On This Day, 4 September
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@4r7hr @thespacepal Felt to me like they’d done something weird because of the Maskarade and forgotten to turn something back on. My guess would be that they’ll sort it tomorrow.
2021
2020
Damn it. 31 minutes for the Times cryptic this morning means I *just* missed out on an entire sub-half-hour week. #cruciverbalist
Any recommendations for 4K monitors that don't cost the earth? This will probably be my next "make WFH suck less" upgrade.
@iamtheshunt1 Ta!
@gigatexal Ta.
@julienbob Heh. I think that might actually be larger than my TV.
@robsmallshire Ta! While I'd love an LG Ultrafine, I think it may be a little out of the price range. I'd definitely consider one if I were replacing my (lovely) Retina iMac with something that needed an external monitor, but I think I need to go cheaper for the (temporary!?) WFH setup.
@ahnlak No, because what I want isn't pure real estate, it's also something that doesn't make my eyes fucking bleed with the lego-brick size pixels, dimness and awful colour rendition now I've been completely spoiled by this 27" 5K Retina iMac...
RT @RealSexyCyborg: Pregnancy tests are 99% accurate in the lab, 75% accurate in the wild due to misreads- mistakes which are highly depend…
RT @sjvn: Oh, come on Wikipedia! This was perfect! https://t.co/vabMV8ELYj
@ahnlak It's a cheap and cheerful (but only 19") AOC I'm replacing. No idea what hardware's in the work laptop, but it drives two big displays at work over a single USB-C connection, so presumably it'll have the oomph for one 4K monitor...
@ahnlak Well, it does have the advantage that it could replace my current 32" non-4K TV once I stop working from home...
I don't care if it's a cliché as long as it's a tasty cliché. https://t.co/FyQbk6ioAc
RT @mainframed767: I will let out a bit of a secret. I have been running a full IBM System/370 Mainframe on a $20 Raspberry Pi Zero for ~5…
@johnfbraun Thanks!
RT @librarythingtim: Librarian or not? Should public libraries buy or not buy books that contain political misinformation? Assume they othe…
2019
RT @mrchrisaddison: Xenophobe’s Paradox. https://t.co/T3jvTtWXLz
2018
RT @travelwestEng: Tour of Britain cycle event based in Bristol today. Road closures in Place around the Downs, and a rolling roadblock pla…
That thing where you polish something up for eBay photos and then think, “God, this thing is gorgeous. Why am I selling it again?” https://t.co/4NFNfI2h5E
Sad to see that Wainwrights Coffee in Clifton Village seems to have died 😕
@DigitalJonathan Noticed it's been shuttered the last couple of times I passed in the daytime, and their website is dead. SADFACE.
RT @yurimaple: 関空連絡橋の橋脚が完全にやられてしまってる https://t.co/HBH0e6hJPC
And I bet his insurance excess is a bit higher than mine, too...
2017
RT @jeranfox: Most Javadoc https://t.co/0PVKpPUSfq
RT @BrianRoemmele: In 1902 a group of ranchers in Montana connected the barbed wire across ranches to form a free telephone network. Some s…
RT @darrellsilver: @BrianRoemmele @AnthonyGadgetX Great details on this: https://t.co/WzHr9p17Z9
RT @daniel_barker: OK fine I'll concede that sometimes it is important to listen to Nazis and try to understand them. https://t.co/pnNuNihb…
2016
"Can I get..." #irrationalgrumpyhatred
Poor sleep remedy. https://t.co/Lq1Wk6gKiF
2015
@4ndr3w Used to annoy the hell out of me. If you never use it, turn off every speed except 1x in the settings.
@4ndr3w Welcome!
RT @SnoozeInBrief: The correct way to dispose of used batteries is to put them in the bottom drawer in the kitchen and then eventually move…
Curious to hear @petedrinks' thoughts on this terrifying idea my friend Neil snapped in Colorado last week! http://t.co/RDnwRCRICm
@robjmills @petedrinks @BoakandBailey Perhaps not new or crazy, but I may still take some convincing that it’s a good idea :)
RT @MsMottram: Cliftonwood OpenAir Cinema this evening, it's going to be a nice evening #leafy #Bristol Details here: https://t.co/ou9h0Gr…
RT @nxthompson: "I shot the serif." @asarahlarson's amazing rant against Google logo. http://t.co/VedxwcZ4eJ
RT @EdibleBristol: Folks!!! There is a mountain of veg ready for harvesting on College Green!! Chard, kale, lettuces... And it's perfectly…
@hayles You think a recruiter is capable of cringing?
Tum-ti-tum. http://t.co/mbVpGaoAWp
@benjohnbarnes That actually might be true.
@ShaneHudson The chives don’t look too bad. What’s the other poor thing?
RT @SciencePorn: How angles are measured in radians, visually explained. http://t.co/kbUYohksBr
@kshack22 Got mine from Whiteladies @BetterFoodCo shop :)
@tommcfarlin My current fave is this one, which only ever pops up when I’ve not done anything in iTunes for hours. http://t.co/JZVE0MNajO
RT @MrsEmma: This thrush comes to see us most days - very trusting of us & did not seem fazed by the film crew at all! http://t.co/gHq3DUw9…
@Pinboard Sure I’m safe. I’ve got all mine in ma.gnolia. Mind you, it’s been a while since I tested the recovery process…
@ttscoff You didn’t know about the GNU version, or ‘yes’ in general?
@ttscoff Oh! This may be one of those commands I’ve known about for twenty years that I just assumed everyone else had tripped over too!
@ttscoff I seem to remember it being more useful in the olden days when more things asked for confirmation and didn’t take a flag to force.
RT @techreview: The Newest 3-D Printing Ink Is Glass http://t.co/whyiIh9NPq http://t.co/ud2wu6unWb
@ttscoff @stuartcw I have vague recollections of using it for unflaggable commands like maybe “yes | pkunzip foo” back in the early 1990s.
@ttscoff @stuartcw …I think even back then it was mostly used for taping over the occasional cracks of uncooperative commands.
@FozzTexx Doesn’t look any less reliable than ZX81 RAM pack. OH-GOD-DON’T-MOVE-A-MUSCLE-YOU’LL-LOSE-EVERYTHING is basically 80s nostalgia :)
@stuartcw @ttscoff Ah, yes. The heady days before you were the only person who could write to your tty ;)
2014
@FreelanceSpeech Yeah. I enjoyed the fact I got to the office in 8 minutes rather than 40, but I wasn't unwound by the time I got home.
@FreelanceSpeech My ideal would be to cycle *to* walk, and walk back. Just needed a bike partner who wanted the opposite :D
@FreelanceSpeech My cycle home was great, except for having "Joy" Hill near the end. *Happy* *happy* *happy*... *sweaty collapsed mess*
@FreelanceSpeech This is true.
Trying to unsubscribe from @cnet "Insider" for about the ninth sodding time.
2013
It’s a beautiful morning out here, Bristol. Wish I was out with the camera rather than dropping the car at the garage.
Queen Square lunchtime. http://t.co/5HsPIr3xxK
@Mouse_House Trying my best… http://t.co/1WN1R4vaiv
You'd think they'd have called it a hundred. #bristol http://t.co/CWEXlkOtB2
Purty. @ Spicer+Cole http://t.co/47LhvNsOKl
An enforced break in Queen Square listening to the new Babyshambles album. 's a hard life.
@samsneed12 I didn’t notice any…
Tarapops. http://t.co/omIQk2Ek08
@tsunimee X
2012
@rem First thing I thought when I saw it. But then I used to work for NatWest; maybe it's ingrained in my unconscious.
Error: "Put your own URL to the object here" is not a valid URL. Think I might know what I did wrong there. #geek
@Mouse_House Er. Possibly. You do need that "energy" stuff...
2011
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Soooo much to do, so little time.
Oh, Jesus. Bridge Farm just started looking for an SEO consultant in _The Archers_.
Digging through the post-holiday email mountain. But I'm doing it in my jogging gear so I can cut and run at any time :)
Has the iTunes Genius playlist generator thing got a lot better, or did I just get lucky? #rockin
Right. Off for a last jog before next weekend's Bristol Half Marathon #getrunning
Back from jog. With Boston Tea Party lunch :D
@RamonYouseph Hrm. Not sure you're selling this. That's a bit like saying it's like a chocolate digestive, only without the chocolate.
Oooh. Firefox. #nonotthebrowser #youmustthinkinrussian
@headfirstonly Cool. Craig Thomas, or are we talking about the film script?
@headfirstonly Awesomes.
Is there actually a regulation that forces Channel Five to show those fatuous news roundups in the middle of films?
@word_geek That was literally true. Honest.
2010
Right. Laid back music on (thank you, Mary Lorson) for an early night.
@jorence Yup, well, that's the plan, anyway :)
@hayles Do not poke yourself in the eyes and then pretend to be cynophobic. I don't care how tempting the free pony is.
@hayles Buh? That's... odd. Really quite odd.
Thanks all :) I'll be in the 9:30 start tomorrow. If you want to watch a dot crawl around a map, it'll be here: http://bit.ly/bqXxDP
Feels strange, having been to a wedding and not having a bunch of photos to process :)
@christianrt @nigellegg @parryphernalia Amen! Good luck, everyone :)
Right. Time to go through my running checklist to make sure I've got everything ready for tomorrow...
Remember I asked what twisty thing was going to break in my iTunes update? Turns out it was Automation. Grr. http://bit.ly/9dhLcG
@archidave I'm fairly sure I couldn't. Not least because I haven't a clue who he is, among certain other reasons...
Ah, the new, tasteful, redesigned MySpace. Featuring a huge animated advert asking me "Could *YOU* be Justin Beiber's ideal girl?"
My Kindle 3 crashed again last night. Seems I'm not alone, though. http://bit.ly/aTUvRz
@IreneB9 Yep, definitely resting today. I plan on doing as little as possible until tomorrow morning :)
@IreneB9 My treadmill embarrassment was last year :) Just buying a couple of energy bars for tomorrow's race this time. Eventually...
Dear Moti, please get a bigger shop.
2009
D'oh. VIdeo now public. Am beginning to hate iMovie.
Apologies for the video quality (Zi6 shouldn't be used when moving), but here's 20 seconds of my piano-heavy commute: http://bit.ly/qXWoy
Sitting in a pub discussing Satanism. It's an odd life.
Today's Evening Post story about those pianos http://bit.ly/8v25r There are going to be 16 of them - cool!
One of Bristol's newly-acquired public pianos! http://twitpic.com/geq92
@hayles There's a piano in Queen Square, too. Read about them coming the other week. Shame I can't play.
@Narshada Kewl. It is my week for them, but they tend to be a bit random after Bank Holidays.
@piosthyn luckily the worst that happens here is that something males a mess when it tries to eat the contents...
@shezza_t Yeah, but the seagulls have a nasty habit of going for it the longer it's out.. Luckily, wesite is back, and it *is* bin day.
Great. Bristol Council's website is dead. So do I put my bins out, or not?
2008
@talkie_tim I'm sure you won't be :) Will head down in a bit, but may not stay for too long. Need an early night!
Oops! That was meant to be a reply to @talkie_tim, of course. New twitter client + tiredness = cockup.
Should do, because it's so close. Am knackered, though, and have tons of catchup to do post-holiday, so not certain.