The Snook was slow-roasting venison for this recipe all day yesterday. It smelled amazing. You’re meant to leave it in the fridge overnight for all the flavours to meld. So good! Quite spicy.
Author: Kris
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Goose egg
7.5km into our 10km hike from Manly to the Spit today, I was looking down at a water dragon and walked headfirst into a sawn-off tree branch. Hard. I saw stars. My cap kept me from serious injury, but within minutes I could feel a lump forming. It took us another 30min to get to a cafe where I could get some ice. It hurts like a bastard but I’m hoping my hat is providing some compression until I can get home. No bruise yet, but that’ll be next. Haven’t done that since I was a kid! 🤕
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Links that amused me today
- Bluesky CEO: imagine a ‘world without Caesars’ – LOLLLLL. I kept seeing photos of that woman on my social feeds but couldn’t figure out why. I knew her shirt looked familiar. That’s bloody genius.
- Ask Michael Stipe – Somehow I missed this when it was posted many years ago. I like that he consistently rejects people’s attempts to make his work deeper than he intended it to be, but still allows everyone’s interpretations to stand as valid. Incidentally, I’m still annoyed that there were two R.E.M. questions in Pop Culture Jeopardy, and none of the teams got them correct. They were not an obscure band, people!
- The Capybara Cafe – TIL there’s a cafe in Florida where you can interact with capybaras. And also, you have to cover up your knees because they think they are potatoes. 🥔
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Heart Warmer Cowl
I’m making progress on this cowl, getting through the lace and cable section tonight. I’m pretty sure I somehow inserted a row in the last repeat though, probably due to excitement watching the Shoresy Season 2 finale. I reckon I’ll leave it though…
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Mini Kegs
Mr. Snook got rid of a lot of his homebrewing gear before we moved to Germany, and he’s taken his time since we’ve been back deciding what his new setup will be. He finally decided to go all-in on Kegland Mini-Kegs, getting two 5L and a 10L to start. He’s having a lot of fun playing with them already! Next step is to actually fill them with beer… 🍺
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Happy birthday, Kunaal!
We joined a few folks for a belated birthday lunch today for my old friend Kunaal. He may be greyer and beardier than he used to be, but he still regaled us all with tales from his amateur cricket triumphs. Happy birthday, buddy!! 🎂❤️
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Random Links
- A Guest Blog from Judy Morris on a Four-Year Quilting Project – I recently resubscribed to Martha’s blog, and I’m loving it. This quilt is stunning, and I can’t believe the epic amount of work that went into it.
- A game called “It is as if you were on your phone” – Ha! I love random stuff like this. Rodd had a couple issues playing it on his Pixel phone, but it worked fine on iOS. (Link courtesy of Kottke.)
- And this video, that made us laugh and laugh this morning. Never let it be said that Germans don’t have a sense of humour! 😂🇩🇪
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Open Source Knitting Machine
This is so freaking cool. Someone designed and 3D-printed a knitting machine! 🧶
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IWD Volunteering – Part 2
Happy International Women’s Day! Today I spent the whole day at the Girls’ Programming Network event at UTS, where we taught 120+ girls how to code in Python. It was controlled chaos, but everybody had a ton of fun! At the last minute I got roped into giving the lecture on opening and working with files, but I smashed it and it seemed to land well. (I told them repeatedly that computers are dumb, which is always a crowd-pleaser.) I even got a shout out in one of the students’ end of day surveys! I also got to eat an entire Dominoes garlic bread all by myself, so… best day ever. ❤️
