@bexxi So, good night :D
Right, Twitter. I have a busy day tomorrow and I’ve been knackered since I woke up. Early night time, I think…
@paul_clarke Clever reply limit reached.
@chubbybannister Quick block-and-unblock does that.
@andybeebristol @Lillput Or we could reschedule — I can definitely do Thursday or Friday?
@Lillput @andybeebristol Awww. Believe me, there will be *plenty* of other times I fancy lunch somewhere nice in town.
@KaveyF (a) Good luck for the lasering. (b) Thank you for reminding me of a great gig I went to once. ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami_B… ) @tsunimee :)
@andybeebristol Fine by me! I’ll aim to hit the River Station at 12ish.
@Phooto You’re a bad, bad man.
@andybeebristol Yup — River Station? When? I’m pretty flexible, time-wise.
@Phooto Classy. Does that photo imply that if you go out in public in a pink onesie, someone’s likely to break your legs?
@Adamy323 That’s sort of what I had in mind. Better than programming in a slanket, anyway…
@getrunningapp Done.
Just back from Moti. #oldandnew pic.twitter.com/0YnzxSNt
@sidewalkfinds Just passed this and thought of you ;) instagr.am/p/mh4hA/
DomUtton Poetry, pedantry and (not) watching Panorama. Today’s Letter to #FGW letterstofgw.blogspot.com
Holey Moley and a flat white. @ Boston Tea Party, Clifton instagr.am/p/mhf-T/
@extractcoffee :) If your orders this week involve a single awkward bag of Dr. Strangelove for the Mall Deli, that’s my fault :D
Not so cold in my flat today. Which is good, as yesterday I was contemplating buying a onesie for programming in.
@extractcoffee It’s good stuff, maaaan. Though I’m on the standard espresso at the mo. *raises mug in salute*
@JustinOwen Good to hear. You don’t want to be panicking before lunch.
@JustinOwen No problem. I don’t know Bath well enough to see if the exclusions are OTT or not, myself.
@JustinOwen e.g. in the Alexandra Park bit, they seem to be only banning them from the bowling green and the children’s play area.
@JustinOwen Er. It looks a bit like it, but if you click through to the details, they seem to be banning them from particular bits.
@utterben Trying to figure out the best way of putting that on Tumblr…
@kazza221 *waves at Jeremy*
@R2UK :D
@domwakeling Wouldn’t that have to be heavier than water?
@KaveyF @minibreakmummy If you look closely you can see the pixels.
@KaveyF But you must know what happened. You were there! Or do they put those explosions in afterwards with CGI?
So, am I right in thinking that @KaveyF will be on BBC 2 at 7:30 in _A Question of Taste_?
“John Connor, I have been sent from the future to warn you. On March 1, 2012…”
“I *know*, dickwad! Google, privacy policy, blah blah…”
Why have cubes when you can have an ice Stratocaster? (Yes, it’s too cold for ice, but wanted to try birthday pessie!) pic.twitter.com/Xmxs50y6
@adamcheasley They know what they’re doing and are nice friendly folk. Shouldn’t be too much of a risk :)
@adamcheasley @hayles And I shall re-tweet you, which I’m sure will get you other options.
adamcheasley Anyone recently got a black and white film developed in Bristol? Where did you go to get it done?
@adamcheasley @hayles Photographique on Baldwin Street. Don’t know if they do b&w in-house, but they can get it dophotographique.co.uk/film_developin…6hgJ
@pilky I can get behind hat. *sticks on Abbey Road*
@Milkyyy_ No; you’d have had to pay £25000 *to* Tony Blair to get him on a train.
@stillawake Wow. I guess the food blender she was using is just out of shot?
Okay, time to start codin’. #geek
@BlackDogDays @G2Bristol It’s a fair cop, guv. I need a snow-sensitive alarm clock. #ilovesnow
@G2Bristol *stays indoors*
@ephemerian It is; I just get dispirited and inspired in roughly equal doses when surrounded by people who know what they’re doing!
@psidnell @ephemerian I hear the redcoats are really cheery, though.
@ephemerian Ta! Must get myself to a BathCamp at some point, though am not myself a designer, sadly.
@BenPark @libbymiller Ta! Got a friend in town on a course during the days. Shame Dorkbot was last week; think he’d have liked that…
@Lillput @andybeebristol Shame. Someone spontaneously mentioned how good the food at the River Station was a couple of days ago…
@RamonYouseph Sometimes it’s just like that. Can you forget about it for now and look afresh tomorrow? I often find that helps lots.
@benjohnbarnes Yup.
Anyone know of any geeky evening gatherings of any kind in Bristol this week?
@KaveyF Nope. Still bloody cold here, though.
@tsunimee Bloggin’ wit’ ma bottle. Word.
@weirdoldhattie Too late.
*cuffs* @Jorence around the back of the head.
Now blogging with a cup of tea, a hot water bottle, a jumper and a hat.
@Jorence Ah, an open-windower eh? Well, just as long as we don’t share a room in a chalet in the Alps ever. (Yes, that has happened to me.)
@VeraR2010 Very wise. *shivers*
@VeraR2010 Ouchy yowch. But presumably they’re decently geared-up for it?
@Jorence Is your place old & draughty, too?
Brrrrrrrrr. *considers hibernating* *finds hot water bottle*
RT @194f: It’s National Croissant day tomorrow, come in and get your fill while they last. <— Like I need an excuse…
@Lillput Do it. It’s marvellous.
Aeropressin’. pic.twitter.com/f6MRGTEQ
@chrisphin “We traced the origins of Skynet to a tweet sent on 29 January, 2012…”
What time is it? Oh, yes, time for my second coffee. Hurrah!
@ahnlak Bet you it has. With any luck it’ll never be licensed for general use, though.
@ahnlak There’s been a contender for that position since the Olympics were announced.
@Mouse_House Ah, yes. That would do it. I have nobody to wake me up. Today this does not feel like a bad thing.
All *right*, children. *Glares at @MissRacingSnake*. I’m up. Happy now? Grrr.
@MissRacingSnake Just because *you’ve* lost your sanity doesn’t mean you get to drag *us* out of our nice, warm, comfy beds.
@Mouse_House *stretches* *yawns* *sighs* Who, me? No! I’ve been up for *hours*, honest. *sneakily gets up*
@tsunimee And you survived? Well done!
@MitchBenn Yo.
@Mouse_House I didn’t drop! I think. *pats self down*. Nope. No droppage.
@Narshada Congrats!
@ShabbyBean Arse. :(
@ShabbyBean Ouchie. *sympathy*
@shezza_t Yup.
@shezza_t Something tells me you might be exactly as interested in hip-hop as I am in cricket.
So, according to Google, I’m a 45-54 year old woman, who’s interested in cricket. This may explain why I ignore ads. Thanks, @mattgemmell
mattgemmell Find out what Google thinks your age, gender and interests are: google.com/settings/ads/o… (specific to each browser/machine, not Google Account)
@liveindetail Did you miss the hashtag, or is there more than one of them?
@mattgemmell Would wearing a strip of icons like medal ribbons be taking things too far?
@markmilian So, you don’t think $FOOK will fly, then?
Hrm. Being reminded why I don’t watch films very often. #thepursuitofhappyness
I might watch a film tonight. People who know me will understand what a rarity this is.
@julesmattsson Did it have a strong smell of diesel before five fire trucks pulled up outside it?
@stevevrporter I’m generally pro-meat, but anti-whatever-the-heck-liver-is. (Though I do like pate, so maybe it’s a texture thing.)
@Jorence Hmph. Maybe when there’s enough money coming it that I can justify it as a business expense…
@stevevrporter Order it to be taken away and put with other non-food items in a different building, right? #liver #eurrgh
@Mouse_House Cool :)
@Mouse_House Free “Lite” trial version: itunes.apple.com/us/app/1-mouth…
@Mouse_House There is only one truly essential iPhone app. itunes.apple.com/us/app/mouthof…
JuliaBFit RT @ajhalls1: A van full of gas canisters has exploded on Euston Road. Emergency services tackling fire.
@BlackDogDays Can you get her to say, “Easy squeezy cheesy peas, please”?
Snappity. This was where I gave up walking home: flic.kr/p/bjogrV and here’s when it got dry enough to try again: flic.kr/p/bjojyv
@Lillput @andybeebristol Sounds good.
ollymoss My girlfriend left her kindle at my house so I jailbroke it and added some new authors to her screensaver rotation. pic.twitter.com/ipaX7oBN
Home. Tired, slightly damp, and with achey feet. Tummy full of sweet & sour chicken after lunch w@MissEmmelineline. *lies down*
SNIGGER #shoutyfriday
(And thanks to @nigellegg for popping up to say hi while I sheltered from the storm :) )
Right. Walk home, attempt #2.
@hayles They’re also on top of the council house, though I’m fairly sure it took me a few years to notice.
I failed in my racing of the clouds. Have turned back. In @wshed until it stops raining or they run out of latte, whichever comes first.
Racing the Impending Clouds of Doom home. instagr.am/p/lGlau/
@benjohnbarnes See, this is one of the reasons I got an accountant yesterday. I hate that crap, and they don’t charge much to do it for you.
Coffee #1’s “animallows” :) #awww instagr.am/p/lFE34/
@hayles I like #lovelybristol but I feel like I have already over-instagrammed today :)
@davidpatrick It was pretty still. Felt a lot windier when I got up to bridge level though!
@Squonk Yeah, it’s fab out. I would probably have been slowly plodding up a steep hill at that point; I guess the dot wasn’t moving much!
Navteq camera car. Wonder if it was snapping me as I was snapping it? #bristol instagr.am/p/lE6QQ/
Observatory (having jogged the long way round from the place I took the last picture!) instagr.am/p/lE4dw/
That’s the highest tide I’ve seen in a while… instagr.am/p/lELqY/
@Lillput @andybeebristol I can do Wednesday.
@LindaKleineberg Heh. Well, I’m glad you took it in the spirit it was intended. Weirdo. :D
@hjarche Sorry, I can’t hear you over the bubbling sounds from my red-hot phone as Skype drains its battery…
@Lillput @andybeebristol Looks like I can do most lunchtimes from next week onwards…
“Skype for iPhone - Do more every day”. I don’t *want* to do more every day. I want to do *less* every day, you productivity-cult weirdos.
@Mouse_House Haven’t actually watched anything on it yet, in fact! Hoping have just been unlucky in my viewing desires so far.
@Mouse_House Yes, but I have quite odd taste. So far, missing Wargames (yes, the 1980s one), Fringe, old Dr Who (all of which LoveFilm have)
@Mouse_House Bah. And it seems it’s yet *another* thing I now fancy watching that’s not on NetFlix. (I’m in the “free month” trial period.)
@Mouse_House Can I video it and watch it when I wake up?
@Mouse_House Doesn’t everyone? Actually, to be honest, I just want to be in bed, asleep.
@andybeebristol I re-inflated the old one I had lying around. Which, frankly, was quite a lot of exercise in itself. *rests aching leg*
mrchrisaddison Hahaha! The arrows either really could have been designed better or really couldn’t have been designed better. pic.twitter.com/Ldpai54J
@RellyAB Apart from the more-obvious slang, a one-time value, often a random number used for authentication once and then discarded.
@Phooto All that, plus I *hate* filling in the damn forms. Well worth the money, aye.
@foxc @KaveyF Yup. Easy enough to ramp up later if needs be, but I want to keep things as small and simple as possible for now.
@KaveyF @foxc Won’t actually need to be for quite some time, I’d think; will need to natter more with accountant about whether I want to.
@foxc @KaveyF Ta. I will be dealing with small companies to start with, and will change up later on if necessary.
@KaveyF Oh! Silly me. I was expecting you on Skype. Hang on.
@mistymaria @KaveyF I can live with that, as long as the domain’s free!
@KaveyF Hrrrm. “MG Inventions”?
@KaveyF It does not help that there are a billion other Matt Gibsons, who all appear to be into programming and photography. #killthemall
@KaveyF *poke* I’m just trying to get used to the idea that it probably wouldn’t fly at the same time as trying to think up something else.
@KaveyF Yes, but this has to go down relatively well with corporates, accountants and the Revenue. Can’t see the “git” bit flying too well.
@KaveyF Probably not, all things considered. Fine for personal use, but I don’t know who I might have to work for in the long run…
@KaveyF Basically, I’m just going to find a domain name that’s vaguely appropriate and hasn’t already been taken, and be that.
@KaveyF I’m not going to be a limited (well, not yet, anyway.)
@KaveyF Yur, I got to find me a “trading as”.
“Klout believes you are influential about Heaven”. You heard it here first, folks. I’m right in there with St. Peter.
@KaveyF …but it kind of snowballed from “er, I think I may need an accountant” to signing up and having them set me up as self-employed.
@KaveyF Not so much an accident, as finally passing an accountant’s office at the same time as having the energy to look into getting one.
@mhoulden No, but there’s a three-for-two on quantity surveyors.
@KaveyF Roughly halfway between the corner shop and the supermarket, in fact.
I went out for milk and appear to have retained an accountant. And some milk. Bonus.
Lunching with @netmag :) @ Stoneground instagr.am/p/ky0l-/
@matt_fwyalchen Is there a mobile app that just plays circus music at the touch of a button?
MsLisaCampbell You Tube commissions doc makers to tell science/human stories behind Hadron Collider culminating in feature-legth doc bit.ly/w0ZC0v
In the time it has taken me to get ready to go out into the sunshine, it’s gone dark and started raining. There may be a metaphor in this.
@bertpalmer Bah.
@jacrats That would be @tom_watson’s intern.
Right. Daylight time. Clifton Village. Lunch.
@psidnell I actually heard that one live :D
@hayles Oh. Right. *wanders off, absent-mindedly* *stands in kitchen wondering what he’s gone there for*
@hayles I hadn’t heard of them *after* their ambassador programme. Are they one of those little eastern European countries?
*Currently* *bouncing* *at* *my* *desk* *on* *my* *exercise* *ball* #boing
@chrisphin Hi! [ MATT ] would like to send you a humorous reply on Twitter. [ ] Accept.
@ajjmcd I’m relatively sure that the babies don’t get a bib number and an official time, though :D
The Android app surgery may’ve gone wrong. Every time I start my Service, I get text from my friend Nicki on the iPhone. #coincidence #ihope
RuthBarnett Called a switchboard, asked for the press office. Got put through to a weary-sounding man called Mr Press who said “they always do this…”
Doing major surgery on an Android application. #scalpel #mopmybrowpleasenurse
*sigh* When creating an online entry form for a half-marathon, how smart is it to make the “year of birth” a drop-down list starting “2012”?
petapixel A unique 365-day project - Guy documents his year by doing one backflip per day: bitly.com/wDWSqd
@tsunimee You rely on us to learn English? U IZ SCROOD, HUNNY.
@amberanima @hayles @guriben Also, I have a way of getting Netflix streaming on my TV easily. I don’t with Lovefilm.
@guriben @amberanima I bought it from Amazon instead. £2.99. #win
@amberanima But they haven’t got the old TV programmes I *do* want to see. i.e. Lovefilm has far better old Dr. Who coverage :)
@amberanima Also, while you *can* sign up to @NetflixUK without Facebook, it’s clear the strategy is to whine at you until you connect them.
@amberanima It didn’t have Wargames. I haven’t thought of anything else I want to watch yet.
Oooh, me back. #achey
@MilliePaw If you block them, it’ll stop them showing when people use the built-in re-tweet method.
@sidewalkfinds *mwah* <— Random kiss for now. There will be actual conversation following when I have more than five non-crazy minutes. x
RT @BristolZooGdns: Kukena our baby gorilla is live on our indoor webcam right now: bit.ly/b3XBxt <— AWWW!
The only way I can cope with Freecycling things is @TextExpander. Hurrah for quick polite “sorry, it’s gone” emails.
bradwright Holy WTF RT @lewispeckover: So, @O2 send my phone no in an HTTP header to every site I browse. Check your network too: lew.io/headers.php
@ShabbyBean @BlackDogDays Slugsassins.
@paul_clarke Indeed.
@caitlinmoran @faithlehanne Are we even sure the US and UK companies are related, beyond a coincidence of name?
@GossipHub That was rather what I was suspecting. *sigh*.
I’m only asking because the UK firm mentions @lafitnesstips on its home page, and has a different logo from @LAFitness.
Erm. Are we sure that (the American) @LAFitness is the same firm as the UK LA Fitness being chastised by the Guardian?
@nicepaul How much effort would it take to simulate humanly irregular key presses?
@KellySibson I could, but I was halfway home when it crossed my mind. Will be apparently-randomly generous next time :)
Arse. Forgot to tip. #guiltyfeeling
@ianmcshane *bows*
@hayles Tip for the future: when doing free work, send invoice showing normal rate, reduced by “introductory discount”.
@ianmcshane If you had a 4S, you could ask Siri to remind you to try Evi again in a week.
@ianmcshane I’m not sure I want our potential robot overlords having that much smarts yet.
@ianmcshane Clearly voice recognition and natural language processing require significantly more wellie that you can hold in one hand yet :)
@ianmcshane Nor me. But yes, having checked, Siri sends voice data to servers for recognition & processing.
@hayles What, is there *another* new Twitter?