On This Day, 19 June
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RT @KYPBristol: These fascinating photos have just been added to KYP. Behind one of the ugliest frontages in Bristol the beautiful ornate i…
2021
@frome_maude Have only got as far as the introduction and I'm already loving it. The description of the writing process seems right up @masoncurrey's street... https://t.co/8hJApo17QJ https://t.co/ZdXNwMg30j
Pristine. #alpina #c1 https://t.co/lpnRUBasCf
Venting through increasingly sarcastic bug reporting. #lightroom https://t.co/7HRkaW2N1u
2020
@Lucyvfreeman @JanetEmson Can you recommend a Campion to try for someone completely new to the character?
@Lucyvfreeman @JanetEmson Thanks!
Grateful to letsencrypt for having rate limits, as my fucking up verifying this production certificate five times within an hour is probably a sign that I should take a break...
@tsunimee Voilà!
@tsunimee @richardjfoster Current status: sitting on the floor saying the word “lingerie” over and over in a variety of faux-French accents. It’s a good job I’m alone in lockdown.
@tsunimee @laurenella_ @arnwal @GlitteryAllsort @face_1985 @Lexington_75 @maybeDB @richardjfoster Thank you. (I hope there won’t be a test later...)
2019
RT @mkwng: Oops https://t.co/JzWU5boe2W
@Noahpinion Are we counting Russian bots pretending to be Americans?
@gitrithm @Noahpinion Are you more scared by a high number or a low number?
RT @OnePerfectShot: While we were all busy worrying about Game of Thrones, Phoebe Waller-Bridge was doing something brilliant and vital. ht…
RT @paul_haine: One of my favourite things about Twitter is when the inventor of Godwin’s Law turns up in conversations with a gentle “you…
2018
RT @RikerGoogling: how to get out of the mirror universe
RT @ukscone: BBC News - Bakewell pudding sent to the edge of space goes missing https://t.co/Gsdh2HUnOx
2017
RT @steveparks: Quick PSA as a former journo: Today you'll see different approach to reporting from Borough market because suspect will fa…
RT @Avon_Stories: Avon Stories podcast #2: About the Bristol-Portishead railway, and why it came, was closed, & how it could return https:/…
240/365 Study Station https://t.co/42kg4l5C2m https://t.co/NoNKbwl9EG
RT @tara_mulholland: Looked up to see this guy soundchecking outside No. 10 and for a second I thought Bill Bailey had become Prime Ministe…
RT @StuFlemingNZ: "Hi, I've found a fault with the English language and I need an entomologist" "An etymologist you mean?" "Νo. It's a bug,…
It may be time for my first uncaffeinated drink of the day… Maybe.
@wood5y Er... That's not what "hinterland"means, is it? Or am I completely misunderstanding the article?
RT @HayekandHockey: Old Twitter vs New Twitter https://t.co/0kDh9qOEoY
@wood5y I'm still not sure I can make sense of the original sentence given that definition.
Slowly creeping up, but still okay. The blast of heat I got opening the door to the postman was enough to convince… https://t.co/D0uCc8BwOr
@ahnlak Hey, I moan about this place in winter; it's only fair I'm smug about it during heatwaves!
@galg No, this is the joy of my lovely cool basement flat. Everyone else in the UK appears to be melting into puddles as the temps hit 30+
@galg Heh. By the time anyone in the UK has had time to say "HOW MUCH!?" to the price of domestic aircon, the heatwave has usually passed :D
RT @surfbordt: this is a bus. Lyft invented a bus. Lyft shuttle is a bus. https://t.co/NTjXbqGdYT
@TheBloggess Now, you're *absolutely* sure it's fake, right?
@ahnlak Bloody hell. It *must* be bad out there!
RT @BristolCouncil: One lane of Plimsoll Bridge is closed to traffic for emergency repairs. Avoid the outbound route where possible: https:…
@snazbaz @YoBikeUK That would be good. They *were* on the map the first time I tried YoBike, but aren't there now 🙁
@drwave If we work on our special relationship we could end up with one government too incompetent to implement their mean ideas.
2016
@Bristolvor Skyride thingy is on, yes?
Same here! Odd. https://t.co/kgjhcR7sro https://t.co/t9thofAOas
Everything you need. https://t.co/QBU9vxoWOA
@somenewwill Full size should be available for download here: https://t.co/HLAKINuoKM Any problems I’ll put it on mem stick for you instead.
@chubbybannister *Waves belatedly at Chubbs’s back*
2015
RT @petefirman: Well, that's not a good sign. http://t.co/Cssgpg8a80
@corylus To be fair, finishing before you start is a pretty impressive accomplishment. Well done!
2014
Cool. Twitter adds native support for animated GIFs. #bristol #graffiti :) http://t.co/GlKvXY4Bfv
@HartsBakery I have a pot of that here. It's lovely.
One of my alternative workspaces around the flat. http://t.co/YmVV1CvYpq
@ahnlak *slap*
@Harkaway Well, if we're going full Greek, I think it would be "dioptraphobia", which sounds nice to me. But perhaps "glasslash"?
@tsunimee This has alternative uses. Sunbathing any time soon?
RT @Alyssa_Milano: Harley unveils LiveWire, an electric superbike that goes zero to 60 in 4 seconds http://t.co/hjFEhO5W3c http://t.co/I920…
It seems a shame that a previous record-holder of the electric vehicle speed record is so forgotten now: http://t.co/YubGenpcJW #sinclairc5
@onOneSoftware If I "Help->Check for Updates" in Perfect Effects 8.1.0, it crashes. Is that a known thing? Could it cause a crash on start?
Ooh. Peter Doherty playing the Fleece 3rd July... #bristol
@onOneSoftware Thanks!
2013
RT @R2UK: I spy @gothick in action - 7 years ago today! http://t.co/bKgMayGCXi
@R2UK aww. I was taking photos of the office’s travelling cows.
@drewwagar You just made my "internet gossip flirts" list, damn it.
RT @Beathhigh: Tomorrow is official publication day for Iain Banks' The Quarry. I'll be in North Queensferry to raise a glass with Adele an…
2012
I'm curious about the current Microsoft event, but I also have to be up in the morning. Night all...
RT @libbymiller: Lovely morning in Bristol - and quite a few hot air balloons about <— Excellent :)
RT @tkingdoll: I always found Candle in the Wind annoyingly presumptious. It seems to ME, Mr John, that you lived *your* life like a tom ...
@shezza_t Is that where your life is ruled by a ruthless schedule?
@hayles You're not the first person to mention 3G in my timeline. Hang on a mo.
@hayles Ah. @EssexEating was having 3G issues, but turning phone on and off seems to have resolved them. Might be worth a go?
Reasons to get back in the jogging habit, #1: #Bristol scenery. http://t.co/a7PLaCJe
@motherventing @mcquinny Yeah, it's nice living so close to this route. Love running alongside the river.
@DavidJNoble @benjohnbarnes Mmm. Sleeeeep. I could use me some of that.
@KirstyHigginson Booths is the only supermarket I've been into where you can grind your own coffee from the shelf, though. Loved that!
@KirstyHigginson Heh. It’s not that danger-prone, honest!
RT @IncrediblyRich: My boss told me "Dress for the job you want, not the job you have" Am now sat in a disciplinary meeting wearing my ...
Just cleaned two food recycling bins that were *very* overdue for it. Still, makes the rest of the jobs on today's to-do list look pleasant.
Also: wonder if I can buy a military surplus NBC suit for the next time that job needs doing?
@parryphernalia Stand down the nagging! I have been for a run :D
@Thehappyfatgirl It's like one hand clapping, only quieter.
I'm not sure where I stand on the tax avoidance stuff. It's not like my accountant has an "ethical" dial I can set.
@ahnlak Well, so have I. But if my finances were as complex as Jimmy Carr's, say, I'd probably just hand the lot over to accountant...
@ahnlak ...and say "make it so."
@parryphernalia Wasn't bad, but I wouldn't have like to have been running in the open. Towpath is nice and shady :D
@ahnlak Yeah, but then you're in the game of hiring an expert and telling them what to do, which just seems a bit arse-backwards. Hrm.
@ahnlak Yes, fair point. The bit I hate is mostly the form-filling and knowing all the little rules.
@ahnlak I wouldn't like making the decision, but it'd be nice to be in a position where I got to choose a tax option between 10% and 60% :)
@benjohnbarnes @ahnlak At last! The voice of reason :D
National Trust just sent me copy of their new Chedworth Roman Villa guidebook. Forgot they'd asked to use one of my photos! Must go back...
@headfirstonly For this job, it would need a working gas mask, though :)
Declaring lunchtime. It better still be sunny outside.
Lunch. Bench. Sunshine. Sorted. @benjohnbarnes maybe later for stand up? :)
Hmm. Started getting spam with my actual name in. Wonder if this is a result of the LinkedIn hack.
@bertpalmer This was the best budget one I found: http://t.co/Tvv33K1m
@bertpalmer It's okay, basically. Which for £40 is good :) Also heard good things about Starbucks one you can get from their bigger shops.
@bertpalmer Yup, I own it, and it's still working after several years. I feed the aeropress with it and it does well.
@bertpalmer Downsides: sensitive safeties mean you have to be careful to close hopper/tray well. Can clog on very fine grinds.
@bertpalmer But, when I looked, you had to spend almost double to get a better burr grinder.
@bertpalmer No worries. If I were buying at the moment, I'd look into this: http://t.co/gx3kjjHS
@tweeny4 Wow, that's lovely. Where is it?
@LegalWeasel Erm. Last I checked I'd have said it was around 2TB. But it's been a while.
RT @LegalWeasel: Does anybody know the current price/capacity sweet spot for 3.5" hard discs?
@julesmattsson Yes. For me, it's the fact someone thinks we have enough *need* for that that makes me uneasy. Whether they're right or not.
@hayles Second best. I prefer the left-hand side, so you can stare down curiously on the new people getting on, too.
RT @isaach: well played, internet. http://t.co/eebUJmG9
@hayles I'm not sure you could get annoyed and sweary enough at people who don't have the exact change to be a proper bus driver.
@hayles Also, you probably know the route.
@ahnlak I like the look of the Surface, in fact. Especially with the "real" keyboard.
@ahnlak But I'd rather have a "fat" client that didn't have to be reliant on a net connection to do useful stuff.
@ahnlak Well, indeed. And let's face it, as far as can be done in the Apple world, that's exactly what I did :D
@ahnlak Fuck projection keyboards. You still have to look at the things. And they can't cope with fast typists.
@ahnlak It may be a while before tactile projection keyboard technology comes around...
@ahnlak If they can, the Amazon just billed you £30,000 for your new tablet.
@tweeny4 Looks amazing. Just my kind of place. They don't want to swap for a basement flat in the city, do they?
@ahnlak I would die in a parcels-and-bankruptcy related injury the morning after they turned that on.
@ShabbyBean Did I arse. Helping a friend move house over the weekend, plus general life-admin, has pushed things back a bit!
@ShabbyBean It was kinda expected. Still, working hard on things today, and we'll just have to see how I do...
@ahnlak I thought it sounded like a familiar idea... Just doing weekly review, and found this in my inbox, from May: http://t.co/QmK8yTBz
@ahnlak My attorney filed the application with his mind using my time machine just before you mentioned it, anyway.
Thank you, ma'am? http://t.co/ZaF8hEu8
Dinner at last! http://t.co/gCCUfa1D
2011
RT @sasarcola: be polite, cheerful & laugh at stuff! Good advice “@caitlinmoran: Interview, in the Observer: http://t.co/p9xGkMC”
Just created a linen-style backdrop for my Mac; downloads here if you want to try them on your computer :) http://bit.ly/mv6Gxa
God, I am being rubbish this weekend. There is half a day left and I have to fit a whole weekend's chores into it.
@xabl Well, for starters, I've not actually *fitted* the lightbulbs.
RT @NiteGlow: BBC News - Sega says hackers stole data of 1.29m users http://bbc.in/iHDXI1 <-- Should I quit Steam before it's too late!?
@xabl Yeah, but you're not sitting here in the dark :)
@jorence :(
@BenPark I'm going to live in a cave with canned food until the internet goes away. It's the only way to be safe.
@mediaben No, that would be an "efficiency hack".
@BenPark Are you suggesting that kidless people in their 30s will be more interested in the boring adult stuff? 'Cos I'm not...
@hayles I am a whimsical cupcake guru specialising in social SEO.
@TheHyperbole Oh, is *that* what the noise is? I was just about to oil my front gate.
@hayles I bet you get more than me.
Goodness. It has been nearly a month since I went for a run. Though I have been cycling to work and had a sore knee.
I think today might be the day to get myself started off again.
@MitchBenn @caroldecker I am *so* going to make a Twitter bot that tells people that when it hears the words "Mac" "hash" and "keyboard".
@MrGreenGus *raises hand*
@technex Pasta and something out of a tin tends to be my standby in moments of fridge-emptiness.
@Lillput Ooof. Never done anything live like that. *sympathy*
@Lillput No, know what you mean. One of those things where you need to get past the excruciating first twenty times to relax at it.
@technex How can you be out of pasta? It spontaneously forms at the back of cupboards, I'm sure of it!
Right. I am going out for a run. Don't know how far, but I know it's going to be slow. Better than no run at all, though.
@VeraR2010 Okay, ta! About 6K, but with some walking to give myself a break from the hills.
Cookin' steak. And a mushroom. A big mushroom.
@hayles ARRRRRGH?
@hayles Ah.
@Runnerbeany Good, thanks. Didn't push too much, but better than not running!
@hayles Is it? I thought it was quite scary. Maybe Kin Yip Hon sells the real deal?
Trying to get Adobe Premiere Elements to do anything useful at all. Failing.
@ahnlak It does appear to be, well, a steaming pile of Adobe. God only knows how they came up with Lightroom.
@ahnlak I have edited my movie in iMovie while waiting for Elements Organizer to find the media on my camera.
@ahnlak That explains a lot. Surprised they've not destroyed it yet, then. :(
@ahnlak It was cheap with Photoshop Elements, so I though I'd give it a go. It has some nice features in its blurb. But not in reality.
RT @Gary_Bainbridge: Just opened a can of whup-ass. Why on earth do they have to make it the same colour as a can of Coke?
@KaveyF Who is this strange star in my timeline?
@KaveyF Sparkly!
I turned some moments from this afternoon's jogging warm up/cool down into an ITV drama intro :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myfdvxOVpWU
2010
@benparkatbjs Heh. It's a bit too packed in to get to them and say a very random "hi" :)
Half-time as Ashton Gate and it's a fine spectacle so far. Especially the duck and the weasel on the tandem. #BillBailey #Bristol
@Dan_Martin See you in a bit, then :) http://twitpic.com/1y6xjm
At a football ground for the first time in my life :) http://twitpic.com/1y6olp
@ahnlak You can have it back once @RealBillBailey has played at Ashton Gate tonight, and not before.
@RealBillBailey Amen! See you later :)
Looking at Big Art in the RWA. http://twitpic.com/1y3fll
@R2UK Glad to hear it.
@benjohnbarnes Way ahead of you there. I keep good coffee in the house :)
Interested in that Sun Scout iPhone (3GS) app that I've been helping out with? It's _free_ in the App Store right now! http://bit.ly/byPLcA
Got my Bristol 10K certificate in the post :) Feeling slightly better today, but still a bit grotty. http://twitpic.com/1y2fr7
2009
Impressed with how much cooler the magnetic compass on the 3GS makes map navigation. #iphone
Back from shopping. Time for a chilled afternoon.
Screed Guy turned up at 8:30 and was done by 10am! http://tinyurl.com/ntg4hh Bonus day off!
(Luckily without getting my apostrophe's in the wrong place's, like I just did there... Typo, honest...)
Oooh! Got my email published in this months' .net mag!
2008
I like the idea of Mobile Me. Then again, I like the _idea_ of .Mac, but it doesn't actually bloody work, does it? Useless damn iDisk sync.
@davidpatrick Yowzer! Everyone okay? Oh, and social tip: now is not the time for "getting along like a house on fire" jokes with neighbours.
@boagworld How would you introduce all those typos, working on your own? You clearly need the manual re-typing only a publisher can provide.
Lightroom 2 Beta is sometimes so unresponsive I suspect it's calling Adobe up in the background and asking what to do when I move sliders...
@ryancoates PS: Take heart, it's because of people like you begging to buy extra SMS from them that they've got any business model at all :)
@ryancoates I know what you mean about push. I found the SMS delivery quite variable though, and like the easier interface of a good client.
@ryancoates Can't you get a client for your mobile? They're generally more reliable than the SMS service anyway. Personally, I use twibble.
@boagworld What it means? In my experience, it normally means pain. Pain, inflicted by a petite woman with surprisingly strong thumb muscles
2007
Current Bristol Weather: Thunderbolt and lightning/very very frightening. Well, very very impressive, anyway.