@stephentall's weekly Twitter updates for 2011-07-29

@stephentall’s weekly Twitter updates for 2011-07-29

by Stephen Tall on July 29, 2011

RIP Amy Winehouse: tragic waste. #
RT @lordbonkers Amy Winehouse: 1983-2011 – Telegraph http://t.co/8xz4vth via @Telegraph < 1983-2011: such a short span. #
RT @mjryandaly @stephentall Does Lembit even have a chance? < Am not a Londoner, but my guess is not. #
RT @sarabedford: I thought I was in strange position of agreeing with @IainDale but actually it was @stephentall 😉 http://bit.ly/qcUMEk #
@sarabedford No, the idea's def bonkers, not you! Generally tho I was impressed by Simon's report. Sorry, The Hughes Report. in reply to sarabedford #
@sarabedford Even the foreword only got to 'fifthly' rather than Simon's more traditional 'ninthly' 🙂 in reply to sarabedford #
@MatthewDoye @sarabedford Very happy to look at data which can support the view 🙂 #justasking in reply to MatthewDoye #
@MatthewDoye Have heard similar in past tho not convinced by methodology. Btw Simon not against i/views, but by 'professionals' not tutors. in reply to MatthewDoye #
RT @piersmorgan: Since #unfollowpiersmorgan campaign was launched, I've added 500 followers « have unfollowed just for that. #
Gorgeous sunset tonight over Oxford: here's our view over the dreaming spires (in the distance, honest) http://lockerz.com/s/123338619 #
Good analysis > George Osborne does not have a plan B, but there is a plan A+ | Julian Glover http://t.co/jgb2DGp via @guardian #
The resurrection of St Vince? > 'Cable waxes as Murdoch wanes' http://t.co/38BeuFi argues Patrick Wintour @guardian #
'A tabloid culture runs amok' | Anthony Lane on Rupert Murdoch in 6,000 words (hat-tip @GreensladeR) http://t.co/MB15abR #
Just ordered 'Stick It Up Your Punter, inside story of The Sun' http://t.co/x6M8UqV. Enjoyed 'Tabloid Nation' a couple of years ago. #
Interest in 'Stick/Punter' book sparked by comment in New Yorker piece on Murdoch (http://t.co/MB15abR): "Read now, it seems less amusing." #
Worth a read: @guardian live-chat, 'Communicating the new course fees structure' http://t.co/2fmJJ77. Includes @UniofOxford's Pamela Flood. #
Finally got round to ordering David Willetts' 'The Pinch' http://t.co/Jm1U4jF. He's politically naive but deserves to be taken seriously. #
Speaking of Willetts, do read his LRB letter, 'Don’t look to the Ivy League' http://t.co/MFFITxB. A v good defence of Coalition HE policies. #
Readers of http://t.co/qOxrpSk apparently "want to know more about: Force Factor, Maternity Scrubs, Headway Theme" says @apture. Odd people. #
@MatthewDoye Indeed, apologies. No idea why! (Upgraded WordPress today.) in reply to MatthewDoye #
@MShapland Sorry 'bout that. Not sure what happened! in reply to MShapland #
@reddeviljp Hm, yeah, apols. My blog has gone a bit hyper of its own accord. in reply to reddeviljp #
@travelling_wolf Apols, no idea why my blog's pebble-dashed itself! in reply to travelling_wolf #
@reddeviljp Not intentionally, no! Apologies, WordPress just dun some weird shit. in reply to reddeviljp #
@jamesgraham Sorry if I'm repeating myself… in reply to jamesgraham #
@mssusieday If I had pressed anything I would at least know what just happened 🙁 in reply to mssusieday #
@douglasmclellan I pressed nuffink, honest. *shakes fist at WordPress* in reply to douglasmclellan #
Congrats-ish 🙂 > RT @isaby Here's the formal announcement from @the_tpa of my appointment today as Political Director http://t.co/N3PmIKL in reply to isaby #
'By George, I really think he's got it' | John McTernan http://t.co/6NqyS3q < controversial but actually very good article #
How we used to be > 'MTV Explains The Internet In 1995' http://t.co/yZ7d3UW #
@CllrIainRoberts I was a late developer, think it was '97 the first time I "jacked-up on the information superhighway" as da kool kidz say. in reply to CllrIainRoberts #
@CllrIainRoberts In '95 Oxford had 4% of UK web traffic. 25% of it was pron-related. So 1% of UK web traffic was Oxford pron-seekers. #myth in reply to CllrIainRoberts #
@CllrIainRoberts Surely the chase is all part of the fun? in reply to CllrIainRoberts #