On This Day, 12 September
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RT @shahidkamal: 1982: I wrote Alien Attack, my first game, on an Atari 400, in BASIC. It had a custom character set for the alien (one at…
2020
RT @OnlyInBOS: The Merrimack Police Department in New Hampshire is asking for residents to look out for a missing forty pound, four year ol…
RT @MladenPrajdic: Remember kids, BEFORE you close a web page make sure you scroll up to the top, so it's in the right position for the nex…
@belleslife12 Hell yeah. Also, over-the-counter (not the herbal version) Nytol.
RT @SabinaStent: A reminder that Ursula Le Guin's writing schedule was the best writing schedule. https://t.co/Al5S4OQtfj
@psidnell Is that how many there are? I kept getting distracted by something NEW AND SHINY when I tried to count them.
RT @newbeverly: We could tell you what it's about. But then, of course, we'd have to kill you. SNEAKERS was released in theaters on this da…
Tiny improvements all add up. Today I'm swapping in a one-metre-longer cable to the work-from-home setup extension socket so I don't have to have it plugged into an extension socket of its own... #wfh https://t.co/TT5KW1q4KG
RT @IFTTT: We have big news! Today we’re launching IFTTT Pro, a subscription option that gives advanced creators access to powerful tools l…
2019
@Kevin_Maguire @IanMartin @JBeattieMirror SPOILERS, damn it!
RT @beardedjourno: Hi @BristolLibDems. I don’t mind you printing my photo on this flyer, but I do mind that you didn’t ask permission. Shal…
RT @MarkDiStef: We’ve spoken to a lot of people who spread panic with the “grab bags” tweets. The story is 2,000 words. Here’s what we fo…
2018
@hayles Happy birthday from the future!
I'm starting to wish that websites respected my desire to fucking read them without clicking legal shit more than they respected my privacy. Is that the plan, maybe?
Oh, DPD, still promising to-the-minute one-hour delivery windows. I wonder which week my parcel will actually arrive?
The key learning point from this story for me is that there's a place specialising in meals on toast in Bedminster. *stomach rumbles* The biggest crime I can see here is the wallpaper, though... https://t.co/dwIWjGgKxh
The mind boggles. https://t.co/6JhVkw77KR
RT @adamrowecomedy: I’m starting a company called Hangover Taxis to rival Uber. It’s 10x the price of Uber, but you get a 20 box of nuggets…
2017
RT @Mikel_Jollett: The dog is the real hero here https://t.co/ExVTAEa0L1
RT @tomgauld: ‘Useful abbreviations for the time-pressed online reader’ (for @guardianreview) https://t.co/Kr9dGbobrg
Mornin’, Bristol. https://t.co/sgu01Fcn0a
@wood5y It’s reet grand aht.
Call barring. https://t.co/5kutBtGliy https://t.co/MpCwTOEQmn
RT @PKMBook: Charlotte Gainsbourg announces first album in seven years | Dazed https://t.co/WRbyCcZcRy
@RogerWCheng My new band's name will be "Unfortunate Ellipsis".
@Phooto Well bully for you. I and my 50mbps fibre are looking at an error message.
@guriben Nothing I do makes that mantelpiece look not-dusty. *sigh*
@Phooto It doesn't have to be something local. Maybe if you disconnected and retried you'd be the unlucky one.
@Phooto I tried quite a few times, including rebooting. Watching Sleepy Hollow on the Fire TV instead now!
Ah, that might explain it. https://t.co/Qpe4YrHK0S
@paipoldubai @AppleSupport Same here on the Apple TV 3. (Now watching in YouTube app on Fire TV!) https://t.co/UglOHFEgFU
RT @RikerGoogling: can my transporter clone unlock my combadge x with face id
“My hangover was so bad I couldn’t unlock my iPhone X…”
@benthompson Craig’s evil twin reset it while he wasn’t looking.
@reedreeder @soffes It seems a little more RTD Doctor Who than Blade Runner. I’m not sure which one I’d feel safer in…
@Ihnatko Still a fine phone, but I’m really hoping for an upgrade at some point…
Is this everyone else’s Daily Deal, too, or did my Echo just overhear me swearing while I swept the lounge yesterda… https://t.co/s1U8XIt00b
@garymarshall I am actually very tempted.
RT @sigridellis: I can't be the only person thinking this is EXACTLY the cyberpunk dystopia I was promised. I mean, seriously:
@neilhimself I imagine the temptation to *start* being sarcastic must be quite strong right now.
@charlesarthur @jaggeree Let's see them chase *that* demo video with a poo emoji gag.
@tiffanyarment @bdkjones Frown hard for Apple Pay.
2016
RT @wkerslake: There are twelve black dots at the intersections in this image. Your brain won’t let you see them all at once. https://t.co/…
RT @FelicityMorse: Crows will be our new overlords https://t.co/nZDJdXVwuZ
@mcelhearn I like John Lewis for that; good customer service if anything goes wrong. I normally order in store for delivery, but...
@mcelhearn ...they have online ordering too, of course.
@mcelhearn Ah, shame.
Just got a parking ticket. And, hopefully successfully, managed to get the warden to take it back off again. That’s a first.
@uliwitness Scared is okay, I think, as long as you’re enjoying it. I was scared of Ruby; turned out I also hated it…
@uliwitness :D
I don’t really have what you’d call a system for my books. https://t.co/bkeekcjv9W
@talkie_tim That would be Aerial Projects.
@talkie_tim (I thought about going for the ham licence a long, long time ago, and I never throw a Penfold away :D )
Is my electronics section meagre because I was more ruthless than I remember last clear-out, or are they hiding? https://t.co/5Cn7fBjoRG
@oliverburkeman I got my third from some debt collection outsourcing place. “Chrissy” will *never* touch my base. https://t.co/pWFroVmajg
@hayles Happy birthday, youngster.
@psidnell I may have let the magic smoke out on a couple.
2015
Changing. https://t.co/Q4z3mj9qkO
Full Court Pressed. https://t.co/dNGk4w1Fbj
God. I’ve spent a lot of time on my feet today, and my programmer’s physique is rebelling. Might need a lie down to give my back a rest.
Also may be feeling a little full from lunch still. Nothing to do with visiting Ahh Toots, of course. http://t.co/i2FAkW2IuB
Yeah, you’ll do, #Bristol, you’ll do. https://t.co/yQUeJ0Horw http://t.co/j4IEjdtNm3
@AndrewTF Thanks!
2014
RT @JamieCricht0n: You think the Middle East is a mess? It's all kicking off in Somerset: http://t.co/ie0Kgzgpvr
@hayles HAPPY ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR CREATION RESOURCE X1B/82654. BE EXTRA PRODUCTIVE TODAY.
@ashfurrow @callumjfraser *Deploys British Extra-Hard Warning Stare*
'nother gadget for review... http://t.co/uaX5iWOUip
@ashfurrow @a2 Clearly I was just being really lazy this morning! http://t.co/gMAU6mJ6D1
@a2 Ahh, yeah, that makes a lot of sense, given this: http://t.co/2GvAEXFFnk
@BristolBites Oh, I remember the wool shop. Extract coffee just a block down from Electrofix... Could be dangerous for my wallet!
The utter annoyance of web forms where *some* of the fields automatically tab you across to the next field.
@Mouse_House @jakepjohnson Amen.
@ahnlak *POKES WITH UNCOMFORTABLY SHARP OBJECT*
RT @billyroh: life hack: be nice
@ahnlak I'm not sure most front-end web developers need that much help with the task, to be honest.
2013
@hayles HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHEERMONKEY.
@ahnlak What?
@ahnlak Argh! I should have put it in the boot as soon as I saw it...
@thekarleighshow That’s only a bad habit if you’re going to fry something. #ow
2012
@liveindetail @Dru_Marland You are not alone. I have so far resisted the temptation.
@liveindetail @Dru_Marland I am not sure I want to see. But the next time someone wants to be in my gang, they're licking the racquet first.
@r0bb1eh A pleasure.
I was going to make @hayles a birthday card, but all I had was index cards. http://t.co/UXUNRS5N
@hayles A pleasure. Happy birthday.
(And a happy birthday to @parryphernalia, too!)
Right. Better get myself dentist-wards soon.
Dentist done. Now for a late lunch in Spicer & Cole :D
KLEEN TEEF! HUZZAH! http://t.co/h4e61Kj8
@hayles Yup. As is traditional after the dentist. Though today it's decaf. Oh, and a filthy focaccia FTW. :D
@hayles It was bloody lovely, is what it was. NOM.
@Kathbum You haven't restored any Spanish frescos recently, perchance?
September sun. @ Queen Square http://t.co/TmpNUvah
@bexxi Interesting. The "Hell's Grandma" look.
What, *again*? Bloody hell.
Presumably the temptation to copycat is more tempting on the "M3 2!"
Squashing http://t.co/GUBHwfwS
@Thehappyfatgirl Not sure how it'll turn out. It's going to be a bit Indian/Chinese fusion...
I may finally upgrade my phone now. My walkabout/Instagram pics would at least be a lot better on something posher than this 3GS.
Butternut squash stir-fry. Huzzah! http://t.co/1p41pJKl
@hubbs Given it's a Kindle release announcement, we're just lucky the words are text rather than a huge graphic, like previous times...
2011
@hayles Happy birthday :)
Early morning ferry commuter service confirmed stopping at end of month, when subsidy runs out. #Bristol #commutergraphy http://t.co/h3AQCoO
Dear eccentric: not sure a unicycle was the best choice for your commute on a day like this.
@parryphernalia Good to know, but after I saw four inside-out brollies on the way past on the boat, I decided not to deploy mine.
@stillawake Not greatly, but it'll make it significantly less pleasant (especially on a day like today!)
@bristol247 I get an "Oops page not found" for that...
RT @KaveyF: For would-be preservers with no fruit of your own how about this fabulous idea? http://t.co/ojgGYOH (Great to share excess f ...
RT @amateuradam: Before you close a web page make sure you scroll up to the top, so it's in the right position for the next person.
RT @lidobristol: Claim a free swim and sauna today plus a well earnt glass of prosecco on presentation of your medal from today's Bristo ...
Just been followed by "Western Australia's premier lifestyle newspaper for the over 45s". Er.
@Nose_in_a_book @talkie_tim Does anything there actually say that they're going to *stop* selling the old version?
1Password for Mac moves to App Store, and temporarily gets cheaper to encourage existing users to migrate there. http://t.co/SbtlHBv
BBC: Leak risk after explosion at French nuclear plant http://t.co/aaXmlzz
This is my last full week at work. Hurrah! Ish. Well, "Hurrah!" until the money runs out, anyway.
@whatterz Is AirDrop expected to work like DropBox at some point in the future, then?
@Dru_Marland Sexeh.
@archidave Dunno yet!
@Nose_in_a_book Wonder if it might just be in a particular region, too?
@whatterz I didn't think AirDrop even did syncing. Thought DropBox was closer to iDisk? Maybe that's why iDisk is being axed...
@PomegranateEB But! But! I don't *want* to be demystified! *sulks*
If you run a #Bristol business which has *anything* out on the pavement, you might just want to go check it's still there. #windy #really
@BlackDogDays So, you're saying there might be an open tub of ice cream flying toward me? *fetches wafers*
@Mouse_House I am hunkering down in my basement. It's not often I walk down the harbour and see seagulls repeatedly failing to take off.
@BlackDogDays Bring it on. If you hear a *splat* followed by a happy sigh, chuck some raspberry sauce out the window, will you?
@oliverburkeman Huh? I loved it last time. Trying out all the beds in John Lewis... Good fun!
*gets home* *battens down hatches* *readies torches and hurricane lamps*
@guriben AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
My legs hurt. I am therefore taking a large dose of "vitamin c", which I believe is known in France as Cabernet Sauvignon.
@Mouse_House Sounds quieter now. But you may want to wear your heaviest shoes.
@KaveyF @meemalee @SabrinaGhayour @Cookwitch I vote you compromise and call it the Pagandstand from now on.
@drewm You can turn some of that off in Preferences->General->Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps.
I think I need one of those gran chairs that stands you up when you press a button. #sorelegs #bloodyrunning
RT @madeupstats: Restaurants: 97% of visitors to your website just want the address and phone no, not a Flash animation of a bloody arti ...
2010
@hayles WHAT!? Buffy! *runs to remote control*
@Lillput My pleasure!
Ha. Just bodged together a script to turn Radioshift downloads into a podcast feed.
Feynman fans: Next saturday, 8pm, Radio 4: The Feynman Variations. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ts5mm
Wearing the Cafe Rouge apron @kaveyf gave me for cooking :)
Hmm. Wonder if the free.kindle.com address will work with a Kindle 3 and @instapaper...
@iPooh3 @rphillips Doesn't seem down so much as extremely unresponsive. Getting pages every now and again, after a long wait.
@robzand Glad it's not just me.
@Dichohecho Oooh, lush.
Hmm. Can I take it something bad happened on the Portway last night? Police were taking down crime scene tape as I jogged past... #Bristol
2009
@hayles A pleasure. Have a fabby day!
Food festival booty ;) http://twitpic.com/hg8sn
Happy birthday @hayles!
Heck, I'm hot. It really doesn't feel like September. http://twitpic.com/hg27u
So surrounded by quality food that I suspect the saline drip in the St John ambulance is sea salt & rosemary ;)
Just watched Zen Elephant at the festival. Fab tunes ;)
Just bought my Bristol shirt from @howiescardigan at the organic food festival ;)
2008
@floyduk I'm guessing your music collection's bigger than mine. I only have just over 5000 songs.
A moment from my journey to work this morning: http://tinyurl.com/4koj8m
@ryancoates Really? Took about 5 minutes on my old iMac, and it didn't freeze while it was doing it...
Curses. Have now generated good enough HDRs in the Photomatix trial version that it might be worth buying it to get them unwatermarked.
@johnfbraun All you fundamental particles are belong to us!
@Phooto buy an HD cam; every frame of those is a pretty good still!
@Phooto yes, and you should then donate your DV cam to a worthy cause *puts on worthy face* :-)