On This Day, 23 October
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@chubbybannister Agreed. Wordle 491 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RT @stephenRB4: What’s the prettiest book you own? 📚
RT @MulberryCoates: Did you know, it’s 27 years to the day that the Financial Times killed one of England’s finest poets? They didn’t mean…
@Janeenie @stillawake @BristolWater It really was pouring out, though, wasn’t it? I heard it before I got to the end of Frayne Road.
@Janeenie @stillawake @BristolWater PS: found my Vine (which dates it!) of the last time that one burst… https://t.co/2wx7wZjcF7
@SwanRiverPress Gorgeous.
The oncoming storm. https://t.co/vCjlox7oCL
2021
@chubbybannister BURN THE HERETIC
"But hear me out, Jenkins. What if the lion rampant was *itself* holding an escutcheon with a lion rampant on it, and *that* lion..." "I'm going to have to stop you there, my lord." https://t.co/XzGh0z1A0m
Vintage. https://t.co/XfLl6j1T7n
2020
@Avon_Stories This getaway route sounds like it was carefully chosen by someone with detailed knowledge of the harbourside, river and Colliter's Brook area. 👀 https://t.co/7Vwr0ef3eZ
Mary Rose #bristol https://t.co/YJgGXbvQXh
La demi lune #bristol #moon https://t.co/B1meAR6J4Q
Looking up https://t.co/OEzwbe8mj8
Sun Set Great Britain #bristol https://t.co/Jt7R1UhLfo
Red light. #bristol https://t.co/o3t4yY6j5J
And that concludes my harbourside walk with the theme of "looking up."
RT @TechnicallyRon: Took Doug to the pub for the first time today and managed to take my favourite series of photos ever. https://t.co/UeT7…
2019
RT @Avon_Stories: I adore foggy autumn mornings https://t.co/O0ccDyEB0x
I suspect that this Brexit progress bar might've been coded by Microsoft.
@ahnlak Or, you know, set up auto-renew :D
2018
2017
I had *no* idea it was going to be this big. #insertjokehere https://t.co/VGEFOO7a7x
@guriben Immersion heater sous vide thing. This is the consolation prize from a Kickstarter that didn't work out :D
@talkie_tim If I never see you again, it was nice knowing you, and tell everyone not to try the pork.
@talkie_tim They will be the next thing I try. But I only knew it was coming when it turned up on the doorstep, so I'm a tad underprepared!
Do other SE users find it hard to hit the tiny play/pause in #iOS11 Control Centre without skipping forward/back instead? @AppleSupport https://t.co/O5b7JeMiYF
@talkie_tim It’s the only way to get the taste out of your mouth after doing the Backwards Ferengi.
RT @colincampbell: latest New Yorker cover: https://t.co/gxm4vY6V68
Not completely convinced that less is more. https://t.co/jOpR1Q560X
2016
RT @sebpatrick: This is incredible. After 27 years, someone has discovered that Howard G sings "RED DWARF!" through a vocoder in the openin…
📷 Yakumama—which sounds like it should be Japanese to my clearly-uncultured ears, but is in fact Latin... https://t.co/rjGBQkGHAZ
One for @_pigeons_. https://t.co/UxFYR5DMNz
Sunday Brunch - https://t.co/xfAqViyQYR https://t.co/WbOAaB3BbZ
Bloggity: acknowledging my odd cafe sign photography habit. https://t.co/vSCdpOIlU7
RT @cursedimages: cursed image 27162 https://t.co/fHOfmOpmsw
RT @Kavey: Gulp! I've launched my Etsy shop... the first of my little owls are on sale! Likes, RTs and visits appreciated! https://t.co/V…
Seem to remember finding Black Mirror excellent in the past. First ep of new series seems mind-wrenchingly tedious
RT @EJBrand: Waterstones in Oxford pulling no punches, eh https://t.co/1SWh9h798c
@jontangerine I've swum in there.
@mathowie Wonder what happens if someone mistakenly sets their recovery email address to your email address?
2015
Smells like someone’s set fire to a cannabis factory on Whiteladies. #Bristol
@GreatDismal @WordFactoryUK Thanks for the tip! I enjoyed _Moonchild_ so it’s got to be worth a go… https://t.co/Wdokc24HLM
RT @mashable: This is what the strongest hurricane ever recorded looks like from space https://t.co/03yPzRBcNj https://t.co/XZ7zTeqnXA
@seb_ly I’m enjoying the fact that this blog is still here: https://t.co/azdNzAq1Fg
RT @StationCDRKelly: Hurricane #Patricia looks menacing from @space_station. Stay safe below, #Mexico. #YearInSpace https://t.co/6LP2xCYcGD
RT @BarfootDuggan: Woah! @britishlibrary released 1mill #royaltyfree images! #illustration #BritishLibrary https://t.co/0t8S2ywwTF https://…
2014
Squashed. http://t.co/CkzvJc55m8
2013
@guriben But I like big data. Maybe it's just because I'm getting old. These spreadsheets are just easier to read in a 36pt font.
@charlesarthur It's persistent, too. I deleted my former "Work"-tagged address to try to stop it, but it's still telling me...
@charlesarthur "This is how long it would take you to drive to work, despite the fact that you no longer work there, and you never drove."
Odd. I want to buy an mp3 download. @AmazonUK would rather I buy an mp3 download with some extra plastic and metal. http://t.co/4DnkOUBZox
The result: I don't really want to buy either, now.
@talkie_tim Well, "sorry" is the hardest word.
@ahnlak They normally don't do that to me. This time they're reminding me of Adobe, and that's never good.
@pilky Really? Been fine for me.
So. Today: final processing of a few photos for @24hoursbristol, some WordPress work, and testing new version of @getrunningapp for Android.
@ahnlak Sadly, 50p more than Amazon's priciest, same price as iTunes. I sucked it up and paid the premium not to have them send me a CD :(
Having one of those really indecisive "Colour or black and white?" moments. http://t.co/iWqucQmjNA
@ScottPalfrey Thank you. (I may end up tossing a coin at this rate!)
@talkie_tim To be fair, looks like the other options are "bit gormless", or "too happy for a newspaper picture". http://t.co/U752hPiRGW
@Mouse_House Damn it, I'd just decided on the black and white, after a bit more editing...
@Mouse_House I like the colours, too, but I think I slightly prefer the feel of the black and white one now I've brought out some detail.
@Mouse_House Still not sure though.
@Mouse_House Well, you're definitely not alone.
Okay, due to popular vote, the colour version won.
@leigh So useful having it continuous scroll rather than month-by-month, though...
@KellySibson Yeah, I think that's my problem. I thought it was about the bridge (it was when I took it.) But maybe it's a landscape.
@KellySibson Yeah. I'm going to call it a landscape, and let the river lead people to the bridge.
@leigh Erm. I've only got a trackpad on my Mavericks box; scrolls with that. (Disclaimer: I may not be running final release of 10.9.)
@stillawake Okay, I entered the colour one :)
@jakepjohnson @stillawake Yeah, I was lucky I finished a contract the week before, otherwise I'd've been too busy. #sadjake
@stillawake These are the ones I just submitted. http://t.co/OodpHeWLLp
@stillawake Oooh, I like the eggs a *lot*.
@talkie_tim Too late. After a landslide vote for colour, that's the one I entered.
Off to see if there's space to do some lunchtime work at the Thali Cafe in Bedmo...
Oh, those 1960s facilities. So attractive. http://t.co/whDiJxj4n1
Thali. http://t.co/DOCZh72hlS
Seriously malty smell emerging onto North Street from @BrisBeerFactory today…
@hayles I need to try that place.
RT @simoncroberts: There are more people taking pictures of trees than there are trees at Westonbirt national arboretum today. It's the aut…
@Souterain You won't generally see that from me :)
Doing test runs of @getrunningapp on four different devices at once. It's a bit like having a robot personal trainer with a scrambled brain.
"Just another ten seconds of running, Dave. No, walking, no, cool down, no, run again! Run! Walk! Ruuuuwwwwaaaaalk! ... Daisy, daisy..."
2012
Middle class? Moi? *continues making houmous* http://t.co/69rGStjR
@waiyeehong This is a leftovers-houmous. I used all the garlic in the house.
RT @brianblessed: I'm launching my new @audioboo channel on Friday. If you've got suggestions for boos let's hear them #brianboo
@jorence Oh. Goodness. Sorry to hear about your mum.
Hurrah! Gas fitter en route. Might have a working hob again in a couple of hours.
@mattgemmell Well, it's all right for some. You wouldn't believe the problems I'm having trying to get a Kindle edition of _Amish Monthly_.
@guriben Did it sound like the future arriving?
@stillawake @guriben There are Ways, all of which are technically illegal, of course. More to the point, I believe they involve Calibre...
@stillawake @guriben ...which has possibly the worst user interface of anything I've used in the last decade.
@guriben @stillawake The re-deliver/auto-archive will only work as long as Amazon don't just close your account for no apparent reason :/
@guriben @stillawake I'm actually tempted to write my own "do some of the simple things people want to do" UI for the command-line stuff.
@stillawake @guriben I think comparing Calibre with chips is terribly unfair on chips.
@guriben @stillawake I probably would if I could be arsed. But I can't.
@guriben @stillawake Also: I predict Amazon PR will soon finally wake up and do something to explain/fix the latest debacle, at least.
@MandinaM It was pretty nice. :D
Awww. Bye bye, Ceefax. http://t.co/p0tdA50j
RT @parryphernalia: @gothick it's going to be OK. We still have this! http://t.co/7LKxVriu
Hrm. Why has someone I don't think I know endorsed me on LinkedIn?
@AlexHamlin Ah! That would explain it. Sorry, didn't recognise your name -- was more thinking about the office jobs I've done!
@rabidbee GOTHS LIKE TRAINS TOO.
@Thehappyfatgirl Apparently not. Oh well. Wrong sex for me, anyway :D
@benjohnbarnes What the heck is "de-shnizled"?
Suggested hashtag: #zyngone
@Thehappyfatgirl No, I like girls. Well, if we're talking "LIKE" like :D
@Thehappyfatgirl Though I should, of course, have said "women", there, not girls, lest someone mistake me for Jimmy Savile.
@hayles I believe my friend @KellySibson recently suggested "Januhairy" as a unisex excess hair celebration month.
@Thehappyfatgirl I was just about to start my riposte with "Now then..." Perhaps I should give up while I'm behind :D
@Thehappyfatgirl No, I'm straight. Though it's all very theoretical at the moment, anyway.
Today was mostly devoted to getting this label officially removed. Luckily that went well... http://t.co/7KKZLx1b
@tsunimee I'm *fairly* certain you're female.
@rhodri Ooooh, I had one of those, too. "Spycraft"?
@rhodri This one might have been the one I had: http://t.co/dercOlgz
2011
@twittl3s Yup, him and my stepmum have been living here for years now :)
@djelibeybi_meg @stillawake @jorence Yes!
My dad is currently phoning my mum to find out how they normally do the washing #unreconstructed
@Phooto Yes.
@Phooto You can copy it over USB, mail it to it, or mail it to it with "convert" in subject to have it try to make it more Kindle-friendly.
@Phooto Reading the 60D manual on mine at the mo and it's fine. With A4 documents, the text can be a bit small, depending on the document.
@DrHairbear Eep! Good luck. What happened to the poor thing?
@Squonk @Phooto You can also read in landscape mode instead of portrait, which can be good, depending on the document.
@DrHairbear I hope all Error 99 repairs come with a Flake. They would if I were doing them.
@simonashley Yes. Just started playing with it myself. Good stuff. (My first project: http://t.co/Y4AwMDqq )
@simonashley I found http://t.co/QZ7tNqOL very good. Used Maplin for subsidiary bits, but they don't do the Arduino itself.
@shezza_t We could have done with that today.
2010
Going Outside. The fresh air will probably be kill-or-cure. Hopefully will make it as far as BTP.
Stokes Croft last night: http://flic.kr/p/8MeMiT
@BlackDogDays I drank several pints of beer for the first time in about four years last night. It seemed like a good idea at the time...
@BlackDogDays As it is, I think I should have probably re-introduced myself to drinking too much a bit more gently. More coffee needed now.
@BlackDogDays I've always been a lightweight, but yeah, the hangovers just go on longer as I get older, it seems. Ah well.
RT @whalemonster: New Scientist: subverting augmented reality to mask corporate logos and advertising. http://www.newscientist.com/artic ...
@KaveyF Hopefully on the mend, then! Good.
@shezza_t That the dye works perfectly for that load of washing. And the next one.
Hmm. I might go have lunch while it's still lunchtime.
Bleh. Morning all. I ate and drank too much last night. You?
@KaveyF Pic!
Dear Every Technology Company On The Planet, I really only want _Twitter_ to look like Twitter. Cut it out, okay? Love, Me. #bandwagon
@SpikyZebra It was, however, particularly lovely. As pickled eggs go.
@MitchBenn Ugh. I call it an hour later even than that.
@bananza Have you been reading Pinter again?
@rhodri Yeh.
@stillawake Nah. We're definitely asleep.
I'd better stop taking photos. Currently, I'm scheduled to spend my entire retirement processing the backlog.
2009
Right. Taking the evening off, having an early night, and hoping for a better, less tired start to the weekend.
Ooh! Sunshine! Morning all!
@shezza_t aww. Hope it cheers up. But not at Bristol's expense :)
So... Tired...
@bananza ugh. It's a slow Friday afternoon for me. Stop being so disgustingly cheerful, you!
Heading home at long last.
@pjakobs As in actual crashes? Thinking of upgrading my home XP to 7 in case I get a new job in a place that uses it at some point.
@pjakobs I hate problems like that. Guessing it's a new install on previously stable box, though, so at least you can rule out hardware..?
@pjakobs I hear you. Always so hard to be sure with stuff like that. XP doing that, I'd think "hardware", but with a new OS... Good luck!
@pjakobs I always found that compiling a Linux kernel was the best hardware test in the world, but I guess there are probably better ways!
Hmm. Mention the word "stable" and get followed by a spammy account for an _actual_ stable. As in horses. Twitter is odd.
RIght. I'm going to try and get some sleep. Night all!
@Aimee_B_Loved Fun-KY butt lovin'?
@hayles Whoa there, Silver. Someone's had too many sugar cubes.
@hayles Well, for one thing, I imagine it's full of horses.
@hayles On the plus side, though, their website has the least unpleasant picture of a girl with a pony I've ever seen on the internet.
@hayles No, but that seems to be the theme of most of the other pictures.
@hayles Remind me, why were you looking? Car crash syndrome?
@tweeny4 Be very careful saying that on Twitter. http://bit.ly/2ftCYt
@tweeny4 Hmm. Have you considered having some cake?
@tweeny4 Well, the standard solution is Battenberg, but on a Friday night I'd suggest lemon drizzle.
2008
@talkie_tim Curses! You just forced me to go onto YouTube and find the Eddie Izzard Achilles bit! http://is.gd/4ESp
Another Thursday, another Greek class. Depressed at how little vocabulary seems to be sticking to my brain.
@foxc That doesn't sound good.
@Nose_in_a_book never trust an umbrella that's stronger than you are.
@pjakobs tell the record companies; they'll probably sue the phone spammers for copyright breach!
Oh, thanks, Oracle, for installing your own Java 1.4 at the beginning of my path, and thus breaking all my programs from _this_ century.
2007
Just helped herd a swan out of the road. I love Bristol!