Barry Frost

This is Barry Frost’s personal website.

September 2012

@cronkshaw Gutted.

Teams being announced. The boos for Terry louder than for Cole. It’s going to be spicy.

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@barryf Tweet us a seat pic. Here's to JT getting sent off :-)

@cronkshaw Beautiful day in north London. Come on you reds! http://twitter.com/barryf/status/252003787110240256/photo/1

Off to the Emirates for Arsenal v Chelsea courtesy of Singapore-based @cronkshaw (cheers mate). Expecting a few goals from both sides.

Functional Monitoring with Listerine

Creating Redirects with Jekyll

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@boffbowsh @barryf Why do that when you can pay $50 and not use http://t.co/aKgdqutT like me and the cool kids :-)

@andrewscrivener @boffbowsh You may as well try Tent as well. Decentralisation is a smart approach.

Having a play with Tent using tent.is’s implementation http://bfr.st/THn4Dt

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We already know that @globaldev's Hack Day was a resounding success! PROOF: Even the Royal Borough Observer thought so! http://t.co/jHWQ7SaY

“It stimulates the part of the brain called Shatner’s Bassoon.” #drusglive

So this is a Brass Eye repeat, yeah? #drugslive

xip.io

Wildcard DNS - useful for local mobile testing. e.g. 10.0.0.1.xip.io resolves to 10.0.0.1

Anonymous Call Rejection

Block any calls with BT if there’s no caller ID. For if the cold calls get too much…

5 Stellar Tips to Starting a Successful Business

10 Ways To Create An Open Culture

Why Eyeballs No Longer Matter For Startups

@PaulCaudell Yeah, about 8 years for me. I’m loath to change it because of scammers though. Bastards.

@PaulCaudell Texting STOP doesn’t help - different number every time. If people didn’t fall for it then I suppose they’d stop texting.

Another day, another PPI spam text

Lost email flags after upgrade to iOS6 with Gmail/GApps via Exchange? Add your domain in settings http://www.andrewbecker.me/technical/apple-technical/ios/2012/ios-6-flag-message-fix/ios-6-flag-message-fix.html

There have been queues across the street outside Clinton’s Cards in Windsor for the last hour for the closing down sale. Baffling.

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@barryf http://t.co/14zPi3Iv
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@barryf How's the home button?

@clearjanuary Much clicker than a 4/4S. So far so good.

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.@barryf after relying on Apple for the 5 and berating Orange about the sim guess which one I've got? grrrrr #iPHONE5

@nstanley Mine’s on Orange but I wasn’t expecting it today - wasn’t confirmed. Nice surprise.

Long iPhone 5 is long. And thin. http://twitter.com/barryf/status/249062947702329344/photo/1

First iPhone 5 delivery in the office! In your faces, suckahs!

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@barryf @ifttt they used they api to build their business, now they're cutting everyone off....appnet?

@agit8or It’s such a shame but you could see it coming. Plus ça change… At least appdotnet works with @IFTTT

Latest inexplicable Twitter fuckwittery: just received an email saying I’ll no longer be able to use @IFTTT to archive my tweets :(

Simple solution if you don’t like Apple’s new Maps app in iOS6: go to http://bfr.st/UgQwPG and add Google Maps (web) to your homescreen.

@alexstrang Was only temporary: back to the Orange T-Mobile hybrid now.

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@barryf Did it look like it changed at 4G speed? ;-)

@andrewscrivener On my 4S that would be impressive!

My iPhone carrier label just switched from Orange to EE. Looks like the name change is underway @EE

The CTO: IT's Chameleon

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AT LAST…. The Thick of It Series 4 now on iTunes in HD.

@cronkshaw You’ll need to wait for ep2 for Malcolm Tucker but it’s worth the wait.

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Kate Middleton is an anagram of naked tit model.
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Singapore kids playground sign gets straight to the point....look at line 2! http://t.co/7WpBjty

@cronkshaw Brilliant! Foolproof.

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@barryf I managed to go through two drill bits boarding my loft. Not a fun job.

@grayhaze Yep. Not to mention the glass fibre insulation irritation. Ouch.

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Score! for iPad - how to waste many hours: http://t.co/5I4K8opF /cc @barryf @boffbowsh @ioptics

@thesambarnes @boffbowsh @ioptics Is this safe to download or will I regret the time I inevitably lose?

This weekend I have dug/laid paving slabs, wired up a loft light and part-boarded the loft. With my dad, but it counts. Manual work is hard.

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And we're done: 7.5 hours, 14 hacks, 3 awards. Congratulations to the winners, an good work everyone! Report to follow on Monday #gdhackday

Succumbed: iPhone 5 upgrade ordered through @orangeuk who claim delivery on Monday. Not sure I believe that!

First page of proof-of-concept working and committed to git. So far so good. #gdhackday

Remembering how sophisticated our platform is under the hood. Need to think this hack through more carefully… #gdhackday

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Our hack day liveblog is up and running (although rather empty at the moment): http://t.co/TnnIRxxy #gdhackday

Coding keyboard dusted off and a fresh VM set up and ready for the @globaldev Hack Day tomorrow #gdhackday

songkick/transport

A transport layer abstraction for talking to service APIs

Sad how Guardian’s @guardiantech section has withered. I had to resort to the Telegraph for reporting on @ee 4G launch this morning.

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Hold on to your hats, Britain: things are about to get a whole lot faster #4G

SHL People Intelligence

Personality and behavioural assessment tools

Releasing Outside the App Store - Matt Gemmell

Saving myself for the 10:45 The Thick Of It showing on BBC HD. Been looking forward to this all week. #ttoi

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Social Gaming, Dating Account For The Biggest Growth In Carrier Billing: Over the last year, we have seen some n... http://t.co/Kfd92wbx
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@jonmulholland @barryf I'm looking for an easy, slick, elegant, simple to maintain, and awesome site design template - any recommendations?

@cronkshaw @jonmulholland ThemeForest has some excellent but cheap templates http://bfr.st/R5aqWN or Themezilla http://bfr.st/R5aqWM