On This Day, 15 June
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RT @bbcrb: BREAKING: The @bristolballoon Fiesta won't be taking place at Ashton Court this year. Organisers say it's not possible because…
2020
RT @adamsmet66: A THREAD: On Friday it was my birthday. I celebrated at home with my family. I had cake. I was spoiled. I couldn't have be…
RT @NONBlNARY: yesterday i served someone a magical potion of become not alive https://t.co/OBMqFrWCNN
2019
RT @pageantmalarkey: My dad had a new radiator fitted, then realised you could no longer open the drawer. So he remade the drawer like this…
RT @qikipedia: Nearly 20,000 inhabitants of a Turkish province called ‘Batman’ have signed a petition to re-shape the province’s borders in…
2018
2017
RT @upourstreet: Many residents living in tower blocks in our neighbourhood. @BristolCouncil have issued statement on fire safety https://t…
@YoBikeUK Any chance of adding the Sheffield stands outside Hotwells Primary School as a legal parking spot? Seems… https://t.co/K5LXdSwBms
This guy again. I honestly can’t figure out what the con is here. But I’m not going to reply to find out. https://t.co/uCortRTtyx
RT @rmholdsworth: On Tim Farron, (il)liberalism and personal belief affecting public action https://t.co/PlnuJWDoNU
RT @sblackmoore: Sagittarius: While attempting to improve your Roomba you will unwittingly trigger the Robot Apocalypse.
@YoBikeUK Curses. My nearest stand is ten minutes’ walk away… thanks anyway.
RT @jimcossey: Managed to pull myself away from editing weddings pics and building website to capture the last colour from last nights suns…
The Buddha and the bamboo. Sounds like it should be a parable. https://t.co/NETjjBGhwu https://t.co/pi7pexz6te
More delicious rosemary for t'yard. 😀 https://t.co/qwciyj6WXp https://t.co/GiBWUV7off
RT @leonardocarella: *people perpetuating national stereotypes during floods* is one of my favourite photographic genres. 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 🇦🇺 https…
RT @missy_molly_mol: My face when people tell me they forgot to eat https://t.co/f4VIhLJLmP
RT @hopper_coffee: Well, I never imagined to see that as a unit of measure. https://t.co/r4oOJf4rxh
@dadge I did enjoy the misdirection on that one.
2016
@dangusset Strikes me that an artist *is* software that makes original pieces of their works, and people have been buying them for ages!
RT @RyanJL: Mr John Lewis isn't just good value on Twitter when the Christmas advert premieres. https://t.co/D11cYgSkC0
I am a member of an advanced civilisation in 2016, yet I see this and think UG FIND CLUB KILL GOOD. Explains a lot. https://t.co/B6OZLjnvz3
They’re not kidding, folks. And the traffic fumes are worse than usual. Avoid. #bristol https://t.co/trqgevYM3y https://t.co/ew2LvTsBvJ
The pedestrian route across Junction Lock is also closed, so head for Merchants Road bridge if on foot #Bristol https://t.co/D9w46g5cnE
Serious. https://t.co/ih56RGoWKo
Not sure why there’s a bike plastered in Dutch national postcode lottery advertising on North Street. https://t.co/z4yOUMmVWi
@HeartWCountry @travelwestEng Yup, no problem.
RT @nalsa: Brexit, pursued by Bob Geldof.
Oh Christ, is it really *next* Thursday? *Checks calendar* I thought it would be over this week. https://t.co/YhrnzIefDq
Twee men in a boat. https://t.co/YZQhsY9gHJ
All it needs is for David Icke to turn up with Gazza in a fishing boat. #flotilla
The world's oldest computer is still revealing its secrets https://t.co/QBS9RDd2Md
@AndrewCollins Noel Edmunds.
@mintsauce Enjoying Backblaze over here. And their excellent blog posts on hard drives are a great tech community service.
@RellyAB Aww. I had a Dana for a while.
@jephjacques As someone who worked in a Dilbertian office, I admired the output for years. The asshat increasingly seeps through, though.
@quellist1 Is that a promise? *Hires a boat*
The whole of the UK is naval-gazing.
@RellyAB Great. Now I have an image of someone staggering around in a massive latex effigy of Boris Johnson. Thanks.
@Kavey @ahnlak I can’t quite believe the entire rest of the country isn’t watching telly while microwaving more popcorn...
@Kavey @ahnlak I know what you mean. Though I still think I Don’t Like Mondays is (a) a good song and (b) sadly still fucking relevant.
@shezza_t You think this is a sign? Because by the looks of the news, a torpedo boat might be more appropriate.
@CharlieEsq_ @guriben Probably not; there are tons of ‘em. Ours is @getrunningapp.
@shezza_t You’ll be needing to sit down. And try not to let It’s A Knockout cross your mind.
Meanwhile, the smart people of a country avoid political positions and carry on working towards a Mars mission. https://t.co/Iwg5fRFRB7
@fergieweather Very localised! Not a drop falling here in Hotwells.
@fergieweather Are you sure Nigel Farage isn’t hosing your office down?
RT @everycolorbot: 0x920f6d https://t.co/UW6R7W63HO
Mission to clear the storage unit: finally accomplished. https://t.co/aE5WcZT3et
@ahnlak I do actually have a bigger storage space that that, which you’ve probably never seen, but it’s a little damp.
@ahnlak Haven’t checked recently. But everything in it either doesn’t care or is packed in waterproof crates…
@ahnlak (Which is my new alternative to paying £60/m for a storage unit.)
@ahnlak Seems to be working so far. It’s handy, having a cave.
@ahnlak It’s probably a bit damp for wine storage. But I do have a better, smaller cave with shelves for that. (Really!)
RT @_Poots_: JUST BUY A TWISTER FOR THE LOVE OF GOD https://t.co/USgN9JP6UQ
@archidave Did you get my Telex asking you if you’d received the carrier pigeon?
In a fusion of 1970s nostalgia and my modern life, I just ate Mark’s Bread wholemeal sourdough with lemon curd.
RT @robtownsend: News headlines now co-written by 1990s Chris Morris and a random sentence generator https://t.co/B8ODKvCcoD
@archidave .... --- .-- / -.. .. -.. / -.-- --- ..- / --. ..- . ... ... ..--..
That reminds me: must clear out the fridge this week. https://t.co/JQirFywYIC
@simonblackwell If you were in charge of the Remain campaign, how would you rate your chances of reining Geldof in?
Seedlings doing well. Should probably thin them, really. https://t.co/I4grovvP4K
@RedQueenCoder I’m going to write that down for the next time. My best excuse is currently Chicken Caesar.
@RedQueenCoder Cool, thanks!
2015
2014
Morning all. I am at a scythe fair. #asyoudo http://t.co/MqIdJquVHR
@stillawake You have a very odd subconscious x
A glimpse of today's action in the final. http://t.co/aoqpNxhojn
Why is my hay fever kicking in *now*? I spent all day at what’s basically a festival of grass-cutting!
RT @meemalee: My in-laws are on holiday - they tried to take a selfie with a timer ;) http://t.co/BI7GjTPOxB
2013
@ahnlak Press is pretty cool, and now support Feed Wrangler: http://t.co/e6J9b2BcAN
@ahnlak I'm mostly a desktop reader. But it's sometimes nice to have a decent option on the Nexus.
This is my friend's new field. :) http://t.co/k2nFoCzkYu
Hopechapel Hill http://t.co/pfXSb5Y3O5
Ah, Thai Edge. Tasty food to come v
2012
@stillawake Morning :)
Walking in to my last day on my current contract. Back to working from home on Get Running for Android next week :) Releasing soon!
@liveindetail No, but I give you ten bonus office points.
Getting a morning green tea in Baristas. I will miss being here every day now I’m not working in the office down the road.
@hayles Do. It. First.
@hayles That’s why you should do it first. And then enjoy the rest of your day rather than feeling guilty about not getting on with it.
@hayles They don’t have drivers. There’s just a massive central catapult in Wolverhampton.
@BlackDogDays Hurrah for Percy.
RT @krishgm: 9-Year-Old Who Changed School Lunches Silenced By Politicians | Wired Science | http://t.co/5znJztPg http://t.co/5ZCN13f6
@BlackDogDays *waves like a Mexican*
@hayles *Raises lonely hand*
Just posted a photo @ Marco's Olive Branch http://t.co/WSQurdrl
@stillawake Yep, it’s good. Just had some very nice cannelloni. Risotto also good.
@guriben :( That sucks when it’s a necessity rather than a choice.
RT @BBCBreaking: Argyll & Bute council drops its "ban" on #neverseconds school dinners blog, after Twitter campaign http://t.co/LK9D ...
Folio case with a built-in calculator. It doesn't get much better than this. http://t.co/Y2ZCTc7x
@benjohnbarnes I was just wondering the other day how many people banks had killed, compared to missiles.
Mmm. Just got home and popped @missemmeline's prepared tagine in the oven. The flat already smells awesome, and I only just turned it on :D
@guriben No. Brains can be like that. *sympathy*
@hayles It's pretty amazing. On many levels. #leatherette #companylogo #crapcalculator #velcro
@andybeebristol That was the prospect facing me when I got back from holiday, but luckily it turned out I'd miscalculated by two weeks.
Upgrading t'WordPress.
@jorence Shouldn't need it. I have a test area and a live area. #doingitproperly
@jorence I tend to overapply my work philosophy to my hobby life :)
@BenPark It'll be fine. I have test install and backups six ways from Sunday :D
@jorence I think you may be hysterical, dear. *slap*
@BenPark Well, this is a commercial site, so test and live environments are pretty much a must. But...
@BenPark ...it's not that risky, as this is mostly WP used as a CMS. No comments, no blog.
@BenPark (It used to be a static site, but we're going multi-lingual at some point, so a CMS seemed sensible...)
@jorence @stillawake Just because we're enjoying it doesn't mean it's not good for you. *slap*
@BenPark http://t.co/oyWQcnrW <-- this, and everything below it (apart from forum), WP, but with no blog. Just pages.
@BenPark @ITGuyMark Not that productive. I’ve mostly been watching a Woody Allen movie and eating chocolate, to be fair.
Tonight I’ve mostly been eating good food, drinking red wine, and watching _Midnight in Paris_ with @missemmeline. Though she fell asleep ;)
2011
@stillawake Sadly, I don't seem to get it :( Ah well.
@talkie_tim @stillawake I enjoyed Raising Arizona at the time, quite liked The Big Lebowski, haven't seen any of their others. Hrm.
@majicDave I'd hope that a lot of future professional photographers are just starting out on that path with an iPhone and a Twitter account.
@stillawake Morning. Just woke from something where I was stranded homeless with a beautiful woman. Not sure if nightmare or not!
@hayles Got any long-overdue emails to return? I always find morning moments good for that kind of thing.
@hayles I think you should tweet from the car the same way you tweet from the bus. Alex may object, though.
@stillawake No, some desolate bit of the British countryside. At least it wasn't raining.
Today's XKCD will bring a wry smile to long-suffering unix geeks. http://xkcd.com/912/
@stillawake No zombies. And I cadged some hot dogs from the kitchen of a nearby B&B, from what I remember. Slightly desolate feel, though.
@hayles Have you got Freudian Hearing again?
RT @big_ben_clock: BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG <-- And yet again, @big_ben_clock tells me I'd better get my arse in gear. #late
Mind Your Head. http://instagr.am/p/FwUhh/
Roll finished. Hurrah! http://instagr.am/p/FwU59/
Clearly am feeling optimistic despite poor sleep. Gone for ISO 100 colour film in expectation of better weather.
RT @RacksBristol: We've had a cancellation for Saturday 25th June, FREE room hire. If you need a last minute venue contact Colin 0117974 ...
Hah! Enjoying @codinghorror's suggestion on solving my SO Careers' geolocation issue ;) http://bit.ly/joiHYc
Having a discussion at work about Health & Safety Ninjas. Presumably difficult job, with requirements for hi-viz tabards over the suit, etc.
RT @boagworld: Instant artist statement: Arty Bollocks Generator http://j.mp/iNPUGg (via @edmerritt)
@richardjfoster Yup. Think it's just two episodes this "season", from what I remember. The trailers have been awesome.
@rachelandrew @circular During one school fire drill, came across our Deputy Head blocking an exit, wearing sign: "I am a raging inferno."
@rachelandrew @circular Sadly, nobody had the presence of mind to throw a bucket of water over him.
Oh god. The've started organising the work Christmas party. *cries*
It was a dark and stormy, er, afternoon. http://instagr.am/p/Fxddh/
I think iTeleport made their menubar icon look *even more* like LittleSnapper's in their last update. http://twitpic.com/5bz568
RT @biorhythmist: I just came up with a spoonerism that will mow your blind.
2010
@hannahnicklin I'd just go with it and cue up some circus music for the morning. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing properly.
Nice clouds over Hotwells on the way home tonight. http://flic.kr/p/8aFoNc
@alkalinemouse I'm about 50/50 being arsed to cook/grabbing something from a plastic tray at the moment. Which is about as good as I get...
@Sam_Currie Just got to that bit :)
Watching _Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House_. Nothing like a bit of Cary Grant.
Wow, the Adobe Updater just updated something. I think it's the first time I've ever seen it succeed.
@jorence As with any other addiction, there are plenty of rational-sounding justifications, but very few actual reasons.
@alkalinemouse I've noticed that some ready-meal pilau rice fluoresces disturbingly under the energy-saving lights in my hall...
@boagworld Interesting! Ta for the info.
@boagworld Ah, hadn't thought of that. So, O2 will give you a micro-SIM, then? Or are you with someone else?
@boagworld Just think of the limited data packages. That's working for me.
2009
@bertpalmer Oooh, no, actually I was just counting the tags. Actually, I have 2094 bookmarks. Really must prune those soon!
Bloody hell. First Demon lose my ADSL for half a day, now it looks like 123-reg have lost my domain's nameservers...
@senate014 Ah, so it's not just me having DNS problems with 123-reg names, then?
@bertpalmer Mostly because I don't have clear-out often enough, admittedly, but yes: http://delicious.com/gothick
@bertpalmer @pjakobs Wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't asking me to confirm _each_ sync conflict for all 1,777 bookmarks...
@pjakobs It probably doesn't help that I'm also trying to sync with Delicious and across Windows and Mac with Firefox and Safari.
Hmm. So far, xmarks appears to be a way of generating hundreds of sync errors for not apparent gain.
Cool. My sash window guy has turned up bang on time and is already beavering away.
@Nose_in_a_book Disaster! How will you drink tea if you've waterproofed your mouth?
2008
Just went out to take sedate photos of water, and instead ran across a Fire Brigade multiple-team exercise. Well, I got my photos of water!
A few pictures of firemen, for anyone who's interested: http://tinyurl.com/3tk7ru A couple of them came out pretty well
Right. Time to practise my Greek for Tuesday's test. Then I can start processing today's photos.
Just got some excellent photos of that yellow "crime scene" tape. Moved along voluntarily before they pulled the body from the river, though