@Hadrians_Gate In fact: š pic.twitter.com/ee3HbIBAWd
@Hadrians_Gate Looks fine from here. pic.twitter.com/1tw8ey76YF
I think this might’ve been something of a rush paint job. pic.twitter.com/3F7GMIvFIu
@UrsulaWJ Don’t forget to like and subscribe!
psidnell @gothick Remember, whoever owned it in the 1970’s can see you from the other side. While you’re sleeping.
@alis0nclarks0n I wondered whether it would have the same otherworldly feeling as they did when I was small, staring into this box with a brightly-lit world inside, and lo and behold, it did…
Got my 1970s eBay slide viewer working :D pic.twitter.com/y8dakt3lOJ
This Rams documentary is still available on iPlayer, folks, and it’s great. twitter.com/gary_hustwit/sā¦
@njj4 @JosieLong INT. A&E DEPARTMENT — NIGHT
NURSE: But how did you all get it stuck in the *same* zip?
@hayles This country must’ve done a *whole* lot of extreme yoga to be able to fuck itself in so many different ways.
@IGGsoftware Hey, is there something wrong with your servers? pic.twitter.com/NClzXuntRP
amandablain I made a graph of all my past relationships.
It has an ex axis and a why axis.
robmanuel woody allen pic.twitter.com/SLZkkW6jON
DC_ARVSgt A lesson in using both lanes pscp.tv/w/cDAL8zFXTEtSā¦
@csoanes @BLACKANDDECKER I ain’t no fool. pic.twitter.com/YH1oBRB66T
Built to last. @BLACKANDDECKER pic.twitter.com/wIHcNN6sVM
BBCWales This man develops old film left in cameras he’s picked up at second-hand shops. What he finds is quite amazing ā¤ļø
pic.twitter.com/0lpOfMo4BB
Oh, it’s about *football*. I thought Trump might have tried to buy the actual town of Bolton from us for a minute.
lukejerram If you’re down at the docks in Bristol near the ā¦@ArnolfiniArtsā© tomorrow evening, you may notice the moon fallen out of the sky. pic.twitter.com/mVOlCszvXp
@OpinionatedGeek You’d think they’d detect sub-second advert skipping and at least serve up a different ad for something you might actually want. Bet Netflix do!
Even though I know my foot’s not actually broken, this probably wasn’t the best plan if I didn’t want to be hobbling tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/8svk7ZSWr5
Part of me is wary of giant corporations having always-on microphones in my house, but part of me wishes Amazon’s AI could just take the hint after the twentieth time I shout “oh do FUCK OFF!” at the adverts for “Back of the Net” on Prime.
ConorGogarty Heartbreaking, desperate pleas from local businesses left on the brink by two years of roadworks at Temple Gate.
‘We are haemorrhaging money every day. Enough is enough’ bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/food-ā¦
Bonded sunset. #bristol pic.twitter.com/0feEwNUR7r
holly And thus ends the only interesting naming convention in all of tech. Goodbye Android desserts, I will miss you
blog.google/products/androā¦
@Kavey I’ll probably leave here between three and four, assuming nothing builder-related scuppers my plans. I’ll let you know if that happens. x
On the one hand, I’m surprised it’s been as little as a year since got my crosswording pen. On the other hand, that means we’ve completed somewhere between 700 and 800 crosswords together. Gosh. twitter.com/gothick/statusā¦
In other news, I have been X-rayed, and nothing in my foot is broken, which I guess means it went okay. (Also: less than 30 minutes from wandering into the BRI’s walk-in X-ray service to wandering out, all done. Thanks, the NHS.)
RogerQuimbly Good luck to everyone making GCSE jokes today.
So, iOS, you can cleverly tell that I’ve walked 1408 steps today, and that I’m currently driving at 30mph with my phone plugged into a car, but you *can’t* tell that this isn’t a great time to set off the automatic wake-up alarm from the “Bedtime” feature?
iucounu O tempora! O morays! pic.twitter.com/aED3xQw9gS
@tweethue Do you have any problems at the moment? I can usually connect when out of my house, but today my Hue iOS app says “Unable to connect”?
@garethlpowell @BristolCon Just signed up :D
It would be hard to be more unsympathetic to Hotwells than the 1960s redevelopment was. #cumberlandbasin
bristol247 These are the latest plans for the future of the ‘Western Harbour’: bristol247.com/news-and-featuā¦ pic.twitter.com/ZuXddUtmoM
BBCBristol Three proposed schemes to change the Cumberland Basin area have been unveiled by Bristol City Council bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englanā¦
GreatDismal Nothing better with combat capris. twitter.com/reweth/status/ā¦
That @Avon_Stories always takes me to the most glamorous walking locations. pic.twitter.com/76guJvIZBE
Avon_Stories Today’s walk was exploring the Henbury Trym through the weirdness of Cribbs Causeway landscapes pic.twitter.com/GNdh3gL0Dl
@_pigeons_ Can you see why our walks reminded me of Patrick Keiller’s films? youtube.com/watch?v=AgCbMvā¦
RikerGoogling galaxy class starship default admin password
OliveFSmith Stark existential warning from the national trust pic.twitter.com/6kbhLpKTh8
@headfirstonly That would be the perfect way of guiding someone to take a particular pill first. Oh! Gosh. I think I just came up with a cunning murder plot. The rest wouldn’t, of course, be poisoned. (There’s a Monk reboot in the offing here…)
I’ve just done my yoga, so I can identify. twitter.com/SlenderSherbetā¦
I like to imagine that Google reCAPTCHA’s plaintive demands for me to identify all the squares with traffic lights are coming in real-time from their self-driving cars.
@GreatDismal Temba, his arms wide. Ting!
StaxCooks Weird green light came on!!! should i be concerned? pic.twitter.com/pL3WGeIVTX
bethdean Guy who literally wrote the book on using behavioral psychology in tech to manipulate people now selling how not to be manipulated… life comes at you fast, etc. pic.twitter.com/H42eRE9jwq
postlocal Someone left old TVs outside 50 homes in Virginia while wearing a TV on his head. No one knows why. wapo.st/31CUIi3 pic.twitter.com/lcE2q9eJr7
@hayles (I wonder also if I’m in a bit of a bubble of some kind. I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone other than one particular friend pay for anything using a phone or a watch.)
@word_geek @OpinionatedGeek Well, at the moment it’s US only, so I’m assuming that anything’s easier than filling out a bunch of paperwork and signing things with your quill pen in front of a Notary Public, which I believe is still the system over there š
@hayles I guess I just do it the other way around: the phone is a backup, the card—for me—is quicker and easier to pay with, as I don’t need to click anything or wait for Face ID.
@OpinionatedGeek Maybe my card is more accessible than yours!
@OpinionatedGeek Isn’t that a step backwards in convenience, though? Do you always have to double-tap on the side button and then wait for Face ID before it works? I’ve never actually used my phone to pay for anything in a shop.
Oh. So will the non-US version be contactless and not metal, I wonder? Switching to a non-contactless card would seem like a step backwards for most Europeans, I’d’ve thought… twitter.com/PenLlawen/statā¦
motherboard The supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way became 75 times brighter in just two hours. bit.ly/2H2i8Ww
BristolCouncil From Monday (19 Aug) we’re asking for views on changes to the ageing Cumberland Basin road system, which could unlock a new & enhanced ‘Western Harbour’ area with homes, shops & green space. More info & the survey: bristol.gov.uk/westernharbour (goes live Mon). bit.ly/31FzxMf pic.twitter.com/aobmf13PbG
@MandinaM @nottherealjon Black cherry all the way!
@dangusset Since I saw it in a random scene in The Italian Job, I have dreamed of loading up a thermos with spag bol and taking it on a walk with me, with a plate and fork and a grater and a lump of parmesan. One day…
labfoo š Hello folks… I’ve got a quick request.
Does anyone in or near Bristol have a (fairly decent) projector they would be willing to lend us fo@BristolJSJS for an evening?
DM’s are open. RT’s appreciated.
midsomerplots An antique dealer is found dead from nicotine poisoning. Suspicion falls on Stoats Wold’s Barnaby Appreciation Society, angry that the decline in furniture manufacture might threaten the future of Morris Dancing.
That thing where you appear to have bought some lasers and can’t remember why. pic.twitter.com/rzZO0bOXCo
This is because “adders of fire to already-burning dumpsters” is a bit of a mouthful. twitter.com/computerfact/sā¦
@ahnlak Another thing I’ve done is delete twitter apps from all my devices, as a reminder that I probably shouldn’t be here at all…
Current price for a ten-pack of LM324 op-amps from RS: Ā£3.24. I wonder if that might have been set somewhat arbitrarily šuk.rs-online.com/web/p/op-amps/ā¦
@rbrwr Yes. And every day, switch it back again. Sigh.
marcoarment This is pretty cool. Can’t think of a better owner today than Automattic for Tumblr’s huge creative publishing community. wsj.com/articles/verizā¦
“Top Tweets” has finally forced me to unfollow some cool people, because they argue with dolts and then Top Tweets brings those dolts right to the surface for me. Sigh. “Top” my arse.
@LifeCycleUKteam @christianrt No problem! Dropped it off at CREATE yesterday šš
ThePiHut Anyone looking for 4GB @Raspberry_Pi boards? We *might* have recieved a full pallet of them this morning.. thepihut.com/products/raspbā¦ pic.twitter.com/5S2fQ1INhO
@UrsulaWJ š¬
@UrsulaWJ I once phoned up Debretts so I could make sure I was programming our mail-merging right. I’ve worked at a few places with a variety of posh customers! š
Here’s some fresh snaps from Thursday morning’s mass ascent at @bristolballoon. Let’s hope for more ascents next year! 2/2 pic.twitter.com/D9HLUE4NVs
Here’s some fresh snaps from Thursday morning’s mass ascent at @bristolballoon. Let’s hope for more ascents next year! 1/2 pic.twitter.com/ckybHYaPaY
bristolballoon *FIESTA UPDATE* Although conditions have improved, the wind has not dropped as much as we had hoped, so a mass ascent will not be possible this evening.Ā The balloon teams are determined to put on a display so will tether in the arena until 6pm!
charliejane I’m in my sexual prime right now, because the number of people I’m having sex with is not divisible by any other number.
(Joke I told at #WritersWithDrinks a month or two ago.)
GaryDelaney I thought I was being stopped by a charity mugger, but it turned out to be an actual mugger, which worked out cheaper in the long run.
@EffBeeee Hmm. Dunno. Let me think about it for a bit. pic.twitter.com/yeczIoOtiy
@leighblue @_andrewmartin_ Working in bank and pensions IT it still surprises me how many glossy websites are hiding 1970s mainframes that get taken offline for overnight batch processing. I understand at least one bank still has a system where the amounts are translated from shillings along the way!
@joshu I know a man who did that sans bag. Apparently it was worth it for the look when he slapped it into her hand.
neilhimself This time, I filled everything in, @AskBankOfScot sent the SMS IMMEDIATELY and just as quickly declined the payment. Douglas Adams would have made this into a computer game by now.
Took me ages to get the crow in the photo. There were loads of crows in the field, but strangely, it turns out that a bloke standing in a field of corn looks so much like a scarecrow that they get worried :D
@benjohnbarnes I can’t actually find much about the history of Provia film; it’s possible that they might’ve been using it too!
@christianrt @LifeCycleUKteam Ah, fab, thanks!
@simondebrux Hurrah! I love an elderly rangefinder :D
@LifeCycleUKteam Do you still take bike donations at CREATE? We found an unwanted racer during a clear-out this morning! pic.twitter.com/PvvQH1SljK
Got my scans back from Photographique. Got to love the Praktica MTL3. Probably 35 years old and still going strong, even if the decal with the numbers on did fall off the shutter speed dial somewhere on this walk :D (MTL3/Fujifilm Provia 100F/Pentacon 29mm f/2.8) pic.twitter.com/FClrYwuJ1u
PessimistsArc Before video games were blamed for gun violence, novels were. (1904) pic.twitter.com/jgzDvC6wdB
gothick I enjoy many aspects of festivals. However. pic.twitter.com/oOcWosNJBd
It’s not often I need to use the… FLAME MASTER! I always do an evil laugh when I open the case. pic.twitter.com/Af9cuNpXJz
dangusset Here’s a reminder of what Bristol looks like in the 1980s, right down the the Temple Gate footbridge youtu.be/N7QTYKyUCAM twitter.com/Skinny_fatblokā¦
A walk near Tollard Royal. Fujifilm Provia 100F/Praktica MTL3. Slides scanned at home, so the quality’s not all that, but hey, they’re not bad… pic.twitter.com/Q4iN84flxk
This is basically what I use @BacklistedPod for. twitter.com/svershbow/statā¦
svershbow Queer Eye, but it’s just five librarians telling you what books to read in order to better yourself.
Fwoosh. pic.twitter.com/DaXQmwdXmA
JamieSiggers Early morning at @bristolballoon for the first ascent
Well worth it!!! pic.twitter.com/MDGDmpmStj
Arena. pic.twitter.com/TIbrMRjUqG
Even without bloons, the view from Ashton Court is lovely of a morning. pic.twitter.com/8qJTIJuvQv
Peekaboo. pic.twitter.com/jw8nJrf7QK
@mothdust As an electronics expert, I can confidently state that the black goo is the result of the Magic Smoke leaving the spirit of the capacitor.
You know, I think I *may* have found the problem with this subwoofer. pic.twitter.com/Ntj2gflYI1
You’d think that if Jehovah wanted more witnesses he wouldn’t try to recruit while I was having a shower. Grr.
BacklistedPod New episode up now. Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban, with guests Max Porter @maxjohnporter and Una McCormack @unamccormack recorded live at @PortEliotFest. backlisted.fm/episodes/9-rusā¦
@babsbat Don’t say that too loud or touts will start booking appointments first thing in the morning and selling them on!
@4r7hr Well done! I have definitely thrown in the towel. You know the Saturday’s hard when you do the Everyman and Sunday Times puzzles for a gentle break and *still* can’t any further when you go back!
@4r7hr I’ve decided I’d rather go back to the less painful option of trying to do a Mephisto while repeated smacking myself around the back of the head with a ruler.
Give me a bigger fucking tribute. pic.twitter.com/LIjloJGeRX
TigNotaro Laughter is the best medicine.
Crying is the affordable generic brand.