Month: October 2005

  • Crochet Yoda Ears

    Crochet Baby Yoda Ears. That is GENIUS!

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  • Woohoo! Just saw on Major‘s site that the launch of the Australian iTunes Music Store is rumoured to be “imminent.” KICK ASS. I think that means I need to empty out my US$ balance before I can switch to the Aussie account. I’m off to buy some Presidents tracks!

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  • Heh. Miss Helen‘s been talking up Amy‘s and my Knitty Calendar Contest win over on livejournal. I had a bunch of hits from there this morning! In related news, we were sent the cover image so we could verify the spelling of our names and such. It sounds like their aiming to have the calendar…

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  • Buck Eye Balls

    Halloween Treat: Buck Eye BallsI wasn’t sure whether I should post this and ruin the surprise for any guests at our party, but the reactions I’ve gotten from the few people I’ve showed them to have persuaded me to do otherwise. The people of the world need to have this recipe for their own Halloween…

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  • Pogoing like I’m 19

    Pogoing like I’m 19She’s Lump, she might be dead! At the PUSA show with Amy and Rob. Rockin’ like it’s 1996! Peaches for me…Later: Wow, fantastic show. That’s the first time I’ve ever heard Australians chanting “USA! USA!” (and most likely the last). The Presidents evidently have a new album out but they deferred to…

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  • Life Poster

    How to Make a Life Poster. Those are pretty sweet!

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  • Sing it, Gwyneth.

    I get the feeling that the BBC thinks Gwyneth Paltrow is being snobby or precious with her complaints about London life, but I say SING IT, SISTER. Her gripes were my gripes, and they’re a large part of why I was happy to leave. It was gray all the time. I got tired of walking…

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  • Happy/Sad Mac Sweater

    Total knitting nerdery: Happy Mac / Sad Mac Sweater. Oh man, if I made one of these for me and then one with Tux on it for the Snook… My head would explode.

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  • In 1982 three twelve-year-olds saw Raiders of the Lost Ark and decided to film their own shot-by-shot remake. It took them seven years to finish. And next week, the Snook and I are going to see it in Sydney. I’ve got the theme music playing in my head already…

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  • Flying Toasters

    Flying Toaster Screensaver, available for both Mac and PC. Remember After Dark? You know you do. My monitor is now full of toasty goodness. (Link courtesy of The Unofficial Apple Weblog.)

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