On This Day, 28 June
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RT @ariehkovler: Drone photographer Lior Patel followed a herd of sheep for several months, as the herd was shepherded to its summer pastur…
2020
RT @locusmag: The #LocusAwards2020 Novella Winner is This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (Saga).
📷 The holy trinity. Wapping Wharf, Bristol. https://t.co/wywGpEvF2S
From a wander with @_pigeons_ and @Bingo_Little #bristol #chocolatepath https://t.co/1WsQTmhCh6
@hayles That was my guess just based on colour and menu items, but it wasn't entirely apparent.
RT @emmabo: WAKE UP if you don't think poetry is Extreme Intensity, THIS IS THE SIZE OF AN ALBATROSS, Coleridge was MAX REAL and POETRY IS…
RT @Avon_Stories: Avon, after rain (probably between the rain!) https://t.co/odZwAO0gxo
@AllianceWalking @_pigeons_ @Avon_Stories @Bingo_Little Er, no. *looks shifty*
RT @_A_n_d_r_e_w_s: Love this picture of Adele being driven around by Noel Gallagher https://t.co/dVTD1mcvmQ
2019
RT @bitchitshan: one of our team members handed in their notice like this 😂😂😂 https://t.co/tqc9Hn6ODE
@marinaepelman @siracusa Let me guess: they have no arm or head holes, but they’re *really* thin?
Just popped outside. https://t.co/Q3bAHLRizT
Castaneda. https://t.co/bpUrhkNbW5
Won’t be doing that again. Not unless Hotwells Pine’s replacement turns out to be an air conditioner sales franchise.
RT @brian_lovin: I think today might be the perfect time for my startup, Facebook, to join an accelerator 🚀 https://t.co/x6lC6hBeFT
RT @BBCPolitics: After 32 years, @dimbleby_jd is presenting his last Any Questions? tonight from Bristol, 8pm @BBCRadio4 His guests are Lor…
So. Tonight’s Any Questions is coming to you from the church at the end of my road. (Also our mayor’s church, perhaps not coincidentally...)
RT @fangirltherapy: People about their friends: we met on a kickball team in college Me about my friends: we were both highly invested in…
RT @CuriousUkTelly: Pink Floyd play the Knightmare theme tune at Earls Court in '94 https://t.co/9rnbNxmnIl
2018
RT @mattgemmell: So what you're saying is that the CEO of a massive social media company, who's personally valued at $5bn+, thinks the best…
2017
So, er, what happens when they wrap around? I’d like to think “nothing”, but I can only imagine utility company bil… https://t.co/dbw1EiMqeV
@mhoulden Do they? It’s been here since I moved in, eighteen years ago.
@mhoulden They seem to have processes for that these days, at least. They noticed an out-of-bound reading a few mon… https://t.co/K9fsKm5KeG
Rainy Wednesday - https://t.co/9AyMTpx9ym https://t.co/uyhdALIilj
@OpinionatedGeek Whatever you choose, get one of the ones that pulls a strip though rather than a flatbed. Flatbeds… https://t.co/oCwB5eVZVk
@OpinionatedGeek (Sorry, that was more a reply to the scanner question later!)
@cybermango Wow. Someone's really not a fan of graven idols.
@OpinionatedGeek Dunno. I scanned my old prints and once I was into a rhythm and could do it while watching telly it wasn't so painful.
@OpinionatedGeek ...but it'll depend on a lot of factors. I wasn't being too precious; just wanted some kind of "ba… https://t.co/euAqBqSuGQ
Taking advantage of the nice rain to “dust” the house plants :D https://t.co/kleC9PR78f
RT @rbrwr: @gothick They jam, and the electricity backs up until it floods. Probably causes a thunderstorm or something.
@ambignostic @alexandraerin Me too, and I don't even know what Sasquatch of Plinth's real screenname is.
@RadioKate Any equation multiplied by HALLOUMI is a great equation.
So. My first experience with @BristolCouncil's pre-paid green waste collection isn't great, so far. https://t.co/2VuPuflxxW
@psidnell Can we make it 1978? Wouldn’t want to wait too long for Blake’s 7.
2016
@mcelhearn Don’t pull your punches, Kirk :D
RT @mcelhearn: FFS, will this hipster crap ever end? https://t.co/n9eSPY5bSA
@uliwitness It’s always “before my first cup of coffee” somewhere on the planet :D
@ahnlak I’ll remember that for the future, just in case I become an idiot.
@ahnlak Luckily mine are still very much in the pre-danger stage. https://t.co/05w6yIovr2
Leaning station. https://t.co/A4l5PnlOAD
RT @DickKingSmith: "I do what I want." - Sincerely, cat. https://t.co/lwMltZKJJW
@arobertwebb I’m thinking “Mute the egg-man” to the tune of “Catch the pigeon…”
@amyengineer Which of the ports do all the cat videos come out of?
@shezza_t There we go. https://t.co/FxK4ElLkDL
@Shonette Surely somewhere in Saint Nicks?
Things I’ve learned about since the referendum but wish I hadn’t, #4782: the Channel 4 News website’s headline font. https://t.co/cm2wdX52gV
@ismh I have one that won’t mount on my laptop unless the laptop’s plugged into the mains. Gets me every time.
Compassion. #Bristol https://t.co/lLSRLGHbxY
@carl_richards Passed the SQL Server developer exam, now onto the admin exam.
@RachaelDadd *waves* Lovely to see you all today!
Hrm. @BristolPound seems to be getting slower. Worrying four minutes there on @GrainBarge wondering if I’d successfully paid or not!
@hotdogsladies “I changed my *ICON*…” 🔔🔔🔔
@chubbybannister Gawd. Sorry, am I being rubbish and failing to spot friends again? Snapping takes my brain to a different place.
RT @bunnnybabe: why does my sister look exactly like the pope https://t.co/mE1PcAn1jb
@BabsBat Room for a little one?
Mais oui. https://t.co/dAvdDvSor9
2015
RT @AlisonSudol: What an extraordinary artist he was, such a loss. This is pretty incredible: “P.S. Hoffman” @Vimeo https://t.co/h8JgVgWqI4
@liveindetail IIRC Debenhams has half price sale on Tripp stuff at the mo. Decent gear.
Must try to remember where I took this. One of the problems with processing backlogs… Pretty place, anyway. http://t.co/oYtFmeft5U
I and my namesake are both heading out, it seems. #bristol https://t.co/VGRPPMPn2j
Bon voyage. #bristol #matthew http://t.co/7jjBWPc81Y
RT @louellen78: Best Glastonbury photo so far #Glasto2015 http://t.co/3j3ubFYebm
I seem to be synchronised with the Matthew today... #igersbristol https://t.co/VpNDnNAEZj
Photo: NOM NOM SHLURP http://t.co/TBZve4rKG3
Enjoying snapping with the little Fuji. http://t.co/HzQmYh4yci
@Kavey Thank you. Snapped this scene so many times, but there always seems to be more to do with it.
2014
@monicashaw I love LightRoom. Photoshop so intimidatingly huge that I’ve been putting off using it for literal years.
@ahnlak yeah, but may as well learn the basics. Think LR 6 will be available standalone? Or only in the subscription bundle?
@ahnlak 5 is bloody brilliant, you know. Give it a go.
Guess I needn't have bothered watering the hanging basket ten minutes ago, then. #torrent
RT @rygorous: PROTIP: Turn data into big data by encoding it as XML.
@BubbleButton That looks lush. Hope I've got eggs in...
@guriben *Attempts sympathy* *Gives up* *Points and laughs*
I may brave the rain later to go down for the very last day of @SourdoughCafe.
@mcprobbook Go for it.
Heading into town, the lazy way. http://t.co/A2S2DVL3ad
Real men eat quiche. http://t.co/iehndnbbcS
I've always enjoyed watching the Bristol Ferry "en passant" lunch handover :) http://t.co/QDVPcp80Yo
@johnfbraun Butternut squash and stilton. *Removes sunglasses* Wanna make something of it?
Also always enjoyed the leap ashore. http://t.co/RSll3fPDA5
@charlie_cat_esq I'm not surprised. I know it has its downsides, but most crew seem to really love the majority of the job.
@charlie_cat_esq @jakepjohnson I need ALL OF MY STUFFS. Lovely idea but I wouldn't last a month. You buy one, I'll visit.
@chubbybannister No. How are you charging it? The charger that came with it originally will have more wellie than most.
@chubbybannister That will help a lot. Typical iPhone charger: 5 watts max output. iPad charger: 12 watts of glorious, fast-charging POWER.
Moroccan mint tea to follow up my lunchtime virgin mojito. It's a minty kind of day.
@chubbybannister Nope.
@jakepjohnson @chubbybannister Yes. Though If you turn them off and plug them into a decent USB port they'll probably charge eventually.
@jakepjohnson @chubbybannister But a charger capable of supplying more current than a device needs to charge is fine...
@jakepjohnson @chubbybannister ...as device will simply take as much current as it needs to do its charging. So iPhone on iPad charger OK.
@chubbybannister It's the plug. You'll probably find that they actually have different writing on them, but...
@chubbybannister @jakepjohnson ...Apple have annoying habit of making it 6-point font in the same colour as the plug, because design.
@chubbybannister Yup. If it was from an elderly iPod, it might have been significantly weedier than even an iPhone charger...
@chubbybannister ...which explains the problem completely, so hopefully all should be good from now on.
@chubbybannister No prob.
@guriben @jakepjohnson @chubbybannister Well, they're meant to be, but I've certainly seen a lot of people struggling to charge iPads...
@guriben @jakepjohnson @chubbybannister ...which I'd mostly put down to dodgy hubs and stuff.
@guriben @jakepjohnson Ooopsie. (Also: Just checked. USB 2.0 is 0.5A.)
@chubbybannister @MillieBooLewis They were open when I passed them earlier. Went in yesterday and it's as they say: *everything* 1/2 price.
RT @Dezeen: Popular today: disused Paris Metro stations converted into swimming pools – http://t.co/jJyCzflfRM http://t.co/ChPsa7IAS0
@chubbybannister @MillieBooLewis I could not resist: http://t.co/bUHfn4pMBb
RT @CafeRevival: Attention all Cafés! We were burgled last night, apparently #bristol Cafés are being targeted. @BristolPound @RetailProjec…
Ah, the edge-of-your-seat excitement of moving DNS records from one nameserver to another. It's all go here.
@ahnlak I'm moving them manually to Fastmail myself, and pointing 123-reg to their name servers...
@ahnlak ...so that when the real move happens, it's only the name servers that can get cocked up.
@ahnlak Yeah. I wish @hover could cope with transfer in of UK domains automatically. Where are yours? Gandi?
@ahnlak Yeah. I wouldn't have put "DNSMadeEasy" top of my list of reassuring names. However: http://t.co/485Iw1noKD
@ahnlak I've had good results with Hover, and it's Hover and Gandi that normally end up getting recommended in geek straw polls.
@ahnlak (But for actual DNS service, Fastmail's is free with my mail and automatically sorts out SPF/DKIM records, etc.)
@ahnlak There comes a time when you have to stop micromanaging every packet.
@jsfox8 @LilyThePurr Best barber I ever had was self-conscious about stutter. Said hi, told me how much at the end, blissful quiet between.
@jsfox8 @LilyThePurr ...and that was actually the feature that got him recommended to me, so I'm guessing it was good for business.
@lauramalarkey I need to get this place valued again.
@lauramalarkey I had three estate agents come out last time. Difference between highest and lowest was £40,000...
@ahnlak Always on the lookout for new and interesting ways to fuck things up.
@lauramalarkey Yur. Bearing in mind places I might want to move to are about £20,000 more than this flat, makes it tough to commit to move.
Oooh. Shiny software update to Final Cut Pro X and lots of codecs.
Checking Stack Overflow sometimes feels like being House on clinic duty. "You're an idiot. Next!"
@marcoarment Though perhaps a nail bar with a target audience of "people standing around for a Genius appointment" could be profitable.
2013
@RevRichardColes Honestly. Couldn’t organise a bishop in a priory.
Smoked salmon on rye. Going a little bit "New York" in Baristas. http://t.co/Uj3OYglk65
Carosello. http://t.co/NtsStLSiWy
@BabsBat Um. Think I just saw you in a newsagent’s. ;)
@charlesarthur Littering. At least I can *understand* murder.
@charlesarthur I think that’s a net win. And at least they’re biodegradable.
@hayles Hey, at least he knew where the depot was…
@domwakeling Weird space-going confetti is a pretty good description. Alternative approach has some benefits, eg cover much wider area…
@domwakeling …but I’m just thinking “Arduinos! In! Space!” and enjoying the coolness-factor, I must confess.
@shezza_t “Man shall not lie with man, as with woman, for it is just the same as snogging gigantic insects.” That’s right, isn’t it?
@shezza_t I’m frowning on some pork right now. Doesn’t seem to be getting it cooked, though.
Aww. These little cuties have the date they were laid pencilled on. http://t.co/TBlL6RUF7f
Putting cheese on my chorizo and chocolate chilli. Maybe I'll add some chicken to the recipe next time. #ch
RT @hondanhon: Kickstarter is basically a way for all the games we loved in the 80s and 90s to be remade but with graphics that match their…
2012
@R2UK @floyduk @perrygascoine (As someone who's moved from one to the other) Yes, iMovie does chromakeying, but...
@R2UK @floyduk @perrygascoine ...it's quite basic, and you need really good setup. Final Cut Pro's chroma is lot better and more adjustable.
My contact lens checkup is in Clifton Village at 11:05. I therefore predict the forthcoming Bristol thunderstorm at 10:55.
@coffeenumber1 I do. Please arrange for your Clifton Village branch to be moved down the hill to Hotwells this morning. Thanks.
@KaveyF Have you considered getting one of those "smart phone" things? I hear they have calendars, and everything? *ducks*
@ahnlak I'm sure @KaveyF would do that, if she didn't have to nip out for a deep tissue massage right now.
RT @utterben: It's so humid outside that Starbucks are topping lattes with suncream, and Kevin Costner is sailing through cities battlin ...
RT @mattgemmell: "Google to sell tablet and glasses". Headline makes them sound like a downmarket seaside tourist shop in Scotland.
@Thehappyfatgirl Your cards didn't get taken down again, did they?
Tired. Lacking in drugs. Bit ill. Perfect time to go to Cribbs Causeway. Wish me luck.
Wow. Basically an engineer’s kettle ;) http://t.co/nfnwFg6v
RT @nicepaul: I had no idea they were building a cable car over the Thames! It's now open, and you can pay by Oyster card: http://t.co/C ...
Fiddling with the Google Play store. *fiddles some more*
@missemmeline *raises eyebrow*
@missemmeline Poor love. Can I come round for soup tomorrow? Hopefully we'll both be feeling better.
@OpinionatedGeek I can certainly buy things. At the moment, though, I'm attempting to sell something :D
(Who was it who was looking for good veggie ready meals the other day. Was it @talkie_tim?)
@OpinionatedGeek Are you trying from a mobile device? Have vague recollection of first purchase needing to be from desktop? Could be wrong.)
@OpinionatedGeek I just tried. "We're sorry, there was an error. Please try again later." Too much demand for the Nexus?
@OpinionatedGeek Oooh. Got further that time.
@OpinionatedGeek It's all over the damn place. Now I've got three in my cart and I can't edit it. Grr.
@OpinionatedGeek "Your order has been placed." Sorry. Seems happy enough with me. Double-check your Wallet details, maybe?
@OpinionatedGeek Pounds. Is there a US Play store and a UK one, like with iTunes?
@OpinionatedGeek Can you head here: https://t.co/qAWx0Pzy then hit Edit next to the email addresses? Is there a Country set?
@OpinionatedGeek Oh, gawd. I've, er, heard that Google Apps accounts can be tricky to troubleshoot/use/whatever.
@donmcallister @DaveHamilton Yeah, that's why I just signed up for one, basically. Be interesting to see if it gathers dust or not...
@waiyeehong YES BRICKS.
There is nothing sufficiently resembling red wine in my immediate vicinity. I should seek to remedy this embarrassing situation.
@xabl Sadly, while I do have some things resembling gin nearby, they probably don't resemble it enough to be potable.
Right. Bored of waiting for Interesting Stuff To Happen. Off to buy wine.
@archidave I *knew* that would happen, damn it.
@claireellent Figured I should root for Italy in this one :) Seems a good choice so far!
@NoWireHangers My boredness was waiting for my app to show up in the Google Play store. Though I did also watch the football.
@parryphernalia Nope. Man Flu. No way I'm running in that humidity when I can't breathe properly sat down. :(
@parryphernalia It's okay; I'm drinking a bottle of them right now.
2011
@BlackDogDays :(
@BlackDogDays @jorence Banana cake's probably good for serotonin, right? *passes plateful*
RT @chrismarquardt: Yea! A Portal reference! Road signs: out of frame http://j.mp/kJlol1
@BlackDogDays Typical bloody Capricorn reaction, that. (Also: apparently Aquarians are prone to making obvious jokes.)
RT @postsecret: Photos Shot by Camera That Was Mailed Through Postal System: http://t.co/VJM5Spe <-- Hah! Great idea.
@adamcheasley That sounds like the anguish of a man who's never had to use Oracle. Try it sometime; it'll make you appreciate MSSQL...
I think there's some sort of seagull rave going on in Recliffe. #squawksquawksquawksquawksquawksquawk #noisybuggers
Damn it. Someone in the office has stolen my Graze box. Must remember to move the delivery when I'm taking a day off.
RT @simonblackwell: For anyone relatively new to Twitter who might be confused by Twitter slang, "It's raining" means "It's raining in W ...
Just in time for the last boat home. http://instagr.am/p/Gj6vI/
Isn't there meant to be some tennis on? Who's this twonk? #wimbledon #bbc
@Nose_in_a_book Ooh, me and @ahnlak were talking about that on Saturday. We couldn't tell from the blurb what it actually *was*...
2010
@Narshada Did you lose any super-powers?
@asic69 Well, I guess I have to define him as a failure of a celebrity, as I have no clue who you're talking about...
Random thought: Cafes should have a sign singletons can put on their table that indicates "I really don't mind sharing. But I'm working."
@hayles I'd be okay with it as long as there was no DRM. As it is, paying the same amount to basically rent a specific licence is annoying.
@johnfbraun @DaveHamilton Amen, brother. ^X^S^X^C
http://bestc.am/KxE Morning all!
@boagworld I know people were unhappy about the podcast news, but actually cursing you with a plague of blisters seems an overreaction!
@vero Why would you even bother with the thing on a Mac? Never been tempted myself...
@vero ouch. Making a PDF that hard to open must take some special skills!
@hayles Oh, come on, you can give her back the account now :D
@KaveyF Sounds like a good outcome, really.
Today's homeward #commutergraphy. http://twitpic.com/20r7v6
@talkie_tim Think you can click the "that didn't work" link on the "success" page and get a real link.
@Narshada Quick, if it's a swarm you can wear them as a beard!
RT @1854: Metropolitan Police issue statement on young photojournalist incident, say it will be investigated: http://bit.ly/aG13it
Why *does* this sodding iMac insist on running its hard drive fan full blast every few days, when the temp sensor is reporting just fine?
@KaveyF Take out on the floor?
@KaveyF Yes, and delete.
2009
Ooops! Forgot to do my music homework. Time for some quick research before bed.
Much as I didn't want to miss that phone call, at least I now know that Spinvox is definitely working on my new phone.
Mmmeatballs! http://twitpic.com/8onvj
@mistymaria Now remember, dear, a watched inbox never pings.
Eventually, my house will be completely full of blue IKEA bags. And on that day, maybe I'll remember to take one to IKEA when I go. Maybe.
@Pockless I just don't gay what you mean...
@rabidbee That was, luckily, what I assumed :)
Heh. "get" so healthy even. This Freudian slip was brought to you by the iPhone keyboard and the number 69.
Hmm. Vegan sandwich with a bottle of Purdeys. When did I gay so healthy?
2008
On the plus side, arrived on my pushbike after its first ride this year. Was only a couple of miles, but I now feel completely supercharged.
Bah. Arrived at work on time to test newly-moved servers. Servers here, but network such a mess I won't be needed for at least half an hour.
Lunch with mum & dad, aunt & uncle and as-yet-unspecified collection of cousins & offspring. Then, sadly, off to work to test a server move
Hmm. Is there any way of displaying the _time_ of a particular tweet in @twitterrific? I've poked around some, but I can't seem to find one