On This Day, 3 July
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RT @jlynn43xo: Why are there pop tarts but no mom tarts Because of the pastryarchy
2021
#Hotwells, c. 1905 vs today. "Before" photo from _Hotwells and the City Docks_, ISBN 9781899388288 #Bristol https://t.co/fr7dCfWxxL
Nau that's impressive. https://t.co/QBkM8toAgA
@chubbybannister Somebody should anvil that person.
@MrGreenGus Heh. It’s in Bristol Brocante on St George’s Road.
@martr101 Spot on. It caught my eye as I was nipping into Dreadnought (the refurb is done!)
@talithahg KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
2020
Um. Power cut?
@wpduk Afternoon. BS8. Just seemed to have a 5-minute outage. Back on now but from the number of alarms I can hear going off I don’t think it was just me ;)
BS8, folks. https://t.co/mSB4rXcGYq
@wpduk Thanks for the speedy update. I suppose it’s good to test my UPS every now and again ;)
RT @GKCdaily: Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one’s soul.
RT @MsGlynisBarber: It’s been awhile since the last repeat but for those asking here it is!
2019
RT @GreatDismal: Cayce makes the list. Now there's an odd feeling, however minor! https://t.co/VAMhblq6z7
RT @indiaknight: That’s a short story in cake form. https://t.co/5bMXu2RiUw
Day 637 of the Temple Circus roadworks. In today’s plan to troll the city at an even higher level, the pedestrian walkways have been set out in the exact pattern of Hampton Court maze. How many will find their way to Temple Meads today?
So, episode 2, my nemesis, we meet again... https://t.co/AL4Sy7VFXl
@Shonette Tip: if you reach a dead end and someone in a white coat offers you a pellet of food, DON’T TAKE IT.
@christianrt Deep, controlled breaths, hug the left wall, and don’t drink from any of the water spigots. Wednesdays it’s LSD.
RT @kottke: Watching people trip on a subway step that's juuust a little taller than the rest is kind of mesmerizing. https://t.co/YinSP5uB…
RT @MikeDrucker: Twitter is fun because you get to be like, “Ducks are good” and someone in your mentions will go, “Um, I’m sorry but my br…
@hatsandbikes Ooh. Is that UK-localised or has it been adopted for the US English version?
@Si_Hart Being exactly as charitable, the Cray twins were misunderstood lovable rogues.
@StateOfLinkedIn Second prize: two dinners.
Watching The Rules of Attraction. Not sure why. The soundtrack seems to be the sole redeeming feature.
2018
RT @wood5y: #Broadmead: useful cycle parking removed to make may for yet more useless corporate graffiti https://t.co/vmVyuZ1mop
Yes, I did just stop reading a book on procrastination to take a photo of my reading corner. And your point would be..? What? Yes, that clutter on the desk *does* include a book on decluttering. Shut up. https://t.co/70atUfJjkM
@Dru_Marland @dangusset Seems fair to me. They’re just all-round gambrels, the lot of them.
@jbrownridge Dunno. I ordered one of Elon Musk’s flamethrowers, but I think the warehouse got confused.
I am also using my “nutri”bullet to make iced coffee. Oh, those good intentions…
RT @silverpebble: Last night I went to the cinema. Oceans 8 was 👌& I now have a bit of a crush on Cate Blanchette. I was making my way to…
RT @KathyBurke: Bins are done https://t.co/phd8vcwxOq
@kayliemansfield I like mine, but I got it discounted because I used to work with someone who could get hold of factory returns!
@RellyAB Definite Ghostbusters overtones. How’s your Sigourney Weaver impersonation?
RT @Raphaelite_Girl: We’re in high Marshmallow Harvesting season in Kent. https://t.co/ltraUu9RiM
RT @marklanebiz: This is incredibly satisfying...watch til the end 😆 https://t.co/g7Ee2zxnIg
RT @OttawaCitizen: High winds damage secure records storage building https://t.co/e06va3tDnp https://t.co/dwA2odzo8l
RT @BBCJonSopel: Penalty taking line up please #ENGCOL https://t.co/sD7HAXYGYX
2017
RT @everycolorbot: 0xf3e732 https://t.co/02xUhzWBg2
RT @claudiagray: Translation: "we have not one fucking clue why people actually like Star Trek." https://t.co/1losCiKOGz
@MadsYork For extra effect, Matthew, don’t check with the person whose name you’re using, Matthew, which form of th… https://t.co/b3BvuOYoAG
Crystal Clear - https://t.co/4mBuLZEPqK https://t.co/ZraAh1A8ka
That thing when you had lots to do and then you realise Wimbledon's on.
New stock, I guess. https://t.co/0NS0FHApbm https://t.co/qUUFLXOkaF
I have spent the day filling in compliance documents. I still do not feel particularly compliant.
Shout out to the Boston Ivy house. https://t.co/OjTDVBAMZu https://t.co/cjIzZkj5AL
The lack of charging light on the new MacBook (Pro) annoys me more than the lack of MagSafe. No little amber light of reassurance.
@Bristolvor *Disconsolately rattles change jar*
@OpinionatedGeek Yur. Just replaced my 2011 Air, so I know what elderly batteries are like.
@archidave @Bristolvor That’s a bloody shame.
@psidnell Trick question. If you'd implemented the correct flammability compliance level you wouldn't be on fire in the first place.
RT @dangusset: Mrs P buys the best magazines https://t.co/fXVXBmjq3y
RT @SummerRay: I'm begging of you please don't take my man https://t.co/rFkRMFhdkl
Oof. Finally, here’s British Institutional Green #6. https://t.co/HVWcPSu42R
2016
@nickhurley @technicalfault Have you submitted a pull request to any strange GitHub projects recently?
@libbyheighway Someone needs rescuing from 1958?
Purple swimming pools!? #thearchers
Yeah. That kind of day :( https://t.co/qYXKtIURco
2015
RT @Fibutton: Yup...😂😅 #officeproblems http://t.co/wsGiI311ps
Woah. Pretty special, this one. #beer #bristol https://t.co/ik7aGPRwSl
@liveindetail Was just recalling an earlier IT “incident” when a developer renamed every customer (1.5m+) “George” with database mistake…
@liveindetail Only what you’d expect. The name badge at his desk remained “George” for the rest of his career :)
@liveindetail (His name was Tim, in fact. He just managed to run a test script in the live database. Without a WHERE clause.)
I’d like Apple Music more if it wasn’t a choice between using it and having a red-hot phone with 10% battery left at 4pm.
Watching last episode of Warehouse 13. There appears to be some entertaining fluff in my eye.
Music that seems to be in my head a lot recently. https://t.co/Eot6Csyi9g http://t.co/eeX2fXYF3s
@richardjfoster UK Netflix only supplied final series this week :) Thanks for the tip!
Bracelet. https://t.co/gYocalVWBK
@ahnlak @richardjfoster Makes sense, given that they made it. But I hate all my cable TV options.
2014
Yodel (n): The cry of anguish emitted on discovering that one's package is to be delivered by a courier who would not be one's first choice.
A custard-coloured super-dream/Of Ali McGraw and Steve McQueen/I give to you #randomlyrics #musicwhileworking
RT @adamgasson: The guys over @coslive have put their @GlastoFest review up with a few of my pics - http://t.co/uE3xPU0Xat #photography #Gl…
I wish you could favourite a Twitter account: @YouAreCarrying (via @hayles)
RT @YouAreCarrying: @gothick a brick, a copy of The Wizard of Oz, a tool box, a huge diamond, a hardhat, a white hemisphere, a sack, a cap.
Right. Due to a sudden workload change, I'm off for a jog now, while I still have time. Today's running will be powered by Kenickie.
Sufficiently pretty today, #bristol. Carry on. http://t.co/YxaftSltmy
Through the mirror. #bristol http://t.co/oq3IxUbYxs
@AthanSpod Are you often in when they deliver? Most horror stories seem to start when the customer is out…
Thanks to @laurenlaverne for dragging me through the low point of today's jog. "Faster, faster on your feet..."
@tomdale Nice. Airbus?
@MsJenAllison If you have other uses for TextExpander, it might be worth it. Good for typo fixes & quick replies. http://t.co/f7wVA1zDy4
@tomdale Guess it's an industry standard, then :D
Lunchtime appears to have arrived quite late today. Tea and crossword it is...
And from the flames appears Salome…
Start of a long wait. http://t.co/QDhkjDiCfb
Still in the Fleece, still awaiting Mr Doherty. #standard
It’s moments like this that I like to imagine Peter is in a peaceful room backstage, eating liquorice allsorts and doing the Times Cryptic.
2013
@goodshoeday *Yawns* *Stretches* *Hits "snooze" and rolls back over*
First crisis of the day firefought. Water dripping through bathroom ceiling coming through leaky joint in plumbing upstairs...
...said plumbing being helpfully exposed, and having its own individual stopcock.
@tsunimee @ahnlak That would take... A while. Besides, I doubt I could do better than Press. https://t.co/k7XGfG7ZAR
So, deal with provisioning profiles in Apple's developer portal, or throw myself under a bus? At least the bus thing will be over quickly...
@samsneed12 Still a better option.
@SarahPinborough It’s ridiculous, but the characters and actors mean I don’t care about that. *waits for Alice to show up*
2012
Cheeky bacon sandwich.
@mikedunn *actions a deliverable at you*
@BlackDogDays It is more than a teensy bit sigh-inducing, isn't it? Bah.
@liveindetail @stillawake Hah! That was my hope, too. Good article, Jo. Thank you.
RT @Bristol_Culture: New visual of the Mobius Bridge for pedestrians and cyclists, linking Castle Park with the Finzel's Reach developme ...
@Mouse_House Poor Mouse. I hate tonsillitis. *sympathy*
@ahnlak But... But... The TORCH! It's SO BEAUTIFUL. *swoons*
@ahnlak I think it basically means that your friends are pyromaniacs. Or just really liked that scene where the villagers storm the castle.
@Mouse_House Difflam spray, or similar? Might soothe things enough for you to get some other painkillers down you.
@ahnlak There's a little dial on the bottom for turning it up. They just don't want people to get too excited yet.
@Mouse_House Bah. Think that's virtually the same thing. Sorry, I'm out of ideas. But not out of sympathy.
@stillawake #wheresmybaby? I believe the answer to that is "behind you, attempting to juggle chainsaws you didn't even know you owned."
My ReadyNAS just emailed me to tell me it had a firmware update available. Who's a smart little box? *pats on head*
@stroughtonsmith No, I'm too busy feeling guilty about not updating website graphics for it...
Quick coffee before I head out the door… http://t.co/AM14Bxoi
RT @MikeDrucker: I wish I could get bitten by a radioactive confident person.
@stillawake @Bristol52 Bristol Guild, though I can’t afford to buy much there. Good for pressies & lovely cafe.
Unexpected gorilla in the Waterloo Street area. #bristol http://t.co/UFuNGVrb
Dragged Sketchup out after natter with @benjohnbarnes and found my original plan for my lounge :) http://t.co/fLiham7f
And, looking around, it doesn't look too far from what I ended up with.
Just had my flat valued, by the nice lady who sold it to me, in 1999. Turned into mini nostalgia session for a while :)
@ahnlak Not even *I* could neglect a house in this area enough to bring it down in value over the last 13 years :)
@chris_j_hughes I have been fairly happy. Oh, and the place has roughly doubled in price :)
@KeithGough1 Roughly double.
@guriben Oilatum? Pricey, but it helps for me. Probably depends on the cause, though.
Cookin' up lamb with courgettes and mushrooms. Mmmm.
Nice OS X touch I just noticed: Drag a photo to contact in Address Book, and it does face recognition and centres book photo on the person.
2011
@arlinelyons I ran it, and it said, "hey, looks like you're using Delicious Library. Want to grab that stuff?" Click. Done. Noice.
Ooof. *yawn* *stretch* I think I needed that sleep.
Mmmmm. Coffee.
@theremina Yes. I was reading that a couple of months back, after discovering this sack of coal in the backyard! http://twitpic.com/5kki3v
@stillawake Oh, will that still be going on if I struggle out with my camera?
Right then. Time for breakfast!
Drinking iced tea outside Clifton Village library, listening to a good cover band in the pub next door. So far, American Idiot and Lovecats.
I am increasingly enjoying the Portcullis's chalkboard. http://lockerz.com/s/116673737
RT @stillawake: Very proud of both Mersi and @Bristol_culture who did brilliantly today at the Bristol Triathlon. <- Certainly did!
Some snaps from today's triathlon in Bristol #tribristol @bristol_culture @stillawake http://bit.ly/kal1MM
2010
@Eyoki Yes; I believe they're called the "middle class".
Wound up on Brandon Hill again :) http://twitpic.com/220z0k
@jacrats I think I saw a post the other day with instructions for filtering out the annoying commentary but leaving in the vuvuzelas?
@BradleyLaw Yup. I use a few different camera/processing apps, but hipstamatic seems to have become my default.
It's a good place for an ice cream. http://twitpic.com/221hkp
As on-a-whim technology purchases go, this Helix battery-powered pencil sharpener punches far above its weight, value-wise :D
@BradleyLaw I like Hipstamatic, Best Camera, Pano, SwankoLab and (Tiffen) Photo fx.
@BradleyLaw Photo fx is fiddly but has some lovely processing. Still to play with: ReelMoments (stop-motion style capture.)
@BradleyLaw Nope. Photo fx by Tiffen (the people who make the actual real photo filters.) http://www.tiffen.com/photofx_homepage.html
@stuartcw Well, I saw him handling the ball earlier... #sorry #shouldletitlie
@parryphernalia Well, I had no idea who she was. Then again, that's why I wouldn't have made a random, crass guess.
@BinaryDad Don't _think_ so. Their processing app, SwankoLab, just came out though.
@BinaryDad It's cute in the same way Hipstamatic is cute. Simulated darkroom & good results. Doesn't do quite the same job, though.
@parryphernalia They have brains?
@Richard_Kadrey That'll be Heinz spaghetti hoops.
"Like a one-man battleship trying to wrestle his way through..." Yes, well-known for their wrestling skills, battleships. #worldcup
@parryphernalia Well, at least he didn't just mistake Angela Merkel for a random WAG...
Part of me wants #par to win just because of their socks. They're ace. (I've not quite got the hang of blokey #worldcup talk, have I?)
A combination of football and pinball. Interesting. #worldcup
If NatWest is committed to _becoming_ the UK's most helpful bank, they can start by telling us who's the most helpful bank _at the moment_.
@rabidbee @JessicaRuth84 I guess you can't judge the football playing by the socks, sadly.
@djelibeybi_meg Not in my experience :(
My peeve for the day: Polite Notices. http://tumblr.gothick.org.uk/post/766690857
@twitttles Oh! Happy birthday!
@KellyJanner I find it scary when I remember that the house I live in is older than your country :)
Morning all! How are we today?
@chrisphin Tried cleaning the SIM contacts with a rubber?
Just spotted an asbestos disposal worker standing in a building doorway, smoking. I suppose you might as well, all things considered.
2009
Good. Home, fed, can collapse any time I want. Probably won't collapse just yet, but I think an early night is in order.
Twatty Channel 4. They keep sending me mails about their rubbish 4oD thing that I failed to use about three years ago, with no unsub link.
The French for "disposable cups" is just so much more evocative… http://twitpic.com/959wd
Woke up at 4am. Couldn't get back to sleep. Feeling… wan.
2008
Writing a song, rather unexpectedly. Why thinking about web development should inspire such a musical interlude, I have absolutely no idea.
@ryancarson you know, many of your Tweets are quite disturbing reading for people who are actually called Matt! I don't want to be launched!
Up early, figured out bits of the Flickr API, coded some XSLT, written makefile, got lightbox2 working. You know, it might be breakfast now!