On This Day, 5 September
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RT @AggressiveCurl: Who would have thought that @TikTok would decide to store all their internal backend source code on one Alibaba Cloud i…
@dangusset Nice. I had another of my last-minute inspirations. 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
@bboreham @timmisiak @ericlaw This might be the role I've been looking for all my life. Love putting on that deerstalker and tracking something down.
2021
RT @NickHowes13: The mighty Bristol Castle complex then & now, seen in context with the 2 vaulted chambers (circled) that have just reopene…
2020
@LoggingEnabled So in summary, devs are weird :D
Diagnosis. https://t.co/pIU7FGIahM
RT @Avon_Stories: Today’s adventure will follow the Malago up to Dundry - starting in @ManorWoodsVG https://t.co/D4vGiqP4zM
Back from a wander with @Avon_Stories and @Bingo_Little. https://t.co/x6HFh6JW1A
@ovationchris @Avon_Stories @Bingo_Little That's the Barrow Gurney Reservoirs as shot from a wander down the hill from Dundry. https://t.co/lyE5zn6cAU
RT @DaisyBard: any other year we wouldn’t need this reassurance https://t.co/TcBxfQo4Bf
RT @reckless: It’s been like six years of USB-C and you can’t buy a hub with multiple USB-C ports and all my cables look the same but suppo…
RT @kosherhotdogz: commercials responding to increasingly dire circumstances https://t.co/aqvWFt9Wn3
2019
@tweethue Are the Hue servers having problems? Can't even get the iOS Hue app open past the splash screen at the moment.
@WorksWithWords Well, I imagine that being forced to study it in school could put you off it for life, so...
RT @ICHIcreator: I made a musical installation called TOBOGAN GAKKI at end of the road festival. It’s inspired by a children’s toy from Cze…
2018
@OpinionatedGeek This is also not reassuring if one’s just read Station Eleven.
RT @DLind: ALWAYS PROOFREAD YOUR COPY https://t.co/p3PXjSSJqC
2017
Back to work. https://t.co/3E2q6fTUH7 https://t.co/aksEo6g0K4
Gosh. One of my lovely local pubs. Glad nobody was hurt. https://t.co/4GOroXlDSx
2016
@CharlieEsq_ Yeah. Don’t know who first tried the idea of crossing a horse and a radish, but they were definitely a genius.
That thing where arranging for someone to visit suddenly makes you painfully aware of how messy your flat is.
Scanner. https://t.co/Y4Sn2nnAO7
@EffBeeee Blimey. Hope the new one’s as good.
@griffinkate Sometimes it’s because I’m personally interested in the link but think my followers won’t be…
@griffinkate …e.g. I see a lot of programmers tweeting good stuff but know most of my followers couldn’t care less about it.
Housekeeping. https://t.co/7uFqGJFkEY
BBC News - In pictures: The Prisoner at 50 https://t.co/0H8wtvmM9A
@djelibeybi_meg A very carefully chosen angle 😀
RT @BBCTech: Warner Brothers reports own site as illegal https://t.co/5g7NOuQQk9
@chrisphin Another addition to my list of things that people have clearly been waiting impatiently for but that I've never heard of!
@chrisphin Ah! Now *that* one would very much be a "finally!" for me.
@chrisphin Ah. Gotcha. My BT use is all little mono speakers for podcasts, so not so much of an issue.
2015
RT @peterholt99: What heresy is this!?, "@NHSChoices: Stretching before exercise is a common practice, but is it effective? http://t.co/Dr…
Bridge swing. https://t.co/A64XRpdQbF
Gradually waking up. http://t.co/MwPgdVPDjf
RT @recantha: What programmers say vs What they mean. Well spotted @ryanteck http://t.co/X70WdAf9jy
RT @Budzaya: Parenthood in one picture. (Fan mail made by @TheAwkwardYeti for @Lunarbaboon) http://t.co/9zatWTh45y
@Kavey I’m sure we’ve all been there! :q!
@Kavey I still use Emacs a few times a week. And probably cling to the same few tricks I learned with it in 1991 :)
Woke up tired and headachey. Been out for coffee, had lunch, now to see if I can actually do useful things this afternoon.
@harryo Sure the bottom half of YouTube will never run dry on that score.
@Kavey Why what? Why use it? Because it’s quick, powerful, comes with the Mac, and is also good on remote servers.
Pretty sure the only way to deal with an intermittent phone line fault is to move house.
@_pigeons_ Thanks!
@_pigeons_ Hah! Fab. Where’s that?
I got "Professional editor". Now all I need to do is write something to edit... https://t.co/6xbLtL8iv5 #quizzes via @kavey
RT @ValaAfshar: 30 years ago he spoke to his watch and owned a driverless car. A true tech visionary and pioneer. http://t.co/2DeD9CTX6e
RT @OpinionatedGeek: Bit of a pricing irregularity... I'm not sure it's worth £22.50 to /not/ get the CD. http://t.co/zzEDp7SEyF
Working out the intro to Gunga Din :) #TheLibertines https://t.co/hnYLdOMTVT
RT @Lucyvfreeman: Crikey. An expert in women's orgasms is following me. Am trying to follow back but so far it's taken me 20 minutes and my…
2014
@guriben Imagining The Redcross Street Bellowers as the worst barbershop quartet of all time.
Heading home. http://t.co/UtUQUsz7Cq
Ominous. http://t.co/9u7fa7FfUI
@archidave I think you just intone the department name three times whole holding a three ring binder to summon them.
@benjohnbarnes Shh! I don’t want to start a panic.
@anna_debenham Wow, are they still going? They ran ads in the back of magazines when I was a kid. Bugs disguised as ashtrays, so forth.
No, *you're* taking photos when you should be finishing that paperwork. http://t.co/NvKFnyQddR
@capoapp Was just editing a file, saved, updated to latest Capo, now it won't load. Any hints? Thanks! http://t.co/Ug2IKiqZpW
Going back through old photos. Little Permahog the hedgehog, here just created, is now two years old... http://t.co/a3HVqBF4Cw
2013
At the Beer Emporium. http://t.co/OXi4qg1fNc
@ahnlak Look what’s on tap here! http://t.co/cvsDTFnglz
@jakepjohnson Gorgeous. Still ordering beer :)
2012
Today I will be battling with the Facebook Open Graph API. (That's similar to battling a dragon, but with less documentation available.)
Also: I ran out of decaf, so I'm on full-strength morning coffee for the first time in a while. I may be a bit bouncy. Sorry.
@ahnlak Not when you're trying to use the damn thing from a mobile app, it hasn't.
@ahnlak Sadly, it kinda is just the same. Which is why I just had to implement a web service for Get Running, *purely for Facebook posts*.
@ahnlak And maybe it's just me, but I find the WordPress documentation a lot more sensible.
@ahnlak At least you have the option of reading the source with WordPress :)
@ahnlak I'm using a nice, Facebook-provided Java library. But it's still a royal pain to post stuff on someone's timeline...
@ahnlak Yup. But I'm used to working with slightly crazy legacy code all day long, so maybe that's good experience for WordPress :D
@Thehappyfatgirl BOUNCE
@KaveyF I'm hoping you mean Friday, but yes!
@hayles I want ribs. Bit scared that I have the dentist at 2pm, though. "WHAT... *HAPPENED* IN YOUR MOUTH, MR GIBSON?" "RIIIIIBS."
@guriben @jakepjohnson @hayles I may try to use that line. But it's dangerous when audience have pointy things and drills.
@talithahg I like the way you posed with it next to an In Case Of Fire sign :)
Jogging past sunset. http://t.co/spDC3SJX
@DaveLincoln Girl, Interrupted.
2011
@arlinelyons oops! Ta!
All Yesterday's Parties http://t.co/zXGCjfJ
On the boat heading for the first day back at work since Thursday before last. *sigh*. Still, in a few weeks will be a free agent!
@codepo8 Oooh. And I'm almost as impressed with jsfiddle working well enough to see it on the phone as I am with the effect :)
@codepo8 The layout breaks a bit when the size of the result pane expands, but the animation works fine on iPhone. http://t.co/fRapjTN
@codepo8 Well, it's not like tiny screens make the best dev environments. I guess they'll target more as tablets take off.
@hayles GRRRRR.
@talkie_tim I buy you a pint in advance, will you do something awesome for me later?
@archidave Really? I haven't!
@Phooto Doesn't that also make it your 60th, though? #octalhurts
@MrGreenGus Oh, at last. When's that coming, then?
@MrGreenGus (Also, I'd quite like it just to work with my existing actual Oyster card, but I suppose that's too much to hope for...)
@MrGreenGus Ta!
On Sunday I'll be running the Bristol Half Marathon for St. Peter's Hospice. All donations gratefully received! Thanks! bit.ly/matthalf2011
@amberanima Thanks :)
@stillawake Thanks! :)
@MrGreenGus Hrm. "ITSO smartcard" says article. "Oyster is not compatible with the ITSO specification" says Wikipedia. Bah.
@MrGreenGus Something tells me this is going to end up "a bit like Oyster, only crapper."
@paulahillier Good choice. I am never using irritating-opera-singer-company. #annoying #votingwithmywallet
@guriben @MrGreenGus @amberanima With a real oyster, you always get a seat to yourself. #greatadvertisingcopy
@amberanima @MrGreenGus @wood5y I use buses rarely so cost doesn't bother much. Just want to avoid scowly drivers snarling about exact fare!
@amberanima @MrGreenGus @wood5y I've just been walking everywhere since I worked out it averaged faster than the bus most of the time!
@MrGreenGus @wood5y @amberanima Good or bad, hope they call it the Oystal Card. Also, machine should say "Cheers, drive" when Oystaling out.
Bristol folks: consider allowing an extra half-hour for your journey home if you're walking *into* the wind.
@RamonYouseph I should've worn my larger anorak, to facilitate tacking.
RT @Andrew_Smith_DW: Smiling at Katy Manning's quip at yesterday's screening: "Tom Baker is only person I know who as he gets older is s ...
Roughly halfway through Sunday's half marathon, I will pass 1,000km of recording running on RunKeeper :) http://t.co/lL8F4Sn
@r0bb1eh Excellent! A good slow plod all the way round, that's my plan :D
@arlinelyons Thanks!
@EmmaFurious Yes, indeedy. Good luck, @BlackDogDays. Will be thinking of you.
2010
@parryphernalia Well done, sir!
@hayles Erm. I meant "have to". What the hell is Kaveri?
@Ben_Zen What's wrong with it?
Hah! Seen in my street. #catbinlady http://yfrog.com/epfsoqj
@Ben_Zen Oh, the desktop one? Gotcha. I only use the official app on the phone, I use Echofon on the desktop.
@Ben_Zen Oh. Erm. Works fine for me.
RT @Hicksdesign: Actually, I really like the new iTunes icon! Only joking. If icons were fonts it would be Marker Felt
@fluffybex Hmm. What kind of fish?
@fluffybex I think either flying fish or swordfish would probably beat carrying some moonbeams around in a jar.
@fluffybex Yeah, but: Swordfish. "LOOK AT MY NOSE! IT'S A SWORD!"
On way to start. Just passed @jorence :) #bristolhalf http://yfrog.com/euc4vsj
That's done, then :D #bristolhalf
Thank you for the kind words, all. Now, if you'll excuse me, I and my thighs have a rather pressing appointment with this bottle of Radox.
Race report: http://bit.ly/c3EDUI
@hayles Well, you won't Kaveri feed them for the rest of the weekend. I'm still stuffed.
Well done to all those other crazed Bristol types who did the #bristolhalf today. Fun, wasn't it? #ohmyachingthighs
Hurrah! Official time now in: 02:53:43.
@Eyoki All good. Dreading tomorrow's aches, but apart from that, all good, thanks :)
@parryphernalia Good advice. I'll try for a brief wander this evening, and I'll probably walk into town for lunch tomorrow.
@BradleyLaw If it helps, that's a standard PCB-mount potentiometer.
@BradleyLaw You'll need to know the resistance and whether it's linear or logorithmic to replace. Should be stamped on it somewhere.
@BradleyLaw Seriously; three minutes with a soldering iron and it'll be fine.
@BradleyLaw Fair enough.
I would like to thank The Libertines, Kenickie, Sleater-Kinney and Speech Debelle for keeping me company on the Portway :) #bristolhalf
@canofpopcom Well done, fella! :)
Taking @parryphernalia's advice, and heading out for a bit of a leg-stretching walk. Might make the morning easier...
@hayles It's Mike and Jess's trick too! They took me there after the 10K and it seems to be becoming a tradition. Hurrah!
2009
@hayles Well, it's either a quite good Candian budget horror film, or a bloody awful new TV show.
Watching someone who appears to be @MitchBenn in viking getup in an episode of Blake's 7...
Have ditched Parallels 3 and started using VirtualBox. Not worth the upgrade price for testing web pages in IE6 every other month...
@jacrats Yup, apparently that's exactly what it was. Scared me the last time they did that, too!
@Squonk Thanks! Yeah, it's all @benjohnbarnes fault for writing an iPhone app for the C25K :) http://bit.ly/4EuAOh
Well, that was easy peasy lemon squeezy. #c25k Week 7 run 1 done and dusted! http://bit.ly/TgURf #getrunning
@muirium Ah, that would make sense. BAe Bristol are down that way; I believe they built bits of it. Ta!
Bloody great aeroplane just crossed low over Portway. Did I miss a memo?
@dressjunkie Red. More drama.
Hrm. Mild drizzle. On the other hand, mild drizzle might turn out to be the best running weather we'll have today... #getrunning #c25k
In the window of BTP, gently steaming. Have I got less fit with all this running, or is it muggy today?
2008
In Lightroom, I've noise-reduced a photo. The noise still shows up in the loupe in Develop, but disappears in Library mode. Any ideas?
Don't worry, @irishbelle2001, 30 can be a pretty fine age :) Happy Birthday!