On This Day, 12 October
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RT @NoahGarfinkel: I grew up in Cabot Cove, and a lot of us feel she exploited our massive murder problem for profit. Maybe keep that in mi…
2021
2020
RT @craigmod: Did you know you can make QR code that will connect someone to a wifi network and input the password automatically? It's the…
@mcelhearn @Illuminations I’ve always assumed it was. Play for Today was a very well-known show.
@mcelhearn @Illuminations I’d say it probably faded away as a cultural icon in my youth (I’m 47, so 14 years behind Robert Smith) so it’s not surprising it’s slipped under your radar.
RT @LLW902: bath tubs should be sized so people over 5'8" can relax with both their knees and back underwater, why are tubs still manufactu…
RT @babyscrambles: just seen someone refer to the pandemic as the panny d and it’s ruined my fucking week before it’s even hit 12 on monday
2019
RT @JamesStineJr: Hey @AppleSupport - we love our emacs - saddened that its no longer in Mac OS Catalina - had to install from source. Wou…
Current status: installing homebrew so I can install emacs so that I can edit a role in chef. It's configuration tools all the way down...
@psidnell I jumped ship from macports to homebrew some years ago because macports was winding me up for some long-forgotten reason, but I've not used either for ages until today. Mostly I use virtual machines.
@psidnell I went with homebrew just now because I know that with Bundler it can install non-open-source stuff including stuff from the Mac App Store from a list in a file, which might be a handy thing to start keeping lying around.
RT @ashokklouda: This is just crazy. @British_Airways just can't seem to process cello check-ins. We're probably going to miss our flight..…
2018
@David_Heb On the plus side, Book at Bedtime has been running since long before most people had telly.
RT @ChuckWendig: So, here’s a thing that has happened – I just got fired from Marvel. Taken off issues 4 and 5 of SHADOW OF VADER, and take…
2017
@mjh53 Also, for that money I could just buy five Paperwhites from eBay and have a reserve stock for if I dropped mine in the bath...
“Shantytown” https://t.co/y9v7iqzbL7
@CSIsomerset My guess would be “sesquipedalophilia”.
2016
2015
Well, I’d love to try the new Tweetbot for Mac, but sadly… #functionalhighground http://t.co/p8Hwzo32Qj
@David_on_a_bike Just when I think it can’t possibly get worse...
Mostly, this advert just puts me off Seattle. http://t.co/4HrR3nESea
RT @bristol247: Follow live updates from the Colston Street fire: http://t.co/OQwovEuQ44 http://t.co/lSkRoJQ6DR
@floyduk @ahnlak Given how godawful the SSDs seemed to be, I’m surprised to find mine still working. Replace with a secondhand 2013 model?
Snap from @lukejerram’s _Withdrawn_ earlier this year. http://t.co/9h7De2ERsg
@waiyeehong You definitely may or may not need fuzzy logic to cook rice. Hope that helps.
2014
What rollercoaster ride of danger and joy awaits me on this momentous Sunday? Oh, yeah, I've got to defrost the freezer.
@TDYLN Are you near either a prison or a factory making dangerous things? Those are normally chief air-raid siren suspects.
@TDYLN (But if it went off exactly on the hour, that's normally a good sign!)
@cattyish To wit: a quarter pack of frozen peas, and a medical cold pack. That could make quite a cocktail...
Is there a community nickname for that guy who rides around Bristol on his pushbike blasting music out?
I'm thinking perhaps "MC Cyclepath".
@alicej_t @ben_willmore The worst bit was when they did the finger-touch thing with Bono.
2013
@manarth Well, indeed. I've raised a support call; waiting for a reply...
2012
@liveindetail Great. Now my "Inspired by your recently viewed items" looks *very* odd.
@liveindetail Good for biking in, then…
@waiyeehong @hayles @mattycurry Irregular verb: I’m sassy; you’re stroppy; she is being detained under section 2 of the Public Order Act.
@Thehappyfatgirl I’m honoured :D
@BlackDogDays probs not, sadly. Got to fit in kitchen painting around a bike maintenance course…
RT @lizpscully: Healthy cakes? it is possible - check our shiny new food blog http://t.co/iJRBQSoT & get our 12 healthy cake book FR ...
@MsMottram @BlackDogDays Excellent work. If neither of you fall ill in the next week or so, I will grace them with my presence after that.
@MsMottram @BlackDogDays also: *gawd* that looks nice.
@talkie_tim You need 9 hours? I could do *hundreds* of stupid things in that time.
Me? Painting a ceiling? Yes! I have been. How *did* you know? http://t.co/11wXE2NQ
@tsunimee I’d guess “pigsty”.
That’s a base coat of paint on the bare plaster in the kitchen. *mops brow*. Sleep soon, for I’ve a bicycle maintenance course tomorrow!
2011
Yeowch. Woken up early by a couple of nightmares in a row. Maybe I shouldn't've watched _The Fades_ before bed last night.
@MadamJMo Everyone who's failed should start a new republic somewhere. We can call it Whocareshowmanyconstituencesthereareia.
RT @MichaelTheGeek: Mac Rumors: 'iTunes in the Cloud' Rolling Out Internationally http://t.co/QcYrQBYH
@seengee It's alternating for me, but never starting the download. Guess it's halfway through a proper roll-out.
@bertpalmer Probably. But you're going to try it anyway, aren't you?
@davidpatrick @bertpalmer Yeah, they said that about iOS4, too, and it took them about a month to release a version that worked okay on 3GS.
My iTunes crash report details are becoming terser, and more sweary.
Have just seen the #firstbus advert. @Hayles was right, that's one BIIIIIIG reality gap they've got, right there.
@brettnet The reason for that is reason 9472.
Hmm. I just dented my washing machine. Must try to be less angry with technology today.
@hayles Just keep trying. Worked third time for me.
@hayles I also rebooted, but I'm not sure that actually made any difference.
@hayles Also, have you done a Software Update? I've needed about three so far...
@hayles The iOS software update, or the Mac software update? I didn't get any errors from the Mac update...
@hayles I am now through to the "fiddling with iCloud and figuring out what to say 'yes' to" stage :/
Some things never get old, when changing a quilt cover. *pretends to be a ghost*
@LegalWeasel *evil laugh* #wooooo #wooooooooo
@SpikyZebra Hurrah!
RT @davepell: OK, let's try this. Everyone with a last name beginning with A thru C, you can now upgrade to iOS 5.
@hayles Well, if adverts had to reflect reality, commercial television probably wouldn't exist.
@hayles Good try, though.
@hayles I think you're probably more likely to meet Roger Rabbit.
2010
@rabidbee @spikyzebra But that's okay, because you've got a moat.
@chrisphin Goodness. You'd think if he was going for that look, he could've afforded to have a gold pager on a chain, which would be cool.
Morning all. Starting the day with a snap from last night, on College Green: http://bit.ly/bpkUxP
Review: my first month with the Kindle 3. Sorry it's so long; I didn't have time to make it shorter... http://bit.ly/kin3mg
@thomasvenables My pleasure :) It may well be worth the extra for the 3G, you know. It was bloody nice on holiday.
@RamonY1970 @stillawake Ta!
@talkie_tim Good good. Get one for me while you're there.
Hurrah! Yesterday's Graze box has arrived.
@Lord_Sugar Aah, a return to the good old days of peer-of-the-realm behaviour! :)
@shezza_t My plan is generally to gradually consume the box over the course of four days, so hopefully none of it's *that* time-critical!
@Eyoki It's not desperately exciting. I just started getting them on Mondays to give me something to look forward to. Good branding, though.
@Eyoki ...and they are very tasty.
@Eyoki I don't like most nuts, but they make it quite easy to exclude stuff. We'll see how things go; this is only my second box.
@talkie_tim Just what I wanted! Spooky!
RT @mrchrisaddison: I am trapped under a massive pile of newsprint about the Chilean Mine rescue. Send a drill.
@hayles Lightbox Plus. Then make a smaller image links to the bigger image, and it'll detect and wrap it in shiny automatically.
@hayles "Lightbox" is good search term to find others. There are several.
@rabidbee @spikyzebra Well, start early enough and at least you can get there on ferry. Buy a dinghy? :)
@rabidbee @spikyzebra Bit of a dry stretch there. Is the Hope & Anchor any good?
Now they've spent all this money on a pulley capsule system and they're going to have an empty mine, are they taking nominations?
@zeldman Is IE6 dead yet?
@archidave Just reply in Helvetica Neue. Only you will get the joke, but you should feel better afterwards.
@archidave Related: I really should make that shirt. http://bit.ly/cadS2L
RT @aedison: Making banana bread. Not hungry, just want to taunt this monkey I found that's allergic to wheat.
RT @matthew_roach: Just uploaded 1 new photo, Portrait of a Chemist - Declan Fleming...: http://bit.ly/bArq4W <-- Oooooh!
@matthew_roach Good good. Just buy me a drink, okay, then at least I'll have made something out it...
Halfway through @greatdismal's _Zero History_. Seems an espionage novel minus the espionage argot, with spies who don't know they're spies.
2009
@hayles It was indeed. And, all else being equal, it's got to be better than _not_ jogging to the chip shop.
Just jogged 5km. To the fish & chip shop. #counterproductive
Every time I see this, I hear it in Ray Winstone's voice: http://twitpic.com/l8ygn
@chrismarquardt hmm. You appear to have discovered the new landtrait/porscape keyboard mode.
Gah! Where did my filter to lose sodding experts-exchange from my Google results go?
@playleimagery don't think so. @rabidbee ah yes, might have been an album.
http://bestc.am/himQ Walking in today.
@KaveyF Verger fell asleep on the bell button? :)
Now, why on earth did I DM my to-do list with the message "Florence" on Saturday? Must be less cryptic with my reminders.
@hayles You, young lady, should be more worried about calling all over-30 people "old". Grr. But have a hug anyway. *hug*
2008
Holy moly. Took 616 photos today. Now to whittle it down to about twenty good ones.
@JockotheRocks I wasn't in the "proper" BTP -- they've opened one in Clifton Village, too. Coffee just as good, but café far less funky.
Yum. Now in Boston Tea Party demolishing first food since breakfast. Ginger cake WIN!
What a fantastic day. Band photoshoot over, so can now relax.
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 50m Photos of Squirrels taken in Forests With Three-Syllable Names and we'd love to have this added...