On This Day, 14 October
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Bookkeeping day. I took a day off yesterday, too, *just* to do the procrastination that happens before the bookkeeping. I wonder if it will help.
@jukesie HUSH
Bookkeeping going fairly well. Time for a lunch bread away from a screen. https://t.co/Q31XmHuJ8N
RT @_iPed: Apparently Kwasi Kwarteng had trouble getting a seat on the plane cos nobody wanted him anywhere near business or economy
@jamesqquick Can’t recall ever having done one. (49, British, programming my whole career.)
2021
Interesting find under the date due slip... #bibliophile #library @BristolLibrary https://t.co/b58pwkPtOp
@SaveRedlandLibr @BristolLibrary John Silence, by Algernon Blackwood.
2020
Ah, yes, Draconia Five, most bureaucratic planet of the entire Draconis cluster. https://t.co/m8GxC84fSC
No, Windows, I don't want to turn on Sticky Keys; I want you to respond soon enough that I don't get impatient.
RT @Avon_Stories: It is changing moment by moment https://t.co/s4kRafqerC
@Bristolvor Much as the stationer was lovely to browse, and dream of being able to afford such expensive pencils, I feel a bakery might actually get more money from me.
Oooh, it's the new shiny from @Beathhigh... https://t.co/SXeSs7wYrx
@tyronem On the plus side, you did just remind me that I fancied rewatching The Matrix this week.
RT @MooseAllain: "All loaves matter" Wheat supremacist
2019
@UrsulaWJ They didn't used to be places you went to only when you had no other choice 🙁
Apple Software Updates: a trilogy in 4 parts. I have now applied this command line tools for Xcode update three times and am relatively convinced it's not going to stick. #catalina #sigh https://t.co/GvzvkoEI1S
@domwakeling At this point I'm simply going to give up and see if it magically works tomorrow. This often seems to be the way to deal with Software Update. https://t.co/oGzakKh4lr
@Joeyeah_right @kateleth @bufferingcast Honestly thought it was Abby in my timeline until the double-take moment.
2018
2017
@danielpunkass Just like it did before, only fewer sandwiches, more nazis.
@Pinboard Oddly, I understand how people can still believe “not being Trump” should be enough to win an election, d… https://t.co/MxBtVMU4Zq
When the furniture huddles up so you can clean the floor. https://t.co/sYwIssONgM
A Robot of Death. https://t.co/ubTZvbf42L https://t.co/5x3udIwu2q
RT @urnowentering: Hamping Heath
2016
@aajuk Thanks for the lift! That was much nicer than walking all the way home.
2015
RT @JonCG: Big dumb objects alert... 'This light pattern doesn’t show up anywhere else, across 150,000 stars.' http://t.co/zX11YSHLU8
Kinda want. https://t.co/48wAkVhj9R
RT @geekmummy: Reminder: How to set up emergency contact info (ICE) on your PIN-protected iPhone http://t.co/lWY6bfa1zF
RT @mamahabits: Any recs for a cheap early dinner in #bath? Must be delicious obvs!
Handed the answer. #Bristol #door https://t.co/tPKRvaaN2L
RT @technicalfault: Online attackers steal £20m from UK bank accounts - http://t.co/6Ewfa2ptHn
@mousedogbaby I misread that as cosplaying and got quite confused.
2014
I keep getting all excited by a hashtag, then realise that #walkingdead *isn’t* the one where Trevor Eve solves murders by shouting at them.
Oooh. Flickr launch Flickr Wall Art: http://t.co/Gx8M2jB73m I was just wondering last week why they didn't do that already...
@Tinpot Yes, yes it was. Though it did go a bit nuts towards the end, as with many shows like it.
@hayles Someone does appear to have coshed Flickr's previous drunken captain with a 70-200 lens and wrenched the wheel away from them...
@Tinpot Are you, perchance, a Luther fan, too?
@Tinpot All that, and Alice Morgan, too. #inlovewitharedheadedpsychopath
@PointyHound Why not? (Classic Pentax likely the same M42 lens mount as the Praktica—lots of good secondhand lenses out there...)
@dwbuxton Yeah, I actually just assumed that bit without reading too hard.
@dwbuxton Yeah. It annoys me most when it's purely digital stuff. They don't have to ship iTunes Radio to me in a sodding box...
RT @dropbox_support: Reports claiming we’ve been hacked aren’t true. Your stuff is safe. More info on our blog: http://t.co/vI6sfNjC4Z
@Bristol52 Someone not paid their TV licence?
@danbarker Presumably that’s the worldview of a relatively small subset of Twitter users…
New twins. http://t.co/Q3EJ0mVP7E
Where's the Queenshilling? #bristol
@jakepjohnson Cool, ta.
@guriben @jakepjohnson Well, band I like is playing there in December, and it is close... Might need a "Sorry, I am not a 'bear'" T shirt :D
Opinel. http://t.co/YTkH0ouNMK
@ahnlak I’ll be RAIDing it, but yeah, should keep me going for a bit :)
Hrm. Odd sense of scale in this one. http://t.co/r93oxpAcQb
@chubbybannister Oh, that was *them*, was it? Yes, I remember liking that at the time.
RT @iamdevloper: Urban myth: the Ruby developer who managed to download all the Gems they needed within a 24-hour hackathon.
2013
@benjohnbarnes Cool, ta.
@benjohnbarnes (Incidentally, have I pointed you at http://t.co/AP7NIQuQYg ever? Bookmarklet to send podcast episodes to a personal feed...)
Despite having owned this for thirty+ years, I’ve probably not used it for twenty. Time to let go, I think. #charityshoprun
This being the object in question. http://t.co/q5SdK76mRA
Droplets http://t.co/wZGnh7qfZq
Hey, really posh furniture shops that no-one’s ever heard of and who like going bankrupt, that site next to Waitrose is free again! #bristol
@BlackDogDays I swear, there must be some kind of covenant on the lease that means only one kind of shop can be there.
2012
@KaveyF Oh, poor Kaveypie. Just read back through timeline. *hug*
@aminart Ta :) Only time I tried it, ran with camera in backpack and just stopped when taking photos. Sure you could run with one though.
Morning, Cliftonwood. http://t.co/kq6FOsjg
Sitting by the Matthew, having brunch from the Arnolfini. #lovelybristol http://t.co/ahDQflS9
@aminart Take huge lens and cradle it in both hands while running, GI-with-M16 stylee ;)
Emm is doing something lovely with bananas and chocolate :D http://t.co/1a1DwkYL
@claireellent No barbie here, sadly. :(
@Mouse_House I’m in bed too. It’s ACE.
@Mouse_House Doing okay here. Haven’t even had the heating on today. Must be the painting, the stew and the baked bananas :D
2011
Bristol in the distance. @ Royal York Crescent http://t.co/xkzdyZ0R
@stillawake I didn't manage to save mine until today :)
@seengee Not within warranty/under AppleCare?
RT @waiyeehong: What's that? a triffid? :-D RT @gothick: #bostonteaparty :) http://t.co/tnodoKkW @BTPcafes <-- I'm thinking "love-triffid".
@StJamesPT Speedy camera access from lock screen, and volume button to shoot.
@StJamesPT Also, week view in calendar (go landscape), tap & hold to create appointment, drag to move.
RT @timhayward: WTF is the plural of vol-au-vent? Vols-au-vent? Vol-aux-vents?
@StJamesPT Double-tap the home button.
@Mouse_House Art'noon.
@the3rdgirl Not just me, then. Good!
@PeteWilliams Tried turning off and on again (seriously.)?
@PeteWilliams Ah well. Sorry. Worked for me, once.
Who's this Matt Cardle bloke? From all the tweets I'm seeing, he seems to be the next Justin Bieber. And I didn't know who he was, either.
@mattgemmell Can you ask it to start playing a specific podcast? Always wanted that in the old voice recognition.
@mattgemmell Win! Thanks for checking.
@hayles DAMN YOU
@Phooto @asic69 @bexxi I remember seeing it spelled "frig" in at least one old book. (Think it was an Enid Blyton!)
@Phooto @asic69 @bexxi Ha! I wasn't mis-remembering http://t.co/c3CoooUa
@Foxy_RoxyX Big test? Ooh. Good luck.
Hmm. Neal Stephenson's _Reamde_ as audiobook. 38 hours, 30 minutes? Gosh.
@stillawake Thank you. Shame I didn't get one of you and Mersina together with you both in focus. We must sit somewhere lighter next time!
@nickbrompton Was looking for something for a drive to Cambridge and a flight to Crete and back. But I'll need to fly further for that one!
Hrm. Can't help but think tonight's QI would be better off without the awkward ventriloquist.
@stillawake Absolutely fine by me :)
@mhoulden It got less cringeworthy for the last half. But yeah. Ow.
Mmmm. Southville Hop :D @BrisBeerFactory
@Mouse_House Night, Mousey.
@Narshada Odd. Working with iOS5 for me, but of course I don't have a 4S. (Yet!)
2010
@paulahillier Interesting idea. Though that might prove quite complicated. Hmm.
Heh. That's quite a lot of me, now. #dailybooth http://twitpic.com/2xmekx
@KaveyF Yes, not sure, and yes :). Will hopefully know more by tomorrow afternoon and can tell you when I set off, at least. Later likelier.
@tsunimee @ahnlak @glitterdollz7 Sorry, I've not done that in years; even if I could remember I guess it's changed by now.
@Cartblanch Yowch. Don't think I've ever paid more than 30/hour.
Lovely behind-the-scenes Star Wars photos http://bit.ly/bJl7Vq (via the @thinkvitamin blog)
@KaveyF You do not appear to be alone: http://bit.ly/9gcCTs Wouldn't surprise me if it were nPower-related, the tossers.
@jennifermjones How very autosuspicionary of you.
Girl looks unsure, tugs her skirt down to within six inches of stocking-tops, then turns. Guess she's off to reattempt her wardrobe. #cold
2009
@chrisphin I tend to use YouTube comments, or reader comments from the Bristol Evening Post website...
@benjohnbarnes we should probably take this to Wave, you know :)
@jorence I'll try to get a few photos taken and blog an initial review at weekend.
@benjohnbarnes So, like an SLR but with worse battery life? :)
@paulahillier yes, I wanted something tiny to take out when not lugging the SLR around. Hoping this'll be good enough!
@benjohnbarnes Just looking at wifi-enabled SD cards for the new cam...
Well, it's arrived. But I can't give an opinion on how good/bad it is until I've taken some pics in daylight. http://twitpic.com/lh50s
They're remaking Edge of Darkness? Oooh! Urp. With Mel Gibson and Ray Winstone? Hmmm.
@hotdogsladies Antidote: You Will Be Loved Again by the Cowboy Junkies. http://bit.ly/2uMNVo
Listening to @NatJohnsonband's new album at their virtual Roman Listening Party
@ianmcshane Used to be called picLens. It wad what was making Flash crash my Safari. Any other plugins?
@ianmcshane Have you got Cooliris installed? That does it.
@benjohnbarnes yup! If I spend years developing an external iPhone-controlled device it'll be a semi-autonomous roving robot or nothing!
2008
@brownstudies No, it was the no. 8. I got to the building society before it closed, at least. Ho hum.
Forgot this bus changed drivers halfway. Should have brought a novel.
@chrismarquardt starting to notice that myself, and I imagine you get order of magnitude more mail than me...
@chrismarquardt C'mon! You can do it! I got to Inbox Zero on Monday, and it's a great place to be, however transiently...
@Whatleydude Oooh, ta, I've been meaning to try Spinvox Voicemail for a while. Very happy with my occasional use of Spinvox Memo so far!