On This Day, 13 October
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RT @Raspberry_Pi: Today in *incredibly* niche LEGO sets we decided we need to buy seven of... https://t.co/huiztfwFy7
We who are about to be refurbished salute you. #bristol https://t.co/RF6gE38uQx
@GeordieStory @adayeoyh Top-notch deployment of “wowsers” there.
Just spent some amazing time in the little-known museum and archives of the Western Power Electricity Historical Society in Redland. Open for a couple of hours once a month, or by appointment. Fascinating! #bristol https://t.co/Es5Cqy1401 https://t.co/mx41O53rmJ
@RealDramRob As someone who lives in a house that's pretty cold first thing in the morning, I'm with you.
RT @TristanCorkPost: On my way to reports that a dinosaur has exploded at Ashton Court As you do...
@karenwhite03 It was everything I expected and more. So much to see packed into such a small space.
RT @BristolWater: ⚠️Burst main Affecting BS3, BS4, BS5 and surrounding areas⚠️ 13/10/2022 13:44 We have been made aware of a large burst ma…
@BristolWater Came here because water pressure noticeably low in BS8. Guessing it would be best for everyone if I left my patio cleaning for another day!
Finally got the time and energy to wash the algae off the patio and Hotwells is virtually without water pressure because of the burst main in Bemmie. Must be quite a sizeable burst; hope nobody's getting flooded...
Won't be a mo, just running a hose down to the hot spring. Anyone got a boat and some plumbing connectors?
RT @beardedjourno: Surreal scenes here in BS3 https://t.co/whgSGWIxGv
RT @TristanCorkPost: Huge flood at Avon Bridge Brunel Way bristol / burst water main https://t.co/QU1KL7noKW
Clearly an attempt to summon the spirit of Colliter's Brook for water control purposes. https://t.co/XfobXQJvOe
@porthjess @stillawake @RobLogan3 @beardedjourno Still a bit of pressure here down the hill, but I'm trying not to use it!
@thomasreggi The Times cryptic crossword (with an hour cut-off point in case it's too hard for me that morning, enforced by a count-down timer.)
@thomasreggi (Oh, and done from a printout on the sofa so it feels nothing like work.)
@ScarredForLife2 THAT Bob Peck moment :D
RT @ScarredForLife2: The 1980s, folks! https://t.co/ZfBnkRptKn
@mojonojo3 @CharlieVivante Yeah, I was wondering what was on the other side.
RT @Kyberian: Today I put a pun in the game that was so bad, QA bug reported it.
Enjoying looking through Knowle West Media Centre's archive of the late George Gallop's photos, after a mention of him at my Electricity Museum visit this morning. (https://t.co/uinyvZ19E3). He had a place on the Hotwell Road, not far from me, and we've taken some similar pics!
Think my favourite one so far is this one of Baltic Wharf, https://t.co/xupWnJflrV, similar to one I took for my One Mile Matt project, https://t.co/9MDPW4BHjA, but from when the flat I first lived in when I moved to Bristol was still being built...
RT @everycolorbot: 0x0b2f0f https://t.co/WxBTNyIpUI
@CharlieVivante I’m sure you’ll get turfed out eventually if you’re that cut up about it.
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@RuthWareWriter @danielle_peel @BrandonTozzo Yes, I think the vast number of polling stations is probably the key. Been voting since 1992 in various parts of England and never been out of walking distance from my polling station.
Blind curve https://t.co/lzWYLaRx2b
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RT @M_Z_Harrison: Absolutely dreadful news – myxomatosis has jumped to hares, it’s now been confirmed. If you find a dead hare other than r…
RT @WeeMissBea: I put rosemary oil on myself today because I love the smell & it perks me up, but then someone in the office keeps asking i…
RT @robsmallshire: I have entered the world of firmware updates for lawnmowers.
RT @robsmallshire: Instructions: Insert USB memory stick (yellow) through whirling blades of death. https://t.co/owl4MoqG1S
Well. If you like your SF/horror, have Netflix, and haven’t seen Annihilation yet, I’d recommend it.
RT @Twitter: Sexy Edit Button https://t.co/UYm9Hc9p7M
@invalidname “Bank Accounts”? “Ferret Porn”? “Firefly Season 2”?
RT @BBCSteveR: What do you get if you cross the Doctor Who theme tune with Russian classical music? I tried...and here’s the result. @bbcdo…
2017
RT @MarcSettle: New: top tips for iPhone filming, all on a wallet-sized card. It’s made for BBC staff (PNG is our own app) but you can save…
2016
HAI BIG GUY. https://t.co/Xott8XDJxL
Prepared. https://t.co/3tkdLJPlcj
Two massive loud bangs in Leigh Woods. *Looks nervous* *Wishes he'd worn orange*
@antimitch It’s lush. And hard to take a good photo of.
RT @petapixel: Canon 5D Mark IV review through the eyes of a wedding photographer: https://t.co/v4LB9eWlyv https://t.co/vr2BD5pQr5
2015
RT @Pinboard: My modest proposal: your website should not exceed in file size the major works of Russian literature. Anna Karenina, for exa…
HELLO I WOULD LIKE TO GET ON THIS BUS NO I DO NOT KNOW WHERE I AM GOING OR WHAT IS MONEY #buslife
@EffBeeee #blastfromthepasttweet Good job you didn't take that bet...
Think barista dumped half can of chocolate in my mocha. Feeling… tingly. Might be hallucinating a bit.
@Ihnatko You think people weren’t already? ;)
@Spruke The Galactic Glitterball Sith Experience!
RT @Pinboard: ‘Cegłowski stressed the importance of innovation in business models: “For example, if 100 people upgrade today, I’ll close al…
RT @Pinboard: (you think I’m playing, but I’m not!
Netflix can reliably stream video to my Apple TV. Apple can’t reliably stream music to my Mac :(
2014
Carefully reproducing the Instagram look by using an actual old camera with a light leak and expired film :D http://t.co/DdhK0dUe8i
@ChinaShopBull That was in post, I'm afraid :D Couldn't do everything in camera!
@ChinaShopBull (I don't have lens hoods for either of the M42 lenses I was using...)
I do need to fix that light leak, though. I've ordered some foam :) http://t.co/c1FV23tBC9
No more Strada in Clifton Village #bristol http://t.co/G2gN24V5qh
@tholder Never been in the place. I did have one of their pizzas from the pub next door once, though...
@chris_j_hughes Yeah, it looked rather model-ish in reality at the time, too. Something about the light, maybe.
@SimpleLampoon I can’t claim any knowledge. I normally go down the hill to eat rather than up…
@chris_j_hughes Nah, I think we've still got two or three of those...
RT @halvorson: ICYMI: I wrote a @thepastrybox post about my chronic, unforgivable forgetfulness. http://t.co/smtfRbK53l
(I feel like that a *lot*...)
@Bristol52 Spare a thought for the walkers, too :) http://t.co/xMwAmqk3Mr
@Bristol52 We turn the colour off in Hotwells for the winter. Cheaper.
@paul_clarke Tell him you think he's corked.
Last week, I was mostly shooting Ilford XP2 Super. http://t.co/bSO6aOxCZj
This was my first visit to @FCPCoffee, where the hip kids hang out. http://t.co/GUDPftM6LZ
@charloustone What's sending you down that road? (I just got a 6D, but was considering secondhand 5Dii, too...)
@Ihnatko Don't worry. One day they'll forget to print "DO NOT EAT" on a batch of silica gel, and the cull will begin...
@charloustone Ah, okay. I've not experienced the 5d ii AF. And most of the stuff I shoot doesn't move very fast :)
@charloustone I was surprised to find that the AF on the 6D was in some ways not as good as the 60D I replaced, though it's not made...
@charloustone ...a practical difference so far (e.g. only one cross-type sensor, etc.)
@charloustone Well, the 6D only has (*counts*) eleven..
@charloustone Yeah. My path has been 400D -> 60D -> 6D, so mostly I'm not missing anything :D
@charloustone I've never tried a Nikon. Slightly scared that I'll find out I would've gotten on better with them for the last decade!
@charloustone Most likely shutter replacement with old age, right? No idea how much that costs, though...
@charloustone I feel suitably reassured :D
@SimpleLampoon Though this is technically colour film, come to think of it—C41-process B&W...
@PointyHound Thanks. That was a Praktika MTL-3.
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@tsunimee Yup. ;)
Decisions, decisions. http://t.co/HjgVy05m
Today, I shall mostly be doing this, though. http://t.co/MhjEUFXA
@guriben Might be all the walls for a lighter one. The rest of the walls are mostly kitchen cabinets and doorways, anyway.
@guriben I need to be careful not to go too dark, as it's a basement.
@Cookwitch It's not bad, but I may need more contrast with the stuff you mostly can't see in the photo :D
@BurritoHQ I'm leaning towards that, too. But will wait for it to dry and bring my consultant in before I decide ;)
Walked into CREATE for bike course & bumped into Reflex Camera Club about to hang their exhibition! Cool. Might get sneak preview later.
Repair practice :) http://t.co/2LgPCiTC
@liveindetail Nah. This is the basic course. Adjustments & punctures. More complex stuff on the next one up.
@weirdoldhattie That was original choice, when we didn’t think it was going to be so pinky!
Hurrah! I now know what a lot more things do on my bike, and how to adjust them. Thanks, @LifeCycleUKteam
@shezza_t First coat was watered down specially to be sucked up. Looks okay to paint over now. And I might have help for the main coats!
@shezza_t Too close to what's in the bedroom. Think I'm going for a steely grey closest to top right but lighter.
@shezza_t (There'll be a nice bright red glass splashback behind the hob in the end, and the grey should go well...)
@iguanahat You don't have a mobile phone near a trackpad, do you? Mine wobbles when I do that.
Right. Need to spend the evening alternating tidying up with processing photos, I think.
@Mouse_House I'm so knackered I can barely cope with mine :(
RT @sla_shalafi: If you watch NASA backwards, it's about a space agency that has no spaceflight capability, then does low-orbit flights, ...
2011
@davidpatrick MobileMe was a bit screwed yesterday before the update; might want to see if other people are having probs, too.
@wood5y Excellent news! Off there soon myself :)
@stillawake @lahlootea Cinnamon buns? Excellent!
Gah! Disaster. My coffee grinder has died.
Stand by, Houston. It may have been a false alarm. *pokes coffee grinder with cocktail stick*
@stillawake Just like a meeting at work? Will you be bringing slides?
@zamon I was thinking yesterday, as I was kicking my washing machine, that kitchen appliances could do with being a bit more Apple-like.
@zamon Sure, your washing machine would only wash one brand of clothes, but it'd do it *really well*.
@wood5y Fairly sure tsikodia counts as a munition and isn't allowed on planes :D
@zamon I hear the iWash does fantastic things, as long as you only wear jeans and a black turtleneck.
RT @JanieStamford: RT @PeteBrownBeer I was recently offered money to blog about a beer as if it were my own opinion. So I did some diggi ...
@wood5y My dad can probably hook me up with a more homemade source :)
@wood5y I'm more into olive oil, to be honest. Sadly, my parents moved out of the house with the olive grove opposite the refinery!
@stillawake Good, I can slow down a bit :)
Think a surfer may have been struck by lightning in Clifton Village. http://t.co/ar6zGSCW
RT @stillawake: Matt did not realise he would be the babysitter @gothick @lahlootea http://t.co/bK2OggO3
Lovely morning with @stillawake and little M; tea at @lahlootea pantry and a flying visit to @HartsBakery and the RWA :)
Bah. Three hours of #ios5 and my phone's battery is down to 5%. Is there an easy way to revert to 4? No time for troubleshooting at the mo.
@chris_j_hughes @BradleyLaw Mostly, it's been in my pocket while I've been drinking tea. I have done nothing unusual on it at all.
Right. Boiler service done. But I need a new thermostat, otherwise I'll be very cold come winter. Also: I should probably have lunch now.
@ahnlak @marklesuk In this case, it involves a @HartsBakery muffin, which I think counts :)
Next time I go to the @lahlootea pantry, I might just *have* to have a scone. http://t.co/f4KJKrM5
@jorence <sw>Ah! Thank you.</sw>
@stillawake Guard the stairs! http://t.co/KPkpzVGL
@lahlootea @tsunimee I know that @hayles is currently thinking up a joke relating to (a) me and (b) tarts. Step away from the thought, you.
@Phooto Corn on the cob?
@Phooto Always happy to be of service. :D
@jonhickman Hurrah! Also, volume-button-shutter, back just where it was before Camera+ was kicked out of the Store for that very function.
Why does everything have to be a "killer"? Can we not just have two products in the same market?
@blackdogdays They're talking about the Manics on Radio 4 now.
@Phooto It was actually the Kobo that sparked that minor grr of mine: http://t.co/lplpEvuN
@rosemarino1 Careful, I just got a dodgy direct message from you. Think your account's probably been hacked.
@hayles How much gin does it take to be mayor of Goldbrick House?
RT @jayfanelli: iOS5 Easter Egg I Wish Existed: If you drag Stocks into Newsstand, they both disappear.
@talkie_tim Goodness. Houseiversary? I must owe myself about twelve of those...
@The_Joey Double-tap the Home button.
@mikedunn The Guardian credits it to Rex Features, so I guess that's where the "rex" comes from. http://t.co/ayDB9S48
@mikedunn (And tineye is very cool http://t.co/EEBWYndv )
@mikedunn A bit like the kind of thing an unreconstructed male pictures editor would do? Yes. Yes, indeed.
@mikedunn Doesn't look like that's what the original file was called, anyway. http://t.co/BOC8X306
@mikedunn Maybe it's an astounding coincidence and the next pictures along are tarurex.jpg and tarvrex.jpg. :)
@mikedunn When you get a reply back, @ me up, I'll be interested to hear!
@talktoteens Yes, me too. Tell you what, let's both try. Go to bed! Now!
@talktoteens I would do my headteacher/mum voice on you, but I fear I'd be outclassed. GO TO YOUR ROOM.
@mistymaria Because obviously the best thing to deploy at a panicky horse is a helicopter :)
@talktoteens *hangs head* *goes to bed*
Night night, Twitter.
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@jennycolgan :(. My Kindle won't fully replace actual books until it's shockproof *and* floats if I drop it in the bath.
@DrHairbear But I'm guessing that by hometime it'll be too hot for a coat...
RT @BarCampCHS: To the person using IE 5.01 to view our site, apologies if it's not displaying correctly. Maybe I can fax it to you instead?
RT @hackery: Sky News coverage of the #miners rescue is looking like the National Lottery draw show. Imagining close-ups of them rolling ...
Hey, what happened to @twitttles?
@ahnlak Erm. I *think* so, but of course then you've lost most of the point of rsync unless you use checksum instead.
@tsunimee Sorry, I peaked too early today.
@tsunimee *rolls over and starts gently snoring*
@jennycolgan Oopsie. What did you do to it?
So far, seen Rolls Royce, Jag with a flag and what looked like a Jankel-armoured Hilux. Hotwells business/government/mafia coffee morning?
@benjohnbarnes Option-Shift-Command-V to the rescue!
I just jogged 6K to a 10,000 Maniacs album. That's a new personal best of more than 1,666 Manics per kilometre.
@benjohnbarnes Option with some caveats: http://bit.ly/9P4lxV <-- Could also just change it for a _particular_ application; might be better.
"Masterchef: The Professionals"? Now imagining two misogynist 1970s cooks jumping out from behind the soufflé, shouting, "Cover me!"
So far, for me, this season is just fast-forwarded, volume-reduced cringey bits interspersed with occasional twattery. #apprentice
And who _won_ #apprentice this week? Karren Brady.
@Whatleydude hmm. Sadly, that would involve buying a suit. And later trying to convince colleagues that I'm not looking for a new job.
.@adamcheasley No. Like other, similar-tasting things -- cockroaches, for example, or despair -- instant coffee never expires.
2009
And now, the non-iPhone version of tonight's photo: http://bit.ly/33A4Zi :)
Back in from my massage. Have been dug into quite deeply. Hopefully it's worked...
So play.com won't deliver expensive electronics to work, but will deliver them to home using a courier who leaves them on the doorstep #fail
http://bestc.am/Y35t Lovely light tonight
Mmm. Massage this evening. Mmmm
Yay! Leftover party rings!
@hayles That sucks. Hope everything turns out okay.
@hayles yes, that sort of activity is best left to the evening. But how did it go?
I walk from the boat/ Into steamy Centre clouds/ Falafel King mist #haiku
Morning all! Looking pretty cold out there today. Think I'll take the boat. Did walk 6km and run 5km yesterday, after all :)
2008
@jbuttitta And I'm listening to Leadbelly as I eat, which is unfortunately appropriate only as far as weight, rather than solidity :)
@bexxi Really? Will have to look out for that. When I realised that not even Gwen Stefani couldn't make it work for me, I stopped looking :)
Is there anyone on the planet who actually manages to make the shorts-with-tights look look good?
Yow. Back to work. With a bruised leg from slipping on railway sleepers on 'location' yesterday. How I suffer for my art.