On This Day, 24 August
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It’s @BacklistedPod’s fault. https://t.co/RBl9A8fkoj
2021
2020
RT @PDLComics: nice notebook https://t.co/3kpgNv9QUQ
2019
2018
RT @doug_parr: Drivers know #airpollution is harming them and their cities - 80% back excluding #diesel vehicles from around schools and ho…
BCVA in Bedmo really do sell some strange things in their commercial auctions. https://t.co/fPQNorQI8Q https://t.co/mmKLaP7uxc
2017
Basic tidying strategy #7: Pay No Attention to the Mess Behind the Curtain. https://t.co/HwuhjjRXAH
(Though I'm about to make my third trip to IKEA. Christ.)
@guriben *Cries*
@saltwateritch Hey, there's plenty of messier bits. But I accidentally watched one of those "house doctor" things t… https://t.co/s4gi76MQXt
@_pigeons_ Gosh no. Too many people out there who are far more into cars and would enjoy it more than I would.
@_pigeons_ (Besides, would *you* do anything voluntarily that put you in a category with Jeremy Clarkson?) PS: Want anything from IKEA?
@YvetteMorey *Slides into bankruptcy*
@YvetteMorey I'm not in the red; it's more of a tasteful dusky maroon.
"Fit a couple of curtains," I thought. "That'll be done in a morning," I thought. Still, finished now. https://t.co/7l5AZUxHI3
@Kavey Twenty four hours.
@shezza_t Been gently annoying me for years, though.
@_pigeons_ Sorry! Went before you replied. Probably won't be long before the next trip, mind. (PS: Did you spot thi… https://t.co/OtwkEnfTsv
2016
Don't mind if I do. https://t.co/1WomrEalE4
Writing pod. https://t.co/ZyZpgo3TmA
@Kavey My friend Nick made the pod. Temporary installation at Berwick Lodge https://t.co/lWIPALbgWO
@Kavey It’s a little beauty, all right. https://t.co/4sHd2Uj7Cn
Huh? Why, what’s it meant to say? https://t.co/M6jkoZweCg
I had forgotten that Cordelia named her poltergeist "the phantom Dennis". Excellent. #angel
RT @ESO: Earth-mass planet found in habitable zone around #ProximaCentauri #PaleRedDot https://t.co/rMRRjFcXJw
2015
Natural habitat https://t.co/VSu3A3WUxR
RT @_dte: git merge http://t.co/PAxRKdkUmf
RT @yumhoneyblood: Bristol! Can't wait to see you this Friday 28/08 at @FleeceBristol http://t.co/qTB917Nqyq
@Bristolvor @archidave @morris_oxford I’d heard you did a pretty good Neil Young impersonation.
Optimism alive and well on the harbourside. http://t.co/p3IXF04soL
Hmmm. http://t.co/mOd3bIeZaK
Bonus. Looks like I fixed the light leak on the Yashica. https://t.co/F2bVMMoCQf
Photo: More of a selfie here, but also some signage at the Wiff Waff Ping Pong Noshery, Baldwin Street. http://t.co/VaYb6iYH0U
2014
Snappity after dark: The Dipper and the Bridge https://t.co/awbZrVgIWb #bristol http://t.co/0rXldfWVc7
Ugh. Teensy bit* tired. * May be an understatement.
On the plus side, picture of the Plough and a teeny glimpse of a shooting star. So maybe it was worth being up late. https://t.co/awbZrVgIWb
Facebook suggested events for me today: a lingerie fitting, and G-A-Y's "Camp Attack!". Maybe I should just go with the flow...
Brekkers. http://t.co/pq8mfa6CGv
At Stafford, my favourite motorway services. Not saying much, I know, but: Pond! Ducks! Fountain! http://t.co/VXlKwfOg0d
Glimpse http://t.co/mMxTTD5UTc
Didn't we have a lovely time... http://t.co/l83DeJLaMS
Just passed a combined DVD rental and sunbed studio next to a Bargain Booze. *raises eyebrow*
Just been gently teased by the waitress for choosing the non-mushy peas. This tends to happen above a certain latitude.
@hayles It’s north Wales, too. Twice as bad.
@hayles Bangor.
@hayles Bit of a mixed bag, but the pier’s lovely and the natives seem friendly. On the whole, Would Visit Again.
RT @mrjimBob: Only 68 ice bucket days until Movember.
@guriben Then who *is* that upstairs? *Twilight Zone music*
@OpinionatedGeek You have my sympathy. I don’t travel well, either. #airports
@mnowster So bloody good. Neil Maskell especially fine.
@MsMottram “Sorry. I’m a southerner *shrug*” seemed to be accepted well enough here in Wales…
@MsMottram But yes, it is something of a shibboleth.
@mnowster You will not be disappointed. #whereisjessicahyde
@chubbybannister Don’t know much about Elements. Were you shooting raw? Normally with raw choosing B&W on camera only affects the preview.
2013
RT @AsmaKhanCooks: I have a Jalebi making question-really want it to work-it's my 1st time-should I cheat and buy a Gits mix or look for a …
Back home. This was this morning's farewell from Looe, which was nice. http://t.co/YrUv8KXyV5
2012
@benjohnbarnes Ta.
I’m assuming that “low fat natural probiotic yogurt” is what we just used to call “yogurt”? #recipeshopping
@ArchHouseDeli @stillawake Thanks! I grabbed your flaked almonds as my substitute yesterday. Think slivered might be unusual in UK!
@JessTheChemist Yes. I wanted to put an h in it myself, but who am I to argue with M&S ;)
@ArchHouseDeli Nah, it’s like they’re chopped into quarters along the length. They are A Thing, honest ;)
@jamieharrisesq @archidave Scared.
@tsunimee Eponymous = something is named for other thing or person. e.g. Oliver Twist (boy) is eponymous hero of Oliver Twist (book).
@ahnlak I am eponymous with a gang in William Gibson's _Count Zero_, technically...
@mcmackme It's fine to skip back to a week you're more confident with and repeat it until you feel ready to move on...
Hah! Bristol shoplifter makes terrible mistake: http://t.co/HrxwHPS7 [via @MatStace]
Oooh, new electronic things have arrived :) http://t.co/qjH0RCT1
Hello robo. http://t.co/ApnEQuyc
Ball grabber. http://t.co/lunhhfwy
Watching robots shoot hoops. http://t.co/sYv95cxx
@derekarridge @talkie_tim @Phooto I IZ MAKIN TOP SEKRIT SUPER SILLY THING.
@stillawake I have a Café Rouge pinnie. Is that close enough? I didn't budget for a lab coat.
@derekarridge @talkie_tim @phooto The heart of the gear is an Arduino Uno. http://t.co/zrezf8D4
Proud Panther #bristol #roboworldcup http://t.co/qjksxO3f
Safe enough for now, then. http://t.co/oSJnSmxi
Serious kit. http://t.co/i12A1SeU
@guriben This is great stuff. Engineered as only 1970s military kit can be :) http://t.co/gaC714xw
Portable Trainer. http://t.co/PgFdo7cT
@liveindetail It will be doing no blasting. It unlikely to even turn its light on unless I can find a military-surplus 60V battery.
@guriben Mmm. I've had all sorts of stuff. My granddad worked for Plessey, & I also appropriated stuff during work experience for Gould.
@guriben Had a valve oscilloscope for a while, but I couldn't really justify the space it took up :)
@guriben Nice. I love the smell. Opening this counter up just now was a serious sense assault :)
@csoanes Did you make the train, fella?
@guriben Sexeh!
Yay! Being cooked for. http://t.co/vUaftWDo
@AlasdairStuart Hang on. Airwolf is on Netflix? Well, that's a fair chunk of my wet bank holiday sorted, then...
2011
RT @lollypopstar: RT @lisapr1ce: If PHP were British, what what! http://t.co/gepSgrv // for @bathdrummer
@marcus67 @boagworld Noooo! And I have a long journey to get through at the weekend. I demand you entertain me :)
So, someone's stolen one of the gorillas, and someone else has tagged the Damien Hirst sculpture. Way to appreciate public art, #Bristol :(
@davidjewood Well, I was thinking of putting it in the lounge. #wait #doh
@bev13thdisciple @MrGreenGus Is it not possible that they're public art for the kiddies?
RT @bev13thdisciple: @gothick @MrGreenGus Are those bloody gorillas considered to be public art?!? I thought they were just something fo ...
@seengee ...which makes two in a row now, of course. They need a sniper with a potato cannon and nightsight on the Victoria Rooms roof! #RWA
Bristol really does seem to have developed a rainy season, doesn't it? #twinnedwithatlantis
@vero I'm not sure there is a way, unless they've been archived outside Twitter.
Hardly anyone who wants to license a photo understands the vaguest points of licensing photos. Or maybe I'm just unlucky.
Exploding quail. @ The Pump House http://t.co/EniSJkt
@stillawake Well, mostly, I ate it. Gawd, that was good.
RT @KaveyF: Good god!! RT @AndreDang The peacock poodle is especially priceless RT @dailycandy: http://t.co/3sxQdBy»
2010
@benjohnbarnes Nobody taps and holds to remove anything on the web.
@Hicksdesign Oh, that was you, was it? Saw preview at the weekend. Clean and elegant. Like it.
@benjohnbarnes Well, I was going to grid it soon anyway - I'm nearly at the 14*14th photo, so I can make a square :)
@tsunimee Yup. Feels better at non-seated gigs. About one time in three I bump into someone I know there anyway!
@guriben "Wow."
@tsunimee Funnily enough, I saw @ceriselleorg on the way home. She didn't _seem_ to be faffing, so I did not kick her.
@tsunimee @ceriselleorg Also, of course, if I *had* kicked her, I'm fairly certain I would now be dead, so that's probably just as well.
@benjohnbarnes Proof-of-concept experiment http://dailybooth.gothick.org.uk/stargrid.html :)
@geniodiabolico And now I am listening to Cinnamon Girl. The Neil Young version, mind. Don't know if that's the one you were thinking of :)
@benjohnbarnes That would be the next step. Starts getting awkward UI-wise, though, if your buttons start moving around.
@libbymiller Hmm. I had that, but clearing my cookies did actually fix it.
@benjohnbarnes Hmm. Interesting flow issues due to the way floats work in CSS. Still: http://dailybooth.gothick.org.test/stargrid.html
@benjohnbarnes The way it's working at the mo, just bigger targets might work okay -- left half of image votes down, right half votes up.
@benjohnbarnes Of course, I've just realised I'm now spending my evening clicking on little photos of myself. #narcissism
@benjohnbarnes Yes, except that I'm singularly reluctant to take iTunes as an example of good user interfacing :)
@benjohnbarnes Anyway. Nuff playing. That was meant to be half an hour away from the chores and it turned into an hour :)
@benjohnbarnes Tweaked a bit. That's the end for this evening, though! Haven't got the maths quite right, either.
@hayles Nope. I watched the last ten minutes of an Episode of Dexter I didn't finish last night, then geeked out. I am glad I did.
@hayles Excellent.
Right, I'm off to bed. Catch you in t'morning, folks.
2009
Whoooo hooo! Week five, run two done and dusted! #getrunning #c25k
@technex can you get to her? A model fixing a car should be an interesting shoot ;)
None of my podcasts are working today! Boagworld seems to be panned hard left, & TWiT is last week's episode. Music time!
Oh, dearie me. A day at work. And I've still not unpacked from the wedding. Going to be a long day, I feel.
Oh dear God yes, just _yes_: http://xkcd.com/627/
2008
@tailwind Congratulations! (PS: The backup freak in me hopes you have it on at least _two_ CDs...)
@Phooto Wonder if it's just sourcing the word-lists from the listings themselves?
@Phooto did you know there are several eBay misspellings-based search engines, so you can profit from the illiteracy? (I kid you not...)
@Phooto I recommend Marqués de Cáceres, if you've not tried it. Can't remember which years were especially good, though; it's been too long!
@Phooto Haven't had a drink since Feb 2007, excepting a couple of sips on the Islay trip with Pete & Kavey :)
In other news, just had my first coffee of the day. Wow. This morning must have been how _normal_ people feel.
Wow. Think I'll have a day off from photography tomorrow. Think I've finally reached saturation point.
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