I’m kind of fascinated by this fake Mars mission experiment. Six astronauts are going to be locked up for three months in a space capsule to see how they react to the prolonged isolation of long-distance space travel. They’ll have all their supplies with them, and their communications to “Earth” will be delayed by 20 minutes. Won’t they all just go nuts? That’s what I’m expecting. Other questions that popped into my head: What do astronauts do with their garbage/human waste? Just dump it out into space? (I’m now picturing this space capsule hooked up like a motorhome at a camp ground.) And why aren’t there any women included? Surely the dynamics of a mixed group would be more interesting that all men.
Author: Kris
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Mathison leaving Idol?
Mathison leaving Idol??? Nooooooooo! TELL ME it’s an April Fool’s joke.
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Happy Anniversary, Snookums
Nine years ago tonight – just about right now, in fact – I was in the Distillers Arms in Hammersmith celebrating being granted a British work visa (which meant I didn’t have to go home in a week). Pretty much the whole office had ended up there, and we were partying it up. Half a dozen of us decided to kick on to the “Leopard Lounge” in Fulham to do some dancing. The place was pretty sad, actually, and not very full, but we made the best of it. At one point I was dancing with the cute boy from the office that I had a crush on, and I just decided to go for it. We smooched and held hands. It was an incredible rush, yet at some level even then I knew it also felt completely comfortable and right. We’ve barely been apart since.
It’s been a great nine years. Happy (real) anniversary to my best friend…
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Cake decorating
The SMH report on the cake decoration competition at the Easter Show, which they claim is one of the “fiercest contests.” See, this is why I’m not a huge fan of transient art forms. If I spent four months knitting Na Craga only to have somebody knock it over and ruin it, I’d never pick up the needles again.
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Shared today on Twitter
@sharre I LOVE mine, as you might guess. Even the Snook is seriously swayed. And @AusVintageGrrl has given in?! You will be assimilated.
Huzzah! Booked in for Girl Geek Dinner in two weeks w/ @redambition and @AusVintageGrrl. girlgeekdinnerssydney.blogspot.com
@acatinatree When in doubt, it’s probably the effing SMH site. HATE IT.
As I said on Ravelry, I can’t even watch the Ped-Egg advert without gagging. IT’S A FOOT GRATER. For some reason that makes my skin crawl.
@randomknits @sharre I’m on $39 + $13 optus too, but it’s gone now. 🙁 My data usage is way < 200MB. (I have wifi @ home & work tho.)
@acatinatree Still need one? I’ve got a list purportedly from “Verizon/Sybase + assorted sources”. Can email to you if you like.
@randomknits Pretty sure. Rodd was interested but they pulled it 2 weeks after I got it. I think $59 is lowest Optus now. Will check.
@randomknits Yep, gone. No more plain Yes plans. Just Timeless and Cap for loads more. 🙁
@randomknits Rodd’s plan is to buy one outright, unlock it, and get a cheap plan with decent data. He’s with Exetel; he thinks it’ll work.
Sometimes supporting your wife is making her go to boxing when she’d give anything not to. Because she’ll be glad she went afterwards.
RT @acatinatree @markpollard: Free Twitter session in The Rocks, Syd Thurs 23 April http://tinyurl.com/cayzsp
hates this weather. There’s nothing worse than being steamy bus in the pouring rain, getting dripped on by brollies and roof and wet people.
@witty_knitter You’ve got iPhone, right? I use TwitterFon (free from App Store). But no, we have no SMS support in Oz (yet).
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Shared today on Facebook
LOVE. IT. Every school library in the country should have that up as a poster.
Kristine Howard shared a link.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Cool Kids Go to the Library
Cool kids go to the library. LOVE IT. (Spotted in Nora‘s shared Google Reader items.)
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Uninterested Cat Bento
Uninterested Cat Bento. Ha! Nice one, Eva. Now you just need to create a bento of a 7 pound cat leaping on a sleeping person’s stomach and you’ve basically documented half my life.
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MEAT ANTS?
I know cane toads are a menace and everything, but good grief – MEAT ANTS?! The very name is going to give me nightmares.
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Shared today on Twitter
is relishing a sunny Fall day in Woolloomooloo. http://twitpic.com/2lfto
is enjoying the chaos. Power just went out all over Sydney CBD. What the heck’s happening? Just walked down 10 flights to get out.
wonders why traffic lights are out on George & William but not around the park? Something to do with train stations? #blackout #sydney
@wookie_man And I hope you didn’t drive. Streets are insane. Fire trucks everywhere and lights are out.
is amused by #sydney #blackout tweets. No #zombies spotted yet. Saw lots of fire trucks in city but no smoke yet. 3G is spotty.
has made it past Central. Power seems to be okay here. Still no #zombies sighted, but smelly Newts make it hard to tell. #blackout #sydney
RT @JennifARGH: New show on Ten; Bondi Zombie. #sydney #blackout #zombies
just visited new giant Harris Farm. (Power is on.) More everything + breads + meat! No #zombies. #sydney #blackout http://twitpic.com/2lkxc
@venks79 Fun, isn’t it? Best excuse for Twitter, I think.
is finally at home with provisions and POWER! Now to fortify doors and improvise #zombie decapitating device. #sydney #blackout
can confirm that Chippo has power and Internets. Suck it, Glebe! #sydney #blackout
has just realized that all of these silly #zombie tweets are going straight to Facebook. Maybe I should turn that off.
@randomknits Me too. Yet my inner 3-year-old also thinks she wears pretty, pretty dresses.
RT @jannism: Skype for iphone ready tomorrow http://tinyurl.com/cgjy4a Holy crap! I may have to finally pay for Skype credits. 2c/min to US!
Gearing up for a run outside. In the dark. (Come on, Daylight Savings…)
Listening to the rain. Run postponed. I’m hardcore, but not that hardcore.
@virtual4now A steady rain I could do, but this is turning full on and off like a faucet. I’ll do boxing today instead.
Just installed Skype for iPhone and successfully tried it out. Hey family, you can call me for free at work/home now!