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@deandrawrites_ When they live in draughty houses built in 1763 they do š
@adamgasson @madzadev 128 times the memory of mine! Luxuryā¦ #zx81
@adamgasson @madzadev It's the fiddling with the little azimuth angle screw on the tapehead to get that one bloody game to load that I remember most from tape drives.
@chubbybannister Agreed Wordle 493 6/6 ā¬ā¬šØā¬ā¬ šØā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ ā¬š©ā¬ā¬š© ā¬š©š©š©š© ā¬š©š©š©š© š©š©š©š©š©
@CubicleApril Sadly my iMac canāt even upgrade to Ventura. Might look into getting a more recent one secondhand if Apple really arenāt going to bring out a new 27ā replacementā¦
2021
2020
In Oldbury-on-Severn. For some reason. https://t.co/torHn6jXDg
@djelibeybi_meg Might be š
RT @Avon_Stories: Oldbury (ex) nuclear power station (@gothickās Blakeās 7 pilgrimage) https://t.co/RnPp91djPF
Went exploring Oldbury-on-Severn with @Avon_Stories and @Bingo_Little today. I think this was the point we realised the weather was about to change a tad. https://t.co/mR4KmGuK5T
Mostly we went to satisfy my eccentric desire to see a Blake's 7 location, the Oldbury-on-Severn nuclear power station. https://t.co/UiytuzQTbz
You can see it behind Avon, Blake and Vila in this signed photo I've got, shot on second day of filming for Time Squad (thanks to @MakingBlakes7 for confirming that a few years back...) https://t.co/UVMj1K3WA9
...but the surrounding landscape was also pretty impressive, especially the walk down the side of the Severn. https://t.co/mcuunrGAxX
@_pigeons_ From here for about five minutes you get some Cally action, them running around inside the (fully-operational) nuclear power plant, plenty of Federation redcoats, and a bit of Vila's lockpicking skills... https://t.co/dZL5DvZar2
RT @MarieAnnUK: Someone didn't waste their time during lockdown. šš š https://t.co/4UWBOWp02M
@seh @unfortunatalie My place has been here since 1763. Guess there may have been a few things to stay indoors and hide from over the years...
2019
RT @Grace_Segers: Me, writing an email: I'm using an exclamation point so you know I'm friendly and excited! But now I'm using a period soā¦
@danielpunkass The trick is to skip the stage of disruption where you can't stop them beeping without upgrading the firmware from a Windows machine and they all end up in a Russian botnet.
@archidave Personally I'm looking forward to the Brexit Diet, where my natural aversion to turnips will help me shed the pounds.
@antimitch @hayles Yup. And the only thing I can remember apart from that was that their all-day breakfast was fab.
@paul_haine Given the available options, I could probably get behind Glory as a candidate for PM...
Someone appears to be having a 1990s rave in a car outside my house. Iāll be very disappointed if I check and it turns out *not* to be a Vauxhall Nova with tinted windows and a big fake exhaust.
@OpinionatedGeek Don't worry. Soon our attention spans will be so short we won't need them anyway.
What, me? Worried Iāll have trouble getting started early enough to get myself to @BristolCon tomorrow? Why dāyou ask? https://t.co/pg4MQ1JI80
@benjohnbarnes Iām finding it interesting to accidentally see how the other half have been living (Iāve never had a force-touch-capable device!)
RT @MammonMachine: Twitter and Facebook may be both run by dangerous, immortal sociopaths without even the slightest idea of how to run theā¦
2018
Hot off the presses... @quellist1 https://t.co/vSmo2LrG2g
2017
2016
@hayles Surely that should read Holy Health Breakthrough, BATMAN!
@bleedsixcolors @dmoren You know, I *think* this might mean I could control my clunky old X-10 lights with the Echo. Scary.
2015
RT @phalguy: Plot twist: Canadians aren't really sorry.
Well done all you @B_BMarathon runners! Looking strong! https://t.co/5CnIDbV0th
Telephoto. https://t.co/83UBd2WUm6
@B_BMarathon He certainly looked unperturbed by the experience around mile 8ā¦ https://t.co/DtJKv2rNdj
Always impressive when you can manage a smile at mile 8, @bristolwestac :) https://t.co/vSIdE17LzA
Many people looking more cheery than I would be coming up to mile 8 of the @B_BMarathon! https://t.co/NpxT0DIRxu
I shall leave the @B_BMarathon runners heading off into the distance. Next stop, a flotilla. https://t.co/aJAu9JYMu0 https://t.co/SpgZGHNXLg
Thereās nothing like a rampant, er, cormorant to get you started on a Sunday morning, #Bristol https://t.co/UvJ5jceO9Y
Bristol: āWell, if weāre going to have shipping containers lying around the place, they might as well be pretty.ā https://t.co/FGPm2XsxJV
Yeah, itās definitely that time of year. https://t.co/zOhaybTnVW
@SouthvilleRC Looking good! https://t.co/5uZfKJZQQC
This old lamp post on the disused steamer landing stage in Hotwells always feels slightlyā¦ Narnian to me. https://t.co/1io4lL4yOp
Quick mud shot for @_pigeons_ :) https://t.co/htZXo9Hr7Q
@loft_fitness @BAndrewsFitness I may be able to answer that question for youā¦ :) https://t.co/cv0Oy1SowI
@BAndrewsFitness @loft_fitness @janecolman Well done all! Iāve only ever done halves myself :)
Easy to forget how picturesque the Portway can be when you concentrating on the roadā¦ #bristol https://t.co/MzikPwOsvJ
Yurt Lush. https://t.co/CYu8PiNuul
@ChippHarriers From this morning :) https://t.co/orGtmZDGha
@LeadHyperion How do they *feel*? Carrots will be soft and floppy long before they turn actively harmful, in my experience.
@chubbybannister So Iām not the only one thinking that. I reckon heāll be amusingly caught in the act by the poacher patrol #timeshifttweets
2014
Having to say āpleaseā to Siri. #verybritishproblems
@polly_lop28 Plus ten points for realising that your TVās been blasting out reruns of Morse on the Drama channel since 2am.
RT @bitfield: If you're using (or sharpening) pencils in any kind of modern web operations environment, you need to see this. http://t.co/Pā¦
Light meter. http://t.co/8rms6RLyGv
Chorizo sausage rolls for lunch from Ahh Toots in St Nick's. Avocado and lime cake to finish! #winningā¦ http://t.co/mf9K38MZEQ
@justgetflux Is there an easy way of checking if I have the latest version? Thanks!
Sad gherkin. http://t.co/oqUKRG77nO http://t.co/E1vQMx877G
Crumbly #Bristol. http://t.co/DgkYQOj7xG
Snappity: Contrast #bristol http://t.co/LejBJ2ZUy8 http://t.co/jUkkGxN76D
@malvernrunner Look on the bright side: could be both!
2013
"Bristol prepares for worst storm in two decades" <-- Yup. Charging my camera battery :D
@artsandwriting Sunday, allegedly. Believe it when I see it.
@ollieflips Nah, it's fine, they kept the "mute" feature :D
RT @big_ben_clock: BONG
Past my bedtime, thenā¦ *crashes*
@jxdwinter @an0 Not sure itās āfakeā. Been in the App Store since before Tweetbot originally came out, first time round.
Excellent! My toast has an integrated carry handle. http://t.co/VRk4EiXsgk
This flood level map is interesting: http://t.co/P0qLtPrcg0 (Via this #bristol Flickr discussion: http://t.co/8YIFPdc2j4 about the 7 Hills.)
(It's reassuring that the whole of central Bristol has to flood before my basement starts taking in water...)
@BabsBat Aww, shucks :)
@hayles I think I'm going back to Tweetbot 2 until the dust settles, to whatever degree it's going to settle.
RT @SaliWho: 3D printed gun components may have been found in Manchester. Hipster criminals. They probably made them ironically. http://t.cā¦
@plusnet Ah well. Guess I'm sticking things out as I am for the time being.
@plusnet (Thanks!)
What do people use Instagram for? Oh, of course: selling guns. http://t.co/DEQBBxXdvR
Having a more relaxed working morning than usual*. *Still in my dressing gown.
So. Mavericks time for the iMac, then. Might see you in a bit. Might see you from a cafe on my laptop in four hours, crying.
Ah, I love the smell of freshly-upgraded memory in the morning. #geek http://t.co/3oDo26rCq9
@dangusset Personally, I'm hoping for 20m; I'll be just fine, but the nearest ferry stop will get a *lot* nearer...
@_pigeons_ @WTF4Photography *Business* attire is *clean* pants.
@_pigeons_ @WTF4Photography Or the day beforeās, Febreezed.
Right then. Here we go. *crosses fingers* http://t.co/SvLmjXOKse
@bertpalmer Thanks ;)
Well, seeing as the computer's busy, might as well go old-school. http://t.co/fCJhdesaLS
Also, a shout out to Rotel, whose RA-810A here has been giving sterling service daily since the 1980s... http://t.co/qGVMQuQlWh
@slicknic My turntableās a cheaparse cut-down one. Couldnāt really justify a full-size for the amount I play. The amp rocks, though.
@WTF4Photography @dangusset A literal bay window. Excellent.
@slicknic Lovely!
And an honourable mention to my trusty Celestion 3 speakers, also from the 1980s and still going strong.
Time for side 2 already. Wonder if Mavericksāll have finished installing before I get through double album. http://t.co/nHaPrhQDF1
@MsMottram Been running it on the laptop for months, and itās been fine. As always, though, if you donāt *need*, maybe wait for a few weeks.
@thekirbylover Settings -> Accounts -> Edit -> drag?
@thekirbylover I mean this one: http://t.co/IJRHJw6nMn
@thekirbylover Oh, *arse*. Sorry, I actually forgot Iād switched back!
@psidnell No? So far, itās been fine (had it on the laptop since June or Julyā¦)
@psidnell My commiserations. Shouldnāt be *too* hard, though, right?
RT @bbcweather: Amber warnings are out for England and Wales in advance of Monday's #ukstorm. Gusts of 80mph may topple trees and powerlineā¦
What do we reckon, folks? Will it be a nice, clear sunny day on Monday? #ukstorm
@psidnell Yeah. Worst case, I have a clone backup I can just leave restoring when I go to bed this evening :D #superduper
#Mavericks tip: If you've limited bandwidth, hit System Preferences->App Store and turn off background updates. #osx http://t.co/dqXi3wAWpr
@jameshutson Apart from not being able to post a new tweet from there...
@emma_cossey Yeah, me too. Opposite of last year, though. Maybe that's because it's not been constantly raining...
RT @UsVsTh3m: Harold Bishop from Neighbours and comedian Ross Nobleās TV romance in GIFS. Yes, you read that right. http://t.co/7ES9756l8f
RT @rupertg: The police came for me as I was using my 3D printer - so I made a bolt for the door
Keep on trying to turn down my record player using my Mac's volume buttons. Unsurprisingly, it keeps on not working.
@UrsulaWJ Yeah, but back then there were only three channels, which made it less of an issue :D
Time for a walk, I reckon
Aha. Thought they might be working on some quick Tweetbot 3 changesā¦ http://t.co/U4SOEuz4Zq
"He is the only American citizen whose whereabouts are known and yet is officially listed as missing." http://t.co/cqNuSTF2rO
RT @chrisfholm: @ChuckWendig Running is like the exercise-equivalent of veganism. For some reason, the world always wants to talk you out oā¦
Hrm. Wonder if a camera sensor could record the polarisation of the photons that hit it, allowing you to polarise-filter in post?
Thatād presumably be much, much more data than the simple ābucketā from current sensors would catch.
@ramez @ChuckWendig Yeah. Itās about whatever you can end up enjoying enough to still be doing in five yearsā time.
@ramez @ChuckWendig (I run because I always liked long walks, and itās a similar kind of head-space.)
@BlackDogDays It does feel pretty restless out there. Definitely glad I live in the basement at the mo! :)
Score! I thought, āhow would I make a polarisation sensor?ā, Googled my idea, and there it already was: http://t.co/nh4bRyb70j
@BlackDogDays Itās stood up there quite a while up until now, right? :)
@BlackDogDays Personally, Iād quite like mine to land at Greville Smyth. Save me the hassle of movingā¦
Wow. Just checked after nattering with @BlackDogDays about our houses: mine was built 250 years ago. Feck.
@BlackDogDays Nah. Just submitted my accounts so I can sort out mortgage, then Iām kicking things off.
@BlackDogDays That might explain the latest influx of estate agentsā cards.
Whoo! A 93% increase in revenue! *Goes yacht-shopping* http://t.co/bNv1xOtCml
@psidnell Hurrah!
Well, that turned out pretty well. http://t.co/P01hhwDRiH
(It was sort of this: http://t.co/O0X5dq16QG only with duck and some other minor changes.)
I like working from home, but in autumn, I miss the walk to work. Looks a bit like this. http://t.co/Z8BEqjxhzE http://t.co/QhTrYqgCl5
RT @AnonyOps: Aww don't panic about http://t.co/BCCEvVEoQL being down. They have a backup copy of the internet.
2012
Dinner party. http://t.co/9N5xkvNG
2011
Ī¤ĻĪ¹ĪŗĪæĻ Ī“Ī¹Ī¬ #deadly #firewater #greek http://t.co/K70pP7g9
It's me! #1 http://t.co/zjx9yR8m
It's me! #2 #boxofoldstuff http://t.co/JVqx9l3d
It's me! #3 #babymatt #tinygothick http://t.co/yqSNLON8
.@KaveyF You ain't seen nothin' yet! #tinymatt #nakedmatt #nudey http://t.co/XVWtCfwV
@ahnlak Just be grateful I didn't post the potty pic!
@bexxi @ahnlak @KaveyF Just for you, then. Note the "what the hell are you taking a photo for!?" expression. #pottypic http://t.co/08RngPhG
@KaveyF Yup. That is my stylish mum, circa 1973.
@ahnlak I have model release!
Okay, last one. Me and great grandma Carrie. #tinymatt http://t.co/HWConi1X
(Although we did actually find some full-frontal nudity. But nobody needs to see that.) #tinymatt
@KaveyF My dad wasn't that bad, either. #twinnedwithelvis http://t.co/rvmGdaSE
@shezza_t Right up until my teens, from what I remember.
2010
@juliasegal Only if they got to us before we were devoured by ferocious Uggodiles.
@BlackDogDays I've been here seven years; would we have overlapped?
@BlackDogDays I work on same team as Steph!
@BlackDogDays Do we? Well, I wouldn't be surprised! And yes, definitely me.
@BlackDogDays Yup, that was me. I get everywhere.
@mightymur Bank robbers?
Iiin meeemooory ooof Jooohn Peeeel, Iiiiii'm plaaaayyyiiing thiiiis tweeeet aaaat thheee wroooong speeeed. #keepingitpeel
@benjohnbarnes Sounds good. Will add it to t'list.
@davehodg Ta! Will point my friend in that direction.
Yay! The Evening Post made me 27 rather than 37. That's my kind of misprint :)
@dschimpf If you think that's hard, you should try asynchr
@dschimpf onous tweeting.
Yes. Yes, please: http://xkcd.com/810/
@matthew_roach Hrm. Can't see a way of making it do stuff it doesn't do in the front-end. Think I shall have to give up. Ta for looking!
@missionverdana My ADSL is utterly dead, but my phone is fine. Same problem? @Dichohecho
Downloading the beta of Scrivener for Windows :)
@matthew_roach Ta! Can't see any way of filtering time-without-date anywhere in this thing.
@matthew_roach Trying to filter out several years' worth of photos taken on the morning ferry, you see...
@RichNeville Yeah. I always try to keep my shaving as symmetrical as possible due to similar concerns about my beard trimmer.
@bertpalmer @BradleyLaw Thank you for at least confirming that I'm not being dense.
@BradleyLaw @bertpalmer Damn. That will not be entirely practical for 1,200 photos taken across three years.
@bertpalmer Don't make me hurt you.
@bertpalmer @BradleyLaw ...or am I missing something?
@bradleylaw @bertpalmer Sort by "capture time" appears to sort by date, then time. I want all photos I've _ever_ taken during any morning.
Lightroom experts: Can I search by time? Want to find only photos taken in the morning.
@xabl That's never down.
Lovely start to the week on the ferries, at least. Beautiful light mist this morning: http://flic.kr/p/8N3EyQ
@matthew_roach Ah, but it's _just_ time I want, not date. i.e. "Find me all photos tagged 'ferry' taken before noon, regardless of date."
Damn. Looks like my ADSL is totally down.
On the ferry home. Evening Post also aboard, interviewing other commuters.
@BlackDogDays If the lazy bugger was still in the office, I would :D
@roundonefight Wouldn't work. Remember, he only likes the extra-virgin.
@hayles Heh. Yup. A child prodigy among NatWest programmers.
@hayles I was on an iPhone. Surprised they heard anything properly :)
@BlackDogDays Have you heard Mike talk about someone called "Gibbo"? :)
2009
Heading into town for a late lunch. http://twitpic.com/mvt0x
@KaveyF Heard the LX3 is good for low light. Don't know if it's too pricey for you, but held one earlier this week & it felt v. well built.
@KaveyF Not sure you're going to get good low light performance out of anything really small and light :( Megapixel war = Teh Suck.
@KaveyF Many DSLR users I know seem to have ended up with either the LX3 or the Canon G9/10. Will post review of my FP8 today, if lucky...
@KaveyF ...but lo, it doth suck in low light. Although it will capture and has a "high sensivity" lower-res mode that I've not played with.
Anyway. Just back from a 6K jog up Bridge Valley Road and around the Downs. Feel good. #getrunning
@KaveyF Many people go for the LX3 because of its wide wide end; for me that would maybe make up a bit for a loss of long end.
@KaveyF Anyway, my compact does a good zoom on paper, but at the long end it has to bump up the ISO so much it's noisy as feck.
@KaveyF Oh. Thought G11 was next in line. Keep hearing that G10 not as good in low light as LX3, but haven't tried either for myself.
@KaveyF Shame. Such a lovely camera otherwise. It's what I'd buy, in that arena. Too heavy for the bumbag when jogging, though!
Quick blog post about this morning's jog, with a picture I took of the Avon Gorge http://bit.ly/3N77M1 #getrunning
@hayles there are probably many ways I'm worse than you, hon.
Can't quite believe I'm wearing a T-shirt on an open boat. Lovely blast of sunshine we're having!
@shezza_t no, we have fair share of wind. But no rain yet *crosses fingers*
In @wshed, awaiting pasta :)
May... have... *buzz* overcaffeinated... *hyperventilate*
@zamon Oh yes.
@zamon I was at the very lovely Watershed Media Centre :)
About to watch "Office Space".
@hayles Hopefully I will, too :)
@hayles Didn't we talk about my pathetic rate of film-watching? I'm rubbish.
2008
Right. Officially knackered. Band photos and weekly review will have to wait until tomorrow
Hmm. iMac now back. Wonder if I'll manage to figure out what went wrong. May be related to Rosetta Stone CD's copy protection...
Great. Installed WiFi software update, rebooted, and my Mac -- that doesn't use WiFi -- won't restart at all.
@floyduk and that's a good thing? Sounds like an Italian toilet soap.
Finishing coffee by Victoria Rooms before heading in to private view at RWA.
Aha. Looks like I and other Icesave customers now have more information on getting their money back. http://www.fscs.org.uk/consumer/
@bertpalmer Yeah, I've tried it myself, but it's tough when you don't actually have a polaroid to model things on!
@bertpalmer Yeah, it's very cute. And it's still being developed, by the looks of it, but it's off to a good start, I think!
Twenty minute break to play with the highly funky Poladroid, a free polaroid-style-photo-maker for Mac http://www.poladroid.net/
@Azhure Hurrah!
Right. Now: Breakfast. Shower. Laundry. Tax return. Tidy up. Lunch. RWA Exhibition launch. Process band photos. Weekly review. Bed.