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@EuphoriTori Women are the most important people in the world and they are the most powerful people in the whole world and they are the most powerful people in the entire world and they are the most powerful people in the universe and they are the most powerful people in the universe (!)
@chubbybannister Cripes. Wordle 472 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
@BeardyHowse Leonard finally loses it and shoots out the stained-glass window, one slow pane at a time. #thearchers https://t.co/nWe0Jo1S4u
RT @josecastillo: I'm not annoyed by this bug, just mystified by how it happens: somehow, every time I add the sqlite amalgamation — sqlite…
RT @MattNavarra: This is the first edited tweet from the UK.
2021
Cards. https://t.co/kNIGf5qQIZ
It's always DNS.
2020
RT @jaredpalmer: Baby pangolins look like they are about to nervously post a question on StackOverflow https://t.co/3Jkca7usZd
RT @DailyHMHBLyrics: Someone get a message through to Captain Snort That they'd better start assembling the boys from the fort And keep Mrs…
RT @them_apples: It’s quite dark these days, isn’t it? Here’s one of the best 15 seconds of TV ever https://t.co/LNlfI2BtHT
Listening to 1995's _Love the Sky to Death_, I idly realise that computers have now advanced to the stage where they can decently handle the track listing. #sunshineblind https://t.co/QDj6fOMm8N
Of course, I will probably regret this choice when I try to import my music into whatever system comes along next...
2019
@mhoulden It's about equal in frequency with "BUT BUT THEY DIDN'T EVEN VOTE" from people who don't know about pairing, or that their MP was seriously ill for six months...
Apply cam hype (anag.) https://t.co/xFFI7ppE6U
2018
@OpinionatedGeek 📎 I see you’re composing a diatribe on Twitter. Would you like some help with that?
2017
Thanks for crippling the 505 service, Bristol. I was really missing waiting in cold uncertainty while it was good.
RT @1followernodad: the most impressive scene in any spy movie is in Casino Royale when james bond is in a hotel shower and knows immediate…
@danielpunkass Next terrifying job: drilling a hole through fresh expensive tiling.
Here is a photographic guide to the @BristolCouncil 505 bus service as run previously by Wessex (picture 1) and now… https://t.co/AvQVFR9I6c
(And while I'm grumbling, are there no cashpoints left at all in Clifton Village now?)
RT @MakingBlakes7: Forty years ago today, filming on Blake's 7 resulted in one heart attack, one broken wrist and some rather scorched acto…
@emmachampion6 It's handy for me because the bus from works stops there, so I can shop in the Co-op and then walk down the hill home.
@emmachampion6 The bus, and Bristol's total lack of an Oyster-like system (or even the 505 taking contactless debit… https://t.co/NYGYaCnj1W
RT @emmachampion6: @gothick Do Wessex have a phone app like First Bus? Reduces need for cash. You can pass up there 😉
@emmachampion6 It's now run by Bristol Community Transport, and I don't think so. (Also, when I checked their rates… https://t.co/Z3mhmJuE0p
RT @GirishJuneja: Video. The moment the F fell off #CPC17 https://t.co/JFvNDbJTMJ
2016
@Pinboard I was just thinking this morning that I should record a hit called "Alexa, buy this album."
@benthompson I have long been waiting for digital tech to catch up with the price/excellence of an old FM radio in every room! 📻
@qntm By all means. Credit me if you can fit the credit in easily, otherwise I’m not worried :D
2015
Morning, misty #bristol! http://t.co/iC8lO6VnXu
Ashton Avenue Bridge #igersbristol https://t.co/u8ZhmBayCU
@chubbybannister Ooh, is it a good one? I was checking out a car boot sale; will have to grab the podcast later.
@chubbybannister Righto, ta.
Hot dawg. #bristol #streetart http://t.co/nMh6iFREYs
Walked over to Clifton Car Boot Sale this morning. Which is, of course, not in Clifton. Nice view, though! #bristol http://t.co/JdsNGejRi4
Strange, the things you find on the back of street signs in Bristol… http://t.co/JGiVfaVi0O
@hover Hi, my open helpdesk request seems to have stalled (983198, last updated by you 27 September.) Do I just keep waiting? Ta!
RT @asymbina: WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW http://t.co/iOBRJBF8h0
@RevRichardColes Gosh, yes. These new ones I have here were such a change :) http://t.co/ByA1KfXP54
@chubbybannister I now know why you were crying. But I think the cringe-terview is affecting me more. *bites fist*
@chubbybannister Yup. Also: will there ever be a storyline resolution, or will we get 40 more years of “I married a psychopath”?
@boagworld Long press on the Timeline heading at the top. One of the main reasons I use it ;)
RT @HMittelmark: There is nothing like the sound of a child's laughter to remind you that your apartment is haunted.
RT @sampsockwell: When no fucker in the entire company thinks to call em 'Quornish Pasties' you gotta ask questions. http://t.co/uh9whfwWLH
@hover Thanks, all sorted now.
2014
Morning, #Bristol. The weather, as showcased by the herbs on my windowledge: http://t.co/wQAnRQG0ZR
@MResponsively This week I muted 8 Twitter clients by ID using the iDontGiveAToss app!
For my 40,000th tweet, I should pass on some Twitter wisdom, gained over the years: Limit yourself to 140 characters, and you'll do just fin
Seem to be close to something of a Flickr milestone, too. http://t.co/T5EyTEFZKA
@chubbybannister Not into this bathroom, they don't. It's killed spider plants.
@chubbybannister Maybe I could grow 'shrooms.
@hayles I can't help being concise.
@hayles Is *that* what this thing is for?
RT @LittleLostLad: I've just seen a priest in Sainsbury's buying popcorn. I can now only imagine him eating it whilst sat listening to peop…
Brunch. http://t.co/MXWEftpy2O
I should be working. But this may be my only opportunity to go check out Underfall Yard and M-Shed's stuff that's on today without rain...
Underfall machinery. http://t.co/qZO1H5hiV7
Fancy a dip? http://t.co/3jOIrvGoUY
Dive intercom! http://t.co/ssvuOXoplN
@ToM_BaL @libbymiller If you can get down here in half hour, there’ll be historical diving!
In a short while, this lucky man will be entering the Floating Harbour in a vintage diving suit!… http://t.co/7D2p1bUu3V
Our hero prepares! #bristol http://t.co/gXIidJ5r9U
#Bristol is extra-fab today! http://t.co/aPoafxstm1
@ToM_BaL @libbymiller Sorry, not sure.
@ToM_BaL @libbymiller Cool. Highly recommended.
They're in Underfall Yard today and tomorrow, by the looks of it. Well worth seeing. https://t.co/PpWo3lQexl #bristol http://t.co/TPO746LyX4
Snappity: Emergence #bristol https://t.co/8jMnPmsjkB http://t.co/4SdRxZdHBj
@Bristolvor Those were my impressions exactly.
Fecking Stylophone intro.
2013
Was the thunder everyone's talking about around 1:30am? Didn't hear it, but woke up to torrential rain... http://t.co/K19Jf8NweP
@Phooto No, Sleep Cycle app for iOS.
@adamgasson Yeah, you get to feel like an actual human being for the day :)
@galfriday612 @guriben @CafeWatcher We’re completely made up to have tickled your fancy, old bean.
@Malarkey Amen.
@ShaneHudson Seems sensible. Presumably a scared rising shriek will send it safely over your head.
And now, as a reward for finishing this contract, I’m going to watch _Once More, With Feeling_. #buffy
@djelibeybi_meg They got the mustard out!
A younger me would have noticed leaving a 3D graph rotating under my other windows for 2 days. Computers got *fast*. http://t.co/JmobbCsiMx
RT @tragicyclist: From our Parish magazine today. No, really! http://t.co/JLf3yW0Xtr
2012
@jorence maybe you’d like to borrow this badge of mine? @liveindetail http://t.co/r6HnL6fu
RT @cox_tom: Almost certainly the best photo of a cat levitating, while another cat looks on, amazed, that you will see this week: http: ...
Random question: has Bruce Willis ever appeared in a film that doesn’t have any guns in it?
@Narshada Yup.
No, for the purposes of the question, voice acting (eg Look Who’s Talking) does not count. Sorry.
@Ninja_lynneja I haven’t heard of that one. But no, I’m not counting voice acting…
“@nickbrompton: @gothick colour of night - dodgy erotic thriller with jane march…” <— Haven’t seen it. Colleague has vague gun-memory… Hmm.
@andybeebristol He was shot.
.@nickbrompton Just found a still from Armageddon, with gun. http://t.co/0GNWVUbn
@ianmcshane Not mentioned on the Wikipedia page, if he was…
@ianmcshane The one with the double-barrelled shotgun? ;)
@curtismark In which he gets shot..? ;)
@andybeebristol @Lillput They’re running PAYE for me.
@curtismark Voice acting doesn’t count, sorry!
@sarcastathon There’s a joke about wood here that’s probably too obvious to make.
RT @DalekMP: There is no easy way to say this: We made a pledge not to invade the Earth. We didn't stick to it. For that I feel no emoti ...
RT @liz_buckley: I'm collecting up all the spare Ls from Miliband & Savile tweets and making a new village in Wales.
RT @word_geek: @gothick Has anyone seen that romcom he did years ago. With a blond, to whom he was married? *IMDBs* The Story of Us. May ...
@archidave I’d prefer that to be the question.
Hurrah! I have a floor! http://t.co/pRDxP4xJ
@BenPark I'm basically treading the "plain and inoffensive so more people might want to buy the flat" line, myself...
@BenPark I can actually see both of the pics. Odd!
@ahnlak Somehow I've got to put that back in. Preferably without buggering up the new lino. Might wait for a mate to come round...
Hrm. I don't have much money left now I've paid for this kitchen. *Turns bank account upside down and shakes*
@hatsandbikes Er. He only has one "l", sadly.
I might go and use my WOK BURNER for the very first time. If you soon smell singed eyebrows in Hotwells, I apologies.
Apologise, even.
@Thehappyfatgirl Thank you! Just the walls to do, and then decide how funky a colour to use for the glass splashback behind the hob...
@PeteWilliams When I did that, I had my shit electric shower replaced with an awesome mixer from the new combi. BONUSTASTIC.
@Thehappyfatgirl Yes, but I've not really got anywhere in this flat to keep her guide dog.
@StephenEThomas Sorry. Guns used by other characters still counts. Otherwise there’s Sixth Sense, too…
RT @NRE_FirstGW: NEW: Delays between Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads until further notice. A person has been hit by a train ... http:/ ...
@stillawake The Turkish place on the quiet side (Oz?) is nice and often overlooked.
2011
Good morning, Twitter.
I hope all you Star Wars fans are watching Avanaut's photostream. http://t.co/y75xKIYD@N06/
Guten morgen! Is all good in the world of Cookwi(t)ch this morning?
RT @rbrwr: @gothick Twitter is cutting that link up at the @ sign... the short link http://t.co/ytPUZb7f might work better.
@rbrwr Ta. Bloody Twitter. It's bad enough that they shorten everything whether it needs it or not, but to do it with a broken shortener...
@archidave Not too badly, ta. Today scheduled as my first proper work/study day of my "sabbatical"; we'll see how *that* goes... You?
@archidave Ah. Yes. Just looked back through your. Er. Stream. As it were. *sympathy*
There really should be a first-year introductory course to NOT STANDING IN THE DAMN WAY. #Bristol #grumpyoldman #sorry
@Swishrelic Experiment! I finally found that mine will go away if I down a pint of lukewarm water. Works every time.
Today I have mostly been watching Harvard Extension Schools classes and getting a development environment together. #sabbatical
@jorence Today has been my first trial day of self-discipline. It's gone suspiciously well.
@stillawake Harvard have released a bunch of their classes (for external learners) as video. Really good stuff.
@stillawake At the moment, I'm ploughing through course E-76: http://t.co/5HXkXCnl
@hayles I was up, showered, dressed and working by 9:30. Scary, but true. We'll see how long I keep that up. And no cake (yet!)
@stillawake I've also heard good things about Stanford's stuff. "iTunes U" is a good place to browse.
@jorence @stillawake Yeah. I got most of my web programming skills from Harvard, too, which is why I'm starting there for phone programming.
@matt_fwyalchen What, no pocket protector? Living dangerously! http://t.co/lQi9Xph0®-Pocket-Protectors-Grained-White/dp/B002XJTTYY/
@stillawake @jorence I'm sure it depends on a lot of things; luckily I found the Harvard courses and lecturers both very good indeed.
@r0bb1eh @stillawake @jorence A few of the CS ones are definitely fully available for free; doubt that's true of the majority, though.
@g_e_r_b None of this stuff hits other countries very fast, does it? I'm still waiting to rent TV shows on my Apple TV.
@g_e_r_b I think I'm in for a long wait for iCloud music sync and for Match. Sulk. Hoping for something to upgrade to from my 3GS, at least.
@mediaben Indeedy. The camera would be my main reason for finally upgrading this 3GS, I think.
@mediaben Yeah. They are the antidote to the standard "let's just shovel in MOAR MEGAPIXELZ!!11!!1"
@willsmith I have been greatly disappointed by any voice thing I've ever tried. Can't quite imagine someone's got it right at last.
@willsmith (Especially for non-American accents.)
It seems unlikely that someone's come up with a voice interface that's better than my typing, even on a phone.
My normal speech recognition experience: "What's the weather like at Heathrow?" "*beep*. Now playing audiobook 'Wuthering Heights'."
@bertpalmer Everything always looks great at the keynote... Before Apple bought Siri, it wasn't available in the UK, so never tried it. Hm.
@bertpalmer It's even possible that it works brilliantly. If you have an American accent and are in a quiet room.
@mediaben Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?
@bertpalmer Won't bother me much, anyway. The camera's already enough reason to upgrade from the 3GS for me.
@isaiah *beep* "Deleting all greyhounds."
@lizpscully No, I'm an average-to-good typist, I've just had many, many dismal experiences with voice recognition.
@lizpscully Also, if it needs an internet connection to to do the dictation, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to beat it even if it's okayish.
@chrisphin I'd estimate another ten hours or so.
@guriben @mediaben If I had the money, I'd try both. For the moment, think I'm going to have to stick with the iPhone.
@guriben Oooh, that looks pretty!
@guriben Thank you.
@guriben I will postpone that for a little while, though, as I'm desperately trying not to get distracted by new shiny things at the moment!
@andybeebristol "Luckily", when I do that it's normally quickly apparent, when the cookbook catches fire.
@jbirdiebird No. I'm watching Blake's 7. #contrarian
RT @dwiskus: As someone named Dave, I'm hesitant of any technology that talks to me.
@bertpalmer Well, the 4 would give you an extra 100 hours standby battery life over the 4S (!)
2010
@xabl Cool. When they made their way out into the world, did you think "there goes someone who'll do well posting nuts to strangers"?
RT @Support: We're investigating reports of folks still seeing 0/0 follow counts, unable to follow other users. We'll send another updat ...
Hmm. Carcassonne for iPad? I can imagine that pleasing a few of my friends :) (via @daringfireball) http://carcassonneapp.com/#df
@archidave The reality that you actually are a freed slave, hopefully :)
@markmilian Airline food isn't there as food. It's there as a 5-minute distraction from the fact there's still hours of fucking flying left.
Mornin' all. Pretty out. http://yfrog.com/mxy37sj
@paulahillier Ooh. Is it today?
@caitlinmoran I hate to break it to you, but that number he left? That's *not* the dialling code for the North Pole.
@paulahillier Well, may you have a week of cakes, be they early, on time, or mildly belated ;)
Oooh, first @grazedotcom box :D http://yfrog.com/ht2a3ij
@archidave Arse.
Hmm. When a company gets so large as to require you to wear ID, is it time to leave? #paraphrase #lazaruslong
RT @bristol247: Man arrested following horrific attack on woman in her own home in Bedminster #bristol http://ht.ly/2NKzi
@rabidbee Traditionally, Columbo.
@rabidbee Though personally, I hope to have a cold by Wednesday, because I just set the video for _The Rockford Files_.
@Lillput That's probably the only series I'm actually considering buying a DVD boxset of.
@rabidbee Yeah, pretty much anything featuring a detective who looks more rumpled than you feel will be fine.
Would any UK followers like to try a free @grazedotcom box? I have this code that gives us both stuff: 7YFDGNRN http://www.graze.com/
Hmm. Trying to look at the Bath half marathon site, but I can't seem to find any DNS records for it.
@canofpopcom Beavering? In a rabbit warren? This beaver, is he lost?
2009
@bertpalmer So *you* say. Need to spend a lot of time rating today's photos now....
Morning all! Off for a jog, then off for a Flickr meet!
Damn! Men working on the Suspension Bridge chains, and all I have is my iPhone camera!
Well, that didn't go brilliantly. Forgot road was closed on way to hill I wanted to try. Still, done some exercise.
(Specifically, this rather raggedy jog-stop-jog: http://bit.ly/1ZX0GG . But check out the elevation graph -- bloody hills!)
@jorence Had to stop a couple of times! But it's my only option to get to the Downs, which is lovely jogging, so I'm going to keep trying!
@bananza Good luck with the marathon! Just keep putting one foot in front of the other :)
Outside the Cottage, watching model speedboat racing http://twitpic.com/k8d8f
Cake! http://twitpic.com/k8olm
Fab shot, Bert! RT @bertpalmer: had a great time photographing models on speedboats today ;o) http://flic.kr/p/74Kh4G
@theagilmore *ducks*
@KaveyF Thanks, by the way, for lending me that 300mm lens. Took it out on a whim today, and there turned out to be model speedboat racing!
Go, go @bananza! *does marathon cheerleader dance*
@KaveyF Canon EF 75-300 4-5.6 IS.
@Narshada Careful! It's only a matter of time before she starts faxing photocopies of dead mice to you at work.
Seen today: The "B-Team" van. http://twitpic.com/k9uaq
@benjohnbarnes Nice and fast for me. Never seen a problem with the page load...
And this is why having Kavey's 300mm with me was handy today: http://flic.kr/p/74Smsu :)
@theagilmore So, like, which of your hands is the non-guitar playing one, dear?
2008
@jacintuk Heh. Did you ever try that in Skype chat? http://is.gd/3wSH
@jacintuk For gothick.org.uk, I use XSL to generate static pages from a list of images. But it's harder work than using Lightbox2 gallery!
@jacintuk Ah, the lightbox? That's JS/CSS/HTML. Was the easiest way to do the gallery quickly. May make it static pages in the end.
@jacintuk Flash? What flash?
Mind you, it probably doesn't work in IE.
Cool. Now have a basic photo portfolio site with the images stored in the S3 cloud. http://mattgibsonphoto.com/
Experimenting with using Amazon S3 to store some of my images
Have finished first working version of the website. Now to spend as much time again getting it working in IE6.
Gah! Why isn't Safari caching any images on the site I just created? FF and even IE are caching them fine...
@johnfbraun 222,000-mile service? Isn't that the one where they jack up the roof-rack, then drive a new car underneath and bolt it back on?
@ryancarson what did you think of Cabot Circus? I had low expectations, but was pleasantly surprised by the architecture, at least.
Damn. Came to garden centre for lunch in garden. Is now raining.
Trying to finish a basic photo portfolio website in an hour!