On This Day, 30 April

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@GrammarTable Never even thought about a tent! Assumed we were discussing a treatise on the Marquis de Sade, say...

30 Apr 2023 08:34:14

2022

RT @ememess: The basic issue with a Musk takeover is this odd idea of Twitter as “town square”. It’s not. It’s a pub. And in a pub, if you’…

30 Apr 2022 07:44:12

@TunafishTiger @twostraws "Congratulations. You are our new CEO..."

30 Apr 2022 07:47:11

@ahnlak @foodurchin This is the kind of content I signed up to Twitter for.

30 Apr 2022 08:41:27

RT @RantingOwl: Well shit. https://t.co/aQ7PcJbJWP

30 Apr 2022 08:41:54

@bettywoolerton First bit you pass is the bricked up steps down to the old ferry crossing. Anyone know someone very enterprising with a boat? (Seriously, though, I feel for both pedestrians and Wapping Wharf traders. What a pain.)

30 Apr 2022 08:44:47

RT @liveindetail: The default password on my new @virginmedia router sounds like a noise Stephen Fry might make https://t.co/Xfz8u1BMz3

30 Apr 2022 09:37:08

Focus https://t.co/SpISdYZMWn

30 Apr 2022 10:42:54

RT @susie_dent: Should you need it at the end of a long week, to 'soss' (18th century) is to flop heavily onto the nearest sofa/chair/bed.

30 Apr 2022 11:06:49

No, Twitter, it’s the *last* day of April today. https://t.co/xWMGSGUvyG

30 Apr 2022 15:10:42

(Who had “hexagonal NFT profile pictures will arrive before an Edit button” in the late-stage Twitter sweepstake?)

30 Apr 2022 15:13:20

@ahnlak I believe you just answered your own question.

30 Apr 2022 15:20:20

RT @Hadrians_Gate: “It’s a trap!” https://t.co/Wu8vCuMuGZ

30 Apr 2022 17:03:22

@TheGuyForks https://t.co/ykemWnvTqU

30 Apr 2022 18:10:06

2021

RT @JaneSamuels: Controversy in Todmordens little free libraries. https://t.co/HhPdS1VpyA

30 Apr 2021 07:52:33

RT @helenleigh: I didn't rip apart an expensive computer and put it back together again at 12. I didn't use a soldering iron until I was in…

30 Apr 2021 09:35:56

RT @Seej500: "Do I have ADHD? No. My body just doesn't excrete the REWARD CHEMICAL when I think about doing the washing up, and frankly it'…

30 Apr 2021 20:47:14

2020

RT @samaracello: It was only a matter of time before I did one of these #sorrynotsorry https://t.co/bMu23N4iFr

30 Apr 2020 16:18:16

RT @cgpgrey: Spaceship You: https://t.co/KYG58P6Upz

30 Apr 2020 19:10:57

RT @dusttodigital: Remembering Reverend Gary Davis, born on this day in 1896 in Laurens, South Carolina. Here he is playing “If I Had My Wa…

30 Apr 2020 20:01:48

2019

RT @goulcher: help I can't stop watching her knife trick https://t.co/Y3tOTONggU

30 Apr 2019 07:03:09

RT @Triangle__Walks: @fourfoot Most human behaviour does this. In no particular order: 1. Stopping in shop doorways for conversations / di…

30 Apr 2019 07:45:14

@fourfoot Hi! Thanks for the follow!!! Here’s some really important information about subscribing to my newsletter!!!

30 Apr 2019 07:46:52

A perennial complaint, I know, but I am truly curious as to what brought about the mass cafe back-pedal re the invention of the fork. https://t.co/nIvYyXu3id

30 Apr 2019 09:33:46

@lu1820 @AskLloydsBank I’m getting the same with the website. Trying to pay myself this morning and it finally worked on the fourth try! Not reassuring…

30 Apr 2019 09:44:38

@waiyeehong Well butter my flapjack and call me Shirley.

30 Apr 2019 12:19:40

RT @samjordison: In a funny kind of way, this is the most revealing tweet @adamboultonSKY has ever written about what’s wrong with the UK,…

30 Apr 2019 12:24:56

@UrsulaWJ Still tempted to start a campaign, if only because I could call it Why Don’t You Give a Fork?

30 Apr 2019 13:06:59

RT @dorrismccomics: https://t.co/i7PhJ1GJds

30 Apr 2019 17:19:56

Um. So, out of interest, how many of you have had a secret crush on nine of your friends at once? Am I doing secret crushes wrong? Seems high. https://t.co/ai2aUkv1zI

30 Apr 2019 18:17:56

Also, you know, UGH. But still curious.

30 Apr 2019 18:18:27

@Kavey #bandname

30 Apr 2019 18:23:46

Scattergun Lust #nameofmysextape https://t.co/A0QogAX9Kv

30 Apr 2019 18:25:43

2018

@Bristolvor Yur, it’s good stuff!

29 Apr 2018 23:17:33

RT @jamesrbuk: This is funny when you think it’s a tweet, then just gets grimmer as you realised it’s a thread. Then downright bleak when y…

30 Apr 2018 19:09:12

@tomcoates If it wasn’t a pain in the arse, it just wouldn’t be Adobe.

30 Apr 2018 22:31:58

2017

Left Handed Giant - https://t.co/rxTl7VyJN3 https://t.co/HmOJYrXOIB

30 Apr 2017 09:37:16

@CharlieEsq_ Aww. I'm surprised I and my hangover didn't spot you two. :D

30 Apr 2017 10:25:55

When your interest in football extends only as far as making sure it’s safe to step outdoors.

30 Apr 2017 10:55:22

Fierce. https://t.co/qym1Y4ptSw https://t.co/qBoWDuyz0R

30 Apr 2017 14:28:48

Flat out. https://t.co/wrJmo9aad3 https://t.co/iz4HUdooLw

30 Apr 2017 15:52:37

2016

Saturday sundae. https://t.co/dm9QXXtYYJ

30 Apr 2016 14:16:49

2015

Gorge is pretty tonight. #bristol http://t.co/OHVGxCXCdg

30 Apr 2015 17:47:48

Tobacco Factoryin’.

30 Apr 2015 18:50:24

@kissane I can’t figure it out. I am reading much, much less. But if a new book from a favourite author comes out, I devour it.

30 Apr 2015 18:57:34

@kissane I think it’s one of those cases where it’s hard to tell which effects are from “it’s 2015!” and which are “I’m 42 years old.”.

30 Apr 2015 18:58:32

@vowe I use both because I find them very different, and complementary. But I also don’t like either very much! Annoying.

30 Apr 2015 19:00:49

Not convinced I agree with Apple’s percentage calculation for the progress bar here. http://t.co/hkXtvwDf9p

30 Apr 2015 19:19:38

River mud. https://t.co/eK2sP03Sqe

30 Apr 2015 20:22:08

Snappity: snapper :D https://t.co/fEzrPcM6yn http://t.co/T3hoycCOpp

30 Apr 2015 20:59:12

#HowOldRobot guessed my age at 54. Swearing ensued. http://t.co/gmMT0FSCUE

30 Apr 2015 21:35:07

(And the photo it analysed was carefully selected to be the vaguely young-looking one, too :( #really #54 #myarse http://t.co/jL6oLrKHRA

30 Apr 2015 21:36:32

@anna_debenham @RellyAB It has a non-lady problem too. I AM NOT FIFTY FOUR. *cries*

30 Apr 2015 21:38:27

2014

@adambanksdotcom It’s amazing how far down that article I managed to get before I worked out what sport it was about!

29 Apr 2014 23:02:49

RT @SirPatStew: Very happy now it's out there. http://t.co/KhvVcs2NbW

29 Apr 2014 23:16:32

Oh! I hadn't noticed the Auto Upright Correction in Lightroom before. When did that arrive?

30 Apr 2014 07:07:45

@bertpalmer Cool, ta.

30 Apr 2014 07:13:38

@bertpalmer I really must learn to read all the release notes.

30 Apr 2014 07:13:52

@bertpalmer Is it? I read quite a lot about them and couldn't really see the benefit over full-size previews if you didn't have....

30 Apr 2014 07:43:23

@bertpalmer ...disconnected storage.

30 Apr 2014 07:43:31

@bertpalmer (Or external storage, at least...)

30 Apr 2014 07:45:39

@bertpalmer Well, yeah, but I don't think that gives you any benefit over having 1:1 previews, does it?

30 Apr 2014 07:47:31

@bertpalmer (I normally generate 1:1 previews while making tea before I sit down for a session.)

30 Apr 2014 07:47:46

@bertpalmer I think this is the article that made up my mind: http://t.co/BIeA0p26yl <-- is it over-simplifying?

30 Apr 2014 07:48:53

@bertpalmer Yur. But LR will auto-generate 1:1 preview on entering Develop module on an image, right? So pre-generating speeds up my flow.

30 Apr 2014 07:50:54

"Your call is important to us" My feeling here is that if it were *that* important I wouldn't currently be 19th in a queue.

30 Apr 2014 09:03:12

RT @mattgemmell: “@helenfriel: Freelancer travel update. http://t.co/TtXO4Hb9hR ” <- The tough life I live.

30 Apr 2014 09:09:27

My new sounds: Queue http://t.co/1aYjgSMY95 on #SoundCloud

30 Apr 2014 09:20:33

Dear HMRC: I know we're in austere times, but could you really not afford a *melody* for your hold "music"? https://t.co/7cZEZAVn8S

30 Apr 2014 09:21:06

@MResponsively Let’s remove them! And reimplement scrolling really awkwardly! And make it horizontal! That’ll be brilliant! <— Netflix :(

30 Apr 2014 09:30:55

Current status: down to eighth in the queue. And after only a mere 32 minutes.

30 Apr 2014 09:33:36

Down to fourth in the phone queue at @HMRCgovuk. 52 minutes on hold. Wonder if they can break the hour? #exciting

30 Apr 2014 09:54:21

Yes. Yes, they can. *cries*

30 Apr 2014 10:01:26

RT @dave_ja: A site for iOS7 users! http://t.co/4Jo7QqE4kA

30 Apr 2014 10:05:36

And there we go. They can't give me the Corporation Tax Reference without me giving them my UTR, which I don't have. For security.

30 Apr 2014 10:09:15

Presumably in case someone else fraudulently pays my corporation tax for me.

30 Apr 2014 10:09:26

Fuck.

30 Apr 2014 10:09:38

Taking a little break from tax-related frustrations. En route to Corn Street farmers' market. http://t.co/4K7har7KrU

30 Apr 2014 11:11:44

Bed bath :) http://t.co/4fzyDAkqh5

30 Apr 2014 11:16:52

Self-prescribing for tax office-related ennui. http://t.co/WkZ97KJwTY

30 Apr 2014 12:00:47

@says_arline Yes. Which is all with my accountants, who hadn’t got back to me. This is mostly my own fault.

30 Apr 2014 12:30:42

@says_arline But spending an hour on hold listening to Casio drums is hateful no matter whose fault it is.

30 Apr 2014 12:31:02

Heh. @ Playground Coffee House http://t.co/K1QuJGJhgT

30 Apr 2014 12:48:19

Funnily enough, aggressive beggar, if you called me a prick the last time when I said that I was sorry, but I didn't have any change...

30 Apr 2014 13:30:38

I have paid my corporation tax. I didn't expect it be quite quite such an epic journey.

30 Apr 2014 13:48:37

Started to wonder if companies pick Luxembourg because their tax office actually answers the fucking phone rather than because of the rates.

30 Apr 2014 13:49:41

@ahnlak No, I'm sure it's actually quite simple. But if you realise that all the paperwork with your UTR on it is at your accountant...

30 Apr 2014 13:50:10

@ahnlak That would have worked, if I'd had the payslip.

30 Apr 2014 13:51:08

@ahnlak Maybe. Although actually, I think they are all-electronic now.

30 Apr 2014 13:51:21

Right. Anyway, as the consummate adult and responsible person I am, if anyone wants me, I'll be in a corner, crying.

30 Apr 2014 13:52:13

@Shonette If they don’t get a Dangermouse reference they’re clearly not worth the trouble.

30 Apr 2014 13:59:38

@UrsulaWJ That’s taking customer service to new levels :(

30 Apr 2014 14:01:21

Sometimes, my world has very selective focus. @BrewDogBristol http://t.co/sDv3r2po3x

30 Apr 2014 14:57:23

@ChrisNotYoung Turns out…

30 Apr 2014 15:42:33

@mattgemmell The Dropbox root folder is the Windows Desktop of our generation.

30 Apr 2014 16:35:16

@BrewDogBristol Thanks :) Full size here: https://t.co/S6t00G36cM

30 Apr 2014 17:26:30

Just converted leftovers from a meal a vegetarian friend cooked for me on Monday into a lamb casserole. Feeling slightly evil.

30 Apr 2014 17:44:05

Snappity: Open and Shut https://t.co/W2hcEInXfU

30 Apr 2014 17:46:35

Veggie hot pot, with added cous cous and... Er... Lamb. http://t.co/Jua8GH2enW

30 Apr 2014 18:03:48

2013

@MsMottram @danoliver @beccarothwell Cool :) Does *everyone* but me read this Buzzfeed thing? I"d not heard of it #notdownwiththekids

30 Apr 2013 07:39:47

@hayles Yes, I've had this problem in the past... http://t.co/kjyLPNWSTg

30 Apr 2013 07:40:49

@Thehappyfatgirl @stillawake That might be the Ostrich you're thinking of. The Cottage is the one down at the western end, with...

30 Apr 2013 08:47:20

@Thehappyfatgirl @stillawake ...a licence for the steps so you can drink outside. http://t.co/SapZkW65gV

30 Apr 2013 08:47:51

RT @Malarkey: The first website is responsive and blazingly fast! http://t.co/5DrgowCLm8

30 Apr 2013 08:48:42

RT @pete_sinclair: Note to UKIP candidates fond of doing Nazi salutes - I think you'll find that Hitler was in favour of creating a single …

30 Apr 2013 08:53:45

Interesting, that UKIP picture. But all it reminds me of is this quote from @kavey. http://t.co/6zefT6staD

30 Apr 2013 08:55:16

RT @bristol247: #bristol Police reveal images of boots and T-shirt worn by man who died after falling in Floating Harbour http://t.co/cVphG

30 Apr 2013 08:55:58

@guriben Arsebiscuits.

30 Apr 2013 11:20:08

This queue would go faster if Annoying Lady wasn’t trying to engage Post Office staff in conversation about astrology.

30 Apr 2013 11:21:05

@hayles This is truly one of the reasons I prefer weird indie coffee shops: the staff have more leeway to be sarcastic at dumb customers.

30 Apr 2013 12:29:52

Oh, *do* stop whining. No, not *you*. Someone in this cafe.

30 Apr 2013 12:32:02

@hayles Oh, yes, wasn't suggesting you should switch, just feeling sorry for the barista who can't say what they're probably thinking :)

30 Apr 2013 12:33:38

@hayles There was someone thinking of opening one down that way, but it fell through.

30 Apr 2013 12:35:10

@hayles The properties are all a bit odd around there, in terms of ownership, permissions and quality, from what I hear...

30 Apr 2013 12:35:49

@hayles ...mostly due to planned developments, and so on. Maybe one day...

30 Apr 2013 12:36:04

No, *blink* @match, the *blink* way you *blink* flash my *blink* page title with *blink* Javascript *blink* isn't at all *blink* annoying.

30 Apr 2013 20:40:04

RT @hondanhon: Wait wait as a user I love to engage with awesome content from trusted brands that I have a relationship with and share it v…

30 Apr 2013 21:11:43

2012

@Seej500 If you think the Eclipse & SDK install is a bitch, wait until you want to download the source. Took me *days*.

29 Apr 2012 23:10:06

@Seej500 Well, maybe you'll have better luck. Definitely worth it, especially if you can make it easily searchable.

30 Apr 2012 07:06:09

@BradleyLaw Make sure you pay the "second rotor upgrade supplement" on the Ryanair Chinook.

30 Apr 2012 12:02:11

@Seej500 It's dead handy when you want to start deriving your own custom classes, and need to know what the base classes are doing.

30 Apr 2012 15:18:38

@Seej500 Before that, it's not so handy.

30 Apr 2012 15:18:55

Fixin' stuff. *sounds of frenzied typing*

30 Apr 2012 19:24:03

2011

@Nose_in_a_book Will do.

29 Apr 2011 23:05:02

@rabidbee Whereas I supported my local butcher today, but I'll only find out if it was a good buying decision tomorrow...

29 Apr 2011 23:15:10

Hmm. I think I've become overly attached to a particular Buddhism teacher. It's not meant to work like that...

29 Apr 2011 23:16:46

@rabidbee I was surprised they were open. But they were, and the lamb looked pretty awesome. Must cook tomorrow!

29 Apr 2011 23:21:06

Anyway. Time for beddie-byes, methinks.

29 Apr 2011 23:22:02

@rabidbee I shall have to give 'em a try. Nearly bought some anchovy sauce, too, having tried Graze's steak with it. Was awesome.

29 Apr 2011 23:23:23

My weight: 17:6.4 stlb. 0:6.4 stlb to go. Weighin' in. http://withings.com

30 Apr 2011 08:00:51

Enjoying listening to @markthomasinfo talking about his "extreme rambling" of the West Bank wall on Radio 4.

30 Apr 2011 08:21:20

Really? Because that seems like quite an odd "route" to take to get to Bristol. #citylink http://twitpic.com/4rcttk

30 Apr 2011 08:59:04

@jorence Oooh! Well done! #nostalgia I remember my first time... I failed dismally!

30 Apr 2011 09:02:13

@jorence It's fab to be able to do. Gives you access to a lot more cool routes. Try towpath -> Leigh Woods -> Suspension Bridge next! :)

30 Apr 2011 09:05:54

@jorence http://bit.ly/lDQ0FO (Though first time it might help to have one of the Leigh Woods maps with you if you don't know the woods!)

30 Apr 2011 09:07:53

@jorence I'm very creature-of-habit, though. Portway, towpath, longer runs in Leigh Woods or around the Downs. Need to get to Ashton Court!

30 Apr 2011 09:09:55

@andybeebristol Good move.

30 Apr 2011 09:14:55

Wow. Just hit 300 snaps on @dailybooth. And only 290 of them are me looking grumpy with a coffee in my hand. http://dailybooth.com/gothick

30 Apr 2011 09:44:53

@manikpixi Mmm, normally the coffee is an attempt to cure the grumpiness. Speaking of which... *bounces off to grinder*

30 Apr 2011 09:47:47

@manikpixi Ah! Yes, it's only just coming up to 11AM over here... I drink coke at work, but at home it's coffee or green tea :)

30 Apr 2011 09:52:38

@Kanga_Rue HA!

30 Apr 2011 09:53:00

@Kanga_Rue Let's face it, though, it could've been worse. I've managed to drink the watercolour water instead of the tea before.

30 Apr 2011 09:53:35

Incidentally, the Square of Matt is still going, though I still haven't done anything to make it prettier yet. http://bit.ly/mbBk6h

30 Apr 2011 09:55:07

@manikpixi I'm surprised you sleep at all!

30 Apr 2011 09:55:49

Fairly sure that if I step into the shower, the delivery van I'm waiting for will turn up.

30 Apr 2011 09:57:11

Although, look! Got one cool bit of post already today. #bristol #10K http://twitpic.com/4rdg8w

30 Apr 2011 09:58:24

@manikpixi I'm not too sure about the coke. But yeah, coffee in the afternoon or evening often is not good for my sleep.

30 Apr 2011 09:59:28

Woohoo! Parcel. From the most chipper City Link driver I've ever met. Nice! #citylink #cheerslove

30 Apr 2011 10:04:14

@mediaben A health and safety inspection, a fireman, or a multi-socket extension?

30 Apr 2011 10:35:01

@Thehappyfatgirl I'm bloody awful at getting *me* out of bed, let alone other people. I just had my shower. My alarm was set for 7AM.

30 Apr 2011 10:50:12

@Thehappyfatgirl (a) Lots to do (b) trying to get myself back in sync for Tuesday, otherwise it's going to be a hell of a struggle!

30 Apr 2011 10:51:41

@hayles Morning, cheerful!

30 Apr 2011 10:52:18

@Thehappyfatgirl It really shouldn't have been this bad today. Just had insomnia last night for some reason :(

30 Apr 2011 10:52:51

New toy! http://flic.kr/p/9DbKXv

30 Apr 2011 10:53:30

@jorence That's one of the reasons I bought it! Main one is the heart rate monitor, though. Lots of people tell me that's handy.

30 Apr 2011 10:55:09

@andybeebristol The heart rate monitor bit is meant to help with speed training. But I'm guessing, overall, no...

30 Apr 2011 10:57:54

@andybeebristol ...what I need to do to make myself run faster has very little to do with running and everything to do with eating less :(

30 Apr 2011 10:58:17

@jorence Oooh! It can see my heartbeat. Magic.

30 Apr 2011 11:25:06

@stillawake @pearcafe Once ordered a decaf, to have the waitress call over her shoulder, "One coffee! Hold the point!"

30 Apr 2011 11:30:50

@mediaben No. Oh, how awful. Sorry to hear that.

30 Apr 2011 11:39:21

Might wander down to this harbourside markety thing and get some lunch... @BlackDogDays @jorence @Nose_in_a_book

30 Apr 2011 11:46:06

@mikeotaylor Probably not. But I figured heart rate monitor was worth trying, plus iPhone battery only barely gets through a half marathon!

30 Apr 2011 11:47:25

@jorence Cool. Will need food virtually as soon as I get there, in about 25 mins? #hungry

30 Apr 2011 11:54:23

@andybeebristol I'm more likely to rig it to shock my heart back out of vfib at the top of Bridge Valley Road!

30 Apr 2011 11:58:26

@OpinionatedGeek Ah, duplicate GUIDs, one of the more oddly philosophical ailments of the modern geek.

30 Apr 2011 12:04:24

@Nose_in_a_book No plans yet. I normally default to Watershed. Any food place ideas, @jorence?

30 Apr 2011 12:13:21

Wondering if the guy wearing the Union Jack t-shirt in Millennium Square knows the wedding was yesterday?

30 Apr 2011 12:19:27

@jorence @Nose_in_a_book Watershed it is. Very nearly there. Though slightly distracted by chocolate stall.

30 Apr 2011 12:23:33

@BlackDogDays We're in t'Watershed if you fancy a drink.

30 Apr 2011 12:45:54

@BlackDogDays If you change your mind, we are very bairn- and buffoon-friendly.

30 Apr 2011 13:25:57

RT @codepo8: Interesting story about filming "yellow badge" workers outside the google office: http://bit.ly/mIj8fb

30 Apr 2011 16:14:47

Monkey-tail beards: http://www.themonkeytail.com/2011/04/ring-tails.html @jorence @Nose_in_a_book

30 Apr 2011 16:17:39

@jorence Also -- Nightrush: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTNu6HpM0lc Dodgems: http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_gibson/3300121430/

30 Apr 2011 16:22:02

@tsunimee Smashing Mag and Web Designer Depot often do articles with links to sets, e.g. http://bit.ly/l8dvr9 http://bit.ly/l8dvr9

30 Apr 2011 16:25:00

@BristolBites :D Emily is one of my favourite Bristol Ferry Co. boats. http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_gibson/4619832460/

30 Apr 2011 16:26:50

@BristolBites More likely to be one of the bigger boats with an open deck. But they're pretty cool, too.

30 Apr 2011 16:30:29

@jorence Fab! Ta.

30 Apr 2011 16:30:55

@jorence I'm going to superglue it to my forehead so I have to headbutt the finish line :)

30 Apr 2011 16:35:47

@fdr106 Yes, yes they are.

30 Apr 2011 16:37:01

New Flickr photo: "Caption Competition". http://flic.kr/p/9DfHED <-- One of the stranger sights in today's harbourside market.

30 Apr 2011 16:51:59

@AndyCarolan @Phooto You have no idea how hard it is... not to do jokes about "touch sensitivity" at this point.

30 Apr 2011 16:53:26

OooooH! Doctor Who! Nearly forgot.

30 Apr 2011 16:57:29

"Go build a cabinet!" #drwho

30 Apr 2011 17:38:35

@BlackDogDays I went out very much with a mind to buy none at all. And bought one. Oh well...

30 Apr 2011 17:49:03

To celebrate my 300th @dailybooth, I just @pummelvision'd all my daily photos so far :) http://vimeo.com/23084528

30 Apr 2011 17:50:12

(Thanks to @jorence for the link to @pummelvision, by the way :) )

30 Apr 2011 17:58:07

Haven't worn a watch this big since the 1980s. And *that* one turned into a spaceship. http://twitpic.com/4rjpuf

30 Apr 2011 18:04:06

@BlackDogDays He seemed to be asking quite a lot of people to sign him. It was odd.

30 Apr 2011 18:05:13

My GPS watch just got to 25% success in tracking satellites. I'm still indoors. *ducks* *looks up at ceiling, nervously*.

30 Apr 2011 18:06:15

@tsunimee It's only for when I'm jogging.

30 Apr 2011 18:12:55

@tsunimee This is my normal one! http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_gibson/2860962682/

30 Apr 2011 18:13:41

@tsunimee Errr... hello? #confused

30 Apr 2011 18:14:32

@tsunimee Heh. Okay, I'll just sit here and watch you collapse in a pile of confused tweets :)

30 Apr 2011 18:16:20

@BlackDogDays OMG! It has an introduction by Israel Regardie! I *must have it*! http://twitpic.com/4rjvsu

30 Apr 2011 18:17:32

@stillawake Ah. That'll be the pre-club getting ready. Yes, I have had Those Neighbours.

30 Apr 2011 18:23:19

@benjohnbarnes Looks fine in the UK store. http://twitpic.com/4rks2p

30 Apr 2011 19:33:08

@benjohnbarnes Was the problem definitely today? Apple had gyp with iTunes store for a while last week; nobody could buy anything.

30 Apr 2011 19:34:23

@benjohnbarnes D'oh.

30 Apr 2011 19:35:22

@benjohnbarnes Well, that's particularly irritating.

30 Apr 2011 19:35:43

And it goes, boom-boody-boom, boody boom, boody boom, boody boom, boody boom, boody boom-boom-boom... http://twitpic.com/4rkups

30 Apr 2011 19:39:41

@Mouse_House I did wonder. Saw a few vans coming in as I started my jog at about half seven...

30 Apr 2011 20:15:09

RT @Paul_Cornell: 'The State of the Art', my Iain Banks adaptation for BBC Radio 4 can be heard here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/hv1dz/ Yes, ...

30 Apr 2011 20:35:49

@nineweeks I'm sorry, @hayles, but I'm going to have to say it: *giggle* #ducttape

30 Apr 2011 22:41:20

2010

@DaveHamilton Well, mine are missing, too, breaking a couple of my existing Automator scripts. So if it's not just you, maybe it's @panic.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@gary8345 Fixed amount of writing you do every morning, preferably without fail... http://paperartstudio.tripod.com/artistsway/id3.html

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@CollingsA I believe we now enter the fine British tradition of Six Days of Gaffes and Spin.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

It appears I have failed to do my Morning Pages. Arse.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

RT @jcroft: Awesome: http://www.whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com/

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@hayles Ahh. Well, take a camera and play "get the most awful photo of the bride." :)

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@hayles Aww. I like weddings.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@hayles Oh. Sadface.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@hayles No; I believe that's technically known as a "fucking brilliant weekend".

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@DaveHamilton Oh, hey, I just re-ran Transmit and then restarted automator, and I got Synchnronize, Download and Upload (under Internet).

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

The UK is doomed, Greece is doomed, Louisiana's doomed... This morning's news, summarised: we're all doomed, and the world is doomed with us

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@daffodil1979 Wow. Their news has really gone downhill.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@hayles I have never seen this one before!

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@Kate_Butler Relatively sure that if she wrote it down and posted it in a stamped envelope with "Gordon Brown" on the front it'd get there.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@tsunimee @tyronem Kewl.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@tsunimee Yes. JPEG designed specifically for photos, and drops data the eye won't notice. Ends up as smaller file looking the same.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@tsunimee It's a good choice for most things that aren't actually photos (use JPEG for photos), especially now Internet Explorer 6 is dying.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@tsunimee No. It's got far better color handling than GIF. Generally, unless you actually need animation, use PNG.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@tsunimee PNG is royalty-free, and handles colours and transparency better, too. That's why it's now so popular, and GIF is dying off.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@tsunimee e.g. I wanted to release a free program that created GIFs about 15 years ago, but Unisys would have charged me a royalty per copy.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@caffeinebomb Yeah, just walk away. Places can define their own rules for what gets plugged in anyway; the regs are just a minimum.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

Wow. Boston Globe's "Big Picture" gives a taste of the scale of the Louisiana oil rig disaster http://bit.ly/9Ow5bs

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

When it comes to user interface, Gordon Brown does at least seem the most WYSIWYG of the candidates.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@shezza_t where was David Cameron?

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

Thank you, DHL, for letting me know that my parcel left Hatfield at 5:11am. What I'd like, though, is an ETA, even to the nearest day.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

Grr. At what point did I say Tumblr should cross-post to Twitter? Grrrrrr.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

What? Microsoft shot the messenger?

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

28 years of CDs, and it's still utter pain to get booklet out of a jewel case. Unsurprised these people aren't ready for digital innovation.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@caffeinebomb @jamesclay I'm not entirely sure I want to know where one sticks pap test stickers...

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@caffeinebomb Some of them will have figured out that happy customers buy more stuff. Who'd've thought it?

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@tsunimee PNG came along as a free, better alternative to GIF when the patent owners started trying to charge a licence fee for GIF.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@caffeinebomb ...although the rules are more complicated, and nobody gets them right anyway. Jobsworth = jobsworth, rules notwithstanding.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@caffeinebomb PAT; it's the simple "will this thing kill someone?" electrical test for anything in a workplace with a plug on it.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@caffeinebomb So, next time you see one of those stickers on something, peel it off and stick it on your power supply...

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

Yay! My post-pay day shopping indulgence delivery has arrived :) http://twitpic.com/1jm36f

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

@DrHairbear Now that's a smart solution to my problem.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

Excel can't open two different docs with the same name at once. "Hi! I'd like to join the Office dev team!" "Sorry, we already have a Matt."

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

Signs you may need to buy a new mug for work, #7: the tannin stains are significantly reducing the liquid capacity.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

Fuck. Reflection in shop window reveals man who may have dressed by having charity shop castoffs dumpster emptied over him.

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

Cranesclouds http://twitpic.com/1jl1yf

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00

2009

2008

Currently (and rather randomly) helping a Swedish graphic designer to create an iTunes music visualiser...

30 Apr 2008 00:00:00

@chrismarquardt I wish my phone would make OSX panic, just so I could look at the beautiful screen. Maybe I should stop using Bluetooth...

30 Apr 2008 00:00:00

2007