On This Day, 8 September
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RT @kimquindlen: A man in McDonald’s just ordered an apple pie and the cashier said “would you like to do two apple pies instead” while giv…
RT @wpduk: Apologies for the fault affecting #BS3 #Bristol and surrounding areas. We're estimating to have the power restored by 17:30. S…
Hrm. Bristol Cathedral bell continuously tolling. Do they know something I don’t?
Really hope Neil Gaiman hasn’t killed off the Queen in this season of the British monarchy. It would show he has no familiarity with the source material.
@martr101 I love the way the "alternative route" on the consultation map for me was basically "piss off back to Hotwells and think of another route for yourself."
@hugenuge @KYPBristol As it used to look (Samuel Loxton, ca. 1910) https://t.co/DunPOjM9Yj
@georgemporter Oh yeah. And later on, I didn't have enough spare floppies to do Slackware in one go, so I made at least two trips to and from campus during the install :D
@TheKingAdRob @ShriramKMurthi @georgemporter I swear that having started with nothing but examples in the ZX81 manual and volatile RAM is still shaping some of my daily existence.
RT @georgemporter: OK so you're old, but are you "Installed Borland C++ compiler off of fifty 3.5" floppy disks" old?
2021
Hotwells station, though around 1870, in this shot, it was still called Clifton. Pic M Oakley collection, via Branch Lines Around Avonmouth… ISBN 190447442X. https://t.co/gStaDomcmn
2020
RT @laurenlaverne: HOT DOG/ JUMPING FROG/ ALBUQUERQUE
@craigmod And the *reason* you’re going back to Music and hitting space to pause? This: hit play/pause on keyboard to play music. Open a YouTube page. Want to pause music to hear video. Press play/pause button to pause music. Result: video pauses, music continues.
@craigmod I am something of a holdout 😀 https://t.co/oqg5nWvMBq
Sleepy Buddha. 8/30 #PhotoADay https://t.co/sZemw1krse https://t.co/VhkgjFkdAB
2019
@chubbybannister @basil_gg I would never have got that answer, even with the right numbering...
As I approach 47, I wonder whether the reason old people's minds are hard to change is because they just can't be arsed to read youngsters' political arguments, which these days consist entirely of third-generation JPEG copies of pictures of text in a small font.
@atpfm If we do get colours, do you trust Apple to make them so they don't flake off? I'm unimpressed with my first non-Space Gray iPhone... #askatp https://t.co/55N1jR5ouK
2018
RT @HarbMasterBris: Harbour staff have finally cleared the remains of the old Fig tree that fell into the harbour recently. No small task !…
RT @BBC6Music: Synth geeks... while-u-wait for Sunday’s Freak Zone special here are demos of the Minimoog (by Robert Moog), Prophet 5, Fair…
RT @simongerman600: Just discovered my new favourite office meme... https://t.co/w8cJoFB9kb
RT @MakingBlakes7: PAUL DARROW: I remember Vere once saying, “I could have fried an egg in that pause. What’s Paul doing?” The floor manage…
RT @emwards: Just been to view a house. I can overlook the swirly carpets and faux wood panelling but this??!!! 🤔 https://t.co/GeIlAhxz21
2017
That kind of morning. https://t.co/YlinomU21T
@uliwitness Such is often the way. "Hey, we can do it *much* better now!" *Eight years pass* "Oh. Shit. I guess we… https://t.co/TopVVO0SZK
WHY ARE THERE CHRISTMAS CRACKERS IN SEPTEMBER. https://t.co/ylaodRjCcm https://t.co/Qnx5OHcZBu
End of the evening. https://t.co/U23ihwMiEp https://t.co/z3AdzbOOk2
2016
@mattwritescode Democracy? The global financial system? Noel Edmonds?
RT @LDLDN: Hey! Anyone wanna buy a 6 bed house in Leytonstone for £1.2m? Looks nice, needs a bit of TLC and WOAH WHAT iS THAT?? https://t.c…
This clown thing has “first act of a Doctor Who story” written all over it. https://t.co/FR38ABoKPN
(Unfortunately, it’s a McCoy-era script.)
@justan0therdave Are you watching it time-shifted?
Hopefully today’s photo of the day will be shot on the Yashica. https://t.co/m5vaxhMXdd
Oooh. Withings Steel HR announced. https://t.co/aJWWAfeNuk
RT @ThereSheRides: Here's the Staffs Uni contribution to #LiteracyDay https://t.co/mRu3o71LBz
Boarders. https://t.co/zN8iA6gMsn
2015
Posted without comment. http://t.co/cE8pviWNvK
RT @cageNL: So WPWML changes my password, reason: ‘to make sure my account stays safe’ & sent me new pwd in plain text So WPML, what’s rea…
@cageNL @DannyvanKooten @CoenJacobs Email has the aura of your kid coming up and saying, “so, just out of interest, are vases expensive?”
@thekarleighshow !?
RT @B247Martin: This lean-to in Hotwells measuring 18 sq m is being sold at auction as a studio flat for £30k: http://t.co/9Jv7g0PKSL http:…
Photo: Sorry, Andel’s Cafe, but this may be the least inspiring cafe sign in Bristol. http://t.co/QMjCPCMMPP
@porthjess I went in once, because they had an espresso machine. When I ordered a coffee they pulled out catering tin of Nescafe.
I prefer Twitter for the user experience, but at least Facebook ads understand who I am. http://t.co/f4SxlpAtUM
RT @benfraserlee: Incredible way of making my two star review seem like I didn't hate the film http://t.co/zvOyIxHQ3h
2014
Doing a bit of product review photography before I get to the day job. http://t.co/DDoiW8puUX
@hayles @emma_cossey @SamRSparrow @BangsandaBun Will you keep it down over there? Some of us are trying to sleep.
@hayles It's a fair cop, guv.
@dougchinnery Well, the 60D definitely can’t, so I’d be a little surprised if the 50D could.
Living on the edge. #bristol http://t.co/LbmNvSx26V
Flup. http://t.co/rzVvwz6lBJ
Empty basin. http://t.co/Tcxl0U12Q0
@dangusset Have you seen Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous? :D
@dangusset You may want to be at least slightly drunk to watch it. But it's got some very fine elements in it.
@dangusset (May also be found under its US title, "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins")
Think I need some more recipes that involve mint. http://t.co/RsyBsCojYE
@guriben @archidave @waiyeehong You bunch of drunkards. But, erm, got a good mojito recipe? :D
Someone just started following me on http://t.co/CxiV5cdYel. I’d forgotten I had an account until that happened.
"Talk or scream, Travis. The choice is yours."
2013
@youmakemeswoon Lion, Cliftonwood. Had one there last week & it was lush.
That London. @ Camden Market http://t.co/E52YbWtuJM
Camden boat ride. https://t.co/I9h9IMAM85
Alex, our saz player. http://t.co/PalaD9qjvN
Our saz player serenades the birds as the London Zoo aviary. http://t.co/g0v9TJVdoH
Alex, the Italian Turkish saz player on boat trips from Camden Lock. Great experience :) @ Camden Market http://t.co/FHAwiqQSFd
Urban decay. http://t.co/34kFlPTGB9
2012
Excited :) http://t.co/zE8Bo665
We are making pakoras for lunch :) http://t.co/6oVyIhdw
Chapatti production line. http://t.co/lo1rDdHV
Kavey enjoys the fruits of everyone's labour at Mamta's Kitchen cookery class :) http://t.co/tsHAFSUI
Trying some of @petedrinks’ very own double IPA. Oooooh, niiiiiice. Full of treacly highly-alcoholic goodness ;)
@tsunimee @petedrinks It's not that far to go down the M4 :)
Aww. Always love _Jerusalem_ at the Proms.
2011
You're not still using those cutesy "slankets", are you? Why? They don't even have a built-in chair! http://t.co/YjPWWrO
@jacintuk Mostly because I want to be awake and cheerful for running 13 miles on Sunday. After that, yes, I take your point :)
The man from the Gorilla Collection Agency. #bristol http://t.co/UW56YTx
RT @TEDxBristol: @TEDxBristol is here! Watch online for free from today 10am (UK) http://t.co/fQLm12k
@stillawake He pulled in to the Grain Barge right in front of me. Too good an opportunity to miss :)
@stillawake Try shouting "bend knees!" at her in a Finnish accent. No? Didn't work during my snowboarding lessons, either.
Must. Resist. Snarky. Stackoverflow. Comment. #haveyouconsideredreadingabook
A Kickstarter project for cycle lights with a science-fiction level of cool geekery. (via @hicksdesign): http://t.co/lCO5nwB
@guriben Hah! Excellent. Though I might worry about people driving straight into me after being hypnotised by them.
RT @Juggzy: Hello twitterverse. When should we have a comma before an 'or'?
@the3rdgirl Run! That place is more dangerous than the IKEA marketplace. So many things I didn't know I needed...
@guriben Now all it needs is a voice-to-text interface for when you're riding.
@guriben Although really, when cycling, all you need are a few presets. I'd have "TRY LOOKING WHERE YOU'RE BLOODY GOING" on the red button.
@guriben Wonder if you can get a grant from that from the Cycling City money. They'd probably say it wasn't in the right spirit, the wusses.
@Mouse_House MOUSE SMASH.
@technex Well, they have similar requisitioning powers to the police, except theirs are normally granted by gratitude rather than law :)
We put this on to make sure Macs didn't get mixed up on holiday. I'm going to leave it on. I like James. http://t.co/qeMKdua
@jorence Well done! Good luck with the not-drowning thing :)
@ahnlak I think we need to popularise the phrase "drunk as a Swedish moose".
Lamp http://t.co/tVLD2Ua
Spotlights http://t.co/Z1ibfKL
Roight. Dentist in the morning. Best clean my teeth and head for bed... Night all!
2010
@m1ke_ellis Good one. And I have exactly the right socks already. That's going on The List.
Okay, so that's votes for Wild Beasts, The Saturdays, and Bieber. And I don't know enough about Bieber to know if that's a joke or not.
Ping is recommending I follow 50 Cent and Cher. I'm not entirely convinced by this, so far.
@Cartblanch I just double-checked, and there is no Cher in my library. Wonder where it got that from.
Also, of the 53 artists it's recommending I follow, I've not heard of 37 of them. And I don't want to follow the others. #stalled
@hayles Yup. Think I will stick to last.fm. It requires a lot less work on my part, and produces really good results now.
@hayles Couldn't actually see an easy way of listening to Ping's recommendations' actual _music_, which doesn't help.
@benjohnbarnes Not if it doesn't give me an easy way to find out what their music is like!
@benjohnbarnes Have you tried it? Maybe I'm missing something.
@fdr106 last.fm is very good for me. But I can't remember how long it took to get good, watching my iTunes playback.
RT @mrchrisaddison: Koran-burning church is called the Dove World Outreach Centre? Wow. That's like Save The Children declaring Kill A K ...
@fdr106 You can exclude certain directories from being "scrobbled" - I exclude my "Buddha-trance programming background music" dirs!
@fdr106 You'll also have to clear existing things out from the last.fm website, but it made a real difference for me - might be worth it!
@Chookooloonks Wear boots, and stay indoors.
@doctorow Did she drop down silently from the overhead locker to serve the drinks?
Who has some tips about how to survive international travel? #airports #hatehatehate
Writing up the Twitter travel advice I got earlier (thanks!) If you replied to me, would you mind if I quoted you on my blog?
@talkie_tim While true for many destinations, I'm not convinced that's the case for Crete...
I should have probably mentioned that I don't drink before asking for travel tips. I sense a theme emerging! #glug
@KellyJanner sadly, I have never managed to sleep on a flight. :(
Good tips on avoiding caffeine. I normally drink way too much coffee when I travel; probably doesn't help!
@KellyJanner Hmm. Tried for six months doing that with "I sleep on my back." Still can't even get that to work :(
@Dru_Marland Bearing in mind my sketching skills, I should probably take a colouring book :)
@talkie_tim Hmm. 48 hours and I'm still not on the right island...
@hayles No. No, I do not.
@tsunimee A party? The end of the universe?
Tip: several levels deep into pages of the Twitter iPhone app, and want to get back home quickly? Swipe left-to-right along the top bar.
Well, that's three votes for excellent fluffy clean socks. Maybe I should pack nothing but socks...
@tweeny4 No, different thing -- *swipe* if you've clicked through five different screens, and want to get back to the home screen.
@ironicsans Bang!
@tweeny4 But also hard to explain clearly in 140 characters!
2009
Why on earth can't Amazon UK get hold of Snow Leopard any faster than "4-7 weeks"?
@mikeotaylor Ta! Got a few good ones, yes. Threw away loads, though; it's tough shooting moving targets!
Little things that irritate but probably shouldn't #5445: people who pedal with the arch of their foot, rather than the ball.
@seengee the good ones are pay-for. Last I looked, oanda.com and forexrate.co.uk made my shortlist, according to my notes.
@benjohnbarnes @njj4 "In space, no one can hear you throw a computer out of the window…"
@tweeny4 CSI spent their lab budget on computer sound effects and 3D graphics for the fingerprint machine. No money left for lightbulbs.
2008
Hmm. Was going to get stuff done tonight, but have mostly been processing the day's photos.
@boagworld I88'll loskook forwarddkfjfd to hearrrring it, thejn! Skype nev***er haa-aas call uality isssssuses :)
@bexxi No, it's fun! Just go for it with confidence and double-check at the last minute :) Oh, and stay in the outside lane unless exiting!
@bexxi I hated it until I took my advanced driving lessons in Coventry; since then I can cope with it. My instructor beat the fear out of me
On the plus side, I did get some *real* photos of the boat that I might start processing now.
Holy crud, just seen that picture I posted earlier. The N73 is so bad I think I'm going to stop posting from it.
http://twitpic.com/ar20 - Earthrace in Bristol
I quite like the fact that Google Chrome can't scroll upwards for me. It makes me pay more attention when I'm reading.
Installing updated Chrome. This one should actually load https login pages from behind an NTLM proxy, so I stand a chance of using it...
@KellyJanner This is one of the many reasons I use delicious instead of local bookmarks. There's a pretty good Firefox plugin...
@hackery Tiberius?