how people are digitising their entire lives and going minimilistic - http://bit.ly/bliR83 10:00pm MakeUseOf.com named one of the top 100 websites of 2010 by PC Magazine - http://bit.ly/9yvaPm Tue Aug 17 01:30pm Just arrived at the hotel in Berlin. Very posh. 4 Euros for an orange juice! We'll just go to Dunkin' Donuts next door. 06:12pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @timmyjohnboy @twitter @stephenfry @Steve_Campbell 65 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 09:13pm From my blog: Berlin – Day One http://goo.gl/fb/8BUss Wed Aug 18 06:14pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @billmaher @stephenfry @steverubel Thu Aug 19 06:14pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @mattcutts @stephenfry @facebook @GoogleMobile Thu Aug 26 06:15pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill - featuring @mattcutts @The_CopyEditor @stephenfry @facebook @seesmic Fri Aug 27 12:56pm Check out this underground car park with a difference - http:// bit.ly/drxrwo 06:14pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @stephenfry @twitter @mattcutts @sarahintampa 09:14pm Just met a very interesting inspirational lady - Jane Goodall http://bit.ly/bjeut 11:24pm Overheard in my brother-in-law's office : "can you do that on Internet Explorer? Because it worked on Mozzarella Firefox" 66 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Sat Aug 28 02:30pm Scottish researchers make biofuel out of whisky - http://bit.ly/ cDy5hr 03:39pm What It's Like To Suddenly See Your Bank Account at Negative $900,000 Thanks to PayPal - http://bit.ly/94nfZQ 05:28pm Berlin 'cannibal' restaurant calls for diners to donate body parts for menu - http://bit.ly/cgVQIo 05:38pm John Lennon's loo fetches £9,500 at auction for Beatles fans http://bit.ly/bmCrsJ 06:15pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @steverubel @mattcutts @larsenmarit 06:33pm "Lost" Language Found on Back of 400-Year-Old Letter" http://bit.ly/9Wrz9s Sun Aug 29 12:39pm These trapped Chilean miners are just amazing. Where they get their strength from I don't know - http://bit.ly/aq4Ye1 - let's get them out! 12:41pm Why do women insist on belittling men by saying "I can do it better because I'M A WOMAN". What does your sex have to do with it? 06:16pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @steverubel @brit_battleaxe 07:09pm A Beck-Palin ticket in 2012? Obama wouldn't even have to show up to win a landslide. 07:30pm An interesting article on why working life is better in Germany than it is in USA. A few facts slightly wrong though - http://bit.ly/dpTwCS 67 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Mon Aug 30 02:40pm @seesmic for the Android is constantly crashing on me. Anyone else experiencing issues? 04:34pm @askseesmic I am using an Android 1.5 on a Samsung Galaxy i7500 phone (old OS I know). I'll try your suggestion later when I have some time. 06:17pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @mattcutts @tamar @Steve_Campbell 06:31pm How do you set an image as your desktop wallpaper in Chrome? There's no "set as wallpaper" option in Chrome's right-click menu 07:49pm @geeksaresexy Five Reasons You Need to Watch The Pillars of the Earth - http://bit.ly/9lCD8L - I can't wait to watch this! Tue Aug 31 10:42am Don't ever buy anything from HMV.com. A computer game birthday present for my B-I-L has gone missing & they won't do anything until 21 days. 10:45am Does anyone have Gmail's "Priority Inbox"? If so, what do you think about it? 12:29pm @diptychal just sing "Walk Like A Typewriter" to the tune of "Walk Like An Egyptian". ;-) 12:29pm @diptychal You have a very interesting office. I hope they don't read your tweets :-) 12:35pm Facebook is acting very weird. Not loading properly. Anyone else having issues with it? 68 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 12:42pm Melvyn Bragg on depression : "sufferers are queuing up at the gates of hell & wanting 2 know how 2 get out of there." - http://bit.ly/ b9rtpu 01:30pm Ha! I finally have a functioning headset! I can finally get back to using Skype for my phone calls :-) 01:31pm Seems Facebook is totally kaput right now - RT @GodofTech: @MarkONeill Facebook Down for Many Users - http://mash.to/2xfat 01:52pm Wow, Facebook is totally down. Totally gone man. Like a puff of smoke. Weird... 03:18pm From my blog: Too Much Time On Facebook & Twitter http:// goo.gl/fb/p0uL4 03:21pm Oh. I was about to go outside for some fresh air but I see Facebook is back. Oh well, sunshine & exercise can wait then! 03:55pm From my blog: Meeting Dr Jane Goodall At The Cineworld http://goo.gl/fb/fc2oG 06:18pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @mattcutts @TweetDeck @geeksaresexy @tamar 10:28pm @diptychal wow, someone who protects their tweets! Isn't withholding tweets defeating the whole point of tweeting in the first place? Wed Sep 01 11:46am RT @stephenfry: SAS to host a gay wedding! You could be that couple. Who dares, grins. http://bit.ly/aWYSdZ 11:53am The Queen should write her own memoirs. Would be the biggest publishing event in history & would definately put Tony B Liar in his place. 69 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:11pm Great. My new USB headset has installed something (a driver?) and now the speakers on my desk are not working! Any ideas on how to fix this? 06:19pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @Steve_Campbell @Wossy @facebook @stephenfry Thu Sep 02 06:20pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @twitter @The_CopyEditor @Wossy @mattcutts 08:30pm A Google employee gets offered a $500,000 bonus not to go to Facebook - and he turns it down?! Madness! - http://bit.ly/c1nj5u Fri Sep 03 12:06am Yay! Our Kindles are on the way! :-) 11:04am @ddrager congratulations Dave! And Eva is a lovely name. Hope both mother and baby are doing well. 05:38pm @makeuseof has a new T-shirt in the store - http://bit.ly/ dD6OXG - one for all you Linux and Mac fans out there! 08:24pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @tamar @MakeUseOf @mattcutts @Wolfram_Alpha Sat Sep 04 01:50pm Check out the new Google logo for today. You can interact with it by moving it around with your mouse! Cool stuff. 02:37pm any fellow stamp collectors out there? If so, DM me. I have a question. 70 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 06:12pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @stephenfry @mattcutts @VizTopTips 07:17pm Amazon Kindle question : if I buy a book for my Kindle, can I transfer the book file to my wife's Kindle? Or is there copy protection? Thu Sep 09 11:12am @ohmygola very useful! Thanks! :-) 02:24pm From a friend : "those guys who want to burn the Koran don't they realise that they risk being compared to the Nazis who did the same?" 02:25pm @labnol Well done Amit! A great achievement! 06:31pm Top story on the Mark O'Neill Daily http://bit.ly/9oEo9e (via @twitter) ▸ Help End Illiteracy on International Literacy Day · Hope140 · T... 07:57pm Koran-Burning Church’s Website Yanked From Internet http://bit.ly/bgRKam 08:38pm German toymaker Paraplush has designed a controversial line of soft toys with an assortment of psychiatric disorders - http://bit.ly/ br5SWZ Fri Sep 10 10:56am The dirty little secrets about Terry Jones are finally starting to emerge - http://bit.ly/9SqXy4 - a horrible speciman of a man. 11:04am Pope's Glasgow visit: umbrellas are banned, there are no seats & you have to stay for five hours" - http://bit.ly/doEa6z 11:48am Riding the exercise bike. Think I've lost some weight (but that might just be wishful thinking!) 71 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 12:08pm Emma Thompson: Sorry, I meant to say they stone gays & shoot Scotsmen on the Isle of Man - http://bit.ly/cyooDp 05:04pm @Schwarzenegger http://twitpic.com/2mvxod - You're dissing one of your fellow Republicans who might be your Presidential candidate in 2012? 06:31pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ top story : Cincinnati Arts Association Sat Sep 11 06:32pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ top story : 40+ Plugins for Anything You Could Want 72 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Sun Sep 12 06:33pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ top story : Israeli shelling kills 3 Palestinians in Gaza Wed Sep 15 11:31am Ryanair CEO suggests ditching co-pilots to save money. Pilot suggests ditching him instead - http://bit.ly/d84DjY 11:42am Oprah's viewers scream like they are in a cult, when they discover they are off to Australia - http://bit.ly/bPmKZ4 02:03pm My father-in-law is back from Three Musketeers movie set after his costume check. He is going to be a "gentleman". No speaking part though. 02:21pm Google engineer fired for privacy breach after 'stalking and harrassing teenagers' - http://bit.ly/d1ieSl 02:24pm Valleywag's account of the fired Google engineer - http://bit.ly/ bVrNQ3 -a much more thorough account. 02:28pm @stephenfry co-signs a letter saying Pope should not be given a state visit to UK - http://bit.ly/cPTPT1 - Lord O'Neill isn't me by the way! 02:30pm Obama writes childrens book - http://bit.ly/bniyPH - proceeds being donated to scholarship fund for children of killed or disabled soldiers. 02:51pm Editing peoples articles, I am constantly amazed at their obsession with commas. They're everywhere! 04:25pm My PC is dying a rapid death.Everytime I turn my back on it,the whole machine goes to sleep & gets pissed when I try to wake it up again. 73 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 05:09pm Is anyone else having any issues with attaching attachments to a Gmail email? My attachment area is all black with a white dot in the middle 06:36pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top story : Arrrrrr, it's International Talk Like a Pirate Day! -- Engadget 10:51pm 5 Reasons A Disgruntled Windows User Should Consider Using Ubuntu http://bit.ly/b2t6CG 10:55pm @Cydonia1 and a cup of Tetley tea? Sat Sep 18 12:09am Just bought http://www.oneillreport.com . Thinking of starting a news & commentary blog with it. 01:09am Twitter user sells @israel username for six figure sum - http:// bit.ly/c4Uj3l 12:15pm Someone on MakeUseOf Answers wants to know how to meet "single geeks, gurus, or Linux men" http://bit.ly/adnZ21 01:42pm @timbrookes was she being chased by men in white coats? Or are you sure it wasn't Edmund Blackadder with two pencils up his nose? ;-) 02:27pm From my blog: What NOT To Do In The Public Toilet http:// goo.gl/fb/o5So0 06:43pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @billmaher Sun Sep 19 08:28am From my blog: jactation: Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://goo.gl/fb/1oDA8 74 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 06:45pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @billmaher Mon Sep 20 10:57am Which means they ARE building one. Google denied it too remember. RT @Telegraph: Facebook denies building smartphone http:// tgr.ph/cb5Njm 11:06am Girl, 14, fears 21,000 party guests after Facebook invite blunder - http://bit.ly/9Mj8jG 11:07am I feel awful today. My stupid psychiatrist put me on antidepressants which are totally messing me up. I can barely focus on anything. 01:36pm 'Smelly people, 'commies' and 'dirty porn': Europe mapped by national stereotypes - http://bit.ly/aiJDRV 08:18pm RT @makeuseof 7 Sites To Find The Best Classic DOS Games http://bit.ly/agSRaI 10:26pm @sarahintampa how many subscriptions do you have exactly? I'm curious to know how much is too much for Google Reader :-) Tue Sep 21 01:37pm REM's The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite contains song lyrics most frequently misheard by listeners, according to a survey - http://bit.ly/ coJUyb 01:38pm RT @TelegraphNews MI6 'used bodily fluids as invisible ink' Telegraph http://bit.ly/cT63tD 02:07pm OK Twitter is going shit nuts at the moment making me retweet spam. Stay clear of the web version of Twitter! 75 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 02:13pm @sarahintampa LOL! How can you possibly keep up with 1931 feeds? There isn't enough hours in the day!! :-) 02:37pm RT @makeuseof 3 Firefox Addons That Let You Search Faster Than Google Instant http://bit.ly/94Yor1 05:53pm Gmail Priority Inbox is useless. It isn't remembering anything. All my important stuff goes to unimportant and vice versa. 06:42pm From my blog: The Cult Of Less – Living Out Of A Hard Drive http://goo.gl/fb/IRVYA 07:13pm From my blog: Steve Jobs Tells Trainee Journalist To Get Lost http://goo.gl/fb/9rVS5 07:30pm From my blog: Two Scotsmen In An American Voice-Activated Elevator http://goo.gl/fb/GPElf 08:28pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @GoogleMobile @Telegraph @labnol @guardian Wed Sep 22 02:35pm This time in 3 weeks, I will be sitting in Rome having pizza for breakfast and taking in the sights. No work. Bliss. 02:39pm Unbelievable. I mention the B word in my last tweet and suddenly I am showered with Twitter spam asking me to download a free audiobook!! 03:35pm @OrchardToys we're going in 3 weeks time. And I will probably be tweeting when I am there yes! 06:18pm @smange I love Gmail undo send. It's always when you hit the send button that you remember something important that needs to be added! 76 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 08:29pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @god @labnol @TweetDeck Thu Sep 23 10:25am Swiss women outnumber men in government http://gu.com/ p/2jpyk/tw 10:35am Suicide discussion forums should be banned, says grieving father http://gu.com/p/2jq5n/tw 10:40am RT @TelegraphNews Nudists and swingers at war in France's 'Naked City' - Telegraph http://bit.ly/9ieb1A 08:22pm RT @BestWorstAdvice: Upset because Facebook is down? Pornhub is working just fine. 08:24pm When am I going to get the new Twitter? Come on guys, I'm a web VIP you know! LOL. #newtwitter 08:31pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @Steve_Campbell @Wolfram_Alpha @labnol 08:37pm @Bakari45 let me guess, you found them on Craigslist? That place is a hotbed of slavery. 08:51pm @Bakari45 Well don't go to Craigslist otherwise you will really have a heart attack. They pay you with "exposure" and "experience"! 08:56pm @jhpot how did you get it? a notification email? Your Twitter page resetting? 09:03pm @Bakari45 Check out Writersweekly.com, fundsforwriters.com and placesforwriters.com . Maybe you might find something there. 09:07pm @jhpot hmmppf. Doesn't Twitter realise who they are messing with here?! I'm the top dog of the net! LOL! #newtwitter 11:47pm I don't have the new Twitter yet. Come on! #newtwitter 77 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Wed Sep 29 02:35am Don't feel much like sleeping tonight. Much prefer to get some work finished. Sleep later :-) 09:01am From my blog: confiscable: Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://goo.gl/fb/N3Jv9 09:13am Firm fined after dead mouse found in loaf of bread http:// bit.ly/975YrD - don't look if you are squeamish. 01:50pm Gmail slowing down and dragging its heels is seriously starting to piss me off. It's been like this for over a week now. 02:41pm @jhpot I'm not using a desktop client so I can't comment on IMAP. But for the past week, other people have complained of speed issues too. 09:49pm RT @BiancoNeroOro @jhpot Will you guys make a guide or an ebook about buying video cards, lets say for games like Crisis 11:20pm I've just made a YouTube video for @makeuseof using YouTube Search Stories - http://bit.ly/cyBg0l 11:26pm From my blog: MakeUseOf Video On YouTube Courtesy Of YouTube Search Stories http://goo.gl/fb/Fp67a 11:35pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e Thu Sep 30 12:24am Just set up short URL forwarding on my domain. Damn, I'm smoking hot tonight. 09:01am From my blog: lucifugous: Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://goo.gl/fb/y6Ulf 78 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 12:03pm Backing up all my tweets to my website with Tweetnest - http:// www.markoneill.org/tweetnest - thanks @ddrager for all your help! 02:18pm @evanw Follett has a new book out now that is being called the "new pillars". It's called Fall of Giants, the 1st of a three-parter. 02:27pm Great. Now that I've seen the Flintstones logo on Google today, I am addicted to watching them on YouTube! - http://bit.ly/bPenIX 02:39pm From my blog: Addicted To The Flintstones! http://goo.gl/fb/ i0qGC 03:00pm @evanw this new one is 864 pages so a total brick of a book! Probably will take me till Christmas to finish it! 03:06pm @evanw I have a copy of CMC too but I never have enough time in the day to read everything I want to. I have 100 unread books sitting here. 03:11pm From my blog: Backing Up Your Tweets With Tweet Nest http://goo.gl/fb/nUa2m 08:10pm Gmail Priority Inbox is rapidly becoming my nemesis.It's not paying a blind bit of attention to what I tell it to do. It's a waste of space. 08:23pm @jhpot yeah that's the problem ;-) Basically it pays no attention to what I tell it to do. Important goes to unimportant & vice versa. 11:36pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @ThreatLevelBlog @BreakingNewsEds Tue Oct 05 02:05pm Is there a limit to the number of lists you can make in Twitter? Every new list I am making today is being deleted right away. 02:39pm Prince William, future King of Britain, now a helicopter rescue pilot, saves a man's life on an oil rig - http://bit.ly/cJ0tb5 79 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 08:36pm I almost coughed up a lung reading this. RT @wilw: This should be required reading for everyone who ever uses e-mail : http:// bit.ly/deAAwR Wed Oct 06 12:29am RT @makeuseof How To Jailbreak Your PlayStation 3 With PSGroove http://bit.ly/9c8z2j 11:35am @diptychal so how is it? Very busy I expect. I hear Jonathan Stroud is signing books on Saturday. We will need to find him :-) 11:41am I see that Sarah Palin's husband can't write proper English either - http://tgr.ph/a2LtfZ 12:47pm Parisian flat containing €2.1 million painting lay untouched for 70 years - http://bit.ly/d7pwJ2 02:32pm From my blog: Bill Maher As Obama’s Alter Ego, Barry Whitehouse http://goo.gl/fb/ifxkw 02:56pm @diptychal you're disappointed that you're not cold? I'm disappointed that it isn't warm enough anymore around here! 07:43pm Jesus, that was a long absence Twitter. I don't know how much longer I would have survived without you :-) 07:43pm I made my own dooID - http://dooid.com/markoneill - mainly just to reserve my name and stop someone else snatching it. Sat Oct 16 05:17pm Today's destinations in Rome - the basilica in the Vatican, Santa Maria Del Popolo, a Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition, and some good pizza! 80 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 06:15pm Saw the Polish president and his wife at the Vatican today. Will post video footage on YouTube when I come home. Sun Oct 17 08:06am From my blog: fulsome: Dictionary.com Word of the Day http:// goo.gl/fb/0fb4j Mon Oct 18 08:57am From my blog: laconic: Dictionary.com Word of the Day http:// goo.gl/fb/lFNnz Tue Oct 19 11:31am Back home again from our honeymoon. We came back to 9 degrees celsius and rain. I want to go back to Rome! 11:45am A Twitter song to the tune of Michael Jackson's Thriller - http:// bit.ly/bZAI7 - trust me, you won't be singing the real Thriller ever again 11:52am I haven't laughed so much in ages. Yes it's cats that look like Hitler - http://bit.ly/2Yx1Vg - Sieg Miaow! Thanks @stephenfry . 07:37pm RT @makeuseof Where I Can Buy Microsoft Office 2010 Left Handed Edition? | MakeUseOf.com http://bit.ly/bNch34 09:08pm From my blog: Polish President & His Wife At The Vatican http://goo.gl/fb/eLHLK Wed Oct 20 08:49am From my blog: antediluvian: Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://goo.gl/fb/fiZBr 81 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:02pm @MadBadNads you've really got it in for @BBCLauraK haven't you? What has she ever done to you? RE MadBadNads: I just don't like her. She's like a Celtic version of that bloody @SallyBercow Isn't that enough? 08:28pm It's snowing in Scotland! In OCTOBER! - http://bit.ly/c5W7uf Thu Oct 21 11:20am What's so wrong with Comic Sans? - http://bit.ly/90dX1S 11:24am President Lyndon Johnson 'nearly shot dead' hours after JFK assassination - http://bit.ly/d9QLZk 05:22pm BBC's Nick Robinson apologises after ripping up an anti-war sign which disrupted his live TV broadcast - http://bit.ly/aoxhya Sat Oct 23 11:27am Check out a new spooky Halloween iPhone app, by my friend Martin - http://bit.ly/dx1bFA - well worth trying out! 11:38am Ever wondered what would happen if you replied to one of those emails that solicit money? - http://bit.ly/aNkjWg 06:10pm Taiwanese woman to marry herself - http://bit.ly/9zlZCR - if she consumates, will Christine O'Donnell have a raging fit? ;-) Sun Oct 24 01:58pm A new version of the Kama Sutra is to be published as a "lifestyle guide for the modern man and woman" - http://bit.ly/daPkrP 82 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 04:43pm Librarian enters the Guinness Book of Records for collecting 22.1 grams of "belly button fluff" over TWENTY-SIX years - http:// bit.ly/9VWD1e 07:14pm On Amazon, why can't you put MP3 albums into your wishlist? You can enter CD's but not MP3 albums. Very annoying. Mon Oct 25 11:42am @MrsStephenFry just finished your book. My German wife wants to know what spam is. Have you ever considered writing a spam cookbook? 11:48am Italy is turning into a killjoy place! A ban on miniskirts, kissing in cars, feeding stray cats & sand castles? - http://bit.ly/95lrLq 11:52am Check out some of these "freaks of nature", including the "Freddy Krueger" frog - http://bit.ly/aixhib 02:11pm Firesheep, a new extension for Firefox, lets users eavesdrop on unencrypted traffic over unsecured wifi networks - http://bit.ly/cedvhr 02:50pm I've got Bryan Adams stuck in my head with "Gonna Run To You" playing on a constant loop. Thank God it's not the Robin Hood song. 03:44pm RT @makeuseof The (Very) Unofficial Facebook Privacy Guide [DOWNLOAD] http://bit.ly/aBaQkb 05:45pm Been informed that German Telecom is no longer the sole provider of phone service for the iPhone in Germany. O2 is doing a special deal. 07:35pm Damn! Someone has taken http://oneill.me . I really wanted that domain! http://oneill.tv seems to be available though. 83 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 08:01pm Dammit again! http://oneill.tv is being sold for $69. Not sure if I want the domain THAT much. See these cybersquatters... Fri Oct 29 12:24pm Check out the German "Pot Patrol" Marijuana Police! - http:// bit.ly/cxTxTH 12:42pm The Mark Zuckerberg Halloween mask? http://bit.ly/bNxtk9 12:44pm If you feel the urge, you can now download the entire 900GB of Yahoo Geocities as a torrent http://bit.ly/ckFCVD 01:21pm Star Trek Wrath of Kahn used in Texas court ruling - http:// bit.ly/cGPh6j - GO SPOCK! 03:43pm @bencrystal can I buy an autographed copy of your new book from you? RE bencrystal: hey Mark no problem send me your address 04:52pm RT @makeuseof 5 Facebook Search Tips http://bit.ly/9Bgva0 Tue Nov 02 02:47pm Check out what my wife has just bought me! A mini teapot! http://bit.ly/chvf7H 05:26pm Nicola Walker deserves an award for her acting in "Spooks" last night. I think I might have a crush :-) RE NW_Forum: I agree she needs an award for her acting :) 10:37pm From my blog: Me & Mr Shakespeare – Getting To Know One Another Again http://goo.gl/fb/aXU2W 84 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Wed Nov 03 12:11am From my blog: My Idea Of Total Heaven http://goo.gl/fb/ SXOdV 12:47pm @smange with Paypal Germany, if you want to get to the contact page, you have to switch your language to German instead of English. RE smange: Yup, same in France - ludicrous! 02:42pm I don't understand Americans, I really don't. Have you already forgotten Bush & his "presidenting" and his two wars? You want more of that? 02:45pm @NW_Forum The Nicola Walker forum? So you're very impartial then! LOL. RE NW_Forum: Yes can be impartial RE NW_Forum: There is a forum for her just follow the link www.nicolawalker.proboards.com guest can lurk around, must sign up if you post 03:43pm I'm wondering how much @billmaher had to do with Christine O'Donnell not getting elected. Did his witch clips help to sink her? Thoughts? RE jhpot: I think it was over the second she implied the seperation of church and state aren't covered by the first ammendment. 04:46pm @jhpot and the whole "I am not a witch" and "masturbation is a sin" thing didn't hurt at all? At least she lost the masturbators vote. RE jhpot: It probably didn't help, but I think her defeat is entirely her own fault for not being well versed on the issues. 85 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 05:20pm wow, the applications are really coming in now for @SimonSlangen 's replacement at @MakeUseOf . Keep them coming people! 05:21pm @timbrookes am I the Mark you're saying hello to? Hi! :-) 05:48pm @jhpot not being well versed in the issues didn't stop Bush from getting elected and re-elected :-) 06:22pm I think I may have just negotiated myself a new bigger monitor. My wife wants a blu-ray player & I said I'd agree if I got my monitor :-) 08:07pm When sending press releases to me, I wish people would actually read @MakeUseOf first to see what we do and don't do. I get a lot of crap. Wed Nov 10 03:23pm Just received a free signed copy of "Sorry I'm British!" from @bencrystal ! Reading the first few pages & already nodding in agreement! LOL 05:23pm Got the new monitor set up! Looking swish! :-) 05:48pm @smange now if only I could do that with my German bureaucrat phone calls! My first line is always "mein Englisch ist nicht so gut..." RE smange: I try really hard not to mention that I'm still a French n00b. Somehow they usually work it out all by themselves. :) RE smange: Your English isn't so good? :P 06:05pm @smange Ack! Sorry, meant to say "mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut". The other one is what the other person says. Either that or they hang up RE smange: (Yeah I know). They hang up? Rude! 86 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 11:30pm @smange sometimes. Speaking English can be really scary you know. Probably scarred them forever. Thu Nov 11 03:05pm Japanese man streams suicide live on the internet - http://bit.ly/ bWhX6q 03:10pm Armistice Day always moves me to tears. I can't help it - http:// bit.ly/bhWqXT RE Lozzie142: Ditto. All those brave people making the ultimate sacrifice. We don't know how lucky we are 03:15pm Does the 2 minute silence for Armistice Day extend to emailing & social networking? - http://bit.ly/8ZWpwB 07:39pm From my blog: VirusTotal Now Has A Chrome Extension http://goo.gl/fb/XLl9C 07:48pm Monika just heard on the German radio that a politician thinks all foreigners can easily learn German in one year. Hah! Yeah right. 08:33pm US National Library of Medicine publishes old "murder pamphlets" - http://bit.ly/aEH7vj - fascinating. 08:40pm When you know you're a big Google Reader user - when the two most fucked up keys on your keyboard are J & K. 09:59pm @furnessvale GZSZ? Oh dear! I am more partial to Lindenstrasse myself! Where in Germany are you? 11:41pm From my blog: Google Now Shows Thumbnail Previews Of Search Results http://goo.gl/fb/Ia78Y Fri Jan 01 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 31st] http://ff.im/-dCRLF 87 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 05:32pm The first day of 2010 - and it is pissing with rain outside. Rather depressing. I need something nice for dinner to perk myself up. 05:51pm Here's something to cheer me up - Scottish shortbread biscuits with caramel in them. Me Cookie Monster, me love cookies! Mmmm! 07:23pm Trying out twittering from Google Wave. Looks like nothing special and why would you want to do it? 04:33am Cool Websites and Tools [December 31st] http://ff.im/-dCRLF 05:32pm The first day of 2010 - and it is pissing with rain outside. Rather depressing. I need something nice for dinner to perk myself up. Wed Nov 17 12:52pm De Maizière warns of imminent terror attacks - The Local http://t.co/odpSZii via @TheLocalGermany 01:26pm My watch broke so I bought a Casio digital watch. I haven't had a digital watch since I was a small kid. It played Space Invaders. 01:35pm Kate Middleton and Prince William plan Royal wedding amid July date rumours - http://bit.ly/bHuuHk . #royalwedding 03:12pm @postalheritage @StanleyGibbons did that come out today? RE postalheritage: This is the link to it: http://bit.ly/bJ4WLF Seems to have come out yesterday. @StanleyGibbons suggests was read to go for ages! Thu Nov 18 01:21pm Google Street View in Germany is live. Here's a good one of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin - http://tinyurl.com/2536uhu 88 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:04pm @postalheritage I'm confused. Is this an official Royal Mail thing or something hastily cobbled together by a stamp company to make money? RE postalheritage: It's not from Royal Mail. A First Day Covers company put it together to sell to collectors. 03:44pm @adampash your Belvedere download link isn't working. I can't get the app to download properly. Can you check it out for me please? Thanks! RE adampash: looking into it... sorry about that. 05:57pm My Twitter follower count seems to be rather stuck on 1277. I wonder what I need to do to push that up a bit? My tweets are OK, aren't they? RE jhpot: Tweeting about your follow count never increases your follower count. 06:17pm @jhpot have I just committed a terrible social networking fauxpas? <horror!> 06:21pm A same-sex couple in Texas has used Skype to legally marry, circumventing state law - http://bit.ly/dfG3Be 08:21pm Back pain is a terrible thing. I walked out of the physiotherapist feeling 30 years older. He seemed to know where to push to get the pain. 08:22pm Hey wait a sec, I've lost a follower! Did they take offence at my tweet wondering why my follower count wasn't going up? Come back! RE jhpot: Stop digging! 08:23pm @thehotlibrarian when are you going to blog again? It's been ages since your last post. You have an impatient fan base here you know! RE thehotlibrarian: :) I'm working on something - my stupid job got busy. 09:11pm @TunnelBreeze "that bit on wanking"? Er...I don't recall any masturbation comments...oh wait...r u referring to Christine O'Donnell? 89 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Mon Feb 15 06:40pm Just been watching an interview with the British couple who have won 56 million pounds in the lottery. They won't be going to work again. 06:40pm Just been watching an interview with the British couple who have won 56 million pounds in the lottery. They won't be going to work again. Tue Feb 16 03:34pm Man confesses to murder on BBC programme but BBC doesn't tell the police. Why? - http://bit.ly/doT18T 03:35pm For some reason, I seem to be more attracted to Facebook these days than Twitter. Maybe it's because u can have better conversations there. 03:34pm Man confesses to murder on BBC programme but BBC doesn't tell the police. Why? - http://bit.ly/doT18T 03:35pm For some reason, I seem to be more attracted to Facebook these days than Twitter. Maybe it's because u can have better conversations there. Thu Feb 18 01:18pm Aliens looked for senior British politician in 1997 - http:// bit.ly/9WwoVo - HA HA HA! 01:24pm Austrian millionaire decides to give away all his 3 million pound fortune - http://bit.ly/bybhq1 - says being rich makes him unhappy. 90 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 01:57pm Berlin children win the legal right to be noisy - http://bit.ly/ ajPUnu 02:12pm Teacher murdered in school attack in Ludwigshafen, Germany - http://bit.ly/bWyuM4 - suspected murderer arrested. 03:01pm @diptychal a bit like wondering why the computer won't start and then realising you haven't switched it on yet. ;-) 03:24pm @ddrager Sounds like a cool night out. Pity I am thousands of miles away :-) 09:15pm #Lufthansa is going out on strike Monday morning for 4 days. Just had to reschedule my flight. Their customer service is total CRAP. 09:17pm I hope the #Lufthansa pilots realise that they are totally screwing the customers when they do these impulsive strikes for more money. 01:18pm Aliens looked for senior British politician in 1997 - http:// bit.ly/9WwoVo - HA HA HA! 01:24pm Austrian millionaire decides to give away all his 3 million pound fortune - http://bit.ly/bybhq1 - says being rich makes him unhappy. 01:57pm Berlin children win the legal right to be noisy - http://bit.ly/ ajPUnu 02:12pm Teacher murdered in school attack in Ludwigshafen, Germany - http://bit.ly/bWyuM4 - suspected murderer arrested. 03:01pm @diptychal a bit like wondering why the computer won't start and then realising you haven't switched it on yet. ;-) 03:24pm @ddrager Sounds like a cool night out. Pity I am thousands of miles away :-) 09:15pm #Lufthansa is going out on strike Monday morning for 4 days. Just had to reschedule my flight. Their customer service is total CRAP. 91 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 09:17pm I hope the #Lufthansa pilots realise that they are totally screwing the customers when they do these impulsive strikes for more money. Fri Feb 19 05:05pm Leaving on Sunday for Scotland. Since we have lost a day, I am now in a mad rush to get everything finished in time. Damn Lufthansa. 05:42pm who else doesn't give a flying toss about Tiger Woods and whether he's sorry or not? 05:51pm @KarlGechlik With a hot wife and a nice house, it makes you wonder why he strayed. Not that I care one jot of course :-) 06:16pm The first time I feel like having an affair & I get caught,I am going to hold a press conference. Obviously there is big interest out there. 07:35pm RT @ginatrapani: for those of you juggling a Google Apps account & missing stuff regular Gmailers get: http://bit.ly/9AKQpA 07:36pm @ginatrapani This just gives me an enormous headache! 05:05pm Leaving on Sunday for Scotland. Since we have lost a day, I am now in a mad rush to get everything finished in time. Damn Lufthansa. 05:42pm who else doesn't give a flying toss about Tiger Woods and whether he's sorry or not? 05:51pm @KarlGechlik With a hot wife and a nice house, it makes you wonder why he strayed. Not that I care one jot of course :-) 06:16pm The first time I feel like having an affair & I get caught,I am going to hold a press conference. Obviously there is big interest out there. 92 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 07:35pm RT @ginatrapani: for those of you juggling a Google Apps account & missing stuff regular Gmailers get: http://bit.ly/9AKQpA 07:36pm @ginatrapani This just gives me an enormous headache! Sat Feb 20 06:30pm 18 hours till my flight to Scotland. Bags packed - check. Passport found - check. Now where's the damn airline tickets? 06:30pm 18 hours till my flight to Scotland. Bags packed - check. Passport found - check. Now where's the damn airline tickets? Mon Mar 01 12:47am Just home from Scotland after nightmarish journey back. Violent storms in Germany - all flights & trains cancelled, all roads closed. 12:47am Just home from Scotland after nightmarish journey back. Violent storms in Germany - all flights & trains cancelled, all roads closed. Sun Mar 28 11:43am @aenon1mus What's up? 11:45am Totally wrecked this morning due to the clocks moving forward one hour. Amazing how the body gets messed up when losing only one hour! 11:48am Just found out that Fox Television is cancelling "24" but Kiefer "GODDAMMIT!" Sutherland is considering bringing out a "24" movie. 93 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 12:14pm Check out the name of the reporter in this Times article. Rather unfortunate name for a subject like this - http://bit.ly/bM17mM 12:53pm Belgian man told to pay $97,000 for the prosecution of his exwife who murdered their five children - http://bit.ly/8ZdH1j 01:11pm Check out these French wooden dildos from the 18th century! http://bit.ly/cH94e5 02:14pm UK politicians say special relationship with US is over & we should stop being the "subservient poodle" - http://bit.ly/bs4MIh 03:40pm Uma Thurman movie takes just $130 in Britain on its opening weekend - http://bit.ly/b1gN4r - only 12 people went to see it! LOL! 11:45am Totally wrecked this morning due to the clocks moving forward one hour. Amazing how the body gets messed up when losing only one hour! 11:48am Just found out that Fox Television is cancelling "24" but Kiefer "GODDAMMIT!" Sutherland is considering bringing out a "24" movie. 12:14pm Check out the name of the reporter in this Times article. Rather unfortunate name for a subject like this - http://bit.ly/bM17mM 12:53pm Belgian man told to pay $97,000 for the prosecution of his exwife who murdered their five children - http://bit.ly/8ZdH1j 01:11pm Check out these French wooden dildos from the 18th century! http://bit.ly/cH94e5 02:14pm UK politicians say special relationship with US is over & we should stop being the "subservient poodle" - http://bit.ly/bs4MIh 03:40pm Uma Thurman movie takes just $130 in Britain on its opening weekend - http://bit.ly/b1gN4r - only 12 people went to see it! LOL! 94 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Mon Mar 29 09:52am @aenon1mus did you hear about the Metro explosions in Moscow? I saw one report that said 37 dead. 10:01am @aenon1mus I hope you don't frequently take those metro trains. I wouldn't want those asshole suicide bombers hurting you. 10:23am @aenon1mus just goes to show that homicidal madness is not confined to men. Are the casualties coming to your hospital? 11:03am BBC News 24 isn't covering the Moscow Metro explosions at all. They would rather talk about MP's expenses. I'm forced to watch CNN. 11:04am @aenon1mus 100 hospitals? So if you get sick in Moscow, you'll be well covered then! 11:05am CNN is asking such STUPID questions about the Moscow metro explosions. One question "when the bomb went off, how did you feel?" 11:09am CNN gets so sexually aroused by Twitter. News reader looks so horny when she says "what are they SAYING on Twitter? Let's find out!" 11:43am Google Chrome Remains The Unhackable Browser - http:// bit.ly/aKyfht 12:08pm @aenon1mus wow that Russian women guide is not very flattering is it?! It basically says all Russian women are complete bitches! LOL. 01:35pm I am in such a bad mood today - and very depressed. Can't seem to get a grip on it & I don't really know why I am like this all of a sudden. 04:23pm @stephenfry why are you silent on Twitter? Something I missed? 95 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 05:49pm BBC is giving away unedited footage from Virtual Revolution TV series 4 anyone wanting to make their own documentary - http:// bit.ly/c1qx0c 05:59pm @bencrystal Thanks Ben. I was wondering where the world's most prolific tweeter had disappeared to. 09:52am @aenon1mus did you hear about the Metro explosions in Moscow? I saw one report that said 37 dead. 10:01am @aenon1mus I hope you don't frequently take those metro trains. I wouldn't want those asshole suicide bombers hurting you. 10:23am @aenon1mus just goes to show that homicidal madness is not confined to men. Are the casualties coming to your hospital? 11:03am BBC News 24 isn't covering the Moscow Metro explosions at all. They would rather talk about MP's expenses. I'm forced to watch CNN. 11:04am @aenon1mus 100 hospitals? So if you get sick in Moscow, you'll be well covered then! 11:05am CNN is asking such STUPID questions about the Moscow metro explosions. One question "when the bomb went off, how did you feel?" 11:09am CNN gets so sexually aroused by Twitter. News reader looks so horny when she says "what are they SAYING on Twitter? Let's find out!" 11:43am Google Chrome Remains The Unhackable Browser - http:// bit.ly/aKyfht 12:08pm @aenon1mus wow that Russian women guide is not very flattering is it?! It basically says all Russian women are complete bitches! LOL. 96 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 01:35pm I am in such a bad mood today - and very depressed. Can't seem to get a grip on it & I don't really know why I am like this all of a sudden. 04:23pm @stephenfry why are you silent on Twitter? Something I missed? 05:49pm BBC is giving away unedited footage from Virtual Revolution TV series 4 anyone wanting to make their own documentary - http:// bit.ly/c1qx0c 05:59pm @bencrystal Thanks Ben. I was wondering where the world's most prolific tweeter had disappeared to. Tue Mar 30 01:07pm From my mobile phone with #qik http://qik.ly/BFMxF 03:48pm RT @geeksaresexy Guy tries to kill himself by ramming a cucumber up his ass. Ouch! http://bit.ly/cwBRNY 01:07pm From my mobile phone with #qik http://qik.ly/BFMxF Fri Nov 26 12:27pm @evanw where did you get that Droid figure that you gave to @ericagabrielle ? I would love one like that. Are they for sale? RE evanw: They're a little tough to get sometimes, but I think eBay might be the only place they're still available. RE evanw: They were originally on sale last spring from this company http://bit.ly/dqwcfn but sold out right away, so I hunted on eBay. RE evanw: I had been collecting them myself and gave a few away: http:// bit.ly/g1jKoo and I snagged an extra one for my sister. 97 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 12:29pm It's always amusing to see post-Thanksgiving tweets about huge family arguments & burnt turkey. I'm obviously not missing much! 12:31pm Been defeated in a "wedding pair of the year 2010" competition by a stupid asshole in a cowboy outfit. Who gets married dressed as a cowboy? 12:38pm Idiot Of The Century : German pensioner walls himself into his own basement - http://bit.ly/ehULmS - time for the old people's home maybe? 02:12pm What will William and Kate be called once married? Telegraph http://t.co/t02rG6t - a fascinating Royal history lesson. 02:31pm @OrchardToys it was fine but it wasn't a city I warmed to very much. Too dirty, too noisy and the transport system sucks. 05:59pm @jhpot what, the #deargodpleasedontforcemetousewindowsmediaplayer ? Yes, I am proud of that one. Takes up a lot of the tweet space though. 06:00pm @OrchardToys oh yes, I liked the history & culture.But it's slightly spoilt when there's souvenir & coca-cola sellers constantly behind you! 06:43pm @evanw Thanks. I've found one on eBay for $14. Thinking about whether it's worth $14!! RE evanw: I payed $30+ for a couple of the hard to find ones :) Sun Nov 28 07:23pm A very good reason why you should be careful who you buy from online - http://bit.ly/eM2NCN - utterly chilling - via @auctionbytes 98 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 08:02pm Everytime I see Julian Assange, I just want to punch him. He's a smug asshole who doesn't know the meaning of the term "national security". Mon Nov 29 11:24am Oh no! Leslie Nielson is dead. Here's a video tribute - http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcKJdmXbBBc - rest in peace Shirley. 04:07pm On the same day that Leslie Nielson dies, Irvin Kershner who directed "Empire Strikes Back" also dies - http://tinyurl.com/358vlal 06:07pm A very funny collection of Bill Maher videos - http://bit.ly/ gzOt3R 08:49pm Being born a poster child for the Third Reich - http://bit.ly/ dJ754o - a fascinating look at a man born in a Nazi breeding program. 09:12pm Leslie Nielsen: a career in pictures - http://bit.ly/dKdS2C Tue Nov 30 02:53pm From my blog: Google Earth 6 Is Great But German Street View Sucks http://goo.gl/fb/mUt8x 03:09pm The journalist Christopher Hitchens talks to @BBCnewsnight about his cancer - http://bit.ly/gURDGf - a very moving interview. 03:39pm Are there standards of grammar, spelling & literacy that just should not be tolerated? - http://bit.ly/ceXSn4 - the evolution of English. 10:18pm A fascinating post about a guy who refuses to go through the airport body scanners. So he decides to test his rights - http://bit.ly/ cmUAnj 99 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Wed Dec 01 12:41am December 1st - the countdown to Christmas and 2011! This year has definately been turbo-fast. January seems like yesterday. 01:52pm RT @makeuseof Fun with the neighbors | MakeUseOf.com http://bit.ly/eIrKzs 10:49pm Gawker wants to reinvent the blog format - http://bit.ly/ eAY4Pu RE jhpot: We should really pay attention to what Gawker is doing; their rational makes a lot of sense. Thu Apr 22 01:34pm A beautiful day today here. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the grass is green and the rabbits are humping. 03:36pm Message from Scotland - my kilt is FINALLY ready. The actual message from my mother - "I have your skirt" ;-) 04:19pm RyanAir does a complete turnaround and now says they will refund passenger costs for those stranded by the volcano. #boycottryanair 04:28pm Alex "Nutter" Salmond whining like a schoolboy about being excluded from the UK Prime Ministerial TV debate. I really want to slap him! 07:17pm Part of me wants to vote for Nick Clegg in election but only if I thought he would fight for the Prime Minister's job in a hung parliament 11:13pm I'm torn. Either I vote for Nick Clegg or David Cameron. I can't decide & I only have a few days until my postal vote needs to go in. 11:13pm I'm torn. Either I vote for Nick Clegg or David Cameron. I can't decide & I only have a few days until my postal vote needs to go in. 100 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Fri Apr 23 11:04am South Park warned they could face violent retribution for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit - http://bit.ly/c24Rcv 11:06am Sam Worthington tipped to be the next James Bond - http:// bit.ly/afSRLm - but will there even be a new Bond movie? 02:19pm @KarlGechlik I don't watch South Park anymore. It began to get extremely unfunny so I switched to Family Guy. 08:36pm RT @BreakingNews: New Jersey court rules blogger isn't a journalist, can't be protected by shield law - read the ruling http://bit.ly/ cocL1l 11:04am South Park warned they could face violent retribution for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit - http://bit.ly/c24Rcv 11:06am Sam Worthington tipped to be the next James Bond - http:// bit.ly/afSRLm - but will there even be a new Bond movie? 02:19pm @KarlGechlik I don't watch South Park anymore. It began to get extremely unfunny so I switched to Family Guy. 08:36pm RT @BreakingNews: New Jersey court rules blogger isn't a journalist, can't be protected by shield law - read the ruling http://bit.ly/ cocL1l Sat Apr 24 12:46pm VERY warm here today. I think I'm going to have a heatstroke! 04:11pm @loyaleagle hey there Jimmy! There is absentee voting but there's no-one I would trust to do it for me. My parents are very antipolitics. 04:13pm @loyaleagle well what is your definition of absentee voting? 101 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:16pm @loyaleagle well that's what I am doing - voting by post. But that means it has to arrive on time so you're taking a big chance. 04:17pm @loyaleagle I am totally clueless who to vote for anyway. But I have to decide in the space of 24 hours for it to get back to the UK in time 12:46pm VERY warm here today. I think I'm going to have a heatstroke! 04:11pm @loyaleagle hey there Jimmy! There is absentee voting but there's no-one I would trust to do it for me. My parents are very antipolitics. 04:13pm @loyaleagle well what is your definition of absentee voting? 04:16pm @loyaleagle well that's what I am doing - voting by post. But that means it has to arrive on time so you're taking a big chance. 04:17pm @loyaleagle I am totally clueless who to vote for anyway. But I have to decide in the space of 24 hours for it to get back to the UK in time Sun Apr 25 11:50am @diptychal what's your first language then? Where are you originally from? 11:57am UK Government apologises to Pope after junior official writes mocking & insulting memo about Catholic policies - http://bit.ly/bPdMJy 12:41pm Read the first quote by Peter Oppenheimer about the upcoming London Apple store - http://bit.ly/c9Xqb1 - an accidental typo?! 04:31pm Why do Apple products have to be so absurdly expensive? I wouldn't mind an iPhone and an iPad but I don't want to go into bankruptcy! 102 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 08:03pm @bencrystal A hole in your stomach? How did that story get started? 11:50am @diptychal what's your first language then? Where are you originally from? 11:57am UK Government apologises to Pope after junior official writes mocking & insulting memo about Catholic policies - http://bit.ly/bPdMJy 12:41pm Read the first quote by Peter Oppenheimer about the upcoming London Apple store - http://bit.ly/c9Xqb1 - an accidental typo?! 04:31pm Why do Apple products have to be so absurdly expensive? I wouldn't mind an iPhone and an iPad but I don't want to go into bankruptcy! 08:03pm @bencrystal A hole in your stomach? How did that story get started? Mon Apr 26 06:47pm 1938 Police Chief was convinced Loch Ness Monster was real and he wanted to protect it - http://bit.ly/asOckp #nessie 06:47pm 1938 Police Chief was convinced Loch Ness Monster was real and he wanted to protect it - http://bit.ly/asOckp #nessie Tue Apr 27 10:32am I've just realised something - I hate hospital waiting rooms. Appointments are never on time. 10:36am And I opened a coke & it exploded all over me. Now I have coke dripping from me. What a bloody day! 103 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 10:32am I've just realised something - I hate hospital waiting rooms. Appointments are never on time. 10:36am And I opened a coke & it exploded all over me. Now I have coke dripping from me. What a bloody day! Fri May 14 04:06pm RT: @geeksaresexy Do you know your geeky alphabet? - http:// bit.ly/9tGAM7 04:15pm Google Chrome is constantly slowing down and freezing on me. Is anyone else experiencing this? I am starting to get really hacked off! 08:25pm @aenon1mus my English teacher always said that et cetera is for when you have nothing more to say but you don't want to admit it! LOL. 08:27pm RT @evanw: A nice mention for @makeuseof - http:// bit.ly/9dTYBu 04:06pm RT: @geeksaresexy Do you know your geeky alphabet? - http:// bit.ly/9tGAM7 04:15pm Google Chrome is constantly slowing down and freezing on me. Is anyone else experiencing this? I am starting to get really hacked off! 08:25pm @aenon1mus my English teacher always said that et cetera is for when you have nothing more to say but you don't want to admit it! LOL. 08:27pm RT @evanw: A nice mention for @makeuseof - http:// bit.ly/9dTYBu 104 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Sat May 15 01:27pm Writing my speech for the wedding party next week. Just the thought of making a speech makes my hands shake! Any speech tips? 01:28pm Correction : the wedding is not next week, it's in 2 weeks. See how nervous I am? I even get the dates mixed up. 09:28pm Moscow Metro forced to delay opening of ‘depressing’ Dostoevsky station - http://bit.ly/dj2xH0 09:34pm @evanw congratulations Evan. So what's next for you? 09:40pm @evanw 2 month vacation! Lucky for some! :-) 01:27pm Writing my speech for the wedding party next week. Just the thought of making a speech makes my hands shake! Any speech tips? 01:28pm Correction : the wedding is not next week, it's in 2 weeks. See how nervous I am? I even get the dates mixed up. 09:28pm Moscow Metro forced to delay opening of ‘depressing’ Dostoevsky station - http://bit.ly/dj2xH0 09:34pm @evanw congratulations Evan. So what's next for you? 09:40pm @evanw 2 month vacation! Lucky for some! :-) Sun May 16 12:58pm @VarunKashyap According to this page, Steve Jobs has three email addresses. Can't say how accurate they are though - http:// bit.ly/9Wrypf 06:58pm The Jack Bauer Republicans who committed war crimes and are now running for Congress - http://bit.ly/b9fiG3 12:58pm @VarunKashyap According to this page, Steve Jobs has three email addresses. Can't say how accurate they are though - http:// bit.ly/9Wrypf 105 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 06:58pm The Jack Bauer Republicans who committed war crimes and are now running for Congress - http://bit.ly/b9fiG3 Mon May 17 12:30pm @stephenfry how can that be when you are not a resident of Nebraska? 04:57pm Watch THIS - http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=j_QiMEZMeSk . 80 year old from Glasgow shows Britain's Got Talent how it's REALLY done! 11:30pm Just found a sweet cord jacket in a clothing catalogue. Only 50 euros! 12:30pm @stephenfry how can that be when you are not a resident of Nebraska? 04:57pm Watch THIS - http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=j_QiMEZMeSk . 80 year old from Glasgow shows Britain's Got Talent how it's REALLY done! 11:30pm Just found a sweet cord jacket in a clothing catalogue. Only 50 euros! Tue May 18 04:52pm Volcanic ash cloud....GO AWAY! I have a flight to catch on Monday and you aren't helping. 04:52pm Volcanic ash cloud....GO AWAY! I have a flight to catch on Monday and you aren't helping. 106 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Wed May 19 07:27pm @jimmy_wales For the winner of the worst taxi drivers, I have to say the Paris cabbies. Driving with them truly is dicing with death. 07:27pm @jimmy_wales For the winner of the worst taxi drivers, I have to say the Paris cabbies. Driving with them truly is dicing with death. Thu May 20 11:04am What the hell is going on with Gmail? I can access it but I can't send email or archive anything. Anyone else having these issues? 11:10am OK, it doesn't seem to be Gmail at all but the Chrome browser instead. Nothing is working in Chrome at all!! Ideas? 12:37pm From my blog: Heading Off To Scotland To Get Married http:// goo.gl/fb/fPggc 01:10pm From my blog: Monty Python’s Typical Bavarian Restaurant http://goo.gl/fb/A2jfb 11:04am What the hell is going on with Gmail? I can access it but I can't send email or archive anything. Anyone else having these issues? 11:10am OK, it doesn't seem to be Gmail at all but the Chrome browser instead. Nothing is working in Chrome at all!! Ideas? 12:37pm From my blog: Heading Off To Scotland To Get Married http:// goo.gl/fb/fPggc 01:10pm From my blog: Monty Python’s Typical Bavarian Restaurant http://goo.gl/fb/A2jfb 107 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Fri May 21 11:26am Check out the Shakespeare insult generator - http://bit.ly/jrWx "your virginity breeds mites, much like a cheese"?? 11:26am Check out the Shakespeare insult generator - http://bit.ly/jrWx "your virginity breeds mites, much like a cheese"?? Sun May 23 04:25pm A self-proclaimed "British expert" just asked me if I plan to have a "steak party" the night before my wedding. 08:01pm From my blog: Heading Off To Caledonia… http://goo.gl/ fb/1apQU 10:41pm From my blog: Lord Flashheart’s Grand Entrance http://goo.gl/ fb/bOJbA 04:25pm A self-proclaimed "British expert" just asked me if I plan to have a "steak party" the night before my wedding. 08:01pm From my blog: Heading Off To Caledonia… http://goo.gl/ fb/1apQU 10:41pm From my blog: Lord Flashheart’s Grand Entrance http://goo.gl/ fb/bOJbA Mon May 24 08:11pm Arrived in Edinburgh. Pissing rain and the flat is completely dirty. You could say we need a stiff drink around now. 11:11pm From my blog: Day One – The Arrival http://goo.gl/fb/KLlBq 08:11pm Arrived in Edinburgh. Pissing rain and the flat is completely dirty. You could say we need a stiff drink around now. 108 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Wed Dec 08 12:40am It’s Alive: The Google Chrome OS Notebook Launch Event http://t.co/Uux0doI via @sengineland 03:01pm Received a handwritten Xmas wishlist from my mother-in-law. Hand-written? That is so 1990's! Where's the shared Google document? Come on! 03:03pm @Bakari45 even if that means threatening national security, embarrassing nations & gagging diplomats from speaking their mind? RE Bakari45: And besides, what national security has been threatened? Illegal wars also threaten nationality security. RE Bakari45: Mark, this country started two illegal wars, and they get away w/ it because there's a lack of true information. 03:06pm All this Julian Assange hero worship is making me sick. I hope prison is bringing him crashing back to reality - that he is an arrogant ass. RE jhpot: I remember, about four years ago, when WikiLeaks had no public face and focused on fascist countries. I miss that. 03:08pm 30 years ago today, John Lennon was murdered. Even though he is gone, his music is immortal. We are all dreamers. He is not the only one. 03:20pm Google unveils Chrome OS for notebooks - but puts it off to mid-2011 http://t.co/ylzEv4d via @guardian 05:16pm @Bakari45 that doesn't mean that every strategy,every discussion,every plan has to be revealed to the public. Sometimes secrecy is essential RE smange: @Bakari45 Apparently there were 120 journalists ensuring nothing too damaging got released. http://bit.ly/f8KyBl 109 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 05:17pm @Bakari45 How do you know that those cables don't identify CIA operatives undercover? And that their lives haven't been threatened? RE Bakari45: There’s no indication of that. & I‘m not just concerned about US national security. I’m also concerned about the illegal wars. 06:06pm @jhpot @Bakari45 and if you "out" a spy, then they can't do their job anymore. Something to think about when the next 9/11 happens. 06:08pm @EDI_Airport what would be your general prediction for tomorrow morning? My parents are flying out of your airport. 09:54pm @Bakari45 I'm concerned too but that doesn't give Wikileaks carte blanche to endanger lives & humiliate nations. Wars have started that way. RE Bakari45: The “endangered lives“ is govt speak at this point. Listen to this interview w/ NY Times reporter: http://tinyurl.com/36rqj3n 09:57pm 24 hours until the British government passes a law which will put future students in hugely suffocating debt. God save the Queen. 10:10pm 24 hours until my parents arrive from Scotland and the snow is coming down fast in Frankfurt & flights are delayed. Getting VERY nervous. Thu Dec 09 12:25pm Aaron Sorkin brands Sarah Palin TV show 'a snuff film' - http:// bit.ly/fgPCkF 02:44pm My parents have been stuck on the German motorway for the past 90 minutes. Snow is coming down fast and the cars have stopped. RE smange: Oh no - what a nightmare! I hope they have blankets. :( 110 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 03:11pm @smange @Bakari45 regardless, the damage done by Wikileaks is immense. I would want to see Assange prosecuted for it. 03:11pm @diptychal not everything, and as the song goes, things can only get better :-) RE nfm: I'm slowly working my way through the apps and so far I've only found one that I like and would genuinely call an app 03:12pm @smange they have the crossword to do! Cars are moving very slowly now. 04:12pm @diptychal two cellphones and three arms? 05:31pm Does anyone want a Hello Bar invite? If so, DM me with your email address. 09:52pm Prince Charles & Camilla attacked by student protesters in London - http://bit.ly/fg8SbD - both are unharmed. Fri Dec 10 11:44am @bencrystal I am irritated that the BBC gave airtime to hooded thugs who were clearly not students but just people out to cause trouble. Mon Jun 21 05:41pm North Korea gets thrashed 7-0 by Portugal? The N-K goalkeeper is probably about to claim political asylum now in South Africa. #worldcup 05:43pm @BucktheFroncos yeah I have to admit I asked myself that question too when I heard it on the BBC. Poor English, we Scots ganging up on them! 111 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 05:45pm @jhpot Thanks! I am embarrassed enough that the England team have forgotten how to play football. And Scotland didn't qualify either! *sob* 08:47pm North Korea may have lost 7-0 but according to Pyongyang Television, it was 20-0 to the victorious N-K's & Portugal was begging for mercy! 05:45pm @jhpot Thanks! I am embarrassed enough that the England team have forgotten how to play football. And Scotland didn't qualify either! *sob* 08:47pm North Korea may have lost 7-0 but according to Pyongyang Television, it was 20-0 to the victorious N-K's & Portugal was begging for mercy! Wed Jun 23 03:32pm GO ENGLAND! #worldcup . Looks like the England team have discovered the power of steroids! LOL. 03:34pm @rdube Oh yes! 1-0 to England! 04:13pm BBC commentator's best line : "watching England play football is a good cure for constipation". LOL! 04:35pm The German referee is being very nice to the England team. BBC commentator : "Wolfgang, England's favourite German"! #worldcup 04:50pm RT @Queen_UK: One is pleased to hear that England football fans know their National Anthem, even if Mr Rooney doesn't. #worldcup 112 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 04:50pm USA have just scored in their match. So they top the table with England in second place. Slovenia have been knocked out. What a match! 04:53pm I'm curious. Does anyone in the USA actually care that their team is doing surprisingly well? Or are you too busy playing baseball? 05:02pm @rdube football is gay? At least we can play rugby without needing a helmet and protective pads! 05:06pm @mathplourde do you realise there is a World Cup in South Africa right now? And that your team is doing very well? 05:19pm President Bill Clinton was in the stadium during the USA match. Didn't know he was a soccer fan! 05:21pm @Steve_Campbell Sorry Steve but if the USA face Germany, you are going to lose. I am stunned though how well you have done! 05:42pm @Steve_Campbell If Germany loses to USA, it will be a major embarrassment! But I am confident it won't happen! :-) 06:23pm Just heard that Germany has a very biased referee tonight and that it has been decided that Ghana should win, to keep Africa in the contest 06:24pm That better not be true, otherwise there are going to be riots. #worldcup 06:25pm BBC reports that General Stanley McChrystal has been relieved of his command by President Obama. Good that Obama stood up to him. 06:29pm BBC London reports that when the England match started, the whole area suffered a massive power cut!! Oh man, talk about bad timing! 11:10pm @Steve_Campbell You don't have to worry. USA is playing Ghana and Germany is playing England next. That's a tough one for me. 113 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 11:11pm Germany only manages one goal against Ghana - and they truly think they can beat Argentina or Brazil to win the World Cup? #worldcup 03:32pm GO ENGLAND! #worldcup . Looks like the England team have discovered the power of steroids! LOL. 03:34pm @rdube Oh yes! 1-0 to England! 04:13pm BBC commentator's best line : "watching England play football is a good cure for constipation". LOL! 04:35pm The German referee is being very nice to the England team. BBC commentator : "Wolfgang, England's favourite German"! #worldcup 04:50pm RT @Queen_UK: One is pleased to hear that England football fans know their National Anthem, even if Mr Rooney doesn't. #worldcup 04:50pm USA have just scored in their match. So they top the table with England in second place. Slovenia have been knocked out. What a match! 04:53pm I'm curious. Does anyone in the USA actually care that their team is doing surprisingly well? Or are you too busy playing baseball? 05:02pm @rdube football is gay? At least we can play rugby without needing a helmet and protective pads! 05:06pm @mathplourde do you realise there is a World Cup in South Africa right now? And that your team is doing very well? 05:19pm President Bill Clinton was in the stadium during the USA match. Didn't know he was a soccer fan! 05:21pm @Steve_Campbell Sorry Steve but if the USA face Germany, you are going to lose. I am stunned though how well you have done! 114 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 05:42pm @Steve_Campbell If Germany loses to USA, it will be a major embarrassment! But I am confident it won't happen! :-) 06:23pm Just heard that Germany has a very biased referee tonight and that it has been decided that Ghana should win, to keep Africa in the contest 06:24pm That better not be true, otherwise there are going to be riots. #worldcup 06:25pm BBC reports that General Stanley McChrystal has been relieved of his command by President Obama. Good that Obama stood up to him. 06:29pm BBC London reports that when the England match started, the whole area suffered a massive power cut!! Oh man, talk about bad timing! 11:10pm @Steve_Campbell You don't have to worry. USA is playing Ghana and Germany is playing England next. That's a tough one for me. 11:11pm Germany only manages one goal against Ghana - and they truly think they can beat Argentina or Brazil to win the World Cup? #worldcup Thu Jun 24 01:34pm @carolinecheese I am sitting here trying to catch a glimpse of the Queen. Is she still there? 01:39pm @carolinecheese send a message to the BBC cameraman to zoom in on her. I want to see my Queenie. 02:11pm My friend and MUO colleague, @aenon1mus (aka Jackson Chung) is now Doctor Chung! Please join me in congratulating him on passing his exams! 115 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:12pm @liat_81 I just retweeted something I thought was amusing. I am a big Obama supporter - honest! 04:14pm @evanw My Android alarm actually did freeze one morning and I almost had to smash the noisy little bastard. 04:15pm RT @VizTopTips: Bored of playing tennis? Try being a porn star. Those grunts will have them spluffing their muck in no time. 04:16pm @Cydonia1 THEN GO TO GLASTONBURY! 01:34pm @carolinecheese I am sitting here trying to catch a glimpse of the Queen. Is she still there? 01:39pm @carolinecheese send a message to the BBC cameraman to zoom in on her. I want to see my Queenie. 02:11pm My friend and MUO colleague, @aenon1mus (aka Jackson Chung) is now Doctor Chung! Please join me in congratulating him on passing his exams! 04:12pm @liat_81 I just retweeted something I thought was amusing. I am a big Obama supporter - honest! 04:14pm @evanw My Android alarm actually did freeze one morning and I almost had to smash the noisy little bastard. 04:15pm RT @VizTopTips: Bored of playing tennis? Try being a porn star. Those grunts will have them spluffing their muck in no time. 04:16pm @Cydonia1 THEN GO TO GLASTONBURY! Fri Jun 25 02:24pm The epilepsy returns like an unwelcome relative that doesn't get the hint to leave. 10:46pm RT @vowe: When Chuck Norris touches an iPhone 4, the signal strength increases 116 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:24pm The epilepsy returns like an unwelcome relative that doesn't get the hint to leave. 10:46pm RT @vowe: When Chuck Norris touches an iPhone 4, the signal strength increases Tue Jul 20 08:28am Sarah Palin and Shakespeare: What do they have in common? Refudiate! - http://bit.ly/do3UQb 08:33am Frustration for the US soldiers who never went to war - http:// bit.ly/a7tV3a 11:16am From my blog: The Three Musketeers Are Coming To Würzburg! http://goo.gl/fb/qGJfO 04:06pm RT @Queen_UK: Try and sound a bit bloody confident with the Americans, Mr Cameron. Think of it as your first day at big school. 06:56pm Historians claim to have finally located the site of King Arthur’s Round Table - http://bit.ly/9UeyTv 08:28am Sarah Palin and Shakespeare: What do they have in common? Refudiate! - http://bit.ly/do3UQb 08:33am Frustration for the US soldiers who never went to war - http:// bit.ly/a7tV3a 11:16am From my blog: The Three Musketeers Are Coming To Würzburg! http://goo.gl/fb/qGJfO 04:06pm RT @Queen_UK: Try and sound a bit bloody confident with the Americans, Mr Cameron. Think of it as your first day at big school. 06:56pm Historians claim to have finally located the site of King Arthur’s Round Table - http://bit.ly/9UeyTv 117 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Fri Jul 23 01:41pm Testing sending an update from FireStatus. Interesting Firefox addon. 01:41pm Testing sending an update from FireStatus. Interesting Firefox addon. Sat Jul 24 12:10am Trying out the first version of the @makeuseof Android application. It is very rough around the edges & not ready for prime time yet. 12:10am Trying out the first version of the @makeuseof Android application. It is very rough around the edges & not ready for prime time yet. Sun Jul 25 08:21pm Planning my "Angels and Demons" Illuminati tour for when we go to Rome on our honeymoon in October. Doubt the Vatican will let us in though 08:21pm Planning my "Angels and Demons" Illuminati tour for when we go to Rome on our honeymoon in October. Doubt the Vatican will let us in though Mon Jul 26 02:43pm Just spilt yoghurt on a clean T-shirt. If there is a God, he must either be bored or a complete bastard with a nasty sense of humour. 118 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:43pm Just spilt yoghurt on a clean T-shirt. If there is a God, he must either be bored or a complete bastard with a nasty sense of humour. Tue Jul 27 04:36pm Daniel Craig to play Mikael Blomkvist in English remake of "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" - http://bit.ly/cWNged - but who will play Lisbeth? 08:03pm I need to make some extra money to start my pension fund. Anyone got anything I can do? Guest articles, hitman contracts, robbing a bank? 04:36pm Daniel Craig to play Mikael Blomkvist in English remake of "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" - http://bit.ly/cWNged - but who will play Lisbeth? 08:03pm I need to make some extra money to start my pension fund. Anyone got anything I can do? Guest articles, hitman contracts, robbing a bank? Wed Jul 28 01:43pm RT @diptychal: Isn't it funny how the net at the office always goes down the minute you're ready to do some actual work 01:43pm RT @diptychal: Isn't it funny how the net at the office always goes down the minute you're ready to do some actual work 119 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Thu Jul 29 04:37pm Inception is one really confusing movie. Just when I have finally worked out "The Usual Suspects", this comes along to make me insane! 07:40pm Does anyone know of a Greasemonkey script for Gmail where you can add someone to your contact book from inside the email itself? 04:37pm Inception is one really confusing movie. Just when I have finally worked out "The Usual Suspects", this comes along to make me insane! 07:40pm Does anyone know of a Greasemonkey script for Gmail where you can add someone to your contact book from inside the email itself? Fri Jul 30 02:48pm Copy editor question : Is "webpage" 1 word - "webpage" or is it 2 words "web page". I'm convinced it's all 1 word but there's some dissent. 02:50pm @jecw Oh, why didn't I see that yesterday? Sometimes I walk around with my eyes wide shut. 03:02pm Interesting. Yahoo has brought out a "style guide" for the web http://bit.ly/cOCmCG 03:04pm Pioneering Weird News Agency Calls It Quits After 30 Years http://bit.ly/9ndnRe 03:12pm RT @BreakingNews: N. Korea's soccer coach Kim Jong-hun reportedly forced to become a construction worker after poor World Cup performance. 02:48pm Copy editor question : Is "webpage" 1 word - "webpage" or is it 2 words "web page". I'm convinced it's all 1 word but there's some dissent. 120 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:50pm @jecw Oh, why didn't I see that yesterday? Sometimes I walk around with my eyes wide shut. 03:02pm Interesting. Yahoo has brought out a "style guide" for the web http://bit.ly/cOCmCG 03:04pm Pioneering Weird News Agency Calls It Quits After 30 Years http://bit.ly/9ndnRe 03:12pm RT @BreakingNews: N. Korea's soccer coach Kim Jong-hun reportedly forced to become a construction worker after poor World Cup performance. Sun Aug 01 01:58pm The Police - Every Breath You Take @swiftfm http://bit.ly/ cmINTE 01:58pm The Police - Every Breath You Take @swiftfm http://bit.ly/ cmINTE Tue Aug 03 11:48am How To Speak American - http://bit.ly/cMdgx8 02:26pm From my blog: Spike Milligan’s Pakistani Daleks http://goo.gl/ fb/xHIGZ 05:08pm Having to pay a lot of people on Paypal? Use their unadvertised Mass Pay feature - http://tinyurl.com/fr8oe .Recipient gets charged NO FEES. 11:48am How To Speak American - http://bit.ly/cMdgx8 02:26pm From my blog: Spike Milligan’s Pakistani Daleks http://goo.gl/ fb/xHIGZ 121 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 05:08pm Having to pay a lot of people on Paypal? Use their unadvertised Mass Pay feature - http://tinyurl.com/fr8oe .Recipient gets charged NO FEES. Wed Aug 04 03:08pm RT @JJ_Lin: INTERESTING FACT - This August has 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays, 5 Tuesdays, all in one month. It happens once in 823 years. 05:30pm RT @The_CopyEditor: How to hail a London cabbie using Twitter http://bit.ly/cxRQbg /via @mediaguardian 03:08pm RT @JJ_Lin: INTERESTING FACT - This August has 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays, 5 Tuesdays, all in one month. It happens once in 823 years. 05:30pm RT @The_CopyEditor: How to hail a London cabbie using Twitter http://bit.ly/cxRQbg /via @mediaguardian Thu Aug 05 01:02pm Monika and I are going to a movie premiere in 2 weeks time in Berlin. Angelina Jolie will be there. We'll be walking the red carpet! 05:01pm Tied up woman types help plea on instant messenger using only her toes - http://bit.ly/bxwdHr - amazing woman. 01:02pm Monika and I are going to a movie premiere in 2 weeks time in Berlin. Angelina Jolie will be there. We'll be walking the red carpet! 05:01pm Tied up woman types help plea on instant messenger using only her toes - http://bit.ly/bxwdHr - amazing woman. 122 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Fri Aug 06 12:57pm I really want to see "Shutter Island". Everyone keeps raving on about it & after Inception, I am in the mood for more Leo De Caprio. 12:59pm @saikytweets It's her new movie called "Salt". Thinking about wearing my kilt to get Angelina's attention! Might even get on the TV news :-) 01:01pm @adampash I bet you're pissed that your Google Wave book is a bit redundant now that they have shut down the service! 01:41pm Google Android issue - cannot log into my Google account. Phone says no network connection but my net connection is fine. Suggestions? 01:42pm And before you ask, yes my login credentials are correct :-) Phone says I have no net connection but I have. Phone company very unhelpful 02:02pm RT @KakanTuring: ABS-CBN News: Cocaine with baking powder floods metro streets http://bit.ly/cSMti3 Now u can hav ur cake, and sniff it too 03:00pm This Android problem is driving me stir crazy. The Gmail client and Talk client won't log me in & keep telling me I have no net connection. 03:02pm RT @wayword: Secret stash of words rejected by Oxford English Dictionary revealed. Read about 'em while you wurf! http://bit.ly/ bxowux 03:05pm "UFO files: Winston Churchill 'feared panic' over Second World War RAF incident" http://bit.ly/cMEVcJ 05:35pm From my blog: Simon Heffer Of The Daily Telegraph Lets Rip On Grammar http://goo.gl/fb/RQ7pc 123 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 06:35pm From my blog: “Secret Vault Of Words” By Oxford English Dictionary Uncovered http://goo.gl/fb/oquv5 12:57pm I really want to see "Shutter Island". Everyone keeps raving on about it & after Inception, I am in the mood for more Leo De Caprio. 12:59pm @saikytweets It's her new movie called "Salt". Thinking about wearing my kilt to get Angelina's attention! Might even get on the TV news :-) 01:01pm @adampash I bet you're pissed that your Google Wave book is a bit redundant now that they have shut down the service! 01:41pm Google Android issue - cannot log into my Google account. Phone says no network connection but my net connection is fine. Suggestions? 01:42pm And before you ask, yes my login credentials are correct :-) Phone says I have no net connection but I have. Phone company very unhelpful 02:02pm RT @KakanTuring: ABS-CBN News: Cocaine with baking powder floods metro streets http://bit.ly/cSMti3 Now u can hav ur cake, and sniff it too Mon Dec 20 09:38pm Munich to switch on Europe's fastest supercomputer - The Local http://t.co/AKBUDae via @TheLocalGermany Tue Dec 21 07:38pm 15 MORE Free Guides That Really Teach You USEFUL Stuff http://bit.ly/fSdCPN 124 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 08:45pm RT @makeuseof 5 Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas In Case You Get Stuck http://bit.ly/i7CQtv Wed Dec 22 02:54pm Earthquake hits England last night - http://bit.ly/hhi9yF 05:59pm OK, what the feck has happened to Skype? It has been down for over a hour. Is the NSA upgrading their eavesdropping equipment or what? 08:15pm Not only is Skype still down but the Skype blog post explaining why Skype is down is also down. Skype is not having a very good day today. 08:47pm Skype is back. Praise the Internet! :-) Thu Dec 23 01:15am CIA Forms New Division, <em>Stop Terrorists From Uniting (STFU)</em> http://huff.to/gWV53s via @huffingtonpost 03:50pm The person who invented the Christmas carol "Silent Night" deserves to be shot. I can't get the song out of my head & it's driving me nuts. 03:52pm @seosmarty @Skype was temporarily down here in Germany earlier but it's back again and seems to be working now (knocking on wood). 07:07pm The Google logo today is really cool. They really are getting more and more adventurous with their designs. 08:26pm Now I have Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" in my head. That song should be designated a weapon of mass destruction. 125 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Fri Dec 24 06:10pm Merry Christmas everyone! Sat Dec 25 04:44pm Just watched the Queen's Christmas speech on YouTube via my Android phone. I just love technology :-) Mon Dec 27 11:57am Did Abraham Lincoln's assassin get away? DNA could end questions - http://bit.ly/gY3IKd 02:21pm I'm shocked. It's a British bank holiday today and there's no James Bond movie on TV. That's like Christmas without Santa. Unspeakable. 05:18pm Apparently it's very easy to hack into Internet-ready HDTV's http://bit.ly/eLYgsi RE nedobelic: Hi Mr. O'Neill. Thanks for your Twitter pdf guide and biggest greetings from Croatia! :) Fri Aug 20 11:27am RT @VizTopTips: REBEL ALLIANCE. Remember, Admiral Akbar might look like a twat but he knows a fucking trap when he sees one. /via @fraggle35 11:33am @ddrager the actual trip to Berlin was great. Movie premiere not so great. AJ's security people were assholes in suits with a bit of power. 126 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 11:36am The moment when an English professor was thrown out of Starbucks for refusing to speak their language - http://bit.ly/btL7qv 02:37pm @Cydonia1 LOL! We heard that on the train yesterday. It always cracks me up when the German conductors try out their English. Sank yoo. 02:40pm @ddrager Is that a functioning mini-camera? 02:42pm @aenon1mus Have you received your MUO T-shirt yet? 02:44pm Found out that the German tax office is actively tracking down non-payers through their eBay pages. One employee does nothing else. 04:02pm RT @BestWorstAdvice: Teaching your child how to swim? Fill the pool with sharks to build a competitive edge. 04:03pm @ddrager looks like a mini-camera to me! Who put it there? 04:04pm The classic line to come out of German Rail.Some people have this as their ringtone - RT @Cydonia1: Sänk ju for träweling wis Deutsche Bahn. 05:31pm North Korea starts tweeting. South Korea bans it for security reasons - overkill? - http://bit.ly/9dKSUP 06:15pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @stephenfry @TweetDeck @PenguinBooks @tamar 07:07pm @gramessh Hi Ramesh. We are currently not hiring any writers. When we do start again, we will update this page - http:// tinyurl.com/58mh9y 10:48pm I don't believe it. On Google results for my name, my website and Facebook page are on page one. This Twitter account is on page four! 10:49pm A classic quote from Neil Hamilton on #celebritymasterchef : "my wife cooks the food and I cook the books". Brilliant! 127 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 10:50pm @brit_battleaxe I feel really sorry you lost Masterchef. You were the better cook for sure. I love what Neil said about cooking the books! 10:52pm @brit_battleaxe you got Lisa's Twitter name wrong in one of your last tweets. It should be @auntiegigi72 10:56pm @auntiegigi72 congratulations! 11:24pm Twitter now has its own bookmarklet for tweeting any page http://t.co/htvQD2u - wonder if I should use this or TBuzz - both do the same. 11:25pm Tweeted last tweet using bookmarklet and URL was shortened. But when tweet was sent, URL was posted in full. What's going on with that? 11:24pm Twitter now has its own bookmarklet for tweeting any page http://t.co/htvQD2u - wonder if I should use this or TBuzz - both do the same. 11:25pm Tweeted last tweet using bookmarklet and URL was shortened. But when tweet was sent, URL was posted in full. What's going on with that? Sat Aug 21 11:53am @smange But you know, we had that in the UK in May and what happened? They had to start talking and compromising.So a HP is not a bad thing. 11:59am Wikileaks founder wanted for rape? - http://bit.ly/bisNbm - is this the start of the dirty tricks by the US Government? 128 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:33pm @smange I think the British model shows that coalition governments DO work & it forces them to stop acting like children & grow up. 06:16pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @steverubel @stephenfry @tamar 11:53am @smange But you know, we had that in the UK in May and what happened? They had to start talking and compromising.So a HP is not a bad thing. 11:59am Wikileaks founder wanted for rape? - http://bit.ly/bisNbm - is this the start of the dirty tricks by the US Government? 02:33pm @smange I think the British model shows that coalition governments DO work & it forces them to stop acting like children & grow up. 06:16pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @steverubel @stephenfry @tamar Sun Aug 22 01:44pm RT @Wossy: I feel a bit hot today. Either a) still jetlagged b) male menopause or c) it is actually quite hot. 01:47pm It seems the Australian voters want to copy the British model & have a coalition government themselves - http://bit.ly/aoHxaq 02:23pm I'm reactivating my Flickr Pro account after a year's dormancy. Time to bore the crap out of all of you with my pics - http://bit.ly/ai8Goq 06:17pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @mattcutts @stephenfry @steverubel 01:44pm RT @Wossy: I feel a bit hot today. Either a) still jetlagged b) male menopause or c) it is actually quite hot. 129 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:47pm It seems the Australian voters want to copy the British model & have a coalition government themselves - http://bit.ly/aoHxaq 02:23pm I'm reactivating my Flickr Pro account after a year's dormancy. Time to bore the crap out of all of you with my pics - http://bit.ly/ai8Goq 06:17pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @mattcutts @stephenfry @steverubel Mon Aug 23 12:52pm @jack_cola that's the downside of no one party getting a majority I'm afraid. In that case, no-one has the automatic right to govern. 12:54pm @jack_cola The ones who got the number one preference still don't have a majority so the opposition can vote down everything. 02:35pm @diptychal What I want to know is why the insurance company didn't demand higher security at the museum (please tell me it's insured!) 04:02pm Here's a joke : A thief is stealing T-shirts by particular size. Police say he's still at large. 05:58pm @diptychal But it was a Van Gogh! Surely the insurance company gave them a list of demands for looking after it properly?! <shudder> 06:19pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @The_CopyEditor @stephenfry @mattcutts @Bakari45 07:43pm @diptychal well then I hope the public kick up a real stink about it - and I hope the insurance company refuses to pay out. 07:46pm @ebrenner I honestly have no idea. I just tried out the app after it was recommended by @stephenfry .I haven't really looked at it properly. 130 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 10:57pm Get An Invite To The New Digg Here! http://bit.ly/c7xG33 11:00pm Hey I've just noticed that I've gone over 2000 Tweets. The number of people following me & unfollowing me seems to be holding steady though. 11:05pm Anne Frank's tree falls over in an Amsterdam storm - http:// bit.ly/c89BTu - damn, I was there last year & saw it for myself. 11:14pm Tough news if you're a blogger living in Philadelphia - http:// bit.ly/dnKNMB - soon you need to pay $300 to blog! 11:16pm North Korea is not on Facebook - and they are not interested in men - http://bit.ly/9YldLO 12:52pm @jack_cola that's the downside of no one party getting a majority I'm afraid. In that case, no-one has the automatic right to govern. 12:54pm @jack_cola The ones who got the number one preference still don't have a majority so the opposition can vote down everything. 02:35pm @diptychal What I want to know is why the insurance company didn't demand higher security at the museum (please tell me it's insured!) 04:02pm Here's a joke : A thief is stealing T-shirts by particular size. Police say he's still at large. 05:58pm @diptychal But it was a Van Gogh! Surely the insurance company gave them a list of demands for looking after it properly?! <shudder> 06:19pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @The_CopyEditor @stephenfry @mattcutts @Bakari45 07:43pm @diptychal well then I hope the public kick up a real stink about it - and I hope the insurance company refuses to pay out. 131 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 07:46pm @ebrenner I honestly have no idea. I just tried out the app after it was recommended by @stephenfry .I haven't really looked at it properly. 10:57pm Get An Invite To The New Digg Here! http://bit.ly/c7xG33 11:00pm Hey I've just noticed that I've gone over 2000 Tweets. The number of people following me & unfollowing me seems to be holding steady though. 11:05pm Anne Frank's tree falls over in an Amsterdam storm - http:// bit.ly/c89BTu - damn, I was there last year & saw it for myself. 11:14pm Tough news if you're a blogger living in Philadelphia - http:// bit.ly/dnKNMB - soon you need to pay $300 to blog! 11:16pm North Korea is not on Facebook - and they are not interested in men - http://bit.ly/9YldLO Tue Aug 24 03:36pm David Cameron is going on paternity leave? Prime Ministers do not take paternity leave! - http://bit.ly/bypDfH 06:19pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @god @twitter @steverubel 03:36pm David Cameron is going on paternity leave? Prime Ministers do not take paternity leave! - http://bit.ly/bypDfH 06:19pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @god @twitter @steverubel Wed Aug 25 11:58am Burn Notice starts again tomorrow night! #burnnotice 132 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 06:12pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @mattcutts @darthvader @stephenfry 09:22pm You have to fill out an application to talk to someone at the shopping mall?" - http://bit.ly/aJ1sdG 11:58am Burn Notice starts again tomorrow night! #burnnotice Sun Sep 05 10:18am Considering whether or not 2 subscribe 2 PC Magazine on my Kindle but very mixed reviews - http://bit.ly/cwoovB - screenshots would b good. 11:48am Man blows himself up trying to kill a spider - http://bit.ly/ atNfWd - Idiot Of The Day 06:13pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @geeksaresexy @MakeUseOf @stephenfry 09:32pm @makeuseof is mentioned in the Washington Post - http:// bit.ly/9fpPYr 11:48am Man blows himself up trying to kill a spider - http://bit.ly/ atNfWd - Idiot Of The Day 06:13pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out http://paper.li/MarkONeill featuring @geeksaresexy @MakeUseOf @stephenfry 09:32pm @makeuseof is mentioned in the Washington Post - http:// bit.ly/9fpPYr Mon Sep 06 04:40pm Oh Kindle...you are sorely distracting me from my work today. Anyone got any cool Kindle tips and tricks I can try out? 133 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 06:14pm Top story on the Mark O'Neill Daily http://bit.ly/9oEo9e (via @steverubel) ▸ Evernote Essentials | Bridging the Nerd Gap 07:19pm Tongue-in-cheek Facebook campaign urges people to move Tony Blair's autobiography to the Crime or Fantasy section - http:// bit.ly/9lRt1i 04:40pm Oh Kindle...you are sorely distracting me from my work today. Anyone got any cool Kindle tips and tricks I can try out? 06:14pm Top story on the Mark O'Neill Daily http://bit.ly/9oEo9e (via @steverubel) ▸ Evernote Essentials | Bridging the Nerd Gap 07:19pm Tongue-in-cheek Facebook campaign urges people to move Tony Blair's autobiography to the Crime or Fantasy section - http:// bit.ly/9lRt1i Tue Sep 07 02:33pm Check out Google's balls - http://www.google.co.uk 05:24pm Are they crazy? How would they like it if Muslims burned the Bible? There would be an uproar, that's what - http://bit.ly/adLvX3 06:15pm Top story on the Mark O'Neill Daily http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Boulder County homes evacuated near wildfire 06:32pm @jhpot it took me a minute to work out what you were talking about. That Twitter paper is generated and tweeted automatically. 06:37pm @jhpot I have absolutely no idea. I set it up then promptly forgot about it! I don't think they offer viewing stats. 06:42pm Wikipedia Entry on Iraq War Turned Into Actual Encyclopedia http://t.co/5MaITHm via @TIME 06:43pm How Europeans Know You're American http://bit.ly/cwEU5e 134 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 06:52pm Gmail Priority Inbox is a bit of a slow learner. I keep marking someone as unimportant and PI keeps putting them in the important section! 07:17pm Mark Chapman is denied parole again? I know he's a murderer but what makes his case worse than "regular" murderers? - http://bit.ly/ c0NXZx 02:33pm Check out Google's balls - http://www.google.co.uk 05:24pm Are they crazy? How would they like it if Muslims burned the Bible? There would be an uproar, that's what - http://bit.ly/adLvX3 06:15pm Top story on the Mark O'Neill Daily http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Boulder County homes evacuated near wildfire 06:32pm @jhpot it took me a minute to work out what you were talking about. That Twitter paper is generated and tweeted automatically. 06:37pm @jhpot I have absolutely no idea. I set it up then promptly forgot about it! I don't think they offer viewing stats. 06:42pm Wikipedia Entry on Iraq War Turned Into Actual Encyclopedia http://t.co/5MaITHm via @TIME 06:43pm How Europeans Know You're American http://bit.ly/cwEU5e 06:52pm Gmail Priority Inbox is a bit of a slow learner. I keep marking someone as unimportant and PI keeps putting them in the important section! 07:17pm Mark Chapman is denied parole again? I know he's a murderer but what makes his case worse than "regular" murderers? - http://bit.ly/ c0NXZx 135 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Wed Sep 08 01:38pm If this Koran idiot doesn't back down, why isn't the President or the Florida governor threatening to send in the FBI & arrest him? 01:39pm Oh hells teeth! A good allocation of funds? RT @TIME: Report: Twitter has 'racks of servers' dedicated to @justinbieber http:// su.pr/1kw6qz 01:52pm I REALLY miss Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64 console. I was totally addicted to that game - http://bit.ly/dgYV0s 01:55pm Mozilla has started a "Gaming Lab" - http://bit.ly/bJNczK 01:58pm Now I've worked out how today's Google logo works! Start typing in the search box & the colours come back! 02:00pm Google Scribe is a bit on the weird side. Show suggestions as I type a random sentence? - http://bit.ly/cB7jDd 02:06pm Did E-mail and the Internet Kill the 9-5 Workday? - http:// bit.ly/9STp85 - Checking email in bed - I am totally guilty of this! 02:07pm The Web's Most Annoying Apps - http://bit.ly/cBxQZQ 02:13pm Is Wikileaks about to dump Julian Assange? - http:// bit.ly/8XjUvV 02:20pm @kvwhalen are you saying that they can't possibly find something to hold him on? How about inciting a riot? Isn't that a crime? 02:33pm @kvwhalen holding a demonstration is fine & legal - inciting a religious riot which endangers soldiers lives is not. Obama needs to step up. 03:11pm @kvwhalen I hope so too but I doubt it. The guy was on TV with a gun on his desk and was very unrepentent. He's still going ahead with it. 136 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 03:12pm Just had the Mormons at my front door asking if I wanted to read the Bible. He looked offended when I said no. Sorry but I am not religious! 03:15pm @tristanx yeah that's the thing. I am convinced they are Jehovahs Witnesses but my wife claims they are Mormons! Probably not, eh? 03:21pm @tristanx they're still lurking outside on the driveway. My mother-in-law is getting a bit nervous that they will ring her bell. ;-) 03:29pm 5 weeks until we go on our honeymoon to Rome! Anyone have any suggestions on where we should visit (Vatican already a must)? 03:30pm @jhpot but as I said to the other guy, inciting a religious riot is not illegal? 03:36pm Looked for a free Kindle copy of the Koran as I'm now interested. Would you believe they all cost money? Isn't it public domain? 03:52pm Want to visit the United States? OK, $14 please... http://bit.ly/ bl7HNr 04:05pm YES! One of my pet Facebook peeves. RT @labnol: I wish Facebook could change their default view from "top news" to "most recent" 04:24pm @jhpot I'm the first person to defend freedom of speech but isn't religious rioting & endangering lives too high a price to pay? 04:25pm @OrchardToys I didn't know about San Pietro. Thanks! I will add that to my rapidly expanding "to-see" list! 04:26pm @OrchardToys yeah I heard about the pickpocketing problem on the Rome subways.I told my wife that I am going to stick my cash down my pants. 137 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:33pm @jhpot I don't understand how your constitution can't be made more flexible to take account of the times we live in. Time for a rewrite? 06:05pm Everytime I go to TV.com, it keeps asking me if I want it to connect to my Facebook account. NO I DON'T! FECK OFF!! 06:29pm Top story on the Mark O'Neill Daily http://bit.ly/9oEo9e (via @twitter) ▸ Twitter Tales: Twitter is about... Fashion 01:38pm If this Koran idiot doesn't back down, why isn't the President or the Florida governor threatening to send in the FBI & arrest him? 01:39pm Oh hells teeth! A good allocation of funds? RT @TIME: Report: Twitter has 'racks of servers' dedicated to @justinbieber http:// su.pr/1kw6qz 01:52pm I REALLY miss Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64 console. I was totally addicted to that game - http://bit.ly/dgYV0s 01:55pm Mozilla has started a "Gaming Lab" - http://bit.ly/bJNczK 01:58pm Now I've worked out how today's Google logo works! Start typing in the search box & the colours come back! 02:00pm Google Scribe is a bit on the weird side. Show suggestions as I type a random sentence? - http://bit.ly/cB7jDd 02:06pm Did E-mail and the Internet Kill the 9-5 Workday? - http:// bit.ly/9STp85 - Checking email in bed - I am totally guilty of this! 02:07pm The Web's Most Annoying Apps - http://bit.ly/cBxQZQ 02:13pm Is Wikileaks about to dump Julian Assange? - http:// bit.ly/8XjUvV 02:20pm @kvwhalen are you saying that they can't possibly find something to hold him on? How about inciting a riot? Isn't that a crime? 02:33pm @kvwhalen holding a demonstration is fine & legal - inciting a religious riot which endangers soldiers lives is not. Obama needs to step up. 138 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 03:11pm @kvwhalen I hope so too but I doubt it. The guy was on TV with a gun on his desk and was very unrepentent. He's still going ahead with it. 03:12pm Just had the Mormons at my front door asking if I wanted to read the Bible. He looked offended when I said no. Sorry but I am not religious! 03:15pm @tristanx yeah that's the thing. I am convinced they are Jehovahs Witnesses but my wife claims they are Mormons! Probably not, eh? 03:21pm @tristanx they're still lurking outside on the driveway. My mother-in-law is getting a bit nervous that they will ring her bell. ;-) Thu Sep 16 01:53pm RT @makeuseof The Difference Between iPhone and Android | MakeUseOf.com http://bit.ly/dywnUk 02:26pm I am furious that the British media seem obsessed with labelling Pope Benedict as "ex-Hitler Youth" as if he is a rabid Nazi. He is NOT. 02:27pm The Pope should be given respect due to his position as head of the Roman Catholic Church. Whether you believe in God or not, respect him. 02:29pm @d0connor and you have solid proof that he personally touched children do you? Of course not so shut up. 02:31pm @stephenfry hey Quizmaster! I wouldn't worry too much about the Mail. Everyone knows they are two nuts short of a squirrel. We all love you! 139 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 03:33pm From my blog: British Disrespect Towards The Pope On His Visit To The UK http://goo.gl/fb/WjtZe 04:02pm Subscribe to my website and / or Facebook group! It could do with its subscriber numbers being beefed up - http://www.markoneill.org 04:20pm @Cydonia1 What's wrong with Weetabix? I love it! What other British foods do you like / dislike? 04:20pm @Cydonia1 We should meet up sometime and I will give you some Tetleys out of my secret stash :-) 04:21pm @smileinaugust LOL! I doubt he will be able to sneak a camera in if he is dressed as a 17th century gentleman! Check Flickr for photos. 04:31pm From my blog: The World’s Largest Railway Set Here In Germany http://goo.gl/fb/DFhFX 04:43pm 'Gorgeous' Georg Gänswein, the Pope's right-hand man - http:// bit.ly/b11jdc 04:47pm A sailor who disappeared on Jaws Island (ironically) has been found dead inside the stomach of a shark - http://bit.ly/aDDNrK 05:21pm @aktam Glad you liked it. Stay tuned for my next manual on Skype which is due out in a couple of months. 06:37pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top story : Google Chrome Blog: Tip: Just the text, please! 07:04pm @Cydonia1 I am quite partial to Flake and Wispa bars myself. My wife is fanatical about Walkers crisps & we both love Irn Bru. Ever had it? 02:31pm @stephenfry hey Quizmaster! I wouldn't worry too much about the Mail. Everyone knows they are two nuts short of a squirrel. We all love you! 140 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 03:33pm From my blog: British Disrespect Towards The Pope On His Visit To The UK http://goo.gl/fb/WjtZe 04:02pm Subscribe to my website and / or Facebook group! It could do with its subscriber numbers being beefed up - http://www.markoneill.org 04:20pm @Cydonia1 What's wrong with Weetabix? I love it! What other British foods do you like / dislike? 04:20pm @Cydonia1 We should meet up sometime and I will give you some Tetleys out of my secret stash :-) 04:21pm @smileinaugust LOL! I doubt he will be able to sneak a camera in if he is dressed as a 17th century gentleman! Check Flickr for photos. 04:31pm From my blog: The World’s Largest Railway Set Here In Germany http://goo.gl/fb/DFhFX 04:43pm 'Gorgeous' Georg Gänswein, the Pope's right-hand man - http:// bit.ly/b11jdc 04:47pm A sailor who disappeared on Jaws Island (ironically) has been found dead inside the stomach of a shark - http://bit.ly/aDDNrK 05:21pm @aktam Glad you liked it. Stay tuned for my next manual on Skype which is due out in a couple of months. 06:37pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top story : Google Chrome Blog: Tip: Just the text, please! 07:04pm @Cydonia1 I am quite partial to Flake and Wispa bars myself. My wife is fanatical about Walkers crisps & we both love Irn Bru. Ever had it? 141 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Fri Sep 17 12:57pm Pope Benedict's English pronunciation is surprisingly bad. I can barely understand him. He needs to work on that accent of his. 01:13pm @smileinaugust There are lots of Musketeers photos on Flickr. Just enter "musketeers" + "Würzburg". 01:21pm From my blog: Orlando Bloom At The Würzburg Residence http://goo.gl/fb/kiD3w 02:09pm @AbiElectric do I detect sarcasm in that tweet perhaps? As a British guy living in Germany, I am well aware there is more than English. 03:04pm BBC is implying that the 5 arrested men in London were going to try something against the Pope today at Westminster.No facts, just innuendo. 03:51pm @diptychal and do you have to haggle with the prices? ;-) 06:42pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @Wolfram_Alpha 08:10pm @evanw you took out the Asian dating ads? Then I will NEVER read you again! LOL. 08:10pm @tamar and to those who don't understand, there's always Google Translate ;-) 09:39pm Yahoo Webhosting sucks donkey balls but @bluetreehost Web Hosting owned by @ddrager is totally brilliant. Highly recommended. 11:11pm Deep Fried Beer Coming Soon in Texas http://t.co/UFxjFO4 via @TIME 11:27pm From my blog: Photo Of The Day – A Gorilla & His Nintendo http://goo.gl/fb/2kTwm 142 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 12:57pm Pope Benedict's English pronunciation is surprisingly bad. I can barely understand him. He needs to work on that accent of his. 01:13pm @smileinaugust There are lots of Musketeers photos on Flickr. Just enter "musketeers" + "Würzburg". 01:21pm From my blog: Orlando Bloom At The Würzburg Residence http://goo.gl/fb/kiD3w 02:09pm @AbiElectric do I detect sarcasm in that tweet perhaps? As a British guy living in Germany, I am well aware there is more than English. 03:04pm BBC is implying that the 5 arrested men in London were going to try something against the Pope today at Westminster.No facts, just innuendo. 03:51pm @diptychal and do you have to haggle with the prices? ;-) 06:42pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @Wolfram_Alpha 08:10pm @evanw you took out the Asian dating ads? Then I will NEVER read you again! LOL. 08:10pm @tamar and to those who don't understand, there's always Google Translate ;-) 09:39pm Yahoo Webhosting sucks donkey balls but @bluetreehost Web Hosting owned by @ddrager is totally brilliant. Highly recommended. 11:11pm Deep Fried Beer Coming Soon in Texas http://t.co/UFxjFO4 via @TIME 11:27pm From my blog: Photo Of The Day – A Gorilla & His Nintendo http://goo.gl/fb/2kTwm 143 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Fri Sep 24 12:37am Moving as many of my RSS feeds over to Twitter as I can. I am on Twitter more than I am on Google Reader these days. 11:20am RT @TelegraphNews Tattooed woman 'told to put bag over head by Jobcentre' - Telegraph http://bit.ly/bbOrZT 11:28am RT @TelegraphNews Just a job, says bomb expert who risked life 139 times - Telegraph http://bit.ly/asg2Ww 11:33am RT @TelegraphNews Germany awards first bravery medals since Second World War - Telegraph http://bit.ly/cg8mpl 11:50am Queen pleads poverty & asks for help paying her heating bill - http://bit.ly/9ba6rW - er, excuse me, this woman is worth 200 million pounds! 01:19pm @ddrager who's becoming naturalised? 01:50pm @ddrager and what's your connection to it? Do you know someone being naturalised today? 02:45pm I need to make more money - quickly. Short of robbing a bank, I haven't got a clue how to go about it. 07:58pm @Asiabroadcast I haven't got a clue what you are talking about. Come again? 08:33pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @CollegeHumor @Wossy 01:19pm @ddrager who's becoming naturalised? 01:50pm @ddrager and what's your connection to it? Do you know someone being naturalised today? 02:45pm I need to make more money - quickly. Short of robbing a bank, I haven't got a clue how to go about it. 144 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 07:58pm @Asiabroadcast I haven't got a clue what you are talking about. Come again? 08:33pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @CollegeHumor @Wossy Sat Sep 25 08:33pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @GoogleMobile 08:33pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @GoogleMobile Sun Sep 26 01:22pm United Nations to appoint space ambassador to act as first contact for aliens visiting Earth (my old job!) - http://bit.ly/d0e065 01:24pm He's been Labour leader for less than 24 hours & already the press are digging up dirt on him. Who cares about this? - http://bit.ly/ c6l0W5 06:29pm I am stunned at this. RT @wikileaks: Obama argues US citizen assassination list is an unreviewable state secret | Salon http:// bit.ly/9AJESH 08:42pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @steverubel 09:37pm OK cool the whole sex with goats thing on Twitter didn't affect me. Phew! Lucky it happened on my day off! :-) 01:22pm United Nations to appoint space ambassador to act as first contact for aliens visiting Earth (my old job!) - http://bit.ly/d0e065 145 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:24pm He's been Labour leader for less than 24 hours & already the press are digging up dirt on him. Who cares about this? - http://bit.ly/ c6l0W5 06:29pm I am stunned at this. RT @wikileaks: Obama argues US citizen assassination list is an unreviewable state secret | Salon http:// bit.ly/9AJESH 08:42pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @steverubel 09:37pm OK cool the whole sex with goats thing on Twitter didn't affect me. Phew! Lucky it happened on my day off! :-) Mon Sep 27 09:14am From my blog: rigmorole: Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://goo.gl/fb/7hjAw 10:50am "It's ironic that advocates of free online content charge hefty fees to speak at events" http://bit.ly/9Un9Xd 01:36pm Help to save Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's house from being destroyed - http://bit.ly/cRVEiw 02:46pm Forced to install Open Office because my copy of MS Office is suddenly not working.OO is actually not bad.I am impressed with some features. 04:03pm My Gmail is extremely slow today. I could write a dozen books while waiting for it to load up. Anyone else experiencing this? 04:06pm uuuurgghh....trying to send an email. 30 seconds and counting for it to be sent. Come on Gmail, pick up the pace. 08:43pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @sejournal 146 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 09:14am From my blog: rigmorole: Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://goo.gl/fb/7hjAw 10:50am "It's ironic that advocates of free online content charge hefty fees to speak at events" http://bit.ly/9Un9Xd 01:36pm Help to save Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's house from being destroyed - http://bit.ly/cRVEiw 02:46pm Forced to install Open Office because my copy of MS Office is suddenly not working.OO is actually not bad.I am impressed with some features. 04:03pm My Gmail is extremely slow today. I could write a dozen books while waiting for it to load up. Anyone else experiencing this? 04:06pm uuuurgghh....trying to send an email. 30 seconds and counting for it to be sent. Come on Gmail, pick up the pace. 08:43pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top stories today by @sejournal Tue Sep 28 01:01pm These games are rapidly turning into a farce - RT @Telegraph: Trained monkeys guard athletes at Commonwealth Games http://tgr.ph/ bpMNAc 02:22pm More trouble for the Hobbit movie - http://bit.ly/ahBdLe - it's starting to look like it will never be made or that it will be a huge flop. 02:40pm I just added my timeline to the TwtRoulette directory! Go ahead and take a peek! http://twtroulette.com/view/MarkONeill 05:27pm @KMFollett I am gutted. I wanted your book today but Amazon Germany says "delivery in 9-12 days". The German stores are selling it for more. 147 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 06:17pm Dear Twitter. When the feck am I going to get the new version of your website? Yours sincerely, Mr M O'Neill #newtwitter 06:23pm All my colleagues have it but their top dog honcho boss doesn't.They're all laughing at me! The shame! How will I live it down? #newtwitter 06:30pm @jhpot see what I mean people? People like Mr Pot are laughing at me. They should instead be respectin' my authoritah. 07:02pm @KMFollett when will you announce your German tour dates? Will you be coming anywhere near Würzburg? 08:16pm Going up to @creaticon next Saturday to meet up with my fellow MUO colleague @diptychal . Looking forward to my second MUO meetup :-) 10:34pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e 01:01pm These games are rapidly turning into a farce - RT @Telegraph: Trained monkeys guard athletes at Commonwealth Games http://tgr.ph/ bpMNAc 02:22pm More trouble for the Hobbit movie - http://bit.ly/ahBdLe - it's starting to look like it will never be made or that it will be a huge flop. 02:40pm I just added my timeline to the TwtRoulette directory! Go ahead and take a peek! http://twtroulette.com/view/MarkONeill Wed Mar 03 02:03pm Finally - no snow and the sun is out! Could we be finally getting to spring this year? 03:37pm This guy lives not too far away from my parents! - http:// bit.ly/9N9cKc - I used to work in Linlithgow. Small world. 148 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:03pm Finally - no snow and the sun is out! Could we be finally getting to spring this year? 03:37pm This guy lives not too far away from my parents! - http:// bit.ly/9N9cKc - I used to work in Linlithgow. Small world. 02:03pm Finally - no snow and the sun is out! Could we be finally getting to spring this year? 03:37pm This guy lives not too far away from my parents! - http:// bit.ly/9N9cKc - I used to work in Linlithgow. Small world. Thu Mar 04 06:59pm RT @shwood: Greatest Comic Ever. Written By a 5yr old and Drawn by his 29 yr old brother... AXE COP! http://bit.ly/aihKAw (via @Jshwood) 07:33pm I am really pissed that this great technology is being trampled all over by "civil liberty campaigners" - http://bit.ly/ceHD4M 09:55pm @KarlGechlik Maybe he wanted you to appear on the show as a murder victim :-) 10:07pm @irewardchart No problem. 06:59pm RT @shwood: Greatest Comic Ever. Written By a 5yr old and Drawn by his 29 yr old brother... AXE COP! http://bit.ly/aihKAw (via @Jshwood) 06:59pm RT @shwood: Greatest Comic Ever. Written By a 5yr old and Drawn by his 29 yr old brother... AXE COP! http://bit.ly/aihKAw (via @Jshwood) 149 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Fri Oct 01 10:38am Is "cat loving bachelor" secret code for someone being gay? The comments on this story are hilarious. Fake rage! - http://bit.ly/d2qQLS 10:43am Student outed as gay online kills himself. A horribly tragic example of a cruel prank going way too far. http://bit.ly/9xlweq 10:48am George Washington Bridge seems to be THE place for suicides. Chef who appeared on Gordon Ramsay reality TV show dies - http:// bit.ly/bNmPvX 03:13pm 5 Ways to Turn YouTube into Your Personal DJ http://bit.ly/ bpSLG6 03:18pm @evanw if you're talking about Google Experimental search then it's been around for a few years now. I've been using it on and off. 03:19pm @evanw the only downside to using Experimental Search is that Google Instant will stop working. Maybe not a big deal for some but.... 03:35pm @evanw oh! that totally escaped me! Thanks for letting me know about it. Looks cool. 05:41pm From my blog: Google Instant Now Offers Keyboard Shortcuts http://goo.gl/fb/ocqql 11:08pm @NewsCrier stop mentions 11:10pm I've stopped mine. RT @howtogeek: How to Stop The Obnoxious “Top stories today by @yourname” Spam on Twitter http:// bit.ly/c1aQ4l 03:13pm 5 Ways to Turn YouTube into Your Personal DJ http://bit.ly/ bpSLG6 03:18pm @evanw if you're talking about Google Experimental search then it's been around for a few years now. I've been using it on and off. 150 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 03:19pm @evanw the only downside to using Experimental Search is that Google Instant will stop working. Maybe not a big deal for some but.... 03:35pm @evanw oh! that totally escaped me! Thanks for letting me know about it. Looks cool. 05:41pm From my blog: Google Instant Now Offers Keyboard Shortcuts http://goo.gl/fb/ocqql 11:08pm @NewsCrier stop mentions 11:10pm I've stopped mine. RT @howtogeek: How to Stop The Obnoxious “Top stories today by @yourname” Spam on Twitter http:// bit.ly/c1aQ4l Sat Oct 02 01:28pm What really irritates me are celebrities using Twitter to spread corny feel-good messages.I want to know what they had for breakfast dammit! 01:29pm Amazing the feel good regenerative powers of a haircut and shave. Now I am one bad-ass sexy dude. Giggity giggity! 01:32pm I thought I killed that stupid paper.li on Twitter yesterday but it came back to life, just like Spock in Star Trek.OK I've killed it again. 01:34pm Bye bye CNN's Rick Sanchez - http://bit.ly/azkyhW - you dick. You deserve to get fired. 01:57pm I feel very lively and full of beans today. I wonder why. I'm working, it's raining outside & I'm broke. What is there to be cheerful about? 01:58pm @Wossy Too much information! Far too much! 151 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 02:52pm Can anyone recommend a good free app to set up my own webcam stream on my website? Preferably something simple for Mr Doof here to set up. 02:57pm I'm planning to send my Kindle back to Amazon for a refund. All the books I want on Amazon.com are blocked because I am in Europe. Rip-off! 03:05pm @steinermatt I don't see how UStream can help me embed my webcam on my website. It looks like another YouTube to me. 03:26pm @steinermatt OK, I'll take a look at it thanks. 03:53pm OK, I decided on Bambuser as that was the easiest option. Check out my webcam stream - http://bit.ly/9Q082S - nothing really to see though. 05:08pm RT @makeuseof Introducing Google’s WebP, A Faster Web Alternative To JPEG [News] http://bit.ly/b19u1f 06:11pm Compelling reading. RT @ggreenwald: Replying to Andrew Sullivan on Obama's presidential assassination program - http://is.gd/ fGPzj 07:04pm markoneill is broadcasting LIVE at http://bambuser.com/ v/1059162 07:19pm I don't know why but this story is unnerving me. Guy called Mark O'Neill who died in an accident - http://bit.ly/cGdYBm - CREEPY. 01:28pm What really irritates me are celebrities using Twitter to spread corny feel-good messages.I want to know what they had for breakfast dammit! 01:29pm Amazing the feel good regenerative powers of a haircut and shave. Now I am one bad-ass sexy dude. Giggity giggity! 01:32pm I thought I killed that stupid paper.li on Twitter yesterday but it came back to life, just like Spock in Star Trek.OK I've killed it again. 152 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 01:34pm Bye bye CNN's Rick Sanchez - http://bit.ly/azkyhW - you dick. You deserve to get fired. 01:57pm I feel very lively and full of beans today. I wonder why. I'm working, it's raining outside & I'm broke. What is there to be cheerful about? 01:58pm @Wossy Too much information! Far too much! 02:52pm Can anyone recommend a good free app to set up my own webcam stream on my website? Preferably something simple for Mr Doof here to set up. 02:57pm I'm planning to send my Kindle back to Amazon for a refund. All the books I want on Amazon.com are blocked because I am in Europe. Rip-off! 03:05pm @steinermatt I don't see how UStream can help me embed my webcam on my website. It looks like another YouTube to me. 03:26pm @steinermatt OK, I'll take a look at it thanks. 03:53pm OK, I decided on Bambuser as that was the easiest option. Check out my webcam stream - http://bit.ly/9Q082S - nothing really to see though. 05:08pm RT @makeuseof Introducing Google’s WebP, A Faster Web Alternative To JPEG [News] http://bit.ly/b19u1f 06:11pm Compelling reading. RT @ggreenwald: Replying to Andrew Sullivan on Obama's presidential assassination program - http://is.gd/ fGPzj 07:04pm markoneill is broadcasting LIVE at http://bambuser.com/ v/1059162 07:19pm I don't know why but this story is unnerving me. Guy called Mark O'Neill who died in an accident - http://bit.ly/cGdYBm - CREEPY. 153 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Sun Oct 03 09:27am From my blog: fossick: Dictionary.com Word of the Day http:// goo.gl/fb/Bn1F2 05:41pm @amazon customer service is shockingly bad. They hung up on me TWICE after 15 minute international calls. And my problem is STILL not fixed. 05:43pm The @amazon Kindle "customer support" is laughable. I spoke to 3 different people & got 3 different answers. All with utter contempt. 05:53pm The amusing part is that I got an email from Amazon saying "We are striving to build a customer-centric company!" Ah-hah. Ironic or what? 09:27am From my blog: fossick: Dictionary.com Word of the Day http:// goo.gl/fb/Bn1F2 05:41pm @amazon customer service is shockingly bad. They hung up on me TWICE after 15 minute international calls. And my problem is STILL not fixed. 05:43pm The @amazon Kindle "customer support" is laughable. I spoke to 3 different people & got 3 different answers. All with utter contempt. 05:53pm The amusing part is that I got an email from Amazon saying "We are striving to build a customer-centric company!" Ah-hah. Ironic or what? Mon Oct 04 11:13am Why companies watch your every Facebook, YouTube, Twitter move - http://bit.ly/aqPCzG 12:11pm The mayor of London is totally off his rocker - http://bit.ly/ aUCCSG - but that's why I like him. :-) 154 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 01:43pm Oh great, now I have @davecarroll 's "United Breaks Guitars" song stuck in my head in an endless loop! I guess it's doing its job then. 01:46pm Aliens have deactivated British and US nuclear missiles, say US military pilots http://bit.ly/9gSl9X 01:48pm On Sunday, Germany will finally pay the last World War I reparations payment of 59.5 million pounds - http://bit.ly/azy6eW 02:42pm Listening to Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" - wonderful relaxing music. 03:24pm A week tomorrow, we will be in Rome for our honeymoon! Sun, pizza and Italian bellas, here we come! :-) 03:32pm @jhpot yeah it's been 4 long months since my last holiday! LOL! After this though, we won't be going anywhere else until next year. 04:43pm @graulund I would like to profile Tweet Nest on MakeUseOf.com but I need setup screenshots. Can you email me please? mark@makeuseof.com 155 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 07:04pm Best Of British! Flying the flag here in Germany with my Union Jack shorts! http://twitpic.com/2unxq5 11:13am Why companies watch your every Facebook, YouTube, Twitter move - http://bit.ly/aqPCzG Fri Oct 08 12:03am @jhpot you don't like that people make their own backgrounds? Why ever not? 11:17am In search of the Lancashire U-boat commander - http://bit.ly/ dlzJkK - this guy spends 50,000 pounds on making his own submarine!! 02:01pm @diptychal Korean agent? You make it sound like you're meeting with spies :-) LOL. 156 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 03:15pm Me with my new friend Bernd Das Brot. Wir sind brot! http:// twitpic.com/2vovmm 04:20pm @diptychal before using it, make sure he isn't from North Korea. If so, you might want to get rid of it :-) 06:48pm @evanw of course :-) Reveal all. 12:03am @jhpot you don't like that people make their own backgrounds? Why ever not? 11:17am In search of the Lancashire U-boat commander - http://bit.ly/ dlzJkK - this guy spends 50,000 pounds on making his own submarine!! 02:01pm @diptychal Korean agent? You make it sound like you're meeting with spies :-) LOL. 03:15pm Me with my new friend Bernd Das Brot. Wir sind brot! http:// twitpic.com/2vovmm 04:20pm @diptychal before using it, make sure he isn't from North Korea. If so, you might want to get rid of it :-) 06:48pm @evanw of course :-) Reveal all. Sat Oct 09 12:11pm Had to cancel my meeting with @diptychal today due to my damn epilepsy. I hope I'm stable enough to go to Rome on Tuesday. 12:11pm Had to cancel my meeting with @diptychal today due to my damn epilepsy. I hope I'm stable enough to go to Rome on Tuesday. Sun Oct 10 12:50pm Who CARES that it's 10/10/10 today? Last year we had 09/09/09 and next year we will have 11/11/11. People get worked up about little things. 157 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 07:13pm The Germans fond attachment to paper money while the rest of the world progresses to digital alternatives - http://bit.ly/aiyl6A 08:13pm Google has built a car that can drive itself and tested it on more than 100,000 miles of public roads - http://bit.ly/aMr625 12:50pm Who CARES that it's 10/10/10 today? Last year we had 09/09/09 and next year we will have 11/11/11. People get worked up about little things. 07:13pm The Germans fond attachment to paper money while the rest of the world progresses to digital alternatives - http://bit.ly/aiyl6A 08:13pm Google has built a car that can drive itself and tested it on more than 100,000 miles of public roads - http://bit.ly/aMr625 Mon Oct 11 11:50am Why do American customer service representatives insist on telling you to "have a wonderful day now!" 11:52am Does anyone know if there are any video camera restrictions / bans in Rome? Need to know before I take my video camera. 158 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 01:31pm Why do Cookie Monster soft toys look so unrealistic? One on left is the real CM & one on the right is the soft toy http:// twitpic.com/2wp65x 02:13pm @MadBadNads "Multi-tweet spazzer"!! LOL! I will have to remember that one for future usage. Quite the put-down. 02:22pm Check out my revamped tweet nest - http:// www.markoneill.org/tweetnest - am I good or what? ;-) 02:33pm @jhpot it's pulled from twitter.com and backed up on my website database. Check out the MUO story I did about it. 02:34pm @jhpot it's not perfect & I have a few wishes for the future to make it better. But so far, it's not bad :-) 03:12pm Our very own @geeklad & @makeuseof staff writer Jorge Sierra, making his debut in Popular Science. http://twitpic.com/2wpy9l 04:22pm Just booked our tickets for the Vatican. Terms & conditions had me agree to a life of celibacy, self-flagellation & hating gay people. 159 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:25pm We also booked tickets for Pope's weekly audience. Apparently the start time is top secret & we only find out the day before. Very 007ish! 06:25pm When the Chilean miners finally come out, they will have to deal with complicated personal lives - & angry wives - http://bit.ly/bc1fTk 11:50am Why do American customer service representatives insist on telling you to "have a wonderful day now!" 11:52am Does anyone know if there are any video camera restrictions / bans in Rome? Need to know before I take my video camera. 01:31pm Why do Cookie Monster soft toys look so unrealistic? One on left is the real CM & one on the right is the soft toy http:// twitpic.com/2wp65x 02:13pm @MadBadNads "Multi-tweet spazzer"!! LOL! I will have to remember that one for future usage. Quite the put-down. 02:22pm Check out my revamped tweet nest - http:// www.markoneill.org/tweetnest - am I good or what? ;-) 02:33pm @jhpot it's pulled from twitter.com and backed up on my website database. Check out the MUO story I did about it. 02:34pm @jhpot it's not perfect & I have a few wishes for the future to make it better. But so far, it's not bad :-) 03:12pm Our very own @geeklad & @makeuseof staff writer Jorge Sierra, making his debut in Popular Science. http://twitpic.com/2wpy9l 04:22pm Just booked our tickets for the Vatican. Terms & conditions had me agree to a life of celibacy, self-flagellation & hating gay people. 04:25pm We also booked tickets for Pope's weekly audience. Apparently the start time is top secret & we only find out the day before. Very 007ish! 160 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 06:25pm When the Chilean miners finally come out, they will have to deal with complicated personal lives - & angry wives - http://bit.ly/bc1fTk Tue Oct 12 08:29pm From my blog: Rome : Day 1 & First Impressions http://goo.gl/ fb/lJVzT 08:29pm From my blog: Rome : Day 1 & First Impressions http://goo.gl/ fb/lJVzT Wed Oct 13 09:02am From my blog: apocopate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://goo.gl/fb/fLOQw 09:57pm From my blog: Rome – Day 2 – Wearing Out The Shoes http:// goo.gl/fb/tTvxb 09:02am From my blog: apocopate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://goo.gl/fb/fLOQw 09:57pm From my blog: Rome – Day 2 – Wearing Out The Shoes http:// goo.gl/fb/tTvxb Thu Oct 14 10:19pm I haven't walked so much in a long time. Feet are aching and I haven't slept so well in months! The best pizza still eludes us however. 10:43pm From my blog: Day 3 – Too Much Walking http://goo.gl/fb/ yx3Hd 10:19pm I haven't walked so much in a long time. Feet are aching and I haven't slept so well in months! The best pizza still eludes us however. 161 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 10:43pm From my blog: Day 3 – Too Much Walking http://goo.gl/fb/ yx3Hd Tue Oct 26 02:40pm Yes! It's Idiotic Ideas Tuesday! The winner today is Fox News - "WikiLeaks should be declared 'enemy combatants'" - http://bit.ly/ dBCD4o 03:19pm O2 Germany is apparently offering an iPhone for 50 Euros upfront then 25 a month for 2 years. Data plan & call charges extra. I'm tempted.. RE jhpot: 650 Euros for an iPhone? That's over $900 USD. They retail for $600 without a plan over here; are they pricier there? 05:33pm Feeling ill so going to lie down. Not to worry though as there's a James Bond double-bill on TV! Sweet! 07:40pm A billboard poster will be ripped down after a spelling mistake invited bowls enthusiasts for a game of "indoor bowels" http://bit.ly/ bSEfXb 07:44pm @jhpot Oh yes, they are VERY pricey. Same with iPads. They are retailing for a minimum 520 Euros here. Absolute madness. 07:44pm @jhpot Oh yes, they are VERY pricey. Same with iPads. They are retailing for a minimum 520 Euros here. Absolute madness. Wed Oct 27 11:42am My boss getting interviewed on how @makeuseof got started. I even get a mention too! A very interesting read - http://t.co/BABjLyL 162 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 12:39pm Return of the Jedi deleted scene shows Luke assembling new light sabre. YouTube video taken down though by Lucasfilm - http:// bit.ly/9dYofd 12:50pm Global pop star blackmailed with 'highly sensitive' photographs. I reckon it's Madonna. What do you think? - http://bit.ly/bA34Qk 04:43pm Oh Bounty chocolate 3 pack - your two other wee friends have all been eaten. I can't leave you alone so I guess I need to eat you too now. 07:13pm "Manager of Content and Link Building". Now there's a unique job title for you! - http://bit.ly/cae2oT 07:15pm @eloquentlad Yeah could be. London-based star, London police, London court. That's why I thought Madonna. But it could be wee Kylie! 07:33pm Oral sex definition prompts dictionary ban in US schools http://bit.ly/5UdPkO -what's childhood without being able to look up dirty words? 09:31pm I report my debit card missing to the bank and they charge me 10 Euros to lock it! That's it, I'm changing banks. They've gone too far. 09:54pm Does anyone know where a UMTS stick can be bought in Vancouver? Who are the main sellers? 11:42am My boss getting interviewed on how @makeuseof got started. I even get a mention too! A very interesting read - http://t.co/BABjLyL 12:39pm Return of the Jedi deleted scene shows Luke assembling new light sabre. YouTube video taken down though by Lucasfilm - http:// bit.ly/9dYofd 12:50pm Global pop star blackmailed with 'highly sensitive' photographs. I reckon it's Madonna. What do you think? - http://bit.ly/bA34Qk 163 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:43pm Oh Bounty chocolate 3 pack - your two other wee friends have all been eaten. I can't leave you alone so I guess I need to eat you too now. 07:13pm "Manager of Content and Link Building". Now there's a unique job title for you! - http://bit.ly/cae2oT 07:15pm @eloquentlad Yeah could be. London-based star, London police, London court. That's why I thought Madonna. But it could be wee Kylie! 07:33pm Oral sex definition prompts dictionary ban in US schools http://bit.ly/5UdPkO -what's childhood without being able to look up dirty words? 09:31pm I report my debit card missing to the bank and they charge me 10 Euros to lock it! That's it, I'm changing banks. They've gone too far. 09:54pm Does anyone know where a UMTS stick can be bought in Vancouver? Who are the main sellers? Thu Nov 04 01:54pm @smange you could be a terrorist you know, depositing your @MakeUseOf salary for nefarious purposes! RE smange: Ah yes: food, bills and books. Nasty stuff. :) 03:05pm Twitter bug alert! Whenever I try to unfollow someone, a few seconds later, Twitter follows them again! What's going on Twitter? RE jhpot: It's because you're trying to unfollow me, and I know your password. 04:02pm To those who have applied for the vacancy at @MakeUseOf , we will be in touch ASAP. You're not going to get an instant response, OK? 164 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 05:32pm My Twitter feed is full of stuff about this Lil Wayne guy. Is he so important that people can talk about nothing else?! 08:09pm Moving all my RSS feeds back to Google Reader. It was too stressful trying to keep up with them in Twitter. Missing too many good posts. 09:03pm I'm looking for a userscript that will embed Google Reader on my Gmail page. Any suggestions? I can't find anything.... 11:37pm From my blog: Buzz Appears On Google Maps – Almost http:// goo.gl/fb/AO9lO 11:37pm From my blog: Buzz Appears On Google Maps – Almost http:// goo.gl/fb/AO9lO Fri Nov 05 12:01am A very revealing look at the ongoing drama between @arrington & @calacanis - http://bit.ly/df7vuX 11:29am Totally digging the new Android template for Gmail. Check it out under the "templates" heading in your Gmail settings. 11:54am Going to have lunch at IKEA. They have the most amazing schnitzels! 02:59pm Hologram messaging about to arrive - http://bit.ly/9dRAHk 05:50pm Planning to buy a blu-ray player and a new flatscreen PC monitor soon. Anyone got any recommendations? We're clueless at these things! 10:10pm Some very strange people are applying for the @MakeUseOf vacancy! RE thegeekyninja: recruiting for Simon's replacement? Big shoes to fill :-) 165 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 12:01am A very revealing look at the ongoing drama between @arrington & @calacanis - http://bit.ly/df7vuX 11:29am Totally digging the new Android template for Gmail. Check it out under the "templates" heading in your Gmail settings. 11:54am Going to have lunch at IKEA. They have the most amazing schnitzels! 02:59pm Hologram messaging about to arrive - http://bit.ly/9dRAHk 05:50pm Planning to buy a blu-ray player and a new flatscreen PC monitor soon. Anyone got any recommendations? We're clueless at these things! 10:10pm Some very strange people are applying for the @MakeUseOf vacancy! RE thegeekyninja: recruiting for Simon's replacement? Big shoes to fill :-) Sat Nov 06 03:07pm I can't decide whether to host my Rome honeymoon photos on Flickr or on my own website. Each has its pros and cons. 03:26pm From my blog: A T-Shirt With A Spy Camera Attached? I Am Totally Getting This http://goo.gl/fb/cfldW 09:02pm Why is Bonfire night tonight on November 6th when it should be on November 5th? 03:07pm I can't decide whether to host my Rome honeymoon photos on Flickr or on my own website. Each has its pros and cons. 03:26pm From my blog: A T-Shirt With A Spy Camera Attached? I Am Totally Getting This http://goo.gl/fb/cfldW 166 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 09:02pm Why is Bonfire night tonight on November 6th when it should be on November 5th? Mon Nov 08 11:33am The Chinese man who accidently swallowed a pair of nail scissors - http://bit.ly/PAmRh 11:39am Support Remembrance Day Poppy, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - http://bit.ly/11ctu4 02:26pm Absolutely shocked at the prices for Office 2007 and Office 2010. I am sorely tempted to switch permanently to Open Office. 03:36pm Barack Obama sex doll for sale in China - http://bit.ly/bq4ynb although he has all his clothes on! 04:24pm A very interesting take on the recent US elections - http:// bit.ly/97pT7y - I'd be interested to hear your opinion. RE jhpot: Saw that earlier, and I think it's accurate. Politicians here are too caught up in winning and forget the entire point. 05:49pm eBay is doing a countdown - 47 days till Christmas. Or 46 if you live in Germany (here we celebrate on December 24th). 05:50pm @jhpot how much did you pay for Office 2007? Checked the prices earlier and almost fell off my seat. RE jhpot: It was a license I had around here; not sure what it cost. 11:37pm Er...yes, you could say that. RT: @breakingnews Argentine coup leader dies; considered too ill to be tried for war crimes 11:33am The Chinese man who accidently swallowed a pair of nail scissors - http://bit.ly/PAmRh 11:39am Support Remembrance Day Poppy, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - http://bit.ly/11ctu4 167 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 02:26pm Absolutely shocked at the prices for Office 2007 and Office 2010. I am sorely tempted to switch permanently to Open Office. 03:36pm Barack Obama sex doll for sale in China - http://bit.ly/bq4ynb although he has all his clothes on! 04:24pm A very interesting take on the recent US elections - http:// bit.ly/97pT7y - I'd be interested to hear your opinion. RE jhpot: Saw that earlier, and I think it's accurate. Politicians here are too caught up in winning and forget the entire point. 05:49pm eBay is doing a countdown - 47 days till Christmas. Or 46 if you live in Germany (here we celebrate on December 24th). 05:50pm @jhpot how much did you pay for Office 2007? Checked the prices earlier and almost fell off my seat. RE jhpot: It was a license I had around here; not sure what it cost. 11:37pm Er...yes, you could say that. RT: @breakingnews Argentine coup leader dies; considered too ill to be tried for war crimes Tue Nov 09 12:17am We are NOT taking any more applications for the @makeuseof vacancy. We have made a shortlist of 5 & will be in touch with those people. 12:18am If you don't hear from us, consider your application to be unsuccessful. Many thanks for applying! We got some good applications! 12:52pm This is probably one of the funniest blogs I have ever read http://bit.ly/3XH6vS - The Hot Librarian! 01:20pm The blu-ray player has arrived but our new widescreen monitor is still stuck at Amazon, despite being assured of immediate delivery. 168 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 03:27pm Oh no! Dirpy has shut down! I really liked that service for ripping YouTube audio. What am I going to use now? 03:29pm To repeat : we are NO LONGER accepting applications for the @makeuseof vacancy. So please stop sending in applications now! RE smange: @makeuseof Oh, I bet they'll keep coming in for a while yet. :) 04:18pm Quite amusing this - http://www.converttocartoon.com http:// twitpic.com/35c7lf 05:31pm Going on a 1980's pop music trip today. Just bought the "Best of Blondie" MP3 album & seriously eyeing Roxette & Human League. 05:36pm Promote your resume online by uploading it to Google Docs http://bit.ly/belHBE 169 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 12:17am We are NOT taking any more applications for the @makeuseof vacancy. We have made a shortlist of 5 & will be in touch with those people. Fri Nov 12 12:28am Chinese vase valued at 800,000 pounds is sold at auction for 51 MILLION POUNDS! - http://bit.ly/cVhRdw RE scienceismagic: hey mark, what is the logo on your avatar? I think I saw it recently but don't know the context... 10:15am @loyaleagle it's a poppy which is the British symbol for Armistice Day when we remember the war dead. RE scienceismagic: oh I see...I think John Oliver was wearing one on the Daily Show the other day 11:30am The @makeuseof job vacancy has been filled. Thanks to all the people who applied. 11:32am @KMFollett when are you coming down south to the Würzburg / Nürnberg region? You're always in the north of Germany! 11:36am @evanw so you're a big lover of fiction & fantasy then? ;-) RE evanw: Haha it's actually pretty good so far, he speaks very frankly about everything. 12:27pm RT @makeuseof Download Your Entire Facebook History With The New Data Downloader http://bit.ly/dwf4iY 01:32pm Got my 1799 Shakespeare book valued by a bookbinder who repaired the cover. I paid 1 Euro for it on eBay & it is worth....500 Euros! 02:44pm @evanw you do know he didn't write it himself? Too busy presidenting on his ranch and listening to his gut. 170 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal RE evanw: There are definitely sections when things are written far too eloquently. 03:24pm @evanw the cardboard chewy waterproof version with smaller easier words is probably in the works. RE evanw: :D 04:16pm @loyaleagle if he is British, then probably. I couldn't get a hold of one this year. They're hard to get a hold of, outside the UK. RE scienceismagic: oh yeah, he's actually their "token" English guy...he also has a very funny show on the times online, The Bugle 08:38pm Support I'm The Gaffer, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! http://twb.ly/c2vyji 10:38pm Legs Apart Under Laptop: Your Sperm Will Thank You http://bit.ly/9DtC7b 11:36am @evanw so you're a big lover of fiction & fantasy then? ;-) RE evanw: Haha it's actually pretty good so far, he speaks very frankly about everything. 12:27pm RT @makeuseof Download Your Entire Facebook History With The New Data Downloader http://bit.ly/dwf4iY 01:32pm Got my 1799 Shakespeare book valued by a bookbinder who repaired the cover. I paid 1 Euro for it on eBay & it is worth....500 Euros! 02:44pm @evanw you do know he didn't write it himself? Too busy presidenting on his ranch and listening to his gut. RE evanw: There are definitely sections when things are written far too eloquently. 03:24pm @evanw the cardboard chewy waterproof version with smaller easier words is probably in the works. RE evanw: :D 171 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:16pm @loyaleagle if he is British, then probably. I couldn't get a hold of one this year. They're hard to get a hold of, outside the UK. RE scienceismagic: oh yeah, he's actually their "token" English guy...he also has a very funny show on the times online, The Bugle 08:38pm Support I'm The Gaffer, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! http://twb.ly/c2vyji 10:38pm Legs Apart Under Laptop: Your Sperm Will Thank You http://bit.ly/9DtC7b Sat Nov 13 07:07pm Hitler and the Germans: breaking the taboo : for the first time ever, a German museum dares to put the Führer on show - http://bit.ly/ bJDWAD 07:07pm Hitler and the Germans: breaking the taboo : for the first time ever, a German museum dares to put the Führer on show - http://bit.ly/ bJDWAD Sun Nov 14 11:38am The BBC broadcasted a Neil Diamond concert last night. I have "Sweet Caroline" playing in my head - http://tinyurl.com/yawts7c 06:30pm Singel-Minded: How Facebook Could Beat Google to Win the Net | Epicenter | http://t.co/tl1izOu http://t.co/m28CFid 06:36pm US report admits CIA harboured Nazis - The Local http://t.co/ ajCGtRm via @TheLocalGermany 07:17pm The Decider returns to haunt Mr Nuance as George W. Bush eclipses Barack Obama - Telegraph http://t.co/dVFdIOf 172 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 11:38am The BBC broadcasted a Neil Diamond concert last night. I have "Sweet Caroline" playing in my head - http://tinyurl.com/yawts7c 06:30pm Singel-Minded: How Facebook Could Beat Google to Win the Net | Epicenter | http://t.co/tl1izOu http://t.co/m28CFid 06:36pm US report admits CIA harboured Nazis - The Local http://t.co/ ajCGtRm via @TheLocalGermany 07:17pm The Decider returns to haunt Mr Nuance as George W. Bush eclipses Barack Obama - Telegraph http://t.co/dVFdIOf Mon Nov 15 05:42pm Bloody nurse taking a blood sample from me. She couldn't find a vein & started jiggling the needle about. "does that hurt?". Stupid question 06:39pm I am seriously considering getting this Android phone - http:// bit.ly/9OPrqi - anyone have anything good or bad to say about it? 06:42pm @Hashable_Beta @mikeyavo I can't get in. When I enter my username, it says "thank you for your interest. We'll email you when we are live" 08:02pm Ellie Harrison, a former writer for @makeuseof , has passed away - http://bit.ly/aietNA 08:35pm Wikipedia is down! Is it down for you too? RE jhpot: Working perfectly in Colorado. 08:37pm OK, Wikipedia is back now. But that was 10 minutes where the site was unaccessible. RE tobbs81: it is not completely down, just damn slow... 08:43pm @sarahintampa am I right in thinking you can invite people? If so, will you invite me? 173 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 09:20pm does anyone have a Facebook email invite that I can have? Pretty please. I'd like it for a @makeuseof review. 05:42pm Bloody nurse taking a blood sample from me. She couldn't find a vein & started jiggling the needle about. "does that hurt?". Stupid question 06:39pm I am seriously considering getting this Android phone - http:// bit.ly/9OPrqi - anyone have anything good or bad to say about it? 06:42pm @Hashable_Beta @mikeyavo I can't get in. When I enter my username, it says "thank you for your interest. We'll email you when we are live" 08:02pm Ellie Harrison, a former writer for @makeuseof , has passed away - http://bit.ly/aietNA 08:35pm Wikipedia is down! Is it down for you too? RE jhpot: Working perfectly in Colorado. 08:37pm OK, Wikipedia is back now. But that was 10 minutes where the site was unaccessible. RE tobbs81: it is not completely down, just damn slow... 08:43pm @sarahintampa am I right in thinking you can invite people? If so, will you invite me? 09:20pm does anyone have a Facebook email invite that I can have? Pretty please. I'd like it for a @makeuseof review. Tue Nov 16 12:08pm <sigh>More rain (for a second straight day) and Neil Diamond (in my head for 3 straight days). Rainy days & Neil Diamond always get me down. 174 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal RE ddrager: The sun'll come out... Tomorrow...Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun! 12:54pm I'm happy for Prince William and Kate, but in this time of austerity and cutbacks, my question is "who's going to pay for it?" #royalwedding 03:20pm I find it amusing that it has been decreed that "Princess Kate" doesn't sound Royal enough. So she will be Princess Catherine. 03:22pm Get used to it Kate. That will be the first of many decisions made for you. Your independence will disappear fast! #royalwedding 04:17pm $149 for a Beatles box set? I can think of better things to spend my money on, instead of a band that split up 5 years before I was born. 05:26pm Well it didn't take long for the impersonators to move in - @HRHPrincessKate . Sigh. It's not as if they are funny either! #royalwedding 05:42pm Next year is a terrible time for Wills & Kate to get hitched. People are also going to the polls & they get reminded about the wedding bill? 06:09pm Probably a bad idea for Kate to get Diana's engagement ring. After all, we know how THAT marriage turned out. Tempting fate? #royalwedding 12:08pm <sigh>More rain (for a second straight day) and Neil Diamond (in my head for 3 straight days). Rainy days & Neil Diamond always get me down. RE ddrager: The sun'll come out... Tomorrow...Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun! 12:54pm I'm happy for Prince William and Kate, but in this time of austerity and cutbacks, my question is "who's going to pay for it?" #royalwedding 175 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 03:20pm I find it amusing that it has been decreed that "Princess Kate" doesn't sound Royal enough. So she will be Princess Catherine. 03:22pm Get used to it Kate. That will be the first of many decisions made for you. Your independence will disappear fast! #royalwedding Mon Sep 13 10:52am "An Embattled Pope" - a fascinating well written profile of the Pope as he prepares to visit Britain this week - http://bit.ly/aUHJxi 12:21pm Man Blames Cat for Child Porn on His Computer http://bit.ly/ bCOhSi 01:03pm I agree. NCTJ is useless - RT @mediaguardian: As university spurns NCTJ accreditation, do journalists need it nowadays? http://bit.ly/ cWrCHz 06:34pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top story : What’s new with Formspring’s API? « formspring.me blog 07:37pm I am shocked at how expensive Kindle versions of books are. I thought the digital version of books was supposed to be cheaper than print? 07:44pm My father-in-law has just been given an extras part in the "Three Muskeeters" movie starring Orlando Bloom & Milla Jovovich! 10:42pm From my blog: A New Writing Gig At Free Writing Center http://goo.gl/fb/pOFmo 10:42pm From my blog: New Private Eye Cover Satirizes Cameron’s Baby http://goo.gl/fb/86xjG 11:12pm I want to make an IMDB.com page for my father-in-law. What do I do and where do I go? I can't seem to find the page to start it. 176 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 11:12pm I want to make an IMDB.com page for my father-in-law. What do I do and where do I go? I can't seem to find the page to start it. Tue Sep 14 05:13pm Three Musketeers movie being filmed here in Würzburg today. Orlando Bloom and Christoph Walz spotted at the Residence. 05:16pm Australian lawyer smokes pages of Bible and Koran, asking 'Which is best?' http://bit.ly/9STeoi 05:27pm A brilliant article on Skype etiquette - http://bit.ly/cOVhkZ - I found myself nodding to everything! 06:35pm The Mark O'Neill Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9oEo9e ▸ Top story : French senate overwhelmingly votes to ban burkas in public 05:13pm Three Musketeers movie being filmed here in Würzburg today. Orlando Bloom and Christoph Walz spotted at the Residence. 05:16pm Australian lawyer smokes pages of Bible and Koran, asking 'Which is best?' http://bit.ly/9STeoi 05:27pm A brilliant article on Skype etiquette - http://bit.ly/cOVhkZ - I found myself nodding to everything! Fri Nov 19 12:47pm @bencrystal congratulations! If you beat Bill Bryson, I will be seriously impressed! 12:50pm @evanw In Criminal Minds, they can't stop flashing their iPhones around. Begun the smartphone wars have. Doesn't Dunham have a Mac laptop? RE evanw: Hmm, I'm not sure. I enjoy it when computer monitors have giant Windows logos on the back in shows. Heh. 177 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:02pm John F Kennedy’s dirty road to the White House - http:// bit.ly/9NI2e2 - "large amounts of cash & a liberal number of lies" 03:21pm @evanw But when you're a ass-kicking cool dude gun-toting special agent, you don't want to be investigating Blue Screens Of Death! 04:43pm @Cydonia1 Bernd Das Brot's lieblingswort :-) 05:12pm Naked sleepwalker wins €10m in record-breaking Irish libel case - http://bit.ly/aSogpk - woman thought sleepwalker was making advances? 05:14pm Will Prince William & Kate Middleton negotiate & sign a prenuptial agreement? http://bit.ly/9o1mIh - if so, who would get what? 06:27pm I am having a lot of trouble getting Windows Live Messenger & AIM to work on Pidgin. Anyone else having login problems? 06:30pm I find it amusing that Kate & William, and now Charles & Camilla are talking about the Queen as if she is already dead http:// bit.ly/90B0ln 06:33pm A new sci-fi film about Nazis has reignited a debate in Germany about Hitler's development of UFOs - http://bit.ly/b8Qpuv 08:14pm @TunnelBreeze I managed to figure it out. Something to do with MSN Certificate files. 10:14pm @sarahintampa same thing is happening to me. Priority Inbox is not "learning" what I tell it & everything is going to the wrong places. 10:15pm @adampash any luck on the Belvedere app? Is it working OK now? I'm keen to try it out :-) RE adampash: Oh right, sorry! Should be back now: http:// lifehac.kr/27yjau 178 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 10:27pm @adampash same problem. Installation app is only 345 bytes & when I run it, I get this - http://twitpic.com/38ab27 RE adampash: Huh, weird. I've uploaded it to my Dropbox: http:// bit.ly/9TsHp6 That installer worked for me 10:58pm @adampash OK THAT works. Doesn't work when I save the file though! Can we use that Dropbox link for an upcoming @MakeUseOf story? RE adampash: How soon are you guys posting? We had a server problem, so it may need a day or two. Just let me know. Dropbox not a good option 06:27pm I am having a lot of trouble getting Windows Live Messenger & AIM to work on Pidgin. Anyone else having login problems? 06:30pm I find it amusing that Kate & William, and now Charles & Camilla are talking about the Queen as if she is already dead http:// bit.ly/90B0ln 06:33pm A new sci-fi film about Nazis has reignited a debate in Germany about Hitler's development of UFOs - http://bit.ly/b8Qpuv 08:14pm @TunnelBreeze I managed to figure it out. Something to do with MSN Certificate files. 10:14pm @sarahintampa same thing is happening to me. Priority Inbox is not "learning" what I tell it & everything is going to the wrong places. 179 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 10:15pm @adampash any luck on the Belvedere app? Is it working OK now? I'm keen to try it out :-) RE adampash: Oh right, sorry! Should be back now: http:// lifehac.kr/27yjau 10:27pm @adampash same problem. Installation app is only 345 bytes & when I run it, I get this - http://twitpic.com/38ab27 RE adampash: Huh, weird. I've uploaded it to my Dropbox: http:// bit.ly/9TsHp6 That installer worked for me 10:58pm @adampash OK THAT works. Doesn't work when I save the file though! Can we use that Dropbox link for an upcoming @MakeUseOf story? RE adampash: How soon are you guys posting? We had a server problem, so it may need a day or two. Just let me know. Dropbox not a good option Sat Nov 20 12:16am @adampash it's going out on Wed 24th. You need to let me know soon if your server will have problems so we can bump the story if need be. RE adampash: Okay, just uploaded a new version and updated the post; a fresh version should be on the download page http://lifehac.kr/27yjau 03:02pm @jhpot stop digging?? RE jhpot: You lost followers after tweeting about your follower count, so you tweeted about your follower account. 12:16am @adampash it's going out on Wed 24th. You need to let me know soon if your server will have problems so we can bump the story if need be. 180 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal RE adampash: Okay, just uploaded a new version and updated the post; a fresh version should be on the download page http://lifehac.kr/27yjau 03:02pm @jhpot stop digging?? RE jhpot: You lost followers after tweeting about your follower count, so you tweeted about your follower account. Mon Nov 22 12:01pm Bit the bullet & finally bought a Motorola Defy Android phone. Here's hoping that Motorola gives Defy the 2.2 Android update soon.... 06:49pm I love Dropbox because I can keep all my files synchronised across all computers! http://db.tt/NYxnyif 08:37pm RT @makeuseof The First Unofficial Guide To Dropbox [PDF DOWNLOAD] http://bit.ly/9j076U 12:01pm Bit the bullet & finally bought a Motorola Defy Android phone. Here's hoping that Motorola gives Defy the 2.2 Android update soon.... 06:49pm I love Dropbox because I can keep all my files synchronised across all computers! http://db.tt/NYxnyif 08:37pm RT @makeuseof The First Unofficial Guide To Dropbox [PDF DOWNLOAD] http://bit.ly/9j076U Tue Nov 23 01:17pm German police want the army to help them protect the public from possible terror attacks - http://bit.ly/eyyZqE - no thank you! 01:48pm Royal wedding day to also be a public holiday - but PH will cost British economy 6 billion pounds! - http://bit.ly/goMkys 181 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:55pm Barbara Bush on Sarah Palin's presidential ambitions : "she's very happy in Alaska, and I hope she'll stay there" - http://bit.ly/eqWOak 03:53pm Getting through to O2 on the phone is intensely frustrating. Been in the queue for 20 minutes now - at 14 cents a minute! 05:10pm My wife Monika and I met today, ten years ago. Going out for dinner tonight to celebrate :-) RE mattress: congrats! 01:17pm German police want the army to help them protect the public from possible terror attacks - http://bit.ly/eyyZqE - no thank you! 01:48pm Royal wedding day to also be a public holiday - but PH will cost British economy 6 billion pounds! - http://bit.ly/goMkys 01:55pm Barbara Bush on Sarah Palin's presidential ambitions : "she's very happy in Alaska, and I hope she'll stay there" - http://bit.ly/eqWOak 03:53pm Getting through to O2 on the phone is intensely frustrating. Been in the queue for 20 minutes now - at 14 cents a minute! 05:10pm My wife Monika and I met today, ten years ago. Going out for dinner tonight to celebrate :-) RE mattress: congrats! Wed Nov 24 12:07pm How to Grow, Manage and Optimise Your Internet Empire http://bit.ly/ddCy0w 01:47pm From my blog: Spanish Women Have Orgasms When They Vote! http://goo.gl/fb/2wEEh RE allado: it's a Catalan voter who orgasms. The Spaniard neighbours still go the old way. 182 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:42pm Sold my old Android phone & used the money to upgrade to Android 2.1. Voice activated functions are totally brilliant. 05:52pm @allado ah OK. I hope no Catalans are going to get pissed that I labelled them Spanish! :-) RE allado: No problem! We are (to some point) used to it! :) 07:06pm @thehotlibrarian the more likely I am to totally ignore you and tweet about you to the whole world on the internets instead!! ;-) RE thehotlibrarian: ha! Exactly. 12:07pm How to Grow, Manage and Optimise Your Internet Empire http://bit.ly/ddCy0w 01:47pm From my blog: Spanish Women Have Orgasms When They Vote! http://goo.gl/fb/2wEEh RE allado: it's a Catalan voter who orgasms. The Spaniard neighbours still go the old way. 02:42pm Sold my old Android phone & used the money to upgrade to Android 2.1. Voice activated functions are totally brilliant. 05:52pm @allado ah OK. I hope no Catalans are going to get pissed that I labelled them Spanish! :-) RE allado: No problem! We are (to some point) used to it! :) 07:06pm @thehotlibrarian the more likely I am to totally ignore you and tweet about you to the whole world on the internets instead!! ;-) RE thehotlibrarian: ha! Exactly. Thu Nov 25 12:16pm I agree with Sarah Palin. We have to stand with our North Korean allies - http://bit.ly/hd5sSx - & North Iran! Let's not forget them! 183 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:06pm From my blog: So THAT’S Why I Couldn’t Access Porn On My Android Phone! http://goo.gl/fb/IT1pj 02:55pm I get the feeling that it going to snow today. My wife works 15km away and she says it is snowing a lot there. Nothing here yet.... 02:56pm Dammit @God you did that deliberately didn't you? No sooner had I sent that last tweet than the snow started!! 03:44pm @evanw so do you know if anyone turned themselves in? 03:53pm @evanw according to the last retweet, 200 people came forward & admitted cheating & 15 refused to confess. RE evanw: Yes that's what I read somewhere. Ouch. 05:08pm Everytime I open VLC Player, it keeps crashing. Anyone else having issues with it? #deargodpleasedontforcemetousewindowsmediaplayer RE jhpot: that's an amazing hashtag. And no, no problems here. 07:45pm Digital technology lets libraries share their fragile treasures with the world - latimes.com http://lat.ms/hTyROP 08:13pm From my blog: Cookie Monster Launches Viral Saturday Night Live Bid http://goo.gl/fb/r8g8C 09:01pm I love how the F word in pop songs always gets censored out on live TV. Imagine all the mentally scarred kids if they heard the F word! 09:12pm @Wossy if I send you a copy of one of your books, will you sign it for me? 12:16pm I agree with Sarah Palin. We have to stand with our North Korean allies - http://bit.ly/hd5sSx - & North Iran! Let's not forget them! 01:06pm From my blog: So THAT’S Why I Couldn’t Access Porn On My Android Phone! http://goo.gl/fb/IT1pj 02:55pm I get the feeling that it going to snow today. My wife works 15km away and she says it is snowing a lot there. Nothing here yet.... 184 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:56pm Dammit @God you did that deliberately didn't you? No sooner had I sent that last tweet than the snow started!! 03:44pm @evanw so do you know if anyone turned themselves in? Thu Dec 02 11:01am RT @makeuseof ANNOUNCEMENT: Best Windows Software Page http://bit.ly/gO4Ui9 12:15pm World Cup 2018 bid announcement due in less than 4 hours from now. Will England win? I hope so. 03:12pm In a hour's time, we'll find out if England will win the right to host the 2018 football World Cup. It's going to go down to the wire! 03:50pm Sign up for my Google Buzz / Reader updates! - http:// www.google.com/profiles/markoneill 04:39pm Fuck. #2018worldcup 04:58pm If Qatar can win a World cup then England is seriously screwed for the future! #2022worldcup 05:00pm It's funny how all the British spectators in the street all rushed off home as soon as the announcement was made!! #2018worldcup 08:36pm Right Click to Copy a YouTube Video at a Specific Time http:// t.co/hugFjNn via @lifehacker 12:15pm World Cup 2018 bid announcement due in less than 4 hours from now. Will England win? I hope so. 03:12pm In a hour's time, we'll find out if England will win the right to host the 2018 football World Cup. It's going to go down to the wire! 03:50pm Sign up for my Google Buzz / Reader updates! - http:// www.google.com/profiles/markoneill 04:39pm Fuck. #2018worldcup 185 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:58pm If Qatar can win a World cup then England is seriously screwed for the future! #2022worldcup 05:00pm It's funny how all the British spectators in the street all rushed off home as soon as the announcement was made!! #2018worldcup 08:36pm Right Click to Copy a YouTube Video at a Specific Time http:// t.co/hugFjNn via @lifehacker Fri Dec 03 12:46pm @jhpot I am REALLY looking forward to BBC iPlayer moving overseas. This IP blocking to UK-only is just ridiculous & hurts BBC's brand. 02:18pm Woman calls the police to report the theft of her snowman! http://bit.ly/hPrxHn 03:38pm American Dad is my new favourite TV series. Because Family Guy is starting to get a bit unfunny. Giggity. 05:00pm @kwbsteo I got it thanks. Trying it out on my website now. RE kwbsteo: Mark, we made a buzzgrowl chrome extension. Pls try it out and rate it http://t.co/PwXnaNp. Happy New Year! RE kwbsteo: Sweet! I see it works! LMK if you have any feedback. Would be delighted to hear the good and the bad. 08:55pm Why am I suddenly getting hit by Twitter spam? Do I look like I want a good deal on my car insurance? Or that I need viagra to get it up? 08:58pm Yeah sure, have you told Bill? RT : Hillary Clinton: Secretary of State is "My Last Public Position" http://bit.ly/i883J4 12:46pm @jhpot I am REALLY looking forward to BBC iPlayer moving overseas. This IP blocking to UK-only is just ridiculous & hurts BBC's brand. 186 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:18pm Woman calls the police to report the theft of her snowman! http://bit.ly/hPrxHn 03:38pm American Dad is my new favourite TV series. Because Family Guy is starting to get a bit unfunny. Giggity. 05:00pm @kwbsteo I got it thanks. Trying it out on my website now. RE kwbsteo: Mark, we made a buzzgrowl chrome extension. Pls try it out and rate it http://t.co/PwXnaNp. Happy New Year! RE kwbsteo: Sweet! I see it works! LMK if you have any feedback. Would be delighted to hear the good and the bad. 08:55pm Why am I suddenly getting hit by Twitter spam? Do I look like I want a good deal on my car insurance? Or that I need viagra to get it up? 08:58pm Yeah sure, have you told Bill? RT : Hillary Clinton: Secretary of State is "My Last Public Position" http://bit.ly/i883J4 Sat Dec 04 03:41pm @Mougg no problem. I am really enjoying listening to my music on my Android via Mougg. Wondering what to do when the space runs out! 03:45pm The mansion used in the "Godfather" movie is up for sale for $2.9 million - http://bit.ly/gU274p 03:41pm @Mougg no problem. I am really enjoying listening to my music on my Android via Mougg. Wondering what to do when the space runs out! 03:45pm The mansion used in the "Godfather" movie is up for sale for $2.9 million - http://bit.ly/gU274p 187 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Sun Dec 05 05:38pm Julian Assange's lawyer calls him a "journalist". Bit of an insult to all journalists wouldn't you say? http://bit.ly/eFiMwR 07:14pm We've just hit 40,000 subscribers on @MakeUseOf Facebook page! Subscribe now & help us get to 45,000 by Xmas! - http:// tinyurl.com/yj6fpsc 08:55pm From my blog: The Moment The Stunt Went Wrong On Live German TV http://goo.gl/fb/58YZ6 09:44pm From my blog: Family Guy Trailer For Star Wars “It’s A Trap!” http://goo.gl/fb/bSB0Q 05:38pm Julian Assange's lawyer calls him a "journalist". Bit of an insult to all journalists wouldn't you say? http://bit.ly/eFiMwR 07:14pm We've just hit 40,000 subscribers on @MakeUseOf Facebook page! Subscribe now & help us get to 45,000 by Xmas! - http:// tinyurl.com/yj6fpsc 08:55pm From my blog: The Moment The Stunt Went Wrong On Live German TV http://goo.gl/fb/58YZ6 09:44pm From my blog: Family Guy Trailer For Star Wars “It’s A Trap!” http://goo.gl/fb/bSB0Q Mon Dec 06 02:34pm Today is St Nikolaus Day in Germany. I got a new kettle and some chocolate! - http://bit.ly/e19Qxv 03:10pm Android 2.3 may be coming out today. Suddenly my 2.1 feels old!! :-/ 188 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 03:37pm Just realised a lot of my T-shirts are turning into rags & don't fit me anymore. Need to get some cool new ones for Christmas #markswishlist RE punkangel27: http://punkangel.spreadshirt.com/ RE smange: I know! Try a @makeuseof t-shirt. :P This one's good! http:// splitreason.com/product/makeuseof/977 04:01pm @smange @makeuseof LOL! I have three already & they are virtually my second skin. We have new designs coming & I will buy two of them. RE smange: @makeuseof New designs, hey? *waits* 04:46pm Google eBooks launches but I don't think it works outside the US - AS USUAL - http://bit.ly/f0tsON - we are STILL waiting for Google Voice. 02:34pm Today is St Nikolaus Day in Germany. I got a new kettle and some chocolate! - http://bit.ly/e19Qxv 03:10pm Android 2.3 may be coming out today. Suddenly my 2.1 feels old!! :-/ 03:37pm Just realised a lot of my T-shirts are turning into rags & don't fit me anymore. Need to get some cool new ones for Christmas #markswishlist RE punkangel27: http://punkangel.spreadshirt.com/ RE smange: I know! Try a @makeuseof t-shirt. :P This one's good! http:// splitreason.com/product/makeuseof/977 04:01pm @smange @makeuseof LOL! I have three already & they are virtually my second skin. We have new designs coming & I will buy two of them. RE smange: @makeuseof New designs, hey? *waits* 189 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:46pm Google eBooks launches but I don't think it works outside the US - AS USUAL - http://bit.ly/f0tsON - we are STILL waiting for Google Voice. Tue Dec 07 01:50pm Android Map App Will Get 3D Buildings, Compass Orientation, And Offline Capabilities http://t.co/zRjZ1pW via @techcrunch 01:51pm Just found out from Motorola that my Android phone will get 2.2 "sometime next year". Super. By that time, 2.4 will probably be out. 01:59pm @diptychal To quote Monty Python, it's not dead, it's just sleeping! RE nfm: lol I sincerely hope that's true 02:15pm A coded manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci has been discovered in a public library in the French city of Nantes - http://bit.ly/gzjZuG 02:59pm Check out the snow continuing to hit the UK - http://bit.ly/ igjXm0 - this is UNREAL! 03:00pm @smange yup. We should have something in place by the New Year (hopefully). I think 2 new designs have been approved & are being made. 03:01pm @ddrager and you've only just discovered this? LOL. 03:09pm Pizza Hut accused of racism after asking black footballers to pay their bills before receiving their food - http://bit.ly/gxjtlV 01:50pm Android Map App Will Get 3D Buildings, Compass Orientation, And Offline Capabilities http://t.co/zRjZ1pW via @techcrunch 190 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 01:51pm Just found out from Motorola that my Android phone will get 2.2 "sometime next year". Super. By that time, 2.4 will probably be out. 01:59pm @diptychal To quote Monty Python, it's not dead, it's just sleeping! RE nfm: lol I sincerely hope that's true 02:15pm A coded manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci has been discovered in a public library in the French city of Nantes - http://bit.ly/gzjZuG 02:59pm Check out the snow continuing to hit the UK - http://bit.ly/ igjXm0 - this is UNREAL! 03:00pm @smange yup. We should have something in place by the New Year (hopefully). I think 2 new designs have been approved & are being made. 03:01pm @ddrager and you've only just discovered this? LOL. Thu Oct 07 11:26am Hey Google Translate does Latin. Now I can speak to the Pope next week when I am in Rome. 01:02pm Eurostar to offer direct services to Amsterdam and Geneva http://bit.ly/aVtmfp 02:32pm @jhpot why impossible? 02:57pm @diptychal @jhpot I agree, it's hard but not totally impossible. Starbucks and many McDonalds offer free-wi for the customers. 02:58pm Waiting on the Vatican to fax back our entrance tickets. Would you believe that they don't accept emails? Only faxes & letters. Very 1990's. 191 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 08:06pm I must be going up in the world. I've just been emailed and offered an invitation to buy a $1000 ticket to a party at the Playboy mansion. 09:11pm Johnny Depp makes surprise visit to London primary school dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow - http://bit.ly/9hDsra 09:51pm Finally! I have the new Twitter. Took long enough. 09:56pm One bad thing about #newtwitter is that it covers the whole screen so your cool background template is rather screwed. 11:24pm I am currently writing a @skype manual for @MakeUseOf. Does anyone have any tips, tricks or apps they would like me to include? 09:11pm Johnny Depp makes surprise visit to London primary school dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow - http://bit.ly/9hDsra 09:51pm Finally! I have the new Twitter. Took long enough. 09:56pm One bad thing about #newtwitter is that it covers the whole screen so your cool background template is rather screwed. 11:24pm I am currently writing a @skype manual for @MakeUseOf. Does anyone have any tips, tricks or apps they would like me to include? 08:06pm I must be going up in the world. I've just been emailed and offered an invitation to buy a $1000 ticket to a party at the Playboy mansion. Sat Dec 11 01:08pm An elderly Jewish man breaks his 60 year silence to reveal his WW2 murderous secret - http://bit.ly/gw5JTF 09:52pm @frysdelight I offer my shoulder :-) What's up? RE frysdelight: hi dear thanks for the offer of a shoulder I really need one right now I am bipolar and everything is just happening at once x 192 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 09:58pm @frysdelight I have depression too & I know how you feel. Dark and cold days are sending my moods crashing through the floor. RE frysdelight: but after taking them for a long time I was put on quetiapine and lots of other psychiatric drugs adout15 different ones RE frysdelight: sorry I messed up on those tweet this is what I meant to tweet it's a dark place to b what meds r u taking I used 2take lithium 10:07pm @frysdelight here in Germany, the meds are called Valdoxan and Anxut. VERY good & effective if you're looking for something. 09:58pm @frysdelight I have depression too & I know how you feel. Dark and cold days are sending my moods crashing through the floor. RE frysdelight: but after taking them for a long time I was put on quetiapine and lots of other psychiatric drugs adout15 different ones RE frysdelight: sorry I messed up on those tweet this is what I meant to tweet it's a dark place to b what meds r u taking I used 2take lithium 10:07pm @frysdelight here in Germany, the meds are called Valdoxan and Anxut. VERY good & effective if you're looking for something. Sun Dec 12 12:24pm WikiLeaks backlash: The first global cyber war has begun, claim hackers - http://bit.ly/f6UAMw 08:59pm It's fun sending anonymous SMS's to your friends. They get all worried thinking they have a stalker. "How did you get this number?!" :-() 12:24pm WikiLeaks backlash: The first global cyber war has begun, claim hackers - http://bit.ly/f6UAMw 08:59pm It's fun sending anonymous SMS's to your friends. They get all worried thinking they have a stalker. "How did you get this number?!" :-() 193 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Mon Dec 13 12:23am I joined Twitter on the 26th of February 2007, making my account 1,385 days old. Find your date at http://www.twuration.com/ 02:02pm A German Franconian Christmas crib! Makes me hungry just looking at it! http://twitpic.com/3fkbi8 07:47pm Mona Lisa painting 'contains hidden code' - http://bit.ly/gyIJSg Dan Brown must be seriously aroused by now. 12:23am I joined Twitter on the 26th of February 2007, making my account 1,385 days old. Find your date at http://www.twuration.com/ 02:02pm A German Franconian Christmas crib! Makes me hungry just looking at it! http://twitpic.com/3fkbi8 07:47pm Mona Lisa painting 'contains hidden code' - http://bit.ly/gyIJSg Dan Brown must be seriously aroused by now. 194 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Tue Dec 14 01:32pm An enraged German father who disapproved of his daughter's older boyfriend castrates him with a bread knife - http://bit.ly/gFXm4I OUCH!! 01:35pm Loch Ness monster 'seen twice' - Telegraph http://t.co/ td3mZHD 05:41pm RT @makeuseof The AWESOME Automation Guide For Mac Users [PDF] http://bit.ly/eaeWZg 10:52pm Every Twitter application you authorise has near-complete control over your account & that includes your private data - http://bit.ly/ eJCErv 11:04pm RT @crunchgear The Tale Of the Littlest Jedi: Bullied Girl Gets Star Wars Love http://bit.ly/gXGujb 11:46pm Find if your Email Address Got Leaked through Gawker’s Database http://t.co/gukCGkh via @labnol_BLOG 01:32pm An enraged German father who disapproved of his daughter's older boyfriend castrates him with a bread knife - http://bit.ly/gFXm4I OUCH!! 01:35pm Loch Ness monster 'seen twice' - Telegraph http://t.co/ td3mZHD 05:41pm RT @makeuseof The AWESOME Automation Guide For Mac Users [PDF] http://bit.ly/eaeWZg 10:52pm Every Twitter application you authorise has near-complete control over your account & that includes your private data - http://bit.ly/ eJCErv 11:04pm RT @crunchgear The Tale Of the Littlest Jedi: Bullied Girl Gets Star Wars Love http://bit.ly/gXGujb 195 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 11:46pm Find if your Email Address Got Leaked through Gawker’s Database http://t.co/gukCGkh via @labnol_BLOG Wed Dec 15 12:32pm Finger may point to solution in Amelia Earhart disappearance riddle - http://bit.ly/fbabDg 05:50pm Is this the first man to be cured of HIV? - http://bit.ly/g04TY0 12:32pm Finger may point to solution in Amelia Earhart disappearance riddle - http://bit.ly/fbabDg 05:50pm Is this the first man to be cured of HIV? - http://bit.ly/g04TY0 Thu Dec 16 09:21pm I am really PISSED if Yahoo really is shutting down Delicious. Yahoo seems to only exist these days to shut things down. 09:21pm I am really PISSED if Yahoo really is shutting down Delicious. Yahoo seems to only exist these days to shut things down. Fri Dec 17 12:46pm @smange Are you sure that @vos2135 is the actual guy? It might be an imposter. I can't imagine a real politician talking like that. RE smange: I think he's a candidate, not someone who's actually been elected. But historically his tweets looks to be himself. 01:49pm The last Larry King Live show - http://bit.ly/euCFZg 09:17pm @Bakari45 An international terror organization that he joined willingly until he realised he actually had to do something for his benefits. 196 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal RE Bakari45: , what would you think if the same attack on Afghanistan were being done on US soil or where you live? Would it be justified? RE Bakari45: Well, yeah, perhaps he saw through the US war machine propaganda and realized killing innocent ppl is wrong—not worth the pay. 09:44pm Trying out the new Google Maps 5.0 on my Android phone. Looks great :-) 12:46pm @smange Are you sure that @vos2135 is the actual guy? It might be an imposter. I can't imagine a real politician talking like that. RE smange: I think he's a candidate, not someone who's actually been elected. But historically his tweets looks to be himself. 01:49pm The last Larry King Live show - http://bit.ly/euCFZg 09:17pm @Bakari45 An international terror organization that he joined willingly until he realised he actually had to do something for his benefits. RE Bakari45: , what would you think if the same attack on Afghanistan were being done on US soil or where you live? Would it be justified? RE Bakari45: Well, yeah, perhaps he saw through the US war machine propaganda and realized killing innocent ppl is wrong—not worth the pay. 09:44pm Trying out the new Google Maps 5.0 on my Android phone. Looks great :-) Sun Dec 19 01:52pm @diptychal When I click on @onlinepoetry, Twitter says the page doesn't exist. Looks like it has been deleted :-( RE nfm: oops - I misspelled it - it's @onelinepoetry 197 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:52pm @diptychal When I click on @onlinepoetry, Twitter says the page doesn't exist. Looks like it has been deleted :-( RE nfm: oops - I misspelled it - it's @onelinepoetry Thu Oct 28 10:03am @dannysullivan if you use the default browser, you need Google. It's totally useless. Use the Opera browser instead to type web addresses. 01:52pm How I Became a PC: Five Steps from Mac to Microsoft http:// bit.ly/cIbtAl 04:19pm Forgetful grandparents in Shanghai are being tracked by satellite to help their children keep an eye on them - http://bit.ly/cxvTLQ 05:58pm Check out the updated @makeuseof Google map - http://bit.ly/ aP8RDB 198 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 07:00pm RT @BestWorstAdvice: What's the biggest business merger since America Online and media giant Time Warner? http:// twitpic.com/31mu6g 10:03am @dannysullivan if you use the default browser, you need Google. It's totally useless. Use the Opera browser instead to type web addresses. 01:52pm How I Became a PC: Five Steps from Mac to Microsoft http:// bit.ly/cIbtAl 04:19pm Forgetful grandparents in Shanghai are being tracked by satellite to help their children keep an eye on them - http://bit.ly/cxvTLQ 05:58pm Check out the updated @makeuseof Google map - http://bit.ly/ aP8RDB 07:00pm RT @BestWorstAdvice: What's the biggest business merger since America Online and media giant Time Warner? http:// twitpic.com/31mu6g 01:52pm How I Became a PC: Five Steps from Mac to Microsoft http:// bit.ly/cIbtAl 04:19pm Forgetful grandparents in Shanghai are being tracked by satellite to help their children keep an eye on them - http://bit.ly/cxvTLQ 05:58pm Check out the updated @makeuseof Google map - http://bit.ly/ aP8RDB 07:00pm RT @BestWorstAdvice: What's the biggest business merger since America Online and media giant Time Warner? http:// twitpic.com/31mu6g 199 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Thu Dec 30 01:49pm The history behind the German New Year, and why it is called "Silvester" - http://t.co/4eUbUgF via @TheLocalGermany 03:04pm Check out the three new T-shirt designs by @makeuseof http://bit.ly/iewwrq - perfect for Linux & Android users! 01:49pm The history behind the German New Year, and why it is called "Silvester" - http://t.co/4eUbUgF via @TheLocalGermany 03:04pm Check out the three new T-shirt designs by @makeuseof http://bit.ly/iewwrq - perfect for Linux & Android users! Fri Dec 31 02:40pm To all my Twitter friends, whenever it happens to you in your part of the world, HAPPY NEW YEAR! And thanks for reading my tweets in 2010! 02:41pm @nedobelic Glad you liked the guide and hope it was useful. Happy New Year! RE nedobelic: It was very useful and the best I've read. Happy New Year to you too! 05:54pm Not even 6pm here and already the fireworks are starting! Gets earlier and earlier every year! 02:40pm To all my Twitter friends, whenever it happens to you in your part of the world, HAPPY NEW YEAR! And thanks for reading my tweets in 2010! 02:41pm @nedobelic Glad you liked the guide and hope it was useful. Happy New Year! RE nedobelic: It was very useful and the best I've read. Happy New Year to you too! 200 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 05:54pm Not even 6pm here and already the fireworks are starting! Gets earlier and earlier every year! 201 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 2011 Wed Jan 19 09:50pm Everyone talks about Bradley Manning's treatment but what about all the others in solitary confinement in the USA? - http://bit.ly/ ihcw77 Fri Jan 21 04:07pm Ed Miliband is a hypocritical prick. He's in no position to criticise the PM, given the past 24 hours events with his Shadow Chancellor. 08:28pm How a French Doctor Helped Create Forensic Science - http:// bit.ly/hd65RV 202 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Tue Jan 25 02:09pm British woman 'cured' of deep depression by pioneering surgery - http://bit.ly/gtralB - Absolutely amazing. 03:32pm Would you like to only subscribe via RSS to only one category of @makeuseof ? Then check this out - http://t.co/cWsHfnN 05:50pm @diptychal is everything OK over there in Cairo? Are you OK? Hope you're not caught up in the middle of anything! ;-) RE nfm: yep I'm at home quite far from the commotion but internet access is awful 07:04pm @diptychal are the authorities cutting off / restricting the internet access to stop the protestors co-ordinating with one another? RE nfm: yes and to stop information from getting out but some still have access on their phones 09:55pm I think it's cool! RT @bcrook88: The counter for googleIO might be the sickest thing I've ever seen. http://www.google.com/events/ io/2011/ Wed Jan 26 02:46pm @diptychal so are the protests today on the same scale as yesterday or is it all fizzling out now like Iran? #jan25 #egypt RE nfm: the morning was quiet and a bit disorganized but it's picking up again. Smaller crowds so far but persistent 05:33pm @aenon1mus what happened? 203 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Fri Jan 28 05:04pm Watch events as they unfold in Egypt, courtesy of Al Jazeera http://bit.ly/AXx2 #egypt 06:33pm @Steve_Campbell disinfected? What happened? Were you hit by a massive fart attack? LOL! RE Steve_Campbell: haha nope, but over half the office is out sick today. Taking the necessary precautions and vaporizing every germ known to man. 06:34pm What is happening in Egypt is gripping. The Egyptian people are taking their destinies into their own hands and sending a clear message. 06:47pm Smell like Jack Bauer with "24: The Fragrance"! Would you like to smell of "gunpowder, sweat and blood"? - http://bit.ly/i9Bgbl 07:36pm @Steve_Campbell are you sure they just don't want to tackle the snow and would rather stay at home in the warm? ;-) RE Steve_Campbell: It's a nice theory, but I'd bet anything that they aren't faking it. Not all of them, anyway. :) 08:51pm This is serious news for one of our writers. RT @labnol: PayPal in India is ‘Close to Dead’ http://goo.gl/fb/fb86b RE saikytweets: Thanks for the tweet Mark. There has to be a solution somewhere, so there's still hope. Sat Jan 29 04:13pm I can understand the Egyptian people's grievances but destroying priceless antiquities in museums? Come on, stop destroying your heritage! 204 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 05:08pm Eating jaffa cakes, listening to Duran Duran and writing my birthday gift wishlist. A nice Saturday afternoon :-) Sun Jan 30 12:18pm Andy Murray is very good at getting to the finals of something but when he gets there, he immediately forgets how to play tennis & fucks up. Wed Feb 02 11:40am My friend and colleague, @diptychal just got back online (she is in Egypt). Looks like Egypt has internet again :-) #egypt RE KateCansdale: great news :) I may be able to contact my family over there now too! 01:59pm The Art Project by Google. A bit like Street View but for museums. VERY cool! - http://bit.ly/fm25Vg 02:02pm @diptychal yeah I heard about the pro-Mubarak people on the camels and donkeys. I had a good laugh about that. Modern or what eh? ;-) 02:03pm @diptychal BBC is saying the opposite. They're saying that the fighting in the central square is getting worse & secret police moving in. RE nfm: I've switched to jazeera english. They're coverage has been unparalleled 02:08pm @diptychal are you watching it here? http:// english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ . I have been watching this continually for the past few days. RE nfm: on TV. They shut down the arabic channel in Egypt but thank God we still have the English channel. It's been my life line 205 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 02:36pm @diptychal now you have the Internet as another lifeline :-) It's a fact that people don't really appreciate the Internet until it's gone. 04:44pm Twitter seems to be slowly crashing. The "Egyptian effect" maybe? ;-) 06:36pm THis is just classic! Jeremy Paxman in his usual style announces the end to @BBCNewsnight 's email newsletter - http:// twitpic.com/3vtc9v 08:34pm The top ten uncracked codes in the world. I love this stuff! http://bit.ly/htBEVZ 08:46pm why would I want a web-based Android market when I can access Market on my phone already? http://bit.ly/2iV2zq 08:56pm I think the Internet has just hit an all-time new low - http:// bit.ly/b5OEIG - SQUABBLER!! 206 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal RE Squabbler: we respectfully disagree and challenge you to squabble that with us. you win, we buy you chocolate. RE GeorgeJack27: I agree absolute tosh! Sat Feb 12 05:05pm Italy is getting their asses kicked in the rugby by England! Now if Scotland can do that to Wales later, this will be a really good day.... Mon Feb 14 01:49pm First Valentine: Lasting legacy of 500-year-old love - http:// bit.ly/faOpOc 06:00pm RT @BestWorstAdvice: Want to surprise your Valentine with flowers at her job? Wait until she gets done stripping on the stage first. 08:54pm RT @adampash: Wolfram Alpha plots a message for your valentine: http://t.co/SihjqiA 09:21pm This sounds cool - a Chrome extension which allows you to block sites from Google results - and Google studies it - http://bit.ly/ijxsTy Tue Feb 15 12:56pm OK this is weird. The "retweet" button on Twitter.com is missing in Chrome browser. Checked in Firefox & it is there. What gives Chrome? 12:57pm RT @MadeaSimmons_: In relationships, arguments are simply a test to see if a couple is strong enough to overcome it. It's what defines T ... 207 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:07pm Boss forced to pay 13,000 pounds to employee after he put a "thief" sign around his neck & paraded him through town - http://bit.ly/ f3DWXw 01:25pm Has the coca-cola recipe been discovered finally? - http://bit.ly/ e3uZG7 06:33pm RT @MrsStephenFry: So sad to think our eldest daughter is nearly sixteen. Too old for dolls, skipping ropes and Italian Prime Ministers . . 08:12pm Check out @makeuseof 's new manual - Windows On Speed: A Free PC Tune Up Guide http://bit.ly/ftbKYU Fri Feb 18 02:15pm RT @wossy: At last. An organisation for those, like me, who admire the fuller figure. Or just want to stay cool http://yfrog.com/ h0okjkfj 208 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:17pm @diptychal Congratulations! I didn't know you also have a book published? Any signed copies available? ;-) RE nfm: thanks Mark! Sadly the book is long out of print-but this is perfect motivation for collection # 2 -this time for Egypt :) 03:58pm @diptychal given recent events in Egypt, publishers will be extremely interested in you doing another book. So you should definitely do it. 03:59pm @diptychal because they're panicking. They saw what happened in Tunisia & Egypt and they are shit scared that they are next. RE nfm: it just boggles the mind. In Egypt, the more violent it became, the harder the govt tried, the more determined the people were Mon Feb 21 07:36pm BBC reporting that 8 Libyan embassy staff in London have quit their jobs, walked out of the embassy & joined the protestors outside. Tue Feb 22 06:15pm RT @BBCBreaking: Col Gaddafi: "If I was a President I would have resigned but I have nowhere to resign from." More on http://bbc.in/ e29Rho 09:17pm RT @M_Ahmadinejad: Now taking reservations for our 1 and 2 week Carnaval Cruise Suez Canal cruises. Book now! 209 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Wed Feb 23 01:46pm My colleague @diptychal is looking for contributions for a book she is compiling - http://bit.ly/eUkOgH - spread the word! #egypt #jan25 RE nfm: thank you Mark :) 05:32pm This is cool! If you are signed into your Google account & it's your birthday, Google gives you a birthday logo! - http:// twitpic.com/42y5db RE evanw: Nic3! Thu Feb 24 12:21pm RT @BreakingNews: U.S. Army ordered soldiers specializing in 'psychological operations' to manipulate U.S. senators - http://bit.ly/ gCYheQ 12:57pm hmmm...stale birthday doughnuts from yesterday....tasty! I feel like Homer Simpson right now munching on a doughnut. 210 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:23pm RT @BBCWorld: UK nationals stranded in Libya can contact the Foreign Office via Skype where they are listed as 'libyacharterflight' Sun Feb 27 12:25pm Having my belated birthday party today! Having friends round for home-made pizza! Tue Mar 01 12:59pm @jhpot great, that's all the world needs. The US & UK starting ANOTHER war, meddling in the internal affairs of another country. RE jhpot: I understand that point of view, but if American fighter jets can stop a madman from firing on his own people... 06:00pm @jhpot and what happens when the Libyans shoot down a US fighter jet? That's an act of war. Slippery slope? RE jhpot: It's true, that could happen. But who today is glad the US didn't get involved in Rwanda? Wed Mar 02 07:57pm @diptychal @cairocitylimits I can't stand Amanpour. She spends more time bragging about how great she is, than actually reporting anything. RE nfm: @cairocitylimits she really is such an obnoxious woman. The only we have her to thank for is "Brother Muslimhood" 211 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Thu Mar 03 06:29pm Guttenberg, victim of Germany's obsession with titles - http:// bit.ly/edLZB7 Fri Mar 04 06:53pm Phil Collins to announce his retirement from music, saying "I won't be missed". I'll miss you Phil. You're a LEGEND. Sun Mar 06 12:18pm "What Every Man Thinks About Apart From Sex" - a book with 200 blank pages, becomes a huge bestseller - http://bit.ly/hL2xxo 02:15pm Iraq wonders when the tourists will return - http://bit.ly/hvEliq er, maybe when we won't get kidnapped & beheaded? Mon Mar 07 11:33am Britain beaten by Germany in popularity contest - http://bit.ly/ gi3Lc0 Fri Mar 11 12:14pm According to this article, Quentin Tarantino has the same IQ as Einstein and Hawking? Surely not! - http://bit.ly/hIMtnP RE jhpot: IQ is a load of crap. 03:34pm @jhpot you're saying that intelligence can't be measured? RE jhpot: Yes, because there are too many different kinds of intelligence. You can't compare artistic greatness with scientific. 212 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Wed Mar 16 05:24pm RT @makeuseof 8 Spectacularly Wrong Predictions About Computers & The Internet http://bit.ly/fr23Yx Thu Apr 07 11:22am The latest conspiracy theory - that President Obama has had secret brain surgery! - http://bit.ly/feslpS 11:27am Couple on 4 month honeymoon are hit by six disasters Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake & Japanese tsunami. http:// bit.ly/g7km3o 11:52am It's a nice sizzly 22 degrees here today. Tempted to get into my shorts and scare the neighbourhood. 07:50pm This is funny. The BBC asks the Communist Party what they think of the Alternative Vote system in the UK - http://bit.ly/ezjcey Fri Apr 08 11:18am The best April Fools joke ever - a US newsreader is persuaded to lick and smell her iPad for food smells - http://goo.gl/J6Wmf 12:57pm I don't understand people who go on hiking trips & call it a holiday. Isn't a holiday supposed to be all about doing as little as possible? RE jhpot: A hiking trip can be profoundly relaxing mentally. I always feel better after one. 02:32pm @jhpot you finally managed to defeat the bureaucracy and get your green card! Congratulations! 213 twournal.com Mark O'Neill RE jhpot: Haha, I wouldn't say defeat but the card did ultimately show up. Will make my trip this summer much simpler. 02:33pm @jhpot Sweating and puffing up a hill? No thanks. Give me a sunchair and a book any day of the week!! :-) RE jhpot: After a good hike food tastes better and books are more vivid. After a day of doing nothing I feel like crap. That's just me. Sat Apr 09 03:45pm Interesting fact : some websites may be blocked in oppressive countries but the RSS feeds of the sites are NOT. So subscribe to those feeds! Sun Apr 10 04:07pm Can anyone suggest a good present for my wife for our 1 year wedding anniversary? I am stumped. 04:57pm Doctors have found that epileptic attacks can be drastically reduced by smoking cannabis. Excuse me while I roll my joint. Peace man. Tue Apr 12 07:00pm That sucks what AOL did to @downloadsquad . If any unemployed DS writers want to come work for us at @MakeUseOf then send me a message. 214 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Wed Apr 13 12:03pm Burger King unveils the 1160-calorie Meat Monster - http:// bit.ly/eMCmpu Sat Apr 16 11:23am @keshabraj see http://www.makeuseof.com/contact for details. We can't guarantee that your app will be reviewed though. RE keshabraj: I have sent an email, appreciate your feedback. regards Keshab raj RE keshabraj: thank you Sun Apr 17 06:26pm Yours to rent for £40,000 a night: Liechtenstein puts whole country on the market (but 30,000 residents will stay) - http://bit.ly/ hSQp6Q Mon Apr 18 06:49pm @jhpot according to one British newspaper report I read today, Trump is leading in Republican polls, beating Sarah Palin! "You're fired!" Wed Apr 20 11:00am Adolf Hitler is in Twitter's "trending" list because it's his birthday today and everyone is tweeting about it - like me. How's Hell Adolf? 215 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Sun Apr 24 11:11am Been out in the garden searching for chocolate easter eggs. The Easter Bunny even got me the new Narnia DVD. Easter Bunny & Santa my pals! 11:44am My new Narnia DVD has a QR Code on the back which you can scan with your phone to watch the movie trailer in the shop. That's really cool. 01:00pm @KMFollett hate to state the obvious, but bury him?! Or go to a crematorium owner friend and burn him to ashes. 02:30pm @howtogeek That's a great logo. What do you use to make your logos? Photoshop? Gimp? RE howtogeek: wacom drawing tablet and photoshop - though I haven't made a custom logo in a while. 07:17pm Yay! Ghostbusters is on Channel 5 in a half hour. Now THERE'S a movie from my childhood! The green blob gave me nightmares for weeks. 08:37pm Ghostbusters gets better the more you watch it. Bill Murray is a comic genius. Mon Apr 25 07:36pm "CHRISTBUSTERS!" RT @RayParkerJr.: Christ has risen and walks among us. Who you gonna call? 07:37pm @hwallop I'm really annoyed because I wanted to watch Mr Whicher on TV but Masterchef is on the other channel at the same time. Urrrgh! 216 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Tue Apr 26 01:26pm Petrol station in Stuttgart charges people 10 Euros ($40) per litre for petrol to dissuade them from buying it - http://bit.ly/dHTpf5 Wed Apr 27 11:02am RT @TwopTwips: CAMILLA. Steal the limelight by turning up in Diana's wedding dress. /via @mostly_grumpy 03:15pm Donald Trump thinks he had a "big role" in getting Obama's birth certificate released? That man is a total & utter tool. How do we fire him? RE jhpot: Like most celebrities, he would go away if we just stopped paying attention to him. 03:55pm @jhpot trouble is,he doesn't get the hint because he's too egotistical. I'm convinced that hair perm is controlling his mind.It looks alive! 03:57pm Right-wing conspiracy theorists are now demanding proof that Obama can disco like an authentic black man. 04:21pm RT @RepWeiner: Developing: Trump now demands proof Hawaii is part of USA. #AnyoneCanFakeAMap 04:21pm yeah, the guy is seriously losing his mojo! RT @jhpot: @diptychal You mean when Obama condemns violence it doesn't just stop? Crazy. 217 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:27pm Sums up the saturated media coverage of the Royal Wedding up to now - and it's only going to get worse! http://twitpic.com/4q6170 04:32pm What's the definition of a hypochondriac? Someone who eats their M&M's one at a time with a glass of water. #badjokes 05:09pm The problem with @gmail 's new "background sending" feature is that it totally screws up the "undo send" feature which saved my ass so much! Sat Apr 30 10:59am @jhpot You have to be at least 16 to buy wine and beer in Germany, and at least 18 to buy hard liquor. Monika was buying Grappa. 218 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Sun May 01 10:35am @smange if you come to Germany, swing by Würzburg to say hello! :-) RE smange: Will do - But I don't think a Eurovision trip is realistic for next week. Maybe later. :) 10:36am The Pope sure as hell knows how to make a REALLY boring speech. Maybe President Obama should give him some lessons on livening things up? 11:45am Seth Meyers from SNL does a total assassination job on Donald Trump at the WH Correspondents Dinner - http://bit.ly/iGCIi1 VERY funny! Mon May 02 09:40am One word sprung to mind when I heard of Osama's death FINALLY. 09:41am But I bet George W Bush is pissed that Obama was the president when Osama was finally killed. 09:43am It's a bit suspicious that they quickly disposed of Osama's body. Have photos been taken? Or do we have to trust Obama that he isn't lying? RE smange: I know. Totally dodgy. As if they wouldn't want to do dozens of tests to make sure it's really him. 10:28am My wife thinks that Obama has been dead for a long time and the US has announced it now in time for the 2012 election. RE jhpot: pretty hilarious typo. RE DeanSherwin: Obama dead?! Would make for an interesting election! :L :P 219 twournal.com Mark O'Neill RE mrseb: omgconspiracy! 10:31am @mrseb you make that sound as if conspiracies are something new in the US! Never seen an Oliver Stone movie? LOL! 10:32am OK I could only manage 30 minutes of @CNN International. I have to switch back to the @BBC before I go totally nutso. RE jhpot: If you think CNN International is bad you should seriously see the American version some time. You'll vomit. 02:02pm @DeanSherwin oh crap! I keep making that mistake! :-) 02:04pm @KMFollett a bit idealistic don't you think? There's probably countless people ready to take OBL's place already. 04:00pm @jhpot I'm never going to live that one down am I? LOL! I should slow down when typing & check my typos. I'm supposed to be an editor too.. RE nfm: @jhpot fox news had a similar typo in their ticker - obama bin laden is dead - that didn't surprise me but mark's typo did :) 04:01pm They're saying that DNA proves with 99.9% confidence that OBL is dead. Well that means there's a 0.01% chance he is still alive. Conspiracy! 04:06pm Check out @makeuseof 's new PDF guide on Office 2010 http://t.co/JTnBOuN - written by our very own Matt Smith. 04:35pm Obama should use this for his 2012 re-election posters - RT @jhpot: Great job, Internet! http://j.mp/lgEapN Tue May 03 07:04pm Does anyone know what has happened to the YouTube preview feature in Gmail? It seems to have disappeared from Labs. 220 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal RE amit_banerjee: I guess its there, I use it everyday http:// twitpic.com/4sy9eb RE jhpot: still there for me. Wed May 04 01:23am @amit_banerjee that is really strange. I don't have it :-( RE amit_banerjee: are you using any Ad blocker extension ? Thu May 05 11:10am To all my British Twitter followers - remember to vote NO today in the AV referendum. AV is a bad system and bad for the country. Wed May 11 02:53pm Very disappointed about Skype selling out to Microsoft. Why can't companies just remain independent? Why are they always after a big merger? Sat May 14 12:10pm The Taliban is Now on Twitter - Techland - TIME.com http:// ti.me/jLT2Mm Mon May 16 05:16pm Oh dear God, I am addicted to the Crazy Birds game. Thanks a lot @jhpot ! I'll never get any work done now. 05:49pm @diptychal I like your new Twitter avatar :-) 221 twournal.com Mark O'Neill RE nfm: thanks Mark! :) 05:50pm Pity. The comedy value alone would have been priceless. RT @BreakingNews: Donald Trump says he is not running for president @Jaketapper Wed May 18 12:26pm Heard a rock version of "Amazing Grace" last night. Not sure whether to be totally impressed or totally shocked. Mon May 23 01:27pm One of @MakeUseOf 's writers, @diptychal has left to take up a new job. Good luck Nancy, you will be missed by all here at MUO. RE nfm: will miss all of you too! So glad we'll be able to keep in touch on twitter Thu May 26 12:33pm I thought for a moment I had run out of teabags & I started getting the shakes.But I found another stash hidden away. Got to get my fix man. 01:39pm What with the current Skype outage, my wife & I are having to communicate via email - how 2002! There's always SMS but that isn't free. 01:40pm @tobyharnden @obituarist start to get worried when he starts asking you for details on your life and career. 222 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Fri May 27 10:43am What Paddington tells us about German v British manners http://bit.ly/kwqTcf - "serious academic research" has been done on this? Thu Jun 09 07:29pm Back from IKEA where we were looking at furniture for a new place to live.We managed to not kill each other over our interior design tastes. Sun Jun 12 07:38pm Does anyone know the name of the song and singer who sang the end credits song for X Men First Class? I can't find it anywhere. 07:39pm By the way, X Men First Class is....FIRST CLASS! Highly recommended if you're looking for a great movie to watch. Mon Jun 13 09:03am You can see clearly that it been stuck to the outside of the window. RT @gaberivera: thousands of Twitter users fall for http://t.co/ cMZUclc 04:57pm Please welcome @Nutz321 & Yaara Lancet as two of @MakeUseOf 's newest writers! Yaara unfortunately doesn't seem to tweet though. 08:23pm I am getting so much Twitter spam sent to me. Fecking unbelievable. Is there a way to report spamming tweeters to Twitter? RE twitosh: Go to their profile, drop down, click Report Spam. But yeah, more will keep coming :| 223 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Tue Jun 14 01:37pm Yesterday I tweeted "how do I report spammers to Twitter?" Suddenly all the spam tweets are missing from my timeline! Panic deletion anyone? 01:43pm I don't get the joke! RT @mrseb: I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/uzBXwCD The Dalai Lama walks into a pizza shop... RE mrseb: hahah. really? want me to explain it? :P 01:46pm @mrseb I am starting to get the feeling that I am going to feel like an idiot for not understanding it! Go ahead anyway. ;-) RE mrseb: 'make me one with everything' = the point of Buddhism -and the Dalai Lama is the leader of Tibetan Buddhism. 01:52pm @mrseb ah OK. Well I am not familiar with Buddhism which probably explains why I didn't get it. Dalai Lama probably hasn't had pizza either! RE mrseb: probably not :) the whole idea of buddhism is 'oneness' with the world (zen, nirvana, etc.) 02:48pm @diptychal How are you enjoying your new job? Do you like being freelance and working from home online? RE nfm: loving it! It's pretty liberating.. but I'd love it even more if my internet connection would get its act together :) 02:58pm @diptychal How did your previous employer (AUP) take your leaving? Did they beg you to stay with a huge pay raise? ;-) RE nfm: lol yeah there were some futile attempts to make me stay 03:03pm @diptychal LOL and I bet you had immense satisfaction telling them where to shove it. Your former colleagues are no doubt jealous. 224 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Wed Jun 15 01:18pm Two men arrested on suspicion of planning to kidnap and murder the British singer Joss Stone - http://bit.ly/kITd3U 06:40pm A police mugshot and John Edwards still looks like he is trying to sell you something! And where's the mug placard? - http://t.co/ Ly4ZNbS 06:44pm This one will go right up there with "Dewey Defeats Truman"! http://twitpic.com/5bz8pq 07:59pm He's da man! RT @SteveNiles: Actor Sean Bean defends woman in bar; gets punched, stabbed, refuses medical treatment: http:// t.co/OECXD0S 225 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Wed Jun 22 11:10am New York Times publishes photos from a Nazi photo album in the hopes that someone will recognise the photographer - http://bit.ly/ mvklXY 03:36pm @BBCLauraK You're leaving the BBC? Oh no! I thought the normal procedure was for ITN reporters to leave for the BBC :-) Thu Jun 23 11:18am Is OJ Simpson about to FINALLY confess to murdering Nicole? 17 years too late... http://bit.ly/kjUDtE 01:43pm @BBCLauraK You're forcing me to watch a really crap channel in September! Please go back to the BBC - you were my news crush! ;-) Fri Jun 24 07:07pm Oh no! The shabby mac is gone. Peter Falk (Lieutenant Columbo) has died - http://bit.ly/kpLw01 Mon Jun 27 01:18pm Someone keeps signing me up for a new Facebook account. Whoever it is, please stop. It's not funny anymore. I stopped laughing ages ago. 01:20pm It's so hot here that I am seriously tempted to work naked. Why not? I work from home and the window is closed! 226 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Thu Jul 07 10:11am @BBCClick Google+ is Facebook without all the crappy Mafia Wars apps and horoscopes. Just people interacting - as it should be. 01:59pm What the hell is going on with Facebook? I can log in but my wife can't. When she tries, it says "the site is down for maintenence". WTF? 02:04pm In my next life, I am coming back as an estate agent. We're looking for a new place to live right now & estate agent fee is app.1,500 Euros. RE mattress: be one in the US you get 3% of the purchase price. Our Real Estate Agent got nearly $6k when we bought our house. Fri Jul 08 08:57am @OrchardToys http://goo.gl/23yOz or http://goo.gl/EmC9k ? 05:27pm I have Google Plus invites at the moment. Anyone want one, ask me nicely along with your Gmail address :-) RE getterdonegurus: I'd Love one! Pretty Please with a cherry on top :-) 05:30pm @getterdonegurus DM me your Gmail address. RE getterdonegurus: I tried it won't let me :-) Says your not following me ;-) 05:33pm @getterdonegurus Oh why am I not following you? Mistake has been rectified! Try again. RE getterdonegurus: Thank you for the invite I think I'll like +1 better than wave :-) 06:07pm @getterdonegurus yes this is a million times better. Enjoy :-) 09:08pm Still got Google Plus invites if anyone is eager. Tell me why you deserve one :-) 227 twournal.com Mark O'Neill RE winterdevil: Hi Mark! can i have a Google + Inv please? why? "Forever Geek" RE allado: ehmm... because... I am really willing to drop facebook? :) 09:54pm @winterdevil I will need your Gmail address. RE winterdevil: Thank you! i already got one :D have a good time! 09:55pm @allado I will need your Gmail address :-) RE allado: llado.albert@gmail.com By the way, I have a strong addiction to chocolate too! (drink coke zero, though). Thanks! :) Sun Jul 10 04:53pm Oh hell, psycho man wants to be president. RT @ConHomeUSA: Will he run? John Bolton weighs in on a possible 2012 bid http://bit.ly/o76oZk RE BertOberholz: Thanks for the +invite! Question: what was the name of the svc you recom'd to autoreply to new followers on twitter? Mon Jul 11 02:49pm VERY nervous while my wife & I find out if we've managed to secure a new place to live. We had to apply along with LOTS of other people. Tue Jul 12 09:56am LOL'd at Techcrunch's new design - "we picked this logo just to piss you off" :-)) http://t.co/YBEpdyq 11:27am @BertOberholz It's http://t.co/oyx2cBc but they now charge for auto-replies. I haven't done AR's in a long time. 228 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal RE BertOberholz: thanks. I want to disable AR. But maybe they did already. 11:46am Being the owner of an Android myself, this Android app list is a goldmine of information :-) http://t.co/NpZhciL via @makeuseof Thu Jul 14 07:32pm @o2myhandy do you have a release date yet for Android 2.2 Froyo for O2 Android smartphones in Germany? 07:34pm @Motorola do you know where I can find information about the release date of Android 2.2 Froyo for German Motorola Android phones? Fri Jul 15 10:45am #notw CEO Rebekah Brooks' resignation comes on a day when BBC TV staff are on a 24 hour strike. Coincidence? Cynical me thinks not. RE jhpot: It's news corporation. Nothing isn't calculated. You're not being paranoid. 04:10pm @jhpot yeah she probably figured today was a good day to slip away under the radar. That woman isn't stupid by any means. #notw 04:11pm @timbrookes is this your smartphone data plan quota? What have you been doing? Downloading porn?! ;-) 04:12pm @isupportu From what I remember of the Wired article, the neighbours did have encryption but the asshole cracked it! Nothing is safe. RE isupportu: It was WEP encryption. Not the most secure. WPA is the business.... 229 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 11:00pm I've started using Grooveshark for the first time. Does anyone have any really good playlists for me to listen to? :-) 11:03pm What the hell is going on with the development build of Chrome in the past few days? It keeps freezing up & takes up to 700.000K!! Sat Jul 16 06:53pm "Does Not Compute: 10 PC Myths from Movies and Television" - http://bit.ly/pQaBfQ - well worth a read! Mon Jul 18 02:15pm The most overused word in the English language - basically. Hearing "basically" all the time makes me want to basically blow my brains out. Sun Jan 02 05:00pm The politics and diplomacy behind William and Kate's upcoming Royal wedding in 2011 - http://t.co/KnU7CCI via @Telegraph 05:00pm The politics and diplomacy behind William and Kate's upcoming Royal wedding in 2011 - http://t.co/KnU7CCI via @Telegraph Mon Jan 03 12:42pm Christopher Hitchens begins a campaign to teach Americans how to make a decent cup of tea - http://bit.ly/e5tiWi 03:25pm CRINGE!! RT @Copyediting: What do you think of "WTF" as 2010 Word of the Year? Do you cringe or embrace? http://j.mp/hBEIiP 230 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 07:15pm Neo-Nazis take over an entire village in the former East Germany - & the authorities are powerless to do anything - http://bit.ly/ f1xdLo 12:42pm Christopher Hitchens begins a campaign to teach Americans how to make a decent cup of tea - http://bit.ly/e5tiWi 03:25pm CRINGE!! RT @Copyediting: What do you think of "WTF" as 2010 Word of the Year? Do you cringe or embrace? http://j.mp/hBEIiP 07:15pm Neo-Nazis take over an entire village in the former East Germany - & the authorities are powerless to do anything - http://bit.ly/ f1xdLo Tue Jan 04 06:26pm @smange I know how that feels. I share your frustrations. 06:26pm @smange I know how that feels. I share your frustrations. Thu Jan 06 06:12pm why are they reading out the US constitution on the floor of Congress? Have they already got nothing better to do? RE jhpot: It's a religious ceremony. RE mattress: lets hope so. 06:54pm @jhpot are they all going to march to Thomas Jefferson's grave in a minute and start praying? RE jhpot: Sacrilege! Congress must pray facing Philadelphia, the Holy City from which Allah gave us the Constitution. 06:12pm why are they reading out the US constitution on the floor of Congress? Have they already got nothing better to do? RE jhpot: It's a religious ceremony. 231 twournal.com Mark O'Neill RE mattress: lets hope so. 06:54pm @jhpot are they all going to march to Thomas Jefferson's grave in a minute and start praying? RE jhpot: Sacrilege! Congress must pray facing Philadelphia, the Holy City from which Allah gave us the Constitution. Fri Jan 07 05:25pm Ask me any question and I will answer at http://formspring.me/ oneillmark 06:11pm What would you most like to achieve in 2011? http://4ms.me/ fPigGb 06:21pm What's one thing you own that you should probably throw away, but never will? http://4ms.me/iekeNl 05:25pm Ask me any question and I will answer at http://formspring.me/ oneillmark 06:11pm What would you most like to achieve in 2011? http://4ms.me/ fPigGb 06:21pm What's one thing you own that you should probably throw away, but never will? http://4ms.me/iekeNl Mon Jan 10 08:22pm Just received $1 credit from Skype, which I presume is compensation for the downtime the other week. $1? Is that all? 09:18pm I'm quite taken aback at the level of negativity over the new Facebook profile design. What is so bad about it? I don't think it's THAT bad. 232 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal RE jhpot: It's the Internet. Change = bad. If they change it back 5 months from now that will be bad too. 08:22pm Just received $1 credit from Skype, which I presume is compensation for the downtime the other week. $1? Is that all? 09:18pm I'm quite taken aback at the level of negativity over the new Facebook profile design. What is so bad about it? I don't think it's THAT bad. RE jhpot: It's the Internet. Change = bad. If they change it back 5 months from now that will be bad too. Wed Jan 12 04:41pm Added a fact to Facto.me: During my school days, I was a journalist for a young people's - check it out http://facto.me/f/23621 @factoME 05:36pm RT @makeuseof Our new PDF Manual - Your PC Hardware: From A to Z [DOWNLOAD] http://bit.ly/gSCDDL 08:43pm Google Translate for Android looks awesome but it's currently only for English and Spanish. Which is bad for me here in Germany. 04:41pm Added a fact to Facto.me: During my school days, I was a journalist for a young people's - check it out http://facto.me/f/23621 @factoME 05:36pm RT @makeuseof Our new PDF Manual - Your PC Hardware: From A to Z [DOWNLOAD] http://bit.ly/gSCDDL 08:43pm Google Translate for Android looks awesome but it's currently only for English and Spanish. Which is bad for me here in Germany. 233 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Sat Jan 15 01:28pm @diptychal so do you think that what happened in Tunisia will happen in Egypt too? RE nfm: it's hard to say... unless there's a catalyst here, like there was there - I doubt it. 01:28pm @diptychal so do you think that what happened in Tunisia will happen in Egypt too? RE nfm: it's hard to say... unless there's a catalyst here, like there was there - I doubt it. Tue Jan 18 01:59pm @smange I like the French assistant curator's skirt :-) 06:21pm @jhpot since they had Gervais there last year, they knew what to expect this time around. I personally think Gervais is a comic genius. 06:41pm @SethMacFarlane just when I thought Family Guy was becoming seriously unfunny, along comes two great episodes! There's hope for you yet. 09:57pm Ask me anything you want and I will try to answer :-) http:// formspring.me/oneillmark 01:59pm @smange I like the French assistant curator's skirt :-) 06:21pm @jhpot since they had Gervais there last year, they knew what to expect this time around. I personally think Gervais is a comic genius. 06:41pm @SethMacFarlane just when I thought Family Guy was becoming seriously unfunny, along comes two great episodes! There's hope for you yet. 234 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Thu Feb 03 05:23pm The BBC has a constantly automatic updating webpage with the fast moving developments in Egypt - http://bit.ly/eE9k7g 06:12pm @jhpot they're probably focusing on the ones with the TV cameras and the worldwide audiences. They probably don't care about the bloggers. RE jhpot: Videos on blogs end up on TV networks with worldwide audiences. 06:12pm @jhpot they're probably focusing on the ones with the TV cameras and the worldwide audiences. They probably don't care about the bloggers. RE jhpot: Videos on blogs end up on TV networks with worldwide audiences. Fri Feb 04 01:54pm Ronald Reagan would have been 100 on Sunday. Charles Moore says our current leaders could learn a lot from him - http://bit.ly/ fozGA9 06:29pm @diptychal are you online today? RE nfm: yep I am now. Internet connection is slow but we're still here :) 01:54pm Ronald Reagan would have been 100 on Sunday. Charles Moore says our current leaders could learn a lot from him - http://bit.ly/ fozGA9 06:29pm @diptychal are you online today? RE nfm: yep I am now. Internet connection is slow but we're still here :) 235 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Mon Feb 07 07:04pm @gary_burgess @BBCNewsnight David Cameron's fool-proof method of getting elected Prime Minister & winning the election. 07:04pm @gary_burgess @BBCNewsnight David Cameron's fool-proof method of getting elected Prime Minister & winning the election. Tue Feb 08 12:39pm Is Google down for anyone else in Germany? RE timbrookes: Does downforeveryoneorjustme.com/google.de help? 12:46pm @timbrookes it's Google.com, not Google.de. According to that site, Google.com is up. But not here with me. RE timbrookes: Terrifying. Surely proof that the 2012 Mayan prophecy is upon us! First Google, then the gulf stream. 12:51pm @timbrookes my wife says that Google.com is fine on her work computer. So it's just me apparently. The Matrix is fucking with me again. 01:27pm the brilliant old lady who beat up six jewel robbers armed with sledgehammers with just her handbag - http://bit.ly/f5sCvC 05:51pm This is driving me crazy - Google.com is down, as well as Google Calendar and Google Reader. It's been this way all day. #google 12:39pm Is Google down for anyone else in Germany? RE timbrookes: Does downforeveryoneorjustme.com/google.de help? 12:46pm @timbrookes it's Google.com, not Google.de. According to that site, Google.com is up. But not here with me. RE timbrookes: Terrifying. Surely proof that the 2012 Mayan prophecy is upon us! First Google, then the gulf stream. 236 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 12:51pm @timbrookes my wife says that Google.com is fine on her work computer. So it's just me apparently. The Matrix is fucking with me again. 01:27pm the brilliant old lady who beat up six jewel robbers armed with sledgehammers with just her handbag - http://bit.ly/f5sCvC 05:51pm This is driving me crazy - Google.com is down, as well as Google Calendar and Google Reader. It's been this way all day. #google Wed Feb 09 03:05pm James Lipton interviews William Shakespeare - http://bit.ly/ fXSSJf 03:05pm James Lipton interviews William Shakespeare - http://bit.ly/ fXSSJf Thu Feb 10 02:53pm @KMFollett what is it with you and sex scenes?!! Read "Key To Rebecca" not long back & it was all soft porn!! Dirty Ken!! LOL! 02:55pm With my birthday fast approaching, I am having to make the agonising decision whether to go out for double schnitzels or pizza.Tough choice! 02:53pm @KMFollett what is it with you and sex scenes?!! Read "Key To Rebecca" not long back & it was all soft porn!! Dirty Ken!! LOL! 02:55pm With my birthday fast approaching, I am having to make the agonising decision whether to go out for double schnitzels or pizza.Tough choice! 237 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Fri Feb 11 05:11pm Congratulations to the entire Egyptian people. You deserve your victory and I am proud of you all. 05:53pm BBC predicts in the wake of the Egyptian peoples victory,the next regime to fall will be Iran.#egypt @M_Ahmadinejad must be getting nervous! 09:21pm Note how Mubarak didn't have the balls to announce his resignation personally. He sent his poodle to do it. #egypt RE Verdurer: The guy is obviously oblivious. He's old and stuck. Let him toddle off, but get most his money back (cont) http://tl.gd/8orqc4 05:11pm Congratulations to the entire Egyptian people. You deserve your victory and I am proud of you all. 05:53pm BBC predicts in the wake of the Egyptian peoples victory,the next regime to fall will be Iran.#egypt @M_Ahmadinejad must be getting nervous! Sun Jul 24 04:04pm @smange oh now I've seen it all!! Tue Jul 26 11:51am How many of my followers are on Reddit? If so, what's your username? RE joshxhart: Reddit username is xhart. 238 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Wed Jul 27 04:02pm The 106 Best iPhone Apps http://t.co/2jWMQa2 via @makeuseof 05:50pm Amy Winehouse's death was badly reported | Hadley Freeman http://t.co/j15HnvL via @guardian 05:56pm George Lucas defeated over Star Wars stormtrooper replicas http://t.co/76dqvM3 via @guardian Thu Jul 28 11:10am I totally identify with this guy because I too am registered disabled & it took me ages to want to do it - http://bit.ly/n5PPrb Fri Jul 29 10:21am News organizations turn to random Twitter users like @ladybigmac and @dogfart for opinions - John Stewart rants - http:// bit.ly/n9CuLv Sun Jul 31 06:22pm I may be about to get my own home office for the very first time. I am looking for design suggestions. Anyone? Pictures? Websites? Mon Aug 01 02:52pm DOWNLOAD Watch The Web: AWESOME Media Center Guide 2011 http://t.co/UezR5R1 via @makeuseof 239 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Wed Aug 03 10:55am A really great interview with @tom_watson who is leading the charge in the UK phone hacking scandal.I really like him - http://bit.ly/ nVPAOr 10:58am @tom_watson I don't normally like Labour but I really admire you for what you are doing re. phone hacking scandal. Stick it to them! :-) 02:11pm @geeksaresexy I am totally getting that for Monika! We both dig Angry Birds :-) 02:41pm The 100 Best Mac Apps http://t.co/wfRWCdh via @makeuseof 03:12pm eBay is really pissing me off. Apparently you can't leave negative / neutral feedback if the auction was more than 7 days ago. WTF?! Thu Aug 04 12:04am How Twilight Works - The Oatmeal http://t.co/9OBlYo7 via @Oatmeal 08:56am This had me in hysterics. Two "superheroes" in Britain who have vowed to fight crime but so far have managed to find nothing to do. ... 02:47pm Google Plus Bans Creator of Firefox, Facebook Product Director, For Using His Real Name by @marshallk http://t.co/KZR2j9l via @RWW 240 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Fri Aug 05 08:37am A woman who had an irresistible urge to scratch her head and ended up scratching all the way into her skull - http://t.co/fbgp7Lw 08:50am The Last Surviving Witness of the Lincoln Assassination via @openculture http://t.co/vFSv7ON 08:52am A fascinating (and rather long) article about a woman who had an irresistible urge to scratch her head and ended up... http://goo.gl/ b3GXw 09:07am The printed book is doomed: here's why - Telegraph http://t.co/ opRc4Aa via @Telegraph 09:08am Hackers change Hershey's chocolate recipe - Telegraph http:// t.co/5qaadaz via @Telegraph 09:40am It's wacky news Friday! Alfie the horse has the biggest horse moustache in the whole of Britain because "he refuses... http://goo.gl/ NtpD3 11:56am I have to admit to a certain weakness for this kind of music! Yodle diddle doodle doooooooo!!!! http://goo.gl/zajZq 02:53pm John Malkovich has apparently been seen standing on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh handing out flyers for his Fringe play. What a guy! :-) 03:17pm Slow news day? http://goo.gl/6fR13 RE DeanSherwin: I bet the news desk reporters were fighting over that one! :P 04:47pm @melaniepinola The following story was wrongly credited to Mashable. Could you change to @MakeUseOf please? - http://t.co/ QZgr8SC - thanks! RE melaniepinola: So sorry about that, Mark. Correcting now. 241 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Sat Aug 06 11:19am Bothaina Kamel: Egypt's first female presidential candidate http://t.co/SgD8Jic via @guardian 10:13pm Is this Jack the Ripper? Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline named in new investigation - http://bit.ly/q6srfN 10:24pm My grandfather has just had a heart attack while my grandmother is still in the hospital.I am rather dazed at the moment.Hasn't sunk in yet. RE allado: I hope they get better soon, and you too. My best wishes. RE KateCansdale: I'm so sorry :( I hope he's ok. Thoughts and prayers are with them and you. Sun Aug 07 12:13am A Holocaust survivor raised a fist to death - latimes.com http:// t.co/YklsW2j 12:33am User Manual: When Chat Attacks: How To Instant Message Without Wasting Your Day or Being a Jerk - @Gizmodo http:// t.co/99ckQqy 11:39am @allado He seems to be slightly better today. He's asking my mum to check his lottery numbers :-) 11:57am Learning to Cope With a Mind’s Taunting Voices - http:// t.co/6gaHL4c 04:21pm In economic turmoil, U.S. needs a leader like Churchill #cnn http://t.co/7kuFGv0 242 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Fri Mar 18 03:04pm When you're having a crap day, chocolate is always the answer. Whoever discovered chocolate is a God in my book. 03:05pm @smange LOL! Let me guess, "disk" was something else? ;-) 03:08pm Amazing how Gaddafi suddenly wants a ceasefire, when we're about to fly over and bomb the living shit out of him. Coincidence? I think not! 06:17pm @howtogeek Nope. Follow Friday is the Twitter equivalent of spam. And that's the fastest way for me to unfollow someone. 06:18pm @rdube I get the feeling that they are a bit busy right now Ryan :-) Are you looking for a rebel or a Gaddafi fan? RE rdube: Looking for anyone in that region that's sympathetic to the rebel cause... 06:17pm @howtogeek Nope. Follow Friday is the Twitter equivalent of spam. And that's the fastest way for me to unfollow someone. 06:18pm @rdube I get the feeling that they are a bit busy right now Ryan :-) Are you looking for a rebel or a Gaddafi fan? RE rdube: Looking for anyone in that region that's sympathetic to the rebel cause... Tue Mar 22 10:36am William Shatner is 80 years old? That is totally unbelievable! That makes him 5 years younger than my grandad!! 10:36am William Shatner is 80 years old? That is totally unbelievable! That makes him 5 years younger than my grandad!! 243 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Thu Mar 24 02:34pm Please give a warm welcome to our newest staff writer, @dmaxel who is taking over from @ddrager , effective today. 02:34pm Please give a warm welcome to our newest staff writer, @dmaxel who is taking over from @ddrager , effective today. Fri Mar 25 05:02pm Fringe has been renewed for a fourth season!! WOO-HOO!! My wife & I are VERY happy! Fox has made a good decision for once. #fringe RE evanw: I am pumped as well! 05:02pm Fringe has been renewed for a fourth season!! WOO-HOO!! My wife & I are VERY happy! Fox has made a good decision for once. #fringe RE evanw: I am pumped as well! Tue Mar 29 06:50pm Sign up to have a "cloud girlfriend" who will pretend to be your other half on Facebook - http://bit.ly/hRdXsR - SAD! 06:50pm Sign up to have a "cloud girlfriend" who will pretend to be your other half on Facebook - http://bit.ly/hRdXsR - SAD! Thu Mar 31 02:27pm The Lockerbie victims families have been strangely quiet during the whole Musa Kusa defection.You'd think they would be demanding his arrest 244 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 02:28pm The BBC said something last night about Musa Kusa possibly being one of the top officials who gave the go-ahead order for Lockerbie. 03:16pm Prosecutors in Scotland want to talk to Kusa about Lockerbie & victims families have supported it! Guess they are not so silent after all. 02:27pm The Lockerbie victims families have been strangely quiet during the whole Musa Kusa defection.You'd think they would be demanding his arrest 02:28pm The BBC said something last night about Musa Kusa possibly being one of the top officials who gave the go-ahead order for Lockerbie. 03:16pm Prosecutors in Scotland want to talk to Kusa about Lockerbie & victims families have supported it! Guess they are not so silent after all. Mon Apr 04 12:37pm Looks like I have a new job! ;-) http://twitpic.com/4gujmn RE scienceismagic: oh good good...though you'll probably have to move to america first! :P RE jhpot: That's a much easier job than your current one. 245 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 03:55pm @jhpot yeah, unfortunately V-P involves just sitting around waiting for something bad to happen to the president. 11:39pm @loyaleagle it's a part-time gig so I can do it in between MakeUseOf! Bit of hand shaking, carrying the president's briefcase... 12:37pm Looks like I have a new job! ;-) http://twitpic.com/4gujmn RE scienceismagic: oh good good...though you'll probably have to move to america first! :P RE jhpot: That's a much easier job than your current one. Mon Aug 08 11:07pm Shooting Stars: 10 best moments http://t.co/y9lqAGx via @guardian Thu Apr 28 11:23am Now Trump wants to see Obama's college records? Where will it end? Maybe he would like to see Obama's finger painting from kindergarten? 11:33am Everytime I see Donald "slimeball" Trump now on TV, I have this uncontrollable urge to point at the TV and shout "YOU'RE FIRED!" 11:34am @justinlodge yes, let's examine Trump's many business failings, his many wives...he acts holier than thou but he's an utter slimeball. 246 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 11:50am @TheAwkwardTweet http://twitpic.com/4qeyjl - For a minute there, I thought he was naked. THAT would have been funny! 02:49pm I'll be happy when the Royal Wedding is over. Then again, what will BBC's Nicholas Witchell do? He'll have nothing to report! 05:40pm The new Google Docs app for Android is swwweeeett.....now I can open MS Word docs on my phone! 05:45pm @mrseb MakeUseOf has published an iPad guide and we are always publishing articles on iPad apps & tips. Check it out! RE mrseb: heheh, thanks for the tip. (I have already stumbled across one while googling :) 07:23pm Ha! Ha! Justin Bieber gets 3 servers! RT @Steve_Campbell: Twitter Braces For The Royal Wedding http://t.co/3t7IJMs #pic RE Steve_Campbell: haha Yeah. I felt that alone warranted a tweet. 247 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 11:33am Everytime I see Donald "slimeball" Trump now on TV, I have this uncontrollable urge to point at the TV and shout "YOU'RE FIRED!" 11:34am @justinlodge yes, let's examine Trump's many business failings, his many wives...he acts holier than thou but he's an utter slimeball. 11:50am @TheAwkwardTweet http://twitpic.com/4qeyjl - For a minute there, I thought he was naked. THAT would have been funny! 02:49pm I'll be happy when the Royal Wedding is over. Then again, what will BBC's Nicholas Witchell do? He'll have nothing to report! 05:40pm The new Google Docs app for Android is swwweeeett.....now I can open MS Word docs on my phone! 05:45pm @mrseb MakeUseOf has published an iPad guide and we are always publishing articles on iPad apps & tips. Check it out! RE mrseb: heheh, thanks for the tip. (I have already stumbled across one while googling :) 07:23pm Ha! Ha! Justin Bieber gets 3 servers! RT @Steve_Campbell: Twitter Braces For The Royal Wedding http://t.co/3t7IJMs #pic RE Steve_Campbell: haha Yeah. I felt that alone warranted a tweet. Fri Apr 29 09:21am Victoria Beckham's dress is hideous! #royalwedding 09:29am @timbrookes u sound just like my mother! LOL! Come on, be romantic & patriotic! :-) RE timbrookes: I sound like my own mother! Just going to enjoy the bank holiday I think. No bunting my house. 09:38am The hats! Oh my God, the hats! #royalwedding 248 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 12:05pm Today I realise how proud I am to be British. You go and make lots of heirs Willy & Katy! #royalwedding 12:07pm Just been interviewed by a German newspaper about my feelings about Royal Wedding. Of course I was very supportive! #royalwedding 12:46pm Where's the kiss for God's sake? You may now kiss the bride? They're probably busy consumating in the back room... #royalwedding 01:41pm If I hear one more American criticise and insult the Royal Wedding.... RE jhpot: Can Canadians do it? Having the queen on our money gives us the right, doesn't it? RE daniesq: There are plenty of Americans like me that rolled out of bed at 4 am, or earlier, to tune in and are thrilled for the couple. RE daniesq: It's not just the Yanks, you know - plenty of your own countrymen are as well. There are lots of Americans who are thrilled tho. RE mrseb: ... you'll threaten them with expulsion from the empire? 01:50pm @daniesq I'm just annoyed because despite what people feel about the Royals, it's a wedding, a celebration of love, and should be celebrated RE daniesq: I just wanted to point out that every country has jackasses RE daniesq: I agree with you! If they don't like it, they don't have to watch, and they certainly don't have to comment! 01:52pm @mrseb People are just such killjoys.What's wrong with two people in love getting married? Nothing else to be cheerful about right now! RE mrseb: well, they are probably grumpy that it isn't them getting married... and shutting down half of London... and on TV... 249 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:55pm @daniesq LOL! No argument from me there! Lots of jackasses in Britain!! RE daniesq: I'd love to tell you we don't have them in America, but you read the news, right? lol 02:18pm I find it extremely amusing that the media was lip-reading the Royals and reporting everything they said #royalwedding RE daniesq: Really? Where did you see that? I figured they'd have someone doing that though. 02:22pm @daniesq everything that was privately said to one another in the abbey is now in the online papers. RE daniesq: Wow, that's not very ethical of them to print that. 02:28pm @daniesq it's nothing big. Just William complimenting Catherine and Harry telling his brother that Catherine looked hot! LOL. 02:30pm @jhpot sorry if I came across as grumpy. I was just fed up of other people hijacking the couple's happy day to show their grudges against RF RE jhpot: Myself I just don't care about the royal family, but I can see why that might make you upset. 02:31pm @jhpot present company excepted :-) 02:51pm @jhpot well, doesn't Canada want to be a republic anyway? Or is that just Australia? RE jhpot: Canada, overall, doesn't care about the royal family enough to want to be a republic. 03:10pm @Tea_n_Sympathy is all you do is tweet people to have a cup of tea?! I suggest a bit more variety in your tweets ;-) 05:47pm Absolutely brilliant! RT @Telegraph: Royal wedding verger cartwheels in Westminster Abbey http://tgr.ph/lKlICf 250 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 07:29pm My wife (who is 33 years old in July) was asked for her ID when she tried to buy alcohol in a supermarket! She is in a pretty good mood now. RE jhpot: I wasn't aware there was a drinking age in Germany. 09:21am Victoria Beckham's dress is hideous! #royalwedding 09:29am @timbrookes u sound just like my mother! LOL! Come on, be romantic & patriotic! :-) RE timbrookes: I sound like my own mother! Just going to enjoy the bank holiday I think. No bunting my house. 09:38am The hats! Oh my God, the hats! #royalwedding 12:05pm Today I realise how proud I am to be British. You go and make lots of heirs Willy & Katy! #royalwedding 12:07pm Just been interviewed by a German newspaper about my feelings about Royal Wedding. Of course I was very supportive! #royalwedding 12:46pm Where's the kiss for God's sake? You may now kiss the bride? They're probably busy consumating in the back room... #royalwedding 01:41pm If I hear one more American criticise and insult the Royal Wedding.... RE jhpot: Can Canadians do it? Having the queen on our money gives us the right, doesn't it? RE daniesq: There are plenty of Americans like me that rolled out of bed at 4 am, or earlier, to tune in and are thrilled for the couple. RE daniesq: It's not just the Yanks, you know - plenty of your own countrymen are as well. There are lots of Americans who are thrilled tho. RE mrseb: ... you'll threaten them with expulsion from the empire? 251 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:50pm @daniesq I'm just annoyed because despite what people feel about the Royals, it's a wedding, a celebration of love, and should be celebrated RE daniesq: I just wanted to point out that every country has jackasses RE daniesq: I agree with you! If they don't like it, they don't have to watch, and they certainly don't have to comment! 01:52pm @mrseb People are just such killjoys.What's wrong with two people in love getting married? Nothing else to be cheerful about right now! RE mrseb: well, they are probably grumpy that it isn't them getting married... and shutting down half of London... and on TV... 01:55pm @daniesq LOL! No argument from me there! Lots of jackasses in Britain!! RE daniesq: I'd love to tell you we don't have them in America, but you read the news, right? lol Mon Aug 15 06:58pm FINALLY I have managed to work out how to make Android phone screenshots. It's only taken me several years to get it to work. Tue Aug 16 02:01pm @ctroullis I have apnea too. Feel free to send me a message if you'd like to chat. :-) 02:18pm @time has just released their 50 Best Websites for this year http://j.mp/oVhyQc 252 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Wed Aug 17 11:13pm Cookie Monster performs Tom Waits’s “God’s Away on Business” – Boing Boing http://t.co/3LqnXe3 11:14pm Crunch time at the Edinburgh festival: audiences step up to shred cash http://t.co/SK1aYzO via @guardian Thu Aug 18 11:26am Listening to Elvis Presley. After every song, I have the sudden urge to go "uh-huh!" and point my finger. 11:51am There's a very fine line between being a gentleman to a lady and being her slave. 07:40pm I'm so great, I petitioned the Vatican to make me a saint. But they told me I had to be dead first. Major bummer. 07:45pm I wish Paul Ryan & Sarah Palin would make their minds up about 2012. Then when they're in, it really will be one big lunatics convention! 07:46pm I've heard the Google-Motorola deal being referred to as Googlerola. Sounds like a smelly Italian cheese. 09:51pm What Would Hillary Clinton Have Done?: http://t.co/sp66hCg 10:29pm This just made me speechless. Where does the hate come from? http://t.co/3YO6ygC 11:10pm Australian bank to trial video cash machines - http://t.co/ fb17W4c Sat Aug 20 05:51pm 15 Career-Ending Movies http://t.co/lLKsibo 253 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Mon Aug 22 06:14pm German's quest to repay pint debt ends after Telegraph track down British man he owed - http://t.co/Qor53G8 via @Telegraph Tue Aug 23 08:31am The Tragic Death of Practically Everything - http://t.co/ ZflZH4o - when "tech experts" prematurely pronounce a web app or OS dead. 09:58am Absolutely BRILLIANT! What it's like to play online games as a grownup - The Oatmeal http://t.co/Q4tuiIa via @Oatmeal 12:01pm Vodafone UK are totally useless! Wed Aug 24 11:08am Hasn't Gaddafi got more urgent things to do than hire lawyers to get his London embassy back? It won't be his embassy for much longer anyway 11:12am A possible solution to any English student who doesn't want to pay university tuition fees in Scotland!!! :-)) http://t.co/taH92s0 RE ddrager: Open online university courses are one of the biggest knowledge revolutions. How long till physical institutions are minimized? 12:18pm 16 years ago today, Windows 95 was introduced. My, how far we have come in such a short time! - http://t.co/h0edtJ8 12:22pm @ddrager Real bricks and mortar institutions will be around for quite a while yet & so students who have to pay will rightly feel upset. 254 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 05:02pm It kills me how Libyan rebels complain about a lack of ammunition & then they fire what bullets they have into the air as "a celebration" 10:01pm A million pounds reward for turning in Gaddafi? Is that enough for lifetime protection and a new identity to stop all the revenge attacks? Thu Aug 25 08:47am RT @commentisfree: This fierce lady sounds bad-ass: http:// t.co/i35nRYD We need more like her in the UK. Fri Aug 26 05:08pm Ah the wondrous joys of an air conditioning unit! Just the thing you need when you are barbecuing in 33 degrees celsius heat! 05:14pm Ah the wondrous joys of an air conditioning unit! Just the thing you need when you are barbecuing in 33 degrees... http://t.co/CoRqmtS 05:18pm I am constantly getting emails for another Mark O'Neill. This has been going on for years from different people.... http://t.co/DnaaXjM Sun Aug 28 09:54am The Most Outrageously Macho Movies Ever Made | Features | Empire http://t.co/o5OiKQs 04:06pm King Arthur's round table may have been found by archaeologists in Scotland - http://t.co/Da3b6sO via @Telegraph 11:28pm The 10 best jokes at the Edinburgh Fringe - http://t.co/CfjRlTO 255 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Wed Jun 01 08:56am Donald Trump and Sarah Palin as a presidential "dream team"? More like a total nightmare team - http://bit.ly/llif5g RE jhpot: It's a dream for comedians. RE myvoternation: about sarah palin you can vote your opinion at: http://tinyurl.com/3po64pv 05:09pm @lukegmatthews Mark from MakeUseOf here. Can you get in touch with me at mark AT makeuseof.com? We would like to offer you a free T-shirt! 05:50pm Man, I've got through a lot of work today. I am on a roll! And I did it all without Red Bull! Amazing! :-) 09:36pm @jhpot but while we're laughing, Obama could take his eye off the ball and all the Tea Party loonies would vote those two into office. RE jhpot: Unlikely. Tea Partiers are a very small, albeit vocal, minority. Palin would mobilize liberals like crazy unintentionally. 09:36pm @jhpot but while we're laughing, Obama could take his eye off the ball and all the Tea Party loonies would vote those two into office. RE jhpot: Unlikely. Tea Partiers are a very small, albeit vocal, minority. Palin would mobilize liberals like crazy unintentionally. Thu Jun 02 08:54am This has to be the best headline ever! RT @Telegraph: Bellringers trapped in village ding-dong http://tgr.ph/lalVRY 05:12pm Due to the #e-coli outbreak here in Germany, all the customers at McDonalds are asking for new burgers to be made without salad on it. 05:51pm Meditation For Geeks - http://t.co/MWzCD7y via @makeuseof 256 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 08:54am This has to be the best headline ever! RT @Telegraph: Bellringers trapped in village ding-dong http://tgr.ph/lalVRY 05:12pm Due to the #e-coli outbreak here in Germany, all the customers at McDonalds are asking for new burgers to be made without salad on it. 05:51pm Meditation For Geeks - http://t.co/MWzCD7y via @makeuseof Fri Jun 03 11:28am Monika is being stalked by a dove bird who sits outside our window and coos to her all day. We're convinced the bird wants to mate with her. 11:28am Monika is being stalked by a dove bird who sits outside our window and coos to her all day. We're convinced the bird wants to mate with her. Sat Jun 04 09:35am @OrchardToys Monika is my wife. So yes, very human :-) 09:35am @OrchardToys Monika is my wife. So yes, very human :-) Sun Jun 05 08:47am A "senior German doctor" has asked German Intelligence to investigate the possibility that the #e-coli outbreak was a terrorist attack. 04:47pm Monika and I are looking to move into a bigger apartment. If you know of one available in the #Würzburg area, please let me know. #wohnungen 257 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 08:47am A "senior German doctor" has asked German Intelligence to investigate the possibility that the #e-coli outbreak was a terrorist attack. 04:47pm Monika and I are looking to move into a bigger apartment. If you know of one available in the #Würzburg area, please let me know. #wohnungen Tue Jun 07 11:53am Super. #Skype is fucked AGAIN! #Microsoft sure knows how to send a good service to hell in a handbasket. Does it work for you? RE jhpot: I haven't noticed an outage yet. Are you a paying customer? 12:58pm Is it just me or is it rather ironic that a guy called Wiener tweeted his wiener to various women? I bet he's considering a name change now. RE jhpot: You're not exactly the first person to notice that. 04:23pm @jhpot Skype has tweeted that a "small number of users" are experiencing problems. My wife's office has no Skype whatsoever too. 04:27pm There's a rumour going around, via @PrivateEyeNews that #Doctor Who has been cancelled by the BBC, or at least put on long term hiatus. 05:16pm @jhpot it seems to always be New York Democrats too. Didn't Eliot Spitzer have to resign as NY Governor after a sex thing? RE jhpot: Sex scandals are very much bi-partisan, actually. Remember the Appalachian trail incident? Or the Minnesota men's room? 05:34pm @jhpot I remember the Minnesota mens room one actually. That was hilarious. Bill Maher had a field day with that one. 05:36pm @jhpot and who was the governor who left his wife and ran off to Argentina to meet the woman he met online? That one was funny too. 258 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 11:53am Super. #Skype is fucked AGAIN! #Microsoft sure knows how to send a good service to hell in a handbasket. Does it work for you? RE jhpot: I haven't noticed an outage yet. Are you a paying customer? 12:58pm Is it just me or is it rather ironic that a guy called Wiener tweeted his wiener to various women? I bet he's considering a name change now. RE jhpot: You're not exactly the first person to notice that. 04:23pm @jhpot Skype has tweeted that a "small number of users" are experiencing problems. My wife's office has no Skype whatsoever too. 04:27pm There's a rumour going around, via @PrivateEyeNews that #Doctor Who has been cancelled by the BBC, or at least put on long term hiatus. 05:16pm @jhpot it seems to always be New York Democrats too. Didn't Eliot Spitzer have to resign as NY Governor after a sex thing? RE jhpot: Sex scandals are very much bi-partisan, actually. Remember the Appalachian trail incident? Or the Minnesota men's room? 05:34pm @jhpot I remember the Minnesota mens room one actually. That was hilarious. Bill Maher had a field day with that one. Mon Aug 29 12:40am BBC News - Epilepsy patients 'should be warned of death risk' http://t.co/51OpqfT 07:07pm @the_EnglishShop what kind of programmes do you get on the Global iPlayer? I heard it was an "editor's selection" which sounds ominous! RE the_EnglishShop: they've finally published a comprehensive list: here it is http://t.co/4m4RtEB 259 twournal.com Mark O'Neill RE the_EnglishShop: lots, much better than expected, old classics like fawlty towers n ab fab mixed with the new: mighty boosh, little britain RE TheEnglishShop: hi mark, thanks for following. Gonna ask the person who tweeted about it and will let you know tomorrow 08:14pm @TheEnglishShop Thanks. I don't want to pay for endless reruns of Only Fools & Horses and One Foot In The Grave! Tue Aug 30 12:47pm I've relaunched my blog. What do you think? http://j.mp/ nFsfg9 . Good title? 12:50pm I've relaunched my blog. What do you think? http://t.co/ pVKRgRn . Good title? http://t.co/9m4VMAz 10:07pm Bonn prostitutes to use parking meters to start paying German tax - http://t.co/IZeOMEN via @Telegraph Wed Aug 31 09:08am How to Share Your Wi-Fi Network with Android Users, No Password Typing Required [Wi-Fi]: http://t.co/mBDWyNO http://t.co/ PZMgej8 09:08am Mediaeval 'Black Death' linked to present plague: http://t.co/ bbBfzIZ http://t.co/ZVvSHoG 09:56am Codecademy is the easiest way to learn how to code. http://t.co/ uLoxxTM via @Codecademy 07:30pm Mac, Linux or Windows: It Really Doesn’t Matter Anymore [Opinion] http://t.co/PfEXYnA via @makeuseof 260 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Fri Sep 02 11:58am @FirstDateHell a Japanese girl told me she loved me and made not-so-subtle marriage hints. Exit back door, change mobile number! 02:49pm @makeuseof has just published its 10,000th post! Sun Sep 04 06:39pm Never Forget this Number [IT Crowd] http://t.co/DUUIsn8 via @geeksaresexy Mon Sep 05 07:47pm I've got Dusty Springfield playing in a constant loop in my head. It'll be rattling around in there for weeks. 07:59pm I've got Dusty Springfield playing in a constant loop in my head. It'll be rattling around in there for weeks. http://t.co/qAokWh6 Tue Jun 28 12:15pm @mrseb it's not black here in Germany. It must be a regional thing (thank God!) RE mrseb: yeah -- or some kind of phased roll out. Don't count your lucky stars yet! 12:15pm @mrseb you're a jam doughnut? ;-) RE mrseb: ah-hah, common misconception! a doughnut in Berlin is called a pfannkuchen. 12:19pm @mrseb er...no. A pfannkuchen is a pancake. ;-) 261 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 12:39pm I've got the Wombles songs in my head. "remember you're a womble!" + "wombles of wimbledon". Not enjoyable anymore after the first hour. 12:40pm Guess that's Andy Murray screwed then. RT Wimbledon 2011: Rafael Nadal's MRI scan shows no signs of serious damage http://tgr.ph/ mHxqAQ 06:24pm The Pope launches a new website and starts tweeting. I can just imagine him at mass, with his Blackberry under the robes! "I have a tweet!" 12:19pm @mrseb er...no. A pfannkuchen is a pancake. ;-) 12:39pm I've got the Wombles songs in my head. "remember you're a womble!" + "wombles of wimbledon". Not enjoyable anymore after the first hour. 12:40pm Guess that's Andy Murray screwed then. RT Wimbledon 2011: Rafael Nadal's MRI scan shows no signs of serious damage http://tgr.ph/ mHxqAQ 06:24pm The Pope launches a new website and starts tweeting. I can just imagine him at mass, with his Blackberry under the robes! "I have a tweet!" Wed Jun 29 06:15pm From my blog: U2 At Glastonbury http://goo.gl/fb/hahWp 06:15pm From my blog: U2 At Glastonbury http://goo.gl/fb/hahWp 262 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Mon Jul 04 11:29am With Google+ now here, I have three social networks to update (Facebook & Twitter). Something has to give - I don't have enough time! 03:03pm @BertOberholz I wish I could but Google has suspended all invites right now :-( 11:29am With Google+ now here, I have three social networks to update (Facebook & Twitter). Something has to give - I don't have enough time! 03:03pm @BertOberholz I wish I could but Google has suspended all invites right now :-( Tue Jul 05 09:02am Follow me on Google Plus - http://gplus.to/markoneill 09:02am Follow me on Google Plus - http://gplus.to/markoneill Wed Jul 06 11:39am Slimeball journalist claims it's "no big deal" that his newspaper hacked into mobile voicemail of murdered girl - http://t.co/sScBPis 03:55pm @SethMacFarlane Everyone's a dick in Congress! So just turn on your TV :-) 03:56pm RT @tobyharnden: Train wreck of an interview re. phone hacking with New International director of corporate affairs: http://bit.ly/ r4JuPi 06:46pm 6 attempts by person unknown to change my Facebook password. Resilient bastard. Thank God for email notifications. 263 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 11:39am Slimeball journalist claims it's "no big deal" that his newspaper hacked into mobile voicemail of murdered girl - http://t.co/sScBPis 03:55pm @SethMacFarlane Everyone's a dick in Congress! So just turn on your TV :-) Thu Sep 22 09:01pm I've a feeling my dream last night involved an aggressive squirrel who wanted my nuts but I can't fully remember. Maybe that's a good thing. Fri Sep 23 01:11pm Here's how to get the timeline design before the masses do, if you like being one of the "in-crowd" ;-) http://t.co/UEU586EJ 01:11pm How To Enable Facebook’s New “Timeline” Profile Right Now Before Anyone Else Gets It http://t.co/VsmQXExa via @makeuseof 01:31pm It's quite possible that Albert Einstein got things very wrong http://j.mp/oPRjgv Sat Sep 24 01:20pm One for Mulder & Scully! Irish pensioner 'died of spontaneous human combustion' - Telegraph http://t.co/u27N2hVJ via @Telegraph 01:32pm Five myths about millionaires - The Washington Post http:// t.co/WSyoJqjg via @washingtonpost 264 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Sun Sep 25 03:33pm 3 Signs Apple Is Displacing Microsoft To Become The Evil Empire | MakeUseOf http://t.co/EWIMTD1s via @makeuseof 03:42pm 3 signs that Apple is becoming the Evil Empire in place of Microsoft. http://t.co/8BlQPejT Tue Sep 27 11:44am Ask me anything you want and I will try to answer :-) http://t.co/ pLDleyeH Thu Sep 29 03:34pm [HELP NEEDED] Suggest How We Can Improve MakeUseOf http://t.co/peoBEPlx via @makeuseof 03:40pm What can we do to improve MakeUseOf? Let us know! http:// t.co/3ynQJObe Fri Sep 30 04:05pm It's hard to take a SEO pitch seriously when they call themselves an Search Engine Optimist Expert. RE jhpot: Maybe he literally thinks positive thinking can improve your search engine rankings. 04:23pm I've lost BBC News 24 on my satellite dish. So I'm being forced to watch Sky News (the British version of Fox News - totally biased!) 04:44pm RT @BoingBoing: 29-year-old woman born deaf hears herself for the first time http://t.co/eoquYAGC - absolutely WONDERFUL! 265 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Sat Oct 01 10:01pm I can remember this - I think. RT @Telegraph: To the man who stole my BlackBerry - thanks http://t.co/3qBHKVjc Mon Oct 03 04:12pm DOWNLOAD An Android Guide : These Are The Droids You’re Looking For http://t.co/rVktl5jU via @makeuseof 04:20pm The new guide from MakeUseOf.com. All Android users should check it out! :-) http://t.co/LBveYWa9 RE TheEnglishShop: thanks for sharing... 08:57pm I can't believe they released Amanda Knox. It's always the same. The black guy stays in prison while the two rich white kids get to go home. Wed Oct 05 07:58am Finally, a person that speaks sense! http://t.co/EafP52JN Fri Oct 07 06:08pm If you ever needed a good reason to maintain those privacy controls.... http://t.co/Nknrtk7h Sun Oct 09 11:28pm Via @nprnews: Dissolve My Nobel Prize! Fast! (A True Story) http://t.co/YDRgUbJk 266 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Mon Oct 10 01:30pm Only 24 hours till we fly to Scotland! Back to the Homeland for good British food and getting spoilt by my mother! Tue Oct 11 09:53am Off to Scotland! Signing off for a week.... Tue Oct 18 11:57am iOS 5 kicks ass. I particularly like being able to wirelessly update my iPad using my home wi-fi connection. RE jhpot: Wireless updating seems like an overdue feature... Wed Oct 19 07:46am Why is it that when I smile at a baby on the bus, the mother holds her more tightly? 10:25am In a blog post, I accidently wrote "free whipping" instead of "free shipping" for a video game promotion. Wonder if sales have gone up? :-) Fri Oct 21 08:51am DOWNLOAD Best of the Web, Delivered: The Reddit Manual http://t.co/VLtPvDix 01:31pm What a morning. First I get shafted by @PrivateEyeNews customer service and now I find out that the @ITCrowdSupport is not returning... 267 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:35pm The bad jokes have already started online about Gaddafi. Main one is him along with Saddam & Bin Laden in a new series of "Friends". Sun Oct 23 10:56am Is anyone else having problems downloading the latest @wired magazine issue on the iPad Newsstand? I keep getting an error message. Mon Oct 24 05:08pm It's amazing the positive effect of being complimented by your boss has on your general output, attitude and happiness. 05:11pm Visa, Mastercard & Paypal are such hypocrites, shutting down their services to @wikileaks when they are happy providing services to the KKK! 268 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 06:43pm A great photo of a Highland cow that took a big interest in me last week :-) As you can see, she loves the camera too. http://t.co/ sKMKwVWw RE jhpot: That's a great photo; you certainly have a way with cows. Tue Oct 25 11:32am @jhpot yes all females love me, even the cow variety. What can I say? ;-) 03:01pm Says here Peter Firth starred in Law & Order SUV! Did he get arrested trying to molest a big car? http://t.co/nXpgsC4o http://t.co/ VqvGTYMX Thu Oct 27 10:10am A Belgian man thought to be in a coma for 23 years was actually only paralysed and fully awake - http://t.co/PNcNZWBT RE smange: Oh - how horrible. :( 10:34am Why does Hollywood hate the English? Yet another movie trashing British history, this time about Shakespeare - http://t.co/ YmGt46CC 10:49am This just made my day. iPhone's Siri doesn't understand Scottish accents! http://t.co/u3q4KwBk 11:53am Thank God we have the French to advise us on matters like this! http://t.co/xuzvDBQ8 269 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 01:29pm @hwallop The thing about Spence is that he always has to flaunt his campness right in your face. Puts me right off :-( Tue Jul 19 10:46am The 25 Greatest Harry Potter characters - http://bit.ly/rm5Dbg and Radcliffe isn't at number one! 10:49am Stephen Colbert is really concerned about hacking - http://t.co/ WhGLYQs #notw 03:02pm Rupert Murdoch's long pauses - is that genuine thought, evasiveness, or just senility? #notw 03:49pm Despite vowing to hold them to account, some of the MP's on the sel.committee can't help sticking their tongues up the Murdochs' asses #notw 04:43pm There you go. One of the MP's has just uttered the dreaded W word - Watergate. #notw 04:44pm Why the hell does Rupert Murdoch insist on banging the table with his palms all the time? Doesn't he realise that's VERY irritating? #notw RE BrenR1958: A way of letting people know he is in control and the boss... agree very irritating 04:46pm Rupert Murdoch comes across as the cranky old grandad and James as the slick smooth talking insurance salesman. #notw 04:47pm I bet Rebekah "Wicked Witch Of The North" Brooks is sitting outside fuming at the big delays. She should have been on by now. #notw 04:51pm @BrenR1958 For someone who is in control, he claims to know very little about his business empire - and he constantly defers to his son. 270 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal RE BrenR1958: Well he doesn't want to be caught out tell a few porkies... I would say it is a habit where he's boss and lets others know it 04:56pm Did someone just try to assault the Murdochs? #notw 04:56pm Guardian newspaper has just tweeted that a man just tried to assault Rupert Murdoch. #notw 04:59pm BBC reporting that Ruper Murdoch has been hit in the face by shaving foam #notw 05:00pm Murdoch's wife, Wendi, launched off her chair like a rocket and threw herself at the attacker. You go girl :-) #notw 05:04pm That shaving foam could easily have been a knife or a gun. Security is obviously SHOCKING. Shame on you parliament. #notw 05:21pm The Murdochs are very irritating. Rupert bangs the table & James has a very offputting stutter. Their PR people must be drunk by now. #notw 05:24pm Oh for God's sake, get your tongue out of Rupert's ass. First they get aggressive then they get amorous. #notw 06:34pm No sooner has the custard pie hit Murdoch's face than someone has registered the Twitter username! That was fast! - http://j.mp/pg1qaN 07:59pm @isupportu so why isn't WPA given to everyone by default? Why give everyone WEP if it can be cracked? Probably a naive question. RE isupportu: it's definitely best practice to use WPA. Some laptops can only connect to WEP networks. Hence its continued existence. 06:34pm No sooner has the custard pie hit Murdoch's face than someone has registered the Twitter username! That was fast! - http://j.mp/pg1qaN 07:59pm @isupportu so why isn't WPA given to everyone by default? Why give everyone WEP if it can be cracked? Probably a naive question. RE isupportu: it's definitely best practice to use WPA. Some laptops can only connect to WEP networks. Hence its continued existence. 271 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Wed Jul 20 02:42pm DOWNLOAD Bam! Your Guide To Digital Comic Books http://t.co/fjw2Sf3 via @makeuseof 08:00pm @jhpot you're welcome :-) Glad you like it. I'm rather hacked off though that Spotify doesn't work in Germany. 02:42pm DOWNLOAD Bam! Your Guide To Digital Comic Books http://t.co/fjw2Sf3 via @makeuseof 08:00pm @jhpot you're welcome :-) Glad you like it. I'm rather hacked off though that Spotify doesn't work in Germany. Thu Jul 21 09:30am @BBCLauraK Noooo!!! Don't leave Laura! You're what makes BBC News worth watching! Don't force me to watch "that other channel" :-/ 09:30am @BBCLauraK Noooo!!! Don't leave Laura! You're what makes BBC News worth watching! Don't force me to watch "that other channel" :-/ Sat Jul 23 02:02pm A man dying of terminal cancer leaves a document telling his children how to live a more contented life - http://bit.ly/qi7Ntn 02:19pm Massachusetts man claims to have broken the 40 year old code of the Zodiac Killer - http://bit.ly/qqVmZB 02:02pm A man dying of terminal cancer leaves a document telling his children how to live a more contented life - http://bit.ly/qi7Ntn 272 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Mon Oct 31 01:47am The Oatmeal's take on why it's both awesome and horrible to work from home. I have to say I have yet to drive the... http://t.co/ UE7SEk7A 03:52pm A sister's eulogy for Steve Jobs. Extremely moving. http://t.co/ LkQkdR3r 05:51pm The truth according to Albert :-) http://t.co/pGiASQgJ Tue Nov 01 12:21pm Testing out Find My iPad. According to iCloud, my neighbour has my iPad when in fact I'm holding it myself! Great... http://t.co/ Jl8Xc8hL 12:21pm Well, having Justin Bieber behind bars wouldn't be a travesty in my book (!) but this "law" is just sheer lunacy.... http://t.co/qBY8tYSe 03:16pm DOWNLOAD Set Up Your Blog With Wordpress: The Ultimate Guide http://t.co/XnjvoMcE via @makeuseof Wed Nov 02 06:40pm WTF?! Judi Dench has quit James Bond and has been replaced by Albert Finney? <groan> http://t.co/iGxKd597 06:40pm Switched to the new Gmail design today and I really like it. Especially the new improved conversation view. http://t.co/a7Z3a52M 11:48pm The Voice Recognition Elevator in Scotland http://t.co/ ue5vrPSf 273 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Thu Nov 03 01:16pm The title of the new Bond movie is "Skyfall" and part of it will be filmed in Scotland. Maybe Ralph Fiennes (the... http://t.co/dijvFlfi Fri Nov 04 12:54am I'm watching Batman Forever @intonow http:// t.co/8Um0WgQz 08:01pm My Chrome browser is saying that my profile cannot be opened properly & "some features may not be working". Eh? Anyone else seeing this? 10:51pm A good reason for everyone to get their online work connected to their G+ profile. http://t.co/tqIivI75 11:20pm Great! (» The Final (and Best) Muppets Parody Trailer!) http:// t.co/pLOm0ncN Tue Nov 08 11:20am MakeUseOf now has its own G+ page. Please join :-) http:// t.co/5B483XfO 05:41pm @MakeUseOf is now on Google+. Join the page to be in the running to win a brand new iPhone 4S! http://t.co/ohDNKLRu Fri Nov 11 02:54am @openculture, You're one of my favorite curators, show me what you read on Smartr - http://t.co/2iHuXx9e 06:11pm @evanw Not to my knowledge. Saying that though, I only prepare the document. Aibek sends it through Paypal. Best ask him. 274 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal RE solianixskly0: http://t.co/ovjb8odq RE evanw: I guess the only solution is to give everyone raises. Heh. RE evanw: Apparently you now need $80k PER MONTH in sales to use Mass Payments on PayPal. Sheeeesh. 06:13pm Seems I now have the "activity" tab on http://t.co/8Cnhncia. Would be nice to see the people who unfollowed me so I can put a curse on them. Tue Aug 09 11:12am Why no water cannons or a curfew? What's the point of having 16,000 police on the streets if they don't have effective weapons? #londonriots RE meeslow: Theresa May has ruled out the use of water canons. #londonriots #outwiththeresamay 11:13am The politicians are absolutely gutless.Use water cannons and impose a curfew. If that doesn't work, send in the army and shoot. #londonriots 11:16am @meeslow which proves she is absolutely spineless. This situation won't be resolved with touchy-feely policing. #londonriots RE meeslow: Her and mr soft (hug a hoodies cameron) should be out of a job. #londonriots #outwithcameron #outwiththeresamay 11:18am David Cameron needs to show real leadership. Make the tough decisions & reassert control bcause right now, you look like an ass #londonriots 11:27am @meeslow and you honestly think Ed "Mr Bean" Miliband would do a more effective job? Please! He would start crying. #londonriots 275 twournal.com Mark O'Neill RE meeslow: That's the scary think, no I don't. However could you do much worse that what's been done? 11:32am @meeslow if I had to choose between Cameron & Miliband, I would choose Cameron - lesser of 2 evils. Mr Bean is just an idiot #londonriots RE meeslow: When Eton boy can't evn bothr his arse 2cum bak from hols then I'd hav NE1 else. Not bothrd unles his etonian buds r effected. 11:35am They need to get a lid on this before the Olympics next year, otherwise we will be humiliated on the world stage #londonriots 11:37am @meeslow the movements of the Prime Minister can't be dictated by thugs. He has to trust those in charge of the police. #londonriots RE meeslow: Ofcourse they can! Is he in charge of the country or not?! He doesn't move - he doesn't care enough! 11:40am @meeslow so you think that thugs, knowing they can hold the government to ransom by smashing a few windows, is a good thing? #londonriots RE meeslow: No, I'm saying that the PM not being bothered enough by widescale rioting to get off his arse quicker is a bad thing! 11:41am @meeslow they are CRIMINALS. They should be thrown into prison or shot. The PM can order that - wherever he is in the world #londonriots RE meeslow: So now you've gone from "he sat back and trusted the police" to "he was in charge all along"...poor show on either count! 11:44am @meeslow there's things called television, phones, emails, internet. How do you know he wasn't dealing with it in Italy? #londonriots 276 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 11:45am @meeslow you can be in charge and also trust the police to do their jobs. He doesn't have to do everything. He's only one man. #londonriots RE meeslow: Leadership is more than barking orders while lapping up the sun. He needs to show he cares enough to come home and sort it out. 11:46am @meeslow anyway, I have work to do. Nice talking to you :-) RE meeslow: :) 11:56am Boris Johnson returns to London. But has he blown his mayoral re-election campaign? – Telegraph Blogs http://t.co/iN1FaKA 11:59am Berlin tries to preserve remaining traces of the Wall - The Local: http://t.co/U9Nc9df 12:01pm I’m Quitting Phone Calls via @techcrunch http://t.co/ RvuBpBV 01:14pm The first photos of some of the offenders from last night's riots have been posted online - http://j.mp/r1phuD know anyone? #londonriots 01:47pm 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal http://t.co/RreYsCP via @TIME 03:29pm Boris Johnson is a brilliant politician. He knows how to talk to a crowd. He'll go far in politics. #londonriots 03:31pm God, Miliband is on BBC News 24 now. Already he is making me want to punch him in the face #londonriots 01:14pm The first photos of some of the offenders from last night's riots have been posted online - http://j.mp/r1phuD know anyone? #londonriots 01:47pm 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal http://t.co/RreYsCP via @TIME 277 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 03:29pm Boris Johnson is a brilliant politician. He knows how to talk to a crowd. He'll go far in politics. #londonriots 03:31pm God, Miliband is on BBC News 24 now. Already he is making me want to punch him in the face #londonriots Wed Aug 10 09:06am London riots: Close-knit neighbourhoods rally for their own defence - Telegraph http://t.co/Ho7JZP1 via @Telegraph 09:22am My wife is in shock. Dirty Dancing to get Hollywood remake http://t.co/5mkNmLs via @Telegraph 09:29am I am really proud of them! London riots: 'People are fighting back. It's their neighbourhoods at stake' http://t.co/IJNkkI0 via @guardian 09:34am Michael Moore calls on Matt Damon to run for US president http://t.co/LBT6WOv via @guardian 09:41am Judge orders husband to take down blog about his 'terroristic psycho ex-wife' - http://bit.ly/oTJcK7 09:51am Marco Polo 'never reached China' and picked up tales of the Orient from others, Italians claim - http://bit.ly/mRcyXX 02:46pm DOWNLOAD Operation Cleanup: Complete Malware Removal Guide http://t.co/1WDfxGm via @makeuseof 09:06am London riots: Close-knit neighbourhoods rally for their own defence - Telegraph http://t.co/Ho7JZP1 via @Telegraph 09:22am My wife is in shock. Dirty Dancing to get Hollywood remake http://t.co/5mkNmLs via @Telegraph 278 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 09:29am I am really proud of them! London riots: 'People are fighting back. It's their neighbourhoods at stake' http://t.co/IJNkkI0 via @guardian 09:34am Michael Moore calls on Matt Damon to run for US president http://t.co/LBT6WOv via @guardian 09:41am Judge orders husband to take down blog about his 'terroristic psycho ex-wife' - http://bit.ly/oTJcK7 09:51am Marco Polo 'never reached China' and picked up tales of the Orient from others, Italians claim - http://bit.ly/mRcyXX 02:46pm DOWNLOAD Operation Cleanup: Complete Malware Removal Guide http://t.co/1WDfxGm via @makeuseof Thu Aug 11 10:18am Political correctness out of control. UK riots: BBC presenters told to call riots 'English' - http://t.co/CsM0DU1 @Telegraph #londonriots 10:56am BBC unamused by hoax site claiming Brown affair - Telegraph http://t.co/J1T57VE via @Telegraph 11:47am Identify The London Rioters - http://t.co/0uF9EVC - Retweet this site to all your followers. These people MUST be caught. 01:37pm Commented on Toddler Girl Dances to Star Trek TOS Theme Song / Geeks are Sexy Technology News http://bit.ly/qKoYEB 02:27pm Germany's Jack Sparrow sues Disney in dubbing dust-up - The Local http://t.co/Ofy7AAp via @TheLocalGermany 08:31pm Went to see a possible new apartment today. Landlord refused to allow us to put a satellite dish on the balcony. I'm hopping mad. 279 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 10:18am Political correctness out of control. UK riots: BBC presenters told to call riots 'English' - http://t.co/CsM0DU1 @Telegraph #londonriots 10:56am BBC unamused by hoax site claiming Brown affair - Telegraph http://t.co/J1T57VE via @Telegraph 11:47am Identify The London Rioters - http://t.co/0uF9EVC - Retweet this site to all your followers. These people MUST be caught. 01:37pm Commented on Toddler Girl Dances to Star Trek TOS Theme Song / Geeks are Sexy Technology News http://bit.ly/qKoYEB 02:27pm Germany's Jack Sparrow sues Disney in dubbing dust-up - The Local http://t.co/Ofy7AAp via @TheLocalGermany 08:31pm Went to see a possible new apartment today. Landlord refused to allow us to put a satellite dish on the balcony. I'm hopping mad. Fri Aug 12 11:15am where are the games that supposedly are being made available on G+? Is it a phased roll-out to selected users first? http://goo.gl/vbc8a 05:00pm Sesame Street finally address the rumours. Bert and Ernie are not gay and are not getting married - http://bit.ly/o67L8g - LOL! RE Jay_JSG: My site's 4th weekly update is NOW LIVE! Check it out especially if you're a VINCE FAN! Thanks! Jay jaysstraightguys.com 05:02pm Is she off her head or what? Louise Mensch MP calls for Twitter & Facebook blackout during riots - http://t.co/I9h4Rjc via @Telegraph 11:15am where are the games that supposedly are being made available on G+? Is it a phased roll-out to selected users first? http://goo.gl/vbc8a 280 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 05:00pm Sesame Street finally address the rumours. Bert and Ernie are not gay and are not getting married - http://bit.ly/o67L8g - LOL! RE Jay_JSG: My site's 4th weekly update is NOW LIVE! Check it out especially if you're a VINCE FAN! Thanks! Jay jaysstraightguys.com 05:02pm Is she off her head or what? Louise Mensch MP calls for Twitter & Facebook blackout during riots - http://t.co/I9h4Rjc via @Telegraph Sat Aug 13 08:31am Exclusive: Mike Myers is signed, sealed, delivered for 'Austin Powers 4' http://t.co/Sz9YI5I 08:31am Exclusive: Mike Myers is signed, sealed, delivered for 'Austin Powers 4' http://t.co/Sz9YI5I Sun Aug 14 12:44pm My Sunday laugh. How God is managing the 2011 rapture The Oatmeal http://t.co/3aOot7w via @Oatmeal 01:02pm Just went to see Super 8 at the cinema. Was OK, your standard government / military conspiracy, pissed off aliens... http://t.co/34xkCLh 12:44pm My Sunday laugh. How God is managing the 2011 rapture The Oatmeal http://t.co/3aOot7w via @Oatmeal 01:02pm Just went to see Super 8 at the cinema. Was OK, your standard government / military conspiracy, pissed off aliens... http://t.co/34xkCLh 281 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Wed Dec 07 11:15am I so want one of these!! (Technology... or magic? Samsung shows off transparent, flexible screen - with 3D so real it… http://t.co/ IjaPEOCv Thu Dec 08 12:03am BBC News - US Army's hi-tech, two-year-old sandwich served fresh http://t.co/En47LNDx 12:07am The Most Hated Buzzwords. At the end of the day, is yours on the list? If not, you may need to think outside the box - http://t.co/ WDEyCAUh 12:11am Little boy tells Michele Bachmann that his "gay mom doesn't need fixing" - http://t.co/khrEhExJ - A CLASSIC! 12:21am This Fake CIA Memo Is a Vital Clue … to Something http:// t.co/geTmS7ie RE DavePee: It has to be the new Mission Impossible, no? 12:43am Not certain who to vote for in the Republican Primaries next year? Then take this questionnaire - Telegraph http://t.co/RDkzqAeT 10:01pm My new infographic at +MakeUseOf http://t.co/WelwOa6X Sat Dec 10 04:59pm Looks disgusting to be honest. Would you drink this?? http:// t.co/CNnkWXkl 282 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Wed Dec 14 06:31pm Using a new predictive text keyboard on my Android. Works great but when I wrote the sentence "typing on a phone… http://t.co/ BtZA4rky Thu Dec 15 11:05am Forgotten Treasure: Library Janitor Discovers Silver Coin Cache - Yahoo! 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Some of the stuff people unintentionally write cracks me up in tears. 01:27pm Why the Scots want independence from the English - Telegraph http://t.co/BzgzXHa7 via @Telegraph 07:20pm Just received a Christmas gift at the @MakeUseOf office from a German person called Bettina Kostner. If that's you, can you email me? 07:22pm Embarrassing family Christmas pictures show how festive season brings out the absurd http://t.co/tQsvfm9f via @MailOnline 10:24pm Went to collect my medication from the pharmacy & they gave me a Xmas card signed by the staff. Something tells me I've been too ill in 2011 284 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Wed Sep 07 02:25pm Eddie Murphy confirmed as the next host of the Oscars - http:// t.co/hY5tBRy - good or bad? 02:25pm Eddie Murphy confirmed as the next host of the Oscars - http:// t.co/hY5tBRy - good or bad? Thu Sep 08 08:18am She Was the One: Animated 9/11 Remembrance via @openculture http://t.co/iS814Kq 12:41pm Shorten your Google+ URL - plus.ly http://t.co/ytKyjhk via @plus_ly 08:18am She Was the One: Animated 9/11 Remembrance via @openculture http://t.co/iS814Kq 12:41pm Shorten your Google+ URL - plus.ly http://t.co/ytKyjhk via @plus_ly Fri Sep 09 03:17pm Earthquake shakes the Rhineland in Germany - and they feel it as far away as Amsterdam and Brussels - http://t.co/XpGPARa 06:21pm Apple Just Hired The Brilliant 19-Year-Old iPhone Hacker Behind JailbreakMe.com http://t.co/98wOzqK 03:17pm Earthquake shakes the Rhineland in Germany - and they feel it as far away as Amsterdam and Brussels - http://t.co/XpGPARa 06:21pm Apple Just Hired The Brilliant 19-Year-Old iPhone Hacker Behind JailbreakMe.com http://t.co/98wOzqK 285 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Sat Sep 10 10:30am The neighbours got a delivery of wood this morning. My wife just asked me "does that guy over there have wood?". I almost wet myself. 05:51pm Went to the local electronics store today to look at the iPad. There's one set up so you can hold it and generally... http://t.co/WOSs2iY 08:15pm Set up wifi in our home today & connected our mobile phones to it. Our phones' net connection is now about 10 times faster than before! 10:30am The neighbours got a delivery of wood this morning. My wife just asked me "does that guy over there have wood?". I almost wet myself. 05:51pm Went to the local electronics store today to look at the iPad. There's one set up so you can hold it and generally... http://t.co/WOSs2iY 08:15pm Set up wifi in our home today & connected our mobile phones to it. Our phones' net connection is now about 10 times faster than before! Mon Sep 12 04:46pm DOWNLOAD Computer In Your Computer: How To Use VirtualBox http://t.co/K1OsqN5 via @makeuseof 05:12pm @lufthansa_de is absolutely outstanding. I called medical services and a very nice lady gave me the best customer service ever. :-) 04:46pm DOWNLOAD Computer In Your Computer: How To Use VirtualBox http://t.co/K1OsqN5 via @makeuseof 05:12pm @lufthansa_de is absolutely outstanding. I called medical services and a very nice lady gave me the best customer service ever. :-) 286 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Wed Sep 14 12:47pm @the_EnglishShop Thanks. Sounds good. I actually bought my iPad today so this is good timing :-) 12:47pm @the_EnglishShop Thanks. Sounds good. I actually bought my iPad today so this is good timing :-) Fri Sep 16 09:32am Someone has hacked into BBC Scotland website and rewrote news presenter's bio - http://t.co/k7d1eta6 09:44pm My first tweet from my new iPad :-) RE exleraeoy3: http://t.co/431QEu7O RE ivorberry: what are you using, tweetdeck is my fav on iPad 09:32am Someone has hacked into BBC Scotland website and rewrote news presenter's bio - http://t.co/k7d1eta6 09:44pm My first tweet from my new iPad :-) RE exleraeoy3: http://t.co/431QEu7O RE ivorberry: what are you using, tweetdeck is my fav on iPad Sat Sep 17 12:22pm @ivorberry I haven't been able to get Tweetdeck for the iPad. The App Store says it's unavailable. Do you have it? RE ivorberry: just tried app store and it shows only iPhone app, version I have is for iPad, maybe the are going to rel new version RE ivorberry: yep replying via tweetdeck on iPad now.. Very odd 287 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 12:23pm I upgraded iTunes to the latest version (10.4) and now it's totally fucked. I don't suppose anyone knows how to roll back the upgrade? 12:31pm @ivorberry I hope so. I am rather hacked off that I can't use Tweetdeck on the iPad. I'm using the normal Twitter app at the moment. 01:44pm When I downloaded iBooks for the iPad, the free illustrated Winnie the Pooh book was not there. Does anyone have the ePub file to send me? 12:22pm @ivorberry I haven't been able to get Tweetdeck for the iPad. The App Store says it's unavailable. Do you have it? RE ivorberry: just tried app store and it shows only iPhone app, version I have is for iPad, maybe the are going to rel new version RE ivorberry: yep replying via tweetdeck on iPad now.. Very odd 12:23pm I upgraded iTunes to the latest version (10.4) and now it's totally fucked. I don't suppose anyone knows how to roll back the upgrade? 12:31pm @ivorberry I hope so. I am rather hacked off that I can't use Tweetdeck on the iPad. I'm using the normal Twitter app at the moment. 01:44pm When I downloaded iBooks for the iPad, the free illustrated Winnie the Pooh book was not there. Does anyone have the ePub file to send me? Tue Sep 20 04:04pm DOWNLOAD Virtual Currency: The BitCoin Manual | MakeUseOf http://t.co/Fc661BuA via @makeuseof 04:16pm The latest free manual from MakeUseOf.com. Download it now! http://t.co/Z0b0KQvO 288 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 05:23pm Took my iPad to doctors today to read work files which were synchronised via @Dropbox to my PC when I got home. Gotta love technology :-) RE bonsalllsyqo2: http://t.co/ZwDPvCzn 04:04pm DOWNLOAD Virtual Currency: The BitCoin Manual | MakeUseOf http://t.co/Fc661BuA via @makeuseof 04:16pm The latest free manual from MakeUseOf.com. Download it now! http://t.co/Z0b0KQvO 05:23pm Took my iPad to doctors today to read work files which were synchronised via @Dropbox to my PC when I got home. Gotta love technology :-) RE bonsalllsyqo2: http://t.co/ZwDPvCzn Wed Sep 21 11:03am @areyousuprised you & your dad are 2 of the greatest guys ever. You're both living proof that love should be unconditional, no matter what. 05:55pm I've never realised until now how aggressive the Times New Roman font makes me. 07:43pm Has anyone played Tetris on the iPad? Is it any good? Recent reviews are not so positive. 11:03am @areyousuprised you & your dad are 2 of the greatest guys ever. You're both living proof that love should be unconditional, no matter what. 05:55pm I've never realised until now how aggressive the Times New Roman font makes me. 289 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 07:43pm Has anyone played Tetris on the iPad? Is it any good? Recent reviews are not so positive. Sun Dec 25 12:23am 2011 - the year in review http://t.co/rbH07qxq via @guardian 12:25am Never get the wrong clothes as Christmas presents again - girls edition. http://t.co/An0W3uYh via @twitpic 12:28am Secret Santas: the people who make Christmas Day go with a bang http://t.co/kDeqhVpO via @guardian 10:09am I have a 44% chance of being eaten by my loved ones http:// t.co/eWZISNmy via @oatmeal 10:14am Merry Christmas one and all!! If you don't celebrate Christmas then...Merry Sunday! 290 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 10:17am I'm completely sick of hearing Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You". I shudder to think how much money she makes from that. RE jhpot: Stop listening to the radio! 08:28pm The Mystery of the Five Wounds | Past Imperfect http:// t.co/5SYvU7o6 (via Instapaper) 08:28pm Daniel Craig: the man with the 007 tattoo | Film | The Guardian http://t.co/VzzrOY7u (via Instapaper) Mon Dec 26 09:47am @jhpot She's everywhere, not just the radio. She's on all the TV channels too. It's like being haunted by a really determined poltergeist. 05:20pm A lovely married couple in Holland who are good friends of mine are starting their own chamber pot museum!! http://t.co/ s3NdQ8UO Tue Dec 27 01:48am Vladimir Putin's world is falling apart | Masha Gessen | Comment is free | The Guardian http://t.co/p9No8m03 (via Instapaper) 01:59am The Straight Dope: Did Sherlock Holmes really exist? http:// t.co/BYqgvVsx (via Instapaper) 12:11pm BBC filming Tony Blair obituary - even though the former PM is just 58 years old | Mail Online http://t.co/0DAvm0mm via @MailOnline 12:47pm Japanese men prefer virtual relationships instead of real ones. What gives? http://t.co/bQEop2b1 via @guardian 291 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 08:42pm @borninaditch glad you found the guide informative and useful. Are there any other subjects you would like @MakeUseOf to write a guide on? RE Tunnelbreeze: @MakeUseOf I did enjoy your guide, I wonder if anyone could make Java more understandable Wed Dec 28 10:58am @borninaditch @jhpot I will pass your request onto Justin who is our manuals editor and I will see what he says. Thanks for the suggestion. RE Tunnelbreeze: @jhpot Many Thanks Mark 05:18pm Happy Christmas! Mystery man hands out wads of £50 in supermarket after 'coming into some money' http://t.co/X3S18rNI via @MailOnline 11:33pm Putting St. Joseph back in the picture. - Slate Magazine http:// t.co/ZO7owZMp (via Instapaper) Thu Dec 29 12:16am Treaty of Versailles: Was Germany Guilty? | History Today http://t.co/Ah6ARP9r (via Instapaper) Fri Dec 30 02:11pm This is absolutely shocking. RT @matthiasrascher: Why Irish soldiers who fought Hitler hide their medals. http://t.co/uRM6DCSt #history 292 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Sat Nov 12 02:16am @evanw I am absolutely shocked. Paypal seems to be determined to constantly shoot themselves in the foot by driving ordinary people away. 02:17am @evanw if you can afford to give everyone raises and get it up to $80,000 a month, then I want to know your business secrets! RE jhpot: @evanw Additionally, I'd like a job. 02:17am @evanw if you can afford to give everyone raises and get it up to $80,000 a month, then I want to know your business secrets! RE jhpot: @evanw Additionally, I'd like a job. Sun Nov 13 01:04pm I am 43% addicted to Twitter http://t.co/ROyyugiQ from the delicious @oatmeal 01:07pm My half-Italian mother-in-law is in a good mood today because of Berlusconi resigning. He is leaving to spend more time with his sex life. 01:04pm I am 43% addicted to Twitter http://t.co/ROyyugiQ from the delicious @oatmeal 01:07pm My half-Italian mother-in-law is in a good mood today because of Berlusconi resigning. He is leaving to spend more time with his sex life. 293 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Wed Nov 16 04:24pm @pcmcreative you are the lucky winner of MakeUseOf's iPhone 4S! Please email me right away at mark@makeuseof.com to accept your prize. RE pcmcreative: @makeuseof Have I...? So very excited but oh so very cynical. 07:59pm @pcmcreative you bet :-) I am very envious! :-) RE pcmcreative: Yeay...lovely surprise Can't wait to get my hands on the 4s *bounce* :) 04:24pm @pcmcreative you are the lucky winner of MakeUseOf's iPhone 4S! Please email me right away at mark@makeuseof.com to accept your prize. RE pcmcreative: @makeuseof Have I...? So very excited but oh so very cynical. 07:59pm @pcmcreative you bet :-) I am very envious! :-) RE pcmcreative: Yeay...lovely surprise Can't wait to get my hands on the 4s *bounce* :) Thu Nov 17 01:01am @pcmcreative please email me your address details as well as permission to use your name and image on our site. Thanks. :-) 06:11pm ….And The Winner Of The MakeUseOf iPhone 4S Is….. http://t.co/dMQ5pV9n via @makeuseof 01:01am @pcmcreative please email me your address details as well as permission to use your name and image on our site. Thanks. :-) 06:11pm ….And The Winner Of The MakeUseOf iPhone 4S Is….. http://t.co/dMQ5pV9n via @makeuseof 294 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Sun Nov 20 10:03pm LOL! One of my pet hates on the Internet - trying to find a solution to a tech problem via Google and discovering... http://t.co/ sWYoj7Xs 10:19pm LOL! +Jimmy Wales just can't catch a break, even when he's touting for donations! http://t.co/qkniWF5Z 10:19pm Driverless cars? Yeah baby! (Google X) http://t.co/C6NWQ4xg 10:19pm F**k yeah! ;-) (Swearing to Make Your Point: A Tale of F**k and Sh*t) http://t.co/K0RZm1Ea 10:19pm The Gmail app on the iPad is total shit. There's virtually no difference between it and the default mail app... http://t.co/3nmTc82w 10:50pm Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" - one of the best songs ever. http:// t.co/9n4uCMCe 10:03pm LOL! One of my pet hates on the Internet - trying to find a solution to a tech problem via Google and discovering... http://t.co/ sWYoj7Xs 10:19pm LOL! +Jimmy Wales just can't catch a break, even when he's touting for donations! http://t.co/qkniWF5Z 10:19pm Driverless cars? Yeah baby! (Google X) http://t.co/C6NWQ4xg 10:19pm F**k yeah! ;-) (Swearing to Make Your Point: A Tale of F**k and Sh*t) http://t.co/K0RZm1Ea 10:19pm The Gmail app on the iPad is total shit. There's virtually no difference between it and the default mail app... http://t.co/3nmTc82w 10:50pm Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" - one of the best songs ever. http:// t.co/9n4uCMCe 295 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Mon Nov 21 01:41am It's taken two months of doing very little else but I have FINALLY beaten my wife's high score on the spider... http://t.co/ X2MjueWK 01:41am It's taken two months of doing very little else but I have FINALLY beaten my wife's high score on the spider... http://t.co/ X2MjueWK Wed Nov 23 07:48pm Battlehamsters?! LOL! (Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes » Be Sure To Ask For Frickin Laser Beams) http://t.co/ CWru80vR 07:48pm Battlehamsters?! LOL! (Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes » Be Sure To Ask For Frickin Laser Beams) http://t.co/ CWru80vR Thu Nov 24 04:09pm I guess I am not going to hear anything from my American colleagues and friends today. They'll be too busy stuffing… http://t.co/ gGT7jbYs 04:22pm I love Ed's humour! He totally rocks on "Mock The Week". http://t.co/pPgI3Zv0 04:09pm I guess I am not going to hear anything from my American colleagues and friends today. They'll be too busy stuffing… http://t.co/ gGT7jbYs 296 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 04:22pm I love Ed's humour! He totally rocks on "Mock The Week". http://t.co/pPgI3Zv0 Mon Nov 28 06:01pm I wanted to get the Dragon dictation software for the PC as it kicks serious ass on my iPad. But it is apparently… http://t.co/eVVPSfgN 08:49pm One of our staffers +James Bruce absolutely hates this video but I think it's cool. haven't laughed so much in ages.… http:// t.co/8jwCqajh 09:03pm If he has this thin skin, then he shouldn't be in politics. What a massive overreaction. http://t.co/Ammxf4FU 06:01pm I wanted to get the Dragon dictation software for the PC as it kicks serious ass on my iPad. But it is apparently… http://t.co/eVVPSfgN 08:49pm One of our staffers +James Bruce absolutely hates this video but I think it's cool. haven't laughed so much in ages.… http:// t.co/8jwCqajh 09:03pm If he has this thin skin, then he shouldn't be in politics. What a massive overreaction. http://t.co/Ammxf4FU Tue Nov 29 03:47pm Who should be Time's Person Of The Year 2011? Vote now. http://t.co/KWLKJYaA 03:47pm Who should be Time's Person Of The Year 2011? Vote now. http://t.co/KWLKJYaA 297 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Thu Dec 01 06:19pm Unroll.me is an email unsubscribe engine that allows you to unsubscribe from unwanted emails in bulk! - http://t.co/eHyj4dhA 06:19pm Unroll.me is an email unsubscribe engine that allows you to unsubscribe from unwanted emails in bulk! - http://t.co/eHyj4dhA Sun Dec 04 07:54pm @Tetris_Official Is the Tetris app in the Apple app store an iPhone app or is there a specially configured version for the iPad too? RE Tetris_Official: We don't have an iPad specific version of the new Tetris game yet. :) 08:09pm Decoding history: A World War II Navajo Code Talker in his own words http://t.co/zGjMhEWC via @wordpressdotcom 07:54pm @Tetris_Official Is the Tetris app in the Apple app store an iPhone app or is there a specially configured version for the iPad too? RE Tetris_Official: We don't have an iPad specific version of the new Tetris game yet. :) 08:09pm Decoding history: A World War II Navajo Code Talker in his own words http://t.co/zGjMhEWC via @wordpressdotcom 298 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 2012 Wed Jan 04 04:40pm This is just plain wrong. A person's political contributions should be kept private unless they are a public servant - http://t.co/ QiV1LpXN 05:31pm Michelle Bachmann is OBSESSED with the word "socialism". She puts it in every sentence! If she says it again, I'm going to totally lose it. 05:34pm Now Huntsman & Perry....let's get rid of the dead wood. RT: @BreakingNews: US Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann ends White House bid 09:47pm Nope. Who cares what a doddery old man thinks? He's had his moment @washingtonpost: Does McCain's endorsement matter? http:// t.co/aUik74iV 299 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Thu Jan 05 12:26am 100 Extensive University Libraries from Around the World that Anyone Can Access - College http://t.co/2kXSC2Eh http://t.co/ J9nmhBS0 10:49pm How Did Bismarck Do It? | History Today http:// t.co/2ehPsgRB (via Instapaper) Fri Jan 06 02:38pm Naked man appears in French children's fashion shoot - http:// t.co/UM5cqoig - How could they not see THAT?!! RE sideox: lol that's hilarious! Guess they need a better editor. 02:39pm Has Diane Abbott gone off her medication? Now she's determined to piss off the taxi driver vote - http://t.co/TLDaShKd 03:00pm I can't believe it. Bob Holness has died. His "Blockbusters" show was a big part of my childhood. It made me learn. http://t.co/ ppIFRkyW 04:24pm @sideox apparently it has spawned lots of spoofs online, such as him appearing on the moon with Neil Armstrong. I need to find it. :-) 04:54pm why does the desktop version of Tweetdeck not have something as basic as a "refresh" button? Rather annoying. 05:03pm Just when I was mourning Bob Holness' death, Ed Miliband has cheered me up totally. What a total wet fart (Ed, not Bob) http://t.co/ AOYplIcU 05:04pm Welcome to the gameshow "Blackbusters!" and here's your host, Eddie Milliband!! Wooooooooo!!!! #blackbusters 300 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 07:02pm OK, I thought it was the Gutenberg Bible. Me wrong. RT @guardian: What's the world's most expensive book? Find out here http://t.co/fNIqX1C7 Sun Jan 08 12:13pm Getting tremendous laughs reading "Write More Good" by "The Bureau Chiefs". A collection of very funny "advice" for journalists. Recommended 01:12pm @mrchrisaddison I don't get it. Maybe it's my "Sunday morning half-asleep syndrome" but I don't get the joke / problem. Could you explain? 08:29pm This Facebook status had me in hysterics (NSFW) - http://t.co/ Y7rFErl7 Mon Jan 09 03:14am Social media in the 16th Century: How Luther went viral | The Economist http://t.co/8u4Hu8Jl (via Instapaper) 08:22pm @geeksaresexy what's happened to the site? It is currently inaccessible. RE geeksaresexy: Some bastards from another site stealing all my ressources... I'm really pissed off right now. 08:28pm @geeksaresexy scumbags! Probably some unsexy nerds, envious of the sexy geeks. Give them hell Number One. Make it so! :-) 301 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Tue Jan 10 06:46pm @MrsStephenFry HA! HA! That is just priceless! Thanks for cheering up my day and making my depression slightly better. :-) 07:19pm Not sure if this is funny or not RT @LaughingSquid: The End of the World Has Been Scheduled as an Event on Facebook http://t.co/ xQ47cUJE 09:35pm @speeddial2 I am unable to delete dials on the page that I have set up. Any ideas why? A bug maybe? Sun Jan 01 01:02pm The French couple who have adopted an adorable gorilla called Digit - http://t.co/5Nmfg3ec 05:19pm Anatomy of a fake Martin Luther King quotation http://t.co/ A1dK5vVF 01:02pm The French couple who have adopted an adorable gorilla called Digit - http://t.co/5Nmfg3ec 05:19pm Anatomy of a fake Martin Luther King quotation http://t.co/ A1dK5vVF Mon Jan 02 06:48pm Bob Anderson, sword master who played Darth Vader, dies at 89 | Mail Online http://t.co/AlsSUgX1 via @MailOnline 11:23pm The Dancing Plague of 1518 | Historic Mysteries http://t.co/ ihsy9DFD 11:33pm How my handwriting has changed since Kindergarten - The Oatmeal http://t.co/22Wmk6tI 302 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 11:49pm Daily Kos: Im Ready To Tell This Story Now. http://t.co/ dGoRVzuL 06:48pm Bob Anderson, sword master who played Darth Vader, dies at 89 | Mail Online http://t.co/AlsSUgX1 via @MailOnline 11:23pm The Dancing Plague of 1518 | Historic Mysteries http://t.co/ ihsy9DFD 11:33pm How my handwriting has changed since Kindergarten - The Oatmeal http://t.co/22Wmk6tI 11:49pm Daily Kos: Im Ready To Tell This Story Now. http://t.co/ dGoRVzuL Tue Jan 03 02:03am The Star Wars Holiday Special | magazine | Vanity Fair http:// t.co/nUIHWXkM (via Instapaper) 03:49pm Depression: Brain pacemaker could finally give relief to longsuffering depressives http://t.co/Nm54qQRL via @MailOnline 06:33pm I have this humour today! @BestWorstAdvice: Meeting your girlfriend’s dad for the first time? Thank him for making such a hot piece of ass. 02:03am The Star Wars Holiday Special | magazine | Vanity Fair http:// t.co/nUIHWXkM (via Instapaper) Sun Jan 15 01:48am The Collector http://t.co/aAjrTLRN (via Instapaper) 01:55am Fire in the Library - Technology Review http://t.co/PTKLbSiO (via Instapaper) 303 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 02:34pm Just been to see "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" at the cinema. Absolutely brilliant and very faithful to the book. Highly recommended. 05:59pm Ding! Dong! SOPA is almost gone!! RT @nytimesbits: S.O.P.A. All But Dead http://t.co/aMm58LfT Mon Jan 16 03:36am Ricky Gervais has just got his ass handed to him by Madonna!! #goldenglobes 08:52pm British scientists in new medical breakthrough to grow 'off shelf veins' - Telegraph http://t.co/ly0oU5hN via @Telegraph 11:36pm 200,000 Martin Luther King Papers Go Online http://t.co/ tVC3debk Tue Jan 17 12:01pm @mrseb from what others have said to me, there's a difference between "shelved" and "permanently dead". I guess they're taking no chances. 03:01pm @mrseb this whole black-out thing is ridiculous. Congress won't give a rats-ass & users will be pissed at the sites, not pissed at Congress. RE mrseb: Yeah, it'll definitely be interesting to see how it pans out. Wikipedia agreed to it democratically, so... 03:06pm @mrseb stuff like this is like signing an online petition. Ultimately a waste of time and energy which no-one takes a blind bit of notice to 11:07pm Navigating Love and Autism - http://t.co/NXkjJ6kl http://t.co/ c6qDewnO (via Instapaper) 304 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 11:34pm Dropbox Squares Off With Apple's iCloud | Epicenter | http:// t.co/qEEsAXhY http://t.co/8xfjSAoS (via Instapaper) 11:47pm Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup - Forbes http://t.co/zMfFFhQx (via Instapaper) Wed Jan 18 12:09am The cartoon that came in from the cold http://t.co/17aaTheR via @guardian 12:53am 300 Free eBooks: Download Great Classics for Free via @openculture http://t.co/Z3WP4nni 11:33am The Honest Facebook Friend Request | MakeUseOf Geeky Fun http://t.co/mrX2AkLx 02:49pm RT @joe_sheehan: With Wikipedia down, I dug out my encyclopedia and I'm learning about new countries like Yugoslavia and East Germany. 03:22pm RT @willheaven: Three men disobeyed women and children first on Titanic and were shot. They were Italian, coincidentally.... 03:46pm RT @matthiasrascher: Horror: Crosswind Landings during a storm at Düsseldorf Airport. http://t.co/wKkBv9ga #aviation #omg 03:48pm RT @commentisfree: MT @bellamackie President Obama wishes Betty White a happy 90th Bday, asks for her birth certificate for proof:... 03:49pm RT @jimmy_wales: Not a US citizen? Sent a passionate email to your American friends asking them to call Congress. #wikipediablackout 04:43pm Do you want the Dragon dictation app for Android but you are outside the US? Here's the direct link to the app! - http://t.co/LH1TF2fJ 305 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 04:53pm Just installed Dragon Go! dictation app on my Android. Really amazing but I think it's having a hard time understanding my Scottish accent. RE abrialjvec9: http://t.co/2477N71y RE paranormalsos: I tried that a while back it doesn't like my Hillbilly WV accent either :-) 05:09pm @paranormalsos I tried doing a posh English accent then an American accent. But I couldn't do it without breaking out in fits of laughter. RE paranormalsos: we need a video of that LOL folks with accents trying to use Dragon :-) 05:12pm RT @rosienicholson3: @MarkONeill Want to be your own boss? I became mine 2 months ago and now I make 6k a month working fro home... 05:13pm @rosienicholson3 No, I don't want to earn "6k a month" doing some crappy scheme. I am already my own boss working from home. Get lost. 05:29pm RT @nytimesbits: Young, in Love and Sharing Everything, Including a Password http://t.co/66Y3IYen 05:30pm RT @rothgar: What if there were no such thing as #SOPA and it was all just a ploy by anonymous to take down a thousands of sites at once? 06:22pm Check out the front page of @wired today. I think that puts the message across much better than any site blackout. http://t.co/TO6KpP9x RE paranormalsos: @wired Yeah that about sums it up! 07:43pm Calling all Internet-surfing ghosts! Have we got a Craigslist job advert for you! http://t.co/N0tSS1MX 306 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 07:45pm According to @klout, @MarkONeill's Klout score is 22. How influential are you? http://t.co/8aVBPrVV RE DavePee: Aargh, this tweet prompted Christian to sign up for Klout. And I was so hoping to surprise him with the mention in that article. RE thegadgetmonkey: i score 41 for my @kasterborousdw account and 36 for this account! 09:02pm @davepee oops, sorry. Didn't mean to put my foot in it. :-/ RE DavePee: Ha, it's fine. You weren't to know. That article is now a case of "At the time of writing..." 09:58pm NOOOOOO!!!!!! RT @thinkprogress: Gingrich tells Wolf Blitzer that, if elected, Sarah Palin will "play a major role" in his administration 09:59pm RT @jimmy_wales: My source in DC: "We just got word the whole House system is down... the campaign is working." #wikipediablackout Melt... 10:01pm LOL! Former @makeuseof writer @evanw has an offline Wikipedia and he is answering peoples questions under the hashtag #evanpedia 10:43pm RT @nytimesbits: Updated post: Google says 4.5 million people have added their names to its anti-SOPA/PIPA petition. http:// t.co/ilkf3pg6 Thu Jan 19 10:46am How Star Trek artists imagined the iPad... 23 years ago http:// t.co/QCnYDAAS via @arstechnica 10:50am 5 Reasons It’s Better To Date A Geek [Opinion] http://t.co/ SgRz6t58 307 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 11:25am @makeuseof writer @smidgenpc (Matt Smith) at CES 2012 (bearded dude wearing one of our cool T-shirts!) - http://t.co/psxBUmvS 12:14pm Elly Nowell sends Oxford her OWN rejection letter criticising 'grand interview setting' http://t.co/tltvGYXs via @MailOnline 12:23pm Er...one viewer, not viewers..RT This is the nudes: Viewers horrified as sex scene plays in background during news show http:// t.co/9HI4digd 01:58pm Currently proofreading the next @makeuseof manual. This one is going to be brilliant I think :-) I am totally engrossed. RE jhpot: @makeuseof I'm happy with this manual too. 02:27pm Can things get any worse?...RT @arstechnica: Supreme Court rules Congress can re-copyright public domain works: http://t.co/ r31skZ1c 03:32pm RT @bbcbreaking: Texas Governor Rick Perry set to drop out of US Republican presidential nomination campaign. Details soon... 11:25am @makeuseof writer @smidgenpc (Matt Smith) at CES 2012 (bearded dude wearing one of our cool T-shirts!) - http://t.co/psxBUmvS 12:14pm Elly Nowell sends Oxford her OWN rejection letter criticising 'grand interview setting' http://t.co/tltvGYXs via @MailOnline 12:23pm Er...one viewer, not viewers..RT This is the nudes: Viewers horrified as sex scene plays in background during news show http:// t.co/9HI4digd 01:58pm Currently proofreading the next @makeuseof manual. This one is going to be brilliant I think :-) I am totally engrossed. RE jhpot: @makeuseof I'm happy with this manual too. 02:27pm Can things get any worse?...RT @arstechnica: Supreme Court rules Congress can re-copyright public domain works: http://t.co/ r31skZ1c 308 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 03:32pm RT @bbcbreaking: Texas Governor Rick Perry set to drop out of US Republican presidential nomination campaign. Details soon... 03:33pm RT @breakingnews: More: Rick Perry is expected to endorse Newt Gingrich for the Republican ticket, sources tell @politico... 08:52pm RT @breakingnews: AP: One of world's largest file-sharing sites, http://t.co/9QE8CqHZ, shut down; company workers indicted 08:52pm RT @theeconomist: With data from eight precincts missing, Rick #Santorum has finished 34 votes ahead of Mitt #Romney in Iowa... 10:25pm BBC Breaking News emails are a joke. Rick Perry quits presidential race hours ago & BBC tells me one minute ago. RE neotsn: but the information had to make a round-trip from texas to england and back... #speedofsmell Fri Jan 20 09:01am RT @sacca: Chris Dodd just found out what happens when you bring a knife to a Twitterfight. http://t.co/GGoxn6bQ… 09:44am @gramessh what, so the BBC sends out emails individually one at a time? I don't think so! RE gramessh: You should susbcribe to Twitter SMS updates. They are instant and timely. But you are gonna have to follow the right account. RE gramessh: They send in bulk, of course. But they cannot overload a single mail server to send all of them at once. They send in lots :) 09:45am @neotsn well then I guess that's how it took hours to reach me then since I live in Germany :-) RE neotsn: haha it seems i got you confused with someone else that lives in Texas. :p 309 twournal.com Mark O'Neill 09:49am Mother killed by stroke on family trip to Australia then son flies out to comfort father and dies of massive seizure http://t.co/ KpZTSP1l 10:02am @gramessh I can't. I am in Germany and currently German phones cannot receive SMS updates from Twitter. No matter, not a huge loss. RE gramessh: Oh wait. You dont have those in Germany either. Anywhere outside of India for that matter! RE gramessh: You could always make do with a Google SMS Channel. Pop in an RSS feed of anything you want to get updates and wallah! 11:19am RT @guardianworld: Salman Rushdie pulls out of Jaipur literary festival after warnings of ‘paid assassins from the Mumbai underworld’... 12:02pm @gramessh the best option is http://t.co/zI15x9cR but there's no RSS feed for BBC breaking news. Just all new stories & that is not the same RE gramessh: There is no BBC Breaking page for Facebook. The link just points to the BBC page. I guess BBC think Twitter is better than FB. RE gramessh: Just subscribe to that URL from your smartphone and you will get push notifications. You can subscribe from your PC too :) RE gramessh: They do however have a Twitter page, @BBCBreaking and that of course has its own RSS Feed and here it is: http:// t.co/90eo8XWC 12:25pm @davepee not only the files but also all those who paid $200 lifetime membership accounts. Will they collectively sue for their cash back? RE DavePee: $200 lifetime memberships? Woah, this is getting serious. A class action against the U.S. government would be fun. 310 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 04:17pm Normally I'm against Anonymous, but what they're currently doing, in response to the http://t.co/O23sOgYV situation, is entirely appropriate 04:28pm Essential reading before November's US presidential election RT @washingtonpost: 5 myths about Barack Obama http://t.co/ ucsA3zRQ 05:16pm RT @laughingsquid: Reddit: How the site went from a secondtier aggregator to the Web’s unstoppable force. http://t.co/h0d6wDr9 via @Slate 05:41pm RT @mrseb: Apple unmasks the Death Star: iBooks Author http://t.co/3yKijeFq 05:55pm @zoho is down due to a "power outage". Nice to know they don't have a backup system in place. Did someone trip over the plug or something? 05:56pm RT @matthiasrascher: RT @openculture: Breaking: Singer Etta James Has Died at 73. http://t.co/qORL17YE 05:59pm RT @hwallop: Shotgun fails to go off. Stupid man looks down barrel. You can guess the rest (via @wallaceme)... 05:59pm RT @telegraph: US Election 2012 v Google: can search data predict the Republican primary winner? http://t.co/lwmQTfki 06:08pm The current farce with @zoho is precisely the reason why you shouldn't solely rely on cloud services.They're simply not ready for prime time RE ITDatabase: "cloud services not ready for primetime?" Uh, ever worked anywhere where a server blew out? outages hardly specific to cloud RE mzcons: : hello. What would you recommend for mail service for SME? I was not thinking of keeping a mail server. 311 twournal.com Mark O'Neill RE spamwasabi: @zoho that's crap. Issues happen with any software. The benefits far outweigh these occasional issues. 06:11pm @RobFontano @zoho cheap trick to build Twitter followers? Hardly. I think Zoho's reputation has just got a bit fucked. 06:17pm @spamwasabi @zoho and the fact that they don't seem to have any kind of backup in place doesn't bother you in any way? RE AllyShoshana: thinking @zoho is NOT the CRM for us cc @designspike Suggestions for others? 06:28pm LOL! I wonder how he will mess up Etta James... RT @mattkmoore: First big death since Bob Holness. @Ed_Miliband is running his spellcheck 06:45pm @estheraddley LOL! I saw that DM headline and had a WTF?! moment. As you say, thank God for screenshots. 07:13pm @allyshoshana That would be an ideal question for @MakeUseOf Answers. They specialise in questions like that. http://t.co/ jBcskoR6 07:13pm @mzcons That would be an ideal question for @MakeUseOf Answers. They specialise in questions like that. http://t.co/H422RPIS Sat Jan 21 02:23pm I've just joined http://t.co/uNQUOs2R . If anyone would like an invite, please let me know. 06:40pm In Google search results, you now get the option to ask your search query to your Google Plus followers by clicking a question box. 10:06pm RT @tobyharnden: My post: Rick Santorum should sue the Republican Party of Iowa for royally screwing him over http://t.co/ It8Vv2PS 312 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal Sun Jan 22 03:42pm @mrseb oh I collect those! </envy> RE mrseb: I collect cool-looking foreign currency :) Mon Jan 23 09:35am I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0… | MakeUseOf Geeky Fun http://t.co/jO03UUse 03:22pm SOPA, PIPA Stalled: Meet its replacement - the OPEN Act http://t.co/rCXyqZqZ 05:13pm DOWNLOAD Ubuntu: An Absolute Beginner’s Guide http:// t.co/WqOqjerF 05:42pm RT @washingtonpost: Does the #Megaupload takedown prove that #SOPA is unnecessary? http://t.co/ICOyTH4T 06:09pm RT @flavorpill: In which your parents read about you having sex on the internet http://t.co/tfnFH0ZX via @Nerve 06:12pm Nano-scale terahertz antenna created, Star Trek hand-held tricorders incoming http://t.co/yl9ZNKpE via @extremetech 06:35pm RT @guardian: Exclusive album stream of Leonard Cohen's new album - Old Ideas http://t.co/6ejyknby 06:42pm Leonard Cohen: 'All I've got to put in a song is my own experience' http://t.co/eDbIGm1b via @guardian 07:18pm RT @bmossop: Study says Twitter bots may help create new human connections http://t.co/a60gZoPP 07:21pm RT @kevinmitnick: At least some good news from the U. S. Supreme Court :-) http://t.co/0YxxeNBh 313 twournal.com Mark O'Neill Tue Jan 24 08:30pm Nintendo Wii "Zumba" game + 2 females playing it = good night in for male occupant of the house. #nudgenudgewinkwinksaynomore 09:38pm I tweet about a certain games console & suddenly all the Twitter spam bots attack! As Cartman would say, I'm gonna kick you in the balls! Thu Jan 26 08:04pm Just made a book out of my tweets at http://t.co/wsqOl6aX 314 twournal.com MarkONeill's Twournal 315 twournal.com