On This Day, 2 August
2026
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2024
2023
2022
RT @ImogenWK: obviously when you see the words “cursed fridge” you have to go over and read on, and i am so glad i did. what the fuck is go…
RT @ememess: I'm glad your friends are your friends and not mine, so I don't have to deal with them. By 30, you should have conquered all…
2021
@porthjess @CharlieVivante @AndyCouncil This is magical.
2020
Moved my web server to the latest Ubuntu LTS this week. Farewell, Soolin, hello Dayna. The good think about the long-term-support editions of Ubuntu is that it's going to take me a while to run out of Blake's 7 character names.
RT @MakingBlakes7: This stunning photograph of the Liberator was taken during model filming at Bray Studios. #Blakes7 https://t.co/Zd4Kmy…
I have just spotted this. I have used this chair virtually every day since I bought it in March 2010. I hope a case of loose nuts isn't terminal. https://t.co/UyYiBMbVud
Going to cheer myself up by watching a documentary about the Windscale disaster. #2020 #research
2019
Give me a bigger fucking tribute. https://t.co/LIjloJGeRX
2018
2017
Life options. https://t.co/EMl0aLkLem https://t.co/5C7lRNx5eJ
Table for Two - https://t.co/3KwzudEFAr https://t.co/i88DEpbYK0
2016
@emmachampion6 There were books on it when I were a lad.
@emmachampion6 Nah, peeling off the coloured stickers and putting them back in the right places is cheating!
When you get desperate in your “photo a day” project. https://t.co/5Do8gjYZmG
RT @OneEyeGrey: Day';s plans took massive swerve as just found entire Children of the Stones series on You Tube https://t.co/kOQEUvCuhA
@OneEyeGrey This is fab. As a Blake’s 7 fan, it’s rather spooky to see the late great Gareth Thomas looking even younger than usual!
RT @theloop: The Radar that brought the water pistol emoji to iOS 10 - https://t.co/k8YteZLaZl
Islay. https://t.co/coJJ3NGZe8
@charwarz Rings a bell. Was it originally for the Acorn Archimedes?
@bitchwhocodes Quick! Let's type side-by-side on the Believe-O-Matic keyboard so we can suspend it twice as fast!
2015
@benjohnbarnes Something tells me you might like this one: http://t.co/mxa01kpcB9
@alicej_t THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY SUPERIOR UNITS. THERE IS NO NEED TO PANIC, HUMAN. CONTINUE AS NORMAL.
Weekend fix from mah dealer. https://t.co/pVoXOsh1WJ
@chris_coys @benjohnbarnes Huh?
RT @AthanSpod: Texas man hospitalized after bullet bounces off armadillo http://t.co/XEBNYtVjv9
.@AthanSpod That story has brought to my attention the existence of the Pink Fairy Armadillo. #awww https://t.co/yYb72Dvn24
@AthanSpod @fanf Well, the Balloon Fiesta springs immediately to mind. Night Glow on Thursday good for older children & ends with fireworks.
RT @fanf: Any suggestions for fun places to take children in Bristol this week? And places to eat?
@AthanSpod @fanf As for food, not so knowledgeable about kid-friendly places myself, but there’s a hell of a lot of choice…
@AthanSpod @fanf If you’d like to try eating on a boat, I’d try http://t.co/ltYr0TDzkK or, near me, http://t.co/nemspF4FRr. Excellent beer.
@fanf @AthanSpod It won’t really kick off until Friday. If you can face getting up, a dawn launch at the Fiesta is AMAZING.
@fanf @AthanSpod You are likely to have a whole bunch of balloons float over you with very little provocation, even if you make no plans :)
@authorjsmorin The exception being TV heroes, where a head cold is often written in at the last minute so filming can keep to schedule :)
@chris_coys @benjohnbarnes Really? If I’d come to the UK when I was 6, pretty sure I’d call myself British.
@chris_coys @benjohnbarnes Doesn’t ring a bell, sorry.
@benorgan Nice. My parents live on the north coast! Have one of these for me ;) http://t.co/Ic82F3Z1MA
@benorgan Good work. Just be careful in case you need to leave room for an Ούζο and a τσικουδιά…
2014
@Boagworld @marcus67 Currently enjoying the latest show. Can’t quite believe you’re not counting backwards from ten to one, though :)
@MsMottram Clearly money well spent, given that I’d never heard of Fruitella until you said that…
@boagworld Lazybones. Mind you, it would also require @marcus67 to record a cover version of the Top of the Pops theme music...
@MsMottram They will always be Opal Fruits to me!
Having a play with @wearemacphun's new Tonality black-and-white processor. http://t.co/wS9jLFgte2
@wearemacphun Can I edit a RAW file in Tonality from Lightroom using the plugin? Only seem to get TIFF/PSD option.
@OxfamBooksTW Cool. I just bought a secondhand WWI novel from one of my favourite authors... http://t.co/gHjNt0CA3C
@chubbybannister No. It's gone the way of FUEL INJECTION banners across the backs of cars.
@chubbybannister Here's some nostalgia: http://t.co/zN6A3bPshS ("National Dairy Council" might be a good search term :) )
I like the idea of Goodreads, but every user interface they have was designed by someone whose brain works very differently from mine.
@chubbybannister @corylus Think is was basically hydrogenated vegetable fat mixed with emulsion paint and irradiated for long life.
@chubbybannister That would be a nice cream Venn. #badumtish
Current status: reading @netmag in the bath. Aren’t you glad I’m not big on selfies?
@MsMottram I’m not so hard line on that. Never been a big nut fan, so they’re just names for things I don’t buy.
@MsMottram I am still nostalgic for proper foil-and-paper wrapped Kit Kats, though.
@MsMottram Doesn't ring a bell. I have a big gap in my confectionary knowledge. Ate lots as a kid and young adult, mostly quit 15 years ago.
@MsMottram Oh, Fry’s! Mum was a big Fry’s Turkish Delight fan, but I don’t remember 5 Boys.
@chubbybannister Oh, I’m definitely big in selfies. That’s why I’m not big on selfies.
@Gary_Bainbridge I don’t know what that is.
RT @fergieweather: Serious skies at #Cleeve. Thunder heard. Aircraft taking-off from BRS are taking immediate right turn to avoid storm. ht…
Restless. I have no idea where I want to go. I just know I want to go there.
@davidpatrick *Falls into harbour*
RT @liveindetail: @gothick 1) Open Google Maps 2) Zoom to the sort of area you'd be willing to travel 3) Spin the phone on a table 4) Touc…
Acutally, @liveindetail has just reminded me that I once made a random Bristol destination generator. http://t.co/LTNWazFzof
On the other hand, not sure "impending torrential rain" is quite the time to be setting off on a random walk. Might just head for cafe.
@davidpatrick I could probably combine it with your suggestion. It's never going to be long before you hit cafe on random walk in Bristol.
@jukesie Been vaguely tempted by one of those. It does iPlayer, right? That's one thing I've not got on my telly.
@jukesie Oh! Does it do Amazon streaming? I also have Lovefilm Instant I don't use. Have Apple TV, so have Netflix, YouTube, etc.
@jukesie Cool, let me know :)
@hayles @jukesie I've usually found that kind of solution too flaky/annoying for some reason in the past, annoyingly.
Hrm. Seem to have missed my chance of going for a dry walk.
@jukesie @hayles I wish the big kids would play nicely so you could just buy one box with everyone's streaming apps on it.
Hrm. Pretty sure I just mentally criticised a telepath.
@MsMottram YOUR FAULT http://t.co/UT0YkuP3MD
Always enjoy the Portcullis’s signs.
@ahnlak I was only criticising his socks. Probably a misdemeanour.
RT @vincekamp: Best not leave anything too close to my art shed http://t.co/hwVHd7JO5R http://t.co/3mNDyfJJjX
Playing a bit with @wearmacphun's new Tonality black & white processing app. https://t.co/jWtU8BpWwr
Posh version of an Instagram shot from a couple of weeks ago: https://t.co/tSw7GCTdB4
@davidpatrick @wearmacphun I used the "dehydration" filter.
@slicknic Side effect of making that photo is that I have just drunk an entire pot of tea to myself. *buzzes gently*
RT @greg_jenner: If great scientists from history had their own logos http://t.co/Cy1nANzqU8
@linhyaopham @teabass For those who prefer the more vegetative approach: http://t.co/rjkxVCZDfN
RT @linhyaopham: http://t.co/vyKsS8P34g - a tool for one person pairing. Brilliant.
As always, execution is everything. I had that idea a couple of years ago, but this is as far as I got: http://t.co/rjkxVCZDfN
@liveindetail God, I love Sneakers.
@ToM_BaL This was in my bookmarks: http://t.co/r7dQYhFbjT
@liveindetail I've probably got one lying around here somewhere, but if you're coming that far you could just borrow the DVD :D
@FreelanceSpeech No, I didn't see what all the fuss was about, either.
@quantick It's also beautiful. Great art direction.
@Chookooloonks Hell yes.
2013
RT @WinObs: → Agency paying influential Stack Overflow users $500 to post fake questions about Samsung’s Smart App Challenge http://t.co/BS…
Upgrading to WordPress 3.6. *crosses fingers*
@NiallOswald Every time I see that, this is what I'm expecting: http://t.co/4t0A5GcHXp
@ahnlak Fresh off the presses.
#WordPress updated to 3.6 on all my sites; everything seems pretty smooth.
@hayles I knew I would be fashionable again one day. http://t.co/wE37BFqoaP
It's fairly ironic that I just tried to order this particular book, forgetting that I'd already bought it. http://t.co/YKdJE2qj9q
@chris_j_hughes Well, I haven't *read* it yet. I think.
@RellyAB That's all right; it was probably before sex was invented.
Digging through my Old Phones Drawer since a RAZR tweet from @hayles, I remember how small mobiles were. #CL50 http://t.co/pSFhXpH2eR
@Mazarin650 Comforting for now, yes. But we'll have forgotten this conversation by next week :D
RT @MartinRossiter: Are you a wife? Fancy a change of scenery? Try Coleshill. http://t.co/YSOzyZNMic c/o @becca_issacs Welcome to the 70s …
@MartinSketchley So, does that mean you can't type €#¢?
@MartinSketchley I hope it's not an ironic side-effect of Keyboard Maestro, after your recommendation yesterday :)
@MartinSketchley Odd as you like. Presume you've checked everything in Sys Prefs->Keyboard->Shortcuts?
@MartinSketchley Humour me for a mo, will you? Go into Mission Control, and create a couple of new desktops (plus button that appears...
@MartinSketchley ...top right when in Mission Control.) Then go back to where you were and try alt-2 again.
@FUERTESKNIGHT @simonindelicate Funnily enough, Modesty Bags is my burlesque name.
@MartinSketchley Okay, worth a try. If they'd been mapped to Alt-2-4, they wouldn't have appeared under keyboard shortcuts until you...
@MartinSketchley ...created the desktops, so I thought it was worth checking.
@MartinSketchley Strange. My only other thought is that screenshot software might have global hotkeys on 2,3,4, as it's...
@MartinSketchley ...similar to the built-in screenshot key combos. Got anything like that running?
@EffBeeee A balloon? Those fools. I ordered you a baboon.
@MartinSketchley I've always used Migration Assistant, too. Normally seems less pain than not doing. But then my keyboard still works.
@MartinSketchley What does Option-5 do for you?
@MartinSketchley Really? It's Cmd-numbers that selects favourites for me in Mail and Safari. Thought that was pretty standard...
@MartinSketchley So does Opt-5 just type an infinity symbol for you? ∞?
@SourdoughCafe DAMN YOU STOP MAKING ME HUNGRY
@MartinSketchley And Shift-Option-2 gives you a ™?
@MartinSketchley (I can see the nuke-the-account temptation. Must be frustrating...)
@MartinSketchley Aaaah. So much for most of my earlier thinking then :)
RT @utterben: This is an actual, real car leasing website. http://t.co/auNLQ6p847
Aww. I'd forgotten the duck animation. https://t.co/w7L0hY8TLv
@paulawhite_uk Clearly men aren't that seasonal. http://t.co/2LJo8w8fYu
@MartinSketchley Hang on a minute. That doesn't mean that it's actually Mission Control that was the problem, does it?
@MartinSketchley When you added those Mission Control desktops, did CMD+1-4 work with them?
@MartinSketchley Holey moley.
@adambanksdotcom <voice="clippy" tone="helpful">You appear to be writing a book using a spreadsheet. Would you like some help?</voice>
Turns out I could have fixed this in the time it took me to compose the TODO comment reminding me to fix it. #coding
Up top. http://t.co/1RSKOiYVEE
@MartinSketchley Login with shift key pressed to avoid your normal “run at login” items?
We are trying to make Morphs. So far, so... Er. Deformed. http://t.co/AOrusCxkCI
2012
Ugh. Bad night's sleep. Know which jar I'm reaching for this morning. http://t.co/wDmzmWZI
@Phooto Well, I like coffee, but if I drink non-decaf in the afternoon/evening, I have real problems getting to sleep.
@BlackDogDays @hayles I find that striding confidently across the road while not obviously looking either way works well there. (Seriously.)
@r0bb1eh Check out a newborn human baby. The widest part is the head. Why do adults look different? Those damn clothes! Deforming monsters.
Right. Bit more work on retina website graphics this morning, then...
Yodel picking up a parcel from me. In the “where will you leave it” box, *so* tempted to put “will drive past depot & throw over wall.”
@stillawake @KaveyF My work here is done :D
Just spent ten minutes cleaning up before the cleaner arrives. #becomingyourmiddleclassparents
@tsunimee This is a very British phenomenon.
@waiyeehong @hollowlegs Random observation: there should be a search engine specifically for pictures of dogs: Doogle.
@tsunimee I did. Cleaner is now cleaning.
@Adamy323 I needed it...
Was there someone in my stream the other day thinking about buying a Kindle? In the UK?
Wainbo! http://t.co/ZdYo3LBi
@Souterain Ah. Too late for this discount voucher, then. Sorry!
2011
@cybermango The theme from Jonathan Creek, for one ;)
I seem to have perfected the Tony Soprano grumpy morning shuffle. *picks up newspaper from imaginary drive*
@BlackDogDays Oh, fucksticks. *hug*. And as for the sticking around, allow me to pull my very best OFCOURSEFACE.
RT @bristol247: #bristol @BristolBites replies to angry restaurant owner after less-than-flattering review. Good for you Em :) http://ow ...
No, application, you may *not* have permission to tweet on my behalf. *I'm* barely competent to do it, and I actually have neurons.
@KaveyF Lord Melchett is alive and well and living in London? Odd.
@mhoulden I want to see the practical of that one :)
@hayles Deep breath, now.
Twitter could use a way of favouriting an entire thread of conversation.
Finally tracked down the band I heard doing a soundcheck at the Fleece as I walked past the other day. Maybe I'll get to see them now!
@tsunimee Personally, I print out really good DMs and stick them on my fridge. That's a real badge of honour. #imaybelying
In related news, mildly surprised to be reminded that MySpace still exists.
@archidave You just reminded me of a certain Internet Explorer cartoon. http://imgur.com/gallery/7pOwI :)
@MitchBenn Hrm. Try clearing cookies. (Safari: Prefs/Privacy/cookie details, then search for live.com and remove all cookies.)
@jorence Consider biting the head off someone who doesn't deserve it. Then get cake.
@irkafirka Wow. Half a kiloFirk. That's pretty firky.
RT @Daniel_Penfold: so is a sausage roll 'pork wellington' ? #tryingtomakelunchsoundexotic
@t_pk @seengee Yes, then you can publish it and we can all leach^H^H^H^H^Hbenefit from the product of your labours :)
@meemalee @BurgerMeLondon Yes, saw someone post a Virgin Wine ad that had appeared on Alcoholics Anonymous site once. Bad for all concerned!
@speechdebelle Take it to an Apple store and throw yourself on their mercy. That works surprisingly often!
@JasonBradbury What, did they run out of film the first time round? :)
@philsherry @JamieFDHurst All I'm seeing here is blue skies. But apparently that's because I'm still on IE6.
Headin' home. http://instagr.am/p/JKeCk/
After lush massage, friend texts to see if I want to be cooked for, and the ferry I want is conveniently 10 mins late so don't miss it. #yay
@KaveyF *kiss* You are forgiven in advance.
@hayles Subliminal. Any minute, the action will move to Carl's Berg, where twin spies the Becks will plot against their former teachers.
@GreatDismal @infinite_me Hah! I feel like a wuss for handing you a mere Sharpie now.
Thank you @missemmeline! http://instagr.am/p/JLILG/
RT @arnaudkaziewicz: Vegetarian turned into a sausage sandwich fanatic http://bit.ly/oHcgnT <- Hah! Feel guilty, @missemmeline?
I just managed to park in my own street. I guess the question now is: how do I get back to my own universe?
Lovely evening at @missemmeline and @arnaudkaziewicz's place, being fed and playing with the small feline member of the family :)
@Klovharu You're eating Cheerios. You're welcome.
2010
@tsunimee Well, as a first step, I guess you could start calling some of them "Mandy" and work your way onward from there...
@nyssapod Ta for advice. I did indeed go for 3G version in the end. Now for the long wait for delivery!
RT @mattgemmell: YOGHURTPOCALYPSE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattgemmell/4853281662/
On buying the new Kindle, usability, model numbers, and the Bezos Big Block Graphic: http://bit.ly/b0hsk5
@tsunimee Is calling everyone "Amanda" a common problem for you?
@jamesclay What, the new one? Got in just in time, then; I pre-ordered mine yesterday.
Okay. I sat down to do stuff. I have now been watching Libertines/Babyshambles/Pete Doherty videos on YouTube for a half hour. Hmm.
@tsunimee Jesus. That was by Barry Manilow the first time I heard it. Didn't know Westlife had covered it...
Amused that a 419-scam emailer has apparently chosen "Mr. Samuel Morse" as an inconspicuous western pseudonym.
@theRamenNoodle imagine us praising the incisiveness and turn of phrase of your clearly-warranted vague rant.
@tweeny4 I think I saw them supporting the Damned at the Fleece once.
2009
@TheLloydClan Luckily, it resembles a TV cabinet. The only assistance I need is a cable long enough to reach from the TV box to the TV *doh*
Loving Sue Blackmore's guardian column on the confusion of legal liability and the humble apology: http://bit.ly/hJvUX
Right. Time to get back home before I burn. Hopefully.
Walking into town to get some festival photos and lunch.
@bertpalmer I'm wondering if EDF used to do the programme, and now they've pulled out there's not the money for the web side of things.
@playleimagery I don't have a problem with people using templates as long as the content is there. There used to be a nice PDF programme :(
Favourite photo of the day: http://flic.kr/p/6LcspH
@AndyCarolan The worst thing is that web designers all still have to do about twice as much sodding work. It'll die soon. I give it a year.
@AndyCarolan That just means most of them are reading their cartoons at work. Sadly, your plea will never reach the people who can change it
@MrsPBoutique It's on the Settings/General Settings page in the admin interface.
Week two, run three done. And a couple of days' rest for me now. Phew! #getrunning
2008
@KellyJanner DRNKNTXTNG, surely?
@foxc Can you find another six hundred thousand of them? I need to back up this Blu-Ray disk.
Hmm. It strikes me that the number of things I've got scanning my disk for backup may be significantly shortening the lifespan of the disk.
http://twitpic.com/6azc - Apple's Time Machine: it just doesn't add up
Gah! Bastard Adobe. US price for Lightroom 2: $300. UK price for Lightroom 2: £200. So, that's $100 "being English" tax, by my calculations