On This Day, 6 August
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Stina Marie Claire - 'The Human Condition' (Official Video) https://t.co/iFbkXlNUca via @YouTube
2020
@dangusset @trevorbaxendale @outonbluesix Yeah, my memory isn't great for when it really hit the mainstream. The earliest UK reference I can easily find on my bookshelf is this, showing the term quite well-established by 1985, when 1st ed. came out. I def. thought of myself as a hacker before then. https://t.co/D8xQuurXES
@dangusset Fuck.
Taking a break from bookshelf decluttering. Itβs a bit humid for manual labour today. https://t.co/Qmgz8TLZtY
Hrm. So, having boxed up the "get rid of" books, I have now de-double-layered my "incoming, unread" bookshelves. And discovered it's actually an entire bookcase-worth of them. One hundred and twenty five, all told. Shit.
RT @SJDJ: Ok, here goes. Taylor Swift as classic physics textbooks, a thread. #ITeachPhysics https://t.co/hCMHPWRYdv
Heh. Bookpediaβs publication date graph is a great way of seeing where my reading peaked. https://t.co/Ts03guGzTm
Gosh. So, I suppose I now need to find somewhere that's open for donations... Well, that and mark all these as "sold" in Bookpedia. Glad I bought that USB barcode scanner on a whim back in March! https://t.co/QlXMFBnvdS
@word_geek I think this probably has more to do with the decline in my reading per se. Also: dear holy Jesus Christ I do not need any more books right now.
@4r7hr Oooh, I have a day off today, maybe I'll follow up this morning's Times with the Nutmeg. Used to do both every day, back when I was a gentleman of leisure.
@benjohnbarnes I was doing both, though I only noticed the effect as I was recording. Quite enjoyed my imaginary two-metre monitor :D
@chubbybannister Timeless tweet.
Yeah, sex is nice and all, but have you ever had an iCloud photo actually fucking sync when you wanted it to?
My decluttering work has now reached magazine level, specifically the @TTApress Interzone and Black Static layer. It's a very spotty IZ collection, but it does stretch back as far as Spring 1998... https://t.co/IcVwUpZClB
Of course, the next question is, given that my chances of re-reading them are very slim (I can barely keep up with the new ones!), what's best to do with them...
@4r7hr Nice. Glad I spotted the pangram!
RT @tithenai: Now Hugo/Nebula/Locus/BSFA-award-winning!
2019
RT @BacklistedPod: New episode up now. Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban, with guests Max Porter @maxjohnporter and Una McCormack @unamccormaβ¦
2018
2017
RT @WaltHickey: so do we get the wu tang album or what
In 2010 Jeremy Wood walked around the campus of the University of Warwick with a GPS... https://t.co/i2aZLrdKmu via @_FutilityCloset
@_pigeons_ Apparently I was wrong, and I have cut someone's hair. This just popped up in my "anniversary tweets"... https://t.co/8P7KJbCEG2
@BenPark They are pleasantly bright. Don't know how long the batteries last yet, but they're very cheap and definitely worth a punt.
What's the name for the sympathetic feeling of vertigo you get from seeing other people close to edges? https://t.co/xSueBrg3CB
@andybeebristol I bet yours wasn't because Imagemagick had used up 2GB of your /tmp space and run your root filesys⦠https://t.co/C2YI5Eytdb
RT @benjohnbarnes: @gothick Vertigo.
@talkie_tim @_pigeons_ Oop. Halfway back home, sorry. (I uninstalled Twitter app because the news etc was bringing⦠https://t.co/KjqzooSoMU
Waiting for someone who's not another photographer to walk into your shot #bristolproblems
288/365 Gates https://t.co/jjJkJyuwCl https://t.co/YUTreYlchv
Top to bottom. #igersbristol https://t.co/KFRVtRVFE9 https://t.co/DFr1zBDt36
2016
Been pruning. Guess I'll be drinking a fair bit of Moroccan mint tea today... https://t.co/HUzwGjDmDc
Tea time. https://t.co/es4Wq83w40
Who do I know who was looking for these recently? https://t.co/koAxkSN10f
RT @mathowie: I'm currently 43 years old, white, and male and this is hilarious. https://t.co/agcnDigWBJ https://t.co/S7J82KR0F7
Was it @chubbybannister ? https://t.co/fcnbODMCcv
@chubbybannister Yep, corner of Corn & Small.
Cheers. https://t.co/VVUo0aZg1X
Step. https://t.co/xq8ULQt7eN
Ironically, I'm thinking of moving on from the King William because the crowd outside Small Bar are so bloody lairy.
@Bristolvor No idea. Moving on to The Shakespeare in a mini-tour of proper old-school pubs.
@Bristolvor I'm basically going home in instalments.
Shakespeare. https://t.co/qoMY2id7Lx
An author just deployed the word "steatopygous" at me without warning.
@chubbybannister I am LOVING the shade. #toohot
@CharlieEsq_ The courgette? Nice!
Third leg of my way-home old-school pub crawl. Piston Broke at the Orchard. https://t.co/Jb0udAFb2K
@Bufty_Grifter Not a big cider fan, but unlike some other cider-biased pubs *cough*CorrieTap*cough* they keep their ales well.
@Bufty_Grifter I've heard many good things about the food, too. To date only tried pulled pork ciabatta, which was excellent.
@chubbybannister 2 or 3. Plus all the bar staff, which is nice. Think they're skewed by a City match finishing; deffo more when last here.
Last stop. Palmers Best at the Merchants Arms, my best proper local. https://t.co/RemwZNeog2
@djelibeybi_meg It's a great example of the old-school pub that can still impress.
2015
Dental hygiene dangers. http://t.co/osE5EQOww0
Wait. https://t.co/G18KJdwaUq
Feels too windy for BLOONS to me. Maybe Iβm being pessimistic.
@porthjess Kewl, ta.
@mousedogbaby *Bristol hug*
@SpikyZebra Feels quite a lot less breezy right now. Maybe itβs calming down.
Quiller reference?
Bang!
@paulahillier Observatory Hill.
I spy... #bristol https://t.co/oeoqgnkgNd
Observatory Hill currently reverberating to the sound of about a thousand kids screaming "Minion!" http://t.co/YRJrP7VGFj
Bye bye bloon. http://t.co/nI8zuzRxu1
@samsneed12 Did someone accidentally make some wine, maybe?
RT @samsiddorn: @bristolballoon #spotstuart gets a great reception on landing #minions #balloonfiesta http://t.co/AD3QafhwSL
2014
Brill local postie. Recognised me in street as I was coming back from jog and stopped to hand over parcel heβd just failed to deliver :)
RT @itvnews: Video: Passengers push carriage to free man stuck between train and platform http://t.co/10kLayeXia http://t.co/g5J11yww64
RT @WanderingGaia: Oh no! Britain's first armed police on routine patrol http://t.co/Ky4iDQVr5R
@waiyeehong Jeez. Mine's great. Hands things to me through the window in summer to save letterbox-mangling.
I enjoy living in a country where the police generally don't carry guns. Please don't change that.
RT @LukeWhiston: @samgadjones @Glinner Amazing. This is by far my favourite instance of the Golden Ratio: http://t.co/M6TGBkkdEe
@shezza_t Oops. Sorry. Perhaps I should add myself to this recent tourism upsurge and come see how thing are over thereβ¦
Have converted the app I was halfway through entirely to #Swift. I have all the problems I had before, but at least I prefer the syntax.
@soffes Just wanted to thank you for SSKeychain. The hives I broke out in reading the Apple documentation seem to be clearing up.
RT @JudgeDewie: Please RT to raise awareness
@siracusa Can you not reset their password, then delete their account?
@guriben @JannerTM @getrunningapp Hey, it's how I started! And I've run 10K just this week...
Trying the very first recipe in @meemalee's #noodlebook! :D http://t.co/UmVRBqPjzy
@waiyeehong *bows*
@Bingo_Little @meemalee It was! *Fans mouth* Might be a bit less heavy-handed on the white pepper next time, mind :)
@Bingo_Little @meemalee Noodle! http://t.co/TA7R9alykD
2013
RT @TheHomemadeMama: Our view this morning from the back garden!! Pretty amazing to wake up to 20 balloons flying over yourβ¦ http://t.co/2Oβ¦
@hayles I think itβs probably over-charitable to imagine thereβs any thought behind it.
New experience. http://t.co/XCr62ttq3H
Right. North Street time.
RT @LegalWeasel: I wonder how many legal and accountancy firms run electronic document systems based around Xerox scanners? http://t.co/avaβ¦
@paulbradshaw And yet half the websites I visit these days seem to need a box dismissing before I can start reading them...
@paulbradshaw Hrm. *squints* http://t.co/acX2JygG7P
@paulbradshaw And it wasn't specifically picked as a bad example. It was just the next thing I clicked on in my timeline :(
Arrrr! Ye've lost weight, Cap'n! http://t.co/MmoaRaIEhR
2012
@Mouse_House I will try. The garden party is only once a year, though. If I see any extra events, I'll let you know.
RT @blunt_: OH "The nerds just took gold in the 560 billion metres" #curiosity
RT @MarsCuriosity: I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!! #MSL
@hayles Morning!
It's possible I may have a tad too much mail in my account. http://t.co/Amb0310v
@Runnerbeany My inbox is quite tidy. The bulk is just historic stuff.
@pjakobs @Phooto I find that having the lot locally makes for fast & simple searching (and therefore makes the archive actually useful.)
RT @utterben: You know you've watched too many movies when your reaction to a colleague's nosebleed is to lock them in a small room and ...
@guriben You're missing a Dilbert cartoon on the partition :)
@guriben Ah, I did wonder what that shadow with the pointy hair was...
Roight. Weekly review time. Three quarters of an hour late, but moving fast...
Banana, lemon and basil smoothie. Works a lot better than I thought it would :) @ Delight Cafe http://t.co/ykB1OzXQ
@Mouse_House There may be some left if you get here within ten mins. :)
@Mouse_House Oh. Arse. Can you send one end of a very long straw in this direction?
@BlackDogDays Oh. Hello.
@BlackDogDays Still got woes? Can you take a snap of your screen so we can see what we're dealing with? Ta.
@BlackDogDays Also -- can you quickly try unplugging and re-connecting your monitor? And make sure connection solid at both ends?
@BlackDogDays Pop it up in front of the doctor anyway, dear. Let me judge just how big things are for myself.
@BlackDogDays Coolio. And what *is* the screen resolution currently set to, and what make/model is the monitor, if that's easy to find out?
@BlackDogDays 1024x768 sounds pretty low by modern standards, but it'll depend how old that monitor is.
@BlackDogDays Dell? Um, written on the back? *helpful face*
If it's modern enough, it might be detected by the Screen Resolution control panel and have the model displayed in there.
Are there any higher numbers in the drop-down list of screen resolutions?
@alexjbutcher What? Fuck, I'd only just started using that.
@BlackDogDays I could just pop around. Do you have gin?
@alexjbutcher Ta, I'll check it out.
@alexjbutcher Well, as I'd only just started using it, it's probably best to abandon it before I get used to it!
@BlackDogDays Fair enough. If it's still giving you gyp tomorrow afternoon, I'll be around from about 2:30...
@BlackDogDays Best offer I've had all month.
@guriben You're not *really* hungry until the *cat* looks tempting.
@Mouse_House *looks nervously out of window*
@Mouse_House *Looks significantly more worried*
@benjohnbarnes Er. I was, back in March. Which of us just got very delayed with their tweet?
@MatStace Who the hell insures a professional fortune teller? Surely they'd only take out insurance if they knew they were going to crash!
2011
Ooh, it's @lizpscully, who I met when we were both delayed at Heathrow for BLOODY HOURS. We saved each other's sanity over pizza, I think...
@lizpscully Yes, I have been blathering on for a while now :) Think I started on here in March 2007, so I've had plenty of time!
@lizpscully Of course! Though my help, like my jogging, will likely be a bit sporadic. Especially this weekend, as I'm off to Wales :)
View from my friends' back garden :) http://instagr.am/p/Je_yY/
Grosmont Castle http://instagr.am/p/Jf7aw/
@Ninja_lynneja Not far from Abergavenny :)
Doors are ace. http://flic.kr/p/aawsbU
@archidave *snigger*
2010
@Joy_James Hurrah! Or, as the new bank-parlance would have it, ???hurrah???
Hmm. One of the options on my Online Banking web page is now "???null???" Which inspires confidence.
@DrHairbear Well, we'll let you off this time. Just make sure you don't do it again.
@LonnieRuns My friend Sarah just recommended it to me ;)
@paulahillier YEAH DARLIN' WE 'AVE TO!
RT @th0mi: Coca-Cola defends lawsuit: "No consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking vitaminwater was a healthy beverage." http:/ ...
@Cartblanch Glad you're enjoying it! It's all @benjohnbarnes' work; I only did the website for that one!
Hope Sandoval huffed off after twenty mins of her Fleece gig last night, and never came back? Just as well I forgot to get a ticket!
@archidave No, clearly it was Marillion.
@KaveyF Good luck! For the needles, see if you can concentrate on breathing, and relaxing muscles that take you mind off arm! #worksforme
Things that always make me feel better about the world: listening to @theagilmore's _You Tell Me_.
@hayles I know almost nothing about her, but simply based on the bleedover of coverage into my life, I'd consider it.
@theRamenNoodle Experience. Education matters some when interviewing graduates, say, but pales quickly into insignificance.
@playleimagery *yawn* *stretch* Morning!
2009
Bleh. Out of four-hour meeting following dentist. May be too knackered for either balloon fiesta or Half Man Half Biscuit
En route to the dentist. Sort of hoping he won't want to remove my troublesome wisdom teeth.
2008
@Phooto believe tradition is to buy gold, then move it to Switzerland before your own government bans private ownership of it.
Unexpected joy of implementing a Mediawiki-based wiki at work: it's hard for the boss to tell when you're just slacking & reading Wikipedia