On This Day, 12 April
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RT @iamharaldur: The future was supposed to free up our time from work so we could spend it on higher pursuits. Instead we created AI tha…
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2022
2021
I mean... Really? https://t.co/B1vffTVB4t
RT @danieldurrans: @gothick Not quite as stark a contrast, but there is this strange arch down in Redcliff which doesn’t match any of the a…
RT @ditzkoff: I think we figured out which artifact they’ll be searching for https://t.co/3vxcIN9CCZ
@VanOD_ I'm democratic: I spell it "bedmo" and pronounce it "bemmie" :D
RT @pmmikes: @PlanningShit @gothick pah! You haven't lived until you've seen Colchester's Pound Land https://t.co/0vzJOB21lM
Bleep bloop. https://t.co/RRku1cAy2e
You can tell we were somewhat determined to knock quite a few streets of my list... https://t.co/7wAg8WdJVN
@paulclammer King William Street, a stone's throw from the Masonic.
@CordeliaGraun @SpikyZebra That was my guess. Though I considered olives, too...
Ear ear. #dinhobento https://t.co/fQcZ6uuwOp
@peterjonesphoto It would've been batshit even back then; it's nothing but little Victorian terraces around there...
2020
RT @jimalkhalili: That's numberwang. https://t.co/06n0rRXTlr
RT @BBCNWT: Buxton born Tim Brooke-Taylor, the comedian and actor, has died this morning from COVID-19. https://t.co/4UtaEWrrOI
RT @veschwab: Me in March: Begone, foul month! April and I will get shit done! Me in April: Well, fuck.
RT @BillOddie: Fifty years and he only got cross with me once... well maybe twice... no quite a lot actually! No one could wear silly costu…
RT @RikerGoogling: clear replicator recent items
@bexxi Ouch. Those instructions. Wonder if it’s the same setter as did the Guardian Easter special this week... https://t.co/2NvTFEeKZD
RT @kristinnoeline: It’s Easter today which seems like a *great* day to watch Alien. How’s about at 3pm EST? I’ve somehow never seen any o…
2019
RT @bigfinish: Here's one from the archives - the legendary Paul Darrow from #Blakes7 and his puppy Jessica #NationalPetDay https://t.co/nb…
Wattoo Wattoo https://t.co/FFyaIBIhS2 via @YouTube
@AngrySubEditor Sounds like a complete ’head.
RT @swear_trek: New on @GIPHY: https://t.co/FsSXHDNYGZ How early can we leave work https://t.co/JWvUQfpRn8
@craigmod Also: can we make it a law that if you can subscribe on the web, you must also be able to *unsubscribe* on the web, rather than having to call some clingy sales team?
RT @seventiesuk: This brings back Memories 🍫🍫 https://t.co/i6YQYKInUa
@fluffybex Awww! Wish I still had mine. I’d forgotten its existence completely.
“Alexa, ask Spotify to play music for reading.” “Shuffling Bible Reading from Spotify” Aaaaaaarghghgh! @SpotifyUK @AmazonHelp
RT @VisitTwinPeaks: Director David Lynch has blasted the entire Brexit narrative as ‘difficult to follow and impossible to understand.’ htt…
“…galactic rubber band with a martyr complex.” Snigger. #discovery
Oh, Fleabag. That was rather amazing.
2018
2017
RT @ASPolice: Thought we saw a collapsed male while on patrol in Glos Rd. Rushed to assist. It was just a reptile store owner walking his 4…
I honestly found it hard to tell if that was the policeman or a particularly paramilitary reptile store owner. I don't see the police often.
RT @jakepjohnson: Or - OR - I could just leave and never ever come back to your website https://t.co/soDMF6yjot
@talkie_tim Typical Friday night for me, right there.
@ovationchris Did you find your way to The National Museum of Computing? Seem to remember it wasn't that well signed from BP itself.
Bread and Butter Pudding - https://t.co/sL6h1K8GC9 https://t.co/gncr0barOq
Somewhat baffled by the mere existence of these chairs. https://t.co/sMqGOc189s https://t.co/Un0z5RE9bz
RT @Lynn_Nothegger: The entire nation of UK has to go and have a lie down now. We'll be right back, Twitter. https://t.co/1We25XSoU2
@BonjourBlogger Heh. For the latest one, convincing myself that I'd really manage to take a photo every day for a year ;D
@thefionagilmour Where?
@thefionagilmour Ta.
@thefionagilmour I’ve only eaten upstairs once, and that was a Christmas meal, so I can’t really judge it!
@thefionagilmour Used to go downstairs a fair bit, but oddly my last visit was a year ago yesterday! https://t.co/wlZ5GTtZvE
RT @reckless: This piece by @jjvincent on fooling AI image recognition with “adversarial images” is fascinating. https://t.co/AjAiSCIw1v
REMAIN INDOORS https://t.co/ZQ0JTkEhiV
2016
Going shopping. The Bristol way. #igersbristol https://t.co/H92gZKYz1G
Ah, Broadmead. Great to see such commitment to street drinking and shouty religion so early in the morning. #bristol
Wow. Hard sell on the Debenhams store card, there. Low pay plus commission for the till people, maybe?
Curses. @underfallpickle are closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Pump House it is. https://t.co/WvSiW0vXqA
That’s twice in 24 hours I’ve tried to go somewhere new in Bristol and they’ve been shut. Hurrah for old faithfuls.
RT @kayeblegvad: So excited that I've finally been ripped off by a major retailer! Never getting off my high horse now!! https://t.co/ABARa…
@antimitch Little cloudy, true. Tastes lush, though. It’s @NewBristol’s Beer du Jour.
@antimitch …and I spotted a specifically unfined beer on tap, so things may get cloudier!
@antimitch I may *have* to try the specifically unfined one now.
That’ll do. https://t.co/jcuOd0QQIt
@archidave Yeah, what can you do? I’m on foot, and I’d ruin my Pradas getting to the nearest Michelin star.
@NewBristol @antimitch I would agree wholeheartedly with this assessment.
@antimitch Well, if you *insist*. https://t.co/nuU8yKDsvZ
Two girls and dog at next table waiting for “Annoying Dan”. Wondering what will turn up.
@bexxi TWO men have turned up. One does look naturally annoying. Waiting to find out if I’ve guessed right ;)
@Bufty_Grifter I’ve got them tied with The Ox for best posh chips in Bristol. More research needed, clearly.
@bexxi Well, it’s all relative. It’s possible that Annoying Dan is yet to turn up and this guy is a mere amateur.
@Bufty_Grifter These are excellent. Perhaps a little more in a potato wedge direction than purebred chip.
@bexxi One clearly cannot judge a Dan by its cover. Annoying-looking bloke has just waved Dan goodbye.
RT @sblackmoore: Virgo: You will haunt the halls of a castle, cursed to frighten the living. This will last until Disneyland security kicks…
I have rescued a small insect from my beer. Status: alive, but acting quite pissed. Has not reattempted flight.
Ah, the “No! Really?” school of signage. https://t.co/e8fuxeD2pF
@bexxi Hurrah!
One in, one out. #bristol https://t.co/VNVbphRoai
@alicej_t Cleaning, tidying, general pottering. A little Bluetooth speaker is helpful.
2015
Snappity: Companion https://t.co/AXKSIYf1hu
2014
@Kavey Years of practice, after being taught by my dad. Cryptics are mostly combo of bad puns and puzzles; perfect for my brain ;)
@bdkjones Well, I suppose it wouldn’t be web development without me muttering, “*fucking* IE…” all the time. Thanks!
My carefully-tuned Saturday morning antennae were correct: Jehovah's Witnesses are knocking on doors in Hotwells.
@hayles Didn't bother reading the leaflet. I just ignored the door; it's a dead giveaway when they ring the upstairs buzzer first.
@hayles (And dragging kids around to doorstep people was the fully-identifying clue.)
@adamgasson It’s still helpful. If the buzzer from the intercom rings first: DANGER, WILL ROBINSON.
Hrm. I seem to have stumbled upon the Spotify Playlist "Endless Fucking Droning Noise".
Sushi (n): A practical joke played by the Japanese on westerners who *thought* they could use chopsticks.
Trying a @tinyrebelbrewco Full Nelson on the Grain Barge. Good stuff! #bristol http://t.co/LLr6x1jnpG
@chubbybannister @Bristolvor The people at Bristol Eye Hospital are very good and very thorough. Sure your GP will refer for anything odd.
@Bristolvor @chubbybannister Sounds like a plan.
RT @gcollazo: Hacker successfully uses Heartbleed to retrieve private security keys http://t.co/XW6ZxYKkQm
Mayflower. http://t.co/4ItKnCQmNk
RT @runciblespoon1: We are open, come and say hello Bristol @BristolPound http://t.co/JCnFtLBU3e
@runciblespoon1 *waves* Hello loves! Going well, then? x
@BabsBat Classy.
@runciblespoon1 Will do :)
Temba, his arms wide.
@petrillic @OpinionatedGeek You have got the Atom one running under haxm, right? Otherwise: yes.
2013
RT @hayles: GOOD MORNING EVERYONE HAPPY #SHOUTYFRIDAY! REMEMBER TO SHOUT AT EVERYONE TO TELL THEM IT IS FRIDAY TODAY. THEY MAY NOT KNOW ...
So sweet! Cloud Rainwater Pipe Attachment: http://t.co/BH0TpshxQC (via my friend Ryan on Facebook...)
*Wonders where @zinziii went*
@guriben Cybermum! Excellent.
@guriben Also: Good luck.
@HamjaAhsan @adambanksdotcom Actually, some people do. But it tends to get them in trouble. http://t.co/HVnJnCK6BV
@Thehappyfatgirl That's because I *always* know where you are. *Peeks out from behind tree*
Right. Blog post, more iOS learning, lunch at the Lounge, maybe a swing by @mshedbristol on the way home, then a bit of web work.
Why *does* WordPress always want me to approve pingbacks from my own blog to my own blog? You'd think it would figure out that I approve...
Siri, I hate you. "*Bebeep* Creating a reminder to make stew."
@benjohnbarnes :)
@cybermango You're moving in the wrong circles. Or I'm moving in the right ones.
@cybermango It probably helps that I tend to work from indie coffee shops quite often.
@cybermango You are not alone. I am currently working along to a French indie station with http://t.co/CxaZZlVA3i underneath it :D
@cybermango Streaming thing called A1IndieRadio, literally the first one in the list in iTunes' "indie" section under radio.
@cybermango :D
@cybermango I rarely hold out hope for businesses whose strategy is to call themselves A111111Windows or whatever, but this is an exception!
Virgin Mary (aka a "Bloody Shame.) @ Souk Kitchen http://t.co/xY15jhbHi5
From Vauxhall Bridge. #bristol http://t.co/AwYEPIsxM2
Henbury. http://t.co/LePyufnYRi
It smells nice in here. :) @ M Shed http://t.co/pj8RURYBUk
To be fair to myself, that would be on a *bad* day. http://t.co/tc60Tb28tr
@AndyMcCarthyUK I won’t! The phrase “free chocolate” tends to imprint itself pretty firmly on my mind :)
@AndyMcCarthyUK Ah, I headed for the Buttery for a tea. Now waiting for a ferry! Which way you headed? http://t.co/9xcRlA9e7G
Arse. http://t.co/MgVVKwLz7Z
Now that's a homeopathic medicine I would actually consider. (I don't think the dilution was quite so stern, either.) http://t.co/VbJtD6Nl8q
@_Pigeons_ Changed your mind yet?
@_Pigeons_ S'pose. I think my problem is that I don't care whether it's winter or summer, I'd just like it *not to rain* for a week or so.
@dangusset It's amazing how my creative angles are enhanced by finding the only thing I can rest my shaky hands on...
2012
RT @RopesToInfinity: Some people on here need to stop with the cryptic passive-aggressive tweets.
@tweetbot Is there a way of adding *myself* to one of my Lists in Tweetbot?
@hayles Ooooh, I've never been offered a three-way by a sex site.
RT @SourdoughCafe: Toastie machine finally died......: ( <-- Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
@BlackDogDays Hurrah! You're the right way up.
Shiny new toy. http://t.co/6t0NnhyW
RT @guriben: @gothick is that really called "Ainol"? hee hee anal. <-- Yup. I believe it's the Mandarin word for "marketing cock-up".
It even comes with ainol earbuds. Stop giggling. http://t.co/pia23Elx
This is why "grated" is not the best format for sandwich cheese. http://t.co/xXJZOGt7
@psidnell I wonder if anyone's still got stock of those things for making used soap leftovers back into a single bit of soap?
@psidnell Also, "Cheese Debris" is a good name for a disco covers band.
If you just got a foursquare invite from me, don't be surprised if I never actually check in. I was just cleaning the app and it went off.
@alexjbutcher Screen's a bit rubbish, and I'll need to flash the firmware to get volume buttons, but on the whole, great for...
@alexjbutcher ...my testing purposes and for the price, so ta for the recommendation!
RT @MacworldUK: Apple has begun internally seeding #iTunes 11, the next major release of iTunes for Mac and PC http://t.co/0sfT5E6a
(Yay! Another opportunity to play "how have they annoyingly broken podcast syncing *this* time, for Christ's sake?") #itunes11
@alexjbutcher I don't seem to have much need for a tablet in my life, so it's hard to get too excited about them.
@alexjbutcher I just want to make sure my apps work for people who *are* excited about them :)
@alexjbutcher I've got the 5" Samsung Galaxy Wi-Fi, and it's actually not a bad size. Think it's the same form factor as the Note...
@alexjbutcher ...which I keep on hearing quite good things about.
@alexjbutcher I suppose it's possible I'll use this tablet for something other than testing, but I can't think what.
@alexjbutcher I can't see a case where I'd want to edit on a tablet rather than on big calibrated monitor with Lightroom.
@alexjbutcher I sometimes use the MacBook Air when out and about. Think that covers my occasional need.
@stillawake Yay! Official-looking tat spam!
@Bristol_Culture @stillawake Probably to avoid being sued to death.
@jorence Is it the news about the microphyta, or the Jim Halen story?
2011
@MrMattAnderson http://read.bi/gKJF1p works for me.
RT @rbrwr: Follow @FirstOrbit for anniversary tweets of Gagarin's spaceflight now!
@tsunimee Probably because if we wrote it as Ю́рий Гага́рин nobody would know how to say it!
Caught @ Baristas Coffee http://instagr.am/p/DE8wP/
@tsunimee Back when they decided, I'm guessing it was harder to check what everyone else on the planet was calling things!
@simond You are not alone. On the other hand, it'll be interesting to see what Win7 is actually like.
@simond Not to me. Programming and writing are both still areas where, for me, native tools are still much nicer.
@benjohnbarnes @radeeboi They each have pros and cons. Thought I'm currently working on reducing the cons :) http://plixi.com/p/91759699
@Narshada Me too. I needed one *before* I went down with flu the week before last; now I look *really* bloody untidy.
RT @lorenmorris: What?! Cisco To Shut Down Flip Video http://t.co/LsPfYjx via @techcrunch
@lorenmorris Shame. Still niche for cheap robust video in my life. If filming while snowboarding, I'd rather drop a Flip than an iPhone!
@zen_habits Enjoy!
@fablor I have ten minutes to go until a massage. Mind if I fast-forward instead?
Just posted a photo @ Royal York Crescent http://instagr.am/p/DFwVK/
@penelopeelse Safari is lovely. What's up?
@penelopeelse Can be sensitive to more serious structural markup errors; looks like you've got malformed div tag, etc: http://bit.ly/hpTt2V
@penelopeelse Try hitting the more serious errors in the markup and the problem might just go away. Don't need to fix all the errors, though
@penelopeelse I'd at least fix the broken closing div, the unclosed image tags and the missing quotes around class names; should be quick.
@penelopeelse ...and it might just solve it.
@penelopeelse Yes, I know the feeling. And then you wake up grumpy and not wanting to carry on, too :)
@penelopeelse And, of course, the markup would only be my first guess. Odd that it looks okay in Chrome but not Safari. Hmm.
@penelopeelse Similar. They're both based on Webkit, using mostly the same engine for rendering pages.
@penelopeelse Suspicious that the left of the main body is aligned to the right of the menu. Something's not clearing.
@penelopeelse Heh. Ugly hack: adding a <br /> between the menu and the content_box fixes it. But I'm guessing...
@penelopeelse ...that maybe the content needs clearing to fit itself under the menu links properly.
@penelopeelse Maybe that'll give you enough of a direction for the morning :) Anyway. I shall now finish watching _The Professionals_!
@penelopeelse No worries!
@echofon The Cmd-Tab menu icon for Echofon Mac looks really low-res & blurry in the new version.
@NeilCrosby Oooh, is it out soon? Only played the first version for the first time in September last year!
@SpikyZebra @DrHairbear That reminds me of something... http://dermonprac.eu/
I will not go back and look at what @ahnlak is replying to. I will not go back and look at what @ahnlak is replying to. I will... @tsunimee
RT @codinghorror: authour pours soul into book for 5 years, publishes, bombs. author publishes blank book: bestseller. http://goo.gl/WE0vH
2010
@wikileaks Which of those two did they think it breached?
@bynkii Could you cope with cmd-Return to send, opt-Return for newline in Echofon? If so, Prefs->General->Send Tweets on cmd-Return.
"Morning, Matt!" "Morning, Steve!" http://twitpic.com/1f1r5p
Has the Google UK homepage dropped the option to search UK pages only? Or am I just being dense?
Odd. There for me in IE (6!) but not on Firefox. Something strange somewhere... http://bit.ly/d65jTB
@andybeebristol Latest Firefox. Wonder if work's proxy is doing something "clever"? Although there in IE6! Odd!
@floyduk I'm at work.
@floyduk Do you really think I wouldn't have tried that?
@floyduk ...and bear in mind I don't work in IT here!
Good call, @xabl! Clearing google.co.uk cookies fixed it. Now why would there be a "remove the whole point of this page" cookie?!
@floyduk Generally non-IT people in charge of budget who make the decision. Upgrading/testing 3rd-party systems can cost £100,000s.
@floyduk Also: I refer the hon. gentleman to the answer I gave earlier in the comments on this post :) http://bit.ly/cRavPY
@hannahnicklin At least you have that emergency sideways-rolling device on the back, so you won't end up like a helpless inverted tortoise!
@Zinziii ouch. As someone forunately blessed with apparently bulletproof teeth, I can only imagine. And sympathise. *hug*
Hmm. Just got text from Screwfix offering £35 off next order over £30. Erm...
@thomasvenables I draw your attention to another gentleman's observation on the subject: http://twitter.com/mattgemmell/status/12065576951
Have I posted this green tea teabag motto before? So sweet it probably bears repeating anyway :) http://twitpic.com/1f3d9d
@floyduk You do realise you're preaching to the converted, right?
@wshed I was warned off them by someone else, so have no personal experience.
OW MY THIGHS.
@floyduk Sorry to hear that. Hope she's okay.
Aha. New camera has dispatched. This will be the replacement for the one I washed the other month!
@asic69 try signing a non-proliferation treaty?
@asic69 It's either that, or sell them your jeans. But my information may be a little out of date.
@Ms_Mitch Incidentally, I think that was your 1,000th tweet :)
Watching @theindelicates live :) http://www.justin.tv/br/simonindelicate#r=XQZXnMc~
Not only do @theindelicates have a new album out, but you must visit their label, Corporate Records, just for logo joy http://bit.ly/auBo7U
@tweeny4 Does it feel nice, being Explored? :)
@xabl @talkie_tim Are you going to end up like Michael Gambon, and have a corner named after you?
@johnfbraun Pardon?