Month: October 2005
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The Australian iTMS features a Celebrity Playlist from Russell Crowe. And get this – he put “Closer to Fine” by the Indigo Girls on there! I nearly fell out of my chair.
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YARN Magazine has just posted its contributor guidelines, just in case you’re thinking of submitting some patterns! (I know I am.)
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According to ZDNet, the Australian iTunes Music store has officially launched! Snookums is home sick so I’m trying to get him to sign us up so we can have a look. I have to say I’m not thrilled about AUD $1.69 a song though. Once you work out the exchange rate, that’s more than the…
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Woohoo! The Knitty Calendar is available for ordering! Now you can hang me on your wall. Later: Okay, now that I’ve looked at all the other images I can really see where ours fits in. They’re all so colourful and kooky! Much later: The Honorable Mentions Gallery is now up, and both of our other…
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It’s always fun to find yourself being discussed on the Internet, especially when people are trying to schedule things around your Halloween Party because it’s obviously becoming the SYDNEY SOCIAL EVENT OF THE SPRING. Except for that whole horse racing thing next week. In related party news, things are coming down to the wire as…
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Slashdot have picked up the Australian iTunes Music Store story… Looks like the announcement should come tomorrow morning!
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I had a major breakthrough with the fish phobia tonight. We were out to dinner at my co-worker Leanne’s new place, and her boyfriend Brendan (the one who works at XO) cooked for us. Knowing my issues with fish, he served us baked rainbow trout with smoked almond stuffing and he ASSURED me that it…
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Straight-Laced SocksRemember the wool I won in the Give a Little Raffle? Here it is! These are the Straight-Laced Socks from Knitty. As usual, I had to adjust the heck out of the pattern to make it work. I increased the number of stitches to 76 (38 on each needle) and thus had to change…
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The Tapestry Craft 25th Anniversary Sale is now on… and I’m wiped out. I also think I may have developed RSI this week. Seriously. My wrist hurts.
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Heh. Some guy on AskMetafilter wonders “Why do you like U2?” and asks whether he’s alone in his hate for them. The ensuing discussion is 90% people agreeing that they suck – “U2 is the Wal-Mart of ‘alternative’ music” is a particular highlight – and 10% people going, “Yeah, I liked ’em back in high…