Month: November 2007
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A-ha! I wondered why the hell we were getting the ABC News Victoria feed tonight. I figured it was because the Sydney staff were all getting pissed at their Christmas party.
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I’ve just contributed my first post to Life in Chippendale.
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Hooray! Little Inigo Nettle has finally been born. Congratulations to Lara and Mark. (Man, waiting for blog friends to have babies is quite stressful. I must’ve hit Lara and Tracey‘s sites about 100 times each in their last months…)
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How many HTML elements can you name in five minutes? There are 91 in total, and I managed to get 42. Of course, I totally cheated at the end. I probably only got 35 on my own.
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We have Internet! And it’s all down to the Snook. When several ISPs all claimed that we weren’t able to get ADSL at the new house, he refused to believe them. He spent a week posting on forums and emailing technicians until he finally got someone to look into it. Lo and behold, that “no”…
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Retro Rib SocksDespite everything else that happened this month, I still managed to meet my Southern Summer of Socks goal of one pair per month. This pattern is “Retro Rib Socks” from Interweave’s Favorite Socks. (More photos are on Flickr.) I’ve now made FOUR pairs from this book; I love it. What I didn’t love…
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Tiki Heads and Ape LibrariansA few months ago over Ravelry, I floated the idea of a “secret pal” exchange on the Australian Knitters group. Lots of folks were onboard, and we hammered out a plan for a “Tea Cosy Swap.” Everybody was to knit a tea or coffee cosy for their pal, along with $20…
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Sorry for my lack of blogging mojo of late. We’re still waiting on Internet to be hooked up at the new house. (There was some confusion as to whether we could get ADSL2, despite the fact that we had it at the old house, which is 50 FEET AWAY. Telstra sucks.) And while we found…
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OH. MY. GOD. I was about to say that I don’t care whether Matt Corby or Natalie Gauci wins Idol tonight… until I saw what Matt was wearing. ARE THOSE LEGGINGS? I reached for the phone. Me: It’s me. WHAT is he wearing on his legs?Amy: AHHHHH! DON’T TELL ME! We’re timeshifting and we’re behind!…
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Holy crap! Not only did Labor win and the Liberals lose, but Howard lost his seat and Costello retired from the front bench. Looks like Malcolm Turnbull will be the leader of the Opposition. It’s been a crazy day…