FIVE tech meetups last week across Sydney and Melbourne! And I even gave a last minute talk at one of ’em! 🤓

Weekly Meetup Wrap – February 25, 2018

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Happy birthday, Voitier!!! ❤️

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I forgive you the rain, Melbourne. 😍 #cubano

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Shhh! Don’t tell the hipster Melburnians there’s a sneaky Sydneysider hiding in plain sight… #tramselfie

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More meetups need to finish with a banquet at @mamakrestaurant! 😍🐷 #mhug

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This is the area where I’m from. Twelve days ago my Aunt Deb sent me a photo of the snow piled on her porch asking if I missed it. Laughing, I said I did not. I had no idea this was going to be the result.

Hope everybody is okay!

• http://www.goshennews.com/multimedia/slideshow-historic-flooding-in-goshen/collection_c0a9dbac-1739-11e8-b2a0-0fddf88123ab.html#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

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I LITERALLY RECOILED IN HORROR. Time to go rethink all my life choices.

• https://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/a-truth-universally-acknowledged?utm_term=.kqO9NO2EJK&quiz_result=5702078_5985800#5702078

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Watching Queer Eye, and it appears that my love of kitsch does, in fact, have limits. 😳

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The @virginaustralia lounge attendant made my day by pointing out I could switch to exit row for free. 😍 #ffnoob

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Giant psychedelic chickens and the Opera House for Chinese New Year! 😂🐓🎆

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Three data-focused meetups last week – Sydney Cassandra Users, SURF (Sydney Users of R Forum), and Sydney Machine Learning!

• https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/18586

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I wrote a blog post about making my own continuous bias tape and custom piping for a sewing project. SEWING FUN WITH GEOMETRY! 😂 https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/18541

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Summer of Shorts! I’ve made FIVE pairs of shorts this summer. Check out my blog for the full details…

Summer of Shorts!

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The Snook just presented me with a “Venus De Milo,” proving that you can, in fact, make a cocktail with malted chocolate powder. 😂

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A lovely writeup of the Art + Tech miniconference I organised as part of LinuxConfAU last month! It went fantastically well, and I really appreciate all the wonderful speakers and attendees who participated.

• https://opensource.com/article/18/2/making-art-open-source-technology

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Indulge the #humblebrag – the Snook not only got me my fave flowers, “the green bits are from our garden.” HE ARRANGED THEM HIMSELF. 😍

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Flame on! “Best way to remove the mold,” he says. ❤️

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Ah, the sweet psychological manipulation of mentioning “You know, it’s pancake day” to your spouse in the afternoon. 🥞❤️

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Happy birthday, Sally!

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Goal today: convincing the Snook that we need to sell our house; move to Sturgis, Michigan; and live HERE. ❤️

(I am 100% serious about this. I GASPED when I started scrolling. This is like the House on the Rock of Michiana. I love every single aspect of it.)

• http://www.mlive.com/expo/ERRY-2018/02/0197e4ed64/index.html

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