@mattleys No need. *strokes DVDs*
callumcollins Tonight I saw these doorbells outside a house in #Bristol. Made me smile. pic.twitter.com/4iuiuHrs8w
Ooop. Got Explored.
It’s like a bad hacker movie in here. vine.co/v/MFFiYJUFzvl
@monicashaw @foxc @ahnlak Currently, you can. I doubt that will last much longer, though. Adobe definitely want you in the cloud.
@AlasdairStuart (*Ducks flying block and unfollow*)
@AlasdairStuart HEY YOU MENTIONED SEO! HAVE I TOLD YOU HOW GREAT WE ARE AT THAT HERE AT MATT GIBSON CREATIVE LTD?
I first saw this method of delivering butter to corn in the film WarGames, and I’ve been using it ever..instagram.com/p/p1lVp_JC4b/sA
@C_J_Fox Basically, Leia is ENOUGH WOMAN FOR THE WHOLE GALAXY.
MrSimonTaylor Best. Bear. Ever. pic.twitter.com/NzVcOg72m9
@shezza_t I love ferns. Handy, given that they’re one of the few things that thrive in my yard.
Happy #Bristol triathlete. pic.twitter.com/FlZR288U8c
Those #Bristol triathletes look pretty determined. pic.twitter.com/x1ki7aSyAI
Watching crazy people in Cumberland Basin. #bristol instagram.com/p/p0zY5OpC8N/
Morning coffee, stand on chair in back garden to take photo of plant, process pic, head to Tobacco Factory market. #standard
Sunday morning snap from my back garden. flickr.com/photos/matt_gi… pic.twitter.com/a6KzqAIBJR
@marcoarment Though perhaps a nail bar with a target audience of “people standing around for a Genius appointment” could be profitable.
Checking Stack Overflow sometimes feels like being House on clinic duty. “You’re an idiot. Next!”
Oooh. Shiny software update to Final Cut Pro X and lots of codecs.
@lauramalarkey Yur. Bearing in mind places I might want to move to are about £20,000 more than this flat, makes it tough to commit to move.
@ahnlak Always on the lookout for new and interesting ways to fuck things up.
@lauramalarkey I had three estate agents come out last time. Difference between highest and lowest was £40,000…
@lauramalarkey I need to get this place valued again.
@jsfox8 @lilythepurr …and that was actually the feature that got him recommended to me, so I’m guessing it was good for business.
@jsfox8 @lilythepurr Best barber I ever had was self-conscious about stutter. Said hi, told me how much at the end, blissful quiet between.
@ahnlak There comes a time when you have to stop micromanaging every packet.
@ahnlak (But for actual DNS service, Fastmail’s is free with my mail and automatically sorts out SPF/DKIM records, etc.)
@ahnlak I’ve had good results with Hover, and it’s Hover and Gandi that normally end up getting recommended in geek straw polls.
@ahnlak Yeah. I wouldn’t have put “DNSMadeEasy” top of my list of reassuring names. However: solvedns.com/dns-comparison/
@ahnlak Yeah. I wish @hover could cope with transfer in of UK domains automatically. Where are yours? Gandi?
@ahnlak …so that when the real move happens, it’s only the name servers that can get cocked up.
@ahnlak I’m moving them manually to Fastmail myself, and pointing 123-reg to their name servers…
Ah, the edge-of-your-seat excitement of moving DNS records from one nameserver to another. It’s all go here.
CafeRevival Attention all Cafés! We were burgled last night, apparently #bristol Cafés are being targeted. @BristolPound @RetailProject @GeorgeFergusonx
@chubbybannister @MillieBooLewis I could not resist: pic.twitter.com/bUHfn4pMBb
Dezeen Popular today: disused Paris Metro stations converted into swimming pools —dezeen.com/2014/02/11/con…Rpic.twitter.com/ChPsa7IAS0S0
@chubbybannister @MillieBooLewis They were open when I passed them earlier. Went in yesterday and it’s as they say: *everything* 1/2 price.
@guriben @jakepjohnson Ooopsie. (Also: Just checked. USB 2.0 is 0.5A.)
@guriben @jakepjohnson @chubbybannister …which I’d mostly put down to dodgy hubs and stuff.
@guriben @jakepjohnson @chubbybannister Well, they’re meant to be, but I’ve certainly seen a lot of people struggling to charge iPads…
@chubbybannister No prob.
@chubbybannister …which explains the problem completely, so hopefully all should be good from now on.
@chubbybannister Yup. If it was from an elderly iPod, it might have been significantly weedier than even an iPhone charger…
@chubbybannister @jakepjohnson …Apple have annoying habit of making it 6-point font in the same colour as the plug, because design.
@chubbybannister It’s the plug. You’ll probably find that they actually have different writing on them, but…
@jakepjohnson @chubbybannister …as device will simply take as much current as it needs to do its charging. So iPhone on iPad charger OK.
@jakepjohnson @chubbybannister But a charger capable of supplying more current than a device needs to charge is fine…
@jakepjohnson @chubbybannister Yes. Though If you turn them off and plug them into a decent USB port they’ll probably charge eventually.
@chubbybannister Nope.
Moroccan mint tea to follow up my lunchtime virgin mojito. It’s a minty kind of day.
@chubbybannister That will help a lot. Typical iPhone charger: 5 watts max output. iPad charger: 12 watts of glorious, fast-charging POWER.
@chubbybannister No. How are you charging it? The charger that came with it originally will have more wellie than most.
@charlie_cat_esq @jakepjohnson I need ALL OF MY STUFFS. Lovely idea but I wouldn’t last a month. You buy one, I’ll visit.
@charlie_cat_esq I’m not surprised. I know it has its downsides, but most crew seem to really love the majority of the job.
Also always enjoyed the leap ashore. pic.twitter.com/RSll3fPDA5
@johnfbraun Butternut squash and stilton. *Removes sunglasses* Wanna make something of it?
I’ve always enjoyed watching the Bristol Ferry “en passant” lunch handover :) pic.twitter.com/QDVPcp80Yo
Real men eat quiche. instagram.com/p/pyaqFSpC2U/
Heading into town, the lazy way. instagram.com/p/pyXT2WpCyK/
@mcprobbook Go for it.
I may brave the rain later to go down for the very last day of @SourdoughCafe.
@guriben *Attempts sympathy* *Gives up* *Points and laughs*
@BubbleButton That looks lush. Hope I’ve got eggs in…
rygorous PROTIP: Turn data into big data by encoding it as XML.
Guess I needn’t have bothered watering the hanging basket ten minutes ago, then. #torrent
@ahnlak 5 is bloody brilliant, you know. Give it a go.
@ahnlak yeah, but may as well learn the basics. Think LR 6 will be available standalone? Or only in the subscription bundle?
@monicashaw I love LightRoom. Photoshop so intimidatingly huge that I’ve been putting off using it for literal years.
@Malarkey Isn’t it always dark under your thumb?
@amahnke Technically, that’s a high-four. *ducks*
@pennjillette It didn’t take me as long as I thought it would to make the conversion. Come, join us. Everything’s just a little… closer.
Virgin mojito and a flapjack. #healthylunch @ Sourdough Cafe instagram.com/p/pv3T_CpCyh/
One of the few times a big 50% off sign isn’t modified by a tiny asterisk. Worth looking in if you’re near Baldwin St pic.twitter.com/rTqtVhpdt0
I really hope the voice guy who recorded the message for these telephone spammers gets called every single day, too.
This is *not* me. I’m drinking green tea. dilbert.com/strips/comic/2…
@chrismarquardt Some are supporting both.
@hayles Are you trying to establish reasonable doubt? “No, officer, I was looking for advice on *fashion*, not fission…”
BoingBoing Nope. WiFi isn’t short for “Wireless Fidelity.” A useful bit of internet pedantry. boingboing.net/2005/11/08/wif… pic.twitter.com/lModmuGUM7
I seem to be having a bad tech day. *Reboots everything*
@adamgasson Good luck.
@adamgasson Next time ask for Steven. He double-checked the SIM size :)
@imyke I used Sketchup for mine, but I admit a 3D model may have been a little OTT.
@hondanhon It truly is.
@justan0therdave @Bristol52 WHY IS LIFE SO UNFAIR
JamesSLock Awesome: James Hetfield Soundboard - An HTML5 soundboard made from the sounds of the vocalist for Metallica.
smpl.as/1yNvpXZ
@Souterain “*beep* Unexpected Nazi in the Poland area.”
Pah. Traffic jam. Typical #bristol. pic.twitter.com/WnYBbiuYoa
hayles So, apparently @AhhToots do a gin and tonic cake and I think I need to test it. For science. ahhtoots.co.uk
@nineweeks Only place I know is Colonna & Smalls, so it probably depends just how into coffee you are :)
@hayles Apparently Tam’s cake is amazing, so there should still be a reason to go there :)
I have immortalised @SourdoughCafe’s sign on cafesigns.tumblr.com at least :D
@hayles They’re now doing @runciblespoon1, so there shall be no more Sourdough Cafe.
Aww. Had brunch at @SourdoughCafe for probably the last time this morning, before it changes into @AhhToots. pic.twitter.com/HdbwAWoJ4J
B247Martin Still reeling after last night’s @AhhToots launch party. This is what St Nick’s can look forward to from next month: pic.twitter.com/ag4Y1xUCTg
@shezza_t Two coffees, a pint of Berocca, a ginger beer and a tea and I’m just about feeling human now.
Safety briefing. instagram.com/p/pqm-xvpC1O/
Perfect timing. My chariot awaits. instagram.com/p/pqmGPgJC0U/
Cute warning from the Stable. pic.twitter.com/9hlXeZHeVY
(For those outside Bristol who’ve no idea what I’m talking about, the surface of the Chocolate Path looks like this.) pic.twitter.com/iZaq15wAMe
The poor Chocolate Path has looked neglected and about-to-cave-in for a while now. Hope it’s repaired with a consistent chocolate look.
BristolCouncil Structural engineers are assessing the damage to the Chocolate Path cycle/walking route along Cumberland Rd. For safety it remains closed.
People are stupid… xkcd.com/1386/
@PULPKetchup If I had any, I’d be tempted.
Ugh. Today may need a second coffee, and some toast and marmalade.
@ahnlak I don’t know if I could cope with a standard PC keyboard any more, either. Have lost muscle tone from these low-pressure chiclets :)
@Phooto Yeah. I have tiny wrists for a bloke, so the big chunky watches with big chunky straps just don’t work for me.
@ahnlak Not necessarily through choice; this desk has to be quite shallow to fit in the alcove. At a big desk I’d probably use a wrist rest.
*endorses @mattwritescode for chainsaw juggling on LinkedIn*
@ahnlak Thin fabric strap where the buckle’s offset (NATO-style strap helps) and my own desk helps. pic.twitter.com/247djJuGF7
@ahnlak (Also, for wearables stuff, I want the sleep tracking, which doesn’t work so well for glasses!)
@ahnlak I tried to do without a watch for several months. Ended up wearing one again.
I’ve often thought that “wearables” shouldn’t try to re-invent the watch strap, which has worked pretty well for generations.
theloop Withings made a smartwatch you might actually want to wear - loopu.in/1v2DHX6
@adamgasson I’ve found them pretty good, for a phone company. If my receipt is to be believed, the nice chap was called Steven.
@adamgasson Three. Bloke in the shop in Broadmead was very helpful, but I was just upgrading from an old 3G one.
Was momentarily distracted by these flowers while working in Baristas this afternoon… flickr.com/photos/matt_gi…
Hrm. New Wifi 4G internet dongle thing gets 8Mbps down in this cafe; that’s twice what I get at home on the elderly ADSL…
Bread is a main course. Soup is a dip.
@rem I was at a scythe fair recently, and even *they’d* moved on to mowing five-meter squares in the tournament…
MalcolmCombe My favourite inter-government Twitter exchange of the day. pic.twitter.com/5bt3AxtDTt HT @WeAreNational
I think Hobbs House overnight Sherston might actually be the Platonic ideal of white bread.
Trail. instagram.com/p/poN1PxpCwm/
@Catreia On its way.
This may be the biggest social differentiator in the eyewear field since 1970s NHS specs.
Google Glass now available in the UK for £1,000. For £10,000 there’s a monocle-based variant called “Upper Glass”.
@ghostfinder *Hound delivery free with Prime membership.
Afternoon learning space. pic.twitter.com/C1cXnDRADd
@talkie_tim *relaxes*
An article I read this morning had a missing closing bracket. Everything I’ve read since has felt parenthetical.
@juliancheal Have you tried watering it? Normally makes mine perk up. pic.twitter.com/bplBrazFK3
laurenlaverne We’ve all been there: US student is rescued from giant vagina sculpture in Germany gu.com/p/3qbhv/tw via @guardian
@JannerTM @getrunningapp Hurrah! :D
@BabsBat Have you been hacked, dear?
Bernard!? Bugger.
@AndyCarolan Yeah. The only way I’m getting in for a closer shot is by remote camera drone.
Though my favourite photo from my wander past the bike ride doesn’t actually feature any bikes. Oh well. flickr.com/photos/matt_gi…
A few of my photos of #BBBR up on Flickr now… flickr.com/photos/matt_gi…
Well, yes, but the commemoration plaque for the Avon Gorge Gallery is an odd place to register the sentiment… pic.twitter.com/J0akxu45Tn
@OpinionatedGeek Amen. Sadly, Google is not designed for the minority who can spell and actually know what they’re looking for.
Hey! Look, it’s that @grahamspiller :) pic.twitter.com/4oIWh9JqZt
What a lovely day for Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride! #bbbr instagram.com/p/pilGu1pC-w/
@Catreia Cool. I’ll stick it in the post.
*Hungover.
I’m a teensy bit tired* today.
@Catreia D’you want it? It’s a Huawei E586. Don’t know if it’s locked to 3 or not. Got an almost-new battery in it, works fine.
Upgradin’. instagram.com/p/pgYsAPJCyq/
@Mouse_House Woooooooooooooooo.. Oooooooooooooooooooooooo. Oooooooooooooooooooooooo. Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :D
Vesper. instagram.com/p/pe6nL0JC_R/
That time of the night. instagram.com/p/pe2cN0JC4m/
Old fashioned. @ Papaji’s instagram.com/p/pezBm9JCzU/
Serious choice. instagram.com/p/pew0lMJCwG/
FAIL. @ The King’s Arms Pub Bristol instagram.com/p/pehi_rpC0v/
@hayles No, but I thought of her when I posted it.
@BeFitMotivation What were the chances of you posting that at the exact moment Noah and the Whale’s L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. came up on Spotify?
Hrm. Customer survey from 123-reg. I wonder if they really want to hear my ranting?
@ArmandGrillet Cool, no problem.
@ArmandGrillet That’s too small for me to read. You’re better off editing your question to include the new code and text of the crash.
SusanSarandon Inventors of the #selfie at it again. #ThelmaAndLouise pic.twitter.com/1yvbF8j4fF
@OpinionatedGeek It’s okay. We can relax now. Still, those three minutes were quite unnerving.
There’s an XKCD post up, but not forum thread yet? Is everyone else just sitting there thinking, “Nah. Someone else will get to it first…”
@onOneSoftware Thanks!
Ooh. Peter Doherty playing the Fleece 3rd July… #bristol
@onOneSoftware If I “Help->Check for Updates” in Perfect Effects 8.1.0, it crashes. Is that a known thing? Could it cause a crash on start?
It seems a shame that a previous record-holder of the electric vehicle speed record is so forgotten now: robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Adam_Harp… #sinclairc5
Alyssa_Milano Harley unveils LiveWire, an electric superbike that goes zero to 60 in 4 seconds lat.ms/1nR2MmI pic.twitter.com/I920RzqTRv /via @latimes
@tsunimee This has alternative uses. Sunbathing any time soon?
@Harkaway Well, if we’re going full Greek, I think it would be “dioptraphobia”, which sounds nice to me. But perhaps “glasslash”?
@ahnlak *slap*
One of my alternative workspaces around the flat. pic.twitter.com/YmVV1CvYpq
@HartsBakery I have a pot of that here. It’s lovely.
Cool. Twitter adds native support for animated GIFs. #bristol #graffiti :) pic.twitter.com/GlKvXY4Bfv
B247Martin Here’s something you don’t see every day: a test raise of Pero’s Bridge showing the counterbalancing of its ‘horns’. pic.twitter.com/xAQ5k8cKwf
@chrismarquardt Cool, thanks!
@chrismarquardt Submissions welcome :D cafesigns.tumblr.com
@cabalgata Yeah. I grew up with Solaris, moved through Linux and now mostly use FreeBSD dressed up as a Mac. Swearing often necessary.
@cabalgata See, this is why I use a wireless trackpad. *Drags entire laptop off desk by its powercable* *Looks embarrassed*
“It’s a Unix system! I know this!”
That thing where you’re rolling your wheelie chair between three different computers and swearing and you feel like a hacker in a movie.
@andrewtlynch Unacceptable. I expect you to bear any suffering necessary for the area to look sufficiently quaint :)
@hatsandbikes Cool. By the sounds of it, slightly kinder to buildings then. Plants that secrete glue! I love nature.
@hatsandbikes I think I’d actually worked that out in the past (the not-ivy bit!) Whatever it is it’s lush when it changes colour.
@CastIrony Come. Join us. Do not be afraid.
(Ivy harming walls is not necessarily as clear-cut as people thought: english-heritage.org.uk/professional/r… )
Aww. They are stripping the ivy from one of my favourite ivy-clad houses in town. pic.twitter.com/nZx8AezzGw
TheComedyHumor This just changed the game pic.twitter.com/YPifSlOqby
Yesterday I learned that Glastonbury Ales makes a beer called “Mystery Tor”. Luckily it’s nice enough to make up for the name.
meemalee My in-laws are on holiday - they tried to take a selfie with a timer ;) pic.twitter.com/BI7GjTPOxB
Why is my hay fever kicking in *now*? I spent all day at what’s basically a festival of grass-cutting!
A glimpse of today’s action in the final. pic.twitter.com/aoqpNxhojn
@stillawake You have a very odd subconscious x
Morning all. I am at a scythe fair. #asyoudo instagram.com/p/pRjoxipC9b/
(Do you really get views of the SSGB from the Mud Dock?)
IanBarrettSW Great @guardian piece on #FestivalWay & #Bristol cycling scene incl @GeorgeFergusonx @bgreencapital @LifeCycleUKteam theguardian.com/travel/2014/ju…
@fakebaldur Tip: the ice cream stall in the road near Zara’s chocolate sold me one of the best coffee ice creams EVAH.
@Mouse_House Haha! That’s *ace*!
Home. Home, in my cool, cool basement. So nice.