On This Day, 15 September
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@cesca_peacock I am currently finding that most of the odd books I’m ordering from the Bristol and Somerset reserve stores have been recently special-ordered by someone else and I would like to know if we’re bitter enemies or star-cross’d lovers.
2021
2020
I went back for a better photo. Sion Hill, #bristol https://t.co/dK7EG6Gl3A https://t.co/Q3d9TFLm6F
RT @PaulAnnett: Tweets with the #AppleEvent hashtag have a custom “like” animation when you tap on the heart. Why not give it a try here!…
RT @MakingBlakes7: GARETH THOMAS: That was the day when Paul slipped out of the camera frame. He was standing on a steep chalk slope. The g…
2019
Before and after. Quite a satisfying bit of weekend work. https://t.co/d6K6eKLGgf
@ahnlak They’re the right way around for me?
@shezza_t Especially once the renovations on the place as a whole are over and I don't have a bunch of scaffolding darkening my courtyard!
2018
2017
Coding Day - https://t.co/8kg7ZIiwgE https://t.co/3WNUmzsqHJ
IT ME https://t.co/nHBCjKm9m6
@startrekcbs "The media could not be played". Sigh.
2016
@Kavey Polpo have opened up on Whiteladies Road ;)
RT @shanghaiist: WATCH: Model moon rampages through streets of Fuzhou after being loosed by Typhoon Meranti https://t.co/nVMaYVQL8q https:/…
@RealDramRob Personally, I'm heading for a tuna sandwich at Underfall Yard.
Current status: debugging dependency issues in a dependency management system.
@OpinionatedGeek I thought the Echo was the one that *did* let you customise the name?
@OpinionatedGeek (PS: Already ordered mine!)
@OpinionatedGeek Damn it. Just checked. You *can* change it, but only to “Amazon” or “Echo”.
@olebegemann Volume change working fine on iOS 10 with Logitech Mini Boom here.
@nicoleslaw 👀
@brentsimmons Not seeing anything odd (high CPU) with the distnoted process, are you?
@brentsimmons Ah well. Worth a look. It was what was stuffing mine the last time.
No, *you* just got a bit distracted by prototyping and drew a Kindle. https://t.co/D3jzvMIu74
@olebegemann Ah… However, my *other* BlueTooth speaker, a Lumsing, appears to be stuck on ultra-quiet. Damn.
Increasingly getting the impression that there’s one slightly deranged guy in Avon Crescent who *hates* cyclists. https://t.co/oB7MXQAEUi
@benorgan Cool! I love Χανιά. Restaurant tip: Γλωσσίτσες, on the harbour nearer the lighthouse end, is ace.
2015
Ready for the carpet fitters. https://t.co/zkh759QRXX
@drewm Bloody copycats. Facebook definitely had that feature first.
RT @RussianEmbassy: Just imagine UK media headlines if Russian President called a leading opposition party threat to national security? htt…
No, Matt, you do not need to keep SCART cables “just in case.” #clearout
I mean, “just in case” *what*? In case the Doctor turns up and needs you to pilot the TARDIS back to 1995 and tape something?
Pretty sure there’s a roomful of SCART cables in the TARDIS anyway. Third door on the left past the Cloister Room, next to the squash court.
@fdr106 Do you need any? *looks hopeful*
@mistymaria Erm. I did have, three weeks ago. Can’t remember whether I put it in storage or charity shopped it.
@mistymaria But no, I’m pretty sure I have nothing with SCART in actual use right now. Which makes these three spares a bit pointless.
@mistymaria I use an AV receiver, which is basically a giant, really good HDMI switcher, so I only use one input on the telly.
@_CrystalApp @charlesarthur I’ve successfully disputed that exact claim in the past and it never reared its head again for vid in question.
@charlesarthur @_CrystalApp It may actually *be* the copyright holder, somewhat bizarrely. But really: dispute it, see what happens.
@_CrystalApp @charlesarthur All I did was to say they were Logic loops and point them at Apple’s license, which was on the web somewhere.
@mistymaria Do you have any HDMI on the telly at all? Because I was just about to chuck this if you want to try it? http://t.co/3lrk1XYgOi
@charlesarthur @_CrystalApp I’d just imagined that Apple weren’t the actual copyright holder, just a licensor.
@lukeredpath 5GHz won’t go through walls as well, though, all else being equal.
@lukeredpath AirPlay can be incredibly frustrating when it doesn’t quite work. Good luck!
Mission: New Hall Carpet accomplished. http://t.co/AC492McD0m
@R2UK @mistymaria !
@bexxi Thank you. Now to decide whether to put all the bookshelves back or not...
@mistymaria @R2UK @floyduk Ah. Yeah, know what you mean. Seemed a shame to ditch my old TV until it started actively playing up…
@mistymaria @R2UK @floyduk …though it was probably several years overdue an upgrade by the time that happened!
My memory is poor enough that all my future TV needs might be met by just alternating watching all of _Buffy_ and all of _House_.
@techcorrect I believe Jeph Jacques has created the perfect shirt for you, given the latest show… https://t.co/YkevB7BBoY
RT @snorewell: Just updated my phone to the latest OS and my life is exactly the same. What the hell.
@shezza_t The old carpet was there in 1999, when I moved in! Also: nice man called Wayne from Carpetright did the fitting.
@Kavey Aww, thanks! Transatlantic guest post ahoy…
Tiny Liberator. https://t.co/pT4XkMCpK9
@Kavey Yeah. If I don’t put them back there’ll at least be a hall table and a bunch of pictures on right hand wall, I think.
2014
Meh: first job of the day: go buy Lemsip and Strepsils.
Bloody #bristol traffic getting in my way. http://t.co/CpLHUxpfp0
Already directed three sets of freshers this morning. Bower Ashton campus needs better signage on Festival Way. #bristol
Damn it. Wasn’t allowed to buy Lemsip just now because pharmacist didn’t think it fitted my symptoms.
@ahnlak Lemsip Max. Standard, non-OTC, far as I could tell.
Perhaps my symptoms weren’t obvious because I’ve already had a Lemsip today. Sigh. Anyway. Bought some in a newsagents instead. #lemsipgate
@thekarleighshow *Snorts Lemsip* *Rubs leftovers into gums* *Eyes turn yellow*
Stepladder poking up into innards of Plimsoll swing bridge. Guess they’re changing the rubber band. #bristol
@bexxi @libbymiller @cybermango Yeah, that was my reaction. I didn't "sound congested enough" to be buying decongestant, apparently. Odd.
@danbarker Alex Salmond?
@cybermango @bexxi @libbymiller I don't even look like this at the moment! https://t.co/k7s7o8Tbi0
@jpstacey @cybermango Well, yes. Or on the web. This is the stuff I was denied: http://t.co/LlngBdcIj9
@cybermango @bexxi @libbymiller Odd. Especially as I just looked up the decongestant, and it's a specific *non*-meth-precursor substitute.
@chrsgrrtt Oooh! Good catch. *Fires up Spotify*.
RT @chrsgrrtt: New Alt J.
@CharlieBGP @mikedunn @seanbeynon Most confusion seems to be in the area between Ashton Avenue Bridge and the start of F/Way under flyover.
@CharlieBGP @mikedunn @seanbeynon Maybe I'm just seeing that more because I'm regularly there. But lots of confused people in that bit...
@CharlieBGP @mikedunn @seanbeynon ...both today and during the Balloon Fiesta. Also hard for people from Hotwells trying to join the route.
@mikedunn @CharlieBGP @seanbeynon Doesn't help that turning for Festival Way under flyover is only signed from one direction & sign small.
@mikedunn @CharlieBGP @seanbeynon On the plus side, once you know how to follow it, it's *fab*, and a great improvement on the past.
@CharlieBGP @mikedunn Tempted to also suggest the Uni goes chalking some temporary Bower Ashton signs for the first day of term...
@griffinkate Yur. At least I was strong enough to go next door and buy it somewhere that didn't have a pharmacist to argue with me! :D
@griffinkate Yeah. One of the reasons my symptoms don't look so bad is because I'm buying now instead of waiting until I'm a mess.
@marcoarment "Corporations are just like families!" <-- Dysfunctional, overbearing, and impossible to get away from.
Ah, school chucking-out time as usual announced by Yappy McSqueakdog's twenty minutes of cacophony outside the gate. Sigh.
@MrGreenGus This has happened in Hotwells, but only in streets where people did it before, as otherwise wide stuff couldn't pass...
@MrGreenGus (What's the actual distance between the lines in the middle of the street there? Hard to tell from a photo...)
Gah! Thought it was making a funny noise. Time to buy a new disk. http://t.co/PQchi0qLcW
@johnfbraun Netgear ReadyNAS raid box. Emailed me when it noticed the problem :)
@johnfbraun Yes, if I were buying now I’d go Synology. This thing’s quite elderly.
2013
Hope all those lovely runners have a great time at the Bristol Half Marathon today :D
@RamonWrites Nope. Not enough time, not enough training :(
Well done, you crazy Bristol runners! #bristolhalf http://t.co/JcxObKMNem
Running shoe. #bristolhalf http://t.co/xIOlSdAiis
@BabsBat Not that I saw!
RT @PTdavelewis: @gothick that's his Personal Trainer.
I seem to remember this particular chase having a happy ending... http://t.co/HmliVAb0dm
Also: Is it my imagination, or does that gorilla look hungry to you? #bristolhalf http://t.co/uaOclGCYKH
@tsunimee Possibly not as much trouble as this one! http://t.co/71vT0yLQ9k
@tsunimee (Note to self: Do not title this picture 'spanking the banana'.)
Cracking race, Gromit. #bristolhalf http://t.co/XPeLH2yANd
@dave_ja Ta :)
(That'll probably be all for now. I'll see if I can collect my fave photos from this morning into a little blog post later...)
@Bristol_Jane If it's just on its own web page, choosing File->Save As... should let you download it.
@Bristol_Jane (If it opens up like that when you click a link on previous page, try alt-clicking the link instead of just clicking it.)
@Bristol_Jane If it's Safari, I'd probably just go up to the "FIle" menu at the top of the screen, and choose "Save As..." from there.
@Bristol_Jane No, no stupidity; it'll depend on exactly how the page is set up. Can you send the link? Might give me more idea.
@Bristol_Jane Hah!
@Bristol_Jane If I go to that page in Safari, then choose File->Save As... and save the file, it saves the mp3.
@Bristol_Jane Another option: while on the page, hit Cmd+L (to highlight the URL at the top) then hit Alt+Return and it should download.
@Bristol_Jane In your "Save As" screen, do you have this drop-down box? http://t.co/1POW60NVrd
@Bristol_Jane No probs.
2012
On a bus, heading for a Flickr walk :)
@Thehappyfatgirl Redland, towards town, around and about… http://t.co/13zOM3qR
@Thehappyfatgirl Not sure! We don’t actually have a route this time. Just winging it!
The #bristol #flickr Late Summer Walk reaches the Bearpit. @ The Bear Pit http://t.co/kSKD09TI
The Bristol Flickr group were just boob-flashed by one of the Bearpit Special Brew crowd. #streetlife
Rambling Band. http://t.co/THZMd8pO
RT @jilliancyork: Imagine if women rioted every time a religious leader said something offensive about us.
Fierce. http://t.co/oFLQvaP6
Hello ratties ;) http://t.co/JksqGpiE
@derekarridge No, but my friend whose housewarming this is has three and they’re lovely ;)
2011
How have I not come across _George Lucas Strikes Back_ before? http://t.co/S9PfUea8 #hanshotfirst
@kayliemansfield Noted, ta. *finds hat*
One day, I hope #Bristol wins Walking City status and fits those special lanes where pedestrians have priority over cyclists. Oh. Wait.
Nice people are telling me they like my cap. Paranoid voice in head translating that as "what the *hell* have you got on your head, idiot!?"
@talkie_tim *cries*
Ah, more drugs delivered direct to my desk. Thanks, @extractcoffee :)
@MShapland I have two bags of freshly-roasted beans here. Can you come to Bristol with a grinder and cafetiere?
RT @mcgazz: CONVINCE FRIENDS you're a Masterchef judge by only having two mouthfuls of your dinner and saying "it's underseasoned". @Two ...
Looking aft. http://t.co/AsGz0rCD
Grrr. #tumblr
.@danfairs In #Lion, hold down Option when hitting close button on one window. Others will close too. Works in Finder, Safari, Preview, etc.
@danfairs Sadly, the keyboard has always been a bit of a second-class citizen. One area where I prefer Windows, in fact.
@danfairs I have yet to use that menu. I think I may be Doing Computing Wrong.
@danfairs Nah. Behind closed doors, he's using vi. I'm sure of it.
@danfairs Yeah. "One more thing: introducing iVi. It's just as annoying to use, but it comes in eight different colours, so you'll love it."
@Swishrelic What if you stand in #notBristol and take a photo of #Bristol?
A snap from my journey home. http://t.co/dDvuvSAV
@Mummiafelice I was in the big shop underneath their head office a couple of weeks ago. Full of temptation!
RT @csoanes: I think google needs to have a word with it's recommender..... http://t.co/RTZhxZlG
@Mummiafelice Just about. But only by forcing myself to remember how small my kitchen is!
@KaveyF @ahnlak @lilibaloo How about we try cybernetic body, then shouting GO GO GADGET SPACE ELEVATOR! That might work.
2010
@m1ke_ellis Interesting question. Thirtysomething? 33?
@benjohnbarnes No. No keyboard, no coding tools, no decent editor.
@benjohnbarnes Oh, and twice the price.
@tsunimee Sounds like a Scotch egg.
@tsunimee Is that the user pic? Because I signed up a new account yesterday, and got an egg as my pic, so it might be the new default.
@tsunimee I've heard nothing about this...
Very happy with my Instructables business-card-hack iPhone stand :) http://bit.ly/cZuool http://plixi.com/p/45294721
@arlinelyons Heh. Yes, "clothes" doesn't take up an awful lot of my big packing list, either. They still take up all the space, though!
@ahnlak Ah, but don't they get heavier the longer you use the laptop?
@m1ke_ellis @WaveyDavey001 @jukesie Goodness. So I should've looked closer to home, as a 37-year old Facebook user. Typical. Literally!
@bananza You're still using a *desk*? How old-fashioned. My computer array just floats in mid-air, powered purely by my geekiness.
Space geeks: The latest Boston Globe Big Picture is _Around the Solar System_. http://bit.ly/a8gcr9
@stillawake I'm sure PHP5 will still be there in the morning. Night!
Tempted to impulse-buy a book on emotional intelligence. Not sure that's the best way to get started. #delayedgratification
Hmm. My MacBook really is too bloody heavy. But I still can't really justify a netbook just on that basis.
@mikeotaylor I type so much, though! Need a decent keyboard for writing and programming.
2009
@technex I'm getting pretty fast at it now. My rules are pretty simple: I follow humans, block obvious spammers, and leave everything else.
...figuratively speaking, of course ;)
@hayles Sorry, did you say something? Hard to hear stuff with my legs around my ears like this.
@stevemarvell Oh! Thought @stephenfry had been quiet recently...
@hayles Oh, I see. Hmm, have list of people who _aren't_ allowed to hug me, but generally default to "allow". Am hug-tart, I guess.
@jacrats It'd drive regular viewers insane with tension.
@jacrats Always wanted to write a Casualty script where people start doing DIY, driving petrol tankers, etc, and then _nothing goes wrong_
@hayles The List? Sounds sinister.
@KaveyF Are you feeling better?
@KaveyF Well, I could do that, but my Zi6 might have an existential crisis.
@hayles Thank you for that, dear. Do bear in mind I'm elderly; it's probably safer for my heart to stick to hug-based imagery :)
@KaveyF Not officially -- they've put me on the guest list because they're using some of my video :)
And so begins the daily five minutes where I block all the robots, link spammers and RSS feeds who have decided to follow me on Twitter.
@bertpalmer Only slight problem was weight of the iPhone, but nothing anyone can do about that. Didn't slip around, just felt a bit heavy...
@bertpalmer Have just tried out that armband. Worked a treat, seems well put together. http://bit.ly/NgU89
@floyduk @ianmcshane Ta!
@Nose_in_a_book Some days, I know what you mean. Other days, it's quite fun. And the sense of accomplishment kicks in earlier for me now!
Sorry, I should have noted that the iPhone app testing requires a 3GS -- app needs compass. Does that leave anyone on the interested list?
Hmm. Looks like I just made the guestlist for the Bristol Festival on Friday...
@benjohnbarnes Ah, so it's a 3GS-only beta? I suppose it needs the compass, of course...
Just spent some time poking around the Cathedral co-munity/squat. Fabulous derelict building. Recommended for Bristol photogs. Low light!
Speech Debelle album so good I may listen to whole thing again during my run today.
@benjohnbarnes - @philmonger sounds interested, too. @philmonger should involve some pretty simple testing & reporting results.
@ianmcshane cool - I'll point @benjohnbarnes in your direction. Warning: last time I beta-tested something for him I ended up running 5K ;)
@RealBillBailey In terms of cholesterol, or martial-arts ability?
Any iPhone-toting photographers among my followers want to beta-test something sun-related for my friend @benjohnbarnes?
@benjohnbarnes I'd wait until it's more polished before throwing a AR iPhone app at @alexlindsay. Also, charge him $700 for it ;)
@jorence Oh, it's a beautiful lens, no doubt. But you'll want something wider for the general devastation and big wrecked stained glass :)
Having a Greek salad in Papa Costas on the Triangle. http://twitpic.com/hte0m
@jorence Cool. The natives are friendly, but prefer no identifiable photos of people. Take tripod if you can. Only had handheld 50mm myself.
@stevemarvell Ah, was just thinking about you. You free at all this weekend?
Listening to Speech Therapy. In Clifton Village. I iz not exackly down wid da kids, man. Enjoying it anyway.
@benjohnbarnes Where I run there's lots of trees. GPS just doesn't work in a pocket... Maybe I should just put it on a helicopter beanie :)
@benjohnbarnes And yes, I did just sign up for a 10K. But it's not for more than six months, so I think I have plenty of training time...
@benjohnbarnes There's that, and also the chance of using the GPS -- it can't see the sky in a bum-bag!
@av_uk Scary, and interesting. But I need shoes that correct for over-pronation, and my new Mizunos are really comfy anyway...
@benjohnbarnes Well, now you mention it... :) Actually, no, I really don't want to be clock-watching while I'm running!
And I find myself with another bit of running gear. http://twitpic.com/ht2wl
Spooky turn of phrase on Floyd: "BBC news reported that his ghost writer announced his death this morning." http://bit.ly/4ufxT3
@bertpalmer I got mine in Moti on Whiteladies http://bit.ly/rvHZm. Video analysis & helpful sales guy. Or try Easy Runner http://bit.ly/hC6D
2008
@d_arkchocolate thanks, but I already have one of those.
@Artoo_UK Reboot everything!
Retweeting @zen_habits: Ninja cat is awesome! http://tinyurl.com/5yqjfv
Filming for some kind of drama going on by the Cottage. Got some snaps on the way past.
@ahnlak In my recent experience, about an hour to knock it down to the three good ones, then five minutes each :-)
Why don't modern phones have a 'reboot' option?
@d_arkchocolate I'm guessing this is both a secondhand and slightly broken Monday you're selling, not a new and shiny one?
@jbuttitta yes, but I'm saying that it's such a common operation on 'smart' phones that I think it should be easier than that!
PS: I don't want a smart phone. I want a _wise_ phone!
Night all. I'm off for an early one in the hope of getting an early start in good light for photos in the morning... It'll rain, won't it?
@johnfbraun One thing on the cam: get it working plugged directly in first. They can be oddly sensitive to hubs under Linux.
Apparently it was "Skins" they were filming. Now have shots of an actress jumping up and down for me. Feeling slightly paparazzi.
Can someone hipper than me identify this exuberant young Skins actress who jumped up and down for me this morning? *grin* http://is.gd/2FFy
@johnfbraun Interesting; according to this translator here it says, "Help! I am a prisoner in an apple factory!"
@davidpatrick Aha. Not sure I'd have recognised her from that! Cool; will tag my photos!
@bertpalmer OSX 10.5.5 out? Oh, great, now I've got to decide whether to update now or defer it until braver people have tried!
Installing keyboard firmware, iTunes, Quicktime and OS X 10.5.5 update on my newly-repaired MacBook. *crosses fingers*
Yay! Band whose photos I took at a gig last week wants to put me on the guest-list for a halloween gig and arrange a photoshoot for them.