On This Day, 26 September
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@monaswitchhat @notetodemerzel @LittleMammith @JosephPolitano Except that by then every spam will be AI generated and deepfaked so well it’ll look just like it really *is* their grandkid on the video call who needs the money sent urgently…
@4r7hr Did someone drop a glass on it? It’s either that or a bullet made of ice or maybe I’ve been reading too much Agatha Christie.
@Kavey See also: “it was a brilliant book but the cover was bent on arrival. One star.”
RT @ImIronSam: @BruceReuters Quantum leap episode where Sam Beckett jumps into Ed Miliband and has to eat a Bacon Sandwich to avoid all thi…
2021
RT @rabihalameddine: Henry O.Studley's Tool Chest. Henry O. Studley (1838-1925) was a 19th Century Organ and Pianomaker, Carpenter and Maso…
2020
@CharlieVivante *waves from his sofa of knackeredness*
Incoming. https://t.co/LitnCshu15
Occasionally I lead the team "scrum" at the start of the day. I've taken to ending with, "And hey—let's be careful out there." https://t.co/r7o24oB9Jq
2019
ME: I'd quite like brighter bulbs. PHILIPS HUE: Strip lights! ME: Brighter light bulbs? HUE: £500 ceiling light! ME: Brighter bulbs? HUE: Outdoor pedestal light! ME: Brighter bul— HUE: Smart plug! ME: Bright— HUE: BLUETOOTH!
@_pigeons_ You should be so lucky. My guess is they'll skip the wine bar and jump straight to "hipster beard salon and oxygen boutique."
@dangusset “And for the finishing touch, we asked local mechanic Jupiter Peabody to restore an Italian-made 1950s Ditto machine to add an authentic feel to our website...”
RT @dangusset: Hipster pizza places: 1. You do not need to say you use Fior Di Latte, just saying mozzarella is fine. 2. You do not need…
@meemalee Hell yeah. The giant Twiglet was my favourite.
@tomkatsumi GIF: The AI’s raincoat falls open, revealing two Clippys, one standing on the other’s shoulders.
@boagworld CUT TO: An error message telling you your UK phone number is in an invalid format.
@tomkatsumi “Computing. This time it’s PERSONAL.”
2018
@floyduk I assume your attention has already been drawn to... https://t.co/O8uavlcewo
Alexa is down. Maybe I should go fully old-school and put on an LP. That’s if I can be bothered to stand up and put a light on by hand… #alexadown
Hey, @parcelforce, I was at home when this card was put through my door, and the person in 4K hasn’t had any parcels today. Is there any way of tracking down where it was really delivered? Thanks. https://t.co/W35Riyg6KD
2017
@_pigeons_ @Swishrelic I know very little about video. I can lend you a faster card if you want to try and see if i… https://t.co/PVnFBxCVeN
@_pigeons_ @Swishrelic ...next time we meet, remind me to bring my MacBook and we can see the same video looks chop… https://t.co/4fKKLybJTe
@_pigeons_ @Swishrelic ...upping to 30 frames per second and see if that makes any difference.
@_pigeons_ @Swishrelic Sorry, 50, I meant. One of the lower resolution but higher frame rate options lower down the list.
@_pigeons_ @Swishrelic 720 should be fine. That's still quite a lot of pixels.
2016
Bloggity: The Withings Activité Steel. https://t.co/jPJlDJ8aKg
@hayles It’s really very pleasant. I know watch aficionados who aren’t that sold on it, but compared to other smart watches it’s excellent.
RT @stevesilberman: Wonderful sign from Berkeley Zen Center. https://t.co/9mfCkXxJoa https://t.co/GAhjg0dT5h
2015
@hover How long does it take before you start work on a request, on average, please? Sent one in yesterday and no movement yet…
Right. That’s probably enough of a lazy weekend morning. Time to get showered and start ploughing through the stuff I should be doing :)
@Bristolvor Ahh Toots, St Nick’s (opposite Lucy Flowers.)
RT @LordGrimdark: They're dropping fruit on Pat Cadigan. As you do. http://t.co/I6dBjuDVw1
@TimLees2 That’s the eighth time you’ve posted that question.
@Bristolvor Just in case you needed convincing… http://t.co/VMAhS8TYdC
@hover Cool, thanks. Double checked and I don’t think a delay will hurt as NS records pointing at a separate, continuing service…
@hover …so consider me reassured :)
Photo: The Penny, Whiteladies Road. Shot on Ilford FP4 Plus with a Yashica Electro 35. http://t.co/1ZccwUBhHh
This does look like fun. #bristol http://t.co/MRNEHKcIm9
I love this house around the corner from me in Bristol when its Boston ivy is in full effect. http://t.co/AmQ6yGkSdM
Would I trust an Apple car? Hmmm. Is this a self-writing text message, or should I perhaps HAVE A BLOODY KEYBOARD? http://t.co/HV1F8F9jWS
@mathowie 4 times now I've wanted to show a friend a pic from iCloud and the conversation's moved on while the spinner's stuck at a quarter.
2014
How productivity advice often works: http://t.co/jK30b6HiTA #dilbert
Much as I liked the cat that was there before, this is a fine replacement. #bristol #northstreet http://t.co/oIpH9spmBf
Ashton Avenue Angles http://t.co/XfL4rN9mAE
@viticci Think I might just stay here on old 8.0 until next month...
@mattgemmell Hover. They now handle transfer-in of UK domains with IPS tags without you needing to call them up, too, if that's a factor.
RT @ClassicDrWho247: Tom Baker, the unemployed actor working on a building site when he was cast as the Fourth Doctor in 1974! #DoctorWho h…
RT @EdFelten: In the future it won’t be enough for a bug to have a cute name like Heartbleed or Shellshock. You’ll need a theme song too.
2013
Wandering down to the river to make sure it’s low tide, like @benjohnbarnes’ new app says it’ll be ;) https://t.co/ITZL073QG2
Oof. Police underwater search unit diving in Cumberland Basin. Hope it’s just training…
@benjohnbarnes Yup. I’d say that’s a low tide. http://t.co/m8kUI9SVuY
2012
@Whatleydude Spooky; I was just listening to that.
RT @joshacagan: Just saw three professional-looking women laughing over salads. STOCK IMAGES HAVE GAINED SENTIENCE AND WALK AMONG US
Every day, it looks a bit more like a kitchen. Huzzah! http://t.co/aQQPslT5
@mikeotaylor Yup, sorry, I'll be running. Albeit slowly.
RT @BL_Owens: Paging Dr. Jones. Buddhist statue found by Nazi expedition is made from a meteorite http://t.co/cVCyZwq6
2011
@redlegoman Well, I reckon I'd probably burn more calories chasing the buggers than eating them. #clumsy
Doing a bit of an inventory. #geek http://t.co/u5s4aeHK
@Mouse_House *prepares mouse-sized cattle-prod*
@Mouse_House Bonsoir, Mouse.
@mhoulden Argh! Oracle books! *makes cross with fingers to ward off evil*
@talkie_tim Oh, is that what those coloured bars are under the pictures of cycles on Cotham Hill?
@talkie_tim There aren't actually many ways that could have gone worse, then? Oh well. Still, I'll be getting back on my bike soon anyway.
@missmcq Well done. :D
@Gary_Bainbridge Oh, I dunno. "Have you tried..." *little dance* "...turning it off and on again? Olé!"
@talkie_tim Incidentally, am I getting confused? Are the chevrons you're talking about actually >> chevrons?
@talkie_tim (Because I don't think I've seen any of those. Just green bars like a thick hyphen. I think.)
@talkie_tim Just tried the council cycle route planner from Hotwells to Victoria Street. Routes through Clifton Village & Tyndall's Park Rd!
@talkie_tim Okay. Don't think I've seen a chevron. Is there anywhere that actually tells you what they mean? *searches*
@says_arline Curtain geek. (They're IKEA's c̶h̶e̶a̶p̶e̶s̶t̶ finest, by the way.)
@JamesCridland Is the Full Screen proper Lion Full Screen now? *updates*
@EmmaFurious Whoo! Take some deep breaths and enjoy the enjoyable bits of all this :D
@JamesCridland Ta. That's fine; I'm on 15.
@talkie_tim Just seems a bit mad spending money painting all this stuff on the roads if you can't find out what it means...
'What's a "Yellow Pages", grandad?' Can't believe they're still delivering these things.
RT @meemalee: @gothick One day it will just be a sheet of paper saying "http://www.lmgtfy.com"
Hoping they don't have to use this too often. @ Royal Mail Delivery Office (Clifton) http://t.co/FubQueUy
I hadn't realised just how many scammy phone calls my home phone got until I stayed in for a few working days.
Wish caller ID worked properly when my dad called from Greece. Then I could just ban unknown numbers.
RT @shiflett: I’ve never moderated my salt consumption, so it’s interesting to read that maybe it’s not so bad after all. http://t.co/Eq ...
@AndyMcCarthyUK Yup. All of these calls are from overseas (& most pretending to be the type of call that isn't covered by the TPS.)
RT @zeldman: At zeldman.com: Download in the Dumps http://t.co/eIbrUYUv <-- Yup, sounds like my usual kind of Adobe "experience".
@AndyMcCarthyUK No parts yet. Waiting a display and an opto-isolator (sure Maplin used to be faster than this. Should've gone to the shop!)
@chantalcoady @ahnlak It does seem to be quite a longwinded way of turning trees into yellow compost.
@KaveyF I dunno. What's cep in English?
@KaveyF @BristolBites Ah, okay, one of these things, then. I think I've only bought them as "porcini" http://t.co/f21uS7at
Cambridge bomb scare: http://t.co/DLIEGF86 Last time there was a bomb in a drain, didn't it turn out to be the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?
My mistake. Finding the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch in a drain would have been silly. It was actually a fire hydrant. http://t.co/I3DZhTRX
Ah. An old Type 17 TARDIS. No, this is pre-invention of the Chameleon circuit. They were just a bit crap. http://t.co/yFK9Zlyn
God, I love watching DVDs. It's so nice not having the end credits cut in half and spoken over.
@archidave Have you identified the big metal cupboards in your kitchen yet? Remember to write down which does "cold" and which does "hot".
@hayles Ah, yes. That. Luckily I'm watching _The Prisoner_, which has a couple of seconds copyright notice and nothing else.
@hayles I will not be getting a Blu-Ray player then.
I just accidentally closed a window by dropping a kazoo on my trackpad. I am the Harold Lloyd of computing.
.@archidave You say that almost like you expect me to have a swannee whistle to hand. http://t.co/Pt8PSSWY
@Swishrelic @irkafirka To be firked once is fortunate. To be firked twice would probably diagnose me as a serious Twitter attention-whore.
@Pockless @swishrelic Look at me closer when you say that, baby.
@thomasvenables I'm watching _The Prisoner_. I'm not sure it would benefit much from adding more technology.
@bpm140 Click on the arrows to expand; "Cached" is under the headline on the expanded view.
@archidave *dance-steps off stage, waving hat*
What is this building in London, and -- for this is why I'm curious -- why does it have a Dalek in the lobby? http://t.co/zgeXPO8K
RT @mhoulden: @gothick It's the DVD production company for the old Dr Who series: http://t.co/qnrzRkkY <-- Ah! That explains it.
@mhoulden Well found that man.
@mhoulden Oh yeah! I guess I didn't try because that stuff normally only works on _CSI_ and _Spooks_ :)
2010
@KaveyF Ah, okay. Thought @ahnlak had mentioned them on t'group holiday. Maybe that was another site...
@ahnlak Going to sign up for Alamy today -- send a referral link now or forever hold your commission :)
RT @Pockless: The most difficult thing for visitors to Iran appears to be simply paying for stuff http://bit.ly/dtoaXK <-- Fab blog entry!
@hayles *attempts to keep straight face*
Hmm. Tempted by Adobe Premier Elements. Hmm. *strokes beard*
@KaveyF Yeah, no probs ;)
@Pockless No, first time I'd seen it, I think.
@KaveyF Well, pennies are better than nothing, and I should probably try both and see how I do...
2009
@stevemarvell What's that TV recordy software you use, dear?
Morning all! http://twitpic.com/j6m26
2008
@spamvictim I believe it was September 30th, 1908.
And while we're on the subject, how can it cost £7 _more_ to download rather than shipping it to me in a box? Hello? Anyone home? Dime bar?
Hey, UK Adobe Store, how about not adding insult to injurious prices by losing your bloody Flash scrollbars that fail with my mousewheel..?
@Ihnatko evil# sort revengelist | uniq | head -n 10 | xargs kill --extremeprejudice
@WilHarris Love the @leolaporte interview, smoking jacket, pipe, poop and all :)
Lazing on the landing stage in Castle Park.
@KellyJanner do your makeup in the three minutes, then pack the cat in a lunchbox and eat later. All problems solved.
Awesome morning. Hopefully got some good photos using new ND-grad filter