Author: Kris

  • RIP Roman and Roman 2.0

    Whoa – the guy who played the OG Roman Brady on Days of Our Lives just passed away. Our babysitter when I was little was obsessed with DOOL so I watched it most summer vacations. In college, my roommate Liz McKillop and I even had a column in the Notre Dame newspaper where we recapped it! (Lest…

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  • Incorrect Opal charges

    Does anyone else struggle with incorrect Opal charges? I love the convenience of contactless payments, but I’ve noticed a lot of discrepancies in how they are processed. We keep a very close eye on our bank statements and match them up to the Transport Connect Activity Statements, and it’s often very messy. Charges can be…

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  • Al Green covering R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts.” I was a huge R.E.M. fan in high school and college, but this song was never one of my favourites. I really like this version though!

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  • Textile exhibition

    Queer quilts, rebellious knitting and political pants: the radical world of textiles – What a cool looking exhibition! I love those trade union flags… and the pink shorts. 😉 If you’re going to Adelaide in the next four months, I’d definitely check it out.

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  • Today was the University of Sydney Alumni Festival, which Rodd registered us for some time ago. They had tours, exhibitions, talks, and events happening all over campus, and it would have been perfect if it hadn’t been drizzling and gray all day. We went over in the morning for a tour of the New Law…

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  • Any other Sydney Uni alumni at the festival today?

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  • Yesterday I was invited to give the final talk of the year for the Tech Leader Chats meetup group, which is run by Multitudes from NZ. I had a righteous rant about generative AI and creativity, and I think I did a pretty good job with it! My references are below, and you can watch…

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  • Dessert

    My pumpkin pie ice cream turned out really well! Much more suitable on a hot day than trying to bake.

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  • The Snook had a special Thanksgiving surprise for me: he downloaded the 1997 MTV Thanksgiving special, with poor Kurt Loder trying to interact with Beavis and Butthead. 😂 It’s terrible.

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  • Happy Thanksgiving!

    It’s way too hot to cook a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in Sydney this week, so I decided to spin it into a classic American picnic: chicken salad rolls and potato salad. Yum. 🦃 Recipes: The Best Classic Chicken Salad Recipe Classic Potato Salad

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