On This Day, 9 July
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RT @McDougallSophia: "Average novelist writes one novel a year" factoid actually just statistical error. Average novelist writes 0 novels p…
@MittenDAmour I’m glad I can’t hear you over this episode of Blake’s 7.
2021
2020
@studiesapp Hey, did you just make the Mac app a lot faster for 1.17.10?
RT @BBCRadio4: 🚢 This takes falling asleep to the Shipping Forecast to a whole new level. We call it 💤 The Sleeping Forecast 💤 It's gorgeou…
@iamtheshunt1 Do it. I’m so glad I rearranged my furniture so I was facing the windows.
2019
RT @ChuckWendig: TUESDAY. Life can feel like a sunk cost fallacy: we get in a rut, and think we've paid our dues in this rut and so in this…
RT @m4tt: My wife went straight savage in Waitrose. Fuck you, Doris, and your hatred of tattooed millennials. https://t.co/85ygVpz0rY
RT @BristolLive: 'Little French is big news for the Bristol restaurant scene' https://t.co/kFbCCX6tiR
Bzzz. https://t.co/KAtxACe9Z4
2018
I’m just surprised he managed to negotiate his way out of the office.
Oh crap. Ocado have signed up Paperchase, and now I need to be very careful not to blow the grocery budget on stationery.
RT @mutablejoe: Difficult to see how May can replace the knowledge and wisdom of both David Davis and Boris Johnson unless by some stroke o…
New media. https://t.co/nPHDpWvGoD
RT @dangusset: Legoland¹ opens near Bristol²: Everything you need to know, via @BristolLive³ 1. It's a Discovery Centre, not a Legoland 2.…
RT @nedwards: NOW: this is Suze, a traditional Alpine liquor brewed with mountain flowers. How charming! THEN: I live on a mountain and I…
All hail mighty cthu u. https://t.co/azQGxJS0RJ
2017
Oh. I always assumed “monkey glans” was Lillian’s pet name for Matt. #thearchers
Brekkers - https://t.co/aXlffHlt3B https://t.co/OEgswJyuOm
RT @brian_bilston: The ad said MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS so he thought he would respond; he painted them in the changing light, like waterli…
RT @mwichary: #1,726: I got a chance to hold an old core memory, hand-made, with a capacity of 140 characters… or, a physical tweet. https:…
RT @evanmcmurry: Photo on the left is making the rounds on social media. Photo on the right is the original Getty Image. https://t.co/E9aoC…
168 Oriental #flickr https://t.co/l0JZZ9fd3z
@shezza_t I was trying to figure out who he reminded me of, and... https://t.co/hH5R8Szaf8
@njj4 That's lush.
2016
@ovationchris Have the Telegraph joined in as well?
@ovationchris I’ve seen this one in The Times https://t.co/viG12FleNZ and the fox hunting one in Indie. Not seen Telegraph yet.
RT @SamCoatesTimes: Listen to Andrea Leadsom speak to The Times' Rachel Sylvester. Audio here: https://t.co/6XJDFqqVik
Late morning pages. https://t.co/rvBFXUjbZs
@Bristolvor Yup. One of their “Targa” range. It’s lush. Had it since 1991.
We need a treaty to limit the proliferation of people with whistles at festivals.
Bristol, when someone drops their bag of chips. https://t.co/9i9PaFF6tE
@Bristolvor @chubbybannister Thank you. Sadly, I’m not very good at putting a room together. But getting better at picking good ingredients.
Bristol is extra-full of beautiful people today. Well done. #pride
@DoodleForFood I’ve had worse days.
@chubbybannister I’m at the windy outside tables at No. 1 if you fancy stopping by. Warning: slightly sloshed by pint of BBF Export.
@chubbybannister Luuush. Bon appetit!
2015
All the way down. http://t.co/hUxPrhSq9Q
Back yard. https://t.co/K6ySQSSl0C
@Lithosfear It’s a nightmare. Apparently if they meet, the rules say they each have to go back to their corner of the UK and start again.
All right there, Shaun? #shauninthecity http://t.co/gs8usegXT7
I get to walk home this way from my current job. Tonight I stopped off and dozed for an hour in the sun. #bristol http://t.co/OMLXXjvjOC
2014
#geek Why "killing" your "running" iOS apps doesn't actually do what you think: http://t.co/MCiJrTOhVl (by @fraserspeirs)
@G2Bristol I just saw someone doing it, so I figured it bore repeating.
As a complement to that, here's a less geeky, but still excellent, article on how to solve iOS battery drain issues: http://t.co/8h9qibrez9
@ahnlak I'd say this is one of those areas where iOS is better for people who don't know what they're doing.
@ahnlak (In that you're much more likely to find battery-sucking Android apps in general use, as they're just much more prevalent/allowed.)
@ahnlak Let's work on the internet licence scheme first.
RT @AstroKatie: Proposed as official "you just finished your PhD!!" emoticon: :-Dr
@ahnlak I had to debug someone's Android phone recently because they'd installed a "battery saving" app that was killing other things. Sigh.
@ahnlak Yeah. Rince was on his pre-war Nokia at the weekend, on his seventh day without charging... :)
@ahnlak Yeah. Batteries really need to f'ing evolve. Though I saw an interesting take on fixing that recently...
@ahnlak Was an Italian team, I think, who had battery that lasted as long as current ones, but fully charged from flat in couple of minutes.
@ahnlak Yeah. Problem seems to be that they've gone for increasing the other two dimensions, thus sucking proportionally more battery.
@ahnlak (Though you can make that choice with iOS, as the hardware is standard enough for "juice packs" to be worth making.)
RT @HilaryCarden: Can you recommend someone in Bristol who can help me with the design of an info-graphic type thingy please?
@ahnlak Battery life is why the Activité (http://t.co/39asxnWRin) is the only wearable I might be tempted by...)
@ahnlak It's exceptionally over-designered, isn't it? But the watch looks fucking cool.
@ahnlak I still have one, though I don't wear it much. I like idea of the quartz self-winders, but never seem to like the *looks* of them
RT @kaihattendorf: This is why you need to test edge use cases in your designs. http://t.co/cE9RRSGoVX #dexperty #BRAGER
Playing. http://t.co/u0YcvVJ6xp
What’s on fire, #bristol?
@ChinaShopBull @pete_dalby @SaharaNutter Thanks all.
RT @ChinaShopBull: @gothick see @pete_dalby for lorry fire pic
RT @pete_dalby: Huge truck fire on Cumberland Basin flyover #Bristol http://t.co/ozHK9sTaWv
Avoid the area, folks. I wouldn’t be tweeting while “driving” without the handbrake on & engine off.
Though they have apparently moved the lorry to somewhere around CREATE, as that's what I thought was on fire, initially...
Home. Considering going out for a walk with the camera, but I'm not sure a truck fire is really my kind of subject.
RT @liveindetail: @gothick But it could be. Beautiful flames, dancing around the curvaceous frame of a charred Iveco flatbed
@JonCraig_Photos Oh, so *that's* where it is. Ta.
RT @JonCraig_Photos: Lorry #fire http://t.co/lzd2XF36z7 Ah, *that's* where it is. See why I was worried that CREATE Centre might be aflame.
RT @parliamentedits: This Twitter bot will show whenever someone edits Wikipedia from within the British Parliament. It was set up by @toms…
RT @itvwestcountry: Lorry that caught fire in #bristol believed to have been carrying candles http://t.co/Z2FFcQFxMr http://t.co/axxysgwQVA
*Sniffs the air* Guess they weren't scented, then.
@davidwalshblog If you disable Javascript on your page, it works. Something odd with a script? (Also: you have two <body> elements!?)
2013
In @RftS_Bristol, having new pedals fitted on my way to work. I’d do it myself, but it’s a busy week. Also: croissants. #lovelybristol
@archidave Going to convert them into hipster earrings.
Sorted! Thanks, @RftS_Bristol! http://t.co/ayFEPdZwN6
Wonder which is easier, getting Wake On Lan working over the internet, or training a pet to tap a key whenever it hears the phone ring...
@johnfbraun Ta. I think I’ve just got some router-wrangling to do…
2012
Mmmm. Almond croissant in @baristasbristol
RT @RevRichardColes: I’ve invented a Twitter work-out regime. Simply click on expand and then collapse and repeat. Four sets of ten reps ...
Morning crowd @ Baristas Coffee Collective http://t.co/YSAYNjzi
@benjohnbarnes I have a feeling this coffee shop's Wi-Fi might not be up to Skype :)
Okay, that's a walk to Baristas, a minimal Bristol Freelance Breakfast with @spyou, and a morning call with @benjohnbarnes. Back home? Hmm.
@missemmeline Okie-dokie.
I have somehow ended up in @SourdoughCafe drinking green tea. http://t.co/RWJIP2jg
Random grotto. @ St. Nicholas Market http://t.co/vTm1B7Nr
@Thehappyfatgirl I should actually have been working. Got tempted out of the library by a friend. Now must work longer this afternoon…
@Thehappyfatgirl Yes. For some people, it is always worth it.
@Bristol52 Just left one of my fave lunch spots, in fact: @SourdoughCafe in St Nick’s :)
@Thehappyfatgirl That is not what I meant and you know it *pokes tongue out*
Just over-applied post-shave moisturiser. I look like a slightly greasy ghost.
RT @selfpubauther: Hey @steven_moffat Im availible for writing Dr Who books, if u want. I also think that Sherlock would mak a pretty go ...
@Bristol52 @SourdoughCafe Mmmm. And Jess was making an amazing-looking quiche when I left, too. #ilovepastry :)
Ernest. @AndrewCollins on the man my dad knew for _Poseidon_, but for me was flight engineer of a certain helicopter: http://t.co/peppxD78
@guriben Possibly. I shall only know tomorrow night -- will join if I can, ta :)
Facebook is showing me "tank pad covers" and adverts for "women who share my passion for motorcycles". I think a cosmic ray flipped a bit.
@Thehappyfatgirl Where on *earth* are you searching?
@Ninja_lynneja @Thehappyfatgirl Shh! *vrooms off on Harley, picking up "biker chick" on the way*
@Thehappyfatgirl There are a great many Matt Gibsons in the world. Why do you think I have such an odd twitter handle instead of my name? :)
@Thehappyfatgirl I AM NOT A KOALA
@Thehappyfatgirl If you *really* want to find me, stick the usual slightly dark alias at the end of http://t.co/W6AayPZw
@Ninja_lynneja @Thehappyfatgirl It's also because I was, scarily, *actually quoting* the FB ad: http://t.co/IYgVwheX
@Thehappyfatgirl *Peers out warily through venetian blinds*. Oh! Right.
@Thehappyfatgirl @Ninja_lynneja She looks, I would say, like a stock photographer's model's romantic idea of a biker chick.
@Ninja_lynneja @Thehappyfatgirl I have no idea who Bret Michaels is. I'm imagining a beautiful woman with a beard, though.
@Ninja_lynneja @Thehappyfatgirl Oh, I see what you mean!
2011
#geek Coyote Tracks - Espresso 2 alpha: http://bit.ly/pgI5qx (They're rolling CSSEdit into Espresso? Damn. I like it just as it is...)
@matthewcock @stuartcw It could be worse. I understand Caterina Fake has had airline tickets automatically un-booked in the past...
@hayles Good luck!
@mikeotaylor Tired, but hopefully waterproof? #deluge
@hayles Well done!
I am depressed and annoyed with the world. Now I am going to Swindon.
@Mandlebrot Did he look tired and grumpy? If so, yes, was probably me. Hi!
Yee-haw. http://instagr.am/p/HSDzw/
RT @Ihnatko: It's only been a week, and I know it's still in trial mode, but I am cautiously going to state that G+ is more useful than ...
2010
Mmm M Mmmm Calories in milkshake form. Mmmmmm.
Hmm. Now, where was I? Oh, yes: gardening. How did five hours go by? Oh, that's right: in a sugar-induced haze.
@Dichohecho Good thought. Will try tomorrow, assuming the temperature allows me to get there without actual death.
@hannahnicklin Does the vendor have a PayPal account? ;)
Forward. http://twitpic.com/23rsvl
Ride home. http://twitpic.com/23rnd8
@RadioKate Perspective: I worked out earlier on that that's how much my hairdresser charges. And I'm male and bald.
@Sheridansmith1 Personally, just had a chilli chocolate after lounging around all day. I'll be a fittie tomorrow :)
@mikeotaylor @thomashawk Thanks. Will check them out this evening. Guessing @teacherdude will appreciate, too.
Mmmmm. Emmeline's making me chilli chocolate :D http://twitpic.com/23rbor
Girl walking through town wearing not very much has attracted small male following. One just walked right into a bollard on Corn Street :D
That milkshake was awesome. Good call, @hayles!
@grahamspiller That one was Tiffen photo fx. Clunky UI, but great effects.
@shezza_t :(
@tsunimee *giggle*
@hayles Nom way. Er, _on_ way, I mean.
@hayles Tillos? Am currently in Habitat...
...and isn't IKEA. I am not driving to a windowless box to shop on a day like this.
Where can I buy nice indoor plant pots that don't cost a kabillion quid?
@rabidbee Belated hello back :)
@hayles Well, good luck with that. Never happened to me. :(
Bonus of following the World Cup: I actually understood the conversation I had with my barber today.
Royal York Crescent. http://twitpic.com/23q1yd
I stopped to take a photo. Not because I was far, far too hot having walked ten yards. Honest.
@shezza_t mmmmmm. Lucky.
Ah, a day off. Morning Pages done. Think I'll read Interzone in the bath with soma.fm in the background.
@ahnlak I managed one for a couple of summers. T'was nice.
@matthew_roach Clearly you're a dangerous crimmo. BTP busy. Considering getting take-out and heading for tree-based shade.
@matthew_roach I shall be heading for BTP. Look for a slow, pink puddle of human in that flowery shirt of mine.
@ahnlak It used to do okay out the back. It only died off sometime over my months of winter neglect.
Bugger. Officially hungry. Okay, up the cruel hill to Clifton Village it is. *takes deep breath*
@mhoulden "When you water the flowers, you also water the Buddha" #profoundquotesijustmadeup
@parryphernalia Do you know any strains that'll grow in a windowbox?
Have thrown off the yoke of oppression and now control the means of production. Am no longer dependent on Waitrose for my Rosemary supply.
Bloody he'll, it's hot out there. Maybe I'll just sit and look at these plants instead of, you know, _planting_ them.
At the garden centre http://twitpic.com/23pe78
Hmm. Garden centre. Then lunch. Or maybe garden centre _for_ lunch. Hmm.
Quick lunch on Clifton Village downs with @matthew_roach. Now for a haircut. And maybe another iced coffee
Okay, bedtime. Night all!
I never knew Plasticine was invented in Bath! #thingsyoulearnfromwikipedia
Wow. So much commentary for so little action. Reminds me of England's World Cup matches. #raoulmoat
@rabidbee @alkalinemouse Some people can definitely carry it off. http://bit.ly/dwXuYE
@alkalinemouse Although clearly, it depends entirely on the person doing the wearing. Are they a doctor?
@alkalinemouse I would think that both Gregory House and a couple of recent Doctors (of the Who variety) have rendered it fashionable.
"I'd like take home a matador, please." #Bristol #thingsidonlysayinpieminister
@matthew_roach See? It does happen sometimes :)
@matthew_roach I beg to differ. This is why I needed the word: http://flic.kr/p/8hcJFE
Awning! Yes, thanks all!
What are those big shade-giving things that pull out over the front of shops called? #brainfail
2009
Right. I've done lots of evening work this week. Time for an evening off, I think.
@tsunimee Top tip: when you're wondering why the hell all the menu options are greyed out, try hitting "stop" rather than just "pause".
So I guess The Walrus and the Carpenter closed down, then. New place looks a bit posh.
@benjohnbarnes what did you do to your teeth?
@sean_robbins @goatgirl74 Okay, so that's you two cancelling each other's should-I-watch-#Torchwood votes out! Tiebreaker, anyone?
So, like, has Torchwood got any better? Should I start watching it again?
2008
Finding a Javascript lightbox that works well with XHTML is like trying to find a unicorn that matches the sofa in your fortress of solitude
@russelldavies yes, you're almost certainly roaming in the gloaming, given your probable geographic location and the time of day & weather!
@Hotdogsladies' 43folders.com seems to be broken from here, making IE die with an error halfway through loading the page. Or is it just me?