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@The_X_Stitcher Sun Comes Up, Itās Tuesday Morning by the Cowboy Junkies springs to mind.
@4r7hr Still holding out over here.
2021
2020
Layers #bristol https://t.co/a7XkOxmMZ6
Peerage https://t.co/tPtBiZmNup
@shezza_t Oh no. *hug*
Timeless advice. https://t.co/KeSlTxwB4i
@ahnlak It's not that bloody cheap. Not if you also follow the "have several backups" corollary...
RT @MakingBlakes7: Most of the photographs taken by Chris Ridley on location at Oldbury nuclear power station have never been seen before.ā¦
RT @MakingBlakes7: Has Jan Chappell ever looked more fierce than she does here? #Blakes7 #TimeSquad https://t.co/CY3xNwQ04L
RT @chrissteinplays: So this is the setup that I wrote Blondieās Heart of Glass with. Borrowed Teac quarter inch 4 track. My old apartmentā¦
RT @UnderpantsAnd: Lotsa little words, but totally worth it. Comment š or š® if youāre excited for 31 b&w comics in October! https://t.co/TDā¦
@iamtheshunt1 What will each of these things be worth in ten yearsā time?
2019
@ahnlak Almost a perfect example of the left hand not knowing what the right handās doing...
RT @Madeley: Christ, no-one tell the DWP. https://t.co/HXPkqa4oo8
2018
Is there something particularly dangerous about nephews, or is this some kind of eBay scam that I canāt figure out? Both emails this week from winning biddersā¦ https://t.co/kywenjv5Un
@_pigeons_ @Bingo_Little Was it because of the cult TV angle, or do I just remind you of Mrs Slocombe wrapped in Bacofoil?
@_pigeons_ @Bingo_Little *Rustles angrily*
@Kavey Neither of them was!
@Kavey ...maybe I need to set it not to accept bids from people with nephews!
@Kavey I couldn't find a way of doing a second-chance offer after I'd cancelled the winner. I'll have to dig through the help. I've done a re-list on a shorter auction to get them out of the way!
@_pigeons_ Hey, dāyou remember what this thing just down from Pill is? https://t.co/8ZnAsIpaOJ
@thomasvenables Sadly that doesnāt narrow them down to a particularly small group, these days!
Drying moorings https://t.co/CNokthHMRt
RT @anildash: This is quietly a major milestone in tech culture. Linus Torvalds, the leader behind Linux, git, and much of open source cultā¦
2017
RT @ScienceDante: When #Cassini launched, we saw it on the news; when it got to Saturn we saw it on our PCs; when it ended, we saw it on ouā¦
Options. https://t.co/vw2TwmtK7b
They don't seem to have caught anything yet. https://t.co/A8cUqsaYPP
2016
@benjohnbarnes Yeah. ;)
@dangusset Looking forward to the "is this personal literally insane!?" tweets on KonMari.
@Justinsview @DuckyMatt Story by "Dot Comme"? Hmmmmmmmm.
@jsnell āI replied to Gregās message with a sticker with a picture of Skeletor on it.ā LOL! (Although I think Iām mostly on Gregās side!)
Listening. https://t.co/r785Uy0K9f
@porthjess Thanks; you just decided where I'd be shopping this lunchtime.
I didnāt make a request. I wasnāt even playing music. I have a rather impolite request for you now, though, iTunes. https://t.co/Hmrgr37uAS
Progress. https://t.co/xq1qwTTl5p
And, for @guriben, in the interests of balance, a picture of the shocking mess two feet away from the last picture. https://t.co/HTO2ieYi0U
(Careful angles and a shallow depth of field can do a lot for a placeā¦)
@mhoulden This is all my fault. The power and the net are fine; Iāve even bought an under-desk cable-tidy. I just havenāt *done* itā¦
@ahnlak Desk calendar/weather display, using that old Kindle 3 that William Gibson signed. Didn't want to just chuck it!
2015
@Kavey Well, the carpet needed doing either way, and I had to get the bookshelves out temporarily anyway, to fit a new sofa throughā¦
@Kavey ā¦and get the old one out. So having gone through all that, now thinking I should make it nice and saleable & put books in storage.
Tiny treasures. https://t.co/M4gDPENDh0
@DlGlTAL_MEDIA Sorry, on a full-time contract until February.
Whereās a good place to buy pots for indoor plants in #Bristol? Decorative, ceramic, actually-hold-water sort of thing? Ta!
RT @TheRoot: Muslim teen arrested after #Texas school believes homemade clock is a bomb. #IStandWithAhmed http://t.co/YJglhzlhgd http://t.cā¦
@uliwitness Yup. My company sells contract computer programming services. And stock photos through Getty, because two companies is overkill!
One of the first digital circuits I made as a schoolboy was a countdown timer with big red numbers. Ah, the age of innocence.
RT @arthur_affect: FB: "We want Dislike to be an empathy button, not a way to downvote ppl you dislike" ...When did you guys get the Interā¦
RT @Ihnatko: I was Ahmed. Except Iām white, and that makes all the difference. http://t.co/LOTERJXC2J
@Ihnatko Back when we were doing this stuff, it probably would have just counted as an interview for Texas Instrumentsā missile divisionā¦
@djelibeybi_meg Ta! Surprisingly hard to find anywhere with a decent range.
@jesseberney @dangusset Now I look closer, soās this banana! BAN FRUIT NOW
@tsunimee I donāt have Snapchat, and from that description I think I have a very different Instagram from you ;)
@tsunimee I am a long way behind the times. And that doesnāt feel too bad. Iām going to go back to LiveJournal and MySpace.
@bdkjones Thereās a new one?
2014
Yes, yes I'd certainly agree with that last piece of diagnosis. http://t.co/GLqzKFXOLz
@ahnlak If it makes you feel any better, mine's with Yodel: http://t.co/vtGFcFfIZa
@AndrewCollins The Edge will be delivering it personally later, unless you remembered to tick the opt-out.
@ahnlak I'm just worried that mine will still be in Kilmarnock when Scotland achieves independence.
Anachronism. http://t.co/BhjI37HcjH
@jakepjohnson Just been restored by Alan Hosegood in Colston Yard.
@danbenjamin Distant clamour of children in the playground at the back of the school opposite. Slamming car doors. Ticking of a RAID array.
@benjohnbarnes Ta.
I have reached that annoying stage of illness where I'm too ill to work well, but well enough to feel guilty about it. Bah.
Always something of a nervous moment. http://t.co/XzKmyY5vCz
@wordsfromluke How dāyou find the 6D? Considering a full-frame upgrade from 60D.
@wordsfromluke Thanks, will definitely be considering. Am tempted by 5Dii, too, yes :)
2013
Perfect morning for walking to work in #Bristol. http://t.co/kdLjCTf3Ju
2012
Home. A little tired and emotional.
@maggiefairy The what?
@Mouse_House @chubbybannister Yep. Sorry. Was tired and emotional as a newt.
I am in the bath, reading _Black Static_ magazine and nursing a hangover. Just thought you should all know.
If someone would bring me coffee and biscuits, that would be lovely. Donāt worry; thereās strategically-placed bath foam.
@Mouse_House Mmm. Housewarming. Bristol Raj. Alma Tavern. Drunkenness.
@johnfbraun Ah. Sorry, I didn't consider my transatlantic audience in that tweet. http://t.co/EDe0XAVw
I might be conscious enough to go get some coffee now. Good.
@Ninja_lynneja I was happy just to have hair for a while.
Time to get the very last dregs of stuff out of the kitchen. Tomorrow morning Park Furnishers start ripping it out to make way for new one!
@Mouse_House @algardav @Lawraah @thisisgilbs Hurrah! But don't mention drink quite yet, okay? #hungover
@Bingo_Little Nice to see you, though! Maybe next time I'll be less hungover, too...
RT @Raphaelite_Girl: Haha, spot-on. Brands who know how to use social media: ā@tuckingfwat_: THIS IS WHY TWITTER IS THE BEST http://t.co ...
Damn. My Fitbit died today. No longer closes up properly. :(
@Phooto I'm fairly sure there's nothing in the Bluetooth spec that would stop it physically breaking...
@Phooto It clips over your belt.
@Phooto It does have a charging station thing. Does Bluetooth Smart stuff not need charging, then?
@Phooto So, er, how do they get electricity?
@Phooto You couldn't fit a CR2032 inside a Fitbit. Don't know what the power requirements are, though. It has a display...
@Phooto ...and needs to do pretty much constant monitoring/logging of accelerometers, though.
@Phooto It's an OLED on this thing; don't know if that makes a difference. Battery life is about 7 days on it.
@Phooto No idea. But I think they should probably work on the "not snapping in half" before they refine the electronics any.
@Mouse_House It's quite fun, actually. But then I'm a bit of a personal stats geek... And the graphs are pretty :) http://t.co/wuAw7cOu
Right, yes, I was clearing out the kitchen, wasn't I? I'm feeling a bit bemused today. #hangover
I just looked behind a fridge that hadn't been moved for eight years. It was... Lovecraftian. #OHGODTHENAMELESSHORROR
@KaveyF @BribedwithFood Actually, it was @benjohnbarnes who designed @getrunningapp and wrote the iPhone version. I did the Android one!
@thisisgilbs @Mouse_House @algardav @lawraah Sounds good to me.
@BribedwithFood @KaveyF Only known issue at the moment is the Facebook integration, and I'm working on that right now...
@VeraR2010 My kitchen is being ripped out tomorrow. Wanted to keep using it until the last minute... But yes, hadn't thought it through!
@_Pigeons_ I'm fairly sure you can't take photos of THE NAMELESS HORROR OF IT.
@mhoulden Luckily, I do not. I am still very afraid. Cooker's being taken out tomorrow along with everything else...
@mhoulden But I guess professional kitchen removers would have seen worse at some point.
@BribedwithFood @KaveyF Kewl. Well, let me know if you have any problems/suggestions if you try it. All feedback welcome!
@_Pigeons_ I believe it's X[ ]
@parryphernalia Ooooooof. "Well, that'll be great for his immune system..."
@Pockless Awwww. I'd love you to. But I'm not sure I'd hang it in the new kitchen :D
Right. Back to the kitchen clearance.
@Phooto Yes, I got that today, too. Odd people.
2011
@frstep @danfairs Yup. Been using it in Finder for a good long while. With advent of Resume, guess it might get a bit more use.
@frstep @danfairs ...although I'm guessing what you're *meant* to do is quit with Cmd-Opt-Q instead.
@frstep @danfairs I had reasons for trying to stick with new features. Resume's stayed. May have to turn visible scrollbars back on, though!
@danfairs @frstep Lots of places where I have to fiddle with a window just to see if there's any more content, where before I just *looked*.
@hayles I stumbled across that at the time. Was quite nasty. Using talk of his kids' death, etc.
I've not read the next blog entry I'm about to retweet (yet). I just love the pull quote so much I have to share it.
RT @codinghorror: "People are bastard coated bastards with bastard filling." http://t.co/YyqtCyBR
@hayles I love that man. And I know he'd love me right back. Even if he did call me girls' names and hit me a lot.
@hayles Shut up, Barbie.
@51bits @sazzy And if not, check for duplicate fonts installed, especially duplicates of the font that's meant to be.
@arlinelyons Virtually anything should handle utf-8 these days. For HTML/CSS on a Mac, I use Coda. Also consider BBEdit, Textwrangler...
@arlinelyons ...in descending order of price, at the moment. This is good time to buy BBEdit; get 9 cheap on App Store w/free upgrade to 10.
@arlinelyons ...and they can all edit utf-8 and be configured to create files in utf-8 by default.
@arlinelyons Finally (bet you wished you'd not asked!) if you do lots of CSS, Espresso comes with CSSEdit free atm. CSSEdit is teh awesomes.
@arlinelyons No worries! :)
@arlinelyons Always here to help :) For good free Windows text editor, get Notepad++.
@mattgemmell Really think you should be able to *remove* words from the spellcheck dictionary.
Someone just emailed me by mistake, asking me to look after my own leaving collection and card. He is now suitably embarrassed :)
@DrHairbear I have Monday off, so just next Tuesday & Wednesday :D
@bbedit @arlinelyons Ah, fab. Must remember to check for updates! Thanks.
Home. At. Last. It has been a long day, Twitter.
@the3rdgirl This is as it should be. At least the drunks stand a chance of seeming like normal humans when sober.
@hayles I think it would have got a little wearing during the second or third year of my daily commuting.
Short and sweet: Jedi Kittens Strike Back http://t.co/6cRcXEbK
@stillawake I have just now got around to watching this. Forgotten how damn funny it was. Ta :) Now watching random Two Pints YouTube clips.
Drinkin' wine.
@nineweeks Oooh. Well, I like both rooibos and Earl Grey, so that could work. But for now: wine :)
@andybeebristol I should demand Ā£50 off *you*. This whole "six months' sabbatical" thing is partly your fault, after all... :)
@stillawake I need to get the box set. I think I missed the first couple of series.
@stillawake Yes. It did go right downhill when Jonny left. But that still leaves something like six series...
@ViolaMaths I'm going to go live in a cave until January.
@stillawake For some reason, my Two Pints hot spot is for @Sheridansmith1 rather than Johnny. Can't think why :)
@stillawake Both of them, in fact. And yes, she did! Though I still have very fond memories of Maddie Magellan, too.
At some point tonight, I must stop having dinner. *munches on contents of Graze box* *drinks more wine*.
@hayles I am on the last dregs of wine. I have no cake. #firstworldproblems
2010
@hayles Hmm. I'd rather have one driving ahead of me, making things beautiful before I get there.
@bexxi Wikis are fab. Everyone should have one.
"Media tray needs to be filled." What a nice way of asking me if I'd please put more paper in, Hewlett-Packard.
@BradleyLaw Well, I think it probably started when someone with no spatial awareness skills was accidentally sent a driving licence... ;)
@RamonY1970 It was still being parked when I took that photo. It was *still* being parked after my latte was served in BTP.
Just witnessed possibly the worst attempt at parking I've ever seen. http://yfrog.com/6ckbzwj
@Narshada As opposed to your fantasy news blog, Topical Fairy :)
@hayles Yes, indeed. Twitter, that well-known hotbed of Catholics, all ready to be converted to atheism by a well-crafted tweet.
RT @hayles: OK, I get it. The Pope is in the UK, and most of you dislike him and his beliefs. The amount of tweets I'm seeing retweeted ...
@hayles I know what you mean.
@hayles Dammit! The temptation to retweet that is annoyingly strong.
@Narshada Goodness. 1700 words on cultivating a beard?
2009
@hayles Cool, ta.
@hayles May have to buy an album (yes, I'm old-fashioned) at some point -- any recommendations?
@hayles Don't really know her stuff, but her live shows are so good that friends tend to post enthusiastic links. Her Glasto set was amazing
@hayles What's wrong with that? Someone pointed me at the MTV vid awards live version of Paparazzi earlier on. She certainly puts on a show!
Loved this sign in St. Nicholas Market earlier on: http://flic.kr/p/6YXiy4
@tsunimee Nope, just had the latte. Did, however, bring a slice of cake home with me for dessert :)
Oh, yes, I should probably have lunch, shouldn't I?
@joannadelilah Cool! Well, go see my friend Emmeline for tea/bagel/cake and we may bump into each other sometime ;) [end shameless plug]
@shezza_t One cake pic. Sort of ;) http://twitpic.com/hxdt5
Chilling with my friend Emmeline in her cafe/bakery in St. Nick's Market
In town for Alexander Technique lesson.
*Yawn* *Stretch*
2008
@johnfbraun It may well be that time has marched on since I last used SuSE, anyway; it was just a thought...
Going to watch a few of @floyduk's Lightroom tip videos. May follow it with this shiny remastered DVD of Pink Floyd's The Wall. Floydtastic!
@johnfbraun Huh? Don't you just run an update in YaST after you've got the network working?
Aaaand we're back. And I've already noticed and improvement; my Wacom mouse worked on the Login screen. Think they broke that in 10.5.4...
@DaveHamilton Don't feel too bad. The spammers think everyone's a 90-year-old impotent man. Including my grandmother.
Updating the iMac to 10.5.5. At least I know I've got a working MacBook as backup...
@chrismarquardt Have you considered simplifying your life instead of adding more technology? :)
@floyduk think you're able to install the 'combo' update over the top when it's available for standalone download to be sure.
Haircut done, now for acupuncture. Still, at least having bits cut off and needles shoved in me is better than being at work.
According to e-sign, my bus is 2 mins away. Then again, it has been for 10 mins now. Feels like I'm installing Windows.
@Artoo_UK Because otherwise you'll find you have no clue whatever what you've been doing for the last decade?
@davidpatrick I'll install it on the iMac this evening if you don't suddenly drop off the net today :-)
Wow. It's *early*.
Okay, that second Microsoft ad actually made me laugh. Nice feeling to it.
Oh, so _that's_ why Back To My Mac keeps failing. I open up my MacBook at home, it steals the ports from my iMac & my router never recovers.
@talkie_tim It's not _that_ bad. Is it?