georgemporter OK so you’re old, but are you “Installed Borland C++ compiler off of fifty 3.5” floppy disks” old?
@TheKingAdRob @ShriramKMurthi @georgemporter I swear that having started with nothing but examples in the ZX81 manual and volatile RAM is still shaping some of my daily existence.
@georgemporter Oh yeah. And later on, I didn’t have enough spare floppies to do Slackware in one go, so I made at least two trips to and from campus during the install :D
@hugenuge @KYPBristol As it used to look (Samuel Loxton, ca. 1910) pic.twitter.com/DunPOjM9Yj
@martr101 I love the way the “alternative route” on the consultation map for me was basically “piss off back to Hotwells and think of another route for yourself.”
Really hope Neil Gaiman hasn’t killed off the Queen in this season of the British monarchy. It would show he has no familiarity with the source material.
Hrm. Bristol Cathedral bell continuously tolling. Do they know something I don’t?
wpduk Apologies for the fault affecting #BS3 #Bristol and surrounding areas. We’re estimating to have the power restored by 17:30. Siân
kimquindlen A man in McDonald’s just ordered an apple pie and the cashier said “would you like to do two apple pies instead” while giving no reasoning or context and the man said “yes.” I demand all conversations moving forward to be this way. Efficient, goal-oriented, apple pie adjacent.