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Hrm. Wordle 659 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Bonus film dog. https://t.co/RuSbkc2J3d
In today's decluttering questions: how do I responsibly sell/recycle/get shot of several hundred CDs? How many will I be too attached to to actually get rid of? And why do I have three copies of @theagilmore's Fever Beats? I mean, I *love* _Inverigo_, but even so... https://t.co/tcaogNulkR
RT @ProfGAWilliams: Channel 5 has put the wrong subtitles on Ben Hur! It is hilarious!! https://t.co/GTyIyqrqV7
@Gr3ant @cakesthebrain THE REVIEW IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!
@KWargamer @theagilmore I don't know what the green-and-yellow box thing is. Also, they've been in the cellar for three years and I don't have room for them.
@KWargamer @theagilmore Wordle? Oh, I thought you were talking about recycling boxes. I have what the estate agent described euphemistically as a "cellar storage area" and is more like a damp cave under the upstairs neighbours' garden.
@chubbybannister I suffered from a facetious planter for a while. Luckily it was cured by a stair-rod injection.
2022
RT @Coeluh: Due to a small hole at my curtains, my room sometimes turns into a camera obscura. https://t.co/hO9tLPJiXU
Now you see it... Interesting to think that @silenthobo's work may remain as a layer sandwiched between Marcruss Stores and the new flats. #bristol https://t.co/OIDA86TIyR
RT @MCabournSmith: I see they’ve finally made a film about the frustration of trying to cook in an Airbnb. https://t.co/AFeyk3xnP2
2021
RT @intrcnnctd: New post: On the possibility of a dolphin pope https://t.co/XMSNjXMJHu
2020
Cor. 13 minutes for the Times cryptic this morning. A personal best, and my first proper Morse-like time, which has been my aim all along :) #cruciverbalism
Just had an excellent Google Hangout in lieu of a usual pub meet. The only downside is that I've been in the same damn chair all day long now and my back is killing me.
2019
@danhancox @MikeSegalov That’s so good it should be a Half Man Half Biscuit lyric.
RT @MustardSally1: I waved to a man because I thought he waved at me. Apparently he waved to an other woman. So to get out of the awkward…
RT @TheMushyPea: In other news - my two year old son has lost this pinky-peach bunny on a @FirstBSA in Bristol this morning (X1 around 10 f…
DAMN IT TO HELL. https://t.co/Fbsb0gF2X8
@Bristolvor 59%, or, as it sometimes means, “There’s actually rather more time than you’re expecting until the next progress bar, which I have not yet mentioned, appears.”
@hotdogsladies I DO NOT NEED TO SEE THAT AGAIN IT WAS SCARY ENOUGH WHEN I WAS FOURTEEN DAMN IT
@palimpsest22 @chris71williams @IanMartin Ah; I'd been assuming Super Gran. I mean, that amazing reveal where it turned out she'd been Scunner Campbell all along...
RT @daniel_barker: I think it's important to remember that most of the time a woodpecker's tongue is wrapped round its skull, waiting. http…
@danbarker Yes; these very socks. I liked the loud colours. Also a rather more subdued bathrobe. Both online, though. I used to go in person more, when the surrounding ships had more to offer, too, but Broadmead in Bristol is now a wretched hive of scum and villainy. https://t.co/Fz6T7Nqxyf
@libby_ayres @danbarker That’s been replaced by IKEA on a quiet afternoon now. The dreams are cheaper because you have to put them together yourself.
Binging Fleabag season one. Last time I played catch-up like this it was Breaking Bad, so I should probably be glad it’s a British-length series...
@anildash I find Instagram far better for my mental health. But I suppose with both of them it’s entirely down to who you follow.
@mjrobbins @paul_clarke That was my first thought, but it’s been a bloody long time since I lived anywhere near That London.
@paul_clarke @petergregson Oh yeah! https://t.co/dBTiKndgnb
@tiny_teapot I also just did season 1 in a night :) I’m almost happier about that right now, because there’s nothing worse than a brilliant series that carries on too long and ends on an overextended sour note.
2018
RT @warrenellis: #SOCIALISTMODERNISM on Instagram: “Canteen for the House of Recreation for the Writers’ Union of Armenia Sevan Lake, Armen…
Just dipping a toe into Unforgotten and wow, the cast is basically picked from my mental list of every British actor who’s ever impressed me on telly. Hope Trevor Eve gets given an excuse to be monumentally angry 😀
@DrHairbear If you hadn’t I would have SHOUTED AT YOU UNTIL YOU DID.
@MakingBlakes7 *narrows eyes* *raises radiation flare shield*
@ismh Which Mac did you drop on your foot, Stephen? 💻 👞
2017
Bah. Was having quite a nice sleep until my neighbour crashed in upstairs.
Market reading. https://t.co/2Aijyz7hyI
Takoyaki - https://t.co/A15VCHqyAJ https://t.co/msp7GHO4LJ
@Kavey They’re fab. She does “duckoyaki” too ;)
@Kavey Much as they come nicely packaged, I'm pretty sure they would be cold by the time they got to you. Sorry.
@MillieBooLewis It sounds attractive right now, but as a singleton I think I'd probably get lonely if I wasn't with… https://t.co/BapmRkyi9B
RT @MittenDAmour: Read this - its savagely hilarious. “Decorated in various shades of taupe, biscuit and fuck you.” https://t.co/8vBtuHGt…
That'll do. https://t.co/aYB2izQvIl https://t.co/T7sInDjIUY
@quicunquevult @shezza_t New earworm: "This slug's on fire, rolling down the STOVE!"
2016
RT @petapixel: Phil Collins reshot all his original album covers for the 2016 reissues: https://t.co/GrkfdIE8Gj https://t.co/u4pHJSnBn1
@chubbybannister Use the web, Luke.
Bank card readers. With a screwed in battery cover and 4 x LR44s for power. “What’s the *most* inconvenient we can make it for a customer?”
RT @theunderfall: Who is going to join us for @underfallpickle's first day? Om nom nom. @iBristolPeople @Bristol247 @VisitBristol https://…
Settling in at Wainwright's and they just started playing _Kind of Blue_. Good sign. @… https://t.co/KOJYaxZXkN
@Phooto Let me guess—I just have to change banks to get one.
@spyou It’s not just @Lloydbanks — seen the same for at least three others, with different branding. They’ve standardised on customer pain.
Yeah. I might use one of the other photos on the cafe signs blog. https://t.co/ARuOqod2DF
I’ve always loved the little secret gardens between Clifton Arcade and King’s Road #bristol https://t.co/HJRgh2Ma0S
@samsneed12 @chubbybannister *Butts in* Their coffee is quite old-school. I completely love the place though, and their teas are excellent.
@Hit_Delete Lovely, isn’t it? Twelve and Amoeba have gardens back there. This view is from the little alleyway entrance to rear of Arcade.
@chubbybannister @samsneed12 Heavy, in-your-face, cut-through-milk strength, as much coffee was in the first wave of better British coffee.
@chubbybannister @samsneed12 …not that there’s anything wrong with that; I just wish they’d have a subtler guest on, or something.
@BabsBat What was that swooshing noise? It sounded like a typo being swept under the carpet. *looks suspicious*
Apple’s cloud services, as informative and helpful as ever… https://t.co/6Hc6aRhtiE
Sometimes, simple is better. #hamandcheesetoastie https://t.co/iAQ6bAxyIW
@Kavey I have better shots; I always take a few when I’m trying to grab a bit of human interest in the background.
@samsneed12 @chubbybannister There is something about their particular bean + roast that’s very distinctive, and quite love/hate.
@samsneed12 @chubbybannister That’s just how I find it, and I never got used to it. But my friend Tara loves it & buys their beans for home.
@samsneed12 @chubbybannister For reliable and excellent, near(ish) there, I’d go for Small Street Espresso.
@samsneed12 @chubbybannister Have also heard good things about Playground on St. Nicholas Street, but not tried it myself.
@wainwrightsbrew Thanks! https://t.co/amOieLNl8h :)
STOP BLOODY “CORRECTING” ME, APPLE! *Siri Beep* “Do you mean ‘CREATININE’?” *Throws phone at wall* *Distant Siri Beep* “‘CROCHETING’?”
RT @normative: Gosh, good thing they didn't have any developer-authenticated security circumvention tools to steal. https://t.co/BGJD0FU07y
Last RT: When the FBI use the phrase “cyber actors”, there’s only one picture in my mind. https://t.co/hPxe40yt3k
@shezza_t It’s the backs of a couple of cafes and some other odd shops. (These; snap taken from alley to Arcade https://t.co/d9GL4mpuOg )
@RevRichardColes From the looks of him, I’m guessing Repin wasn’t necessarily a slow worker.
@Phooto Ah, no, I see! No, I mean these bloody things, which many banks helpfully just call a "card reader". https://t.co/6o0tIeDWU6
@Phooto Some of the UK banking industry still has core systems working in pounds, shillings and pence. I'm not sticking my finger in there!
@CharlieEsq_ Only just found out about this and then a Twitter search shows I should have been paying more attention!
@CharlieEsq_ I am *so* connected with all of my communities. *Wanders off, head in clouds*
@CharlieEsq_ In my defence, though, I was mostly in Bedminster at the time.
@Bufty_Grifter Coolerama. I’d really like a set, but haven’t quite justified it to myself yet.
Skills improving. https://t.co/Tt6ozmT1HJ
Well, that was like pulling bloody teeth today. https://t.co/2e8LkDaKI7
Toned. https://t.co/Uk4IFQHGyo
2015
That @RachaelDadd just cycled around in Spotify’s “New Music Commute” playlist :)
Blotto. https://t.co/S38YTOOuRs
Waiting for haddock. (Beckett's less- successful followup) https://t.co/zsJ8YurNgQ
2014
@bdkjones @samhastings Cool, as long as it's not just my setup. Thanks!
@WTF4Photography You've not visited my concrete-floored basement lair, have you? (You'd remember; I'll have insisted you wear a tinfoil hat)
People have been saying that Lightroom 5.4 is available. Check for Updates doesn't seem to find it... Hrm.
Though if it just add the iPad version compatibility stuff, there's no rush for me, at least.
@DrHairbear So I wonder what you do if you don't have a Creative Cloud subscription?
I didn't realise there was a surf equivalent of cross-country skiing. http://t.co/hnFvzwzFOW
Balloon & the moon #bristol http://t.co/iQ2sHgM5US
Looks like my street's getting its residents' parking markings tomorrow, then.
@Mouse_House It was a nice moment. Rather wish I'd had the big camera with me, but hey.
@hayles I can't drive a tank down it quick, they made it 20mph last year :D
@hayles Fair point. Sadly, I shaved off my Donald-Sutherland-in-Kelly's-Heroes beard last week. http://t.co/9aWbiDiF75
Say, if you have one of these residents' parking permits, is it valid for everywhere in the same "zone" thing?
@Bufty_Grifter Cool, ta. Could be vaguely useful, depending on what spaces wind up where. Will have to do some small-print reading.
@Bufty_Grifter I'm thinking mine might well come in handy for Clifton Village shops, in fact. As long as there's not a tank in the way.
@Bufty_Grifter (Not that I drive that short a distance too often, but could be handy for buying bulky stuff.)
@MillieBooLewis Partly because I wanted to do this Walt-from-Breaking-Bad-style photo: https://t.co/ViwAKanqmw and partly...
@MillieBooLewis ...because it was getting too long and annoying me.
@MillieBooLewis Apparently it's a "yes" around here. I'll have to wait until they actually send the permit applications round, I suppose...
@bathsaints Hrm. I've definitely parked in more streets than that around here trying to find a space. Hopefully they'll give us more scope.
@archidave To be fair, if they leave it as it is after they've painted the boxes, things will be better. As they've basically just...
@archidave ...painted bays everywhere apart from the "you're parking like a dickhead, aren't you?" places.
@bathsaints The time I can't park nearby are evenings when there's a match on at Ashton Gate or Sundays when something's on at the church...
@bathsaints ...so I'll still have that problem, but will probably have to remember to go move the car before 8am the next morning :(
@bathsaints Yeah, probably not so much around here. Hardly any businesses for half a mile radius, really.
@archidave I dunno much about the consultation. Hey, @blackdogdays, did the school get any more parking spaces?
@anna_debenham I was just wondering where to buy beard wax, so at least your weirdness is doing me a favour :D
@MrGreenGus Cool, ta. It’ll be interesting to see if this scheme has any benefits, but I can’t really tell until it arrives.
@MrGreenGus …and that’s normal anyway, isn’t it?
@adamgasson I say we get up at dawn, move all the cones to the ends of the road, and take the only car-free photos of the street in history.
@adamgasson Well, the bays they’ve already painted look pretty reasonable. Wondering what they’ll do on Joy Hill.
@adamgasson Yeah, I’m really not sure. But then it affects me less as I only drive a few times a week.
2013
RT @sowerbyandluff: My cupboard is so empty I feel like I should be the star of a nursery rhyme.
@Thehappyfatgirl @Bristol52 @liveindetail Aww, shucks :)
@Thehappyfatgirl @Bristol52 @liveindetail You'll find a bunch of mine here: http://t.co/k7kUcD3T9J
@guriben We feel that the flowery pap enhances the engagement of user experience in our fully-integrated customer-base interaction approach.
@Thehappyfatgirl @liveindetail I'm just building one for myself. Only put something very basic live yesterday: http://t.co/s76914CnqL
@Thehappyfatgirl @liveindetail But I've not really done much in the way of photo selection or testing on things that aren't a Mac yet.
@Bristol52 (*blush*)
RT @Joanna_e_mann: Went to the fascinating 'chocolate' exhibition at @mshedbristol over the weekend. People of Bristol - it's a must!
(I think I may have found my artist date for the week.)
Anyway. Twitterscope down for half an hour while I try to get through another chapter of Big Nerd Ranch's "iOS Programming" #learningtime
@Thehappyfatgirl @liveindetail The other one I've experimented with is 500px, but I've got even less on that. http://t.co/DJDNgmRLkh
@Thehappyfatgirl I've got a free account on 500px. Upload's fairly easy on anything these days, normally quite drag&drop.
@Thehappyfatgirl http://t.co/s76914CnqL is one I built and host myself, basically just a WordPress theme.
@Thehappyfatgirl Never tried to do more than one in 500px (I'm trying to keep it for my best shots.) In my own thing I can drag a bunch.
@Thehappyfatgirl The only place I dump loads of photos at once is generally Facebook or Flickr, and I use stuff in iPhoto for that.
@Thehappyfatgirl I would be happy to do that for my normal day rate :D
Ooop. Got to be over Ashley Down way in a half-hour. *dashes off*
@Thehappyfatgirl *stalks*
@hayles I sometimes tweet when there's a new entry. But then I'm a tech geek; most of my readership are subscribed through RSS.
@hayles I think it's really down to the overlap between your followers' interests and your blog content. Varies a lot, person to person.
Home! Now, more learning, then catching up with email. It's a racy life I lead.
Hrm. I appear to have accidentally become a social media consultant. I wonder if this means I should shoot myself?
I suppose I'll just have to try to be a force for good. Do me a favour, if you see me calling myself a guru, slap me with something.
@Duchamps_Brides Good plan. I will reply to your email, by the way! Playing catch-up this afternoon.
@Thehappyfatgirl Bear in mind the free account is limited to 10 uploads per week, by the looks of it.
@Thehappyfatgirl Kewl.
@Thehappyfatgirl Nah, back home now.
@MarkSkinner_ Damn. *Sure* I was reading something about that the other day when playing with gradients, but can't find it now.
@MarkSkinner_ Vague recollections of advice about dithering, and using RGBA_8888.
Just spent half-hour importing my entire Twitter archive into Tweetnest. There they are, all 32,000 of them. Christ. http://t.co/EyJGABNrur
Looks like 2011 was my peak year for tweeting. Clearly it's all downhill from there.
@tsunimee AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASHEEEEEEESBAAAAAAAAAACK! YAAAAAY!
@Whatleydude I imagine it is, indeed, untrue.
@tsunimee *Picks you up* *Spins you around* *Puts you back down again*.
@andybeebristol I'll tell you the answer to that, but it'll cost you £5 and a Facebook "like".
@MsMottram No, it's a funky open source thang made by @graulund. http://t.co/VBxz9aKgGx
@lauraroweeats I'll have to delay reading that, because the hashtag reminded me I HAVE WINE.
@lauraroweeats *raises glass* I'll just have to find out later whether I'm a girl or gay.
@Thehappyfatgirl Gimme a prod on 500px before you hit the sack, you.
@mattgemmell Hit the top-right dropdown, check English. http://t.co/PQ7jZ7H9Yg
@justin I'll make a note of that on a file on my iDisk. Oh. Wait.
@Thehappyfatgirl Dunno. Is it working?
@Thehappyfatgirl No, I mean is it working as a chat-up line? :D
@bitchwhocodes On the plus side, it's a great excuse for putting lots of toys on business expenses.
2012
I think it's probably bedtime. *lounges luxuriantly on memory foam* Bonsoir, Twitter.
@jorence Morning.
I. Need. Coffee. *stares at bleak weather in between me and cafe*
@Thehappyfatgirl I did enough running yesterday.
@BenPark I have at least five different coffee-making devices. Currently trying to reduce my addiction by not keeping coffee in the house!
RT @missemmeline: off to @No1Harbourside with @gothick for coffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee <-- My saviour.
On a boat, heading for town.
Hello gloomy Bristol. http://t.co/Q1kUJqcg
Just posted a photo @ The Harbourside Bar http://t.co/YFx1DEtZ
2011
@betty_watson Mornin'!
Good morning all. I appear to be wearing a Very Special Easter Hat. http://t.co/oyBEsEV
My weight: 17:4.6 stlb. 0:4.6 stlb to go. Weighin' in. http://withings.com
I am on the way to Legoland! Okay, at this point that involves waiting in Tesco car park while someone buys nappies, but I'm still excited.
Inst-arrrr-gram @ Legoland Windsor http://instagr.am/p/C-70R/
@twittl3s this evening, apparently there's a Star Wars laser show. We're ducking out now, though.
@chrisphin Am currently at Legoland. Close call. Would depend on the whisky. Does that make me 38?
@chrisphin Yeah. Loved bits; hated bits. On the whole, glad I tried it. Next time, maybe the whisky!
@nyssapod Ha! Splendid! Happy birthday, @mistymaria!
2010
Staccato glare from/ Flickering fluorescent/ Where are Maintenance? #haiku
@shezza_t No; but he explains why he didn't, which is mostly due to (a) the way wash-up works, and (b) because it would have been pointless.
@benjohnbarnes The voting is generally quite pragmatic in the Commons, there's a lot of it to do. Buddy systems and stuff help out, too.
@benjohnbarnes But this one was mostly due to the wash-up process, which most people voting against #debill seem think needs fixing, too.
Oh, _Sheffield Shanty_, how I love thee.
@KaveyF Studies have shown that alcohol can have a destabilising influence when it comes to the subjunctive mood.
@playleimagery my last video plays OK for me at 720. Haven't noticed any others playing up.
@playleimagery weird. My comments have been screwed and overall design seems flaky, but at least video plays!
Morning all. Here is a flowchart. It was going to be a different flowchart, but... http://twitpic.com/1e7sum
@mrchrisaddison No. No it isn't. Don't try to trick me into watching that again. I won't fall for it.
@bertpalmer They axed it in the cutbacks. Or you're trying to watch analogue telly. One of the two. Or maybe you need to re-scan.
Morning all! http://twitpic.com/1e8gdn
@bertpalmer It's lovely. And getting lovelier.
@CraigTweedy it's 2017. Good news: jetpacks are a reality. Bad news: you're under arrest. We'll tell you what for when we release you.
My MP's followup response to #debill question. Seems sensible enough. http://bit.ly/aicVmp (Stephen Williams, LibDem, Bristol West)
@hayles I do not know. But I have been similarly reassured that it is. I may have to investigate.
@andybeebristol Wait. You use your phone for... phone calls?
@hayles @talkie_tim Think you've got problems? Try telling @ahnlak, @jamesclay and @Aleksandr_Orlov apart from their avatars...
@KaveyF @talkie_tim I'm guessing that's a cocktail made from Babycham and Mini Babybel?
I have been listening to The Libertines to wake myself up. Now I am tired and also deaf.
@Zinziii Sigh. Whereas I need to get on a sorting mission. Currently at 5,353 unrated photos in Lightroom. Ugh.
@Zinziii I just behind at the end of last year. You know, when the evenings were drawing in, and there was plenty of bloody time to do it!
@Zinziii "got behind", I meant to say. But I know there's good stuff in there to be found; it's just finding the time now...
_Who_ Piranha? I've been getting some very odd friend requests on Facebook recently.
@paulahillier "Recent cooking incidents"? Didn't burn _another_ house down, did you?
@Zinziii Somehow that doesn't surprise me. However, I'm a lardy old bald bloke; it's more unexpected with me :)
@paulahillier My diagnosis: your attention span has got even shorter. We are not talking about products that take a long time to cook, here!
Okay, I am going to play Monkey Swallows the Universe and do my weekly review.
2009
My voice is a bit rough tonight. Think I'll stop now and see if I can re-record the vocals in the morning.
Gah. MobileMe renewal due. Do I pay £60 for a well-integrated, yet crap service, or try managing the same stuff with several other services?
@ahnlak That's because Windows is repeating its annoyances.
"You have moved the mouse. You must restart Windows for this change to take effect."