On This Day, 1 May
2026
2025
2024
2023
RT @jessecase: You were having a fine evening. Feeling youthful, energetic. Then you saw Pokémon cards on Antiques Roadshow. https://t.co/G…
When I die, please make the text on my gravestone look like a 1950s B-movie poster. Greenbank Cemetery, #Bristol https://t.co/V97RXjWUzK
Rewatching 5th Doctor and I think that he had the best, most portentous titles of any #doctorwho. These are just my top 10. Mawdryn Undead Arc of Infinity Planet of Fire Black Orchid Snakedance Earthshock The Visitation The Caves of Androzani Warriors of the Deep Terminus
2022
RT @hannahmerich: Half the carriage is lads with tinnies off to Twickenham dressed as nuns, and a group of actual nuns have just got on. Mo…
@MarioGuzman That happening on my phone was one of the many reasons I switched to Spotify. Though the last straw was the music app becoming inaccessible while I was driving because it tried to show me an Apple Music ad while I had no signal.
@GuyverRobert There's a line in Elementary where Sherlock is talking to an architect: "Straight lines hurt you as a child?" Came straight back to me just then...
2021
Preparing for a future where people want to be voluntarily locked indoors again. https://t.co/ixsTyzC3mu
Okay, when you see it before the railings were taken down during WWII, the fact that it was the path across Victoria Square that was called "Birdcage Walk", rather than the one across St Andrew's Churchyard, makes more sense. (Photo: Vaughan Collection, #Bristol Archives.) https://t.co/H1jWBQ6QkK
Beware of the dog (but be impressed by the wisteria.) https://t.co/k7Nzh4jsua
@porthjess Yeah!
π-eyed. https://t.co/S3Xxttg5qc
RT @rebwriteswrongs: Anyone here ever totally walk away from a career with NO backup plan? Just....left?
Found art #clifton https://t.co/0vMO3rdsEL
2020
RT @MooseAllain: Some friends of ours run a yoga retreat, where you can go if you want to get away from yoga.
RT @youngvulgarian: "grandma, what was the early 21st century like?" https://t.co/bOU9HaWBS7
Suggestion: how about as compensation for the lockdown, the world bans cookie warnings on websites? I'd happily stay indoors for another few months if it meant I never saw another one.
RT @NaturelsWeird: A fox feeding on fly agaric mushroom (amanita) in Finland. (Photo: Niko Pekonen) https://t.co/Uwal7sw7W7
2019
RT @holly: Never has the first page of a book paid off my enthusiasm as well as this does (https://t.co/7FHaOp6cT7) https://t.co/SKXrzQP6VM
2018
RT @ememess: Next time around, I want to be a bookstore cat. (Aardvark Books, San Francisco) https://t.co/pkQoOEblVl
2017
This morning's post has a worrying theme. https://t.co/TD406leFqX https://t.co/MJsMn5AlcD
Wild Rocket growing out of the Brunel Way underpass ;) https://t.co/BV4xGxAWgb https://t.co/zrU4zW013c
So near and yet so far. One day the bridge will be open again. One day. https://t.co/SZYtxZ884E https://t.co/bUDz1O81vE
I think I beat this puzzle in a game of Myst once. #igersbristol #spikeisland #spike https://t.co/VhCRHT9HIB https://t.co/zxWkyTQFeO
Street food. https://t.co/HuRiE3q9UF https://t.co/cZLrEh8EY7
Way In. https://t.co/L5nAzoMfyC
Up the beanstalk. #igersbristol #spikeopen https://t.co/jx3ezvW43r https://t.co/Gkv7aJP6yG
@SimonLandmine I don't think I've ever seen anyone who looks *more* like a Morris...
Yay! Haven't heard proper thunder like that for years.
Cor, that's proper old-school Bank Holiday thunder, that is. #bristol
@SimonLandmine I saw them support Heart at Wembley, 1988.
RT @itvlondon: Royal Dock's cat Felix has had a difficult start to his bank holiday Sunday. Someone buy that man a cup of tea please... htt…
Thunder is generated by the friction of pedants on Twitter seeing "lightning" spelled wrong. Tachyon effects implicated.
RT @SwedishCanary: I tried to explain Twitter to my Mom and she said, "Sounds like group therapy where no one ever gets better".
@porridgebrain @dangusset Short, shameful confession: I threw my first Acer away when it "died". I hadn't realised… https://t.co/h3MGP1ODRQ
Soft Shermans. https://t.co/IN0yWa1vVD
This time I remembered a "before" photo. #newblender https://t.co/7fDGVgJYmt
2016
Les Liaisons Dangereuses https://t.co/OZOD3YMxxO
@stevemarvell The official one. Needs a sub, sadly.
Oh. No, they’re actually all in focus. They’re just naturally fuzzy. https://t.co/EsmNvscYiV
@stevemarvell If it helps, the web login I use is https://t.co/uU79GGKcHB
2015
RT @apike: User agents of change: the runaway train that is the user-agent string. http://t.co/SuDpgvPUqk
2014
Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments of Writing & Daily Creative Routine http://t.co/HyIT8bwhHH (via @shawnblanc)
@EssexEating Damn it. I walked right past there yesterday.
RT @bladedarticle: #OpCotton Fraud trial halted amid legal aid row - BBC NEWS http://t.co/kzrq8sK2Bj
@coffeenumber1 Well, there's a free table, so it's not Clifton Village :D
@adamgasson Yup, sounds like a freelance day off, all right.
@ampertastic I presume you’ve researched which choice of surnames has the best scope for good ligatures, kerning, etc.?
RT @nickbilton: This man could have the best name for a firefighter in the history of firefighters. http://t.co/6KNh2bWJle
Guiding light. http://t.co/3fyRyMRVQu
RT @LanceUlanoff: BREAKING: Internet Explorer Gets Its Security Patch, And So Does Windows XP http://t.co/o7pE1YElmm http://t.co/cvrWZKFeuy
@charlie_cat_esq Nor me :(
RT @cocoalabs: This is fucking brilliant. https://t.co/mMGwu9DpmF
@RevRichardColes Have you read Stephen King's "Under the Dome"?
@liveindetail I bought mine from DFS.
@liveindetail You know, I actually can't remember.
@liveindetail I didn’t really know about @ParkFurn until they did their fine work on my new kitchen.
Ahhh. Drop the Dead Donkey.
Update for OneNote for Mac looks like they're aiming at the right things. Can now print, drag & drop pictures, and paste formatted text.
@OpinionatedGeek Yup. A Nexus 4, running 4.4.2, English. *Exactly* the same as my test device. Customer's crashes on starting timer.
@OpinionatedGeek No idea why. Don't know if I'll ever find out.
@OpinionatedGeek (Well, that is, I know what causes the crash. I just have no idea why his phone is different from mine. Looks impossible.)
@Ihnatko Have you ever watched that scene in Blazing Saddles *with subtitles*? I imagine they vary, but when I did it was extra-funny.
Not sure my computer-based drawing skills have improved that much in the last thirty years. http://t.co/oo5dqdhKzg
On the other hand, fifteen years definitely seems to have improved my living room. Here's the day I moved in, & now! http://t.co/VTbvOeXFQj
@mhoulden My theory is that they spontaneously form in empty houses.
And just before I close the nostalgic section of my photo collection, here's the most ridiculous car I ever owned: http://t.co/7TlKS5gqe8
@Antimitch Yes.
2013
Argh! Just planned my busy work-day out then remembered my car's booked in for some work so I've got to go to Cribbs and get a bus home...
Bonus! Thought I'd be at the garage too late for a lift back into town, but apparently not. No slowbus for me.
So, I guess this is what @thenextweb looks like when their web font fails to load. *drums fingers* http://t.co/95EIxrvzNI
@julesmattsson @Zee @samwierema @TheNextWeb It might have been struggling over the wifi at a car dealership. Though other sites were okay...
@guriben Think I'd quite like to be in a courtyard in Barnstaple today. Hope your circumstances let you take some pleasure in it, at least.
RT @phlaimeaux: if you put a Yorkie bar into a bowl of Special K IT CREATES A GENDER NEUTRAL WORMHOLE INTO AN ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE WITH NO …
@samwierema @julesmattsson @Zee Next time I see it, I'll try to figure that out. Sadly closed that tab from this morning.
@Thehappyfatgirl @nineweeks @stillawake @UnbrokenReality @liveindetail @MsMottram Bah. Cottage isn't tiny, but it's not that lovely inside.
@grahamspiller This has gone a lot further than I thought "sitting on a concrete pontoon with a mate eating Doritos" would go...
Quite enjoying making notes with #Scapple (new notes app from @ScrivenerApp folk.)
However, much as I'd love to hang around in Boston Tea Party all morning, I think I need to head home to a bigger screen to carry on...
Co-op staff having erudite, genial argument about 16th century European royalty in the aisles. Nice one.
Also, saxophonist busker in Clifton Village just started his set with forlorn version of _The Red Flag_. Awesome. #littlebitofpolitics
@Thehappyfatgirl @nineweeks @stillawake @UnbrokenReality @liveindetail @MsMottram Hokay. Indoors, I like Grain Barge & No 1 Harbourside...
@Thehappyfatgirl @nineweeks @stillawake @UnbrokenReality @liveindetail @MsMottram ...what do other people like?
RT @SimonNRicketts: Sometimes, comedy writes itself. http://t.co/cTYc8VU3C5
Police appeals based on CCTV mostly seem to boil down to, "Can *you* identify these sixteen greyscale pixels?"
RT @LIFECOACHERS: Some hippie bullshit about simple living, your possessions aren’t you, whatever. Go suck a chakra. #namaste
RT @adamgasson: Seems to be a strong Bristol feel to these tweets - http://t.co/hWetmNdw92 (cc @gothick ) HT @TimIreland7
.@adamgasson @TimIreland7 Now *there's* a new low. Don't think I've been in the Daily Mail before...
@bertpalmer @adamgasson @timireland7 <slow-motion>Nooooooooooooooooooooo! Don't read... the *comments*!</slow-motion>
@bananza You only pay $4.99? Christ. It's £9.99 (more than $15) over here...
@bananza I didn't even know there were different levels! Maybe I'll switch down. Having checked, our cheapest paid plan is still £5 ($7.79).
@bananza :) Ta!
RT @sliderulesyou: BBC's "Eat Healthily for £1 a Day" article analysed in detail and found to be a complete load of arse. http://t.co/wG7zN…
Checking our stats. Think I can safely say that the redesigned Get Running website is doing quite well :D http://t.co/9oRzLgXCn5
Damn it. @veedoublemoo just drove up behind me, but I’m trapped in a garage courtesy shuttle so I can’t grab an ice cream!
@RamonWrites Oop! Sorry, missed that @... Busy week! Yup, running Sunday. You?
@pickitupdlux We'll get over it, I'm sure. The bereavement counsellor does very good pâté de foie gras.
RT @ememess: Welcome to Life - VERY smart: “@SoTiredzzz: @ememess have you seen this http://t.co/6R0yjl5jFd”
Ah, that'll do. http://t.co/LJrkudQla9
@Thehappyfatgirl @UnbrokenReality @MsMottram @nineweeks @stillawake @liveindetail Fine by me. I can get to anywhere.
@stillawake Well, when I worked in insurance I always took my first dates to the office. Mind you, that might explain why I'm single.
@BenPark @LordHyperbole It was @adamgasson that pointed it out first, I think... *sigh* When I grow up, I want to be in a proper paper.
@LordHyperbole @BenPark @adamgasson I've had one of my photos in the Sun, but not appeared myself...
@stillawake I think it crossed the line into fancy dress when they started wearing glasses without glass in them.
@meelypops It actually* happened. *Technically, I suppose it was more of a dribble.
@Thehappyfatgirl @UnbrokenReality @MsMottram @nineweeks @stillawake @liveindetail Cool! Ta.
@Thehappyfatgirl (Gosh. Anyone would think you were used to organising stuff.)
Off to take a photo.
@liveindetail I want to snap the Hotwells houses you can see from the other side of river, at start of towpath.
A river runs through it. http://t.co/lTWcXcVOGa
Slices of Bristol. http://t.co/6ZHewznGaI
@liveindetail I have ended up in one of the few places you can’t see a sunset. You?
@danfairs Ta. Hopefully the ones from the big camera will be good, too.
I can see all the people on the balcony of the Avon Gorge Hotel, in the last of the setting sun. *waves from below*
@nosugartea Thanks :)
Oh, gawd, I have to vote tomorrow?
@hayles We’ll have to be extra annoying to make up for it. Hang on, I’ll find something disproved by Snopes and some un-self-aware racism.
RT @antiheroine: Self-taught lady programmers - I want to suggest you for an interview series. If you're interested, let me know.
@firedupjo It's not the convenience, per se -- I work from home and the polling station's only about half a mile away. It's more...
@firedupjo ...that I haven't had time to research the candidates yet..
Snap from my walk home this evening. http://t.co/ZsTp3P6hsJ
2012
@stillawake :( Mornin'.
@missemmeline Yes. Benchy sunshine would need a marquee and a lighting crew. @BaristasBristol it is.
@chubbybannister I always feel guilty about not sounding ill enough.
RT @wood5y: today's best Post headline! http://t.co/sljT156j
I am having tea and a pastry in @BaristasBristol. Am tempted to repeat the process until it's home time. Work would probably object, though.
"To assume makes an ass out of 'u' and 'me'!" "Yes, and 'incest' is an anagram of 'nicest'. Wordplay doesn't make things true, moron."
@chubbybannister That would certainly make sense. This should jog a memory or two :) http://t.co/MlEagAue
@chubbybannister They still do. Also, good green tea and chai lattes these days :) I am sad I have to go now.
@missemmeline Aww. *blushes*
Waiting for a boat in the sunshine. This makes me happy. @ Bristol Waterfront http://t.co/EOWqEFzu
Sailing by. http://t.co/4QEdIwK2
RT @Leesa_wallace: I am in a cafe. I suspect this tweet may not earn me many retweets.
All this and I still don't have the right cable. http://t.co/KOFXsqIO
@Thehappyfatgirl Yeah, well, me too. But it's amazing how far down your "to do" list "tidy cable drawer" appears.
@Thehappyfatgirl Only if you have a good feel for what cables I'll need in the next couple of years :)
@Thehappyfatgirl I fear you would run out of colours. At some point I may just declare cable collection bankruptcy and chuck the lot!
2011
@Kate_Butler I was just thinking that. Also, "how many times has poking other countries with a stick turned out _well_?"
RT @Dan_Martin: RT @skynewsbreak: Libyan Government spokesman claims a Nato air strike has killed Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, son of Libyan le ...
RT @Dru_Marland: anyone have a bike stolen in Corn St Bristol yesterday? (please RT)
@jorence @Nose_in_a_book Goodness. I'd hate to think I was encouraging anyone into unsafe tweeting :)
@BlackDogDays Enjoy!
@jorence @Nose_in_a_book Ah. Well, I shall prepare to be blamed. I'm not sure whether I should post a list of keywords for you to avoid...
Think I should have bought a GPS watch with a vibration alert. It often takes a cheap toe in the water to figure out what you really need!
@jorence It'll do some stuff for me fine. Problem is I like to run with music/podcasts, so I can't hear the beep, annoying or otherwise!
Oooh. @runkeeper has routes for actual races now. Just signed up for the Bristol 10K on it. http://bit.ly/ePfJe6
@benjohnbarnes @bccore Yeah, what @VeraR2010 said! Go Bens! :)
@VeraR2010 Errr. Probably! Think I signed up for it for the fitness report thingy. Is the race stuff only for Elite people, then?
@domwakeling 305 seems fiddly, too. But I think most portable tech seems significantly more fiddly since modern touch smartphones arrived!
@VeraR2010 Okay, I've checked, and yes, I'm on Elite. Things I like: RunKeeper Live, and FitnessAlerts (little emails for personal bests!)
@domwakeling @jorence But to be fair, bought the 305 mostly for heart rate monitor and better battery life for half marathons. So...
@jorence @domwakeling ...will be fine; will use RunKeeper plus the 305 for heart monitor, and not allowed headphones on most halves anyway!
@domwakeling Bath Half definitely bans. Probably because it's a two-lap course so there's more chance of you inconveniencing someone faster!
@domwakeling Then again, I've never ended up using headphones for actual races -- lose too much of the helpful crowd atmosphere!
@domwakeling Maybe I just tend to interpret "please don't do this" as a ban, in my head.
@jorence @domwakeling I'd like to try running with headphones less, but it really helped me in the beginning, so I'm quite attached to it.
@jorence @domwakeling Probably because I used #getrunning, so I needed to have headphones in anyway!
@tweeny4 People keep telling me those spongey straps are good. Really must try one!
@SimonPeevers Like I said, I've never really felt the need for them on an actual race. Odd, because I really do when I'm training.
@SimonPeevers I guess it's because I find the atmosphere quite encouraging at big races, and feels like the headphones cut me off from it.
@matthew_roach Cool, ta!
@SimonPeevers So far, only doing the biggies. Bristol 10K & half. Might be convinced into a fun run here or there :)
@mikeotaylor @simonpeevers I'll do it as long as there's a fair chance I won't come last :)
@mikeotaylor Looks good to me! (Don't really mind if I do come last; just dispiriting to know in advance that it's foregone conclusion!)
@mikeotaylor @SimonPeevers Ta! Have just traced your trail to turn into a RunKeeper route :) http://bit.ly/jJ8274
Woo hoo! hoo! hoo! I'm going to the zoo! zoo! zoo!
@BlackDogDays :D
@bexxi Well, I'm guessing the person drilling and hammering is doing something that's actually _necessary_...
Tacking lazily up the hill to the zoo. @ Clifton Suspension Bridge http://instagr.am/p/DvpTc/
Thought the man walking toward me was in some kind of official uniform. Turned out his "70 Today!" badge just goes well with his jumper! :)
Just fed the lorikeets :)
Standing on Zanzibar. Ish. http://twitpic.com/4ryzoq
That moment when kids visit and you realise your flat is about as child-friendly as a booby-trapped temple in an Indiana Jones movie.
@tsunimee Working for me. Maybe Twitpic was just having a funny five minutes. It is a bit rubbish.
@hayles Well, maybe the rotating knives.
Also, two-year-olds have a Steven Segal-like ability to turn any everyday household object into a deadly weapon.
@hayles :D
@hayles Also, I have no idea how this huge rolling boulder got into my flat.
@guriben It's amazing, isn't it? Am astounded we generally make it to seven, let alone seventy.
@mikeotaylor @SimonPeevers By hand. Think I could've done it by uploading a track, but for 5K it was probably just as easy to click a bit!
@shezza_t Oh yes. And there were two of them. Double menace!
Wot you lookin' at? http://twitpic.com/4s2hm1
@martingoode Er... I thought the Vatican _was_ a country?
@kate_butler Ironically, though, you were right. I guess @_spell has an American dictionary.
@Kate_Butler Yeah, it's one of the few bots where I've thought, "ooh, that's quite a nice idea..."
@rhodri Hmm. Wonder where the millions were wasted. Buying a lot of Polyfilla, maybe?
2010
@anildash Purple. I think.
Morning all! Writing in the backyard for the first time this year. Yay! http://twitpic.com/1jwain
@panic Thanks, a simple re-launch (no Opt) seemed to fix it. Now to try remember what my lost "Synchronise Folder" actions were set to do!
@panic Incidentally, don't get the wrong impression; I'm sure Transmit 4 is fab; just need to get over the "Argh! Change is bad!" hump :)
@csoanes Sterling suggestion, sir. Best self-help book I could get her, I think!
@hayles Yes, I'd want to wait until at least 2075.
I don't give myself enough credit for my achievements. On Thursday, I actually bought a perfectly ripe avocado from a supermarket.
@hayles I, however, will be 102, and probably beyond caring.
RT @kevcecil: Remember to take advantage of canvassing politicians this weekend. They WILL go to Homebase or put up a basic Billy bookca ...
@caitlinmoran Strikes me there's probably a market for fashionable foldable sick-bags. Accessories for Real Women.
@Nose_in_a_book May your spoons be long and plentiful.
Mmmm. BTP FTW. http://twitpic.com/1jxwxt
@RichNeville No, if you stick all the king-size Rizlas in a multipack together, they end up the same size as a king-size quilt. Try it.
@RichNeville My humble apologies. I must've been thinking of Highland Skins and kilts.
There seem to be tons of police in Bristol today. They can't all be here for Kerry McCarthy.
@hayles Hmm. No kitten. So far.
Enjoying the post-#boobquake feminism discussion http://www.blaghag.com/2010/05/why-boobquake-isnt-destroying-feminism.html
@KaveyF Bow before my mighty powers, for I am the Avocadonator!
@wshed Free croissants? Why aren't I on _that_ mailing list?
Okay. Today I have slept in, gone to a physio appointment, had lunch, and had a power-nap. It may be time to Do Something.
@KaveyF Yes. If you come within throwing distance and stand still. For lo, I am actually the Avocadodetonator.
@KaveyF It's possible that my nomenclature has gone pear-shaped.
@kshack22 It's funny you should say that. http://twitpic.com/1k0ghy
I'm videoing #drwho, but can someone record my Twitter feed, too, so I can play them back together? Ta.
@hayles Actually, that's my reality, right now. http://twitpic.com/1k0svl
Mmmm! Picturehouse! Crumble! Mmmmm! http://twitpic.com/1k23cr
@hayles Shh!
@kaveyf Put The Picturehouse on your list of Bristol restaurants to try, hon. I need to go back there :)
@bexxi all of mine have some kind of either spellcheck or predictive text that includes kinda-spellcheck.
@bexxi ...though last time I looked, Tweetdeck only had US English, which is one of many reasons I stopped using it.
2009
It's been a long two weeks, and I've been cooking healthy food almost every night. _Tonight_, I'm going with pizza and chocolate.
@iphonefool Am designing new banner for renamed company magazine (the whole company just re-branded.)
@Narshada Yes, absolutely am, but annoying busy over next couple of weeks. Hopefully things will relax a bit after that.
@chrismarquardt Cool! Have a splendid adventure...
In the process of doing my very first piece of design work for someone else. And already experiencing client-related pain ;)
2008
2007
Taking the car in for its MOT. Working on website while I'm there :)