On This Day, 26 August
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@4r7hr It did seem extra fruity today.
@chubbybannister On the plus side, they’re so rare it’s now worth £500. On the down side, considering inflation, £500 is now worth 25p. #winsomelosesome
2021
2020
@tsunimee Moved house to somewhere with a room I could use as an office.
2019
Oh, it's about *football*. I thought Trump might have tried to buy the actual town of Bolton from us for a minute.
RT @BBCWales: This man develops old film left in cameras he's picked up at second-hand shops. What he finds is quite amazing ❤️ https://t.…
2018
2017
284/365 Comfort corner, prepared for a relaxing day off. https://t.co/Ufo4QRzOqh https://t.co/BdO4capRXD
RT @brittlestar: This just instantly made today better... https://t.co/mAnwSqgA5n
RT @tedneward: Every. Single. Software developer. Must. Take. Note. YOU can go to jail for the code YOUR BOSS tells you to write. https://…
RT @Ixwie: When u get charged £1.85 by a cash machine to get ur own cash out and it has the cheek to tell u to cover ur pin to prevent gett…
@Harkaway FB and Instagram are both down for me, too. Let’s hope it’s not just us they’re coming for.
Woah. Facebook *and* Instagram are down? Okay, I know FB own Insta, but I didn’t think the infrastructure was quite so tied yet.
@SiDawson ABOUT BLOODY TIME. #batteriesarerubbish
RT @SiDawson: Batteries are about to improve. A LOT: https://t.co/7ICb87E5HO (Looks solid. & on the shelves in 2-3 years)
RT @marvelatina: jessica jones: murders a man with her bare hands krysten ritter: knits matching sweaters for her & her dog me: is in lov…
Pottering on my day off. Have found a nice new theme for my 365 site. https://t.co/KqOTffTHXy
2016
Yeah. https://t.co/YukXOWpLMx
Huh? No, I never see anything odd when walking through #Bristol. https://t.co/mgM0n8MqIs
@_pigeons_ I very definitely have some A76es spare. https://t.co/guNu3dvxBb
@_pigeons_ I've stuck them in my rucksack. Hit me up when next we meet.
Halfway home. https://t.co/cw4sxEJceU
Blues. https://t.co/SNjvf3XoGM
@Bristolvor Huh? Hotwells, me…
Fresh lick of paint. https://t.co/aHZH4IX4Rq
@Bristolvor It really did look like that. Freshly minted reality.
2015
RT @simonbrew: The Labour leadership contest is doubling up as an audit of accurate reporting in the UK media.
@shezza_t I wish I had a link to @MitchBenn shouting RHO-DO-DEN-DRON! in his most impressive voice right now.
RT @jessicacurry2: Very sad that the UK official charts have withdrawn my Rapture score from the classical charts- think it would have hit …
Snappity: Granby Walker #bristol https://t.co/NvgB8xHopd http://t.co/eV5bqKSRVz
@archidave St Nick’s?
Gosh. The first edition of the Hacker’s Handbook was published in 1985 and now I feel very old. Mine’s from ’88. http://t.co/9yvHpilzlY
@thomasvenables Indeed. These were more innocent days. Wikipedia says they stopped at the 4th ed. as Computer Misuse Act introduced in 1990!
RT @mrchrisaddison: Not been watching the news that closely but v excited at the prospect of Labour electing Richard Stilgoe leader. About …
@thekarleighshow “I can’t believe I’m in bed with a Telegraph reader.” “I only get it for the crossword!” <— Actual conversation I’ve had.
2014
@chubbybannister You’d have to post-process. RAW is everything the sensor sees, so camera settings like B&W only affect JPEG in camera.
@Leglesszebra @corylus @JannerTM @getrunningapp Hurrah!
Morning all. I and my hangover and my blisters are in Snowdonia.
@Lillput I'm glad we walked up Snowdon *before* the pub, let's put it like that. Also glad I wussed out and got the train down.
Holiday snap: Grounded https://t.co/88h6wvEGw8 http://t.co/VMEXGY8Jak
@jamesclay Thanks :)
2013
So, this is the App Store’s #1 Genius recommendation for me. Thanks, Genius. http://t.co/Byrg7FyUKu
@BlackDogDays Ooh, what channel?
@mhoulden Well, I run and meditate. Slightly scared of that UI, though…
2012
Morning all. I am about to jog to Easton to feed a cat. My chores get stranger every year.
@Mouse_House She will probably just hide under a bed and mew pathetically at me. She normally does.
RT @wood5y: @gothick you'll get funny stares running round BS5 if you're not being chased by anyone. #BristolFacts
Cheery morning cyclists. http://t.co/cdcPCLiS
Pshhh-ti-koof. http://t.co/9uEwHodm
Hello, kitty. http://t.co/6fxpnZNX
@julienbob Mornin’!
Right. Back home after a nice jog happily punctuated by fussing a friendly cat. So. Shower, lunch, and then... Well, *something* outdoors...
@rabidbee @Lillput @Bingo_Little @knautia I'd be up for that.
@rabidbee @Lillput @Bingo_Little @knautia Can probably get to TF for about half one? Don't worry; I only *look* like a large group of people
@rabidbee Hah! Me too. Leaving now. On bike, so won't be long.
Political debate. @ The Grain Barge http://t.co/dweLYNbg
@_Pigeons_ *waves*
Teensy bit dwunk. Nice afternoon with @rabidbee @lillput @_pigeons_ @Bingo_Little :D
Netflix reviews summary: illiterate people really like this show.
2011
@hayles @BlackDogDays Only with powdered milk. And that stuff's just wrong.
Taking a break. Shame it's a bit too rainy to enjoy the duck pond at my favourite M6 services!
@helsmartin Well, I hope he wasn't in the Quiet Carriage.
@marklesuk Near Stafford, between J14 and 15.
Right. Journey over. Time for a cuppa. This looks like a good spot. http://t.co/ruC4SpX
@playleimagery Good to know :)
Later on, I will play at being Phil, Prince of Insufficient Light. #pitchspoon #obscurereference http://t.co/g99stHY
@njj4 That is fab.
Thanks to @thenicolabryant and @sawboneshex for entertaining me for hours on the M6 :) #pisconparadox #injokesagogo
@njj4 I'm not sure that would have stopped me :)
@joshuatopolsky Bah. So, they've ended rentals before they even started in the UK, because of the cloud, which isn't available in UK. :(
2010
Ulp! @hayles has caught me. #stalking #cunning #oppositedirection
Hmm. Is there a way of changing the formatting for all my documents at once in @ScrivenerApp? *hunts around*
@ScrivenerApp Aha! Thanks, the Convert did the trick. Wanted to remove paragraph spacing on existing stuff so I could edit Markdown-style.
@archidave Don't forget Braille. Imagine that blind people really need to be told that. They might not have figured it out for themselves!
Virtually everything I have done so far today has been irritatingly over-difficult. Morning all.
Waiting time. http://yfrog.com/mk16721852j
@hayles Some twitter clients do have them, but can't remember which ones, sadly.
@ITdonut It'd take more than a second. http://creativecommons.org/about/what-is-cc probably a good start.
@archidave How was the roll?
@tsunimee @mizzworthy Well, er... It. Erm. Means... Errrr. Erm...
@carocleank I love some of the older stuff. Haven't had enough chance to try the new album yet, though.
Look what arrived from Amazon today. Damn it. http://flic.kr/p/8vC5Tc #kindle #butnotreally #tease
@hayles If I was any good at making up stories, that might be an option. My recent fiction output would suggest that is not the case.
@ahnlak Yes, if only I'd seen one successfully demonstrated recently! :)
@ahnlak Is yours working again yet?
Right. Coding time.
@ahnlak Did you need to buy a charger, or did it eventually charge from USB?
@floyduk Bought, but not yet received. http://flic.kr/p/8vC5Tc
2009
Bugger. New microphone is faulty. I hate having to return stuff.
@jacrats I forgot to ask him how it worked out!
Thanks, but I bet someone who really could teach me to master Photoshop in two hours could also make an advert that didn't look like arse.
Hotwell Road: Two police cars, five policemen, and a busful of people being transferred from one bus to a replacement. Odd.
Foot still quite hurty. Hope it holds up for today's run. #getrunning #c25k
@AndyCarolan Your target audience is clearly bored people in a staid corporate environment, hence IE6. Bet Scott Adams has same problem!
@WilHarris you're getting confused by namespaces, and I claim my £5!
@DrHairbear *grin* well, didn't actually suggest the bleach to my colleague. Think he's about to wash his hands with a spoon...
@seengee yes, I'd say UTF-8 all round is probably best bet. Won't really be any overhead, anyway.
@seengee what are you web pages served as?
Ta all! summary of garlic-removing options: parsley, bleach, soap+nailbrush, lemon, milk, stainless steel. Will try those we have!
Hey, cooking followers: any tips for removing garlic smell from hands the morning after? Colleague just asked...
Gah. Hour-long business briefing. Might start planning my days off to coincide...
2008
@jbuttitta I use twitterific on the Mac; still looking for the best options for Windows at work and my non-iPhone mobile.
Twhirl has way too many buttons. And even if I could figure out what they did from the little icons, it would _still_ have too many buttons.