@Jorence No, no nano for me this year. Insufficient ideas and insufficient time this particular month. Good luck! Will cheerlead :)
Yup, not entirely sure I believe the GPS on those last few kilometres. http://twitpic.com/32layi
@bananza Luckily it ain’t that chilly in Rightpondia. Just back from a something-around-9K (my GPS died!)
@hayles So do the rather lovely @extractcoffee people who I was nattering to at party last night :) Just trying to save on post & packing!
Well, that was one of the more error-prone and complex coffee bean purchases I’ve made.
@EyOki All the better to stare quite scarily at you with…
@stillawake @Jorence I thought the food was fab, but was less impressed in the last year before it closed.
Still slightly deaf in left ear after watching ILU AXE samba band at St Werburghs last night. Feels quite unbalancing.
New law: If you have to print more than 5 retractions in a month, you lose the privilege of calling yourself a “newspaper” for next month.
@hannahnicklin Will try Radiobox, though; often want to listen to R4 when travelling. Hate bloody hotels where it’s done through the telly.
@hannahnicklin Yur, though my R4 usage tends to be “have it on in all three rooms as I wander between them”. I fear change :)
@callumchapman Yes.
@hannahnicklin Sadly, I can on only get FM stations (the BBC’s DAB transmission strength sucks in Bristol. I can get LBC, but not Radio 7!)
hannahnicklin Ah, Radio 7, for those times when religion is on Radio 4.
@quiquise She does! Both sets!
Morning all. I have had my morning coffee, and I now look like this: http://flic.kr/p/8PnHBZ . Maybe I shouldn’t have another one yet.
@ahnlak I think you must replace your electronics more often than me. It’s just the ‘puters and the PVR round here.
@EyOki Presumably they’re preparing for Noël. #imhereallweekfolks #trytheveal
“I is all you need for 20p”? Are the Indie doing Bristol-specific advertising now?
Anyway. An extra hour! Yay! Which I will now waste changing all my clocks.
This is Emmeline wot I was saying goodbye to. She doesn’t _always_ look like this, though. http://twitpic.com/32d0t2
Just back from St Werbergh’s city farm pub, seeing off my friends Emmeline & Arnauld before they head off travelling for a year :)
@MizzWorthy I suspect a dyslexic ghost called “Eric”.
@KaveyF ‘tillos is Rocotillos, the milkshake place. Oz is Turkish place: http://bit.ly/ch1wyB
Ooof. Took friend to RWA autumn exhib. Then we went to Oz. Then we went to ‘tillos. Like I said: ooof.
@mattbrown01 How would that benefit them? You’re going to stand there anyway, right? #sadbuttrue
Ten. Hours’. Sleep. Yay! Another few of those and I’ll be feeling human again.
other_red According to the Guardian i need to stop wearing my cape because i can’t fly. Fuck you, Guardian *soars across the sky*
@jacrats You think *that* was bad, you should’ve seen the TV series.
@missionverdana @Dichohecho I called up my ISP, they tested my line and called engineers, and it was back up by the morning. Ho hum.
Ah, the Hotwells hills during Friday “rush” hour. How I love the smell of burning clutches in the evening. #Bristol
Due to being in Waitrose, have had to buy dried wild mushrooms and Chardonnay instead of Pop Tarts. Damn.
@hayles Yes, but as I think @shezza_t is implying, “good” in the way that Pot Noodles are good. Or Dairylea and crisp sandwiches.
@caitlinmoran OOI, what look should a bloke have on face when buying copy of “How To Be A Woman?” Proud? Furtive? “It’s for a friend”?
@shezza_t That I can barely remember what they’re like from University. And that that is not a bad thing.
@hayles Luckily Waitrose is too posh to stock them.
Jesus. Why do I have an urge to buy Pop Tarts? I know they’re awful. Maybe I’m pregnant.
@nyssapod Sweet. Looks like a proper protect-while-travelling case.
RellyAB Helvetica cookie cutters. Really. Can someone do an ironic hipster clear up on aisle 5?
@thomasvenables I suspect that if the case wasn’t that much, the Kindle wouldn’t be that cheap… #deviousmarketing
@Jorence Don’t you believe it. Bet you’re _all_ on bloody Twitter :)
@thomasvenablesy My aim with that last one was to stop anyone spending £30 on the official case if they didn’t need to, honest :)
@R2UK Damn! Had you done any research? My aerial’s fine but I need a new receiver!
My review of the Duragadget #Kindle 3 leather case with stand: http://bit.ly/akQvzt
@IreneB9 Best way I’ve found of shrinking jeans is to eat more chocolate :)
@parryphernalia Nightmare? Sounds nicer than my day job.
My friend Thom was apparently at the top of the mast when the Spirit of Antigua capsized. http://bit.ly/aIVRYW
@bertpalmer Hey! I do cook quite often, you know!
@davelee *groan*
@archidave Yes, spot on. Woooo!
@AndyCarolan Ahh, they’d probably go well with those waterproof stock cubes of mine.
Right. For the first time this week, I am going to cook A Actual Meal, with Vegetables and Stuff.
(Not that I ever actually shout at people. It’s not the bloke on the phone’s fault, after all.)
@hayles Have done. They are refunding. If it’s dinged my credit rating, I will be annoyed, though. Grr.
So, let that be a lesson: Spend like it’s going out of fashion, otherwise they’ll fine you. Erm.
Got late payment fee letter for my credit card. Until this month, I’d been in credit for so long, the DD details had “fallen off”. D’oh.
@RellyAB *Adds Relly to “Internet-gossip-flirts” list*
Ah, so it’s the time of year where companies try to sell more stuff by crowbarring “spooky” into the subject lines of marketing mails, then?
Cool. Snappy’s square-pan pizza. That’ll bring back memories for other Warwickites, I’m sure ;) http://yfrog.com/5ey0tej
@hannahnicklin Really? Must give that a try. My coffee addiction could use some alternative options.
@hayles …well, okay, not the indicators. But without me, he’d have turned down Jacob’s Wells Road…
@hayles I’ve had to do that myself for a number 8 driver before!
@hayles Given your description, I think the mist you can assume is that he’s borrowed his mate’s clothes.
@thomasvenables Still thinking about options, will drop you a line, though! Ta.
jimmy_wales This is the most awesome image in a Wikipedia article, ever: http://en.wikipedia.org/…
Two leaves from my day: 1) http://flic.kr/p/8NPCqb 2) http://flic.kr/p/8NPA5G
@Jorence Well, if you can find mine, you’re welcome to use it. I last saw it in about 2004, if that helps?
Oh, and in other boat-related news, Number Seven steps in to continue morning ferry commuter trips :D http://bit.ly/aKHPAi #bristol
(All fine, apparently. Cue lots of “you must have put on weight” jokes…)
So, should I watch #apprentice, or save electricity by simply shouting, “What the HELL are you DOING you MORONS!?” at the wall for an hour?
@bryns Hrm. Odd demographic. Strikes me there’s a relatively small population who would recognise both Bing Crosby and beatboxing.
New law suggestion: retail executives must play Muzak carols on a loop in their home from the day they put Christmas stuff on the shelves.
Interesting new graff on Victoria Street. http://yfrog.com/159bfcj
gmp24_0 Overheard a man outside talking about Google accidentally saving email from unsecured wifi. Referred myself to the Information Commissioner.
@hayles Yes; might have one with some cheesecake so I can balance out the vegetables with some healthy protein.
I’d love it if Google added a “trust me; I can actually spell. Just search for what I typed in, please” setting to Search.
@bertpalmer @hayles I might have had problems doing that. “Sorry, they all seem to have mysteriously disappeared again…”
RT @hayles: New blog post about a delicious new cupcake company in Bristol(http://bit.ly/9P7uT3) <— Damn. Now I want a cupcake.
@alexjbutcher Ta!
Vaguely looking around the job market.
@alexjbutcher Looks good! Shame it’s not sold new; I’ve stupidly left it a bit late to order and it’s not Prime-able. May take a chance!
(Just to clarify, this is for a friend off on travels, probably carrying no mire gear than a single digital point & shoot…)
@MediaBen Looks like a good book, but seems quite SLR-ey. Friend will have a good point-and-shoot at best. Might buy it for me though! Ta!
Can you recommend a photography book geared to point-and-shoots, tweeps? Something that mostly aims to improve a beginner’s eye, maybe?
Just been talking to the editor of Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention on the ferry. Starts Wed BBC1 7:30pm. Sounds f#Bristolstol
Why does the verbing of “golf” irritate me so much? Odd.
RadioKate Ah. That moisturiser I said left my face feeling all weird, er, here it is: epic #KateFAIL http://twitpic.com/312aqy
2MuchApplePie As a mark of respect to Paul the dead octopus (as we should now call him), I shall be wearing eight black armbands for the rest of the week.
@EmilyKoch22 Interesting to see the council hopeful about replacement service. Not looking forward to no boats on rainy mornings…
@EmilyKoch22 PS: by the way, am actually 37, but no need to rush to change that :) Quite enjoying my new-found youth!
@EmilyKoch22 Yes, ta! Also think I bumped into a couple of your colleagues on boat last night :)
@nickbrompton Luckily, I don’t think it works over long dist—
@hayles Oh, is *that* what it is? Thought it was spookily quiet.
@nickbrompton Careful! That handbag gives @hayles +4 hit points, you know.
@matthew_roach Ah, but it’s _just_ time I want, not date. i.e. “Find me all photos tagged ‘ferry’ taken before noon, regardless of date.”
@bertpalmer @BradleyLaw Thank you for at least confirming that I’m not being dense.
@BradleyLaw @bertpalmer Damn. That will not be entirely practical for 1,200 photos taken across three years.
@bertpalmer Don’t make me hurt you.
@bertpalmer @BradleyLaw …or am I missing something?
@BradleyLaw @bertpalmer Sort by “capture time” appears to sort by date, then time. I want all photos I’ve _ever_ taken during any morning.
Lightroom experts: Can I search by time? Want to find only photos taken in the morning.
@xabl That’s never down.
Lovely start to the week on the ferries, at least. Beautiful light mist this morning: http://flic.kr/p/8N3EyQ
@RichNeville Yeah. I always try to keep my shaving as symmetrical as possible due to similar concerns about my beard trimmer.
Damn. Looks like my ADSL is totally down.
On the ferry home. Evening Post also aboard, interviewing other commuters.
@BlackDogDays If the lazy bugger was still in the office, I would :D
@roundonefight Wouldn’t work. Remember, he only likes the extra-virgin.
@hayles Heh. Yup. A child prodigy among NatWest programmers.
@hayles I was on an iPhone. Surprised they heard anything properly :)
@BlackDogDays Have you heard Mike talk about someone called “Gibbo”? :)
Yay! The Evening Post made me 27 rather than 37. That’s my kind of misprint :)
@BlackDogDays I’ve been here seven years; would we have overlapped?
@BlackDogDays I work on same team as Steph!
@BlackDogDays Do we? Well, I wouldn’t be surprised! And yes, definitely me.
@BlackDogDays Yup, that was me. I get everywhere.
@mightymur Bank robbers?
Iiin meeemooory ooof Jooohn Peeeel, Iiiiii’m plaaaayyyiiing thiiiis tweeeet aaaat thheee wroooong speeeed. #keepingitpeel
@benjohnbarnes Sounds good. Will add it to t’list.
@davehodg Ta! Will point my friend in that direction.
@juliasegal Only if they got to us before we were devoured by ferocious Uggodiles.
@dschimpf If you think that’s hard, you should try asynchr
@dschimpf onous tweeting.
Yes. Yes, please: http://xkcd.com/810/
@matthew_roach Hrm. Can’t see a way of making it do stuff it doesn’t do in the front-end. Think I shall have to give up. Ta for looking!
@missionverdana My ADSL is utterly dead, but my phone is fine. Same problem? @Dichohecho
Downloading the beta of Scrivener for Windows :)
@matthew_roach Ta! Can’t see any way of filtering time-without-date anywhere in this thing.
@matthew_roach Trying to filter out several years’ worth of photos taken on the morning ferry, you see…
@katylouiseg I think it’s just after the Easter eggs go on sale, isn’t it? November 5th? #confused
@kshack22 Okey-dokey. Will change my planned track and go run through Leigh Woods :)
Our forests, right, do *not* need to be “energised”. http://tiny.cc/1uhqz
BenMyers1 Tories to sell off UK woodlands to pave the way for more Center Parcs, golf courses etc.This absolutely canot happen: http://tiny.cc/1uhqz
@LoveMindfulness Avoid them for a decade until it’s too late, then regret it. Sorry, I know that’s not helpful, but you asked…
@mrchrisaddison Build heavier submarines? Clearly ours don’t sink well enough.
@MediaBen @alexjbutcher @davehodg Ta!
@matthew_roach Yur. Can be a bit minefieldy, though. I gave up on the FP3 because it was crud, even though the FP8 was excellent. Odd.
Can someone name me one or two good £200ish compact cameras? Friend wants to take one on her world trip…
Bleh. Morning all. I ate and drank too much last night. You?
I’d better stop taking photos. Currently, I’m scheduled to spend my entire retirement processing the backlog.
@stillawake Nah. We’re definitely asleep.
@rhodri Yeh.
@bananza Have you been reading Pinter again?
@MitchBenn Ugh. I call it an hour later even than that.
@SpikyZebra It was, however, particularly lovely. As pickled eggs go.
Dear Every Technology Company On The Planet,
I really only want _Twitter_ to look like Twitter. Cut it out, okay?
Love, Me.
#bandwagon
@KaveyF Pic!
Going Outside. The fresh air will probably be kill-or-cure. Hopefully will make it as far as BTP.
Hmm. I might go have lunch while it’s still lunchtime.
@shezza_t That the dye works perfectly for that load of washing. And the next one.
@KaveyF Hopefully on the mend, then! Good.
whalemonster New Scientist: subverting augmented reality to mask corporate logos and advertising. http://www.newscientist….
@BlackDogDays I’ve always been a lightweight, but yeah, the hangovers just go on longer as I get older, it seems. Ah well.
@BlackDogDays As it is, I think I should have probably re-introduced myself to drinking too much a bit more gently. More coffee needed now.
@BlackDogDays I drank several pints of beer for the first time in about four years last night. It seemed like a good idea at the time…
Stokes Croft last night: http://flic.kr/p/8MeMiT
Pickled eggs, gourmet stylee! #Bristol #Harbourside http://yfrog.com/eqzp6ej
@seengee Sorry it took me so long to laugh at that, but I had to wait for my secretary to print my tweets out.
@hayles Yup. Though saw it in reverse last night as bloke bought stuff in Boots while on phone; neither eye-contact nor a single word to SA.
@tom_watson When was the last time someone put 50p in the meter?
@KaveyF This is all I know so far: http://bit.ly/ferryletter
@SpikyZebra Tried Clifton Wine Cellar? I find him very non-partisan in that respect. And have never knowingly worn suit or brayed in there.
@ratsass For good, though they’re trying to find another firm to take over. It’s just so friendly; it’s like an anti-bus.
Still sad about the morning commuter service stopping. Been using it for 15 years, I reckon :( #Bristol #ferry
Wow. GoDaddy’s homepage now looks so sleazy that I don’t want to open it at work. Someone else it is, then.
I really need to get back to programming for a living. MI reporting is okay, but doesn’t give me as much helping-people-out satisfaction.
@alexjbutcher Ooh, good question.
DrJonRogers 37 free Wi-Fi hotspots are being launched by the city council. Includes 2 in St Pauls. see http://www.bristol.gov.u… - more coming soon
@DrHairbear Response: “Then I’m afraid I can’t find your degree.”
BinaryBad I’M NOT SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY. I’M JUST GENUINELY ENRAGED BY THE CONCEPT.
@archidave Low numbers, plus no increase in subsidy. No cut, though. Sigh. 20 years, that morning commuter service has run.
Arse. Next Friday will be the last #Bristol Ferry Boat morning commuter run. Service stopping because there’s not enough money in it :(
Anyway. Morning all! http://yfrog.com/n9fp1iyj
@Dru_Marland Given the money and data they’ve had from me, I’d more expect, “Your new headphones are in the post. You’ll like them.”
Guess what, Amazon? You say, “Over 7,000 to choose from.” I read, “I will *never* find the best option.” http://twitpic.com/2zp87r
I see from @alexia that it’s @itunes10icon who’s responsible for the death of the CD, the murderous little bugger. http://tcrn.ch/b6hMee
@inkyhands Also, surprisingly satisfying to say. Odd.
@inkyhands Huge fluffy earmuffs. Warming and unmatronly.
@DrHairbear Ugh. If I felt like that, you’d only follow the trail as far as the sofa.
@tsunimee If you start doing that, I’ll turn chartreuse with envy.
@MediaBen Well, they should wear dayglo habits if they’re going to be hanging around in the dark.
Be warned, world. I’m just about to start catching up with my email backlog.
I also note that the comments on @MitchBenn’s video must rank among the most coherent and well-spelled on YouTube. Not saying much, I admit.
Finally got around to watching @MitchBenn’s _Proud of the BBC_. Hurrah! *waves flag* http://www.youtube.com/w…
Most terrifying thought watching the #apprentice: What if these actually _are_ the 16 best and brightest of British business?
LeeCottier Hurrah! Episodes of BBC “The Great Egg Race” 1979-1986 now online: http://is.gd/gbifj Pls tell me I wasn’t the only (geeky) kid 2 love this?
I’ve seen drunken unicyclists more stable than this software.
A Glass of Water and a Packet of Crisps #bbccuts
@KaveyF Not like you. Whassup?
@caitlinmoran Is that just because only one of them has been played to death everywhere for twenty years, though?
@Jorence After the weekend of indulgence I had, I may need to go running _until_ tomorrow.
Brr. Home. Now time to go out in the cold again for a jog.
@jukesie If we hear nothing more from you, we’ll assume you’ve pulled the wrong lever and catapulted yourself out of the window.
Dear Word, please get your splash screen out of my way. I’m trying to read the web while I wait for you to start. Yes, all of it. Love, Matt
@benjohnbarnes Hmm. Might be something MarcoPolo could do? http://www.symonds.id.au…