On This Day, 17 October
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RT @Tony_Robinson: Calling all Bristolians! My new series ‘ Museum of us’airs tomorrow night at 9pm on More4. The first episode focuses on…
@psidnell Nice. I had the opposite, really, a gruelling process of elimination. Wordle 485 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RT @culturaltutor: This painting is over 100 years old. It's by Zinaida Serebriakova, a wonderful painter with a fascinating life whose st…
@shadowfirebird @Seej500 Seconded.
@benjohnbarnes @yarden_shafir Really you should have abbreviated each of those polling options to “S”.
@lilydoughball I am in my third or fourth Marmite on toast era.
@AshTreeFarm42 I can confirm that I am a fellow sufferer.
@benjohnbarnes Yahoo Pipes was a long way ahead of its time.
RT @lilydoughball: It has come to my attention that the Colosseum in Bristol is for sale and I’m so worried that it’s going to turn into so…
@mzdt @TJDHalliday @joncstone You think there will be schools in Britain in 2040? Optimistic…
Just been notified it’s my turn as Chancellor of the Exchequer for the second fortnight in December. Shame; I was hoping for jury duty.
@chubbybannister “It’s okay, I’m British. Putting an umbrella up halfway through is entirely normal.”
2021
@collindonnell Petrify? https://t.co/eTSwM2VbVq
2020
@richard_littler Everything by John Brunner, and I also second "The Death of Grass"
I was snapping Holy Trinity's spire mostly as a silent tribute to the currently-silent bell, but I managed to snap it at exactly 10:10, pleasingly, that being the traditional time used in watch and clock photography... https://t.co/xnVUD7SwTE https://t.co/x3BG94AgVm
HASH TAG BANDNAME https://t.co/xPvt9bw4QJ
Spring tide. https://t.co/9KPFHL0dbE
Bottled water https://t.co/3MB3PBWerO
A congeries of graf. https://t.co/Zm9o9hK0HE
Nah, just put it in rice, mate. #bristol #shipwreck #shadow https://t.co/3iblJAO9Wa
Facilities. https://t.co/pIkpORh2MJ
@ovationchris It's probably bad luck, or something...
@bexxi Thanks! Bit lucky, I was at full stretch with the camera over my head to snap over the top of the gunwale...
One last shot from the round-the-harbour wander. WET PAINT https://t.co/UOAjjsfsYs
RT @HrishiHirway: A request to anyone who has enjoyed Song Exploder on Netflix: it would be especially great if you watched *all four* of t…
Jenn Schiffer, Engineer/Artist - XOXO Festival (2016) https://t.co/Od73nySHQR via @YouTube 😂
RT @t0m_deSilv4: 4 years ago I was doing trollies at Sainsburys on a Monday night. I left, worked hard and got a degree from the University…
@SlimiHendrix @chris_j1010 @ReynaerdeJames I would watch this Netflix series.
RT @jackfifield: The closure of Queen Square to through-traffic at the turn of the century was a ridiculous experiment causing traffic chao…
@unfortunatalie I did at least manage the walk (by dint of it being pre-arranged and involving other people) but I've felt exactly like that since I got back in at about 10:30. Sigh.
2019
@robmanuel You're going to need more pets.
@RecDiffs The OA my arse. https://t.co/baBD2KT1Ud
2018
Beautiful, and you can really see why they're called lepidoptera. Lepid- (scale) plus pteron (wing). Macro Photos of Butterfly Wings Made by Combining 2,100 Separate Shots https://t.co/TX2XoRJymG
RT @stevenleemyers: If you were one of 677,775 people who followed, retweeted or liked @Pamela_Moore13, @Ten_GOP or some 50,000 accounts in…
RT @dyfl: If you missed it: today it was confirmed that Facebook massively & knowingly inflated its video-view statistics, which had the DI…
The self-inflicted blipverts of fast-forward TV.
2017
Continuing a theme... https://t.co/5idyj3fMVM
Amazon, the Fire TV remote has dedicated fast forward and pause buttons. You’re not really selling me on the voice… https://t.co/7oE5qHHloE
2016
Domestic. https://t.co/poOyKd2Gxi
RT @BonjourBlogger: 50mm lenses are such a blogger cliche, but for a good reason! https://t.co/GU3Rb0QSj4
@BonjourBlogger I had a 50mm in my hand when I read that.
Mise en place. https://t.co/imTk1OvFXL
@chrisphin Thank you. Just tried that and it worked a treat.
Cooked twice tonight; bit of a big-batch-for-freezing-frenzy. This chilli Marrakech and a spag bol that smells ace.… https://t.co/0uMzAk6bHd
(But sadly trying more than a teaspoon of the spag bol will have to wait for a day I’m not already full of chilli.)
2015
@atpfm I find Medium respectful of readers, i.e. I’m not scared to click on a link for fear of awful ads/bad design. Think that’s important!
RT @petapixel: This crazy-looking rifle shoots down drones with radio waves: http://t.co/xs11T2yt4p http://t.co/B4lsHMCC0n
RT @thesweetsetup: How to create a personal podcast feed using Dropbox and JustCast http://t.co/GVS2WotCdU http://t.co/FIdqe08QPV
Surprisingly unhungover after my evening at Brewhouse. Tad tired, mind. Low-energy chores beckon today.
@ahnlak Maybe. Paced myself fairly well, though. Even resorted to shandy at one point…
@youngandfoodish Harbourside walk and a coffee. My emergency bacon sandwich supplies and can of Coke lie unused in the fridge for now ;)
@youngandfoodish But mostly today will be spent sorting my books, decluttering, and other un-mentally challenging tasks!
@quellist1 Ah, *that’s* where mine went. Thanks for taking the hit. Will send crisps and a can of Irn Bru.
RT @nearlylegal: The gentrification of Elephant and Castle rushes onwards https://t.co/ST4opTgidF
Going al fresco at @crepeaffaire on Park Street. But before I try the coffee I have to snap their sign, naturally ;) http://t.co/kfreke5iXI
Watching the world go by. http://t.co/BspSE9DIlm
RT @chrismarquardt: Adobe will bring old Lightroom import dialog back. They need to do more though: mem mgmt, speed on 5k iMac http://t.co/…
@chrismarquardt Not just me, then. I thought LR should be going faster on a brand new Mac :(
Sage advice #Bristol #igersbristol https://t.co/NQe3apy4CC
@LittleXoLeigh21 Given that I just searched for #instagram to see if anyone else was having problems…
Mary Brunel #igersbristol https://t.co/mDaEbBEXcd
@LittleXoLeigh21 Back up here now. Glitch in the matrix.
Park Street. http://t.co/TClWWd6tGj
@StephenBurton14 Thank you. Yes, it’s a shame that there’s such an opportunity for “urban decay” photos on Park Street :(
Tracking http://t.co/pYeUwffpej
@texasdunko The old harbour railway line next to the Chocolate Path by the river. Soon to be the Metrobus tramway, I think.
RT @maradydd: Nov. 20, 1980: drilling engineers screw up measurement, punch a hole into a salt mine and accidentally drain a lake https://t…
@texasdunko Yup, this one. http://t.co/P1TUGhBOyM
RT @TheThomason: Halloween stores fill abandoned Blockbusters like a hermit crab taking a shell. Life finds a way. http://t.co/24LuihKptG
Weird. YouTube feels like it’s been around for ever. Twitter still feels relatively new. I joined YouTube in 2006, and Twitter in 2007.
2014
@dnanian Probably dumb question: how do I *do* the automatic update in SuperDuper? Thanks! http://t.co/KFQm62Luta
Version 2.5 of Things, and it still doesn't have a useful "Undo"? *Puts "move to OmniFocus" on "to do" list*.
RT @NickMotown: That bloke who got locked in Waterstones for a few hours is milking it a bit, isn't he? http://t.co/fmFlz2HSIH
@Nose_in_a_book Do it. How wrong can it go?
Okay. Ploughing on with getting my expenses together. Bloody tax returns.
@donmcallister Somewhat annoyed they don't let you do that on the small ones any more :(
@dnanian Cool, all updated now. Ta.
@freshbooks Speaking of things Canadian (and British): is there a way to get your reports to say "Cheque" rather than "Check"? :D
@timylee Thanks :)
@danvesma The same reason everyone with a Mac on a tight project deadline is currently installing Yosemite.
2013
@corinh @galfriday612 *Waves from Bristol* Hi!
Idea: weather-sensitive "todo" app, so you can file things under "rainy day", "sunny day", and be presented with them at the right time.
@corinh :) You've probably noticed that there's something about people in the UK and weather-sensitivity that go together...
@corinh I grew up on the outskirts, in Redbridge and Gants Hill. Still love visiting London occasionally, but not sure I'd live there...
@KinetaHill Bonjour!
@AndrewCollins Try going here: https://t.co/Gay3TceX9P and seeing if you can log out from there.
@talkie_tim Hrm. Given everything else they've binned, Google Keep is one of those services I'm surprised is still around...
@talkie_tim I never needed location-based reminders much. Tried them in Toodledo, where they worked great, but...
@talkie_tim ...fundamentally, 95% of my todo list can be done from where I am right now, and the other 5% is "at the shops".
@AndrewCollins *bows* *returns to the wings*
@talkie_tim Now I use Reminders for shopping, and Things for everything else. Works well enough that I'm not changing any time soon.
@talkie_tim I also like the idea of weather-based music selection. Auto-select cheery music on a raining morning...
@talkie_tim There's already http://t.co/oyFX8C3VZA but sadly it doesn't play nicely with Do Not Disturb. But "wake me to fly a kite if..."
RT @python33r: Best press release EVER. http://t.co/gkuXkzTbED
@rwenderlich Er... Huh? http://t.co/93jwRWZhy8来自d版带着爱
@benjohnbarnes Was it you who pointed me at this? https://t.co/v92kQgTW4C (If not, worth a watch!)
2012
@shezza_t B-flat Coli, I’d suspect…
Aaah, Wednesday. Halfway through the last week of the office job I'm currently doing. Hurrah!
@hayles *CONTINUES SLACKING*
MT @LifeCycleUKteam: Need an affordable bike? Come along to our refurbished bike sale, bikes from just £40+: http://t.co/53EUnJAj #bristol
@NNpme You’ll have to ask @LifeCycleUKteam! I only know about the sale because I was on their maintenance course on Saturday ;)
@markrglover Learning iPhone development, doing some marketing, and helping out with @getrunningapp. Among other things!
@LifeCycleUKteam I’m not surprised. Took me about an hour to fit new brake pads last night! Think I need to take that intermediate course ;)
Oooh. Brewdog #Bristol (opening soon) seems to be taking on beer ;) http://t.co/WmYMBlIf
It's amazing how fast these bikes are selling :) http://t.co/pkwLAl9i
RT @Margit11: The difference between English and German :-)RT @talendblog: Het verschil tussen Engels en Duits. Bitte! http://t.co/WH6e7xTv
@liveindetail If you want a cheap bike, that Life Cycle stall is expecting more supplies at 12:30 ;)
@liveindetail Huh? Which centre are you in!?
Oooh. Jellybean update for the Nexus just arrived.
@guriben Cool. I was just googling for "what's new". Landscape home deffo a bonus.
@guriben I was just coming to that conclusion...
@hayles There’s a kneading joke in there somewhere. Might be breast avoided, though v
RT @bexxi: Hahaha - so cute! RT @subedited: A rail-replacement bus service in Glasgow raises a smile: http://t.co/joBnZMgH
A shed load of grain closing the M4? They do know those frozen chickens from yesterday don’t need feeding, right?
RT @Bingo_Little: cos hell white sticks and samuri swords look so similar....http://t.co/rH4XsP7N Really???
.@Bingo_Little Think the wrong person may have been issued with the white stick in that story…
@curtismark M4 closed/severe delays between M4 J20 and J22. Eastbound and westbound, by looks of it.
RT @BBCBristol: Long delays after motorway closed http://t.co/RJAydS2x #bristol
Decorating shirt. http://t.co/5AzZJ3bV
@Mouse_House Thank you. Every time I grow a beard, people say they like it. But I still like varying back to clean-shaven occasionally.
@Mouse_House *rubs beard contemplatively*
@DrHairbear Too late. Also: there's a reason the photo starts above the tummy. Decidedly too small for public consumption.
@RamonYouseph Goodness. You know what that means, don’t you? Yes. You’re ageing. Linearly.
RT @ginandting: Movember is well and good, but I would like to propose Decembeard. For charity but mainly to benefit ladies who enjoy be ...
RT @charlesarthur: We have empirically proved you can make a roomful of people laugh again and again at this guy and the ice pond: https ...
@KellySibson Maybe we should make it unisex: Decembhair.
2011
@Crystal_Jewels1 @BenPark Heh. Try C1 Chiropractic. http://t.co/zSwcZpQC
Finally got around to watching _Still Crazy_. Quite enjoyed that.
2010
A snap from @kaveyf's celebration today :) http://twitpic.com/2yl09x
Back from lovely weekend with @kaveyf and @ahnlak. As usual, my only mistake was not taking an empty suitcase for the food I acquired :)
Could come in handy... http://yfrog.com/5360079983j
Ah, the first course of lunch! http://yfrog.com/66beimj
I haz Fatboothed @ahnlak :D http://yfrog.com/65d4zj
RT @sarahdrinkwater: RT @tomcox75: "I am a thirsty seven year-old French girl." In the world of unfortunate Guardian Soulmates typos, a ...
Morning all. Am drinking tea while being stared at by some of @kaveyf's eggcup collection. http://yfrog.com/7edyepj
2009
@mikeotaylor Little event at The Grapes. Might have been part of the West Bristol Art Trail. Not sure.
@tweeny4 Oy!
@MitchBenn Only insofar as that you should be applied sparingly, and not taken internally, dear.
Just had lunch with my friend Nicki, who actually did #beatcancer
Glad of "cancel" button in Echofon. iPhone autocorrected "had ploughmans" to "had ploughman", a very different way of cheering yourself up.
Right. Seen poetry, had ploughman's, now in BTP. Misanthropy mostly dissolved.
Goodness, I'm feeling misanthropic today. Grr.
Some spam is so surreal I just end up wondering if I ordered a random I Ching reading when I was drunk.
Should've tagged that last tweet with #awkwardsentencestructure. Ho hum. Anyway. Off to run around the West Bristol Arts Trail.
@zen_habits You've just forgotten exactly how crappy was the 90% of pop music you ignored when you were a kid.
@tweeny4 I think that's cooler, actually.
@tweeny4 I never knew you did that!
@sabotta I might do, if we ever move to 2008. Only just upgraded to 2005...
@playleimagery Don't think so. Always assuming you did say that about twenty minutes ago...
I have great respect for a 50-year-old man who can still fit into 32"-waist trousers. But not so much if his waist is actually 48" now.
2008
Huzzah! WarGames is on Film4 at quarter to seven. At last something worth watching.
What, I'm at home, sick, and Colombo _isn't_ on TV? There ain't no justice.
On plus side, amused by loan-words in message from Greek teacher. "Eucharisto yia to email sas..."
Ugh. Throat feels like bottom of a birdcage that's been left in a desert. Phoned in sick and boss didn't recognise me.
Ahh, that was fantastic. The amazing characterisation in WarGames keeps it as #1 geek film for me, despite strong competition from Sneakers.