On This Day, 12 July
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We're getting to the stage where they need to be slightly concave along the bottom edge, too, to follow the curvature of the earth. https://t.co/R30CVHJY01
RT @King_Chris_Jr: @tasty We're all cakes https://t.co/mIDGej8pEL
2019
@ememess Mine was “paradigm”. Don’t ask.
@ememess I. SAID. DON’T. ASK. (Yes.)
@mightymur Screw the productivity guru. Find someone who’ll help you forgive yourself for doing that.
“Would you like to take advantage of our complimentary turn-down service, sir?” “Er, no thanks.” Thinks: Wait. *Did* I just take advantage of their complimentary turn-down service?
That’s me, the under-traveller/over-thinker, flummoxed by yet another hotel check-in. I just Googled turn-down service and frankly I’d rather be able to choose the “just don’t cover the bed with an unaccountable number of pillows and cushions in the first place” option...
2018
RT @atlasobscura: The first known photographic sequence ever taken of Stonehenge was recently made public by the photo research company Tim…
The alcove re-org continues. I have reached the art supplies layer. https://t.co/xQDOfukWlp
RT @simongerman600: Street Orientation for Various US Cities. Source: https://t.co/Am09SZnn6y https://t.co/ae1ZGm3j5U
RT @WeirdBristol: Hidden away in a Bedminster alleyway (just off of North Street) this manhole cover is believed to be one of the earliest…
2017
Quintessential. https://t.co/UyObZpjFik https://t.co/0YnT5xaoMo
@PortiaSC I did consider it, but it seemed like more of a plain morning.
RT @WeirdBristol: Built in 1878, the Clifton Arcade was built as an experimental shopping outlet. The concept behind it birthed the modern…
@DomUtton I assume he is carrying last week's Pravda, upside-down. Remember, comrade, when you leave with each othe… https://t.co/ANGcuFx0XN
@DomUtton "But only when the swallows fly high."
@shezza_t My guess is that egg sales are up, but mince sales remain flat.
@KevinCPLdn Bizarrely, my Echo said "OK" along with yours. And I don't have an aquarium. I wonder what I just rebooted.
Afternoon TV. https://t.co/3AaHQNkUbZ https://t.co/4WZVgZjfyg
Ooops. Murray staggering around like I do first thing in the morning. #Wimbledon
@RellyAB Somewhere halfway up an alp there’s a goat with a devastating backhand.
2016
@emmachampion6 Leonard Charter-Moore :D
Tiny pepper! https://t.co/kqihaogkLZ
Domestic. https://t.co/Q8n3CEEKFZ
@CharlieEsq_ I have a sneaking suspicion this FB ad is your fault! https://t.co/dduK7tZVUW
Damn my fibre internet! There was a time when waiting for a 4GB download would be an excuse to slack off for the rest of the day.
@galg Currently testing as a mere 33.5Mbps. I think I'm getting a free upgrade next month, too...
@galg Yeah; this is fibre to a box around the corner then copper from there. But the full-fibre companies had awful customer service!
@galg (And frankly, as long as I can stream Netflix reliably I'm happy enough :D)
@Ihnatko CURSE YOU PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN COUNTRIES WHERE THEY ACTUALLY WORK AND YOU CAN BUY ONE.
Tipple. https://t.co/rs6DOz2LTg
@RealDramRob @WildBeerCo @Springbank1828 Must try that. Did you ever try their Ninkasi Premier Cru? Amazing stuff.
@WildBeerCo PS: Where do I get myself a Smoke & Barrels in Bristol?
@RealDramRob Indeed. And they are opening a bar just a pleasant walk around the harbourside from me pretty soon :D
RT @WBWappingWharf: Pop-up can bar and sneak peak into the site for @BristolHarbFest all weekend! #SneakPeak #Preview #WildBeer #Bristol ht…
RT @Sean_Kemp: Seriously guys just join the Lib Dems. There's only 8 MPs and we're obsessed by votes - you could be running the place in a…
Hurrah! I can now support excellent sweary podcasts like @DownAndSafe without overseas card charges :D https://t.co/3IqNfH5lEw
@technicalfault Doesn’t seem to be. And to be fair, I can see the attraction of that kind of news right now.
2015
RT @saxonb: Okay, FYI, there's a heap of really good SF in the current Kindle Daily Deal on Amazon: http://t.co/0mlictJrdy
Distance #bristol #igersbristol https://t.co/XIkQFogolY
Poppy pools. #bristol @ Greville Smyth Park https://t.co/PIx2ltowe2
@niklasaman Hmm. It’s about time I owned some Gibson gear, given my name. Bet those are a bit cheaper than a Les Paul Studio, too!
Current status: _Beginning Acoustic Blues Guitar_, page 32. Neighbours have yet to complain.
2014
@stillawake Topping & Co?
@stillawake I liked it. “Beware of the Leopard” is the one in St Nicks.
@Dru_Marland @stillawake His shop moved from somewhere that was very difficult to find. https://t.co/GER2HPASeT
Distinguished profile. http://t.co/5ObhTB9uYN
Scary. http://t.co/dKobVr69Jo
2013
Mornin’ all. http://t.co/JjsPlCeQAS
@AthanSpod @benjohnbarnes I'm glad you said that; I was just going to ask where it had gone :) Ta!
Cheers! http://t.co/Q46WxOPqdl
Third eye. http://t.co/9C4XpLeruh
2012
@6sync You may want to use another URL shortener -- while http://t.co/belkzSUF is fine, "post.ly" is blocked by OpenDNS at the moment.
I really hope it's a hacker-friendly plumbing service who's already registered "stuckoverflow.com".
Also: Good morning, everyone. I haven't started this coffee yet, so I may be cranky for another ten minutes.
@hayles Oh. *changes*
@hayles *searches flat* Erm. I've got some brown ochre acrylic paint?
Safely ensconced at an outside table at @SourdoughCafe, awaiting quiche :D
@Indiechops It’s quite nice down here! I think the roof helps to some degree, at least…
Real men eat quiche. @ Sourdough Cafe http://t.co/1aH6dhOs
@Thehappyfatgirl I think my fellow patrons at St Nick’s would react badly.
@tyronem Mornin’ ;)
@tyronem Not too bad, now I’m home and changed out of my soaked clothes… Still, better to have gone for a walk than not, I suppose!
@markrglover @DangerousMkting { "truth": { "acknowledgement" : "universal", "man": { "status": "single", "requires": "wife" } } }
@DangerousMkting @markrglover Unsurprisingly, for geeks often have too much time on their hands, someone beat me to it. http://t.co/1MMiuqjj
@markrglover @DangerousMkting *snigger*
@markrglover @DangerousMkting cout << "Havoc!"; war->dogs->letSlip();
@DangerousMkting @markrglover I may have to stop now. Bloody work :D
RT @nacin: So, http://t.co/vXJFg0Yi now runs WordPress. But you know what's more awesome? Their 404 page: http://t.co/CGGOyklU via @zedejose
@markrglover @DangerousMkting Likewise! :)
RT @PoshTigress: #bristol if you see a silver mini one, union flag on the roof, reg WL53 BVD, it's mine and was stolen from BS16 last ni ...
2011
@BristolBuddies What, and that *wasn't* a dream?
@BristolBuddies How on earth... Wait. This is going to need more than 140 characters, isn't it?
@BristolBuddies Well, it sounds like one to me, if you've got somewhere it might fit.
@BlackDogDays Yup ;) Good luck! http://lockerz.com/s/119415827
@BenPark Not something I'd ever want to try out; feels creepy. Interesting book, though. Book by Mr L about not buying anything for a year!
@BenPark Hopefully people aren't judging me by the book list! Mostly these are "okay, but won't read again" books...
@BenPark Nope! Not much preparation, from what I remember.
@technex Suggested hashtag: #princecharlestweets
@MrMattAnderson I wonder if these gorillas could have been self-funding if they'd had a coin slot in the top!
@soba_girl Well, his own would be his "crew", I believe.
@panic Seeing some crazy cut & paste behaviour in Coda 1.7.2. Any known issues? (Pasted text changing after paste, undo-able.)
@daycoder Any particular stuff?
@daycoder Ah, sorry; I know OS X fairly well, but not python.
@daycoder Some, but that seems like odd things to be looking at if you're using Apple's pre-installed python...
@daycoder Depending on the method, I'd install 2.7 in /usr/local (as root, using sudo/su), then try to install packages to match.
@daycoder ...but 140 characters is not the best medium for stuff like this!
@daycoder You don't need root PW. First off (one time only) enable root account.
@daycoder Follow these instructions to enable the root user: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20090909081659323
@daycoder Having enabled it, though, you don't actually need *its* password to su to it. Try "sudo su -" from a terminal, and give *your* PW
@daycoder But really, *be careful* when you're root.
@daycoder Hrm. By the looks of the default /etc/sudoers file, any admin user should be okay. I'm not specifically mentioned in mine.
@daycoder You said you promoted yourself to admin, right? Did you log out and back in again afterwards? Might make a difference.
@daycoder (And does your user definitely have "Allow user to administer this computer" in user prefs?
@daycoder ) :)
@daycoder Yes.
@daycoder In my experience, most Mac-using old-school unix geeks use an account with Admin privs day-to-day.
@daycoder Well, I've blundered around on Macs with admin privilege for a few years now, and not broken anything.
@daycoder No probs. I got my degree at a unix-heavy Uni (Warwick), and then carried on doing it for twenty years :)
@panic No screencast yet, but I dropped you an email after I figured out what was going on.
@EmmyThomps Oddly, I randomly sang that exact line out loud to myself just after waking up this morning. HMHB mind-control ray?
Nearly home. @ The Grain Barge http://instagr.am/p/HgpUf/
Playing with Synthcam combined with Swankolab. http://lockerz.com/s/119503025
Adam and Eve pub closure confirmed by sign in locked entranceway :( #bristol http://instagr.am/p/Hgsu6/
My suspicion is that the current revelations will continue until a suitably snappy word has been found to suffix with "-gate".
@simondebrux Awkward to say. But maybe that's just me.
@daycoder Suitably snappy, I'll give you that...
It's a duck in a cup. This is the internet, after all. I have a quota to fill. http://bit.ly/nJwzSq
@parryphernalia It is not going, so far. I did get out last Thursday for the first time in ages. Planning on getting out again tomorrow.
@BlackDogDays I know nothing of the circumstances at all. Who knows, maybe it'll re-open...
RT @RichNeville: Haven't seen any news in 2 hours, so I assume at the present rate of developments the queen's been arrested and we're a ...
@RamonYouseph @EmmaFurious He was suspended today, I believe.
@RamonYouseph @EmmaFurious Yup. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/12/johann-hari-suspended-independent
@RamonYouseph @EmmaFurious So, looks like he would have been okay until he pretended to be someone else to defend himself. D'oh.
RT @talkie_tim: Just happily killed 40 minutes waiting for the train by reading old Harry Harrison crime stories over here: http://t.co/ ...
@talkie_tim Ooh, fab.
@EmmaFurious @RamonYouseph Someone may have missed out on the "when in hole, stop digging" advice.
@jbrownridge Sark. Sark. Took me right back to a particular episode of this: http://bit.ly/qCeDhf but I can't remember which one, damn it.
2010
@nickjfrost Beal? Oh, bloody typical of the lower classes. Ilford County High boy, personally ;) #snobbery
@hayles No, I meant I only have to have one girl fall for it!
@djelibeybi_meg I can't use mine to frame my shots anyway; the Canon 400D doesn't have a live view.
@djelibeybi_meg On a Mac, I think iStopMotion may be on special offer at the mo -- worth a go. QuickTime 7 and older can do it, too.
@DangerousMkting Och aye, moi luvver!
@DangerousMkting I don't drink; make mine a deep-fried cream tea :)
@djelibeybi_meg Sorry, not sure from the Windows standpoint. Hey, @ahnlak, did you look at Windows software for that shed time-lapse?
@Stranahan Hmm. Because otherwise a malicious person who doesn't have a Scansnap could download the Scansnap drivers? Erm...
@vero Mmmm. Fizzy marmite!
@hayles Well, in a perfect world, once is all I need :) No, I know @tsunimee through @KaveyF, though only on Twitter, not real life.
@technex Savys in Clifton Village. Clearly I'm not the best person for a recommendation, but men with actual hair seem happy with them, too!
Waiting for the boat home. http://twitpic.com/24ph9l
@matthew_roach It's the snapping noise that gives it away, right?
Wow. Ten past bedtime, and there's now way I'm getting to sleep yet. #windingdowntimerequired
@R2UK Careful! He's only buttering you up because he wants to borrow the car later.
See this? This is the back of the _film_ camera that I keep looking at to check how my shot turned out. #doh http://twitpic.com/24ly5k
A slightly different welcome into town this morning! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrXUNBdOKjg
@canofpopcom Close, but no cigar! http://twitpic.com/24m2n5
2009
@benjohnbarnes Good good. I did submit it the other day, in case it hadn't been seen, and it should get better as more links appear.
@seengee etc. etc. :) I don't want miracles, but there have been a lot of dumb failures where startups have been obviously unprepared...
@seengee Is there a status page that can be seen even if the main server is down? Is there a refund/compensation policy? Are backups tested?
@seengee I don't necessarily want guaranteed uptime. I want to know that the company has thought about what to do in the event of downtime.
@seengee Any way of exporting all your data in a way that can be easily re-imported is good. My recent thoughts: http://tinyurl.com/kv9849
@seengee 'course, this all depends on what kind of startup/service we're really talking about...
@seengee Or for downtime, I wouldn't trust them not to be down. But having a policy of compensation for downtime in place would reassure me.
@seengee ...but if they gave me a way of backing it up myself, then I'd probably take a chance on them.
@seengee Hmm. Would very much depend on the shape and size of the trust. I wouldn't trust them not to lose my data, for example....
GTD sensitives out there who can feel the large procrastination field emanating from Bristol -- relax. It's just time for my weekly review.
Of course, now I've doomed myself to a ton of robotic auto-followers because I've mentioned their keywords.
Wish there were a separate Twitter where SEO-spamming webcocks could "help" each other while leaving alone people who actually have souls.
Mmm. Toast and loganberry jam. That was a good random purchase yesterday, then.
2008
@ahnlak Depends... Do you perchance happen to be at home, in your living room, next to a large computer, whilst twittering from your iTouch?
I was working. Then iTunes shuffled Fish BBC session recording of Fugazi, so I was forced to dance around room singing in dodgy Scots accent
@Ihnatko Yes, and the Twitterific ads are quite subtle & well-targetted. I'd normally pay to remove ads, but I'm still on free Twitterific.
I'm tempted to post a link to a MobileMe update package that's actually a link to a certain Rick Astley video. I'm going to hell, aren't I?
@chrismarquardt I'm sure it'll be soon. We're in the 21st century. The lawyers are probably sharpening their quill pens at this very moment.
Odd experience: noticing council have moved your car to other side of road after declaring your parking temporarily illegal due to roadworks
I think I'm finally "getting" CSS. And I'm being vaguely productive in XSLT, not having to look stuff up all the time. And it's sunny! Cool!
@Phooto A few third-party solutions will probably lose popularity. I doubt I'll need Spanning Sync now I can create iCal events through .Mac
*Yawn* Okay, so my plan of going to bed, sleeping while Apple engineers Did Stuff and rebooting seems to have paid off. iDisk contents back.