On This Day, 22 October
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@bexxi Someone annoyed you enough for you to run them through an industrial macerator?
Time to dust off some of my Android apps and do a bit of modernisation. https://t.co/o2FnrlnEt4
@iamtheshunt1 @ubereuger A professional investor recently told me that his top two pieces of advice were 1) never try to be clever and 2) try not to look.
@Bristolvor @archidave @chubbybannister I go through phases. Currently HP is for virtually everything, but it's still tomato for chips.
@corylus @chubbybannister @DigitalJonathan Let's get Cameron back, just because he bloody deserves it.
"The Prisoner" theme music ends. David Cameron gets out of bed, stretches, pulls back the curtain to his travellers' hut window and stands frozen, aghast. There he is, back at Number 10, looking out at Downing Street. A lectern stands waiting. https://t.co/P8hHx6K1QM
Linux geeks, I run a little web server and I'm interested in measuring its resource usage (memory, CPU, maybe more detailed stuff to do with Apache/PHP) over some months while I try a few different things to reduce load. Any tips/tools? Ta.
@KWargamer Fab, ta!
@tothemax2050 For the comfort of an old friend, known and familiar, or for the adventure of finding yet more depth and understanding in something that's worthy of getting to know all over again.
@beardedjourno Saw someone this morning boarding down from the roof level of the Galleries' car park. Maybe they got confused!
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RT @catandgirlcomic: Give me that old-fashioned formless void https://t.co/NyKZIGz5Me
@delightfulrepas @lickedspoon This is often done slightly sneakily with a "web beacon" https://t.co/eQSy5ojzoM -- each email has a picture loaded from the sender's web server with a unique link, so the sender can tell you're reading the mail when a request for that particular image hits their server.
Where is Jessica Hyde?
@unfortunatalie I first saw it in my twenties, I think. Still love that ending.
@RellyAB This is the kind of thing I’m hoping to discover for myself at some point.
2019
It’s hard to beat Ilford XP-2 Super for atmospherics. From a trip to Weston-super-Mare with @Bingo_Little. Leidolf Lordomat 35mm. 1/2 https://t.co/MpMJaNBciI
@Bingo_Little It’s hard to beat Ilford XP-2 Super for atmospherics. From a trip to Weston-super-Mare with @Bingo_Little. Leidolf Lordomat 35mm. 2/2 https://t.co/GWb3Rwq1zc
@krzyzanowskim @pilky If you call them from within the UK, bear in mind our parliament has declared that CGFloat.pi is exactly 3.
@iamtheshunt1 My great success was the Scheduling Process for the Intelligent Distribution of Every Renewal.
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@_pigeons_ *Waves*
@C_J_Fox Well done. Doing the cryptic right now and it's a bugger.
@C_J_Fox It's mostly practice and the ability to cope with dreadful puns.
The end of a Hotwells institution? Have enjoyed many a drunken takeaway from this fine establishment over the years… https://t.co/39OvZikFEU
RT @Shane_Conneely: So, yesterday, a coalition of fridges attacked my meme supply by shouting at the internet's invisible phone directory.…
In an awful Tesco Express. Wander from desolate shelf to desolate shelf. "Help is coming," intones a robot, repeatedly. I am not reassured.
@chubbybannister Ideal Chinese/chippy.
@ahnlak No baskets, no thyme/Nor any hope for mankind/A Tesco Express.
@RedQueenCoder @jterhorst Sorry. It's what sprang to my mind first, too. Call it a "ring" instead as a compromise ;)
@RedQueenCoder @jterhorst @mdhughes No, I can't recall using one in the last decade or two. Well, not one I wrote myself, at least.
@RedQueenCoder @jterhorst @mdhughes But you're asking for trouble with a card game, beloved example of CS textbooks everywhere 😃 ♣️
@RedQueenCoder @mdhughes @jterhorst No reason not to.
@RedQueenCoder @mdhughes @jterhorst (Though if someone might want to leave/join your game at an arbitrary position a list would be easier.)
@ahnlak Wasn't it just a montage of people fighting against a background of a burning crisps aisle?
@RedQueenCoder @mdhughes @jterhorst Whatever's cleanest at the moment is all you need. Refactoring in face of real future changes...
@RedQueenCoder @mdhughes @jterhorst ...much more important than trying to code for possible futures that may never arrive.
@RedQueenCoder @mdhughes @jterhorst That's programming. The ability to sew your foot back on with one hand while the other's still shooting.
@hondanhon Oh Christ.
Sigh. https://t.co/T4IUS89mJr
Bristol Rye. https://t.co/DrLvps8RDa
@saltwateritch Hah! I only have to get up as far as Hope Chapel and I still feel like I need "steadying" quite often.
As you do. #bristol #igersbristol https://t.co/HfXODPwR5T
Headed home. https://t.co/7KdpWHFBtb
I spent ten minutes look up and trying to figure out what strange bird was hovering high over the harbour today. https://t.co/rxd90wcpHN
It was only when I got home and digitally zoomed in on the images that I realised someone had lost their string of… https://t.co/Ydy0hWoVs3
Splish splash. https://t.co/hAbxbHnuMj
@saltwateritch Nostalgia :D https://t.co/WWP3Buyyl3
2015
Christ’s sake, Apple, I have to get back to work. https://t.co/786zdGyynH
@drdrang Normal British protocol would be to politely pretend the amazing tail didn’t exist.
@hayles Current status: scrolling back through your timeline now I’ve done a software update to see what those Emoji were…
@hayles 🤘🕶
2014
Flickr answers XKCD's Park/Bird strip: http://t.co/l5FEbJ0Ckw
RT @TrooperSnooks: With no Jedi apprentices to train, Yoda is reduced to preventing unsafe boiler use these days. http://t.co/SIq7SDsNG1
@benjohnbarnes Flickr's "Park or Bird" write-up seems to show that they can recognise sunsets with their neural net! http://t.co/Ap41yX0gn0
@ahnlak :D
@ahnlak It probably does!
Yes. It was somewhat tempting to push the first one over and watch what happened. http://t.co/67YWbJZSel
@simonmaddox Tried doing it from iTunes?
@Bristol52 I'd have thought the Smiths in the Galleries would be the best bet. Used to be a couple of indie stationers, but no more.
@Bristol52 Also, is chocolate on your list twice over? I like that in a list...
RT @MarcherLord1: Our Broadband went down y'day so my daughters came downstairs to actually speak to me. Seem like nice girls, though talle…
2013
Processing photos with 10,000 Maniacs in the background. Not a bad way to spend a rainy morning.
RT @netmag: How to create iOS7 with Microsoft Word - http://t.co/bd96sayuNz
(I already thought MS Word had *way* too many features. Turned out I didn't know about 90% of them...)
Just been traffic censused. #bristol
@Dru_Marland Really? Oh. Well, then... *scream* *rant* That's *THREE WHOLE MINUTES* of my life I'll NEVER GET BACK! *screech* *gibber*
@Trangofarm From and to, how often I did the journey, work-related or not. That was about it. Only took a few minutes.
2012
RT @Bristol_Jane: Err, is it legal for Subway to advertise for only female staff? Surely anyone can make sandwiches? http://t.co/Phjnw4hO
@benjohnbarnes I had to reboot mine so the shutter didn’t lag behind the flash a couple of weeks ago :(
Snappity: he looked like he might be one of the artists, and it turned out he was. Rodney Beecher Roberts at the RWA: http://t.co/Ozd1X1zt
@benjohnbarnes You might still find The Intouchables in a cinema near you, if you've not seen it. Great film. http://t.co/PTDmF5LD
Heading into town. @ Brunel's ss Great Britain http://t.co/DqYQ8tEQ
@liveindetail That’s recessions for you v
At home pottering in peace all morning. No phone calls. Set foot on loud boat into town: three callers wanting me to be at home. Bah.
Political platform. #bristol @ The Grain Barge http://t.co/nXiNhjX1
RT @UrsulaWJ: what, seriously, they've sentenced scientists to jail for failing to predict an earthquake? I'm off to round up the econom ...
2011
@MrsVeee I did? Doesn't seem like their demographic!
Xania lighthouse http://t.co/Fq0dKfOR
My dad has definitely gone native. http://t.co/aRrTSjpP
2010
Wow. GoDaddy's homepage now looks so sleazy that I don't want to open it at work. Someone else it is, then.
Anyway. Morning all! http://yfrog.com/n9fp1iyj
Arse. Next Friday will be the last #Bristol Ferry Boat morning commuter run. Service stopping because there's not enough money in it :(
@archidave Low numbers, plus no increase in subsidy. No cut, though. Sigh. 20 years, that morning commuter service has run.
RT @BinaryDad: I'M NOT SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY. I'M JUST GENUINELY ENRAGED BY THE CONCEPT.
@DrHairbear Response: "Then I'm afraid I can't find your degree."
RT @CllrJonRogers: 37 free Wi-Fi hotspots are being launched by the city council. Includes 2 in St Pauls. see http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ ...
@alexjbutcher Ooh, good question.
I really need to get back to programming for a living. MI reporting is okay, but doesn't give me as much helping-people-out satisfaction.
Pickled eggs, gourmet stylee! #Bristol #Harbourside http://yfrog.com/eqzp6ej
Still sad about the morning commuter service stopping. Been using it for 15 years, I reckon :( #Bristol #ferry
@ratsass For good, though they're trying to find another firm to take over. It's just so friendly; it's like an anti-bus.
@SpikyZebra Tried Clifton Wine Cellar? I find him very non-partisan in that respect. And have never knowingly worn suit or brayed in there.
@KaveyF This is all I know so far: http://bit.ly/ferryletter
@tom_watson When was the last time someone put 50p in the meter?
@hayles Yup. Though saw it in reverse last night as bloke bought stuff in Boots while on phone; neither eye-contact nor a single word to SA.
@seengee Sorry it took me so long to laugh at that, but I had to wait for my secretary to print my tweets out.
2009
@macworld I don't need them to dissect it, I need them to tell me if I'll want to throw it through a window a month after I buy it!
On the ferry, watching the ducks go by. Sometimes mornings are nice, if you pay attention.
@benjohnbarnes Stop philosophising and #getrunning, you!
(via @bananza) Yay! Beards! http://bit.ly/7qtYH
Dammit, wish TweetDeck would only shorten URLs if it needed to.
@dktom yes, and if you check it it shortens URLs even if your tweet is tiny anyway. I want it only to shorten if tweet exceeds char limit.
@benjohnbarnes So concentrate on the Australian market! Spring is in the air...
@paulahillier I shall add that to my "stuff not to do" list.
Yes, iPhone, but it mightbe helpful if you told me WHICH item! http://twitpic.com/mh1d4
@hayles Bunnies? In the shower? Testing shampoo, presumably...
Think I'm going to nip out for a pleasant, slow run. Haven't had a relaxing one for a while.
I still say it should be "MacBooks Pro", not "MacBook Pros".
@hayles "Yes; I strangle irritating shop assistant with them. It's my hobby. What was your name again, dear?"
@hayles I did the same thing the other night. Pro: I made it myself. Con: it gave me heartburn :(
@MrsFellah I have those auto-changed to "low" importance by a rule. It's never misclassified a mail yet.
I'm such a technomasochist. No matter how fast a computer I'm using, I load it to the point where it has problems keeping up with my typing.
@hayles Aliens. It must be aliens.
Is it wrong that most of the computing power of my iMac has this week been used for playing Starship Command in a BBC model "B" emulator?
2008
@ahnlak Oooh, is it out that soon over here? And is it T-mobile (as in no-bloody-T-mobile-reception-in-my-flat) exclusive?
@pjakobs He must have pretty good grip, too :)
@MelKirk Well, I slightly prefer it to lipgloss on boys, but it's not my cup of tea. On the other hand, I'm not exactly a style guru.
@chriswebb That's fantastic! Retweeting Chris Webb: "Scotch Tape emits X-rays" http://tinyurl.com/5h5l4p
Just finished watching an episode of Airwolf. Perfect exercise-bike entertainment.
@Artoo_UK you need to replace the switches with those cool missile-launch buttons with flip-up safety catches!
@D4L I have my name & mobile number on a sticker just above the keyboard in anticipation of a moment like that!