On This Day, 19 May
2026
2025
2024
2023
RT @ColinHowardArt: Multiple Sclerosis affects my Art hand badly these days. But sheer persisistance and bloody mindedness, allowed me to d…
RT @catandgirlcomic: Moving on... 💼 https://t.co/MQQZXToPer https://t.co/0SUEfu4Hws
Great. Local Post Office closed for lunch. Because nobody would carry a parcel a quarter mile up a hill to post it in their lunch hour, of course. FFS.
Then ten minutes queuing for the @PostOffice to tell me they don’t accept this “Free international postal return label valid in… GB” FFS. I’m just trying to return a toner cartridge for recycling. Sigh. https://t.co/bgJNNCXP5f
2022
2021
RT @KYPBristol: A glimpse inside Bristol's ancient 'mother' church, St Peter's, that likely dates back to the earliest origins of the city.…
I’ll be watching Midnight Run later. https://t.co/JzLaeVgSpy
Cheery little note on Hotwells’ Colonnade in Mrs Marshall’s #Bristol Diamonds… https://t.co/XOWNy51QrM
Otomi window, Clifton Village. https://t.co/eUPFnUAo6d
RT @ZiziFothSi: The real reason they discourage MRIs during pregnancy is because then people would realise they’re incubating nightmare dem…
@nosugartea If I lived in the Colonnade I would definitely have a print of this hanging above the fireplace.
RT @porthjess: Today was a beautiful thing. 🌈 Was invited to a preview of @wethecurious_’ Project What If? exhibition prior to their reopen…
@KYPBristol It's almost like I've been building up a library of random views of Bristol for occasions like this :D https://t.co/UXqPkOqhhu https://t.co/hraQw19C8j
RT @AlampayDavis: This is fucking insane https://t.co/06yszEyNFz https://t.co/S3vIMtKuOl
2020
Lunchtime break. #wfh https://t.co/mLn6559jCu
RT @SofieHagen: Today, it’s a decade since I got Twitter. A DECADE. It’s been a whole DECADE since I last believed that everyone should hav…
@AlasdairStuart That's going right on my list, that is.
RT @yumhoneyblood: My youngest baby is turning 1 year old this Sunday and to celebrate I’m throwing her a live-streaming birthday party!Joi…
That'll do. https://t.co/euOil5zWXx
@TheAcademy Global Thermonuclear War
RT @ItsAndyRyan: Me: I'm a fantasy writer Date: Short stories, novels, scripts? Me: Yes, I fantasise about writing all those things
2019
RT @holly: This is it, the worst tech bio https://t.co/k1ZRZRkc7t
RT @Lucyvfreeman: Photographer fiddling about at the stately home at which my sister works, accosted by smooth manager. “That vase belonged…
RT @melip0ne: Name one thing in this photo https://t.co/zgyE9rL2XP
2018
@headfirstonly Wish I had his hair, too ;)
Chores first, then treats. Chores first, then treats. https://t.co/qYtgMxoHsJ https://t.co/3E396fzf2h
@jsnell I think you can claim this vintage camera if you come to the charity shop in person ;) https://t.co/nN0B8PwzPO
RT @WeirdBristol: When the Clifton Suspension Bridge officially opened on the 8th of December, 1864, 21 year old #Bristol barmaid Mary Grif…
@LaaLaa_Cam *Hug*
RT @HetanShah: Tell your fave Indian wedding caterer they only need to send half their usual team https://t.co/XcKrrYtTKA
RT @gaffneyc: Periodic reminder that we can see your MailChimp list names when we unsubscribe… https://t.co/GEftFXRMvS
2017
RT @spectatorindex: IMAGE: Mongolian shepherd with an AK-47 and his pet snow leopard https://t.co/cQAM2IaXIQ
RT @davidallengreen: So Assange defeats the attempt to confine him in a small space for years, by confining himself in a small space for ye…
Couldn't resist another shot on the way past. https://t.co/bSTGCU2OqF https://t.co/VfY0JQ0L0D
Surprisingly hot in town. Luckily there's this place called Seamus O'Donnell's that provides advanced cooling solu…… https://t.co/lyIe5XgghP
@Lillput Tripped and fell in there? Happens to the best of us. I blame the pavements.
@jakepjohnson We don't necessarily need to narrow this down to an either/or choice, I feel.
RT @jakepjohnson: Sun is out in Bristol. The law states everyone go to harbour, dangle their legs over the edge and drink cider. https://t.…
(Though as I've only been in Bristol about twenty years, I can show my doctor's note at the bar and drink beer instead of cider.)
@hayles I haven’t seen it. It’s 30-min episodes, yeah?
@hayles I was thinking "perfect shiny-new-exercise-bike fodder" 😀🚴
@Nose_in_a_book Insightful. I should double-check.
@talkie_tim @Nose_in_a_book Our work here is done. Sounds like it's time for a beer, in fact...
@Nose_in_a_book @talkie_tim It's interesting. And good-interesting rather than bad-interesting.
@liveindetail Two fucking days I spent getting updates working again on mine. Guess what I’d been doing Sen e the last update?
@liveindetail (If your guess was “absolutely fuck all, and it spent all its time powered off”, you’d be correct.)
RT @joncstone: These increasingly look like those fake local newspapers that parties mock up and put through your letterbox https://t.co/YI…
Oh God, what's he done *this* time?
@Bristolvor 🎃
@teacherdude @nytimes Amazon's _Bosch_ is beautiful to watch. And to listen to. Great music.
Ah, Trump. Or "Dick à l'Orange", as I believe the French call him.
@hayles @chubbybannister *Butts in* They're FAB. Great being able to ride pretty much as far as you can cope with, then just walk away.
@chubbybannister @hayles Were they Boris-style have-to-be-left-at-docking-station ones?
@johnfbraun Ah! I've heard "Darth Wotsit". (I think our Wotsits are the closest equivalent of your Cheetos...)
@chubbybannister @hayles I think all we can do is hope. And ride 'em. First time was like a magical teleport back from t'pub );
@chubbybannister Well, I certainly didn't see a docking station in Hotwells. London probably had more than three.
@chubbybannister I shall be as optimistic as possible about Yo. It'd be lovely if it succeeded and I got to just ri… https://t.co/mEbETJYAqG
No, *you're* drinking a beer and watching The Equalizer* on a Friday night. *No, the 1985 series.
@saltwateritch @chubbybannister It's done through an app. There's a certain amount of chance involved, but a lot of bikes. Here's right now.
@saltwateritch @chubbybannister ...near me. https://t.co/zHesWOsEqY
@saltwateritch @chubbybannister ...and they just lock the back wheel. Lock it by sliding a lever manually, then go… https://t.co/VjWpIZ7urn
@saltwateritch @chubbybannister Apparently there are going to be 500 of the things. I'm seeing them everywhere I normally go already.
@saltwateritch @chubbybannister I'm not sure. Seen a few quite a long way out on the map, but I don't know the official borders.
@chubbybannister @saltwateritch Yeah, it's a pound an hour. I suppose as long as you bring it *back* from John O'Groats...
@chubbybannister @saltwateritch First hour's free, just like cocaine.
@chubbybannister @saltwateritch Sorry, may be overcompensating for not getting the GTA reference.
Ah, my favourite Tsarina. https://t.co/EUcaptvgF5
@saltwateritch @chubbybannister Ah, no! Like an introductory offer. First hour free when you sign up
@saltwateritch @chubbybannister I can do exactly neither of those, but please do go ahead without me. Calendar's a… https://t.co/2xPCYGy15F
@johnfbraun It's generally excellent these days, especially in the big cities, luckily for me :)
@C_J_Fox @chubbybannister I'm about 500 away from 50k. Pretty sure I'll forget and breeze right past it.
@saltwateritch @chubbybannister I'm in Crete the first week of June. Probably a bit more bookable in July.
@saltwateritch @chubbybannister Given they’ve only got three gears, I hope for their knees’ sake they drove it there.
@chubbybannister @saltwateritch *pencils in*
@chubbybannister @saltwateritch What she said!
@chubbybannister This one's got Jim Dale playing a straight role. It's disconcerting.
@chubbybannister Stewart Copeland. Magnificent theme and incidental music.
MICKEY KOSTMAYER KLAXON #theequalizer
Awww! Young Meat Loaf is in this episode. #theequalizer https://t.co/8eK5Qu8ncz
RT @tryingbrevity: I'm just saying, how do we know that ALL the sheep aren't clones?
2016
Quiet corner. https://t.co/P4A8dN03Ox
RT @adambanksdotcom: We can then calculate the third side using Pythagoras https://t.co/xCXQZnTicD
Bird’s Eye View #bristol #cumberlandbasin https://t.co/4zkfnPASZR
@SpikyZebra Load number 8? Christ. Next time you need to budget 10% of the holiday for a service wash.
*Feels old* https://t.co/tKVNivvGEg
I don’t really care about Bond, but anything that gets more Olivia Colman in my timeline is entirely welcome.
@malvernrunner I shall add it to my improbably-long LoveFilm list, ta.
RT @alfredapp: Alfred 3 is here! Snippet expansion, improved workflows, multimedia clipboard & much more :D https://t.co/AR9BInLNZm https:/…
RT @curiousgene: "Echo, tell Google Home to turn on the heat." "Tell him yourself, he's right there." "Siri, tell Echo that I'm not talking…
Rookie error: took watch off while kneading dough. That could’ve counted toward my step goal for the day.
@AlasdairStuart Guessing we could double the turnout if they handed out lollipops.
2015
Apple TV home screen is like a slow-motion game of breakout, where you have to destroy the pointless new stations before they fill it up.
Pale rider. https://t.co/FJBCrggU1n
Merchant's Road. #bristol https://t.co/PgHfpl6tsB
Somewhat tautological. #bristol https://t.co/YdhZ38BxHO
@t_pk Likewise!
2014
This morning, life in Crete appears to be about rain, buses that can’t get through town, and F16s from the local base roaring overhead.
@hayles *Looks for bloons*
Current status: chillin'. http://t.co/zI9v4JuTQo
Who, me? #subtweet
That time of the night. http://t.co/8D2kY1x6c8
Last night here. Now moved on to that well-known Cretan after-dinner tipple Glen Garioch.
2013
RT @engadget: Yahoo to acquire Tumblr in $1.1 billion cash deal - http://t.co/ehZXCPDoMu
2012
@stillawake Story of my life.
@RamonYouseph @jorence Ta. Definitely better this morning.
Right. Some chores done, now it's time for some shopping. What an exciting day...
@liveindetail @jorence I'm just glad he's not seen any of the Olympic Cluedo coverage yet.
Whoo! Left my fundraising late, but an anonymous benefactor has kicked me off with a tenner. http://t.co/8wGMgWUL Thank you, mystery donor!
Arse. I left eight bars of space in this song for a guitar solo. I now do not think this song needs a guitar solo.
Doorstration (n) The feeling of frustrated rage than envelops you after the fifth time you try to open the time-locked washing machine door.
@missemmeline Hey, at least I posted about it on Twitter rather than adding more dents to the front of the washer...
@Picklechu If there is, it's so secret it's not in the manual, damn it.
@missemmeline Anyway. You having a good day, kitten?
@missemmeline Boys in Easton are clearly fools. Good luck with the other one. Don't you go too far away, you. x
@missemmeline I know. x
Pinning a race number onto a shirt can take quite a while. Well, it can if you're a bit OCD about getting it level and centered.
@liveindetail Sadly, no. (11201)
@petedrinks Live zombie blogging - Brains are tasty, mild, sweet and creamy.
@malvernrunner I've got better at it. Before my first race, a couple of years ago, I was in front of the mirror for what seemed like hours.
A runner's pre-race checklist is a very down-to-earth thing. "Nipple plasters: check. Anti-chafing cream: check..."
(And if it gives you some idea of the crap I consider taking along, here's what I prepared for the Bath Half: http://t.co/dAfMFyqE )
@richardjfoster After the first time, I now try to at least do mine the afternoon before, when I'm not panicking about leaving on time...
@malvernrunner Just avoid mirrors until the race start; you'll be fine :D
@misslo Bristol 10K. Weather's looking good, and it starts about a mile from my front door :) Doesn't get much better...
@misslo Thanks! Will do.
@chris_j_hughes They're a bugger to light while you're running...
@theshinythings Excellent! I'll give you a wave if I see you :)
RT @MsMottram: SS Great Britain surrounded by green jelly, only in #Bristol http://t.co/IilZr0Pn
@Bristol52 Not quite so tidily, but, basically, yes. :) http://t.co/buLIPc1u
@Bristol52 You too!
Good night. And good luck to all the #bristol10k runners for the morning :)
2011
@mhoulden Ooh, ta. WIll have to see if I can squeeze a trip in, but I'm playing catch-up with household stuff after the 10K last weekend!
Happy birthday, @bexxi!
This is my morning "bus stop". I really am lucky. #Bristol http://bit.ly/lIYa7T
@TippyTLawton My bus stop works because it's a ferry stop. No traffic, friendly people, half the price of the bus. :D
@mediaben Well, his wife's in charge of the dog. I don't think anyone would come to harm if he dropped off ;)
@bertpalmer Huh? When did it *not* have email? #confused #missingsomething #beforecoffee
@rbrwr @bertpalmer I dare say there's a checkbox to select the alternative action of not turning it off buried somewhere in the FB settings.
@mattbrown01 Would you like to buy some spam?
"analyzation"?! Gah.
@aniseedman Oooh. Did you have a website before? *goes and looks*
@aniseedman Aha...*subscribes to blog* #stalk
@Mouse_House What kind of stuff do you like?
@Mouse_House Hrm. Okay, then: Perdido Street Station, by China Mievielle.
@Mouse_House Well, you said you'd give most things a try! :) Recommending it because I thought it was awesome, though.
@danbenjamin That last one must have been a doozy! @sazzy
@Mouse_House Kewl.
I just saw me an @archidave!
Can we all agree that a smiley closes all opening brackets? (Like a superbracket in LISP. :) #grammar #geek #balance #OCD
@roundonefight Obvious answer: yes, dear.
@hayles Have you really drained an iDon'tWantAnySpam 4 in 12 hours?
@ahnlak Here's what lies that way:: madness.
There ought to be a URL shortener specially for Daily Mail links, so I know in advance. I wonder if "justdo.nt" is available.
@juliasegal Didn't they each end up doing a pretty good version of the other's song?
RT @mattgemmell: Next up from Ryan Sarver: third-party Twitter clients must request auth tokens by mail, enclosing a prepaid envelope.
@archidave I think at the time we were both a bit distracted by the apparently-unconscious pavement sunbather by Graze...
@roundonefight Well done, dear.
Ooh. I haz packij. http://lockerz.com/s/102998315
Yay! Leftpondian candy FTW! Thanks, @jesspants! http://lockerz.com/s/103000477
@stillawake @nose_in_a_book Oooh, controversy. I like @richardjfoster's suggestion (of using multidirectional smilies (:) )
Woo! Second package: my vivid tweet from @irkafirka :) http://irkafirka.com/gothick/ http://twitpic.com/4zrm4s
@jorence @Runnerbeany Yup. And do it lots. I *try* to do a big hill every weekend (usually Bridge Valley Road...)
@guriben "pleasepleasepleasestop.it"? Although technically that would be a URL-lengthening service, I guess.
@ahnlak I would probably have assumed that was gone :)
@Runnerbeany @jorence You'll be surprised how well you do. Most hills I failed first time on I managed second time.
@Runnerbeany And as @jorence says, little steps, and slow down. You can think about getting faster once you can make it to the top once :)
@ahnlak g.it.
@ahnlak smartar.se-featur.es.
@jorence Jesus. You need more than hot chocolate for that.
@jesspants Knowing my levels of self-control, you'll know very soon. I definitely like the Mary Jane :)
#geek I have written up my attempts to generate a Lorenz Attractor fractal in-browser using pure XSLT. http://xslorenz.gothick.org.uk/
@mikeotaylor That one really is for hardcore geeks, and slightly weird hardcore geeks, to boot. I need a hashtag for that. #übergeeky
Okay, it's bedtime. I didn't have enough change at work to buy caffeinated drinks all day like usual, so I think I might sleep well :)
2010
@getrunningapp Hit it again.
Happy birthday @bexxi!
My upside-down photos seem popular. Maybe I should learn to work the camera the other way up; it'd save time in post-processing.
Oooh, a new TLD. And cocococo.co isn't taken yet. Tempting...
@jukesie Well, yeah. But; cocococo.co! I mean, how cool would the web app you'd have to invent for that be! #domainillneverfuckinguse
RT @ScrivenerApp: ... join our 'Scrivener for Windows' newsletter: http://bit.ly/8fIid3. We *may* have some news sooner rather than late ...
Also: very tempted by sebastian.co.
@ahnlak Unfortunately, yes. As was my first choice, roco.co.
@ahnlak Unfortunately both that, and my potential decorating firm at artde.co are already gone.
@ahnlak 123-reg have them for pre-order. Which is good news for my music shop, doremefasolati.co.
@BradleyLaw Bits of it. Why, what needs doing?
@BradleyLaw @bertpalmer That's not easy; you'd need to monitor for iTunes launch. Google "Linked Applications Launcher"; free & works, FWIR.
@shezza_t Blood. It means something's really wrong. #actuallyihavenoidea
@Dan_Martin It does seem unlikely, doesn't it?
Oh, hallelujah, Google actually does something new I might like and enjoy for once.
@benjohnbarnes Try search.php?keywords=foo
D'oh. Something tells me that my iPhone didn't get much of a GPS lock during that last run. http://bit.ly/cTFp4H
@benparkatbjs Hmm. Not quite sure what you need, but maybe try favstar.fm?
@benparkatbjs Ah, okay. Erm. First suggestion: use Instapaper instead. Tweetie for iPhone lets you instapaper something; does the Mac one?
@benparkatbjs Second suggestion, try http://twitter.com/favorites?page=1 (2,3,4, etc.)
@benparkatbjs In Tweetie for iPhone, it'll save the text of the tweet, and the username. http://twitpic.com/1p7qti
@benparkatbjs I know what you mean, though. Sometimes I just want to save a link-less tweet. In emergencies, I email it to Instapaper!
@benparkatbjs Maybe all you need is a two-hour appointment with yourself at the weekend to go through all the faves!
@benparkatbjs Every weekend? Heh. This stuff can be a pain to manage, especially if you interest is a lot bigger than your time. :(
Finally got around to reporting some nasty graffiti to the council. Street art, fine, swastikas, NO.
"Wenlock and Mandeville... perfectly match the Olympics logo in terms of tendentious artery-hardening crapness." http://bit.ly/cQUUur
@benparkatbjs Won't be long before there's a TV recorder that records Twitter too and plays it back at the same time :)
My bit of Bristol was looking particularly nice this evening, on the way back from my jog: http://flic.kr/p/83uP2q
2009
2008
Hmm. Is image stabilisation _meant_ to make quiet yet strangely cement-mixer-like noises come from your lens?
Why do anarchists drink herbal tea? Because proper tea is theft...
2007
Ahh. Back home and ready for a weekend of doing some more nothing :) Bliss!