On This Day, 30 April
2026
2025
2024
2023
@GrammarTable Never even thought about a tent! Assumed we were discussing a treatise on the Marquis de Sade, say...
2022
RT @ememess: The basic issue with a Musk takeover is this odd idea of Twitter as “town square”. It’s not. It’s a pub. And in a pub, if you’…
@TunafishTiger @twostraws "Congratulations. You are our new CEO..."
@ahnlak @foodurchin This is the kind of content I signed up to Twitter for.
RT @RantingOwl: Well shit. https://t.co/aQ7PcJbJWP
@bettywoolerton First bit you pass is the bricked up steps down to the old ferry crossing. Anyone know someone very enterprising with a boat? (Seriously, though, I feel for both pedestrians and Wapping Wharf traders. What a pain.)
RT @liveindetail: The default password on my new @virginmedia router sounds like a noise Stephen Fry might make https://t.co/Xfz8u1BMz3
Focus https://t.co/SpISdYZMWn
RT @susie_dent: Should you need it at the end of a long week, to 'soss' (18th century) is to flop heavily onto the nearest sofa/chair/bed.
No, Twitter, it’s the *last* day of April today. https://t.co/xWMGSGUvyG
(Who had “hexagonal NFT profile pictures will arrive before an Edit button” in the late-stage Twitter sweepstake?)
@ahnlak I believe you just answered your own question.
RT @Hadrians_Gate: “It’s a trap!” https://t.co/Wu8vCuMuGZ
2021
RT @JaneSamuels: Controversy in Todmordens little free libraries. https://t.co/HhPdS1VpyA
RT @helenleigh: I didn't rip apart an expensive computer and put it back together again at 12. I didn't use a soldering iron until I was in…
RT @Seej500: "Do I have ADHD? No. My body just doesn't excrete the REWARD CHEMICAL when I think about doing the washing up, and frankly it'…
2020
RT @samaracello: It was only a matter of time before I did one of these #sorrynotsorry https://t.co/bMu23N4iFr
RT @cgpgrey: Spaceship You: https://t.co/KYG58P6Upz
RT @dusttodigital: Remembering Reverend Gary Davis, born on this day in 1896 in Laurens, South Carolina. Here he is playing “If I Had My Wa…
2019
RT @goulcher: help I can't stop watching her knife trick https://t.co/Y3tOTONggU
RT @Triangle__Walks: @fourfoot Most human behaviour does this. In no particular order: 1. Stopping in shop doorways for conversations / di…
@fourfoot Hi! Thanks for the follow!!! Here’s some really important information about subscribing to my newsletter!!!
A perennial complaint, I know, but I am truly curious as to what brought about the mass cafe back-pedal re the invention of the fork. https://t.co/nIvYyXu3id
@lu1820 @AskLloydsBank I’m getting the same with the website. Trying to pay myself this morning and it finally worked on the fourth try! Not reassuring…
@waiyeehong Well butter my flapjack and call me Shirley.
RT @samjordison: In a funny kind of way, this is the most revealing tweet @adamboultonSKY has ever written about what’s wrong with the UK,…
@UrsulaWJ Still tempted to start a campaign, if only because I could call it Why Don’t You Give a Fork?
Um. So, out of interest, how many of you have had a secret crush on nine of your friends at once? Am I doing secret crushes wrong? Seems high. https://t.co/ai2aUkv1zI
Also, you know, UGH. But still curious.
Scattergun Lust #nameofmysextape https://t.co/A0QogAX9Kv
2018
@Bristolvor Yur, it’s good stuff!
RT @jamesrbuk: This is funny when you think it’s a tweet, then just gets grimmer as you realised it’s a thread. Then downright bleak when y…
@tomcoates If it wasn’t a pain in the arse, it just wouldn’t be Adobe.
2017
Left Handed Giant - https://t.co/rxTl7VyJN3 https://t.co/HmOJYrXOIB
@CharlieEsq_ Aww. I'm surprised I and my hangover didn't spot you two. :D
When your interest in football extends only as far as making sure it’s safe to step outdoors.
2016
Saturday sundae. https://t.co/dm9QXXtYYJ
2015
Gorge is pretty tonight. #bristol http://t.co/OHVGxCXCdg
Tobacco Factoryin’.
@kissane I can’t figure it out. I am reading much, much less. But if a new book from a favourite author comes out, I devour it.
@kissane I think it’s one of those cases where it’s hard to tell which effects are from “it’s 2015!” and which are “I’m 42 years old.”.
@vowe I use both because I find them very different, and complementary. But I also don’t like either very much! Annoying.
Not convinced I agree with Apple’s percentage calculation for the progress bar here. http://t.co/hkXtvwDf9p
River mud. https://t.co/eK2sP03Sqe
Snappity: snapper :D https://t.co/fEzrPcM6yn http://t.co/T3hoycCOpp
#HowOldRobot guessed my age at 54. Swearing ensued. http://t.co/gmMT0FSCUE
(And the photo it analysed was carefully selected to be the vaguely young-looking one, too :( #really #54 #myarse http://t.co/jL6oLrKHRA
@anna_debenham @RellyAB It has a non-lady problem too. I AM NOT FIFTY FOUR. *cries*
2014
@adambanksdotcom It’s amazing how far down that article I managed to get before I worked out what sport it was about!
RT @SirPatStew: Very happy now it's out there. http://t.co/KhvVcs2NbW
Oh! I hadn't noticed the Auto Upright Correction in Lightroom before. When did that arrive?
@bertpalmer Cool, ta.
@bertpalmer I really must learn to read all the release notes.
@bertpalmer Is it? I read quite a lot about them and couldn't really see the benefit over full-size previews if you didn't have....
@bertpalmer ...disconnected storage.
@bertpalmer (Or external storage, at least...)
@bertpalmer Well, yeah, but I don't think that gives you any benefit over having 1:1 previews, does it?
@bertpalmer (I normally generate 1:1 previews while making tea before I sit down for a session.)
@bertpalmer I think this is the article that made up my mind: http://t.co/BIeA0p26yl <-- is it over-simplifying?
@bertpalmer Yur. But LR will auto-generate 1:1 preview on entering Develop module on an image, right? So pre-generating speeds up my flow.
"Your call is important to us" My feeling here is that if it were *that* important I wouldn't currently be 19th in a queue.
RT @mattgemmell: “@helenfriel: Freelancer travel update. http://t.co/TtXO4Hb9hR ” <- The tough life I live.
My new sounds: Queue http://t.co/1aYjgSMY95 on #SoundCloud
Dear HMRC: I know we're in austere times, but could you really not afford a *melody* for your hold "music"? https://t.co/7cZEZAVn8S
@MResponsively Let’s remove them! And reimplement scrolling really awkwardly! And make it horizontal! That’ll be brilliant! <— Netflix :(
Current status: down to eighth in the queue. And after only a mere 32 minutes.
Down to fourth in the phone queue at @HMRCgovuk. 52 minutes on hold. Wonder if they can break the hour? #exciting
Yes. Yes, they can. *cries*
RT @dave_ja: A site for iOS7 users! http://t.co/4Jo7QqE4kA
And there we go. They can't give me the Corporation Tax Reference without me giving them my UTR, which I don't have. For security.
Presumably in case someone else fraudulently pays my corporation tax for me.
Fuck.
Taking a little break from tax-related frustrations. En route to Corn Street farmers' market. http://t.co/4K7har7KrU
Bed bath :) http://t.co/4fzyDAkqh5
Self-prescribing for tax office-related ennui. http://t.co/WkZ97KJwTY
@says_arline Yes. Which is all with my accountants, who hadn’t got back to me. This is mostly my own fault.
@says_arline But spending an hour on hold listening to Casio drums is hateful no matter whose fault it is.
Heh. @ Playground Coffee House http://t.co/K1QuJGJhgT
Funnily enough, aggressive beggar, if you called me a prick the last time when I said that I was sorry, but I didn't have any change...
I have paid my corporation tax. I didn't expect it be quite quite such an epic journey.
Started to wonder if companies pick Luxembourg because their tax office actually answers the fucking phone rather than because of the rates.
@ahnlak No, I'm sure it's actually quite simple. But if you realise that all the paperwork with your UTR on it is at your accountant...
@ahnlak That would have worked, if I'd had the payslip.
@ahnlak Maybe. Although actually, I think they are all-electronic now.
Right. Anyway, as the consummate adult and responsible person I am, if anyone wants me, I'll be in a corner, crying.
@Shonette If they don’t get a Dangermouse reference they’re clearly not worth the trouble.
@UrsulaWJ That’s taking customer service to new levels :(
Sometimes, my world has very selective focus. @BrewDogBristol http://t.co/sDv3r2po3x
@ChrisNotYoung Turns out…
@mattgemmell The Dropbox root folder is the Windows Desktop of our generation.
@BrewDogBristol Thanks :) Full size here: https://t.co/S6t00G36cM
Just converted leftovers from a meal a vegetarian friend cooked for me on Monday into a lamb casserole. Feeling slightly evil.
Snappity: Open and Shut https://t.co/W2hcEInXfU
Veggie hot pot, with added cous cous and... Er... Lamb. http://t.co/Jua8GH2enW
2013
@MsMottram @danoliver @beccarothwell Cool :) Does *everyone* but me read this Buzzfeed thing? I"d not heard of it #notdownwiththekids
@hayles Yes, I've had this problem in the past... http://t.co/kjyLPNWSTg
@Thehappyfatgirl @stillawake That might be the Ostrich you're thinking of. The Cottage is the one down at the western end, with...
@Thehappyfatgirl @stillawake ...a licence for the steps so you can drink outside. http://t.co/SapZkW65gV
RT @Malarkey: The first website is responsive and blazingly fast! http://t.co/5DrgowCLm8
RT @pete_sinclair: Note to UKIP candidates fond of doing Nazi salutes - I think you'll find that Hitler was in favour of creating a single …
Interesting, that UKIP picture. But all it reminds me of is this quote from @kavey. http://t.co/6zefT6staD
RT @bristol247: #bristol Police reveal images of boots and T-shirt worn by man who died after falling in Floating Harbour http://t.co/cVphG…
@guriben Arsebiscuits.
This queue would go faster if Annoying Lady wasn’t trying to engage Post Office staff in conversation about astrology.
@hayles This is truly one of the reasons I prefer weird indie coffee shops: the staff have more leeway to be sarcastic at dumb customers.
Oh, *do* stop whining. No, not *you*. Someone in this cafe.
@hayles Oh, yes, wasn't suggesting you should switch, just feeling sorry for the barista who can't say what they're probably thinking :)
@hayles There was someone thinking of opening one down that way, but it fell through.
@hayles The properties are all a bit odd around there, in terms of ownership, permissions and quality, from what I hear...
@hayles ...mostly due to planned developments, and so on. Maybe one day...
No, *blink* @match, the *blink* way you *blink* flash my *blink* page title with *blink* Javascript *blink* isn't at all *blink* annoying.
RT @hondanhon: Wait wait as a user I love to engage with awesome content from trusted brands that I have a relationship with and share it v…
2012
@Seej500 If you think the Eclipse & SDK install is a bitch, wait until you want to download the source. Took me *days*.
@Seej500 Well, maybe you'll have better luck. Definitely worth it, especially if you can make it easily searchable.
@BradleyLaw Make sure you pay the "second rotor upgrade supplement" on the Ryanair Chinook.
@Seej500 It's dead handy when you want to start deriving your own custom classes, and need to know what the base classes are doing.
@Seej500 Before that, it's not so handy.
Fixin' stuff. *sounds of frenzied typing*
2011
@Nose_in_a_book Will do.
@rabidbee Whereas I supported my local butcher today, but I'll only find out if it was a good buying decision tomorrow...
Hmm. I think I've become overly attached to a particular Buddhism teacher. It's not meant to work like that...
@rabidbee I was surprised they were open. But they were, and the lamb looked pretty awesome. Must cook tomorrow!
Anyway. Time for beddie-byes, methinks.
@rabidbee I shall have to give 'em a try. Nearly bought some anchovy sauce, too, having tried Graze's steak with it. Was awesome.
My weight: 17:6.4 stlb. 0:6.4 stlb to go. Weighin' in. http://withings.com
Enjoying listening to @markthomasinfo talking about his "extreme rambling" of the West Bank wall on Radio 4.
Really? Because that seems like quite an odd "route" to take to get to Bristol. #citylink http://twitpic.com/4rcttk
@jorence Oooh! Well done! #nostalgia I remember my first time... I failed dismally!
@jorence It's fab to be able to do. Gives you access to a lot more cool routes. Try towpath -> Leigh Woods -> Suspension Bridge next! :)
@jorence http://bit.ly/lDQ0FO (Though first time it might help to have one of the Leigh Woods maps with you if you don't know the woods!)
@jorence I'm very creature-of-habit, though. Portway, towpath, longer runs in Leigh Woods or around the Downs. Need to get to Ashton Court!
@andybeebristol Good move.
Wow. Just hit 300 snaps on @dailybooth. And only 290 of them are me looking grumpy with a coffee in my hand. http://dailybooth.com/gothick
@manikpixi Mmm, normally the coffee is an attempt to cure the grumpiness. Speaking of which... *bounces off to grinder*
@manikpixi Ah! Yes, it's only just coming up to 11AM over here... I drink coke at work, but at home it's coffee or green tea :)
@Kanga_Rue HA!
@Kanga_Rue Let's face it, though, it could've been worse. I've managed to drink the watercolour water instead of the tea before.
Incidentally, the Square of Matt is still going, though I still haven't done anything to make it prettier yet. http://bit.ly/mbBk6h
@manikpixi I'm surprised you sleep at all!
Fairly sure that if I step into the shower, the delivery van I'm waiting for will turn up.
Although, look! Got one cool bit of post already today. #bristol #10K http://twitpic.com/4rdg8w
@manikpixi I'm not too sure about the coke. But yeah, coffee in the afternoon or evening often is not good for my sleep.
Woohoo! Parcel. From the most chipper City Link driver I've ever met. Nice! #citylink #cheerslove
@mediaben A health and safety inspection, a fireman, or a multi-socket extension?
@Thehappyfatgirl I'm bloody awful at getting *me* out of bed, let alone other people. I just had my shower. My alarm was set for 7AM.
@Thehappyfatgirl (a) Lots to do (b) trying to get myself back in sync for Tuesday, otherwise it's going to be a hell of a struggle!
@hayles Morning, cheerful!
@Thehappyfatgirl It really shouldn't have been this bad today. Just had insomnia last night for some reason :(
New toy! http://flic.kr/p/9DbKXv
@jorence That's one of the reasons I bought it! Main one is the heart rate monitor, though. Lots of people tell me that's handy.
@andybeebristol The heart rate monitor bit is meant to help with speed training. But I'm guessing, overall, no...
@andybeebristol ...what I need to do to make myself run faster has very little to do with running and everything to do with eating less :(
@jorence Oooh! It can see my heartbeat. Magic.
@stillawake @pearcafe Once ordered a decaf, to have the waitress call over her shoulder, "One coffee! Hold the point!"
@mediaben No. Oh, how awful. Sorry to hear that.
Might wander down to this harbourside markety thing and get some lunch... @BlackDogDays @jorence @Nose_in_a_book
@mikeotaylor Probably not. But I figured heart rate monitor was worth trying, plus iPhone battery only barely gets through a half marathon!
@andybeebristol I'm more likely to rig it to shock my heart back out of vfib at the top of Bridge Valley Road!
@OpinionatedGeek Ah, duplicate GUIDs, one of the more oddly philosophical ailments of the modern geek.
@Nose_in_a_book No plans yet. I normally default to Watershed. Any food place ideas, @jorence?
Wondering if the guy wearing the Union Jack t-shirt in Millennium Square knows the wedding was yesterday?
@jorence @Nose_in_a_book Watershed it is. Very nearly there. Though slightly distracted by chocolate stall.
@BlackDogDays We're in t'Watershed if you fancy a drink.
@BlackDogDays If you change your mind, we are very bairn- and buffoon-friendly.
RT @codepo8: Interesting story about filming "yellow badge" workers outside the google office: http://bit.ly/mIj8fb
Monkey-tail beards: http://www.themonkeytail.com/2011/04/ring-tails.html @jorence @Nose_in_a_book
@jorence Also -- Nightrush: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTNu6HpM0lc Dodgems: http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_gibson/3300121430/
@tsunimee Smashing Mag and Web Designer Depot often do articles with links to sets, e.g. http://bit.ly/l8dvr9 http://bit.ly/l8dvr9
@BristolBites :D Emily is one of my favourite Bristol Ferry Co. boats. http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_gibson/4619832460/
@BristolBites More likely to be one of the bigger boats with an open deck. But they're pretty cool, too.
@jorence Fab! Ta.
@jorence I'm going to superglue it to my forehead so I have to headbutt the finish line :)
@fdr106 Yes, yes they are.
New Flickr photo: "Caption Competition". http://flic.kr/p/9DfHED <-- One of the stranger sights in today's harbourside market.
@AndyCarolan @Phooto You have no idea how hard it is... not to do jokes about "touch sensitivity" at this point.
OooooH! Doctor Who! Nearly forgot.
"Go build a cabinet!" #drwho
@BlackDogDays I went out very much with a mind to buy none at all. And bought one. Oh well...
To celebrate my 300th @dailybooth, I just @pummelvision'd all my daily photos so far :) http://vimeo.com/23084528
(Thanks to @jorence for the link to @pummelvision, by the way :) )
Haven't worn a watch this big since the 1980s. And *that* one turned into a spaceship. http://twitpic.com/4rjpuf
@BlackDogDays He seemed to be asking quite a lot of people to sign him. It was odd.
My GPS watch just got to 25% success in tracking satellites. I'm still indoors. *ducks* *looks up at ceiling, nervously*.
@tsunimee It's only for when I'm jogging.
@tsunimee This is my normal one! http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_gibson/2860962682/
@tsunimee Heh. Okay, I'll just sit here and watch you collapse in a pile of confused tweets :)
@BlackDogDays OMG! It has an introduction by Israel Regardie! I *must have it*! http://twitpic.com/4rjvsu
@stillawake Ah. That'll be the pre-club getting ready. Yes, I have had Those Neighbours.
@benjohnbarnes Looks fine in the UK store. http://twitpic.com/4rks2p
@benjohnbarnes Was the problem definitely today? Apple had gyp with iTunes store for a while last week; nobody could buy anything.
@benjohnbarnes D'oh.
@benjohnbarnes Well, that's particularly irritating.
And it goes, boom-boody-boom, boody boom, boody boom, boody boom, boody boom, boody boom-boom-boom... http://twitpic.com/4rkups
@Mouse_House I did wonder. Saw a few vans coming in as I started my jog at about half seven...
RT @Paul_Cornell: 'The State of the Art', my Iain Banks adaptation for BBC Radio 4 can be heard here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/hv1dz/ Yes, ...
2010
@DaveHamilton Well, mine are missing, too, breaking a couple of my existing Automator scripts. So if it's not just you, maybe it's @panic.
@gary8345 Fixed amount of writing you do every morning, preferably without fail... http://paperartstudio.tripod.com/artistsway/id3.html
@CollingsA I believe we now enter the fine British tradition of Six Days of Gaffes and Spin.
It appears I have failed to do my Morning Pages. Arse.
RT @jcroft: Awesome: http://www.whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com/
@hayles Ahh. Well, take a camera and play "get the most awful photo of the bride." :)
@hayles Aww. I like weddings.
@hayles Oh. Sadface.
@hayles No; I believe that's technically known as a "fucking brilliant weekend".
@DaveHamilton Oh, hey, I just re-ran Transmit and then restarted automator, and I got Synchnronize, Download and Upload (under Internet).
The UK is doomed, Greece is doomed, Louisiana's doomed... This morning's news, summarised: we're all doomed, and the world is doomed with us
@daffodil1979 Wow. Their news has really gone downhill.
@hayles I have never seen this one before!
@Kate_Butler Relatively sure that if she wrote it down and posted it in a stamped envelope with "Gordon Brown" on the front it'd get there.
@tsunimee Yes. JPEG designed specifically for photos, and drops data the eye won't notice. Ends up as smaller file looking the same.
@tsunimee It's a good choice for most things that aren't actually photos (use JPEG for photos), especially now Internet Explorer 6 is dying.
@tsunimee No. It's got far better color handling than GIF. Generally, unless you actually need animation, use PNG.
@tsunimee PNG is royalty-free, and handles colours and transparency better, too. That's why it's now so popular, and GIF is dying off.
@tsunimee e.g. I wanted to release a free program that created GIFs about 15 years ago, but Unisys would have charged me a royalty per copy.
@caffeinebomb Yeah, just walk away. Places can define their own rules for what gets plugged in anyway; the regs are just a minimum.
Wow. Boston Globe's "Big Picture" gives a taste of the scale of the Louisiana oil rig disaster http://bit.ly/9Ow5bs
When it comes to user interface, Gordon Brown does at least seem the most WYSIWYG of the candidates.
@shezza_t where was David Cameron?
Thank you, DHL, for letting me know that my parcel left Hatfield at 5:11am. What I'd like, though, is an ETA, even to the nearest day.
Grr. At what point did I say Tumblr should cross-post to Twitter? Grrrrrr.
What? Microsoft shot the messenger?
28 years of CDs, and it's still utter pain to get booklet out of a jewel case. Unsurprised these people aren't ready for digital innovation.
@caffeinebomb @jamesclay I'm not entirely sure I want to know where one sticks pap test stickers...
@caffeinebomb Some of them will have figured out that happy customers buy more stuff. Who'd've thought it?
@tsunimee PNG came along as a free, better alternative to GIF when the patent owners started trying to charge a licence fee for GIF.
@caffeinebomb ...although the rules are more complicated, and nobody gets them right anyway. Jobsworth = jobsworth, rules notwithstanding.
@caffeinebomb PAT; it's the simple "will this thing kill someone?" electrical test for anything in a workplace with a plug on it.
@caffeinebomb So, next time you see one of those stickers on something, peel it off and stick it on your power supply...
Yay! My post-pay day shopping indulgence delivery has arrived :) http://twitpic.com/1jm36f
@DrHairbear Now that's a smart solution to my problem.
Excel can't open two different docs with the same name at once. "Hi! I'd like to join the Office dev team!" "Sorry, we already have a Matt."
Signs you may need to buy a new mug for work, #7: the tannin stains are significantly reducing the liquid capacity.
Fuck. Reflection in shop window reveals man who may have dressed by having charity shop castoffs dumpster emptied over him.
Cranesclouds http://twitpic.com/1jl1yf
2009
2008
Currently (and rather randomly) helping a Swedish graphic designer to create an iTunes music visualiser...
@chrismarquardt I wish my phone would make OSX panic, just so I could look at the beautiful screen. Maybe I should stop using Bluetooth...