On This Day, 3 October
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Well. New p.b. for the Times cryptic today, coming home in 14 minutes. Not a bad start to a Monday.
Clearly my lucky day... Wordle 471 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
2021
RT @dbfamilylaw: @gothick @SaveRedlandLibr Reputedly, the first package tour, London to New York, offered by Brunel: Paddington to Temple M…
c.f. today :) https://t.co/kLWAmvFzf2
2020
Alice https://t.co/xj0VBzDzH1
Miley Cyrus - Heart of Glass (Blondie Cover) (Live at the iHeartRadio Mu... https://t.co/BXbqm1QziF via @YouTube
Bloggity blog. Improving the home working setup using an Argos blanket box (and @dakboard...) https://t.co/5UfvgHJj82 https://t.co/Z3W0YqKPkQ
RT @KevEdwardsRetro: Former Acorn and Acornsoft employees, Stuart Swales and Paul Fellows, have just made available various source code for…
2019
Ersatz/Remnant https://t.co/SDqWm450NM
2018
RT @PickardJE: cartoon from Banx of the @FT https://t.co/TCDPfTkioV
2017
By the sounds of things, it was a good decision to give up on the bus and walk home this evening. #bristol #traffic
RT @ExeterPANetwork: #PAshoutout HELP please! Could you recommend a #photographer in #Bristol for conference photography? Thanks!
@ExeterPANetwork I do not, but I’ve re-tweeted. Never know...
347/365 Art Deco https://t.co/MNFE4IZIJQ https://t.co/4jXDHW8HvF
@talkie_tim Having fun, dear?
RT @DropboxDesign: Announcing the biggest change to the Dropbox brand in our 10-year history 🎈 https://t.co/G58Cg6jAAy
@Seej500 It doesn’t happen to be an Asus laptop that also has Bluetooth turned on, does it?
@Seej500 It just sounded eerily familiar. I have an Asus where, out of the box, the built-in Bluetooth murders the… https://t.co/eyTEKvkdVa
@Seej500 (I tried to fix it for a week, then caved and bought a BT keyboard and mouse with their own dongle and shu… https://t.co/XxBrGu1vp0
2016
2015
RT @DVSblast: anyone who has ever published "TIPS 4 SLEEP" like "think yummy thoughts!" & "make sure your mind is nice!" i will tear you i…
@AhhToots Given that the alternative is literal chilblains, I do not call that wimpy.
So, O2, when you say “upgrade”… http://t.co/PNDm7QSUD6
RT @petapixel: Every moon photo shot by Apollo astronauts is now on Flickr: http://t.co/Pu66tMJjOE http://t.co/rZLyv8o50H
The negatives from the Lordomat have lovely rounded edges. http://t.co/l9TeWrRHcu
RT @waynedahlberg: this is my new favorite photo of all time http://t.co/v8Qs6TeXZf
RT @OliverBullough: Hipster graffiti mocks hipster resistance to anti-hipster protests. Makes my brain hurt. #London #bricklane http://t.co…
So, I finally have a scanner that can handle film negatives. This one’s not bad for a sixty-year-old camera! http://t.co/KebM3l3BVJ
@ahnlak *Buys 100-mile-long poking stick*
@ahnlak I’ll pass it to Dave and get him to do the rest.
@mistymaria NOT HELPFUL. NOW I NEED TO BUY A POKEY STICK EXTENSION.
RT @Algardav: Visitor in The Watershed today #bristol #doctorwho @wshed http://t.co/3LuDqKwn5z
RT @NeilJamesB: Fantastic to see that bridge back to normal :) #bristol #cliftonsuspensionbridge #photography #Bristol2015 http://t.co/Tk9Z…
Yes, there appear to be some unearthly children in #Bristol today. http://t.co/7yaLvjOhjS
Namesake. https://t.co/KeKLHSttaw
Views One Rarely Survives, #385. #Bristol http://t.co/FPM35heEjC
@domwakeling Ta!
@pjakobs Straight 35mm; Leidolf Lordomat rangefinder.
@ahnlak BBC See Hear promo.
Salt deli cafe. #Bristol https://t.co/Xi4G58mWg5
@pjakobs I’m enjoying it sometimes. And the cameras are fab. Lot to learn, though. …
@pjakobs …Only medium format I’m tempted by is Hasselblad Xpan. Saw one in a shop recently, but sadly wasn’t carrying £1300 ;)
@pjakobs Halfway through a darkroom course, and I’m enjoying the process but not necessarily the results!
@pjakobs Ah, I should probably stop buying a new one at 9,999 ;)
Still looks like fun. Guessing this is a @supbristol customer :) http://t.co/rwWeU8B7SH
Flowering. http://t.co/vDISS5UqVr
Pastel de nata. https://t.co/seidACsHvS
Decision time. https://t.co/wV99za8QhS
2014
Ugh. Why am I awake?
@ahnlak @DrHairbear Shut up, you chirpy bastards.
Have you become set in your Lightroom ways? Try "commentary processing": http://t.co/xpIXIEtQRJ
GoPro recently introduced a cheaper Hero cam. I'm tempted, but I think I'd share this guy's problem. http://t.co/mSJIinlGaD
@cattyish Well, at least there's one good reason.
@talkie_tim Cool! I was just thinking today would be good for a timelapse. Lots of nice, quickly-moving clouds up there...
@talkie_tim *Considers* Yur. I will be without anything wider than 24mm soon, for a while at least...
RT @LouiseJJohnson: So, this morning's papers have banner headlines along the lines of YAY, NO MORE HUMAN RIGHTS. This is real in the actua…
@liveindetail Can I have one, too?
@liveindetail I might just try that. Stand back.
Cyclamen. http://t.co/bjVgAePsnz
Morning, #bristol harbour. http://t.co/rN0pEzofmZ
Enjoying Bristol’s cafe culture. http://t.co/RccpMBLqfX
(I should note that Brigstow Lounge has plenty of customers; it’s just a little breezy to sit out unless you’ve just walked a couple miles…)
RT @SpikyZebra: WTAF @thebristolmag, Seriously? "Vaccination - The Question"? Dangerous lies. http://t.co/cyBJSzAxRQ (via @WTF4Photography)
@Shonette They’re very friendly. Definitely worth a try.
@talkie_tim I don't honestly think I'd use one even enough to justify £100. *Puts on "firm resolve" frugal face*
RT @stejvic: I always thought horoscopes were a load of nonsense. But the Metro have got mine spot on today. Probably yours too. http://t.c…
@galg Nice! I've roasted my own, but we don't really have the climate for growing around here :D
@bananza You can just start again. I just did. Besides, you're not really a blogger until you've been through that phase :D
@bananza No, but I often find that refreshing the theme I'm using helps to kick things off.
@bananza (And I do have about twenty abandoned side-blogs. Just always kept the main one.)
@rem Not sure that's OS X's fault. Safari has its own setting; I think other browsers should take the cue from that and have their own, too.
@rem I wouldn't have expected the OS-level setting to apply to the fine detail of links in a browser, myself. (Are they "controls"?)
@rem On the other hand, I'm a keyboard fan, so I've had that turned on since I got my Mac anyway, which might change my perspective.
@rem Yeah. Definitely debatable.)
@guriben You took a dose of Sunday?
@ShirtlessKirk @rem Ironically, I like it for controls, but *don't* want it for links, so it's probably just as well I prefer Safari.
RT @adamhess1: People who think they never see baby pigeons anywhere obviously don't know what woodlice are.
"I hope you're all paying attention, class." #bristol http://t.co/JqwczVcHQ7
Also, there were a bunch of people in Millennium Square earlier who had clearly never seen a car before. Curious. http://t.co/q6mEXz4yLw
@shezza_t Christ. I'm setting up an email rule. http://t.co/i5uyo89AnB
@shezza_t Funnily enough, I thought unsubscribing from all their communications in the settings would, you know, unsubscribe me. *sigh*
@OpinionatedGeek @shezza_t Why have they got it in for me, then? Gah. I'm going to close my account. That should fix it.
Bristol's looking very Mediterranean today. https://t.co/nXRzBmNZfB http://t.co/AlyiBUvCLV
Keep on getting confused by PayPal suddenly having a website that doesn't look awful. "Did I mis-type the URL? This isn't unattractive..."
@nineweeks And yet, still a better experience than phoning them up.
@davidcaolo From memory, it originally meant to kill one in every ten men as a punishment (Roman army, I think) but changed over time.
Individuals. http://t.co/SGAqL6KZuC
@stillawake @RollfortheSoul @nineweeks Not moi! I've been home all afternoon...
Same subjects, different shot/processing. #lightroom http://t.co/A63Ae8nLdR
RT @HeardinLondon: Wow Scotland is beautiful // Wow Danny Macaskill is skilled https://t.co/zW3TB811Jf
@chubbybannister Yup. My Nan used to favour Whisky and American (ginger ale).
I have a friend in China at the moment. He can still read text/post comments on Instagram, but can't see pics. Odd, this censorship lark.
RT @isaacw: Dirty: Marriott hotels fined $600,000 for jamming personal wifi hotspots to boost sales of its paid wifi service https://t.co/m…
@guriben @C_J_Fox If you can afford that kind of printer, you can afford a quad that would knock the wall down rather than vice versa :D
2013
Perfection! http://t.co/WA17xcBzxw
2012
@Thehappyfatgirl It can certainly go stale. Time to buy fresh supplies for the winter…
RT @mrnickharvey: I have arrived for the positive thinking workshop. The class is half empty.
The CREATE Centre bus stop could really use a shelter. #bristol #catsanddogs
Things the CREATE bus stop could also use: buses.
@Mouse_House Yup. :(
So I guess the bus left early. That’s handy, on a half-hourly service. God, I miss the ferry boat commuter service. #bristol
Bus finally turned up! Hurrah! Poor driver now getting solid earful from soaked, angry, late-for-work lady. This is not helping progress.
@domwakeling nice.
@chubbybannister Is it seen as girly, then? (I went to an all-boys school, and the chemistry/physics/biology split was about even…)
@chubbybannister Wow. I’d never have guessed it was that extreme.
@nja Did the module involve hard analysis?
@guriben @chubbybannister This may be a benefit of single-sex schools I hadn’t really considered before…
@guriben @chubbybannister Perhaps. Mine was a state grammar. No fees, no boarding, no buggery. Or at least I wasn't invited.
@nja Too much time on their hands, then?
@SourdoughCafe Not to me, it’s not. Forgot my wallet today!
@Mouse_House I really need to buy a pair of waterproofs.
@Mouse_House I’ve got some, too, but I’m about two stone too big to get into them now :(
@kayliemansfield My washing machine works, but it's un-plumbed and in the bedroom while the new lino goes in the kitchen!
@Bristol52 Agreed! Adam & Eve was fab on Sunday night. First time I’ve been in ages…
@andybeebristol Seem okay, though I’ve not done much yet. Tyrrell’s.
@Bristol52 Yes. I have popped in every now and again, with very varied results over the years!
@TalesFromShop The mind boggles.
RT @stevenpoole: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG MT @jackschofield: Engineers plan to upload bee brains to flying robots, says @WiredUK htt ...
#Hotwells sarcasm, I think. I didn't want to read the message that was a response to... http://t.co/mnMxj8Z7
Is it just me, or does Siri’s UK voice sound annoyingly like Douglas Reynholm? #theitcrowd
@meemalee It makes me want to slap my phone, personally.
@SourdoughCafe Ah, okay. When will I need my wallet? #SANDWICH
@guriben Is there a way of making Siri say arbitrary stuff, I wonder? Guessing not, or the parodies would be thick & fast...
@guriben "Looking for restaurants named "Jen"". Fucking useless thing.
Anyway. Home. I will now have some dinner, read some book, and try to get an early night. Like I failed to do last night. Bah.
.@meemalee @guriben @Narshada @hayles I did my best: http://t.co/xuO4dHYO
“Butter, milk and cheese, and an equilateral chainsaw.”
@guriben I can’t actually tell if you’re joking at this point.
@WTF4Photography Computers really aren’t that good at talking yet. I want my money back for the 21st Century.
2011
@hayles It's ringing vague bells.
@weirdoldhattie As long as you're okay with (fat, bald, old) customers opening the door in the nude for parcels. #toohot
Hmmmm. It might be time for me to Start Doing Things.
@hayles I am actually over-caked at the moment. Blame @kaveyf. Her 40th on Saturday was Cakemageddon.
@weirdoldhattie My fear of ever having to do your job increases daily.
RT @mediaben: This tweet has been tested on animals. (I posted it on Facebook first)
@BlackDogDays NOTHING. :D
@hayles @BlackDogDays I am NOT your cake-dealer, addicts!
@hayles @BlackDogDays I'm actually a little bit scared now. *backs away slowly*
@nicepaul Erm. I'd say that's correct, even if it sounds a bit odd.
RT @nickdonnelly: Whoops! BT's cleaner has unplugged a rack in Birmingham to use the hoover. ALL London Broadband down. #FAIL #BreakupBT ...
@ahnlak @nickdonnelly With the amount of redundant routing in the network data centre you call your "lounge", that's hardly surprising.
@dietjustice Have you *seen* Boris Johnson?
Tidying is better with some nostalgic telly in the background. #geek http://t.co/p7vZwKLJ
@dietjustice Deliberate? Boris spends two hours in Toni & Guy every morning to create that look! #truefact
@dietjustice As for a green Mohican, given that our PM recently derided someone just for not wearing a jacket, it seems unlikely.
@BenPark @jakepjohnson Yes, it's not rocket science. (Obviously, otherwise http://nasa.gov would work!)
@dietjustice People wear green Mohicans as an anti-establishment statement. If the establishment okayed them, they'd find another statement.
@dietjustice Doesn't look like there's a formal dress code -- http://t.co/x915Rl7z -- but if OMG DENIM ANARCHY!!1!1 is anything to go by...
@dietjustice ...I think the chances are good that a fauxhawk would be raised as a point of order and you'd be ticked off by the Speaker.
@dietjustice You're just saying that so they'll let you in the House, aren't you, you anarchist rebel? *arrests on suspicion of something*
Ah, so Bridge Valley Road *is* open again. Excellent.
HELLO! I'M BRIAN BLESSED! #BRIANBLESSED #blakes7 http://t.co/yGAU2lB0
@talkie_tim I think it's possible that Brian Blessed's entire career is just a *great* Brian Blessed impression.
RT @BrianAlarm: @gothick Rise, my hawkmen, RISE. Brian Blessed iPhone alarm clock launching soon. Follow me for news.
@MrGreenGus If he's at the launch party, I imagine you'll hear it from here anyway.
RT @PamelaWelsh: @paulwaugh Hello, I'm a reporter for MEN. Radisson say your 'doing a runner' story isn't true.
@asic69 No Cuddy any more :(
@asic69 I thought *you* told me that one... Oops.
@asic69 Well, hurry up, man, the new one starts *today*.
@asic69 (Although not in the UK, before you rush to your telly.)
@danielpunkass "To view this web font, you must first download an update to the Adobe Downloader Updater."
2010
Hmm. It's a bit late to have dinner, isn't it?
@sizemore "Doo-doo da-da-doo diddldiddle-dee-dee..."
Oooh, off to see William Gibson this week.
Kids can sense headaches remotely. Currently having a tambourine bashed at me over iChat.
How did it get to be FOUR O'CLOCK? Gah.
RT @robinince: Tracy Emin is making some art for No 10. Presume a rug which lists every country foreign policy has fucked
Wow. Ever had one of those days where you just couldn't really run? That was rubbish.
Roight. Off for a jog.
This morning I have mostly been fiddling with a quote in Photoshop Elements. Yay procrastination! http://bit.ly/aK46uu
@bethofalltrades I don't even know what a bodega is, but you look fab. Ace dress.
Woke up to Radio 4 talking about Easter eggs. Odd.
2009
Just about to cook one of my favourite lamb dishes: http://bit.ly/2saKZJ
Was just about to swear about Snow Leopard breaking my printing. But it turns out printers show up better in OS X if you plug them in.
@bananza Good luck, O Brave One. I may do another 5K tomorrow to show solidarity :)
@jacrats I live with nobody likely to trampoline :)
Goodness. YouTube is down. That doesn't happen often.
@jacrats This one: http://bit.ly/8aZm9 but in Espresso, which is a dark brown colour almost, but not entirely, unlike actual espresso.
Finally bought a sofa!
Musing about which compact camera to buy as my completed-the-#C25K reward. #getrunning
Gah! The laundry pile is very nearly as tall as I am. Better tackle it before it gains sentience and stuffs *me* into the washer/dryer.
...and I guess nobody else in the flats wants the Yellow Pages, either. What a waste. http://twitpic.com/k2cd2
This week I re-tuned my TV box and installed Snow Leopard. Haven't noticed any benefits from either.
2008
It might have said "exercise ball" on the box, but I'm already thinking of him as "Rover".
@Ihnatko Holy crap -- and VisualHub is gone *too*? Gah.
@chrismarquardt *giggle* No, I got ripped off; the shop sold me a black-and-white CF card badged as colour :)
@foxc ah, so that explains my waistline. Clearly I've been ill for the last 35 years!
D'oh. Came out without memory card. Going to buy a cheap spare to keep in my bag.
Good-if-slightly-chilly morning, all!