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Great oEmbed component for Adobe CQ from @zaphgod
youtube.com/watch?v=RF-mkF… and code: github.com/ugocei/oembed

Oh o2, where is the love? sdrv.ms/10S3F5V

Windows Phone showing it’s got a rich Microsoft Windows heritage behind it. sdrv.ms/XLsMEx

Windows Phone 8 mini-review:
A phone restart is required.
Goodbye.

Nice: Adobe CQ VLT plugin for Sublime Text 2: github.com/tomalec/Sublim… //cc @CQDev

What’s this? A shiny new toy for me to play with for the next two weeks thanks to @Nokia_Connects ! #switchtolumia http://t.co/qbmuEgnnoX

At what point does “focus” become “burning down the house around you”? I need x-platform feed syncing. Suggestions? googlereader.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/poweri…

Ah, joy. Some combination of Outlook & Exchange & Mail.app doesn’t like ellipsis characters … replaces them with Š:
answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/foru…

So much common sense & reason from @tomskitomski slideshare.net/DigEngHMG/gove… See also “We’re not ‘appy. Not ‘appy at all.” digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/2013/03/12/wer…

All true. Also youtube.com/watch?v=TXkTGi… RT @arnold_bike When you live in Amsterdam whenyouliveinamsterdam.tumblr.com
#arnoldbike

Oooh… something wicked cool this way comes. I am excite. Expect some interesting blog posts over the next couple of weeks once DHL delivers.

At long last, Blizzard has unleashed the next chapter of StarCraft, with the release of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (959 days since StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, and not a day too soon).

As I was slightly disorganised, I only got around to buying it last night, when I hopped onto amazon.co.uk and ordered the physical media. It cost me £26, with free expedited delivery (hurrah for Amazon Prime).

In preparation, I logged in to battle.net, and was horrified to see the “Upgrade now!” button in the middle of the screen. Maybe I could have got a digital copy earlier, and paid less money? Not so much … Blizzard are charging £32.99 for an online upgrade, a premium of £6.99 over the physical media that Amazon are shipping to me:

I guess those download servers are expensive to run?

Curious, I decided to compare prices elsewhere. Asda, Game, PC World, Play, Sainsburys, Tesco, who will be cheapest? Here’s what I found:

• Asda: £26.97
• Game: £27.99
• PC World: £26.99
• Play: £27.89
• Sainsburys: £25.99 (+50 nectar points, worth ~ 25p)
• Tesco: £26

And the kick in the teeth? Amazon are now selling it for £25.27, a whole 73 pence cheaper than just 12 hours ago when I bought it for £26:

So the cheapest is still Amazon (leveraging their offshore “we pay no taxes” advantage to beat “every little helps“?), and the most expensive (other than Blizzard’s digital upgrade) was Game. Are we surprised that Game is a struggling retailer, that halved in size last year? The mean purchase price: £26.64 … so I guess my hasty purchase last night was still a bargain.

Right, it’s time to go and wait impatiently beside the letterbox.

Watched “Intouchables” last night. Absolutely brilliant movie; thoroughly recommended: imdb.com/title/tt167543…

Free download of @jonathanstark‘s PhoneGap training module available for a limited time bit.ly/PlV7iH

Heheh yellow snow #infanthumour RT @metofficeSEEng: Yellow Alert of Snow for London & South East England : Wed 13 Mar bit.ly/14JhoJ1

Jetlazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Dear @HBO: please let me give you money (say ~ £30) for digital Game of Thrones. I don’t want physical media. I want to watch on TV & iPad.

Impatient to get home! (@ Gate E20) 4sq.com/ZmKrPo

Collective Motion of Moshers at Heavy Metal Concerts. I love that this exists. j.mp/XY4ZAY via Danny Yee’s blog.

#cmobff cmo of geometrixx is concerned? She may be fictional but the awesome charting demo is very real. #adobesummit