On This Day, 18 October
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RT @forrestbrazeal: This one goes out to all the serious professional tech people whose Personal Website is a janky Jekyll blog last update…
And Bristol’s enthusiastic local historians come through for me yet again: yes, there is a specific book on the Clift House area. https://t.co/XFg23fQxtP
Three from the morning commute #bristol https://t.co/PR9uyC51ak
RT @TristanCorkPost: This isn’t good. Grosvenor Hotel opposite Temple Meads. Probably done more stories about this building than any other…
2021
@DonellaSpells I have no idea what you mean, he said, his voice slightly muffled by the stack of musty-smelling research materials on Victorian ritual magicians.
2020
RT @Avon_Stories: Oooh! @gothick just spotted cormorants sitting on the top of the floodlights https://t.co/jrrSyJx177
Joined @Avon_Stories and @Bingo_Little for the spring tide this morning. It was quite high. #bristol https://t.co/LRyFvrwxl7
Panorama. https://t.co/jqo6XtBlTO
Cumberland 'crete https://t.co/L06h1i9AuK
Drowned daisies in Cumberland Basin. https://t.co/jYIfOVyXB8
RT @qntm: ME: Hi, I'd like to buy some RAM with a non-embarrassing name? RAM that lets me retain some self-respect while I buy it. You got…
RT @Avon_Stories: Clouds of silt from the highest tide point earlier https://t.co/SyvpxTafRP
@matt_fwyalchen Ta😀
@jukesie Was it about a Baltimore PI?
Gotta love a corvid. https://t.co/cbTh0cqJYN
RT @_pigeons_: 2 threads of Bristol walks from today: Super-high tide.....
@porthjess Knackered kippers.
Tilda Swinton. Gary Oldman. https://t.co/f0g8ZHcRjt
2019
@pactorick @bufferingcast This is exactly true, right down to the Brexit sentiment, sadly. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’ll be off down the chippy for a bit.
Well, I’m up early, all bright and breezy. Done my yoga so it’s time to start the morning’s work. Wait. It’s twenty past sodding eleven? How did that happen?
RT @AstroKatie: Well I just inhaled Ted Chiang’s latest short story collection, “Exhalation”, and it was so good I don’t even regret that p…
2018
Carefully side-stepping discussion of the fact it's an obvious euphemism. 😅 https://t.co/OUDCbW46al
RT @mollycrabapple: Most infantile dystopia https://t.co/yY5kwcedMg
@liveindetail Seem some odd reports involving deliveroo people down there …
@CharlieVivante Every cloud has a… worse cloud that take longer to cook and then you wondered why you bothered?
@MakingBlakes7 Buy a presidency?
Brexit transition period to be extended until all Leave voters have died - https://t.co/xDmmxKfJlF via @newsthump
Afternoon walk. https://t.co/Q14CyKiPiH
New arrival #bristol https://t.co/LjObcuftZc
2017
362/365 Downs Tree https://t.co/89EicxkuwC https://t.co/l1M7XaD1SJ
@olebegemann Damn it. Now I have to fire up a Playground to find out if I’m right :D
@olebegemann Hah! I was right. But I’m not entirely convinced it should work like that, even though I can see some reasons why it might :D
2016
@porthjess Morning!
@shezza_t Yur. Means I eat more healthily too, as I've normally got a decent meal in.
Ripple. https://t.co/BwVXyJ73mp
@Smylers2 @griffinkate Double quotes to the rescue! https://t.co/3w2jHFC8Xq
Hard hat. #cumberlandpiazza https://t.co/i7D36abEpR
@_pigeons_ I’ve decided I’m going to call it Whapping Warf from now on.
Fantastic mural by @gagegraphics for Bristol Cider Shop’s move fro... https://t.co/mJLHnA0db2
RT @NorthantsPolice: Man sought following theft of venetian blind from Dunelm Mill, Northampton https://t.co/p4o92znWyV https://t.co/emAU2R…
RT @HaraldDoornbos: Stray cat enters studio during live tv broadcast in #Turkey; finds convenient spot on laptop of presenter. https://t.co…
@FoxHedgehog @BrendanLarvor “Julian, I hear there’s an ethernet port at the top of the mountain. You just have to roll the laptop up there.”
2015
Anyone else suddenly think of China Miéville’s _Embassytown_? https://t.co/Op0JWAwLxu
Mornin' all. http://t.co/d5ym3Xqcqh
@griffinkate Hey, it’s even *harder* to move with a woolly mammoth on your lap.
This morning I will mostly be putting all these boxes of books back on shelves in the hall while listening to The Archers #thuglife
@uliwitness Huh?
RT @TheBristolShop: #ABristolMurmuration, an installation by @zoecameronhere is now on the Downs, but only for a week - don't miss it! http…
Have reached the stage of tidying where everything is worse than when I started. Going for coffee. May be some time. http://t.co/sqWco5FBaJ
Lock wheel. https://t.co/Fj2188kC1y
Hazy one today. #Bristol http://t.co/59FSI6WNYQ
RT @jessicaplautz: Police raided Volkswagen headquarters in France on Friday: http://t.co/cSSs3tGezB
Man. Warm bread pudding from a market stall on an October day.
@emmafurious Yeah. That nice stall on the way into Tobacco Factory market.
Loopy. http://t.co/PWOX44CYTW
Photo: Big and bold. And with a sizeable carrot. http://t.co/Gb4ax8xACs
Is editing an existing local brush adjustment broken in latest #Lightroom? Can’t select existing one to edit it…
@IanMartin Aww! Stryker’s Run. Played a lot of that, back in the day.
Classic texts. http://t.co/60DjGlM5c3
TIL (via @_upgradefm): the Denver Broncos’ orange jersey is outside sRGB colour space, so only the new 4K iMac can reproduce it @GreatDismal
(In the Mac line, that is. Other manufacturers’ displays are available ;) )
Why do so many advanced alien species have the technology to travel faster than light but no CCTV in their prison blocks?
2014
@_pigeons_ Also: this is why I was confused: http://t.co/7g5nSVdMcr
RT @thegardenspot: A submerged public space in Austria #loveponds http://t.co/eI2QBjfsmy
@_pigeons_ Heh. Well, I think it was probably mostly Chris Fowler and China Miéville. Try Miéville's Perdido Street Station...
@_pigeons_ And bear in mind you can just come borrow some :D
I want to try Toro on Park Street purely on the basis of their signs. http://t.co/QWfLxy4LqI
@stroughtonsmith I like the clear message in the Spotlight window, but the OS X Help link is as reliable as expected. http://t.co/HbUYrtoakk
Training. http://t.co/7O3q1UncdW
2013
@BlackDogDays That series had *such* a good soundtrack. Got me into Gene, from what I remember.
RT @AgileSue: Roses are red. Violets are red. Lilacs are red. We've run out of cyan toner.
Workstation. http://t.co/eBnmikL124
@says_arline Yup, that’s a zafu. Very good. Might even be able to track down where it came from…
@says_arline This is where mine came from. Cheaper right now than when I bought mine in 2008! http://t.co/OupH9CsSCY
Picking back up code you wrote a couple of years ago is tough. When it also involves 3D matrix transformations... Ow. My poor brain.
@chubbybannister Is that a collective noun?
@hayles Pictures of everyone who works there, so I can remind myself who I was talking to (really. Would've been very helpful this week!)
@hayles Also: what formats and on what media do they accept "paper"work in?
@hayles No, not so helpful then :) Not that a pic would be a *bad* thing on a website for a one-person operation...
@johnfbraun /* I have literally *no* idea why this works. */ #professional
RT @daudig: NSA director stepping down to spend less time with your family. http://t.co/hTQ1x8lq90
No, *you're* cringing at this when you should be working. http://t.co/xn5y9VEatA
Testing stuff on an HTC Wildfire. Wow. Remember when you used to be able to see the individual pixels on your phone's screen?
2012
Legally right versus morally right. http://t.co/2UaRwafQ #history #lincoln
The text on the Apple TV really is too small for my slightly rubbish eyes. No "make it bigger" option? Bah. Where can I buy opera glasses?
@martingoode Yes. Though over time, I now mostly think, "Oooh! A tenner! I wonder if I might break even this year!"
@hayles My eyes have been rubbish since I was a teenager :(
@hayles Also: HUSH.
@hayles I suspect you have a bigger telly than me.
@hayles Mine's a 21.
@ahnlak What, you're on 4.1.2?
@ahnlak Kewl.
@hayles Hmph.
RT @davidpatrick: @gothick for an Apple device wouldn't they be Safari glasses rather than opera glasses?
@tsunimee @hayles My TV is not that small. And... No. I'm going to stop this sentence right here. Work time...
@Mouse_House Done from scratch, or from syrup? Makes a difference.
@Mouse_House Ah, yeah, chai probably isn't for you, then, even if it's done properly.
2011
Airside :) @ Gatwick North Terminal http://t.co/aiHTjkMP
@stillawake Ευχαριστώ!
After-dinner coffee & brandy ;) http://t.co/hrMDGn2W
@stillawake Nai! ;) #hurrah
@utterben Ohyes.
@MrDLeighfield A pleasure, especially as I had a Kindle right in front of me when you asked :)
2010
@bertpalmer My premise is fast becoming "if I can't trust you not to keep annoying me with stupidity, you shouldn't be my social network."
Amber: check for BMWs. Red: check for bikes. #pedestriantranslations
RT @emilykoch22: brilliant Bristol does well in Observer Food awards http://bit.ly/bVllzQ
@penelopeelse No; the chances of clothes from a catwalk show being available in a size that would fit me being about zero, in my mind.
@penelopeelse Just equate catwalks with fashionable shops, which generally don't stock anything above 36-38" waist, in my experience.
@penelopeelse I realise I may be mistaken about this particular event; just giving you my instinctive reaction.
@penelopeelse Interesting. Most important thing for me would be easy ability to try stuff on...
@penelopeelse ...which I started doing as a rule when finally convinced into it by watching Trinny & Susannah(!)
@robinince eBay, in the lab supplies section. I kid you not.
@AndyCarolan Sorry, I can't hear you over the JPEG artefacts.
Been added to a "Wagner for Eurovision" group. Seems unusually cultured. But main question: WTF!? Why can *someone else* add me to groups?
@hayles Heh. At least with barbers they never actually come out and say it. "Trim your eyebrows... Mr Healey? *snigger*"
It is amazing how much coffee so many authors' lead characters get through in a day.
Jack Reacher, for example. Estimated composition: 25% brains, 25% brawn, 50% bladder devoted to filter coffee.
@jennifermjones @discombob I'd quite like to have my Oyster card implanted. Except then I'd have to head-butt every ticket barrier.
I just had a @Brays_Cottage pork pie. It was the best pork pie of my life.
@arlinelyons That would be my guess!
@Dichohecho Oh, bloody hell. It's worse than I thought then.
Facebook needs a new config page for advanced users. One button: "Turn back off whatever new annoying setting you invented *this* week."
@hayles Vertical?
@hayles Arse. I started getting same on my old iMac a few weeks ago :( http://yfrog.com/meuztj
"Sweat out. Zero in"? "What should our tagline be?" "How about something that sounds like a recipe for dehydration and death?" "Perfect!"
2009
Oooh! My bridge shot from earlier just made Explore. Seems like an endorsement of my camera purchase, anyway :)
@hayles It's been declared unsafe: http://bit.ly/33YRFL
Twenty seconds of today's tearing down of the masts-and-sails thingy on the Centre: http://bit.ly/46iI3m
@bexxi I can't do it justice. Still.. http://twitpic.com/m0gcs
My new running top is cool. Although if I do the hood up I do think I look a bit like a garden gnome.
@hayles may your bottom end be blessed with sparkle, dear.
@mightymur Hotel food or airport food? Is there nowhere in between?
@hayles Funnily enough, that's exactly what I did today. Got back in from my run, said "brrr!" and went to TK Maxx to buy more layers!
Took the new camera (Lumix FP8) jogging with me this morning. Really impressed with the results http://flic.kr/p/78pKDj #getrunning
@mattgemmell I hear that. My notebook doesn't get shown to anyone.
Have a few test shots to post from the new camera. Should I clog my Flickr stream or start an account somewhere else? Hmm.
@shezza_t no, definitely not just you.
They're taking down the masts and sails in the Centre right now!
@mikeotaylor But I use that to tell visiting friends how to get places! "Head for the tree" doesn't narrow it down quite so much...
Just back from a jog. Can now confirm that these people who thing mornings and exercise go together are, in fact, crazy. #getrunning
2008
Ugh. At least this head-cold is letting me catch-up on much-needed sleep without guilt. Downloading Round Ireland with a Fridge from Audible
@Nose_in_a_book Composers and Steel Bands United Against Investment Bankers?