On This Day, 3 September
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@planning4pubs @David_on_a_bike @SRLTraffic @BristolCouncil @Sustrans @Heritagelocum It's the old Bristol Tramways clock, I think.
@planning4pubs @David_on_a_bike @SRLTraffic @BristolCouncil @Sustrans @Heritagelocum Here's an amazing snap of it post-1970s renovation, from @KYPBristol :) https://t.co/npxGgzM2c5 https://t.co/UCN8Qfm70E
RT @IanMartin: In all this coverage of poor Bristol Zoo, is ANYONE going to mention Johnny Morris and Animal Magic? Is it just too much to…
@dangusset Last-second inspiration. Wordle 441 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
@daveinrusholme @guardian Glad it's not just me, at least...
Mood. https://t.co/iem2Qt8M4C
2021
Climbed a hill. https://t.co/5j7ozMCOvs
Evening. https://t.co/TM8ze0ndai
2020
Aww. Got a namecheck in the WordPress 5.5.1 release notes :D https://t.co/QKRoyG42VR (For literally my smallest contribution to an open source project: a one-character change!)
(In fact, a bug report leading to someone else making a one-character change, as they were faster fixing the problem than I was putting a pull request together 😅)
For me it's Apache rewrite rules. A CS degree and 39 years' programming experience and I'm still JUST GODDAMN WORK WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT FROM ME *MORE RANDOM TYPING GOOGLING AND RELOADING* https://t.co/1W9rRtsPeo
@sql_williamd Does "Resolve-DnsName -Name CNAME2" in PowerShell tell you anything enlightening? Personally I'd be quite baffled how the one with the port works if the one without it doesn't...
@AthanSpod Except, as I found out the long way round earlier this week, that's been superseded by e.g. rewrite:trace3 on the LogLevel option, and comes out in the normal log file now. Grr!
@AthanSpod I also managed to shoot myself royally in the foot by the complete coincidence of one of my two daily chef-client runs restoring the site config file to its nice, clean free-of-rewrite tracing state halfway through my debugging, which was an extra joy to figure out!
@AthanSpod Hopefully I've saved you some pain! I only found out about either option on Tuesday, because all the existing ServerFault answers tell you to do exactly the same thing, of course...
@AthanSpod Good point! Gonna put a commented out version in the chef template for my site config so the next time I need it it’s there 🤪
RT @jil_slander: Still not over the fact that when I got my prosthetic legs they were like “do you want to be taller” and I was like “ya” a…
String lights. https://t.co/EgyVFhnl2X
@Bristolvor @netflix You have to navigate to the Series page, not the home page. https://t.co/kXtKMhugad
@Bristolvor @netflix And thank you for reminding me that I was looking for this the other day :) https://t.co/q28XGSQj5e
@Bristolvor @netflix On the Fire TV app if I navigate to the left-hand menu and choose TV Programmes then the top ten list is about seven rows down. It'll be different per version of the app, though, I imagine.
RT @gemmacorrell: and they never get their periods either https://t.co/xhjHfs0i32
2019
RT @catandgirlcomic: Cursed Object. https://t.co/Sa7NdvAusf https://t.co/XOd88GyxZv
@jfjdavey @Dru_Marland One of the few redeeming features of working in Swindon was a local cafe who did a knockout brie & mango chutney w/ black pepper baguette. *mouth waters*
2018
Hurrah! New sideboard put together. And I barely swore during the full ninety minutes. New chic courtesy Argos and Hygena ;) https://t.co/hkiCzHArxd
RT @EvelynClear: Please RT if you know a woman who plays DnD, tabletop games, or video games in general. Also RT if you ARE that woman! I'm…
RT @VM_Phil: Here's Michael Buerk starring in the most perfectly timed piece to camera: https://t.co/ggcWCT3SfE
RT @TobyHadoke: RIP the incomparable Jacqueline Pearce, who made Servalan in #Blakes7 such a memorable villain - ruthless, sensual, damaged…
She played the most elegant enemy of the people in the history of British SF. With maximum power. #jacquelinepearcerip
@mangan_paul @DaisyEBlack @SocialHistoryOx It's that services on the M40, isn't it? I always knew Mordor would have a Greggs.
RT @OrkneyLibrary: So over the last few months kids keep coming into the library asking if we have any books about this thing FORTNITE. We…
RT @BlueBerryNinjaX: The real culprit for #Facebook and #instagram being down. #facebookdown https://t.co/CGKYda2Fva
RT @PaulAnnett: In Japan they sell these incredible cube shaped watermelons which have more commits than you. https://t.co/dTVwTRMXYQ
@keefmoon It was very screwed. Wouldn’t let me comment; tried to log in in a different browser and it told me it the whole of Facebook was down for maintenance.
RT @Jevholution: i noticed there was a blank wall at mcdonald’s so i decided to make this fake poster of me and my friend. It’s now been 51…
2017
RT @intheInfantry: I'm going to need a little more on the backstory here please. https://t.co/2K7vCyoUEA
RT @stevenjgibbons: oh fuck
RT @Thomashornall: Now well into their 90s, staff who helped uncover secret Nazi communications gather at British WW2 code-breaking HQ Blet…
RT @grahamkw: [Slight pause] "So. Want to come back to my place?" https://t.co/kk7mSOKsw1
Are we sure he wasn’t a Parcelforce driver? https://t.co/wOIMMmopjt
2016
Sleepy. https://t.co/y6aLY7dOrL
@AthanSpod I have a feeling I was terrified by this when I was a kid.
Shed. https://t.co/6vAKk9xDpm
Timed that well, then. https://t.co/YMzhE4uACS
Change of venue. https://t.co/tyLpkvOZtX
@Bristolvor Salt Deli; St Georges Rd/Anchor Rd. Where Clifton Cakes were, near Three Tuns.
@Bristolvor (And yes, that cheesecake is as rich as it looks. Now please excuse me while I have a gentle cardiac arrest.)
They're trying their best to cheer things up. https://t.co/kaYD6DdFB3
@scalzi Out of curiosity, do you have a rough feeling for how many total raving asshats you randomly encountered on the net in each year?
Break. https://t.co/Yo5o2vcTdi
CRAYMOBILE SIGHTING https://t.co/W068OGTt7D
Cafe engineering. https://t.co/qEa780zvVd
2015
First visit to Tradewind. @ Tradewind Espresso https://t.co/sS2aeCEtj1
Excellent kedgeree, @Tradewind118 :) http://t.co/28IFWVSECZ
RT @mrgan: High Integrity, Moral Decency Has Cost Idiot Man Millions http://t.co/pOSPadPXMP
RT @Bristol52: Wow http://t.co/NoWZzsm7bT
RT @tiffehr: Today in web-manufactured irony. http://t.co/wZ5ex4f3jX
@griffinkate Well, I hope so. If it’s an infection, I might be in trouble.
Ho yus. https://t.co/PiinkKazBa
So. @wallfishbristol is pretty damn lovely. http://t.co/UggmkjuUCK
See also: the lemon sorbet with iced vodka to finish. Mmmm.
2014
If that person in my street is still trying to start their car in ten minutes' time, *I'm* going to call the RAC. Maybe that's their plan.
Right. Yes. Work. Erm.
RT @ChuckWendig: "Your face is very vulnerable to the security exploit of my grumpy fist." My PSA on the nude pics at #terribleminds: http:…
RT @iannmcdonald: so fond of benches: London's best benches | via @Telegraph http://t.co/cTgQ1bYsMD
So, which are the best benches in #Bristol? Personally, I'm fond of the ones on the viewing platform by the Suspension Bridge.
@liveindetail Aww! Yeah, you're right. That one on the slope between the pond and the tower is probably my favourite.
@_pigeons_ I know what you mean! https://t.co/wdhmFJxy18
@_pigeons_ Not sure I've ever sat on a bench in Greville Smyth. Only ever sat on the grass...
@_pigeons_ I should try it. It's really not far from me, but I rarely go there specifically to go there.
@_pigeons_ Yur. I need to get to Ashton Court a bit more, too. Glad the days are getting a bit more autumnal. My favourite walking season.
@_pigeons_ Sounds so lovely. I want to do that right now. Sadly: dentist.
@_pigeons_ Coolerama.
Man just sailed past in what appears to be a solar powered IKEA wardrobe. #bristol #asyoudo http://t.co/Are0oUw3aI
RT @StiffPigeon: @gothick Was he going like Billy-o? #punsr
An invisible Daily Mail reader. http://t.co/5NoasKljab
Practising my street photography skills on the way to the dentist. https://t.co/rJzGfBrRlE http://t.co/loAFcH4Swj
And a snap of today's general haziness in #Bristol. https://t.co/RxQKyG8VqW http://t.co/ZrBRNFjNwr
2013
RT @deanputney: Chiptune's tenth rule: Any song of sufficient popularity will inevitably be covered in Mario Paint Composer. http://t.co/IA…
Good morning all.
@Mouse_House Mornin', Mouse.
Nodded to the mayor on the way in, as we cycled past each other on the way to work. As you do. @GeorgeFergusonx
@Mouse_House good, ta, if a little sweltering from the cycle to work. *mops brow* Have a lovely day. Enjoy some sun for me.
RT @newsycombinator: Kit Kat's homepage is currently a parody of an Android device announcement page. http://t.co/eONfXIM6bU
2012
@currybet Pay someone else to do it by hand?
I had a nice weekend at a friend's 40th birthday party. Today I will mostly be clearing through various backlogs of work and home stuff...
Just booked myself on a basic bike maintenance course. Got to start somewhere!
A little morning blogging on learning: How to Survive Being a Beginner. http://t.co/3WFfWMXi
@guriben Does seem a little odd. "OMG I WENT TO EASTON AND I DIDN'T DIE!"
@wood5y @guriben I'm in Hotwells, just on border of Clifton Village, and I'm fairly sure that article isn't speaking for everyone up t'hill.
@wood5y @guriben Personally, I just wish they were a bit closer together so I could get to Sweet Mart more easily.
@oxfamcothambook @wood5y @guriben Or there's the 506 bus from outside CREATE centre. Much closer to me than Clifton Down!
@oxfamcothambook @wood5y @guriben But really I should be cycling there. Still a long way to buy veg, though...
@waiyeehong @guriben I AM BEING ENDANGERED BY ETHNIC BRICKS! #uniquesentence
@waiyeehong I almost popped in for the first time yesterday, on the way home from Swindon, but I was too hungover for shopping :(
@currybet I've often thought that every error message should be given a GUID these days, to make them even easier to Google.
Right. Time for some tidying. Now I've bought some new drawers, I might actually get my desk clear...
I’ve reached that moment in tidying up where the room is at its absolute messiest. Not sure I’ve the energy to finish, either. D’oh.
@waiyeehong @cuppteabar Damn. Could probably have done with a cuppa, too. Next time!
@hayles Yes, bloody annoying, that.
@Dru_Marland In this case, it might work, because I'm starting from a figurative no-diary position.
@MrGreenGus Central Library? Pretty sure they have a fax service in there somewhere.
@Easybourne I may have to mute you until my kitchen fitting starts. You're giving me pre-nightmares.
@Easybourne Well, I'm hoping...
@Easybourne I've done one thing I can do to help myself in this circumstance: accepted a contract in an office while the fitting happens :)
@adamcheasley Oooh, that's handy. My mate works in a cafe opposite, I can get stuff done while I eat cake :D
@iamdanw Hrm. Think I heard Caterina Fake talk about the early history at a conference somewhere... Dunno if I can find link, though.
@iamdanw (But I wasn't actually at the conference, so it must have been audio/video on t'net.)
RT @jamesainsworth: How is it possible that another Greggs is opening in Bristol centre? We need more Tesco shops, not hi-brow patisseries.
RT @chrisphin: Admittedly, I’m both drunk and biased, but I think this is @stitchbitch’s funniest Whocap to date: http://t.co/30wm2jqT
2011
Bah. #insomnia
My weight: 17:12.7 stlb. 0:12.7 stlb to go. Weighin' in. http://t.co/RYk42ES
@Phooto no, just been on holiday away from the scales for a week!
@BlackDogDays JDB?
@BlackDogDays I worked that out after my brain kicked in and I checked Wikipedia :)
@Phooto In fact, I seem to have managed to lose a couple of pounds while on holiday. Yay for long walks!
@Phooto The website tweets once a week with the last-recorded weight. And yeah, doing several smaller targets so I don't get dispirited!
@Mouse_House You probably needed it, though. #listentoyourinnermouse
@hayles That's just a sign that you've yet to buy enough tech. http://t.co/JpJWGNI
'Kay. Up. Caffeinated. Probably time to unpack and start doing laundry...
Yay! Prettiness happened in my little courtyard while I was away. http://t.co/Lt6JifX
@guriben Embarrassed to admit I don't know, even though I planted it! Not passion; some kind of climber. Maybe a honeysuckle?
@guriben Hang on a mo, I'll look up passiflora and see if I spot any names I recognise. I did know what it was when I planted it!
@guriben Aha. Clematis Perle D'Azur, I believe. http://t.co/sf6ARU2
RT @hayles: Um...I think this needs some work.... http://t.co/vhPjpyf
@MrGreenGus Turned out to be a clematis in the end, sorry!
Putting on my flat cap to try to extend the holiday mood as long as I can.
@Mandlebrot Oop! Am always bit oblivious when walking around! Next time...
@hayles @stillawake It may be time to deploy the hashtag. #allhaylesfault
Right. Off to Swindonia, then.
2010
Odd. Half six at a wedding, and I have taken 24 photos. Really not used to manual focus... #oldschool
At cousin Nick's wedding. http://yfrog.com/mvna2ij
@indiaknight And that is the reason Macs don't have an Insert key. Because nobody from this century *ever* wants to turn that on.
@indiaknight The OVR should then change to INS, and you're back inserting rather than overtyping.
@indiaknight Screw the keyboard. Can you see some small letters at the bottom of the Word window? Is one of the OVR? If so, click it.
@hayles Well, yes, but I don't really want to. Got stuff to do before I go out and buy a card for this wedding...
@HeikeM Cool! I love the random stuff that pops up around here :) This is the last one I remember: http://bit.ly/9H9IPw
@shezza_t The phrase "Jesus Christ." seems strangely appropriate.
Hmm. I appear to be procrastinamatisationing.
2009
@joannadelilah D'oh. I mean this set specifically: http://bit.ly/ybbcx :)
@joannadelilah Knowing makeup people has got me into odd situations. Like being a fake facial hair model :) http://bit.ly/SKZsf
@tsunimee I would never come between a woman and her hamsters!
@DavidSGI Good to know. I also have just been declared diabetes-free. My passing out has stopped since I quit drinking (seriously!)
@tsunimee Luke Warmcoffee was Luke Skywalker's less adventurous brother.
@joannadelilah Hi! I'm Matt, and I'm just north of the river in Hotwells ;)
@tsunimee We were working in the same office; she got moved next to me because she was talking too much. Big mistake!
@tsunimee No, no; I don't know any Bristol makeup peeps. My friend was at Swindon College. Was working in Swindon when we met...
@tsunimee ;) Mind, I have surprisingly high tolerance for makeup talk; my best friend did BTEC in Media Makeup...
@tsunimee Lovely in Bristol at the moment. I'm sure that'll change though! Been very random recently.
Morning all! Lovely day! http://twitpic.com/gai8v
2008
@talkie_tim Thanks, and yes, it turned out the 50mm was about all I could possibly have gotten away with. Must earn me some more glass :)
My ears are ringing like hell, but I think I got a few good photos. Next time I'm taking earplugs.
Getting ready for some gig photography. Hoping my decision to take only the 50mm prime will turn out to be sane.
@talkie_tim Ah, my apologies; I was thinking of the _pull_ of the weasel. http://tinyurl.com/5htmrq
@talkie_tim is that like the Call of the Weasel?
http://twitpic.com/a2en - Dammit! I couldn't tell how out-of-focus this was with the sunshine glare on my N73's screen.
Hmm. Trying to use Google Chrome to log in to my Google account, and failing dismally. Think it may be having some gyp with NTLM proxy.
redlag (n.): the irritating wait at a pedestrian crossing where both the traffic light and the little man are red.
Listening to Stephen Fry's latest Podgram and trying not to laugh too hysterically while walking down the street.
http://twitpic.com/a2en - 03092008186