On This Day, 2 October
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2022
@collindonnell I find that the problem with making apps for advanced meditators is that they generally need far fewer features than beginners! Just give me a reliable timer and an interval bell at most. And maybe some simple way of recording my progress.
RT @Dru_Marland: I reckon the picture’s finished. Gin o’clock then 😀 https://t.co/hg6ognmfQG
Hadn't realised the age of this end of Hotwells Primary School... #bristol https://t.co/laLJvoXhTN
@TadeThompson Fairly sure it’d be Hitchcock for me.
1929. I feel Hotwells suffers from a lack of Burlesque Opera these days. https://t.co/WSjWv0sRUV
Boom. Wordle 470 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
2021
Brunel House façade, present day and 1880s. Apparently after failing as a hotel (built for Brunel) it was a popular Turkish Baths for a time. https://t.co/istU9TYlEg https://t.co/9zpOiyuQZJ
Hotwells, looking across the river from near the Clifton Bridge station. Samuel Loxton, c. 1910 #bristol #history https://t.co/DZwTCYU9g9
Earlier, north of the river, there were attempts to put a bridge across the Avon close to Hotwells, and plans for an underground system. Sound familiar? :D #bristol (Source: The Bristol Port Railway & Pier, Colin Maggs, Oakwood Press, 1975) https://t.co/8HQ4V4Svne
2020
2019
@KatiePuckrik @indiaknight So they're basically leather jackdaws?
RT @louistheroux: Permission granted. https://t.co/zM1sXFe293
RT @ptychomancer: I'm already a useless machine with a skeleton inside https://t.co/XfSvK26HTf
@Gary_Bainbridge @mrdavidwhitley Odd, innit? Feels very grown up, yet requires virtually no skill. And maybe there's a bit of satisfaction in seeing the back of something.
Hurrah! The scaffolding is gone at last and I've had a chance to do some washing and sweeping in addition to the new fence panels. Serenity is restored. https://t.co/lQ63KbobUL
2018
RT @onlinephotog: The Remarkable Persistence of 24x36 https://t.co/Hd81S9xM6y
2017
Crepuscular - https://t.co/QGRBdJHs97 https://t.co/V28v7dfhHG
@liveindetail Do you think they'd let my neighbours move in with them?
PRISTINE NEW SHOE JOY https://t.co/Ks2OuDHpR2
@liveindetail The smell of my neighbour's extra-strong skunk would probably fit in nicely.
RT @Avon_Stories: That autumnal Bristol evening feeling, where everyone along the Harbour keeps stopping for another photo as the light cha…
2016
Dappled. https://t.co/GW4a18wUCX
Market raid: successful. https://t.co/pkdEd8CCJb
📷 Interesting logo and a neat A board at Uchu Peru, Tobacco Factory Market. https://t.co/wrypAvfWhU
@mcelhearn Doesn't this rely on him having a sense of shame?
Things always look worse mid-tidy. https://t.co/lLKilrMGhk
@Bristolvor It is. Especially now I’ve learned enough gardening to keep most things alive :D
Finally rewiring the intervalometer to work with the new camera. https://t.co/FQqCtK2tay
Sorted. https://t.co/dJsoE09eQR
@shezza_t Pulled pork Scotch egg. As if you needed any more incentive to drool.
Have also successfully fixed a broken Buddha Machine. https://t.co/CsLXgfgjNQ
Now to put away the soldering iron. Find it’s best to quit while I’m ahead with electronics, i.e. before I burn a hole in something pricey.
@mhoulden Yeah, those mistakes are quite fast at teaching you that JUMP BACKWARDS AWAY FAST ARGH ARGH reflex.
@windyoona The only reason I’ve not installed a Markdown plugin on my blog is wondering which existing posts it’ll break...
@Bingo_Little I was also feeling the lack of Sushi Lady. Though for me she's mostly Takoyaki Lady 🐙
RT @michael_hendrix: This is so true https://t.co/i90pLrpRVr
@OpinionatedGeek I did the yard earlier. It's fab if you're in any inclined toward OCD, I think.
2015
@Jeffryyyy @tweetbot Indeed! Loving new app on the whole, but swipe-dismiss the browser would be fab.
RT @RevRichardColes: Oh dear, I just got hit by a car. Being English I dusted myself down and apologised.
Someone at work gave me a bottle of wine today. Tomorrow morning Matt may not thank them as much as today Matt did.
Snappity: Watershed Window. http://t.co/4A7Hn5UXY0
2014
RT @rstevens: Tonight’s comic wishes you a Happy Gothtober: http://t.co/rDdHs49ox7 http://t.co/pNLF8aEQ16
RT @brian_bilston: THE POET LAURIE ATE The poet Laurie ate Was Lord Alfred Tennyson, Whom he found rather tough But less so than venison. …
RT @erikhinton: This review summarizes the internet: "Product X saved my life. Would not recommend." http://t.co/DcxdmAJYDn
Local poets often wish/ #Bristol Bridge crossed the Yangtze/ Because unlike the Avon/ You can rhyme it with "Banksy" #NationalPoetryDay
RT @anna_debenham: 10 minutes after I left out some nuts. That is one very happy squirrel. ❤️🌰 http://t.co/eLNozCs3dn
Distinctly minty. http://t.co/6TKo1vNXO3
Remember the 80s, when optical storage was THE FUTURE? Now every time I interact with one of these shit silver discs I want to kill someone.
Well... http://t.co/6lruF8pdbN
@waiyeehong Spider cake? http://t.co/3GRZDu32iJ
@Ihnatko You think people take breaks from the internet to use the bathroom these days?
@chubbybannister Sorry. Phone call. How 'bout you?
Gah. *Pokes internet connection with +1 Trident of ADSL Fixing*
2013
RT @GreatDismal: People who feel safer with a gun than with guaranteed medical insurance don't yet have a fully adult concept of scary.
Halves. http://t.co/d2TE5GvbrA
Surface. http://t.co/ca2Dko8L88
2012
@guriben Yes. Getting out of bed definitely is.
Slept well. Still tired. Bah.
Today I will mostly be waiting in for someone who's going to level my kitchen floor. Or slightly-less-unlevel it, at least.
@stillawake I only had decaf in the house :(
@DrHairbear Is it possible that it's your memory that's the problem, and not your abdomen?
Ooops. I keep on typing into the "tweet" box when I mean to type into the "search" box :)
@OpinionatedGeek And I still didn't find what I was looking for.
@Malarkey I only have to go as far as the mirror for that. Now where the hell did I put that Remington thing...
@jbrownridge Working fine for me on Demon..?
@jbrownridge (Is it being done by their DNS?)
@jbrownridge Looks like it is DNS-based: https://t.co/Y4P7IoNm
Right. Have now officially taken morning off. Time to process photos while I wait for a call back from the flooring people.
A man is having fun with latex in my kitchen. #screed http://t.co/UFdNgetR
Screeded. http://t.co/k8TgBtUx
I can confirm that First don’t have the monopoly on grumpy bus drivers in Bristol. Thanks for that, Wessex Connect.
@BradleyLaw I asked him how many people had walked through his wet screed. Apparently cats are the biggest danger :)
@guriben DON’T DO IT IT’S A TRAP
@mhoulden Happy birthday!
The bureaucracy and sheer amount of typing involved in upgrading a mobile phone contract in a shop rivals that of boarding a plane.
@chris_j_hughes If you download the podcasts app, they’ll probably jump over there. Also, you probs can’t download new episodes.
@Indiechops Sorry; all my gear’s Apple these days, so I just take it to them.
RT @elleryface: Local journos: choose your words carefully, please. http://t.co/NPKnl4GW
@chris_j_hughes Really? Should just be a “Get more episodes…” button below each podcast’s episode list.
@chris_j_hughes I hear good things about Downcast.
@HelloEmsy Me too. I got one of those electric tennis racquet-style zappers at @Dru_Marland’s recommendation. Excellent weaponry.
@HelloEmsy Zappy racquet a lot tidier. Got mine from Clifton Hardware; also seen ’em in Robert Dyas.
@HelloEmsy Pretty much. Though if you hold the zap button too long, there can be a scent of burning mozzie. Better than wall stain, though.
@HelloEmsy @parryphernalia ANTIGRAV LIZARDS! #goodnameforaband
RT @joiezabel: well, @theindelicates are up to their brilliant musical tricks again AND their structure puts Kickstarter to shame. http: ...
2011
@jorence I'm watching neither. Though I'll concede that Star Trek would be my choice if I were strapped in front of TV with eyes glued open.
@jorence No, just was (controversially, from what I gather) unimpressed with new Star Trek. Sad but true.
RT @jbrownridge: This girl just told me she was a librarian. I told her I'm not into astrology.
RT @twotribes: "I am quite speechless right now…" – wide open backdoor discovered in #HTC #Android devices. Kiss your data goodbye. http ...
@jorence Maybe I just don't like it because they're all younger than I am now. #grumpyoldman
@jorence A misery shared is a misery doubled, that's what I say.
2010
Are energy-saving lightbulbs a sane choice for time-delay auto-off lighting in a communal hallway these days?
@Dru_Marland No! There _must_ be a perfect way of doing it. And I'm going to keep trying until I find it! *munch*
@tweeny4 Sexy.
Time for a bath, with my pay-day purchase of a 10,000 Maniacs album playing in the background. :)
@alfredapp Fab -- once that's fixed, Alfred will equal or beat Quicksilver for every bit of Quicksilver I was using. :)
Okay. Today: write lots, launder lots, tidying & other chores, minor shopping, with occasional breaks for food.
RT @jacrats: Domestic Gods/Goddesses - Anything I can do with bananas past their best?
@AndyCouncil To be fair, that would be better than most public transport systems on the planet :)
@AndyCouncil "I don't *care* where I'm going! I AM ON A GIANT TORTOISE!"
@djelibeybi_meg I just went to put that on my LoveFilm list, but it's already there, so someone else I know must have told me that, too!
@stillawake Well, it's a cheap and reliable method. That's about five mins from my front door :)
@ahnlak Huh? How can they not be switchable? *confused*
@ahnlak Oh, I think I get you -- I don't think we're advanced enough to have that problem. We have pneumatically-operated physical switches!
@jukesie I found TripIt pretty good when I tried it recenlty. Worth trialling the pro version if you've got a trip coming up.
Got some great support from the @SmoovieApp developers. Now working well with my external cheap-arse Logitech camera as well as the iSight.
RT @kellyoxford: Christine O'Donnell: 'If evolution is real why are there still monkeys?' Well Christine, education is real and there ar ...
So, it turned out that it wasn't who I thought it was on that album cover. But you can see why I made the mistake. http://bit.ly/9H43Rj
2009
Hmm. I just ate too much chocolate.
On the boat home http://twitpic.com/jyxdv
@benjohnbarnes thanks! Next, I may have to improve my route options by starting to run up hills :)
@shezza_t maybe that fancy isn't idle enough :)
@KaveyF No, but your idle fancies are more surreal than most, dear ;) did you have a good birthday?
Just added a slice of carrot cake to my healthy salad lunch. Got to make up for that calorie-burning 5K somehow ;)
Walking to work, thought, "I fancy a coffee." Turned corner, found new coffee shop. Opened on Tuesday. All my idle fancies should come true!
@hayles I'd vote for staying off.
Go on, @hayles, you can make it! I believe in you!
@hayles Sounds like someone just got well all of a sudden :)
2008
@johnfbraun *You* can stop yourself. Have some pride, man.
Too much stuff to do tonight to go to Flickr meet, unfortunately. Plus, only just got _home_ from Victoria Street!
@floyduk okay, you're officially the kabillionth person to recommend 1passwd to me. Will try it right now.
Considering feigning death as a meeting-avoidance strategy.
Just off to dire two-hour business briefing. Wake me up at 4.
@russelldavies Ta for blong on patina t'other day. Just chatting about design to a cafe owner; have pointed him in your general direction :)
@bobscape the finest defence against hackers: more coffee.
My pic of the increasingly well-known Bristol FAILBOAT: http://is.gd/3pMG
@talkie_tim Aww. I did want to come. But at least I've finished a ton of paperwork and caught up on my email (again!) *sigh*
@ryancoates Word couldn't even spell "liaise" right until later versions. Not surprised it has trouble with "hyperthermic" http://is.gd/3rFt
Ow! Who redesigned the new BT website? It's awful. And they can't spell. I actually double-checked to make sure it wasn't a phishing site.
@johnfbraun And I believe that every aeroplane should have an emergency chute. I just don't want to use it.
2007
This morning my iPod is mostly choosing songs about death and funerals. Nice.