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Author: Kris

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Wow. Change of plans. Thanks to @lachlanhardy, just realised that buying iPhone outright from Apple is best deal of all. Cancelling Optus!

    @wookie_man We changed tack. Getting outright from Apple store now. Snook is in the queue as we speak. 🙂

    Jeff Goldblum story was a hoax, and a two-year-old hoax at that: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/tomhanks.asp

    @SupFarn Yep, official site says “outright purchase.” 32Gb $1049 or 16Gb $849. Snook reports queue at Sydney store but “they have plenty”.

    @SupFarn Apologies. $879 for 16GB.

    @twelveeyes Saw it on Twitter today. Snook has verified at Apple Store. 32Gb $1049 or 16Gb $879 for “outright purchase.”

    Just realized girl in front of me at chemist was getting morning-after pill. Suddenly puts own life stresses into perspective.

    Not feeling very well. Going to skip the Friday night drinks and head home for rest. 🙁

    New iPhone is set up and synced. Yay! Tested out video camera and compass. Snook is entranced with my hand-me-down 3G.

    Ugh. Virus. I feel sleepy and nauseated, and I haven’t even gotten out of bed.

  • iPhone 3GS

    New iPhone
    Yes, I’m a bit of a Mac fangirl, but you have to believe this wasn’t my idea. The Snook started thinking about getting an iPhone a few months ago. (It was all due to wurdle, really, which he played whenever I set my phone down.) I told him he should just get one of the old 3G ones, because they’d be cheaper when the new ones came in. Except they aren’t. They’ve discontinued the 16GB (which is the one he wanted), and none of them have come down in price in Australia. So he started crunching numbers on plans, and he worked out that it was only a little bit more expensive to get a 3GS. Then, since he didn’t really care about video and a better camera, he’d swap with me! I got my phone unlocked last week so it would work with his Exetel SIM. The Snook is at the extreme low end in phone usage, so the original plan was just to get the Optus $19 Cap Plan (which actually had a lower TCO than buying the pre-paid iPhone from Vodafone and unlocking). We ordered it on Optus’s website last night. BUT – this morning I learned on Twitter (in between all the Michael Jackson craziness) that the Apple Store was selling them outright for $200 less than Vodafone’s pre-paid! I called Optus to cancel the offer while the Snook ran down to the George Street store. They have plenty in stock. He got the phone, and tonight we did the big switch. It worked perfectly! Expect more mobile video in the future, kids.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @witty_knitter I hadn’t! Great minds think alike. 🙂

    @traceyh Unfortunately, yes. Every New Year’s I post my stats, and I think this will probably be my lightest blogging year ever…

    How to feel old: Mention “The Princess Bride” and have your coworker say: “Never heard of it.” WHAT IS THE NEXT GENERATION COMING TO?

    Just got an email with Optus upgrade pricing for iPhone! They’ll reduce my upgrade fees by 20%, but I’d have to re-up for 2 years.

    Yours said 40%, @zachhorder? I’m only 6 months into 24 mo Optus contract, and they offered me 20% off upgrade fees. Not worth it.

    @shaps I only got offered 20%. Seeing everything from 20-40% on Twitter right now.

    The Optus iPhone upgrade offers have gone out, and it sounds like they’re offering 20-40% off upgrade fees depending on length of contract.

    @techAU Not for everyone. I only got offered 20% off.

    @shaps Only six. 20% off isn’t enough to sway me, considering I’d have to change from my grandfathered $39 plan (which I love).

    Same guy: “Is Alice in Wonderland a book, Kris?” God bless this kid.

    @shaps I’m not going to bother. Partner is going to get $19 plan and swap phones with me. (He doesn’t make many calls.)

    @redambition I signed up for the updates on the Optus site.

    Lovely two hour celebratory lunch… It’s nice to feel like the company appreciates all our hard work!

    @wookie_man I thought you were gonna wait and see Tia’s?? 🙂

    @wookie_man I can’t see their plans online?! Did they email them to you?

    @smallpirate If you’re on contract, free. I did it last week. Surprisingly, they did it in less than 2 business days!

    Heading to knitting at the Grace…

    iPhone ordered, delivery Saturday. WOO! That was a tense 20 minutes. Stupid Optus site is very fragile. Expected session timeout any second.

    I thought Michael Jackson lived in Bahrain or something because he thought the US was too persecute-y with the whole molestation thing?

    @traceyh I think it’s a total fake.

  • Cranford Mitts

    Cranford MittsCranford Mitts
    I saw Lyn’s Cranford Mitts last week and realised they were the perfect project to use up the Noro left over from my ribbed socks. The pattern is available for free (but just watch out because there’s a missing YO on row 8). I cast on last week and had most of the first mitt knitted on Saturday, but when I tried it on I could barely get it over my hand! My tiny hands! My legendary tight tension strikes again. (And that’s with going up to a 2.75mm needle.) So I frogged it all back and started over with 60 stitches instead of 50, which meant I had a whole extra pattern repeat. That works much better for me. I lengthened the pattern a fair bit, adding in extra repeats before and after the thumb. I finished the pair of them in just five days. When I tried them on last night, I noticed that the opening around my knuckles gaped a bit so I had the bright idea to sew the sides together between my 3rd and 4th fingers. That made them fit much closer to my hand and feel a lot warmer. (Well, as warm as lacy fingerless mitts can feel!) I think they look pretty cool though, and they match my Clapotis. Yay for crafty accessories! (Ravelry details are here.)

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Recruiter emailed looking for PHP devs. Said I’m not doing that anymore. “Do you know anyone who’s looking?” “ISN’T THAT YOUR JOB?”

    Vodafone iPhone 3GS prices are up, and they’ve got prepaid! http://www.vodafone.com.au/personal/iphone/3gspricing/

    Vodafone’s iPhone pricing page says: “There is no monthly access fee for tethering.” Translation: “Screw you, Optus.”

    @clesan700 It’s a screenshot from “Lost.” You can see Evangeline Lilly wearing handcuffs in the front.

    RT @andrewsayer: Idiot gets firework nutshot (32sec VID) http://bit.ly/4N5In <- I think I went to high school with those guys.

    @redambition Congrats! Well done.

    The plan all hinges on whether the Snook’s SIM works in my iPhone. *crossing fingers*

    SUCCESS! Current plan is to order $19 plan online on Optus’s site tomorrow night. They then courier my new iPhone on Saturday. W00t.

    @bellsg Snooky’s 95% sure he can get by on Optus $19 plan. (He doesn’t use phone much except to call me, and our calls will be free then.)

    Cranford Mitts are off the needles! Little bit Victorian lace, little bit Japanese punk rock. Details on Rav tomorrow: http://bit.ly/1buB0O

    @Ascasewwen Wait, seriously? You’re actually the second person to tell me that recently. Obviously this is a Halloween costume possibility!

    @eileenDCoE I always think that too. It’s kind of a mean thing to say to a person, really.

    Finally finished Red Mars. Enjoyed 1st half more than 2nd. Debating on getting the sequel(s). (Need to know if FC is dead. I doubt it.)

    Um, am I the only one that realises that Godwin Grech of the Treasury Department is clearly a Gringott’s goblin at loose in our world?

    Just completed a 4.28 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/KCQmV #runkeeper

    Accidentally republished an old run this morning. Just did 4K, not 10K. Nice and slow, w/ only 1 walk break! Recovery is going well.

    Smartphones are the future. How else could I be alerted that sewer has backed up at work while still on the bus? It’s good to be prepared.

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Cranford Mitts are off the needles! Little bit Victorian lace, little bit Japanese punk rock. Details on Rav tomorrow: http://bit.ly/1buB0O

  • Button Necklace

    Button NecklaceButton Necklace
    I spotted a stall selling these necklaces when I was at the Kirribilli Art & Design Markets earlier this month. The seller had necklaces and bracelets of varying lengths, some in bright colourways and others subdued. I was drawn to the shiny discs like a toddler to candy. The buttons are strung together with tiger wire, and the whole things feels much much sturdier than it looks. I couldn’t resist. Yeah, I probably could have made my own if I really wanted to, but it was a case of instant gratification. (And given that it was only $15, pretty cheap too.) I like it!

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Uhh… I’m really weirded out by the new Skype UI. Big, big departure. Took me a few minutes to find my bookmarked chats.

    Really had it up-to-here with knitters guild busybodies today.

    @Opheli8 It drains my battery!

    @twelveeyes @randomknits Yeah. Members of Exec spying on and forwarding emails from groups. Funny in a childish kind of way.

    Charitable: She’s stupid, misread it being for everyone and wanted to share. More likely: She wants brownie points for keeping tabs on us.

    Woo! And the knitting shit has hit the fan. I’ve been asked to remove a Ravelry group I have no authority over.

    Just sent an email that could – wheee! – get me kicked out of guild completely. Who knew a simple discussion about usernames would explode?

    Bullet dodged in the face of implacable logic.

    @witty_knitter Actually, the strata’s builder was out today to take a look at it. It’s their issue, so luckily they’re getting it fixed. 🙂

    @witty_knitter I really need to start loaning out the Snook to set up PVRs for you. The concept of watching live TV is gone from my life!

    @witty_knitter Puter that records all your TV, like a TiVo. Check out MythTV.org. I have it set to record all Time Team, whenever it’s on!

  • WALL-E End Titles

    Interview with the artists behind Wall-E‘s end titles. I loved the end titles; they were absolutely my favorite part of the movie. (Link courtesy of kottke.)

  • Buffy vs. Edward

    Buffy vs. Edward. A couple people sent me that link, and it was FANTASTIC. “In this remixed narrative, Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer at Sunnydale High. It’s an example of transformative storytelling serving as a visual critique of Edward’s character and generally creepy behavior. Seen through Buffy’s eyes some of the more patriarchal gender roles and sexist Hollywood tropes embedded in the Twilight saga are exposed in hilarious ways.” I did feel like kind of a nerd to immediately recognize the few shots from Harry Potter.