On This Day, 5 August
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RT @pechacek_amy: It feels illegal to know about these 20 websites:
2021
@davidcaolo No, clearly it's meant to be secured with https.
2020
RT @CarlGottlieb: In case you didn't know, you can get a crayon Visio stencil, for epic network diagrams like this https://t.co/MnQNmHWhFd
One if the best Microsoft products ever made but I feel like it’s only still on my shelf for nostalgia. #decluttering https://t.co/igl03odp9I
1600lm #hue bulbs. Hurrah! https://t.co/Oamz5cCZ9g
New Philips #Hue White A67 1600lm versus my old Hue White & Colour Ambiance 806lm. Not exactly night and day, but a very useful difference. https://t.co/ugNUtVW0jP
@bexxi It's all very dimmable and I've got lots of lights in there—just nice to have the option of big bright lighting when I'm doing something like the hoovering or whatever...
2019
2018
2017
I went to IKEA for some curtains. Random Extra Purchase this time was some battery IR-sensing LED lights for above… https://t.co/oebrDxMKiG
I think the new, longer ones look better. Which is a relief. Hemming curtains is fiddly, even cheatily with Wundawe… https://t.co/i5UVcRBWii
@BenPark I won't really be sure until it gets dark! Funnily enough, I'm trying another one I bought as a bathroom n… https://t.co/ORD0K2HpSd
Ooof. Segmentation fault. Core dumped. I don’t see many of those these days. https://t.co/LZ08ETdtdR
I feel this needs looking into more closely. https://t.co/FG3zc5Td26
2016
If you thought my Twitter was dull, you should see my Day One entries. https://t.co/jEwxCaea7h
@GreatDismal thanks to that juxtaposition, my new hipster bakery will be called Trowley and Crump.
The only problem with the mute filter I’m considering is that given how the year’s going I may actually miss the last trump.
@thekarleighshow Unfriendly, yet highly knowledgeable.
So obesity ages your brain by ten years, but reading extends your life. If anyone needs me, I'll be reading Voltaire on a rowing machine.
@peroty It's always good to have a spare letter, just in case one falls off (said Matt.)
Matt’s pet hates, #47637: People who use a “Σ” in place of an English “E” to advertise Greek things. #GRSSK https://t.co/6Wump1Nqzx
@pjakobs It ωinds me up :D
And in today’s somewhat unexpected turn of Twitter events… https://t.co/YrsJUbt9o3
@CharlieEsq_ What the actual fuck?
I understand the Yard are now interested. https://t.co/PXdj9HbmG5
@rbrwr :D
Pillage. https://t.co/sTH5QJtFyp
Plastics factory, council housing office, programmer, programmer, programmer, technical team leader, programmer. https://t.co/IWPfeqDBbf
RT @DomUtton: This, in the window of Short Cut Barbers in Brixham, literally never fails to make me laugh. https://t.co/HquiOnNf1V
2015
@waiyeehong I don’t really blog enough at the moment, but it’s turned on and working. I quite like it. http://t.co/8RCB2wNO5u
Processing a bit more than usual. https://t.co/nQaARo3ysE http://t.co/uIU6UPEVXV
2014
'Ere, they's proper Bristolian scaffolders outside moi window, babber.
It's definitely a two-coffee morning.
@dangusset How was I not following you? Now fixed.
@dangusset No; my Twitter view is normally a list rather than a timeline, and the list had you on anyway, so nothing should change...
RT @blunt_knives: Anyone in BS3 missing a commuter bike this morning? There's one in my garden, police aren't interested. @Bristol52 @Stole…
@corylus Ah well, at least we know it was just a cockup now.
My money’s on “drunken British idiot passenger.”
RT @JoshHartley_: Fighter escort http://t.co/uQXuKc8FAI
Updated: my old post on snapping @BristolBalloon morning mass ascents with a DSLR: http://t.co/oaOgmFYugv #photography
@simond No. And that's my last wrod on the subject. #finaltweet #perfect #nocorrectionsnow
RT @zachinglis: TIL in Stockholm, there is a speed camera lottery where good drivers can win money from the fines of speeding drivers http:…
@drewm Mine rounds off that feature by having a piercing beep that goes off at the end of the cycle. But minutes before the door unlocks.
@hayles Yup. Are you below the minimum, or did you not set up a payment method?
@hayles It's £25 for gift certificate or direct deposit, £50 for cheque.
@hayles (Should be able to see payments mounting up at https://t.co/HcPigQpALY )
@chubbybannister Very.
2013
@kavey Heya sweetie. What's that good, non-bank-breaking walkaround zoom you've got? (Tamron?) Friend wants to upgrade her kit lens.
@getrunningapp @sophie_flavell Hi Sophie! Sorry you're having problems. Can you let me know your username, either by reply here or...
@getrunningapp @sophie_flavell ...by mail to matt@splendid-things.co.uk? I'll activate you manually.
@sophie_flavell @getrunningapp You're now activated and should be able to log in. Not sure what's up with the email; I'll look into it!
@sophie_flavell @getrunningapp Glad to hear it. Any more issues, do drop us a line :)
So. Balloon Fiesta starts on Thursday. I'm quite partial to a Night Glow, myself. http://t.co/AdffC31dwf
@GEN_AHY @Tayyaba_Aguero @LaylaKateb @IamHaaris @SalaerAmir Huh?
@word_geek They are lovely. All a bit weather-dependent, mind. I am typing this with crossed fingers.
@GreatGeorgeWMB I think we're going to need a plumber, too.
RT @Bo_Benski: Holy shit. “@HistoricalPics: The baby cage, for hanging babies out of the window for families without a garden, 1937 http://…
Really, @kickstarter? On a checkout page? http://t.co/eLv5CizU7n
2012
@Souterain Hopefully I'll be there! Maybe I'll bump into you in a grotto :D
@Mouse_House Gawd, that looks nice. I've only ever had lunch there. You feeling less ill this morning, Mouse?
@ShabbyBean Really? Arse. I need to fit in a run at some point today, and rain-dodging isn't easy this weekend...
@Mouse_House Good attitude, Mouse.
@Mouse_House I find it very hard not to wallow around feeling sorry for myself when I'm ill. But getting out really does help, you're right.
@ShabbyBean Arse. Also wanted to go along to the Goldney Gardens summer party. Hrm. *Looks at sky*. Yah. See what you mean.
@ShabbyBean It started raining the moment your tweet arrived. I expect a rumble of thunder for your next words of prophesy.
In BTP, wondering if the gap in the rain will be long enough to go have cake at Goldney Gardens' summer party and check out the grotto.
@Souterain Right. On my way. I'll be the one that looks like me, only damper. With a tripod ;-)
Clues that one may be in Clifton Village, #315 @ Goldney House http://t.co/H1sZGGpQ
Fountain. http://t.co/kwxEWPbJ
So far I can heartily recommend the Amnestea at Goldney House ;) http://t.co/wJQMWBUY
@andybeebristol Ah! Wandering down to the “summer” party at all? Apart from the lack of summer, it’s quite nice.
.@Mouse_House Goldney House, top of Constitution Hill. Not normally open to the public. “Amnestea” today ;) http://t.co/OeMAj05Q
@andybeebristol Sounds like a plan. I have varying levels of freeness depending on the weather and the balloon fiesta :)
@andybeebristol ...but Wednesday lunchtime might be a goer?
@andybeebristol Pencilled :)
Bargin' it. http://t.co/CPU0xu4m
Oooooh. http://t.co/DwfY0JLv
2011
@food_writer You're still here really, aren't you?
Ooof. I may be running a tad late today.
@stillawake See if you can hook her up to a turbine and sell the excess back to the grid. #greenbabypower
RT @codepo8: Grammar test CAPTCHAs - http://bit.ly/griiDU
@DrHairbear I just had to return a baby caterpillar to the wild. #oddofficejobs
@BradleyLaw @AndyCarolan @asic69 @bertpalmer @ford_photo @gary8345 @Phooto Watch it, kid, or you'll get this walking frame upside your head.
@food_writer @SamsSecretTea Heh. Well, I'm impressed. Normally takes me an hour to get off here after I announce I'm going!
As soon as I had the idea for this website this morning, I knew someone would already have done it: http://umbrellatoday.com/
@archidave That sounds like one of those excruciating trade newspapers ;)
RT @GreatGeorgeWMB: My three o'clock goes out to @gothick. #bell #dedication #Bristol <-- Ding *dong* :)
RT @codepo8: If a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody around to hear it, some hipster will buy the soundtrack.
This is actually how the pub was feeling for me towards the end of the evening. http://flic.kr/p/aagKAQ (courtesy @rbrwr)
@oxfamcothambook @BlackDogDays Thank you, lovelies.
TiredAfterALongWalkHomeBooth http://dailybooth.com/u/aqpni
@hayles I never do things at the last minute. I'm always far later than that.
2010
@johnfbraun Ah, okay! Well, when Verizon does finally get the iPhone, give me a prod and I'll drop you codes for whatever we're selling :)
This morning's scary thought: It's now exactly a month to go until the Bristol Half Marathon. Urp.
Morning #commutergraphy. Waiting in the sun. #Bristol http://twitpic.com/2br72e
@technex Wow! After that, you'll be really, _really_ safe.
@technex Wow. So, is it British Nuclear Fuels, or just a really overenthusiastic boring office?
Why doesn't @evernote for Windows have actual English as a spell-check option? Two different types of Portugese, but only US English...
The guy who always refers to this year as "two ten" is now using the word "transparity" at me. Must... Control... Fist... Of... Death...
RT @ahnlak: @gothick Maybe I'm just overgeeky but my immediate translation of "transparity" was some sort of cross dressing error correc ...
@ahnlak There's a joke about hamming distance in there somewhere, but I'm not sure I want to go there...
@psidnell @ahnlak Yes, I believe you're right. But what I really need is something to protect me from complete moronicity.
Tech journos! Your challenge for the day: write an article about the demise of Wave that doesn't use any water-based metaphor.
@tsunimee Awesome! Bonus point for extra naughtiness.
@chrismarquardt Yeah, espresso, well-known for helping one wait patiently for things ;)
RT @mikedunn: UK Kindle store is up- and magazines aren't too badly priced either (especially hard/expensive to obtain US mags) http://b ...
@hayles Hmm. Because it looks like someone's put Brunel in an iPod ad?
@NiallOswald Well, I do. It's similar to the way I can listen to Pete Doherty without doing drugs.
@Dichohecho @nialloswald No, I'm pretty sure I'd still need surgery before I listened to Michael Jackson.
@NiallOswald @talkie_tim I am now listening to Sixpence None The Richer :)
It's quite a sweet and intriguing bit of marketing. On the statue plinth in Queen Square. http://twitpic.com/2bvdox
@jonhickman The Good, the Bad and the Balti?
Heh. Just added some jQuery to the Contact page on my blog so that if someone puts "SEO" in the message, it removes the submit button :D
2009
I'm a retrosexual: I can only just remember what it was like...
Today I did run one of week three! #getrunning http://bit.ly/1187IA
No, Sun, I do _not_ wish to install the Yahoo! Toolbar. #java #annoying #creepware
2008
@Phooto I did seriously try Eclipse once, but I've had far fewer problems installing entire operating systems from source...
@Phooto Dear God, you got Eclipse running on Windows? I tried once, but I only had 4GB of RAM, so I couldn't load any plugins...
Limping to work.
2007
All you can eat Chinese... The perfect Sunday lunch,
In the watershed, eating carrot cake for breakfast