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@thekarleighshow Move house to get a room I could use as an office.
RT @jonty: Whoever registered the company name with valid XSS injection and caused @companieshouse to sent this email: I will buy you a dri…
That was a perfect time to go grab a @hopper_coffee, then 😂 https://t.co/wUHMfsTnuu
@hopper_coffee Always!
RT @SIMO_paints: I love this... and I love Columbo too! https://t.co/c7siVGCJqH
Ashton Avenue Sewage Pumping Station. "Normal for Bristol" :D https://t.co/AaM7LYy8dT
I'm holding out for the Tier 1 Plus Pro.
@SofieHagen So...
@porthjess Well, I guess you'd have a soft landing if they judged it wrong...
RT @_BTO: Telling apart corvids, like Raven and Crow, can be a tricky business. Thankfully, there's an ID video to help with that! https:/…
2019
RT @HannahAlOthman: Reminder: Tory conference was this month. This same month we are in now. The one that isn’t even over yet.
@therobdale @markgurman Yup, me too. With the Echo I could dip my toe in the water for a very low cost and upgrade/add over time as I worked out that I liked the system, which is a great way into new tech.
RT @ChuckWendig: MONDAY. You're a monstrous miracle, a gelatinous sack of humours sloshing around soft leather, a bulbous asymmetrical anom…
I am in awe of organisers/helpers/readers/panellists/hosts/etc. at cons. All I did at @BristolCon was listen to people and natter and buy books and two days later I'm still aching and trying to get my hydration levels and my voice back to normal.
2018
Imagine how much money gets made by the guy who invented the machine that lops a half-inch off one leg of every cafe table before they ship.
RT @JacquelinePye: @gothick Yes. Cousin of the person in the organic egg factory who attaches a feather to one egg in each box.
2017
Bit hung over. Cataloguing my Interzones is about the most complex thing I can cope with :D @TTApress https://t.co/CnXMI8zerU
RT @driedmeme: this guy cosplaying as Eleven from Stranger Things just made my entire day https://t.co/Emtxh9Wkx4
@masato_jones It’ll take me longer than that to re-set the oven clock.
RT @laracampbellx: The Lidl mermaid 🦀 https://t.co/osZuYHbAas
2016
@mcelhearn Did you reboot? Worked for me. App Store always do bloody flaky.
Gah! Sierra update tricked me into turning on fucking Documents/Desktop iCloud thing. *Fetches crowbar* #macos
BAO TIME. https://t.co/GXA9kZyobn
BAO BEFORE ME. https://t.co/Q33vCzgADP
@steevbishop I wasn’t using macOS for work at the time!
@WokyKo Thanks! https://t.co/TLwH1B3dta
@TechCorrect Naming my new band The Maxint Pasties.
@FozzTexx They had direct communication before the Great Hegemonising Virus of 2258. Now they’re airgapping for safety.
CHOO CHOO #bristol https://t.co/y8bCivHeUJ
@hayles Did you lunch at Wapping Wharf too?
@hayles Ah, nice. Poked my nose in the Pigsty last week but haven’t eaten there yet.
@DJFLevesley @FelicityMorse IKEA do a flat-pack one. I think it’s called PÖNTIF.
@chubbybannister Hey, at least he found the button.
RT @LibyaLiberty: I'm not sure what you've left for the terrorists to destroy. https://t.co/B0aCdMBmoM
2015
RT @dave_ja: Oh sweet irony https://t.co/slI1fiYw66
RT @hayles: Mardy arse @gothick https://t.co/9wrqY597Au
RT @WildernessHQ: More urban #wilderness... By #MichaelJederson x #nature https://t.co/HwyeoJyt0n
RT @Oatmeal: haha ok problem solved. the joy of hotlinking! https://t.co/D07dxT3HqM https://t.co/9gFJhidXrp
RT @RellyAB: Space bar! http://t.co/m7YIJ8Grp3
Looking back through old photos. Can you tell why the bedroom was the first room I repainted back in 1999? https://t.co/3flcbw20fg
EXACTLY. https://t.co/M3dQbkp1yo
Also from the “blast from the past” file: Far and away the silliest car I have ever owned. https://t.co/jh7eTsiChd
And it has been a very long time since I was a smoker. https://t.co/5PqVfxHsHr
Also: Keyboards used to be wider than monitors. No wonder my fellow programmers were so touchy. https://t.co/S7fcycWSjW
It has been an even longer time since I died my hair ginger and went to work for Barking & Dagenham Council. https://t.co/6WFC1ORiAM
Double exposure, St. Andrew’s Churchyard. Shot in 2004, when I started getting into photography. #bristol https://t.co/iupuhm4ssi
@KinetaHill Yeah, I liked it a lot at the time. Was a good confidence-booster.
RT @dangusset: Sanctum Bristol makes me want to come out of live performance retirement https://t.co/8X8YMbFZWp #sanctumbristol
That’s me in the corner.
My tastes in interior decoration have come quite a long way. https://t.co/uYxCl9lWPG
Sorry, I mean, that really *is* me in the corner. https://t.co/cufVDmg708
@njj4 Reckon so.
@njj4 Though actually, that’s crisp, not AM. Don’t think AM is there.
2014
@guriben And I'll be paying it on Friday 30th Penury.
@dangusset Eucalyptus?
RT @stephencgrant: "For you, the sky's the limit!" - NASA rejection letter
@SimpleLampoon @headfirstonly @rickilee On the other side of the street, a woman takes a taste of her "tea" and retches.
RT @Martin1Williams: What do we want? Northern Irish accents. When do we want them? Noiy.
@fastmailfm Any problems with SMTP at the mo? Having trouble sending (http://t.co/mqZlxhdZlc)
9am: Decide to catch up on email. 9:14am: Trying to debug SMTP connection to Fastmail. Let the yak shaving commence.
@christianrt I gotta do that.
@boagworld Yeah, my guess is they sneak in when I'm out drinking the night before.
@christianrt Working from home means I can normally nip in when things are likely to be quiet. I'll try the one at Clifton Down.
@bristol247 Hang on, though, spelling aside, does that mean there's a nighttime tearoom in Bristol?
@razziphoto @FastMailFM Well, at least I know I'm not alone. Thanks!
@FastMailFM @razziphoto Ta! Okay, maybe it is just me. Works from my other Mac. Hang on, I'm going to reboot this beast.
@razziphoto And that would be the swooping sound of an email being sent successfully. Also Mail.app on Yosemite. Thanks @FastMailFM :)
@razziphoto All I needed was a reboot, it seems. Hope you're as lucky.
RT @DarmonRichter: New blog post now up: "Hunting for Crocodiles in Bristol's Dreadnought Drain" http://t.co/awsnLy2PQX #bristol #uk #urbex…
@BrisBeerFactory When you get where you're going, buy a lottery ticket.
Stepped outside. Considering going back for sunscreen. #balmy
If you've not gone out yet today in #Bristol, (a) do; (b) don't take a coat. http://t.co/TB6zg6Esqu
Rear view. http://t.co/TRcE3K3gvV
Woods. http://t.co/AkJfzeq9YN
Ah, Leigh Woods. The birdsong. The leaves. The refreshing lack of people asking you for money because you dared to step outside.
@shezza_t Sharknado!?
Observatory sky. http://t.co/wKmAonjJox
Pillars of the community #bristol http://t.co/98JSgegGev http://t.co/hu5czIJzeT
Yew're gorgeous. #bristol #leighwoods http://t.co/y4ZllxhnqO
@shezza_t I feel extra-lucky now :D Try not to get washed away on the way home.
RT @MFinney: The Feds go after AT&T. If you have an AT&T phone read this. http://t.co/1ffkcM7WRB #abc7NewsBayArea
"We all wish the magic of Christmas would start earlier..." NO WE DON'T. IF IT STARTS ANY EARLIER IT'LL FUCKING WRAP AROUND. #shoutingatads
Dreamy. http://t.co/pzxLcIbqyB
@johnfbraun *He* didn’t have to cope with chocolate Santas appearing in the supermarkets in July.
@johnfbraun (And if he had, the Sermon on the Mount would’ve had more snark, I reckon.)
Preparing dinner. http://t.co/mJqrcExhqH
@tsunimee Well, if he’s seeing double then you’re twice as beautiful…
2013
RT @petepaphides: Drugs finally took their toll on Lou Reed, according to one newspaper. He'd have died a lot sooner if he had a doughnut h…
News: Yahoo updates UK weather app with more realistic graphics. http://t.co/Cjq1mJr4rU
@LukeSonny I believe it's a combination of mass hysteria, mass sarcasm, and some slightly stronger wind than usual.
I now own a square of darkness. http://t.co/iii8AgpKPF
RT @aral: RT @jmerriman: I talked to Adobe yesterday: http://t.co/8njnDVsfHu Nothing says ‘we care’ like canned responses.
@David_on_a_bike @guriben He’s *behind you!*
@stroughtonsmith This is the hallmark of an app upgrade that seriously breaks compatibility with previous documents...
Bracelet buddies. http://t.co/MDPM8BMGOr
Squishing bugs. #getrunning
@youngandfoodish Prepare yourself for an onslaught of tea criticism.
@shezza_t My local Co-Op rearranged all its stuff about 3 months ago, and I *still* feel like a dumb tourist when I'm trying to find things.
SCONESTAGRAM. http://t.co/HsG9Libhd0
@Malarkey The Edit option in Mail.app just fires you at http://t.co/F5FTzFRzLe, but you can change them there. http://t.co/YgFSC092zt
Not completely convinced by the new iOS 7 refresh of Angry Birds. http://t.co/NkvttObSdW
2012
@sciencewitch @Mouse_House He was pretty ace.
@curtismark Just the annual Zombie Walk. As you do…
Morning all.
So far, my day is going well. Extra hour in bed, plus... http://t.co/riLHQQNP
@KaveyF No. I made me brekkie, out of bed.
@KaveyF Nope. Am gossip-free zone.
@theshinythings I have matching side-plates, mugs and a sugarbowl :D Luckily, Evolution in the Galleries has been selling them for years...
@theshinythings ...so I had time to build up the collection gradually!
@hayles Three random people have told me I should do Movember now. The most they're getting out of me is a Goateeuesday.
@hayles NOBODY is getting THAT out of me.
It may be time to Get On With Stuff. Sigh.
Excuse me, I'm just going to spend five minutes greasing my bicycle. #notaeuphemism
Swarfega has the scariest ingredients list of anything I'd voluntarily smear on my body.
.@thekarleighshow Swarfega ingredients: http://t.co/okP5xoqN
@shleyWard Not recently. I'd try a local tiny hardware store, a bike shop, mail order from Amazon, or a Halfords, in that order :D
RT @liveindetail: @gothick It's amazing stuff, smells nice and is delicious on a slice of toast
@KellySibson Nope. Very minimal this morning. Just egg and sausage.
@thekarleighshow Yeah, it's fab. I just shouldn't have read the ingredients :)
@dangusset @thekarleighshow I think for a Pot Noodle you just add monosodium glutamate and stir.
@Picklechu You must've been *really* clean by the end of the day.
@domwakeling Well, obviously, if I could afford the XL tub, I'd just swim in the stuff.
@thenicolabryant Try printing the document. Should be a "PDF" option somewhere on the print screen that will let you "print" to PDF.
@talkie_tim Happy birthday!
Japanese tourist asks for photo with zombies yesterday. Gets perhaps a little more than he expected :D http://t.co/6WpZWR4x
@MarkSkinner_ @BrewDogBristol Peered through window yesterday, but friend's poorly hip means we need to wait until there are seats free :)
RT @utterben: You never forget your first love. http://t.co/Vbf3LQ9B
@redlegoman Just the Bristol Zombie Walk. Er. Not quite sure how to explain it any better than that!
Well, Skyfall was fun :)
@claireellent Oh! Just realised, you never showed me the blue people on the telly :D
@claireellent I could bring my hammer around? Erm. Is the TV running off a digital box? Try unplugging/replugging/otherwise waggling cables.
@jonhickman It's a great deal better than The Phantom Menace. Then again, so is slamming your fingers in a car door.
@claireellent Short of taking the back off and poking around, I think you've probably tried all you can.
@claireellent Oh. And "Eve"? Also "Selena", from _28 Days Later_.
@MrGreenGus 19:45 (at the Orpheus.) Yes, really not bad. Though the technobabble a bit much to take for a geek...
2011
RT @LettersOfNote: Please be real. Please be real. http://t.co/S2qRtDmL
Crete was nice. Although it took me a few days to start sleeping properly. Got lots of photos to process. And Easyjet were actually good.
@Cookwitch Enjoy! Yes, they were surprisingly good. κάλο ταξίδι*! *Have a good trip.
@lahlootea Temptress!
@KaveyF @lahlootea We should have a biscuit-off between them and @hartsbakery's custard creams.
@KaveyF @HartsBakery @lahlootea Whereas I would NEVER stoop so low. Never. Not ever. *wink* *nudge*
Mmm. At @missemmeline's place where handmade sushi is on the menu :) http://t.co/E9NVWwMj
Mmmmnm. Miso. http://t.co/rhHYSDzv
@KellySibson Definitely. Seen rolling machines in sushi restaurants.
2010
Ah, so it's the time of year where companies try to sell more stuff by crowbarring "spooky" into the subject lines of marketing mails, then?
(All fine, apparently. Cue lots of "you must have put on weight" jokes...)
Oh, and in other boat-related news, Number Seven steps in to continue morning ferry commuter trips :D http://bit.ly/aKHPAi #bristol
@jorence Well, if you can find mine, you're welcome to use it. I last saw it in about 2004, if that helps?
Two leaves from my day: 1) http://flic.kr/p/8NPCqb 2) http://flic.kr/p/8NPA5G
RT @jimmy_wales: This is the most awesome image in a Wikipedia article, ever: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_page
@thomasvenables Still thinking about options, will drop you a line, though! Ta.
@hayles Given your description, I think the mist you can assume is that he's borrowed his mate's clothes.
@hayles I've had to do that myself for a number 8 driver before!
@hayles ...well, okay, not the indicators. But without me, he'd have turned down Jacob's Wells Road...
@hannahnicklin Really? Must give that a try. My coffee addiction could use some alternative options.
Cool. Snappy's square-pan pizza. That'll bring back memories for other Warwickites, I'm sure ;) http://yfrog.com/5ey0tej
My friend Thom was apparently at the top of the mast when the Spirit of Antigua capsized. http://bit.ly/aIVRYW
@RellyAB *Adds Relly to "Internet-gossip-flirts" list*
Got late payment fee letter for my credit card. Until this month, I'd been in credit for so long, the DD details had "fallen off". D'oh.
So, let that be a lesson: Spend like it's going out of fashion, otherwise they'll fine you. Erm.
@hayles Have done. They are refunding. If it's dinged my credit rating, I will be annoyed, though. Grr.
(Not that I ever actually shout at people. It's not the bloke on the phone's fault, after all.)
Right. For the first time this week, I am going to cook A Actual Meal, with Vegetables and Stuff.
@AndyCarolan Ahh, they'd probably go well with those waterproof stock cubes of mine.
@archidave Yes, spot on. Woooo!
@davelee *groan*
@bertpalmer Hey! I do cook quite often, you know!
2009
@WilHarris Mine has certainly fallen on its arse noticeably more than in previous weeks, but that's only three or four times.
#getrunning Right. Back home and feeling bouncy. Quick post-jog stretch and then I'll figure out what to have for dinner...
Nipping out to #getrunning. Catch you all in 5K.
@talkie_tim I am well past the age where the sandmen would have caught me, you know...
New Oracle SQL Developer has a box labelled "Ask Tom". Must be some kind of MySpace tie-in.
Looking forward to running tonight. Just ate big pastry with chocolate, so pretty much committed to burning it off now!
@paulahillier Sure it will be lovely while I'm in the office. At least am going out to lunch. :)
Never mind. Will listen to Speech Debelle while I wait for ferry. Might help.
Grr. Went to bed nice and early. How come I feel so crap? #crotchety
@asic69 in that case, I'd send it back.
@ahnlak Clearly a timezone where I Get More Pete. Welcome back, dear. Feeling better?
2008
Back from Jeremy Hardy. Great gig. Never seen him live before.
What the heck? There's no parking spaces south of the river. Either there's something else going on, or Jeremy Hardy's very popular indeed!
Right. Exercise bike. Dinner. Greek practice. Jeremy Hardy. That's the evening planned, then.
http://twitpic.com/ikro - 28102008201
@bobbyllew When I get my savings back, I'm buying the book :) Think I might need a psychological hand in cutting my spending...
2007
How did we manage to steal a traffic cone in *Clovelly*?