This seems like the best place to put it. I got pissed off with random people following my Twitter, since they were following thousands of random people, probably in the hopes that I’d follow them without looking and then buy stuff. I was blocking them, but some I wasn’t sure of and I didn’t think that was a good idea. Also, I don’t want people from work to be able to read my Twitter, if they find it.

So I made my updates protected. In theory, if I’m reading the help right, everyone I’m following should be able to read my updates now and the same won’t be said of anyone I start following after I protected it. I think.

So if there is anyone who has suddenly found they can’t read my Twitter feeds, that’s why, and I’ll let anyone read it who I know in some form or another.

If anyone wants to know where my Twitter is, take a guess. Or look down the side of my blog. If you don’t, you’re not missing anything – most of my posts are conversations with other people.

All of a sudden Dreamwidth has become really popular, maybe because it’s going live soon, maybe because more and more people are getting invited into closed beta, and people keep asking what it is. So this is my guide, based on why I like the idea of it and my memories of things what have been discussed on the mailing lists. Read more…

I enjoyed both Red Dwarf and Doctor Who this weekend. The former more, of course, since it is Red Dwarf and the first new Red Dwarf for ten years.

However, I have a big, major, non-spoilery problem with each of them. In Doctor Who’s case it’s the swirly vortex thingy they have in the background of the beginning and ending credits that I couldn’t watch because it made me dizzy. In Red Dwarf’s case it was Dave’s tendency to launch straight into adverts without the usual putting up the logo to warn you. Once I thought something had gone horribly wrong with the signal and once I thought the episode had gone a bit bizarre. It’s bad enough watching Red Dwarf with adverts as it is, but that was a bit much.

But, in more spoilery thoughts: Read more…

I was going to write something exciting, but I got bogged down in Conference stuff and lost the will to live a little bit. So instead I’m going to finish off my packet of smarties (they’re pretend smarties, so they come in packets, not tubes) and watch some more stuff off my PVR.

But I wanted to say that I got a fantastic fic in the TARDIS Gen ficathon: The Inestimable Value of a Good Pair of Shoes which stars Harry.

I have a new car. It is mostly better than the old one: Read more…