Bloggity: Favourite Photo of the Month, 2015, with a little commentary on each. gothick.org.uk/2015/12/31/fav…
Caroline1mcd From my window in the burj khalifa - hope everyone got out #MyDubaiNewYear #addressonfire #dubai #addresssowntown pic.twitter.com/ME2cRhD8Md
Piss off, #Skype. pic.twitter.com/6FJKvXvxbJ
@meemalee God those look nice.
@EffBeeee Hrm. Top left.
@LeadHyperion I hope you’ve got your windbreak and tartan thermos of tea.
@louisejonesetc He’s not left the location turned on, has he?
Aww! Scary Test Card Clown is still around in the form of BBC server errors. pic.twitter.com/bVsujpgOqR
@jephjacques Thanks!
@Peculiar “Arthur Bryant realised how bad the fog had become when he tried to post a letter…” Might’ve just woken the neighbours laughing.
countcol [in library]
“Do you have any motivational books?”
-yes, they’re right at the back
*long pause* “Do you have any that are closer?”
drhagen An xkcd once wondered why the 11th of most months is mentioned less than the other days. I think I figured it out. drhagen.com/blog/the-missi…
jonhickman In 2015 we lost the war. Despite all the snide tweets we wrote, we couldn’t stop “in the bin” becoming an acceptable safe place for parcels.
Revisiting earlier photos. pic.twitter.com/sxRAYotRKb
@Bristol52 I’m strumming right now :)
@Bristol52 One from the floating harbour :) pic.twitter.com/PRBwN8WsC6
Guessing it won’t actually be that personal. pic.twitter.com/NAoGow2tTE
@Bristol52 Green tea please!
liveindetail This postbox gives pretty good hugs pic.twitter.com/GQuyf3aEjJ
CultSFX The model of the Enterprise cross-section carved out by the Borg beam. #StarTrek pic.twitter.com/w3W4XWtVtJ
@EffBeeee They’re the ones who’ve Been Replaced. The starch plays hell with their alien stomach lining. They can only digest humans. Beware.
MattFnWallace The modern pulp noir private eye is hired by paranoid social media users to investigate the meaning of passive-aggressive subtweets.
@aallan Is that oversaturated colour a side effect of NTSC encoding? :)
Really hoping the illustrator did that label. pic.twitter.com/RMYq8urVod
RellyAB The first rule of nap club is you don’t talk about nap club because I’m trying to nap.
@petedrinks “…than some other alcoholic beverages…” Like what? Baileys? Egg nog?
There seem to have been about five people trying to park a small car in a large space outside my house for about an hour now.
@unearthedSimon Couple of minutes’ walk from me in Bristol, just outside Entrance Lock :) pic.twitter.com/Ce7EVvnL4z
Mud, glorious mud. pic.twitter.com/t61hcVpZOE
@benjohnbarnes It’s pretty perfect. Favourite fact: it’s 3 feet higher on Clifton side to make it *look* level.
In-between week walk. pic.twitter.com/G5mfSscdEk
@hotdogsladies I’m making a Kickstarter to sabotage @johnroderick’s RV. The stories are too good to have it working properly.
dorrian60 Only in Ireland 👍 pic.twitter.com/jOkbLo26DU
Gary_Bainbridge Lemmy was 70, which is 100 in rock ‘n’ roll years, and 120 in Lemmy years.
@canonfd I’m sure I would enjoy it, but I already have a couple of lovely rangefinders, and probably too many cameras in general!
I don’t know much about Lemmy. Though in 2004, I was given his facial hair for a friend’s college assignment. pic.twitter.com/ieSBUtvMnC
@prettygreentea He won my “best subject” award, I think. Never really got around to processing the rest of the pics, though…
@corylus It’s okay, Dougal. These murderers are really small, and those murderers are far away.
@Bingo_Little Spike o’ death? I should be so lucky. When I were a lad, all we ‘ad were bookshelf brackets o’ mild peril.
Now looking through my pics from the 2014 Green Scythe Fair, somewhat randomly. pic.twitter.com/KPGXV42XVS
@EffBeeee @cooksewgrow Once word gets around, they’ll be queueing up to date you. pic.twitter.com/uDfkUZk5bT
You will never see adult me in a football strip, even as pyjamas. pic.twitter.com/LW7Edd1c5O
Timeline full of people who turned on early for Christie show and unexpectedly found Miranda on. Judging by reactions, very glad I didn’t!
atlasobscura Giant squid surfaces in Japan trib.al/q1OZwTr pic.twitter.com/tN2dXioTPI
theoldbookshop Left in the garden in Xmas Day. Get in touch if you wish to claim them #noquestionsasked pic.twitter.com/wP2BtWodKa
@fazlondon @TeamKano Cool! Getting harder and harder to see them. Was easier back in the day when a pixel was the size of a postage stamp ;)
@fazlondon Magnifying glass?
@chubbybannister @hayles @amberanima @BishopstonSC Do you actually have a spy cam in my kitchen? pic.twitter.com/sFWUWOc58X
@Bristolvor Yup. Got several boxfuls of old writing, want the lot scanned as backup & maybe precursor to chucking physical copies.
billamend That moment when you realize your quiet web surfing space is booked for a Scottish wedding reception… pic.twitter.com/TvRedndCJS
@hayles Was it a picture of text on a stock photo background? Those are way inspirational. pic.twitter.com/AjlfmQuas5
Might be here a while. pic.twitter.com/o2S98iXAuy
claytoncubitt We invented cities so we could get lost in the crowd but then social media came along and was like “NO YOU MUST LIVE IN A FOREVER VILLAGE”
@charlie_cat_esq Yeah. Also, that moment in a show you like when they’ve inexplicably invited Rory Bremner :(
Okay. Might actually be time to make a proper leftovers bubble-and-squeaky thing.
@chubbybannister Cruellest on the “Swindon” level, obvs :)
Okay. Think I’m just about done fiddling with my “Favourite Photo of the Month 2015” album. flickr.com/photos/matt_gi…
@charlie_cat_esq Sigh. That time of year where the R4 comedy podcast feed shows up Dead Ringers every week for me to delete unlistened.
@chubbybannister …I once spent half an hour waiting on a train outside Swindon with a direct line of sight to my office window.
@chubbybannister There should be a word for that thing where you’re stuck on public transport within sight of your destination.
.@MsJenAllison My first tweet was boringly prosaic. twitter.com/gothick/status…
@quellist1 …I was mostly there for nostalgia, and able to overlook foibles because _it’s a kids’ film_, which people seem to be missing.
@quellist1 I enjoyed it, and part of that was being able to wash the bitter ashes of The Phantom Menace out of my mouth. But…
@griffinkate Also, some households are so inured to it that they can blithely ignore something I find deafeningly loud and distracting.
@mistymaria ;) One of the differences, certainly!
@TomPoole007 TIL (from your tweet): That’s a U2 song. I only know the Cowboy Junkies’ cover of it.
@HeardinLondon You hit “?”. (Works on Flickr, too! :) )
Star of the #andthentherewerenone show for me is @stuartearl’s menacing music.
@Bristolvor @archidave Oh! Coincidence: not heard of it before today but just found out bits of this BBC Agatha Christie were filmed there.
@archidave D’oh. I know where mine is :) pic.twitter.com/nDwHZKNXMe
@cahootify Nothing on that list, but I did pick up some lighting..pic.twitter.com/ilkRBpl9JlJl
@dangusset Ah. The influence of the school extends a bit further than I was expecting ;)
@dangusset Guessing you must be somewhere near me…
Unexpected Christmas gift: my neighbours are away, so I can play loud guitar guilt-free. *Writes a song*
@juliaindelicate Glad you said that. #criedabit
benfraserlee The best thing about getting a Chromecast Audio for Christmas is convincing my mum that there’s a poltergeist in the kitchen
@samsneed12 Oooh, an unexpected late entry for Lie of the Year 2015.
@drwave Yeah. Somewhat confused by “child prodigy”, I think.
@stroughtonsmith I don’t own an iPad, but I’d certainly consider a 16GB version to start with.
@invalidname A lot of themes, even pretty good ones, don’t seem designed to be “good parents”. Shame.
@chubbybannister Oops, didn’t see this tweet at the time for some reason. Not sure what the iPlayer delay would be, but I’d guess 10 secs…
@archidave Did someone get you the new Lynx Cordite set for Christmas?
@RedQueenCoder I didn’t, until I’d heard it mentioned in a few episodes of _House_ and looked it up…
Be careful out there, folks. Seem to be quite a few people who got a driving licence in their Christmas cracker.
@stuvlog *Looks out of window* You’re not missing much.
Should probably go out and do a bit of shopping.
@C_J_Fox I’m still trying to get there *jealous*
@chrismarquardt And people laugh at the German language’s long compound words. Turns out English has them too :)
@chubbybannister Yeah, that’ll be a fairly big delay. I’m on FM so I can have it on in every room easily ;) #oldschool
@chubbybannister You on DAB or FM?
BBCNews “This is the worst I’ve ever seen it” - central York this morning bbc.in/1Tm2S4d #flooding pic.twitter.com/y39Q5aEVHu
Fun in the owners’ enclosure with a couple of fillies..#thearchersrs
@EffBeeee Sorry.
Busy busy busy today. Got to eat this and finish my coffee before The Archers, for a start. pic.twitter.com/GayVuLiDN9
simonblackwell This period between Christmas and New Year I always think of as training for old age, as I sit by the fire and ask my wife what day it is.
And… relaxpic.twitter.com/bBEfQ5P58t8t
@libbymiller Sometimes I hold the devices up to the router, shouting, “IT’S RIGHT THERE, DAMN IT.”
Hrm. The Agatha Christie thing isn’t really gripping me.
@chubbybannister Hell yeah. Only reason I left the house today was to see Star Wars. pic.twitter.com/MYqLxawe76
@LeadHyperion Likewise. Certainly an immense improvement on the last Star Wars film I went to the cinema for.
@libbymiller Cool.
@libbymiller Hrm. Post-burglary detritus?
@RedQueenCoder @invalidname Ooof. I wonder what’s absorbing my paternal instincts? *Looks suspiciously at Roomba*
Off to the cinema for, er, the first time this year.
@LeadHyperion Me too ;)
MissEllieMae Don’t know if this will work as I’ve got bad signal but North Wales is totally flooded. We’re trapped in our house! pic.twitter.com/cWnufjtUT3
Holiday reading decisions. instagram.com/p/_wF99kJCzj/
GrizGamerFather In case you hadn’t heard, @steam_games is having MAJOR security issues. Stay off for now and check your info immediately when it’s restored.
rhodri Christmas Sleeping Arrangements 2015 in full! Begins with some that came in overnight. The first one: amazing. storify.com/rhodri/xmas-sl…
@shezza_t Yup. No idea which one.
@samsneed12 @Bristol52 Hey, that gives me an idea for a new cocktail.
Getting better at giving up early on the Christmas Doctor Whos.
@adamgasson Everything else comes second to roast potatoes. This is as it should be :)
Hrm. If I post my traditional “favourite photos of the year” blog, it’ll be my first entry since July. Bit poor.
@liveindetail Oh yes. Even now lacking hair, it’s a rare cracker hat that fits my enormous bonce.
Why yes, I do like a good roastie. How could you tell? pic.twitter.com/w9w4beYZKK
Just posted a photo instagram.com/p/_ts6fCJC33/
hotdogsladies I almost dropped my iPad Pro into a sous vide bath with two prime ribeyes in it.
Narrowly avoiding becoming the whitest failure ever.
@shezza_t Parcelforce? They’ve probably delivered it to the wrong country.
@chubbybannister They could’ve *wrapped* it…
benjohnbarnes 8 Insanely Dangerous Toys From The Past — these all look brilliant. thefederalistpapers.org/us/8-insanely-…e
@prettygreentea I thought you had my latest acquisition there, but mine’s IKEA. pic.twitter.com/BJChWsvxIq
@liveindetail Songs of Praise has really gone downhill.
@petedrinks Rather tasty. pic.twitter.com/UYJs5xGlUQ
I wish spambots took Christmas off.
NoiseyMusic Big Jeff has been to seven shows a week for 13 years: bit.ly/1cvo3AY pic.twitter.com/4CC9dJzzc6
Or, you know, you could give way to traffic from your right on the roundabouts. #buslife
@rem Why did the German Christmas market get raided? They were handling stollen goods!
@charlie_cat_esq OH FUCK I FORGOT THE SILLY HATS MY CHRISTMAS IS RUINED.
@archidave Personally, I think it’s because the hills have got steeper.
@justin Hrm. Given that I can think of films I’d happily pay £10 to un-see…
@simonblackwell If that’s your speed, you may want to try mint Oreos if you have the opportunity.
@SusanEveWhite @RevRichardColes My attention was recently drawn to a list of birdsong on alien planets in Blake’s 7: twitter.com/HelenJMacdonal…
PurpleSquidCopy I remember when December was about going to the pub instead of cleaning the house. Tragic that the true meaning of Christmas has been lost.
Park Street pic.twitter.com/wzGsI3mR2b
St Nick’s. #bristol pic.twitter.com/TvzA2hzVgf
@toddmotto My bad. My attention span is now officially so short I can forget the beginning of a tweet by the time I reach the end :)
@toddmotto I may have meant “yes”! Hell no, it’s not psychological ;)
@wordsfromluke I was thinking that as I was passing Pinkmans on Park Street earlier ;)
glynmoody world is officially bonkers, again… twitter.com/optionmonster/…
@hayles Because of course if there’s one thing that’s hard to find in Clifton Village it’s a cup of coffee.
@hayles They replaced stock with one of those godawful Costa coffee machines in the Clifton Village one this year.
@toddmotto Hell no. It’s less apparent with modern cars, but in the old days it was like being given a whole new car.
Pandamoanimum Still wondering what the hell would have to happen in a place for Terry to give it no stars. pic.twitter.com/PFdJYxuL29
Like @BristolFerry’s use of old charts in their decorations :) pic.twitter.com/OECOc9dpJk
gemmacorrell Shout out to everyone spending their Christmas parties talking to the house pets. pic.twitter.com/cPLDjdeTd5
Much as I would absolutely love the X-Pan, I can probably only afford the Canonet. pic.twitter.com/w8zJFctUqb
Paraphernalia. pic.twitter.com/aQ4Pu8KgiL
I’m always a little surprised when I walk past and the Grain Barge isn’t there. pic.twitter.com/4NyVrKNcUQ
WMNNews Reindeer gallops down streets after escaping from Christmas event at Tesco car park ow.ly/Wbs4j pic.twitter.com/lvzNtpSKua
@zanettoyarns That’s one of eight.
Should double as quite a good SAD lamp. pic.twitter.com/yEylPJB6Pu
@galg Not quite. But then that’s only 1/8 of the set. Getting there..pic.twitter.com/6oPnlxbadydy
Well, that should shed some light on the situation. pic.twitter.com/H1GCS4Ah7W
@meemalee Somewhere I have a photo of Avon, Blake and Vila signed by Darrow and Thomas so far… One day!
@meemalee By all accounts a lovely man. Never met him myself, though I’ve met several others of the cast.
“We attack the mayor with hummus.”
@mhoulden I don’t know
@mhoulden what you mean.
@chrisphin On my Christmas wish list: Why It Does Not Have To Be In Focus: Modern Photography Explained amazon.co.uk/dp/0500290954/…
@hayles WAIT FOR IT.
CultSFX Boucher was also spurred on by comments from Michael Keating’s daughter who felt that Vila was too silly. #Blakes7 pic.twitter.com/2XshmedN4k
@Tyburn_Cross @CultSFX @scorpioattackb7 Bayban the Berserker!?
@ttscoff I believe the technical name is Assverter’s syndrome.
@louisejonesetc Hrm. Buffy is certainly the only one I’ve danced to, so that gets a special mention. But musically, The Prisoner (1967.)
UrsulaWJ Aw that’s a proper present. twitter.com/GrayInGlasgow/…
karinsmyth A welcome change to Christmas Day work on MetroBus for #Bedminster residents. Thank you @networkrail bit.ly/1InGZ4g
@JamesGleick Have you offended anyone who shares your computer recently?
@rustyk5 Wow. That guy has 9.8m followers and I have no idea who he is. Does this mean I’m old, or just not from the right country?
unslugged It seems only right that I should point out this error. pic.twitter.com/9ApBwlyyqk
(It’s just Cockburns. Any port in a storm. #badumtish)
Jesus. Only just dried off from yesterday. Soaked again. *changes all of the things* *pours a small port*
Drizzle in my beard #wetchristmas
Minimal. pic.twitter.com/KIhwzpfH4V
@wordsfromluke Definitely worth a look; sure know their beer, & similar-but-not-hugely-overlapping range to Corks.
@wordsfromluke Brew, St Nicholas Street. Small but perfectly full of awesome beer.
My kind of place. pic.twitter.com/rx6hqV5e7i
Sometimes, a simple sign is all that’s required. pic.twitter.com/2qbZqEVmip
Today’s “do I have a card on the camera?” shot. pic.twitter.com/xGUdBishaz
thomasfuchs Living in the future means your book is leaving you passive-aggressive notes pic.twitter.com/Xct1XGBh1L
@wordsfromluke I hear MOAR COFFEE can help with that.
@tapbot_paul And now: that slightly empty feeling of victory where you realise you won’t use that feature much anyway.
@charlie_cat_esq It’s possible you’re suffering from a rare condition called asalophasia. Are you maybe experiencing Shrewsbury as a colour?
@EffBeeee *were. Bloody autocorrect.
@EffBeeee Depends. We’re they hiding in your wardrobe at the time?
@corylus Sounds like someone just invented a new cocktail called the Cold Killer.
bridgetminamore they would never find your body pic.twitter.com/XXzGdGTDmA
danhhoang The annual phone book to recycling bin day. vine.co/v/iKIjdH5wW2w
@sean_robbins Maybe. So far I’m thinking that if I were the judge I’d have sentenced the defence attorney for overacting.
@MarkSkinner_ Don’t forget to report it, too.
MarkSkinner_ Anyone know where I can get replacement car no. plates from on short notice? Ours have been pinched! :|
@irace See also: Kindle Books. Sigh.
CultSFX Anyone fancy a bit of Blake’s 7? 34 years ago today since the last episode aired! #blakes7 pic.twitter.com/XjPR0zr3Yn
@simonindelicate Perfect, thanks!
@simonindelicate Say, do you happen to have the setup QR code for the Cardboard viewer for Elevator Music? Thanks!
@sean_robbins First.