On This Day, 29 August
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RT @bristol247: The infamous Princess Caraboo is the latest sculpture by one of Bristol's most mysterious artists https://t.co/y3AgLQLFpB
RT @BobRushy: Have I betrayed us? Have I... betrayed me? https://t.co/V4qBGhW2wv
@Rev_Magister @whocolour I was thinking just the same thing!
RT @jplarocque: If you’re ever having a bad month, just remember that from Ellen Ripley’s perspective, Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3 took plac…
@chubbybannister Does it appear behind you, spookily? Or is that only if you say it into a mirror?
@chubbybannister This may be A Sign, given that this is the second time that someone's mentioned The Conversation today and it's been on my "to watch" list for years.
2021
2020
RT @Otto_English: Bloody Germans blocking Brexit yet again https://t.co/NX0ThZPOeA
@shezza_t @seanddotmedotuk @OpinionatedGeek It seems not. Pretty happy with that, but no idea what I'm doing differently to get something vaguely appropriate. https://t.co/2mcJXp265S
@4r7hr Yup. Though I’m elderly so when I was 13 or 14 it was before I had the internet and I used to meet people from CB radio 😂
@chubbybannister Looked out my nice woolly hoody this week. Two weeks ago I ditched the quilt in favour of a single sheet because it was too hot to sleep. MAKE YOUR MIND UP WEATHER.
2019
@njj4 @JosieLong INT. A&E DEPARTMENT — NIGHT NURSE: But how did you all get it stuck in the *same* zip?
This Rams documentary is still available on iPlayer, folks, and it’s great. https://t.co/KiLwncFty9
2018
RT @jsmooth995: The code for the bathroom at this Starbucks is 90210 which the young barista passed on matter-of-factly as "nine zero two o…
RT @mrchrisaddison: Right. Can all these fuckers with their contrary fucking food revelations please get in a big room and fucking figure o…
New lamp mirror selfie. https://t.co/Ch85llCpAn
I always appreciate a barberpun. https://t.co/2I4zoKLLNx
RT @mollybackes: Depression commercials always talk about sadness but they never mention that sneaky symptom that everyone with depression…
2017
This Is Not Entirely How I Feel - https://t.co/20k2MUflvt https://t.co/m763wquelP
RT @uliwitness: A real-world Remington Steele. O_O https://t.co/Sb6B43FtOq
Not sure if that was the third giant spider I've rescued from the bath this week, or the same spider for the third time.
Going to put a collar on it next time.
RT @AlexWattsEsq: Yet another impossible beauty standard for men https://t.co/bckMneBAHK
2016
That thing where you wake up at 5am and think you might as well get up.
@Bristolvor Not so far. Why?
@Bristolvor All I have done so far is failed dismally at the Times crossword and had a shower.
"The piercing sweetness of a real pineapple" https://t.co/rbxliGr8G0
@emmajanehw I get that double if I've also just mopped the bathroom floor and therefore can't walk on it.
@rstevens @nerdygrrl If you're ever in the UK you may want to sample pickled onion flavour Monster Munch ;)
The plaintive whalesong of a prog rock guitar break.
@Cookwitch I wasn't hot. No bloody idea why. *Stares at betrayer-bed harshly*
@ahnlak Fair point. It's still going.
@ahnlak Nick Barrett.
@ahnlak This is the specific instance (though I was listening to the album version.) https://t.co/ZSdBhSQkaV
@rstevens I think the packet design does a good job of telling you what you’re in for. https://t.co/TiVBS13wfb
@MResponsively Jaunty.
Good day, sir.
Late-night process. https://t.co/OemY6VMKK8
2015
RT @AndyLHoward: Body of a man found this morning on Gordon Rd, Clifton #Bristol. Police tell me they are treating as a hit & run. http://t…
@C_J_Fox I *think* I am now down to just things that use SD cards, but it took a long time…
@C_J_Fox (PS: Speaking of which, careful of the card reader on that iMac. Too easy to drop SD cards into the CD slot by accident!)
@Bristolvor @chubbybannister @hayles Sounds a good idea.
Photo: I like the 32 above the door. Planet Pizza, Cotham Hill. http://t.co/10NUiGiUmS
RT @petapixel: Satlapse: Aerial time-lapses from a bird's eye view: http://t.co/KrOecNjq4Y http://t.co/Dom85uQ72p
Bristol folks may recognise a few views in that last re-tweet...
RT @OhNoSheTwitnt: [Batman at McDonald's] What's your chicken sandwich called? -A McChicken And the rib? -A McRib [pulls out his batwallet]…
RT @DriverPotter: And here is why we closed the Sheppy Branch earlier... http://t.co/kudn1ZFUkH
@EffBeeee Although the series is worth watching for Billy Bob Thornton alone, I much preferred the film.
2014
@_pigeons_ Or possibly more: 1d: MOOD, 7a: LOSS, 2d: INSPIRE ?
@_pigeons_ Also, 14d is RETRACT, which makes 20a more obvious.
@_pigeons_ "He's an **** fan of..."
@_pigeons_ And all your letters in 11d are correct.
RT @WeAreKit: The new video from @RachaelDadd and @HeinzJunkins - beautifully shot, ace costumes and great track of course https://t.co/TAY…
2013
@ahnlak Make sure you vote me up :D
@ahnlak :) Ta
@ahnlak I had a feeling it might be that question ;)
2012
@_Pigeons_ @Bingo_Little @rabidbee @knautia No way. I'm not running the risk of going all recursive on myself.
One of those days where I keep going to open the blinds, and then realise they're already open. Sigh.
Hello hedgehog! http://t.co/r9nCZWGm
@Phooto I just used one of these for the amp. Small, but works well off batteries: http://t.co/T8RB6PvY
@Phooto Much as I'd love solar, this is for the north-facing bathroom in a basement, so not entirely practical :D
@liveindetail There is one being constructed right behind me as I speak. It's cute.
Emm was inspired by the hedgehog and is now making her own ;) http://t.co/bbnASgkO
@Phooto It's good enough to drive small speakers. Use multiple AAs rather than a PP3, though; better current == better sound.
2011
The world's longest colour pencil. Really. @ Cumberland Pencil Museum http://t.co/FEEFGDq
@hayles It doesn't get much crazier.
@ahnlak Seemed fine today. Busy, but not rammed.
@paulahillier It was... Er. Well, about how I'd expected a pencil museum to be :)
Cookin'. http://t.co/1JOZKw9
Cooked :D http://t.co/emxQFho
@KaveyF Yup. Bigger bedroom, though :)
@RamonYouseph Lamb with courgette & mushroom. With some improv including umami paste (niiiice).
@hayles I did actually think of you in the museum. #royalweddingtat http://t.co/W44sEmg
2010
Dan-da-da! Da-da Dan-da-da! Dan-da-da! Dadadada-dan-da-da! #sf #geek http://twitpic.com/2jfn2o
Having a morning off and generally lounging. May go out for my last jog before next Sunday's half marathon in a bit.
Right. Think morning's lounging is now over. Jogging time, then lunch from Clifton Village, then a few long-outstanding household chores...
Hello Bristol! http://yfrog.com/4j996j
Aww. "Last of the Summer Wine" is today's featured Wikipedia article :)
It's amazing how many of the jobs that sit on my to-do list for months because I think they'll take ages turn out to be dead easy in the end
@mattgemmell How's it looking apart from that? Might be the impetus I need to upgrade to the latest iWork. Kindle on the way...
@mattgemmell Sounds pretty damn good for a first release. Good. Thanks.
Oh! And there's my reward for doing that long-outstanding job. Libertines reunion gig on iPlayer :) http://bbc.in/9zsY2j
Fiddling with jQuery. Here is a square of me, which you can add more of me to :) http://dailybooth.gothick.org.uk/squareofmatt.html
@lucyreddd I feel your pain. I'm avoiding Facebook because if you're a single 30something bloke *all* the ads are for dating sites.
@RamonY1970 It's old enough to have _inspired_ the Drazi ship :) And JMS was definitely a fan of the series.
@RamonY1970 Oh! Goodness, but I didn't know the Drazi ship actually _was_ inspired by it!
@RamonY1970 Sorry, didn't catch the smiley first time around!
@RamonY1970 Might even have been at the same con. Did Jacqueline Pearce turn up at the one you went to?
Reading Nigel Slater's "The Perfect Baked Potato". Didn't know my karate training would come in handy in the kitchen... http://bit.ly/a3MiZ5
@RamonY1970 Yup, definitely same one. I was at a table with Walter in one of the discussions, and nattered with DJJ in a corridor.
@RamonY1970 Nexus 2000, maybe?
@RamonY1970 And I have a vague recollection of Gareth Thomas signing a girl's breast in the bar.
@RamonY1970 Current estimated population: about 1,000, and falling...
2009
@penelopeelse I still like Boston Tea Party myself, but sure there are more organic options.
@R2UK Goodness. *hug* Hope she's okay.
Yum. It's a bank holiday weekend, and I'm taking this morning off. Nothing useful will be done. That is my vow. Now for a long bath.
Bought new running shoes. Have been on a treadmill for the first time. Odd!
New shoes! http://twitpic.com/fp4tb
@njj4 The relevant authorities being, presumably, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dustbunnies?
@penelopeelse You mean the Fresh and Wild that shut down?
@penelopeelse If it's the one that was on the Triangle you're thinking of, then yes, that's now a Waitrose, sans cafe.
@penelopeelse Ooh, months ago. Erm. Ah -- last September, apparently: http://bit.ly/3rQPmF
Ah, decisions, decisions. _28 Days Later_, or _Casino Royale_?
@penelopeelse Shame WIld Oats (Bristol's rather older, and still-going organic store) doesn't have a cafe.
@penelopeelse Kewl. If you go to BTP, don't miss the back garden, if you can get a seat. Should be nice at the moment.
@penelopeelse Park Street. About five minutes' walk from where Fresh & Wild used to be.
@KaveyF You know, audio typists can have to do that, too. They just have speed controls and foot switches to help...
@KaveyF Well, I know your pain, having transcribed a few interviews in my time. Don't forget to take a break; it can be absorbing work!
Just in from Week 6, run 1 of the #C25K. Today's blog is mostly about buying new shoes, though :) http://bit.ly/13UtEK #getrunning
@KaveyF It takes practice! And if you'd deliberately gone with ask-and-listen it might have stalled; chat helps to relax people.
2008
Ooh, so there's a "filter out lame YouTube comments" Firefox extension now, is there? This may be the one thing the gets me away from Safari
@GuyClapperton What's in your personal Library/Application Support/iWeb folder? Should be a (probably huge) file called Domain, or similar.
@GuyClapperton Domain is the main file where iWeb stores all its data. Have you tidied anything up recently?
Damn, I really do love Nina Nastasia. Walking down street nearly in tears - the dangers of random shuffle music!
2007
Ugh. Need coffee.