On This Day, 30 August
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2022
@BookwormVaught Could it be missing rhythm? Those sound like things I associate with writers with a strong rhythm. Can be easier to tell if it’s off when you read out loud.
2021
2020
Story of my morning, really. https://t.co/9JWjXaqXGO
@iamtheshunt1 I have also just started a week's holiday, and this is how my media server started celebrating. Still, at least it's only one drive of a redundant pair, and I didn't realise 4TB drives had dropped to the hundred-quid mark...
@chubbybannister Quite glad I didn't listen this week, by the sound of it.
RT @ctrlshifti: this might be the best thing i've ever read https://t.co/TGTNddfwf0
2019
Got my 1970s eBay slide viewer working :D https://t.co/y8dakt3lOJ
@alis0nclarks0n I wondered whether it would have the same otherworldly feeling as they did when I was small, staring into this box with a brightly-lit world inside, and lo and behold, it did...
RT @psidnell: @gothick Remember, whoever owned it in the 1970’s can see you from the other side. While you’re sleeping.
@UrsulaWJ Don't forget to like and subscribe!
2018
Goodness. A lesser-spotted Metrobus in the wild. You wait years for one, and then one comes along, two years late. https://t.co/YsTPAuXKvP
@David_on_a_bike What do you expect? Miracles?
2017
Quick meal. https://t.co/UJ1A6nA9tb https://t.co/sGqAK7YjlM
Oooh! Amazon introduced multi-device synchronised music playback on Echoes. *Dances around flat* (Thanks for the heads-up, @b2wshow!)
@simongerman600 I was a little worried the first time, especially as I knew of its existence but didn't know I was… https://t.co/adXgvm2WA6
(At last! Digital technology that's about as good as having an FM radio in every room 📻 😀) https://t.co/IUUaDds0eH
@AmazonHelp Hi! I have Alexa playing music "everywhere" now, which is great. But how do I ask it to go back to playing only in this room?
@chris_coys I never could justify the cost.
@tsunimee I have tried to answer that via the medium of an Instagram video 😀
2016
When quietly reading a @jephjacques comic turns into spending half an hour looking up ASMR on teh internets. https://t.co/2ABbBsL6UU
RT @pattonoswalt: I hope the SETI signal is the new Bowie/Prince collaboration.
I *think* I can remember what film's in it. https://t.co/27e7asCJG2
@Picklechu I, er, don't know who that is.
@Picklechu Not sure — I’m 43.
Sausage roll, Little India IPA, The Secret Agent's Bedside Reader... @ Pump House, Bristol https://t.co/hsFdsfrSkL
Grain Barge #igersbristol @ Grain Barge https://t.co/NAl9lWkUGu
That time of the night. @ Pump House, Bristol https://t.co/jDxDvpPkiG
This is the Rocky Road at @AhhToots. And people wonder why I live in Bristol. https://t.co/zwaYmFOLOw
Window. @GrainBarge https://t.co/DFhok9JDrR
Why yes, I *am* a child of the 1980s. Why do you ask? https://t.co/dGwhusvseF
2015
RT @Peculiar: Now THIS is what I call a bookshop! http://t.co/gn9pmoDAWi
Pond. @ Wagtail Farm https://t.co/5ZZqYebKQl
Poly tunnel toms. @ Wagtail Farm https://t.co/kEYfKchspl
Bird bath. http://t.co/UwOQTXsmIy
2014
Not sure The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai was a good choice for this evening.
2013
2012
Steam. http://t.co/qdjLJQEz
Bournemouth - Manchester http://t.co/XLmdpE7Z
Hello Twitter. Today I worked on Get Running’s Facebook stuff and then cycled to Bitton and back for a ride on a steam train ;)
@OpinionatedGeek Ah! Thanks for the report. That'll go on t'list. Which I am, gradually, getting through, honest :)
@hayles Oooh, that might get me out of the house...
@OpinionatedGeek All reports gratefully received :)
@BlackDogDays I haven't seen him around much of late.
Ah. So, I rode 20 miles today. That's about 17 more than I normally do in one go. That may explain the aches and pains.
*makes "old man" noises*
@KeithGough1 I probably wouldn't say no to a knee support right now, but I'll probably feel better in the morning. Hold the Zimmer for now!
@benjohnbarnes Have you asked Lord Lucan?
Some of the lineside equipment at Bitton Station :D http://t.co/kv9Lnbqr
@benjohnbarnes I'll swap you for battling Facebook's Open Graph "documentation" and developer backend.
RT @MaryFitzgerldIT: Letter in today's @IrishTimes: US tourist to Irish child: “Does it ever stop raining here?” Child replies: “I don’t ...
2011
Woken up a bit unsettled and random. Going for an unsettled random walk through Windermere.
There's a bloke parked on the High Street having trouble getting his tractor going. That'll be a bugger to push-start.
Teapot. #class http://t.co/s1zPIMW
Windermere http://t.co/8iLU3xZ
Blueberry scone #fullofwin http://t.co/I96yDoa
@lukeredpath In one go? Yes, probably crazy. I have certainly needed two coats of Once, anyway. #marketing #lies
Charabanc. http://t.co/PeVEUQj
@archidave That's what I thought, but these rebels have painted that un-word on the side of their obsolete vehicle. #charabanc #oed
British holiday weather. http://t.co/kpxtfd5
@lukeredpath Maybe. Or maybe my roller technique just isn't that good and someone better could get away with one coat of Once. Dunno.
@paulahillier Suggest Holland. Tell them you'll meet them there.
2010
@Nose_in_a_book Hmmm. Temporarily change to the default WotdPress theme and see if comments appear?
Off to Wales. Won't be long.
@Dru_Marland Thank you for that very clear safety summary of @matthew_roach.
@Nose_in_a_book (a) does the theme support it (b) is "allow comments" enabled on the specific page?
I just turned the BBC iPlayer up to 11 for the first time. #Libertines #MusicWhenTheLightsGoOut
Chatting on ferry to a man who sold cameras, up until he lost his sight. Puts my problems into some perspective.
Off into town. Might have a drink in Harbourside if a friend if mine is working there today...
Fixing things in IE6.
@johncallos I know that (lack of) feeling. Just been playing with handlebar height and seat angle to see if that helps...
2009
@benjohnbarnes 10-second freezes? Don't notice mine doing that...
@dktom Haven't installed it. Just figuring out what'll break! Best compatibility list is http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/ I think.
Hmm. Looks like Parallels 3 isn't Snow Leopard compatible. Bugger. Had hoped to avoid paying the hefty upgrade fee to go to 4.
@KaveyF Because once you've done it a few times, you get better at preparing and making the interview shorter :)
Heavens, my backup is still running. It seems I have no choice but to sit here and read classic science fiction instead of working. Shame.
@Nose_in_a_book well done! Still a good few weeks away from 5K myself.
@Whatleydude Bumpy, was it? :)
@floyduk Glad to see her looking so happy!
2008
http://twitpic.com/9lgu - On the car ferry
http://twitpic.com/9klu - Quack!
At nicest motorway services I've ever seen. Sitting by duck pond with fountain!