@Mouse_House @stillawake I really do not like being at Cribbs.
@benjohnbarnes Yes; technically I’m using the Peperone Technique, but that’s only because they were what the kitchen shop had in :)
@benjohnbarnes Check. lockerz.com/s/160879052
Sigh. I may have to resort to making a wall chart and giving myself gold stars on days when I do enough work.
@stillawake I mean, at Cribbs Causeway I could actually long for the windowless Swedish calm of IKEA.
@stillawake Well, it’s an experience. And I actually hate it less than many other shopping experiences.
I have unexpectedly found myself in IKEA. #aaargh
@KaveyF Oh. *Looks nervously at the sky*
@KaveyF Luckily I didn’t have to learn from yesterday’s experience; it’s lovely in Bristol today. Maybe it’ll be nice down there tomorrow!
@Hombre_Mediocre Oh, is that thing open now? I was wondering why anyone would want to go there.
Official Green Tea Times commence. flic.kr/p/aNgzt8 (With a nod of acknowledgement to @mattgemmell.)
stephencgrant Shall we have a Twitter strike as well? Just harnessing the momentum? “What do we want?” “More than 140 characters” “When do we want it?” “N
Quality message, Apple. #xcode #grr lockerz.com/s/160773816
@ricgalbraith Well, *I* wouldn’t argue with him.
@MsLisaRogers Wildcat!
@ricgalbraith Have you been eating cheese and watching NCIS just before bed again?
@Chookooloonks Thea Gilmore: December in New York. Bit literal, I know, but it’s a good song.
@KaveyF DVD.
Right. Film night. Am determined to start actually using my LoveFilm subscription. Tonight: _Felicia’s Journey_.
@guardian You spelled “sociopath” wrong in the picture caption. Or possibly “McMullan”.
@13twelve …or is that actually you successfully using a database with Kanji names and content, in a hardcore fashion?
@13twelve Should I assume you know about “reset”?
@hayles I may buy a single strand of tinsel on Christmas Eve, and leave it on the floor where the tree would be if I had one. #humbug
Woo! @alfredapp 1.0 is here! Well done, guys. Alfred is fab. goo.gl/KLna3
Just sampled some of the McMullan evidence. Erm. Does #leveson have the power to order a psychiatric report?
@penelopeelse We have all that plus rain. Grr.
@psidnell I think it would just wake me with a sense of inadequacy about my percussion skills :)
@penelopeelse It is *horrid* out there. *wrings pullover out* *nails door shut*
@psidnell Bongos? Goodness. Still, for the full-on awakening experience, I do have my Brian Blessed alarm clock app :D #WAKEUP
sarcastathon If the Telegraph/Galway/cloud computing article is true, why are none of them on the Galway County Council website? bit.ly/vclFdZ
Nearly time to go :( instagr.am/p/Wellg/
Telegraph A council meeting descended into a argument after a suggestion that cloud computing depended on bad weather. tgr.ph/uTHaZh
Today, I will mostly be screaming incoherent swear words at my computer. #itunes
@mistymaria @Lumie_lights Thanks both! Will try.
@Lumie_lights …any tips? Ta!
@Lumie_lights Accidentally pressed + and - together on Bodyclock Advanced 200. It beeped. Now the light fades on/off really slowly…
bennycrime It was bound to happen… RT @aterkel: Man arrested at Large Hadron Collider claims he’s from the future bit.ly/cirldW
Uuuuuuuuurrrghhhhh. It’s that “morning” git again, isn’t it? Bastard.
@emmafurious @stillawake Oooh. I like the Bowmore. We (me, @ahnlak, @KaveyF and others) stayed at distillery’s cottages when we did Islay :)
@KaveyF Aww. Thanks, chuck.
@emmafurious @stillawake I think we may have tangentially touched on the beverage :D
@stillawake @RamonYouseph @Milkthistle @r0bb1eh Barman, I mean.
@stillawake @RamonYouseph @Milkthistle @r0bb1eh Last time I had a cocktail was at Goldbrick House. Waiter knew what he was doing.
@stillawake I had a Gin and Tonic of Awesomeness. #yum It was all @KaveyF’s fault.
@RamonYouseph @stillawake You should’ve said before I went to London; I could’ve asked Paolo. This is Paolo: flic.kr/p/aMdTTB
@stillawake Yes, we should whisky. Although I have developed an alarming hiccuping habit on whisky recently. Odd.
@stillawake I only got back from London late evening. And that whisky, sadly, is in Knightsbridge!
@stillawake I have had a craving since Friday. For some reason. lockerz.com/s/160360554
Oooh, a bottle of ldnfldsbrewery’s Gold? Don’t mind if I do. #glug
@KaveyF Ah. Served “up” == shaken or stirred with ice, then served without ice in a stemmed glass. bit.ly/vDhviy
hotdogsladies It’s staggering how few photos of “minimalist workspaces” include a person who’s working REALLY fucking hard.
@Jorence Awesome hashtagging.
@jonhickman Yes. It’ll be fine. [Source: I am in a car with foodies who know pizza dough pretty well :) ]
Novembeer! @ London Fields Brewery instagr.am/p/V96Ea/
HER 500 @ London Fields instagr.am/p/V91Zz/
Oh yeah. @ Lucky Chip instagr.am/p/V9Sdh/
Mmm. The next table has their burgers. @ Lucky Chip instagr.am/p/V9OV2/
OH: “If the downstairs is full of skanks, we’re going upstairs.” “Why? Are skanks like daleks? Can’t they climb stairs?”
JNRaeside Good lord, Top Shop. Think of another name for this. bit.ly/vzXhtk
@Crackerwax Bristolians borrowed them so they could all say “where’s that to?” instead of “where’s that?”.
@meemalee That actually made @KaveyF laugh so much she hasn’t breathed for about a minute and a half.
Handy. #tube instagr.am/p/Vy4lR/
I may have died and gone to postprandial chocolate heaven. And the espresso’s re @ The Rib Room Bar & Restaurinstagr.am/p/VyWmN/z1AI
I am picking shot out of partridge in a very nice Knightsbridge hotel. Enjoying being @KaveyF’s photographer :)
Cocktail? Don’t mind if I do. @ Jumeirah Carlton Tower instagr.am/p/VxmFy/
London, baby. instagr.am/p/Vxdx0/
MOO Looks like the secret is out… Save 30% on everything at MOO during our Cyber MOOdays sale! moo.com
I am watching _Frozen Planet_. I hope this will make @MissEmmeline happy :)
@hayles Because they gave away 250 of them, apparently. But it’s still pretty cute. And I didn’t get a free one :)
@RamonYouseph *snigger*. Yup, lunch sounds good. Have to be next week at earliest, though.
Having a quick play with @KaveyF’s Nokia Lumia 800. Pretty slick. Lovely and responsive. Nice physical feel to it, too. *strokes*
@KaveyF Bwa-ha-ha! I knew if I just tagged a few people someone would dive in and do the rest for me :)
WeirdHorse To neigh or not to neigh, that is equestrian
@waiyeehong I have been inculcated with this Western view. I will try something different next time!
waiyeehong What is western obsession with chicken breast meat? Thighs, wings and drumsticks have much more flavour! #pickyasian
@teacherdude Just so long as we don’t use that bloody French Mustard gas.
Oof. The Olive Shed have a dessert on their Christmas menu called “Chocolate Nemesis”. *drools gently*
@LaraSee Congratulations. I’ve tried them a couple of times and always failed fairly disgracefully. But I’ve only lived here since birth :)
Snappity-snap. MINI: flic.kr/p/aJBgHn
@roundonefight @jonhickman Ah, okay, nothing too unusual for her, then :) She was truly car-crash-like when she was on Twitter.
@rabidbee NOT HELPING.
Sparks. lockerz.com/s/158692409
National Freelancers Day would be going better without the hammering from upstairs and the builders a couple of doors down.
kevinmeyers This is the box that Amazon sent me this sponge in. pic.twitter.com/fsrH5N08
Heh. An Anglia’s a great choice of transport for a vintage shop. #bristol lockerz.com/s/158671558
@BradleyLaw *flies* *falls flat on face*
@BradleyLaw Also, the documentation’s godawful and the whole thing’s buggier than iOS, which won’t help attract good developers.
@BradleyLaw Yeah, could get a bit circular, as developers don’t join because there’s no money to be made.
@simoneats Shame.
@roundonefight What Courtney Love thing?
@simoneats Enjoy!
@BradleyLaw Don’t tell me that now I’ve just started developing Android apps! :)
*folks.
Right, in all seriousness, work time. See you in a bit, folkd.
@Jorence @RamonYouseph *snigger*
@ahnlak Yes, but at least you can afford clothes now.
@lukejonesme #ff0000 <— Simply Red.
@RamonYouseph Well, from what I vaguely remember from last time, apparently the pants go on first, *then* the trousers. #badumtish
It’s National Freelancers Day? Fuck. I’d better get dressed, then.
@archidave You probably want to turn the new “verbatim” feature on. Also, try duckduckgo as alternative. @xabl
@tsunimee G’luck.
@tsunimee *mwah*
Oooh. Gremlins is on.
@tsunimee I hate it when I can’t get something out of my mind. *hug*
@rabidbee It feels that way sometimes.
@xabl I have no idea. But Google always have great statistics to back up their decisions to piss me off.
@xabl Also, if you don’t read it as ‘Beware of the “Leopard”’, you’re attacked by a variety of differently-named jungle creatures.
@xabl No. No, they really haven’t.
@Mouse_House Was Avon Books in Clifton Village, incidentally. We were randomly looking for Alice in Wonderlands (Alices in Wonderland?)
@xabl They have introduced “verbatim” to help un-feck-things-up for people like us, but it’s a bit weird. Still: insidesearch.blogspot.com/2011/11/search…
@Mouse_House I do not know. I bought two other books for £4 total, so I doubt it’d be pricey.
@xabl Also bear in mind that the advanced search operators (+sign, etc.) have been screwed with.
@xabl Hit the gear icon, top-right.
@Mouse_House I could go back tomorrow and see if it’s still there?
@benjohnbarnes Well, there is always a possibility that you do have a specifically broken one. Does happen.
I saw this today and thought of @Mouse_House. lockerz.com/s/158511272
@benjohnbarnes …but the problem with networking is, it’ll be different arcane settings for everyone :(
@benjohnbarnes I had awful problems with my Apple networking stuff until I found the right arcane settings to turn on in my router.
@benjohnbarnes …but if you can’t get an official Time Capsule working, not sure the unsupported method would work any better.
@benjohnbarnes It’s be cheaper to send it back un-dented, you know.
@benjohnbarnes Personally I’m happy enough just plugging mine in every now and again, so I’ve not tried that.
@benjohnbarnes “defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1”. But don’t come running to me, etc. etc.
edyong209 Octopus walks on land. Your homes and children are no longer safe. If you want me, I’ll be surrendering. bit.ly/s3YBFA
I am particularly enjoying the Amazon “customer images” of the pepper spray. amazon.com/Defense-Techno… lockerz.com/s/158473915
@ShabbyBean Oh, okay, then :)
kmakice Pepper spray on Amazon gets the Three Wolf Moon treatment j.mp/sxjsnF /via @Tyler_Pace
@ShabbyBean (Sorry :) )
@ShabbyBean BOO!
MarkTaylorFood Very sad to think @HartsBakery only open for another 3 days. Surely somebody in Bristol has a nice new premises for this fab bakery? Plse RT
@christianrt Heh. That is @MissEmmeline. And I’m sure it’s just a trick of the perspective that the cakes look bigger than she is :)
The solution to sleepiness :) @ Primrose Cafe instagr.am/p/VRsST/
Two ransacked cars with smashed windows on Hensmans Hill. Don’t leave *anything* on view in cars, #Bristol peeps.
Li’l Pink instagr.am/p/VRlBb/
@MattCrivelli @the3rdgirl I now want to open up a posh lingerie shop and call it “La Bra d’Or”.
@MandinaM Ugh.
@MandinaM You and me both. I have done *loads* today. Why aren’t I tired? Grr.
Gawd, I think Google made “My Maps” even buggier and harder to use. I think it may be bedtime…
@VeraR2010 Oooh, looks nice! And you won’t be too far from lidobristol.com which is one of the good places I’ve forgotten to mention :)
@hayles Bloody hell.
@VeraR2010 And probably about nineteen others I’ve randomly forgotten :) Also try tweeting where you are at me at the time :D
@VeraR2010 For food… Goodness. Erm. Bell’s Diner, Runcible Spoon, Olive Shed, No. 1 Harbourside, Chin! Chin!, Grain Barge, Pump House.
@VeraR2010 For tea my new favourite is Lahloo Pantry lahloopantry.co.uk though they only do filter coffee.
@VeraR2010 So much choice! Depends where you’ll be, really, and how far you want to go :) For coffee, can’t go too far wrong in @BTPcafes
@VeraR2010 Ironically enough, I’m heading for London on Thursday!
@SpikyZebra Woo!
@HeikeM Mmmmmmm. I will have to go back very, very soon!
@tsunimee I vote “yes”.
@Mouse_House Well, here’s a hug ready for when you reappear: *hug*.
@HeikeM Ah! We plumped for the sticky toffee pudding. Which cakes do you supply?
Oooh. I think I have chosen well :) #lamb @ Chin Chin Bar and Kitchen instagr.am/p/U_VUx/
In Chin! Chin! Looks a pretty fine place to be. @ Chin Chin Bar and Kitchen instagr.am/p/U_FGn/
Mmmmatcha. instagr.am/p/U-Tzn/
@salihughes I’m imagining that you walked unexpectedly into a meeting room, where they jumped apart guiltily and readjusted their clothes.
@peach83352 @cynditefft Really? Damn. I’d better update my Wikipedia article to say that I don’t do that, then.
@Theremina I have no opinion here, I just like saying “Ms Pedant von Crankybottom”.
Snappity: Star flic.kr/p/aGxbJD
craigmpeters Major incident #bristol police, fire engine, ambulance no idea what’s going on. Cumberland rd sealed off
@KaveyF Nope.
Rocking out to our school band’s first EP on tape. Maybe I won’t Freecycle this tape deck after all. #nostalgia
@Jorence @BlackDogDays OY!
@Jorence @BlackDogDays I DO NOT HAVE AN INFERNAL INFLUENCE! #humph
Mmmmm. Pic of my carrot cake @lahlootea’s Lahloo Pantry yesterday :D lockerz.com/s/157622208
@weirdoldhattie I’m scheduled to concentrate from 4 :) How the hell do you get a letterbox too small for a Lovefilm envelope? #teensy
@weirdoldhattie Yup. I even re-tested with a Graze box when I fitted a draught-excuder :)
Mmmm. Right. Green tea, Graze box olives. And now I must quit Twitter and try to actually concentrate.
@hayles I think you should get somewhere high up in front of them, then drop onto the pony and ride off, with an obligatory “Yeehah!”
Snappity: Royal York Sunset flic.kr/p/aGjpqv
Right. Home. Now to try an fit an afternoon’s work in. Hrm.
@hayles I’m leaving now, off to catch odd exhibition at Arnolfini. If you pop by, the burgers at the stall next to Bordeaux are awesome :)
@hayles IT’S GOOD STUFF MAAAN.
Yum. @MissEmmeline just bought me a Bordeaux Quay macaroon from the next stall along :)
@R2UK Well, at least that gives you an hour or two to look. :)
My friend @MissEmmeline will be selling pretty things at the @HarbourMarket today. Pop along and say hi! #Bristol lockerz.com/s/157492676
I’ve made too much dinner. Leftovers tomorrow, I guess! Still, looks nice. lockerz.com/s/157293111
@tsunimee I’m going with “oondahgrajwart”.
@nchan Trousers Genuflect In Faith? Or something not quite as far away from normal?
@MrsMiddleham Climbed over the fence by a slightly nonplussed woman and her dog, in fact :)
Mmmm. At Lahloo Pantry. instagr.am/p/Uqpfc/
Whew. I just scrambled up the side of the Avon Gorge. Tip: those new steps by Bridge Valley Road? They don’t really go anywhere. #bristol
@PomegranateEB Snigger. Think I’d be much safer experimenting in your line than with strange mushrooms :D
These look fab. With the only teensy drawback being that I don’t know if they’d kill me or not. instagr.am/p/UqVTW/
_One day_, I’ll learn that I should *always* read the error message carefully. Oh well, at least I fixed a bug. Just not the right one.
@RamonYouseph Aw, shucks :)
Think I might wander up to Clifton the long way round and have lunch at Lahloo Pantry :)
@tomasmcguinness And “play it again, Sam”.
@GreedyRosie Here’s hoping. Good luck with the essay.
@GreedyRosie You appear to be writing an essay. No *way* I’m swapping.
Tired. But not, apparently, tired enough to sleep.
@Swishrelic Is it?
@helloemsy @hayles Ta. I have filled in the online missed collection thingy; maybe they’ll sort it out. Or at least tell me what happened.
@hayles Yur.
@hayles I looked my collection day up yesterday, and it said today. And my rubbish is still outside. :(
@Jorence Well, I can thoroughly recommend this course of action. Don’t ask me again after the sugar crash, though; I’ll be asleep.
@Jorence Oooh. Turnover. Now there’s an idea. #cake #obsession
Wow. Boston Tea Party very generous with the polenta cake serving today. :) #doorstop #mmmlemonygoodness
@stillawake Oooh! Happy birthday! I er… got you a nice sunny day! Hope you like it. I kept the receipt, though, just in case.
@NeilCrosby I’ve seen several people saying that, but it’s still there for me. Odd.
@tyronem Aw, I hate it when that happens. Sometimes caffeine helps, but often it over-hypes my brain when I’m like that. Good luck!