Gone skiing.
RIP Geoff Egan. Our thoughts our with his family, friends & colleagues. Archaeology has lost a titan. A fine fellow and friend. Very sad.
In the snow at Astrope. Next off to to Wilstone.
@matthewcock and you all from both of us! Hope the kids have a fun day. Happy Christmas.
Being decried for playing jesuit. No christmas charity from my fellows!
@jonnypett helps if you can spell.
@Siorna all plucked now. Drinking mojitos and playing scrabble. Being accused of cheating. Am not playing rugby!
@matthewcock bad egg. Ruined my Christmas. :) I’ll stoke the fire up now.
Family sitting at table plucking the turkey. Ordered from @waitrose, who didn’t do the job properly. Lazy. http://plixi.com/p/65198…
I’m drinking champagne whilst my brother argues with Sky’s support people. I think I got the better deal.
Loads of snow in Cambridge. Happy christmas one and all.
If you have children and want to see #bookofthedead @britishmuseum, today is families priority entry day, & activities with @katekelland
britishmuseum Today is #bookofthedead Family day. Bring the kids for special activities and priority entry to the exhibition http://bit.ly/i60raG
@AlexM11 bonkers! Could have done with this idea late on Saturday night cycling through Hyde Park.
@AncientCwmbran he’s got some nice photos, Dahab is quite a nice dive site, haven’t been there for a while though.
RT @yql: Great article on @smashingmag by @codepo8 - YQL: Using Web Content For Non-Programmers - http://bit.ly/eoOeIi
@joedevon thanks very much for those videos. We used to work off that beach, amazing seeing the sea like that….
@tag @jadufton Get well soon! Did you indulge in too much glam rock or Potholer ale? Maybe it is post processual flu?
@tag have you got post tag2010itis?
@lofttroll thank you :)
sgillies Another Google ancient places grant in this round: http://googleresearch.bl…
@theCAMPVS It is just a play on the place I work. We used to get called portable ants for short.
@joedevon I’ve been trying to find more pictures, but unsuccessful for good quality ones.
Photo of the storm waves at Caesarea: http://www.abc.net.au/re…
Video of the statue discovery at Ashkelon: http://www.youtube.com/w…
Liking how some of our finds records now appear on google: http://www.google.co.uk/…
Wishing that data standards had been in place at the start of the Scheme, what a load of rubbish I’ve just discovered in the dataset.
@simonholmes you might be interested in this api: http://www.brewerydb.com…
My useless desktop pc is struggling under the strain of ArcMap. Needs a new hamster.
@farrelley thanks for the api key. Will do something with it, when I get the chance.
@jonnypett @katekelland cheeky, I go on leave and nothing gets done. I have a huge holiday backlog.
@jonnypett slacker, there’s still 3 work days till Christmas.
Future curators @britishmuseum: http://www.britishmuseum…
Sure a lot of my job is fixing other people’s mistakes.
These underwater photos are great: http://bbc.in/fuMmN3 Want to go diving again NOW.
@GeoffRPhoto It makes the bike to work interesting! Like your latest photos you posted the other day. Happy Christmas!
Woohoo more snow.
@stueve no problem, they’ve made it really simple to do.
@stueve Yes you did, National Library of Scotland, sent you link by DM.
newsycombinator XSS vulnerability found in Github http://j.mp/fWcH02
tonybutler1 Tomorrow at Noon is the deadline for the Search for a Happiness Associate: http://wp.me/pKlrd-3X
@CurrentArchaeo Potholer ale was quite nice. CASPAR session was good.
Defrosting my bicycle’s disc brakes is getting a bit boring now.
Is the pyramid bottle to entice the aftershave drinkers? #apprentice
@PericlesCat loves the snow! Taken by @katekelland http://flic.kr/p/92Jzpc
Short piece mentioning @britishmuseum’s former C&M keeper in today’s Times. Relates to Eric Gill exhibition.
@tag good to see you yesterday. Have a good Christmas! Cycle home last night was interesting.
@jadufton buzzword bingo was needed, but would probably take one paper.
Looking at some tv scripts for @katekelland. I will get childe and wheeler into these. #Caspar very white out there!
Listening to reggae to warm up before cycling back from paddington. Actually enjoyed #tag2010.
@DavidHaskiya sort of. Lots of didatics, discourses, phenomenological, etc etc didn’t hear any neo or post references!
@katekelland my train has left, will be 30 mins late. Next one was cancelled.
@tiffanyjenkins no worries. Call in at the BM sometime. Sessions have gone well. Hope yours did. Good luck getting home, doing same soon.
Renfrew has come to find out more about CASPAR.
Last speaker is Ruth Tringham, UC Berkeley on film making in archaeology. #tag2010 lots of ethno.
@Rikke_Olafson I am, very few twitter people around. You got the tag! I’m in the CASPAR session. Heading home soon before snow destroys us.
CIDOC mentioned in an audio-vis session. Can’t get away from it. :(
Chiara is talking about museum visitors and perceptions at the @MuseumofLondon galleries. She rocks. Solid research.
Presentation on ‘Animal, vegetable or mineral’. If you haven’t heard of it, look it up. Awesome archaeological tv.
@tag you’re in the wrong session :)
@AntArch for a few hours yes!
Colleen morgan now talking about second likfe and Okapi island. Can see the public archaeology aspect juxtaposed with factual inaccuracy.
Forgot that theoretical archaeology was all about showing off your knowledge of flowery English.
Listening to @stueve talk about augmented reality and Hadrian’s wall. @smannion you two need to meet and chat.
@vicchi cunning plan poorly executed?
@AncientCwmbran they were fine in london when I cycled to paddington, think they might be bad down in sw. Present paper and leave methinks.
@pauljcripps train zooming along through white fields. Hopefully will do the same in reverse later! You not at tag with @tag
Remind me again why I am going to Bristol.
@assemblageshef thanks!
FLO (Maternity cover) Cheshire, Greater Manchester & Merseyside advertisement - http://www.finds.org.uk/…
@AntArch present or write? Depends if I get there as well. Relying on public cattle transport that is FGW.
So how long is my presentation meant to be at #tag2010?
Good scheme drinks in the Institute of Archaeology. Of course not as mad as the mid 90s £5 to get in booze fests. They were great.
@Willsfargo no.
TV producer about to get roasted in the Clore.
@lornarichardson I’m only coming for the day. Hit and run. Don’t like computers. In 5 mins, snow has settled on our work terrace. Hurrah.
@stekosteko let you know in 2011 :)
@stekosteko let you know in 2011 :)
@lornarichardson will I get pelted with snowballs?
Actually wondering if I’ll get time to write my presentation for TAG, seeing as we have National Team meeting and Scheme party to run.
@tiffanyjenkins see you there if train plays ball. I’m speaking in the CASPAR session at 9am if I get there.
@stekosteko we’ve been like this for 7 years. No welcome needed.
Yet again providing my own equipment for work as we can’t afford to pay for it from our budget.
Darwinism is driving the web. Why are people so surprised?
Oracle speaks RT @twbell: Through ill-informed neglect Yahoo killed these & other products years ago; now they’re only burying the bodies
Off to bed to read some Swift in light of today’s tech layoffs.
@jonnypett trod on broken glass.
@_mal_w_ flickr brings in cash for pro acct, YQL is a jewel, that and geoplanet is are the ones I hope keeps going. Delicious = alternatives
@_mal_w_ foot will be fine. Drinking champagne to ward off evil. Yahoo -> delicious = a ploy to see usage? Anyway a Yahoo is legendary.
@Musebrarian see @codepo8 feed of tweets today. Easy to get as xml.
@fugitiveink wife has fixed it :) Pressure and plasters.
Must stop bleeding on the floor now. Stupid foot.
Michael MacIntyre, I have a revelation for you. You’re really rubbish. Cretin.
Just been the lion and @katekelland was Androcles, pulling glass out of my foot. Ow.
RT @bsletten: noticed Googl was indicating Facebook friends in search results until I looked through @tomayac’s slides: http://bit.ly/g0k4c6
@frankieroberto shame no lager. Snakebite and black.
RT @DublinCore: How Google is using Linked Data Today and Vision For Tomorrow - steiner,troncy,hausenblas http://bit.ly/guJEIP via @PullNews
Snow loads, then I can avoid Bristol.
BAR 520 A decade of discovery (PAS 2007 conf) has just been printed: http://www.archaeopress….
Busted tweeting in meeting. :) Should pay attention I suppose.
@tmtn LAMP stack, MySQL 5, php 5.2, Ubuntu server and zend framework powered.
@tmtn I don’t mind if you do :)
@tmtn my response was slightly sarcastic……
@tmtn noodle bar
http://www.flickr.com/ph… - never seen one of these cats!
@miaridge you can probablyt email direct as well. Will pass that on, I hadn’t looked at signup form.
@RickJO1it is good. We have some erosion problems like this up in cumbria. Lovely example! Must go there again.
@tmtn nah, I don’t like computers.
Here’s more on the study day @britishmuseum on cultural linked data/semweb: http://bit.ly/hMQfdH Booking is essential!!
britishmuseum Cultural heritage and the #semanticweb - a study day at the Museum on 13 January. It’s free but booking required: http://bit.ly/f3ZtK6
@corinne_mills It was a draft tv document, as usual he’s selective on facts and using info for his own agenda.
socantscot Various views on archaeology after the cuts, as published in ‘Current Archaeology’: http://is.gd/iNHf6 (PDF file) @mikeheyworth
Wonder who the leak in the ranks can be?
Wonder who in Lithuania has been using our OAI interface?
Turning up the Rossini to drown out the cackling numismatic mafia next door.
@simonholmes grey pillbox, if that is the term.
@simonholmes Sally didn’t leave her hat at ours, did she?
@StEdmundsCamb Happy Christmas to you as well.
FitzMuseum_UK Hear all about three intriguing coins from our collection from Keeper Mark Blackburn in this fab BBC feature http://bbc.in/hSB7vI
@talexander kate saw Mckellen as Lear last year. Have you seen War Horse yet? Definitely worth it if you get time when you’re over.
@tag in theory :) I’m catching a very early train from London on Saturday, if weather holds.
Another bit on the Caesarea problems: http://www.shalomlife.co… via @archaeologynews
Quite pleased that our biggest IT luddite has managed to conquer wordpress and blog about his visit to Denmark. Hope yet for him….
@talexander hope you get it back, Jacobi is great on the stage.
@lornarichardson NFN?
@joedevon I worked on the underwater team there for 2 seasons in the 90s. Great place and people. Quite a big place to stumble on!
Hope that Caesarea’s ancient port can survive. Love that place. http://www.ynetnews.com/…
RT @AnniB_OxonFLO: Roman coin from #WestHanney 2009 Rally makes database find entry number 670,000 Pity it’s illegible but there’s lots more
@tmtn your ring in OSS by the look of it…..
@britishmuseum @jacksloan That’s awesome!
britishmuseum Tonight is another Members’ Open Evening including experts from the Portable Antiquities Scheme speaking on the Frome Hoard and Treasure.
BBCHistoryMag Sir WIlfred Thesiger slideshow http://www.bbc.co.uk/new…
Getting ready for @britishmuseum friends evening. We’re talking about Frome hoard, Treasure, dbpedia, geoplanet, coins & gold. Join up!
@AnniB_OxonFLO I think it was this: http://www.finds.org.uk/… but I can’t be bothered to check for sure!
FitzMuseum_UK Just gone live: explore our Egyptian collection and browse nearly 1200 objects with this new virtual gallery! http://bit.ly/gmM678
670,000 objects recorded. Go team PAS (and T) and all the recorders. 700k by February?
Latest Society of Antiquaries Newsletter: http://www.sal.org.uk/sa…
Letter in today’s Times regarding the V&A/MLA purchase fund and future funding. {Renfrew/Howarth/Redesdale/Allan}
@jonnypett I bought you a Staffordshire hoard book in the BM staff sale, 25p (damaged); you’ll love that Christmas present,
Refund from conveyancing solicitor, that will get spent skiing for New Year.
@tmtn rocha?
So Tesco next day delivery actually means the coming Tuesday, that makes 5 days in my mind from order date. Useless.
@tmtn have you lost a hat?
@AlexM11 what are the pictures like? I sent quite a few through…..
@AlexM11 that’s been primed for quite a while, so nice to see it in print!
@tmtn it was fun! @PericlesCat would love you to catsit for him. He’s very contented at the moment!
The hoard was 160 kg not 16kg RT @adrianmurdoch: Why Frome is still cashing in on the Romans http://bit.ly/en8mWI
@jparol glad you came. Team T!!!!
Where was Mr tesco with guaranteed next day delivery? Rubbish. Went to Mr Sainsbury’s instead and cleared him out. Good party!
Hey Mr Tesco, where’s my wine delivery? Will be dull Christmas drinks without the alcohol.
Nice use of Myron’s discobolus http://flic.kr/p/8Gn5RV (more on the statue here: http://bit.ly/gMxMVB)
@AncientCwmbran not really, won prizes in my youth!
Making choux pastry and meringues. I don’t just play with computers and rugby balls or archaeology :)
http://bit.ly/enadU8 Girton college student Cenotaph flag swinger. Bad egg apologises. Rustication to follow?
RT @wessexarch: Work for Wessex Archaeology! Data Management Officer and Marine Geophysicists vacancies: http://goo.gl/deUAN
lipsticklori RT @CharStamper Amazing photo by @JonCart of kettled protesters on Westminster Bridge. http://bit.ly/emrtst
@janetedavis he won by guessing how many would turn up in a pot being mirco excavated in conservation. £1 each, money to Pakistan floods.
britishmuseum Due to popular demand #BookoftheDead will be open this Saturday and Sunday until 20.30 (last entry 19.00). Tickets: http://bit.ly/giT4N7
Newark Torc on display at the British Museum: http://finds.org.uk/blog…
Hmm.. RT @ChristiesInc WORLD AUCTION RECORD for a Cycladic Marble Figure at Sale realizing $16.8 mill http://tinyurl.com/WARcy…
FitzMuseum_UK Fancy discovering Persian music played in our atmospheric galleries by a world-class pianist? Book for tmrw’s concert! http://bit.ly/f2v6nO
iknowjoseph We’ve got another complete excavation archive online http://bit.ly/ehFpUX #Archaeology #Open
@tmtn happy birthday young lady. Hope you have a lovely day.
Under 21 curtain raiser from west stand members lounge bar. http://plixi.com/p/61874…
Left wallet at work so begging money off @katekelland and @jonnypett for the day out. Approaching Twickers. Man next to me is on spec brew.
http://bit.ly/dWBX8s - Telegraph article about RFU protest fears from the students in the crowd.
@eggynewydd you going today?
Wonder if there will be any protesting by students at Twickenham today?
Off to the Varsity Match. Hoping for some running rugby and a Cambridge win. GDBO.
RT @davidwjgill: Over USD 45 million worth of antiquities sold at Sotheby’s NY in two days
RT @twbell: A great day for geo: Twitter search accepts IDs from 13 namespaces http://bit.ly/ew72HN ‘SimpleGeo … http://tmi.me/3Z77d
Last day to apply for internship with the Scheme in Somerset: http://www.finds.org.uk/…
Rupeni Caucaunibuca must be the chubbiest wing around. Wonder if he’ll last a season at Toulouse.
Sort of amazed it took 13 rounds for a French player to score a try for Toulon, and sort of not. Racing vs Stade was interesting.
Wow, 10 years ago today @britishmuseum’s Great Court opened to the public. I was working at DrKB at the time now I work in the BM.
stoaorg #digiclass Job vacancy in digital palaeography: See on Digital Medievalist and posted here. Vacancy: Research As… http://bit.ly/dOpsEp
@CurrentArchaeo Not for the Heritage Studies group stuff. It is part of TS-H’s empire. Just turn up.
Thursday 5pm in the IOA UCL, rm 612 From paramilitaries to propagandists (Sam Hardy Bristol) Study into destruction and antiquities trading
And if you get bored of Bettany go to the free PEF lecture in the next theatre @britishmuseum http://bit.ly/f8DJL3 Maptastic!
Some people might be interested in Bettany Hughes @britishmuseum on Thursday night: http://bit.ly/ifb05w I’m watching @CURUFC at Twickers.
@iknowjoseph Can you create a form that asks people what they’ll be using your reports and research for?
An article on @Julidy1_FLO ‘s mark record: http://www.pasthorizons….
@iknowjoseph That’s part of the reason I started our research log, so I could see what people do with our data…..
RinkeHoekstra First issue of Semantic Web journal is out! http://tinyurl.com/3yvxw… #semanticweb #owl #linkeddata Congrats to Pascal and Krzysztof
@malcolmchapman he’s sitting in a corner looking rather sheepish at being nominated. He deserves it.
Vote for the Scheme’s Sam Moorhead as archaeologist of the year: http://awards.archaeolog…
@jonnypett we turn them off sometimes :) so how is Scrooge of Sussex? Bah humbug!
@talexander kate’s gone for loads of string lights, blue, red, white and purple. There’s some loud houses near us!Has your snow started yet?
@talexander do you light up the exterior of your house, flashing reindeers and santa sleigh? I won’t let her do that! http://myloc.me/eXMXZ
@katekelland is now burning 43p per hour on christmas lights, and I get told off for leaving my mac on… http://myloc.me/eXMow
Exciting stuff for Colin! RT @BM_AG: Peru: ‘sensational’ Inca find for British team in Andes http://t.co/321iSM0 via @guardian
http://bbc.in/hIjCWC another shark attack in the Red Sea. http://myloc.me/eXBXA
This coming Thursday @britishmuseum The PEF’s Evans Memorial Lecture: From Burchard to Burckhardt – Views of Jordan 6pm http://bit.ly/hPJBAw
Christmas tree, door handle, new light switches, christmas cards, decorations all purchased or sorted. Now rugby would have been better.
Season’s Greetings was okay but lacked some christmas sparkle. Catherine tate was as you imagine.
@simonholmes constantly hammers urls and ignores robots directives. Also seen quite a few failed bogus logins with yandex.ru emails.
Bye bye Yandex bot and don’t come back.
Finished adding the first Palestine Exploration Fund images (can’t make them CC): http://www.flickr.com/ph…
@archasa @alun there’s this tomorrow http://www.britishmuseum…
@AntArch auto complete ruins things sometimes doesn’t it :)