On This Day, 16 March
2026
2025
2024
2023
@Kavey Get well soon both!
@stillawake @ChopsyBristol I really wish that M&S was still there, damn it.
2022
2021
I'm not convinced I'd like to contract a Snape. https://t.co/w4RO4Zdmix
Not going to lie, I sort of love it that bluetooth tube pre-amps exist. https://t.co/fc4BBV5o1d
RT @Pandamoanimum: Dolly Parton as umbrellas. (Aka Brolly Parton) A thread. https://t.co/HBsmeoQSwr
2020
RT @Dru_Marland: Nearly there, but time for a boatwork break https://t.co/5Zmg8cdsYD
Well, this’ll be interesting. I’ve never actually worked from home for a proper normally-in-the-office job.
RT @VDOOZER: HERE’s another link if you can’t see the first one. Hope everyone is doing great. ‘Scrubs' Clip Goes Viral Amidst Coronavir…
2019
@robmanuel Well done! (The scary moment is when you realise you can pick your own front door lock!)
@Mercy_Main_btw_ @robmanuel Yes, good point!
RT @PavelASamsonov: All enterprise software competes with Excel. All productivity software competes with emailing things to yourself.
2018
Plus ça change... https://t.co/ebgZcHCXCG https://t.co/5EhLSkb5yR
Wait, the UK National Lottery are emailing *every user* to ask them to change their passwords? *side eye*
2017
@LeadHyperion It does? I shall have to check it out.
@LeadHyperion Cool. I enjoy desktops on OS X. (But partly it's the Minority-Report style trackpad gestures that I can use! #tomcruise)
Puzzling - https://t.co/4uyMkVO6qt https://t.co/E9CRjYMk5X
2016
Progress. https://t.co/44VmOEvnvn
I never realised Basil Brush was actually a nature documentary. https://t.co/TUxRVez3R5
RT @salisbury_matt: The London Stone is going to be re-set https://t.co/11EV5nsGYD
RT @talitres: In case you missed it, @RachaelDadd has a brand new video for “Wake It”. And it's awesome. https://t.co/9eX0ftN0LG https://…
@mrbrettkelly If you do it regularly, Rogue Amoeba’s Fission will do it losslessly and prettily, but it’s $29. https://t.co/nF0fTFt4RK
@hayles Has this tweet fallen through a time warp from the 1990s?
Tesla’s new “entry level” car is still twice as much money as I’ve ever paid for a car. Still, I don’t have anywhere to keep one, anyway.
@hayles Given that I don’t have a garage or a driveway, it doesn’t take a lot of convincing.
2015
2014
Swoopy. https://t.co/qiRyZxkbbz
Had a nice walk. Now awaiting breakfast. http://t.co/EBVt8kM7Rp
@chubbybannister Pretty average. Get the feeling it’s one of those places that survives on its location.
@lemonhousephoto So, you’ve been hacked, then?
@chubbybannister Took me a while to get there, but it was a nice walk. Next time I’ll eat at home first. Their coffee was fine, though.
Back from my walk. It was this kind of day outside. I recommend it, if you've not tried it yet. #Bristol http://t.co/dcHBwJJ1KZ
@Bristolvor Kindle. I don't have an iPad.
RT @AThriftyMrsUK: When will restaurants start serving food on plates again? I'm sick of eating off roof tiles and chopping boards
RT @lizfraser1: I'd definitely hire this guy 😊 http://t.co/lPtmjNGymX
@hatsandbikes @guriben HE'S BEHIND YOU!
@jenmylo I think the previous ones were hard, too. You've always had to pay extra to get the soft ones.
Fiddling with odd bits of Bristol. http://t.co/8uqnuLiRTr
@jenmylo I find them more comfy. But I still generally end up buying nicer, non-Apple ones.
Okay, that's quite weird as an animated GIF http://t.co/t9uOxVaX56
RT @bexxi: I seem to have created a hybrid of cottage pie and moussaka: I shall therefore call it "cottage π".
@tsunimee Donald Trump’s really let himself go.
Why does LOVEFiLM By Post need access to my phone status and identity, @AmazonVideoUK? http://t.co/vjlVnhBFQz
RT @anna_debenham: Eating foot ice cream. http://t.co/cqgdcGFDcI
@anna_debenham I’d completely forgotten those existed. *Sudden nostalgia burst*
@talkie_tim Does this mean you’re radioactive?
@C_J_Fox “How is babby formed?”?
RT @shazow: Sometimes I worry the NSA might be spying on me through my desktop's webcam. Then I remember it's Linux and even I can't get it…
2013
@brentsimmons What do you use for analytics? That feels like one of my last reasons to keep my account.
@EffBeeee Er. I must be drinker than I thought. What *should* that say instead?
@EffBeeee Oh. I don’t think I ever learned that rule.
@EffBeeee Oh, okay. I understand the subject/object difference, of c
@brentsimmons Thanks. Always interesting to hear people’s tools/needs/philosophies.
@EffBeeee (oops! Premature send!) …of course; I’ve just never heard of the “them first” rule.
Hrm. Feel pretty good, considering I was at a beer festival last night ;)
RT @HartsBakery: "@pearcafe: I think with a window display like this, @cothamhardware deserve more followers http://t.co/5i6ls6korc" indeed!
Attempting repairs. http://t.co/b3V4lpJZS9
2012
@BlackDogDays *snigger*
@BlackDogDays Could well be. Wonder what kind of clearance it needs? High tide's not until quarter past one today.
@BlackDogDays Well, I'll get my camera ready and monitor Twitter for signs of action :D
@hayles Woo! #electronclub
@rogueamoeba Skype started through Piezo generally runs 100% CPU; idle Skype started without Piezo runs closer to 0%. Any ideas?
@liveindetail @BlackDogDays @talithahg If I were Bob Bigwood I might well go around thinking I was John.
Roight. Today I am mostly going to be forcing Android Preferences to submit to my mighty will. Or crying. One of the two.
Shiny new toy. Huzzah! #audiogeek http://t.co/JlFGASeD
@johnfbraun Do you know how *much* extra it costs to go to eleven? Also, they only sell that gear to the pros :)
@PeteWilliams I have to admit to buying on looks, to some degree. (It is one of these, btw: http://t.co/iCNGK4q7 )
Achievement unlocked: Annoying nutter avoided x2
@stillawake @Ninja_lynneja @hayles This is @guriben's most favouritest page on the internet: http://t.co/DCxSXQLw
I am going to a beer festival tonight. And I just bought fry-up ingredients and Lucozade for the morning, just in case :) #planning
@stillawake It's a win-win situation. If I don't need it, then I managed to restrain myself, so I can therefore have a fry-up as a reward :D
@derekarridge Oh, I just fool around, mostly. Some music, hopefully a podcast at some point.
@mattgemmell *sigh* I guess that now is probably the time I should start saving up for the retina-display Air.
@derekarridge Sure you'll get it back. This is the last thing I put on teh intarnetz with non-trivial guitar, btw. http://t.co/vLfYYuNF
@derekarridge (With apologies for the ropey singing, but I'm all I've got :) )
Right. Off to a beer festival. *Ensures Half Man Half Biscuit's _CAMRA Man_ is on iPod*
I see what you mean, #bristol. Subtle, she is not. http://t.co/YPaqqSSZ
And the queue has started moving ;)
Actually, that's a valid use for QR codes: keeping track of what you've had at a beer festival when you're too pissed to type.
Having a Comfortably Numb. @ahnlak http://t.co/2kpimY0n
@matt_fwyalchen @ahnlak it's available here, but I already know I like it :) I even have the key-ring!
@ahnlak You would like, I think, Arbor Ales' (12%) Double Trouble.
There is a handmade chocolate stall at this beer festival. I may never leave.
@Mouse_House Temple Meads passenger shed bit. Sold out, though, sadly. I knew someone with spare ticket, luckily!
@Mouse_House (And no worries on the sponsorship! x)
Oooh. http://t.co/9QhHSyFW's "Scorpion Death" chilli chocolate is aptly named. *fans mouth*
@ShabbyBean *sympathy*
Mmmmm. Salmon and watercress pastie!
@mhoulden Nope. Apparently controversial this year.
@xabl Middle-class pastie, I'll grant you. Not sure about the festival per se.
2011
@Crackerwax Especially when they let him out and tell him they weren't broadcasting.
New "showcase route" ads show shiny happy people in designer shoes sitting on buses. Think this is what Ben Elton called the "reality gap."
(You know, back when he was funny.)
RT @arlinelyons: Quality reporting: http://www.mediaite.com/online/did-fox-news-misidentify-a-japanese-nightclub-as-a-nuclear-power-plant/
Of the suggested team names for our works quiz this week, my favourite so far is "Quizteam Aguilera".
*giggles at today's QC* http://bit.ly/h865a4
@talkie_tim @nickbrompton Great minds think alike! I saw my colleague come up with name yesterday, and his acting skills aren't that good :)
@benjohnbarnes Reading between the lines, virtually all the (quite specialised) equipment is completely buggered. Anything they do...
@benjohnbarnes ...that involves not using the right kit and de-ionised water could lead to more Shit Happening.
@benjohnbarnes I am, sadly, getting image of mechanic staring at burning car while holding his one remaining screwdriver and a cup of water.
@fdr106 That's a slur on overpriced shopping malls, which have better signage and cheaper parking.
I think someone at Rownham Mead is hosting a meeting of the Dull Silver Car Owners' Club.
@tsunimee I am slightly disturbed that you know that, bearing in mind I haven't tweeted any photos. But thank you nonetheless, sexy.
@jorence <Nelson>Haaa haa!</Nelson>
@tsunimee @KaveyF Sometimes, to understand colloquial use of a word, I'll do a Google image search. HINT: DO *NOT* DO THIS FOR "emoustillé".
@bexxi Yup! Congrats, @KellyJanner & hubby!
@sitepointdotcom Tutorial. It's much harder to find a decent tutorial on the web than it is to find a recipe-style solution to a problem.
@majicDave As long as we can also pretend you have good recent backups.
2010
Considering hardcoding a CAPTCHA on one of my blogs' contact forms to "no SEO morons" to try to get the point across.
@KaveyF I was just admonishing a colleague for gossip-flirting, as I call it.
@KaveyF Gossip-flirting? Well, it's a really interesting concept, but I can't tell you about it just yet.
@Phooto Would this hotel be in Brighton, perchance?
@KaveyF *giggle*
Yes. It was indeed a bit misty on the way to work today. http://flic.kr/p/7L8c3z
@tweeny4 Post them to me. I'll deal with them.
@alkalinemouse merci, O Non-Acidic One.
@chrismarquardt I remember when those used to be called "volume knobs".
@RadioKate no, but I have been known to enlarge the existing hole in take-out coffee lids with a pencil, for similar reasons.
@chrismarquardt I stand corrected. I will clearly have to be careful not to confuse my knobs in future.
@KaveyF Hmm. Think will be heading either London- or Cambridgewards soon; may have to pop in on way to/from...
Had massage, now walking home to _Blonde On Blonde_. Not sure how much more chilled I can get...
Would love to be able to Instapaper an actual tweet in @echofon
@talkie_tim @archidave I have same dilemma. 3-month notice period a further annoyance.
@Zinziii *jealous*
@Zinziii Something tells me we'd both be fairly happy if we found a course where that _was_ the coursework :)
@hayles Well, it seems to work. (7654321)
@hayles Well, at least technology doing it that way round makes an interesting change...
@Zinziii Now there's an accolade :) Looking forward to Nobody's Daughter?
Even when I was a kid, I wasn't sure that turning the milk brown was a great selling point. Still, Coco Pops Mega Munchies are quite nice.
When did self-storage companies stop telling you how much it costs on their websites? They're annoyingly like gyms now.
@Phooto Yeah, you at least need a NAS that's more soothing when it sends you email, by the sound of it.
Bloody hell. Journey to work, or voyage into the unknown? #Bristol http://twitpic.com/18wggv
I dare say that Half Man Half Biscuit isn't good warm-up-for-work music. Still, good album.
@bertpalmer Hard to say. Tell you what, go have a look. I'll stay here and guard the cameras.
This office is doomed. http://twitpic.com/18wri4
2009
@Phooto Now you really are going for shininess over substance...
@Phooto You think? Looks bloody annoying to me. Much prefer the old one.
2008
Bugger. Just crashed car. Am fine, though.