On This Day, 14 September
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RT @samwcyo: It's been a little over 3 weeks since Google randomly sent me $249,999 and I still haven't heard anything on the support ticke…
@FrankMcG I’ll tell my boss once I’ve figured out how to send an email in this Lotus Notes thing…
@KnutCrosswords Pretty sure I learned that word from the cruciverbalist’s favourite novel, _She_…
RT @__apf__: why do only rappers get cool professional names? i want to review recent product quality metrics with Vitamin-C++ and Miz ASSC…
@walshythebolshy @KnutCrosswords Oooh, yes, read that last year after seeing a plaque to her up the road from me. Great stuff.
@WeirdBristol I have descended that very ramp and had a swim in there…
To be fair, they are the 19th century equivalent of inkjet printers, and I’m sure we’ve all been there…
2021
2020
@shezza_t A little more peaceful, that one!
Yaffle. https://t.co/cKKHnfBNNP
@BeatrixHellcock Yup, on Sion Hill.
2019
RT @allenholub: Public service announcement: Dear programmers, NOT LETTING ME CUT/PASTE A PASSWORD MAKES MY ACCOUNT *****LESS***** SECURE…
2018
@CharlieVivante I was hungover. Now I am hungover and jealous.
@corylus @CharlieVivante Live picture of us right now. https://t.co/Klzfta9vlb
One of these things is not like the others. Also, Etsy, I don’t think we know each other quite well enough for you to be making suggestions like that… https://t.co/W6jhKVUl5N
2017
RT @MakingBlakes7: Current mood... ...need...more...coffee... https://t.co/qhszAqjEXO
RT @Spy_Stations: 4625 kHz ZHUOZ GIPER 39 11 (Special purpose message) https://t.co/tr2c9v7crJ
Autumn wharf. https://t.co/ghxI12uGop
Harbour side. #igersbristol https://t.co/JuoUKARKLN https://t.co/nBGfKb3f8i
Sudden downpour on the way home. Luckily just as I was passing the Buttery. https://t.co/tVWoBFLy1n https://t.co/vlmBdICV4X
Stern words. https://t.co/2oz3ymQ71u
RT @BigSportGB: This is Olympic skier Andri Ragettli's training routine... Incredible! 😯 https://t.co/UYwPoWIyTi
@David_on_a_bike @thehistoryguy Hah! And less than half a mile apart, too :D
Given the weather, I'm surprised Thor wasn't involved. https://t.co/zZY3Ll6PXt
@antimitch Ta!
I don't use that little Canon 40mm pancake often enough. https://t.co/Oq1XOjfpbN
I've got an oath for you. #flickr https://t.co/BYQSk1LkQU
Sunset boarders. https://t.co/4y0jekaOdo https://t.co/hylh8K7UUA
2016
@mcelhearn I’ve heard so many good things about it that I ordered it as soon as I saw your tweet. And I don’t get along with Siri.
Very much enjoying King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. (Thanks @garycasamojo!)
Polpo. https://t.co/3yxUimSjxX
@chris_coys Well, er, yeah. And frankly, I’m glad. The food was very good indeed but going to London for it would be expensive.
2015
RT @PCGamesN: A Scottish man has built a custom Irn Bru PC. Guess what it's called? http://t.co/yKPNPYjnTH http://t.co/zVqWv3qoEM
@Adamy323 Too tubby at the moment. Working on it!
2014
@chris_j_hughes I have a 5; the 5S has the M7 chip and touch ID, and I like both of those, and is still nice and small.
@chris_j_hughes I can't really see anything in the 6es that would make me want the enough to carry something bigger around.
RT @Lucyvfreeman: Bloody U2 in my phone. Bono sending me DMs and The Edge and his sodding cat memes. Sick of it.
RT @thishenryjames: Having an interest in antiques doesn't make you gay, but it might make you buy curios.
@benclatworthy Apparently it's chalk, so it should disappear. @chubbybannister clued me in: http://t.co/HIfWaCfLAl
@boagworld Smoking jacket? Tiger onesie?
2013
My new sounds: Inverigo, by Thea Gilmore http://t.co/kwZgw7zAtM on #SoundCloud
Kings Weston House http://t.co/bwxO9k8aRj
Holy Moose! http://t.co/gSZ2IE3LRC
Views over Avonmouth http://t.co/xQQ1jpKAi5
Hall. @ Kings Weston House http://t.co/neYd0F7KoJ
Laid. http://t.co/6Nz7lt6yOW
Apps. http://t.co/rjvopHFOqg
@rem Known issue with uploads at the mo following their server farm move -- http://t.co/s91Oc9UyPn
RT @babyshamblesuk: Lincoln With an L and Bristol With a Bang http://t.co/fu7gaR7ez0 via @drewhelsinki @HuffPostUKEnt
@ttscoff Lighting circuit? Don't know about the US, but it's normal for there to be no neutral to the *switches* in the UK, just the live.
2012
@archidave @IanMartin In my imagination, they put all the parcels under a hat, and the hat tells them which van to get in. #sortationhub
@ashalynd It'd seem a bit odd to me if it didn't.
@ashalynd Ah, yes. But only because null is slightly hackily declared as 0 behind the scenes, as it were. I think SQL's approach is nicer.
If your phone lines are "particularly busy" every single time I call, maybe that's a hint that you should HIRE MORE STAFF.
RT @mrchrisaddison: I think what's so shocking about this is that the French haven't ever really done anything to indicate a lack of res ...
@KeithGough1 Dunno if I can make it -- might need to let people in to rip out the kitchen! Will try!
@KeithGough1 Yeah, but I might have to be there to let them in at breakfast time...
Tiiiiired. Might need an afternoon nap. Being taken out for curry at Namaste tonight, so I should try to be awake to enjoy it...
@guriben You'll have to do it the old-fashioned way, with clockwork and CdS cells.
@guriben *Rummages through boxes* I have a spare Arduino Uno at the moment?
@guriben Cool.
RED. http://t.co/HPACNie9
Demolished. @ Namaste http://t.co/zx7CyQIu
Mmmm. Might just have to lie here for a bit with this curry baby I adopted in Namaste.
@Thehappyfatgirl I'm having another one tomorrow, too. May have to skip breakfast and lunch.
@Thehappyfatgirl It was gooooooood.
@Thehappyfatgirl Namaste (by Academy/Hatchet) tonight, somewhere as-yet-undecided in Clifton Village tomorrow.
@Thehappyfatgirl Really good food & service. Was quite quiet, mind. But good-quiet, not bad-quiet, yeah?
@Thehappyfatgirl Yeah. Would've been nicer with a few more people, but it wasn't empty, and it worked well enough as it was.
Quite like these guys to be patrolling the advanced stop lines in Bristol. http://t.co/OPtECi6Z
@Thehappyfatgirl :D
2011
@g_e_r_b To be fair, the old, non-Silverlight one is also a crock of shit, so at least the upgrade captured the user experience perfectly.
@benjohnbarnes Sorry if you saw that deleted tweet; I wasn't sufficiently caffeinated to understand "mailing list manager"...
@mattgemmell Option-click one to expand *all* of them, by the way.
@hayles I have no idea. I liked cupcakes before they were cool, and I like them now they're passé. I guess I just lost my feminist points.
@hayles Basically, my mind just goes, "fuck the political implications of the social context, IT'S CAKE!"
RT @hayles: Why are so many people getting ragey about cupcakes and feminism?! Am I missing the obvious link here?
@simonashley I collected a few different methods of getting to the Library back at the launch... http://t.co/xaTNEOw
RT @qikipedia: Every time you burn a candle you create 1.5 million tiny diamonds per second: http://t.co/ZGZvz6T
@KellySibson Are they? *looks askance*
Think I may need to try out a 60D and a 600D side-by-side. Hmm.
@teacherdude I'm sure they're both fab; it's more about how they fit in my hand and stuff like that...
@hayles Nice try.
On the phone to my sodding useless bank, who seem to have been taken completely aback again by my trying to buy some technology.
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. #onholdwithmybank #notannoyingatall #ohno
@Lillput GRRRR.
@benjohnbarnes Ah, in this case I'm just buying AppleCare for the Air. But the shiny will probably be a new camera.
@BradleyLaw Would you really want a 400D? But no, keeping it for a spare, probably, if I don't part-Ex it.
@hayles On the days that you don't write, you should post a single black rectangle of nothingness.
@BradleyLaw Well, if you've already proven that you can't look after one... *ducks*
RT @andybeebristol: @gothick I'm sorry, I am experiencing very high levels of messages and your tweet has been placed in a queue.
@andybeebristol GRRRRRRRRRR.
@BradleyLaw Mine's worn in less irritating places, luckily. But I think there's most of a dust farm on the mirror/prism.
@oxfamcothambook @hayles is well-versed in the ways of Twitter-Unicode-fu ☺
@hayles I think we turned @oxfamcothambook's world uʍop-ǝpısdn.
@JoeFinder If you've not seen an apology yet, you should tell them. More dangerous to other people to assume they know.
@TheChapblog You may need to rename the blog.
@TheChapblog Whatever you say, 'Shelle.
@matthew_roach I'd say it'd be far more suspicious if I *hadn't* bought any Apple products in a given month...
@csoanes I'm sure I'd love it as a camera per se; it's more whether it fits my hand well...
@lenwood Those are all genuine people. Try putting up a less attractive avatar.
Someone should tell him that typewriters aren't so good for street posing since the iPad came out. http://t.co/QFVV4EC
RT @marshamusic: Here is my new favourite joke: How did the hipster burn his mouth? He ate some lasagna - BEFORE it was cool.
Evening sunshine #commutergraphy http://t.co/2bq1yVq
@hayles @oxfamcothambook Woooo. WoooooOoooo. #witchcraft
@hayles @oxfamcothambook Or possibly converting here: http://t.co/udCAnKm and pasting. But http://t.co/wExthTm is an iPhone-friendlier way
@oxfamcothambook @hayles Actually, I kept most of the magic books. #really
@the3rdgirl I would if my Dastardly and Muttley shirt still fit me. But that was from when I was thinner and they were better.
@faerietalefoody That doesn't look good at all. Courier it to Bristol ASAP and I'll double-check it for you.
RT @petapixel: Wowzers - Insane wingsuit BASE jump in slow motion with Twixtor: http://j.mp/nwHOk9
@faerietalefoody Reckon so. Also, how's the wine?
@faerietalefoody Are you sure? I find a second opinion is always wise.
Potterin'.
This time next week I'll be at my "leaving the company" party. And probably drunk. For values of "probably" that approach 1.
@VeraR2010 Not completely sure yet. It will probably involve learning lots of stuff from big thick books for a while. And iPhones.
@Mouse_House Yowzer. Night, Mouse. Sleep well.
@VeraR2010 Sounds good! Have to schedule a week out with my parents, too, plus a couple of other things, but if I can, I will :D
@MatStace My imagination is recycling all those movies where you see all the lights go off across the continent. *clunk*
2010
@globalmoxie @benjohnbarnes If I could set alert: "30 of your friends all just sat down to watch X"... Again, it's the aggregation, yeah.
@Eyoki Yeah; odd. I now hear Neil Gaiman and Bill Gibson when I read them, think because you get their rhythm more if you've heard them.
@globalmoxie @benjohnbarnes There have been a few big shows recently I've deliberately not time-shifted so could watch live "with Twitter".
@popewatchuk @nickdonnelly He'd never fit in a reasonably-priced car in that hat.
@benjohnbarnes No, merely a backup script. *continues hammering*
Fixing things. *sound of hammering*
@gruber Are you tempted to change the star icon for just that one story?
Mm. Free pork pies delivered straight to my desk. I wonder if this means the company pension plan is in trouble?
@Squonk Mmm. Wandering into Twoday Coffee Roasters in Bristol is a very nice experience for the nose :)
@hayles Seen borderline cases from a distance. This was my first up-close, ticks-all-the-boxes experience.
Think I saw my first actual proper hipster yesterday. He even had those glasses without glass in them.
Hmm. Bit of a gloomy one, isn't it? http://yfrog.com/jwu89zj
2009
Now that's funny: RT @tweeny4: Don't leave the office when a large box of mug samples come in! http://twitpic.com/hpght
Morning all!
@missmcq Yes, that can be embarrassing. Until you convince the librarians to join in with the choruses, anyway.
US followers who want to #getrunning: currently, all proceeds from US sales are going to the AIDS Walk & Run Chicago http://bit.ly/193Aag
@mikeotaylor I have been trying to follow the BEP to keep up with local news, but it is really quite terrible, isn't it?
Big parcel just arrived. Took me a while to work out that it's a novel I've agreed to proof-read. Novel manuscripts are _big_...
Surprising number of police in Clifton Village this morning.
@mikeotaylor Just arrived at BTP. Will grab something & find table ;)
Having what may be last back garden tea of the year in BTP. Still just warm enough for a T-shirt.
Nice to meet @mikeotaylor. Have now moved upstairs in Boston Tea Party; back garden got chilly after I'd finished my tea :)
Running top makers assume all runners are lithe athletic types who want to show off in skintight gear. Skintight is not a good look for me.
@bertpalmer Cool. I can do 4K but it's my limit at the mo, and I'm slow, too. It's my massive weight-to-power ratio ;)
Just booked hour and a half of Thai massage. Good way to start a week off, I reckon.
Have just had massage involving diminutive Thai lady walking on me. Wow ;) Feel kabillion times better!
@MitchBenn Yes, and I feel sorry for that one genuine bikini model who truly wants to follow me on Twitter and be my special friend.
@johnfbraun Amen. Cycling gear is exactly what I'd choose if I wanted to look like a series of orange Spandex sausages stuffed with tapioca.
In the middle of my annual Blake's 7 re-watch. Up to Terminal. The death of the Liberator still brings a tear to my eye after 20 years...
Hey, runners? What would be a good target time for my first 10K? Need something to write on this entry form. I'm slow, if that helps :)
@hayles Tempting, but they might start me so far back I'm in a different county... @bertpalmer the Bristol one, in May.
@bertpalmer Why, you going for it, too?
@mhoulden @shezza_t Ta. Have put myself down for hour and a quarter. Just want to make sure I'm put in the slow batch ;)
2008
@pjakobs If Uncle Steve thinks it's good for you, then it's good for you. Trust in Uncle Steve. Come, join us. Don't be afraid, etc. etc.
Cool, I just got my first picture in Flickr's Explore. Nice end to a good weekend. http://is.gd/2Cx2
@d_arkchocolate Nah, it wasn't that wonderful, just a strange coincidence.
@pjakobs Odd coincidence, I didn't see the challenge until @rstein mentioned it either, but also too my first reflection photo in ages today
Think I've finished the tax return. I spend much more time _worrying_ about doing it than I do actually _doing_ it.
Brunch eaten. Railway visited. Photos processed. Coffee drunk. Can't put it off any longer. It's time for the tax return.
Another experiment in HDR: http://is.gd/2Bre
Dammit, where are my PostSecret Sunday Secrets? Clearly I'm up too early.
@boagworld iMovie 08 is fab if you're not expecting it to be iMovie 06-only-better. Very different product.
Curses! It's a lovely day, and I've got to do my tax return :( I Just know that if I take it to a cafe, I'll forget some bit of paperwork.