On This Day, 28 August
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@chubbybannister It's so you can reach things at the top of the screen if you're holding one-handed. You can turn it off in Settings->Accessibility->Touch->Reachability.
@4r7hr It's proving somewhat challenging. #understatementoftheyear
@4r7hr I started off by trying to fit the wrong set of clues in the wrong grid, I think. Will now be re-starting!
@Jackie_Bats @soillsostrange That’s what sprang to my mind. https://t.co/84F6lfaL8P
Balanced diet. https://t.co/JOlcbTYY3P
@mildlydiverting Not a picture, but… https://t.co/Dra4qx23gi
@4r7hr It beat me. I got to the stage where I was cheating to find the answers and still didn’t understand why they were the answers. Well above my pay grade!
RT @_janna_g: has it occurred to thomas that he might be the problem https://t.co/eRBoSO5A2H
@SwanRiverPress I subscribe to a magazine where I worry that this might happen. I’d happily voluntarily double my subscription to keep them going without sub fee. I wonder how many other people that might be true for?
@SwanRiverPress Gotcha. The one I’m thinking of is an old and venerable traditional-model magazine that is somehow continuing in 2022.
@SwanRiverPress Oh yeah. I do hope that physical media finds a way to survive but I also worry that that’s because I’m something of a dinosaur in my love of words printed on paper.
2021
2020
@bdkjones But if you get into that sort of thing these days there are massive, thriving communities of all sorts of makers, a bazillion times more easily-accessible advice and tons of online shops for parts.
Well, that's my Wiccan Illuminati Yoga night right out of the window, then... https://t.co/EhvGPwRs0O
@benjohnbarnes Does it happen to you a lot? Can’t recall it happening to me before.
@chubbybannister *Clink* https://t.co/B7OTTVUVZb
@dangusset How is it for glasses-steaming?
2019
Built to last. @BLACKANDDECKER https://t.co/wIHcNN6sVM
@csoanes @BLACKANDDECKER I ain’t no fool. https://t.co/YH1oBRB66T
RT @DC_ARVSgt: A lesson in using both lanes https://t.co/1DCdy659d8
RT @robmanuel: woody allen https://t.co/SLZkkW6jON
RT @amandablain: I made a graph of all my past relationships. It has an ex axis and a why axis.
@IGGsoftware Hey, is there something wrong with your servers? https://t.co/NClzXuntRP
@hayles This country must've done a *whole* lot of extreme yoga to be able to fuck itself in so many different ways.
2018
Spike Island espaliered pear. https://t.co/m4gG288Pro
From a Bank Holiday walk with @Bingo_Little and @_pigeons_ https://t.co/GfdgTKc3VN
How I feel when I get caught up in Twitter. https://t.co/pov2C2SLHI
RT @Avon_Stories: At Severn Beach https://t.co/Xa0RXcJCZ8
@_pigeons_ @Bingo_Little D’you think our albino flamingo might’ve been an egret? https://t.co/ZqayZ6ZRLv
Went on a Severn Beach Adventure[tm] with @Bingo_Little and @_pigeons_. https://t.co/0ehF4KAGgO
With @Bingo_Little’s help, I tried to create an eighties indie band album cover. @_pigeons_ https://t.co/MOH8PDcisj
RT @Bristolvor: I have been looking at buying a lamp over the last week look at some of these options I have seen. https://t.co/NYodS5s4M6
Coming soon: my patent-pending inflatable driftwood provides foreground for photographers for any beach scene, and folds back down into your camera bag when done. https://t.co/qb9yXora1z
@_pigeons_ A special version just for you. I know how much you like sharpening and the HDR “look”. @Bingo_Little https://t.co/nDOyqFVIsu
RT @aardvarsk: Shitty airline travel is the absolute pinnacle of humanity to me. We found a way to soar through the high untrespassed sanct…
2017
Just seen _Arrival_. What a fab film. #latetotheparty
@CharlieEsq_ NOT GOING OUTSIDE.
My Frn. was invalid then, and I think it may still be invalid now. https://t.co/gqripGGHWg
Breakdown - https://t.co/dnYZupd1q5 https://t.co/7meokldsib
RT @dcorsetto: This week's 32 strip is up! https://t.co/z1MdNVq6TJ It's about <3 MY DREAM GIRL <3 https://t.co/FNti8HPLZn
@buttershug @zeldman If someone's going to live in a country, they could at least make an attempt to learn the language :D
"I was just looking for a gimbal and I got distracted..." #searchhistoryexcuses https://t.co/30xyBshiKf https://t.co/l8S30RmSjx
RT @MakingBlakes7: As a bank holiday treat, we're posting one 'rare' photograph from each and every episode of #Blakes7. Starting with: A1:…
2016
*"stanchion" trends on Google search* #thearchers
Salmon and quail’s egg sushi. Cute. https://t.co/17d71Hz6qX
I’ve had this little car for eleven years now. https://t.co/FRNXx88u2L
@saltwateritch @samsneed12 “What the HELL WERE YOU THINKING!?” said the big bad wolf to the little-known fourth piggy.
📷 A board from Moorish here, with a bonus background of some Upfest art and a stallholder wondering why... https://t.co/Ighj4Yr5GS
@tyronem You may want to adjust that pre-run snack of a hundred anchovies and a pound of caviar.
2015
RT @UrsulaWJ: Actually the coolest thing today. http://t.co/uMnuUCoswQ
Off to @yumhoneyblood at The Fleece. I’ll be the one at the back pretending he didn’t just double the average age by walking in.
Terrifying window display on the Hotwell Road #bristol https://t.co/9Ywh6BKB88
Photo: This place is probably worth a go. Stuck in an awkward corner of Baldwin Street, tonight was the... http://t.co/09kUW9z92K
“Cheers drive!” And Big Jeff is here. Auspiciously Bristolian start.
RT @bathsaints: @gothick the joy of sharing a dance floor with big Jeff is something I feel the rest of the country is missing.
SUPPORT BANDS: Make a big fucking stage banner. That band were fab but I have no clue who they were. (Who’s supporting, @yumhoneyblood?)
@hayles Didn’t even know it existed. Been a long time since I walked down here regularly…
@hayles …Plus, the site’s last nine or so incarnations have all been a bit rubbish.
@xabl Thanks one-person-Twitter-hive-mind! :) @EmaSierra @FleeceBristol @yumhoneyblood @BrockleyForest
Oooh, nice Telecaster. Always fancied a Tele.
@xabl Never seen them live before. Think various algorithms suggested them because I like Jesus & Mary Chain & Sleater-Kinney :)
@xabl (If you fancy trying them, my current favourites are “Bud” and “Fortune Cookie”.)
@headfirstonly I buy electric guitars at the rate of about one a decade. I’ll probably survive :)
Well, that was pretty awesome. Wandered out, saw Honeyblood, teleported* home. *Got a taxi while pissed.
Purchase. https://t.co/wmXd7PcHzN
@xabl maybe a tiny bit.
2014
Apparently, they're called "Lightning" cables because of the rate you get through them. #apple http://t.co/K0BixWE6Go
That was a long long weekend. Back to work properly today. (Worth it. First time I've climbed Snowdon, though I got the train back down!)
@scorpion1966 I was up there the day after. Apparently a slightly wetter, mistier experience, but still very glad I did it ;)
@scorpion1966 Bah. Second time I've been up the thing and the view both times was ten feet of rock and some greyness.
@scorpion1966 Grrr.
RT @chudders: Should you sell your DSLR and get a fuji/ mirrorless camera? Nice summary from @dougchinnery http://t.co/POkz98Kr6V
@24hoursBristol Hi! I can't upload image—site says my hour slot (00:00 - 01:00) is invalid. Sent question about that but not heard back?
@JohnLRiceJLR @hawklord2112 Yup. Second one in a fortnight. Both about the same age. I’m generally careful with them, too.
@24hoursBristol Ta. I managed to work around it by disabling Javascript-looks like the page won’t accept entries for very first timeslot.
2013
This is basically me: http://t.co/djEseDNY89
Morning all.
@paulahillier No, but they think they know what's wrong, and I have an estimate for getting it sorted. Hrm.
@amberanima If you missed it, I thought R4's _Beyond Belief_ was good. http://t.co/YgFQ5dJqMd
Flashing LEDs/ No errors, but no output/ Every printer sucks
@UrsulaWJ Standing down search & rescue.
@Phooto Well, the ASA generally only rule when they've received complaints. Doesn't look like they've received one for Maltesers yet...
@hughpearman "It's much like the shipping figures: you draw a line above the Titanic and go from there." #davidgunson
10 REM NOSTALGIA 20 PAUSE 4E4
Something reminiscent of _For Lovers_ in _Penguins_... #NMEBabyshambles
@booglebollocks Yeah. *La la la...BANG* *Song turns left down one-way-street, starts dodging traffic*
@babyshamblesuk Loving Minefield the best so far. Fab song to exit on. #NMEBabyshambles
@ahnlak Have you checked under Q for "Queen's English (The)"?
@anna_debenham Don’t curse it. I’ve been stuck within sight of my destination station for a half hour in the past…
2012
@waiyeehong Yes, but I do it all the time ;)
RT @utterben: Next on Jeremy Kyle, "I Really Want To Unfollow Somebody But I Worry About Their Fragile State Of Mind And What They May Do".
@robsmallshire Random q: Are you still looking for pic of R3 Arduino Ethernet shield on an older Uno? http://t.co/AG7R1lY0
@ockhams_shotgun RAWR!
@KaveyF @petedrinks I should let you guys write all of my photo credit lines.
RT @libbymiller: http://t.co/G6kGDbYe "Woman takes part in Search for herself" via @swhack
@rabidbee @Bingo_Little @knautia Guess which crazy camera I’m loading right now? ;) http://t.co/SF4K4NN1
@_Pigeons_ @rabidbee @Bingo_Little @knautia Oop! How did I miss you off that list? Dunno. I tried one. The result: http://t.co/QAKo1IkE
@_Pigeons_ @rabidbee @Bingo_Little @knautia As you wish! http://t.co/4loqHlvj
2011
Wanderin' http://t.co/DEWukqM
2010
@benjohnbarnes Especially if it came with a free pocket protector.
@indiaknight Out of curiosity, when did you order yours?
@jbrownridge Turn the ringer off?
@jbrownridge I've tempted to put message on mine. "Please call me on my mobile. If I care about you at all, you'll already have the number."
@indiaknight Hmm. 1st August for me, but only the case has arrived so far. #impatient
Just created a fractal generator in pure XSLT that works in Safari, Firefox and IE6,7 and 8. It's possible that I am too geeky for my shirt.
Right. Time to check-in my work while I'm ahead, then go for lunch, I reckon.
Oh! I'd not realised it was summer again. Plan change: ditch laptop, grab sunhat and magazine. And out the door again we go...
@nyssapod Oooh.
@thomasvenables It works in Opera to some degree, and I have to give Opera credit for a decent error message when it can't cope.
@tyronem No, I'm just sticking it together now as part of a demo I'm writing about Cloudfront. It's a Lorenz attractor... Hang on a mo.
@tyronem Here; this will only work in Firefox. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/838327/Shared%20Code/lorenz_1_firefox.xml
@tyronem Although this will probably be of limited interest unless you are an XSLT nutcase.
@tyronem Merci. With a lower recursion depth, it also works in Opera and WebKit, but they don't seem to have as much stack space.
@tyronem It's a cool language. I just got into it sitting next to an XSLT programmer at work, and it comes in useful occasionally.
@tyronem Yup. Although I am rather hammering at the edges of their support to do what I'm doing right now :) #hearthecreaking
@RamonY1970 Mornin'! & likewise :)
@seengee I find contact forms more annoying. Often badly-designed, harder to work on phones, and no copy recorded in "Sent mail".
@seengee Also, when I use a mailto: link, tends to be "...or email me directly on [gothick@gothick.org.uk]. Not so disguised.
Morning all! Here, share my morning coffee: http://flic.kr/p/8vXZCD
Have replaced Quicksilver with @alfredapp on both my machines to give it a decent trial. Pretty seamless change so far. @vero
@nigellegg Ta!
@stillawake Well, you could buy an awful lot of the (very nice from Chandos Deli) coffee beans for the price of the EOS. Hard choice..
@stillawake PS: Complexity behind the simplicity :) http://twitpic.com/2iwwal
@Sam_Currie Can you figure out whether it's a body something or a brain something? That sometimes helps when I feel like that.
@benjohnbarnes Spotlight is good, especially now (first few incarnations a bit rubbish.) But: http://emberapp.com/gothick/images/alfred
@hayles *blush*
@hayles Main "tricks" for me: practice fuckloads, hang out with better photographers, don't show anyone all the shots that turn out crap! :)
@stillawake It was lush. I normally use an espresso machine, but I was in IKEA last weekend and saw the stovetop maker and couldn't resist!
@stillawake That's also where I got the shiny new cup and saucer, which helped a lot :)
RT @Markgatiss: Stand by for #Sherlock news today... <-- Hmmm...
Just received my copy of my Uncle Ray's first novel! :) http://amzn.to/dzgyVe
2009
Wow. One side of harbour: sunshine. Other side: thunderstorm!
Every time I take off my sunglasses I feel a strange need to deliver a one-liner. Too much CSI: Miami, methinks.
@shezza_t Not as far as I know!
@KaveyF thank you for that, dear.
Damn. Having severe carbohydrate cravings today.
@tsunimee I'm too many miles away for sampling, unfortunately!
Oh, so today's going to be a sunglasses and umbrella day, is it?
2008
(Finally, putting all my transactions into iBank for analysis starts paying off :) )
Hmm. So, spent £328 with Amazon last year. So, if post & packing was more than about 15% of that, Amazon Prime should definitely be worth it
@spamvictim Go on, it'll only take a mo to set up. Plus, last time I ranted on a blog, I got a response from the rantee in under 5 minutes!
@johnfbraun OOC, why SuSE? I ran it for years, but I really felt like I was in a minority. Then it got a bit too enterprise-y for me.
The OS X Dashboard: useful widgets right at your fingertips. Assuming your fingers take 30 seconds to start up when you use them, that is.
Reading latest adventures of elderly detectives Bryant and May solving crimes from their Mornington Crescent HQ http://tinyurl.com/6jk9ow :)
I have news for you, lady. Pushing a bike down the pavement while smoking does not count as aerobic exercise.