Mark Harrison

Serial entrepreneur, currently running a boutique programming shop in London specialising in regulated markets.

[Vita Sackville-West @thegardenvsw]

We cannot all aspire to #gardens like Hidcote but as I have suggested there is much which is applicable to the more modest dwelling—the cottage, the manor house, and such diverse habitations found in our small country towns and even in the city. There are many hints to be taken.

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

I wish this freedom for every animal ♥️

[J. Michael Straczynski @straczynski]

The answer will always be Zathras.

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

The Cicero AI can now give human-level performance at "Diplomacy." Looks like the last game standing is Calvinball. (Boston Dynamics, please don't...)

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

Who do you want to be featured in the U.K. Chancellors Advent Calendar?

We’re picking a new Chancellor for every day in December.

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

@straczynski "I didn't know that similarity was required for the exercise of compassion" has to be one of the greatest lines in literature, not just SciFi.

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

Perhaps, if the RHS website didn't load so many Twitter / Facebook / whatever plugins, it would actually be possible to complete a ticket booking without it timing out? @The_RHS

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

I'm delighted that every single one of our clients (including those in the construction industry) have moved to working from home or suspended operations where that isn't possible.

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

@Hermesparcels - OK, so the parcel was actually handed to me... but the fact your website pretends I was the one who signed for it (prints my name, and some scribble) doesn't fill me with confidence for next time...

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

On the 29th (May) I'll be giving a talk to PHP Oxford about our experiences using #droneio for CI in the PHP world... Free refreshments courtesy of their sponsors - https://t.co/UVw84X9XvK

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

I just published What are PHP Magic Numbers, and how to find and remove them https://t.co/zYffnTz3KB

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

@ArchiPlants You guys are more serious about this than I am - https://t.co/7bku3ORRmM featuring a picture of Guy's mum :-)

[Tom Daley @TomDaley1994]

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🏳️‍🌈 37 of the competing nations criminalise being LGBT+. I feel so lucky to be able to be openly who I am without worry. I hope one day every athlete from every nation in the commonwealth will be free to compete openly as who they are too! 🏳️‍🌈

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

Thanks to Tom Coward of @GravetyeManor for his help in my research for https://t.co/CI9cSDMv9g

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

Thanks to Wendy Tremenheere deputy head gardener at @SissinghurstNT for responding to my out-of-the-blue email and answering my questions about the 2015 box hedge remodel in their white garden - https://t.co/rs5y5LLgDN

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

Another "awful customer service" from amazon moment. When it goes right, it's cheap... when it goes wrong, it's reliably horrible.

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

Replacing a yellow hose pipe with a black one. Another of my to do items from having read @BunnyWilliams marvellous "On Garden Style."

[Mark Harrison @MarkHarrisonUK]

Because the host didn't accept within the time limit AirBNB set, it shows as me, the GUEST, having "cancelled." Sigh.