Author: Kris

  • Lethonomia

    This word means the tendency to forget names. This is something I’ve struggled with a LOT in recent years. I’m not sure what the cause is: the fact that my jobs at YOW and AWS meant meeting so many people? Did I get long Covid? Or is it one of the many joys of perimenopause?…

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  • I’ve been on a real gaming tear this year. Back in January I wrote about Dave the Diver and Unpacking, and I thought I’d mention a few more Nintendo Switch games that I’ve been playing lately and really enjoyed: Yoku’s Island Express – Rodd found this one recommended on Reddit for people who like no-stress…

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  • Nightly Puzzling

    For the past month, I’ve been establishing a new nightly routine. First, at 10pm I have an automatic reminder to write a journal entry. I’ve been using the iOS Journal app for this, which allows me to easily incorporate photos and maps from the day. I haven’t been using any of their prompts, but rather…

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  • When I was working full-time, I was fortunate in that my Australian employer had a generous mobile phone benefit. To maximise that, I did what most of my colleagues did – go to the nearest Telstra store and get a handset with the biggest plan that came under the cap. Now that I’m not working,…

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  • Friday night fun: watching a 90min documentary on “The Oregon Trail” educational video game. (I’m not even kidding. This was a massive nostalgia trip for me and I learned heaps about the Minnesota tech industry in the 70s and 80s.) * Trivia – The phrase “You have died of dysentery” never actually appears in the…

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  • This is fascinating. I also really like the way they explain it, which makes it super clear and easy to understand!

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  • One of the hardest skills for new knitters to master is recognising and fixing errors. If you catch something quickly, you may be able to just un-knit (or “tink“) the last few stitches and fix it. But if you spot it a few rows later and you can’t face the thought of tinking all those…

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  • Volatile Quartets

    From Metafilter I discovered this long retrospective on the Breeders and consequently went down a rabbit hole reading about the lineage from Throwing Muses to the Pixies to the Breeders and then Belly. I was a latecomer to these groups, getting first into the Breeders thanks to Last Splash and then moving on to Belly. I…

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  • A lovely little video of the Breeders performing some of my favorite songs – mostly acoustically – among the redwoods in Big Sur. Still can’t believe I sold them craft supplies 14 years ago without realising who they were. 😂

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  • If you have a coffee machine, you probably want to watch this video, even if you think you already know how to do the required maintenance. In totally unrelated news, Rodd has spent the last hour cleaning his coffee machine. 😜

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