On This Day, 27 September
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RT @GraceSlick_JA: I wrote White Rabbit on a red upright piano that cost me about $50. It had eight or 10 keys missing, but that was OK bec…
RT @incunabula: The Tripitaka Koreana - carved on 81258 woodblocks in the 13th century - is the most successful large data transfer over t…
@TimLees2 As I remember Ben Elton observing in the eighties: they’ll both fuck it up; it just determines whether you spend the money you don’t have on hospitals or tax cuts.
RT @David3141593: Pack arbitrary shellcode into an executable that always has the same MD5 hash: https://t.co/jvsBbQBURg https://t.co/tdQw…
2021
@iamtheshunt1 I have heard really good things about the documentary (currently free on Prime, I think) Never Surrender, but I've still not got around to watching it.
2020
Reading glasses. https://t.co/u408QBEIJO
Divided We Stand. https://t.co/0ikepEO62e
A Little Rusty. https://t.co/cYerEZnO3h
OH NOES!!!1!!!! https://t.co/X4RQnrwB3M
RT @AnumQaisarJaved: Best thing about being Scottish-Pakistani? Samosas and Irn Bru for lunch 😋 https://t.co/sDUw13p1QY
RT @lproven: Risc OS Direct from @RISCOSDevLtd on a @Raspberry_Pi 3B... Partly for fun, partly for @gotimmy. https://t.co/EjQcnlYlee
*Slams crozier into the ground* *Levers Earth asunder, separating Bath and Wells for eternity* https://t.co/ISpyVH6Md2
RT @suiidolo: how it feels to listen to podcasts https://t.co/x62geMJlS3
2019
RT @AstroKatie: Right now, in the center of the Sun, there's a nuclear reaction converting hydrogen to helium, producing neutrinos, photons…
@The_CallUp @Hadrians_Gate Watched it for the first time recently. That Rooney part really is the kazoo solo in an otherwise beautiful symphony.
2018
@parcelforce Hi. I don't know the tracking number. I'm expecting several parcels at the moment, I don't know which one this is, and I don't have tracking numbers for any of them.
No, autocorrect, “butter dish.” Though to be fair, if I thought I stood a chance of picking up an utter dish the next time I was in IKEA...
I'm not sure it should be this easy to get in The Times... https://t.co/9QS5cDU4Ct
@paulcapper Hah. Thanks for that. Just found it in the online version :)
2017
Something of a theme... https://t.co/FG7YLtoGvp https://t.co/g9beCSxVg3
The credit sequence for the new Star Trek is beautiful. And the music didn’t “do an Enterprise”, either ;)… https://t.co/0qBxbbsW0r
@chrisash I would say it’s a great car! Mine was a 1988 900 T16S :)
Nobody needs a reason to diss the Enterprise music other than the Enterprise music. https://t.co/MqEx9rG2rf
Despite—or perhaps because of—the fact that it was entirely preposterous, I do sometimes wish I still had the ol' b… https://t.co/aBKffMLq5w
RT @kennethn: Super excited about the move to 280 characters! ---- CONFIDENTIALITY. This tweet is intended only for the use of the recipie…
@Bristolvor I was going to buy something sensible, then I walked round the back of the lot at Economy Saab in Shirehampton and fell in love.
2016
Why class won’t go away | Lynsey Hanley https://t.co/jYpPLqVTYO
Possibly the best photo of Paul Darrow I've ever seen. https://t.co/ABUW8p6wSK
Fold. https://t.co/vAkZAmkOcu
Poor battered old thing. https://t.co/HZycoWmkxe
@EffBeeee I would advise against doing this alone.
@aallan Well, if Trump gets in, we’ll need another planet quicker than we expected.
2015
@fretzolise My guess: River Song turns up for a 30-second cameo to snatch sunglasses, stamp on them, shake head, teleport out. #DoctorWho
RT @jasongay: There's a guy in this coffee shop sitting at a table, not on his phone, not on a laptop, just drinking coffee, like a psychop…
Startup phase. https://t.co/EDJ2URXoGZ
RT @mattwritescode: Only in Dursley could this happen.... https://t.co/b5lltmliOs
Am now on Apple’s EU refund blacklist (this: http://t.co/aQ2QxpIeGx) since I requested refund for @marco’s Peace :/ http://t.co/1Aox8aFJBR
@psidnell Did you request the refund (Apple refunded most people automatically) and have you bought something since?
@R2UK Only the one for Peace (where Apple refunded everyone automatically anyway, but I claimed refund before that.)
@MResponsively @marco I applied for one before the mass-refund.
2014
RT @petapixel: M-Magazine: A new publication that only features photos taken with Leica M-Series cameras: http://t.co/8tp4f9Loe8
RT @vahidaidun: Female scientists celebrate putting a satellite into Mars orbit while others debate if women can drive or not. http://t.co/…
Morning all.
@chubbybannister Yo.
@archidave *Waves*
@whalemonster Ah! I've learned a new phrase. (My initial thought: "A second screening of what? The Phantom Menace, perhaps...")
Morning snappity: Practika MTL3 https://t.co/X8SrHcbQbN http://t.co/sUECvu9lyn
RT @BBCEngland: Up to 10,000 homes are still without water after a main burst near Bristol http://t.co/nd5rKl4FeV
Ah, sod it. Maybe I'll just stick it on the window ledge as it is. http://t.co/dPBNGieSHj
@benjohnbarnes Yup. Solid and simple.
RT @AshleyEsqueda: I am over the age of 30 and still pretend I have rabies when I brush my teeth sometimes
That new theme’s never going to grow on me, is it? #DoctorWho
@tomasmcguinness I’m a “nay”, myself.
2013
Dreamed I found an electronics shop in Clifton Village. They had 1950s vintage 3D printer, which printed birds nests of varying size. Erm.
@psidnell No, they just made a little one as a demo. At the touch of a button. It was amazing.
"...the performance and safety of languages like C or Java." The *safety* of *C*? http://t.co/stazOYxmEV
Interesting. Opera have un-bought FastMail :) http://t.co/bKfEN4n5Ve
@Phooto @johnfbraun I remember the heady days of self-modifying 6502 code, before all this memory "protection" lark spoiled our fun.
@johnfbraun @Phooto An array of pointers to arrays! Go on, you know you want to. #void*
Oh humanity, you cocks. Do I report this to @FirstBSA or @BristolCouncil? (Gasferry Rd stop, Anchor Rd) http://t.co/uIVuEL0tnE
@hayles I think I’d rather be a clogger than a blobber, though…
@FirstBSA @BristolCouncil Brill, thanks.
Patina. http://t.co/nxWHREfLYd
@alexjbutcher Fab! Wish I remembered more of mine beyond the first thirty seconds if waking…
@hayles Ta.
RT @RellyAB: Well, this is disturbingly accurate http://t.co/yYA7BvG6G2
@michelledh I'd reply to your tweet, but I don't have your phone number.
@hayles Huh?!
@hayles Ta! Recording.
@BlackDogDays @MsMottram @paulawhite_uk Few weeks works for me; I’ll be out of this contract and back working from home.
2012
RT @BristolCouncil: Bristol Half Marathon this Sunday - essential road and travel information http://t.co/VaeuNbH5
(Speaking of which, if you’d like to sponsor me, in aid of Children’s Hospice… Ta! http://t.co/dAg1tQrr )
@chrisphin “Tippleworthy”.
Easton sunset. http://t.co/oiNw0UAJ
Stuck. http://t.co/yEfPt2Wc
Aha. Apologies for the random Instagramming, but I've only just fixed the Twitter link on t'new phone...
2011
RT @James1am: Found out yesterday the Blue Peter dog (Barney) has his own security pass for BBC buildings. He's listed in the system as ...
Just got some post from Google addressed to "Head of Marketing, Basement Flat...". Now less worried about their omniscience.
@codepo8 Has it? I can almost not bear to look...
Saying hi to Me Me for @missemmeline http://t.co/UKy6iBJo
RT @seengee: I reckon its now quicker to walk to the cashpoint to check my balance than it is to access my HSBC internet banking
@umairh What, the one accompanying this BBC article? http://t.co/tIEtdaGd
I just found a book called "30 Days to a Simpler Life" buried at the bottom of a stack of filing I've not looked at for a year. Hrm.
@nickbrompton D'OH.
Right. Thinks are about to get geeky round here. http://t.co/4pHThVrd
@r0bb1eh That? That's a relatively small chunk of this lot: http://t.co/u5s4aeHK :D
@r0bb1eh What, you got some odd aversion to electronics?
@r0bb1eh Who's hoarding? I'm using this stuff...
@r0bb1eh Errr. Okay.
Progress is being made. #geek #video http://t.co/r8zLSRkL
@benjohnbarnes Yes, but not every X seconds :D
Oooh, it speaks. #geek #progress http://t.co/Qw4chxBs
@jorence Playing with an Arduino. In the first instance, making a time-lapse intervalometer to control the Canon :)
@talkie_tim HD44780.
@talkie_tim I have it counting down (in a slightly sinister fashion) and triggering the EOS shutter :)
2010
@Narshada Similar to the reaction I got last month when I asked if Mastershoe sold shoelaces.
OK, they're both places you can buy expensive chicken. But I'd prefer to buy mine in the afternoon, from someone wearing more clothes.
@talkie_tim Generally not, no. But normally I hear about important stuff through Twitter and work colleagues.
@IreneB9 No, the closed-down Harbourside one.
(Yes, they are.) #Bristol #hooters http://yfrog.com/j63xmxj
They're replacing my late lamented M&S with a _Hooters_?! Gah. #Bristol
@hayles I will check it out, ta!
Could be useful for planning those evening jogs: google "sunset <location>" for today's sunset time, e.g. "sunset Bristol UK".
Hmm. Google's non-instant search seems broken when searching for "words in quotes". Results come back, but all drop-menus are then broken.
@RamonY1970 Erm. That would also be Hooters.
@ForDummies Oddly, there's paragraph breaks on Kindle app for iPhone, but not on the actual Kindle 3.
@ForDummies It's Mindfulness for Dummies, sample from UK store.
Glad I tried a sample of this @fordummies book before I bought it on Kindle. Hard to read because there's no paragraph indent/spacing.
Oooh, forgot I was going to see @theagilmore tomorrow night. Hurrah!
@bananza Run to the coffee shop. It's what I do!
@Lillput Still up for tomorrow? Have lunchtime meeting at work (grrr!) but should be able to manage quarter past one or later...
@tsunimee What? Sorry, I missed that; I was thinking about breasts.
@tsunimee That's only true for those of us who aren't into football ;D
Upgrading to MobileMe Calendar beta. I have a bad feeling about this.
@bobbyllew Surely there's loads of interest, though? Everybody loved "through the round window" on Play School!
.@benparkatbjs That would be fantastic. Everyone in an owl costume, confusing drunken stag parties.
RT @benparkatbjs: Wouldn't it be funny if it were an owl-themed bar, unrelated to the US chain. RT @gothick: #Bristol #hooters http://y ...
@ForDummies Thanks. It looks like a great book, and I'll buy it like a shot when a version appears with paragraph spacing!
@jennycolgan Just try not to have it too hot, I imagine it doesn't react well to being steamed...
@hayles Bring it round. I always wondered what colour the hall carpet was meant to be.
Also upgrading my NSLU2. Hmm. Can you tell there's lots of important things on my "to-do" list #procrastinate
@TriState1 Get lost, spambot.
Sigh. _The Caution Horses_ is one of the most beautiful albums EVAH. #cowboyjunkies
@hayles Well, at least that tweet proves that you're you, and not some crazy from the bus who's now got your phone.
RT @DRUNKHULK: DRUNK HULK IN CORNER! THAT DRUNK HULK IN SPOTLIGHT! LOSING RELIGION! TRY KEEP UP WITH YOU! AND NO KNOW DRUNK HULK CAN DO IT!
@jbrownridge Just takes me right back to Dukes of Hazzard :)
Sums up a few of my wishy-washy not-quite-sure attitudes, maybe. Hrm.
Interesting analysis of a (cancelled) "Little Miss Hooters" contest for the under-fives... http://bit.ly/aJtOPG
@kshack22 Sadly, yes. But I guess projected flat sales were a lot better a couple of years ago :(
Well, that's quite a wide range of opinion from my twitter circle. #hooters
2009
@MitchBenn Easiest ways: either a MobileMe subscription, or a Spanning Sync subscription (which will also sync with Google Calendar.)
@hayles I diagnose Doorway-Related Uncertain Neural Kinesthesia, a disease known more commonly by its acronym.
Goodness. Bristol Balloons balloon just passed Very Low Indeed over my street.
Ugh. Back to work tomorrow after two weeks off. Should get ready, but am entirely full of "meh".
2008
@Nose_in_a_book Odd. Thought Cabot Circus would draw a lot of people away. Ah well. Never too bad for me, because I can walk to the zoo...
@rstein Already taken that warning to heart after listening to a Leo Laporte podcast where one burst underneath him! http://is.gd/3dzI
@rstein Currently have a little back pain, but that's probably just because I'm bouncing up and down on it like an idiot because it's new!
@rstein Ta. Ball is now at its "proper" size and luckily seems a good height for typing.
Matt's Expert Exercise Tip Of The Day: Don't inflate a 75cm gym ball in a room with a 65cm doorway.
Was feeling awful earlier on. Some painkillers and an hour's kip seems to have improved things. Adding coffee to the mix. Lots to do.
@Nose_in_a_book Why is everyone at the zoo?
Anyone know what pressure an exercise/gym ball should be? Or should I just keep going until I hear a popping noise?
Hmm. College Green Marriott just been evacuated.
Waiting for full breakfast at Ferry Station. Not eaten here before. Other people's food looking good.
Snapping the new Feek and Paris graf at St John's gate. Word.
Damn! Came out without my camara for a change... But it's all foggy and beautiful. Going back.