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Month: May 2009

  • Shared today on Twitter

    RT @misswired: squee! an outdoor ice rink in the sydney CBD this winter. http://tr.im/lPIW <- Yay! I can pretend it’s Chicago!

    I just learned that my Dad and his wife are moving house… from a post on Facebook. SERIOUSLY, PEOPLE, THE PHONES HERE WORK.

    @brodrigu So from the news I’m hearing I gather you’re NOT coming out to Sydney anytime soon. Too bad… 🙁

    Sneak peek of Morris & Sons Melbourne: http://bit.ly/xByvR

    @twelveeyes Saturday also = sale start, you know… 🙂

    @twelveeyes Not til I launch the new site Saturday morning. But for now: 10-5 M-T, 10-8 F, 10-4 Sat & 12-5 Sun. That’s what I have anyway.

    @AusVintageGrrl Stanza = great ebook reader. Bejeweled & Fuzzle to cure boredom. Cha-Ching makes tracking spending fun. #iPhone

    @AusVintageGrrl Also: Runkeeper is awesome for tracking runs. WhiteNoise Lite is good for insomnia. #iPhone

    @sharre I do, especially when combined with a training plan. Also I think @runkeeper is planning to implement challenges on the site soon…

    I feel like such a dork always being the last person here, but I get so much more done when everybody else is gone. 🙂

    Supposed to go for a run and it’s pissing down rain. Hm.

    Just completed a 5.53 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/ybcQ3 #runkeeper

    @shanea Bad news for Barry and the Apples! 🙁

  • Devil’s Avocado

    Everything Tracy Jordan Said in Season 3 of 30 ROCK. I love this. I think I need to start a new blog and call it “Devil’s Avocado.” (Link courtesy of Max.)

  • Outdoor Ice Rink

    Oh, wow! This winter the Sydney CBD will be getting an outdoor ice rink for the first time in 50 years. FUN! I’ll be able to pretend I’m in Chicago! (Except it won’t be nearly so cold.)

  • Shared today on Twitter

    RT @Opheli8: @web_goddess: Two monitors ARE better than one. http://bit.ly/NoZsX <- Hey, @venks79! HINT, HINT.

    @runkeeper Ooh, loving the (leaked?!) logo and design. Well done!

    Awesome: Finding out Snook has w-g saved in feed reader. Awesomer: Having him ask for comment counts to be added to RSS feed.

    Just sent off a 52-page spec. Phew. My brain feels wrung out.

    Arguing feminism w/ Russian guy at work. He honestly doesn’t think men can raise kids as well as women & shouldn’t be encouraged to try. o_O

    RT @CerealBoy: June 17 Girl Geek Dinner @ Yahoo!7 RSVP: http://bit.ly/BeQfC <- Sounds similar to last month’s Y7 Open Session. Will skip it.

    @twelveeyes I just feel sad, really. He must not have had good male relationships growing up. I know some GREAT Dads, both irl & online.

    @redambition HAHAHA. Exactly.

    Stressful week again, both work and extracurricular activities. My stomach is starting to churn. I wonder if my doc would give me a tranq…

    Shaking. Large shouting crazy man at bus stop just shoved me in the chest. Out of nowhere. Managed to escape on to bus. WTF??

    @venks79 I wondered if I should have warned you. Sorry. I can’t believe a driver let him on a bus!

    @henrytapia My co-worker left not after me and saw him get on a bus. No idea where he is now.

    I’m OK. I was listening to iPod & not paying attention & he shoved me. @venks79 saw him get on a bus to city not long after. Little shaken.

    Made this for dinner: http://bit.ly/DQsy3 . ZOMG. SO GOOD. BACON. CREAM CHEESE. CHEDDAR. PASTA. (And some cauliflower.)

    I woke up last night when the sound of actual pouring rain drowned out the virtual pouring rain from my iPhone white noise application.

    I’m going to the physio. It suddenly occurred to me that having an aching back every day for 3 weeks is probably a bad sign.

  • Interchanges

    In Douglas Coupland’s Microserfs, the geek protagonist mentions at one point that the office becomes obsessed with looking at pictures of highway overpasses and interchanges. After looking at these photos, I think I finally understand why. Neat!

  • Geek Girl Dinner June

    The next Geek Girl Dinner has been announced, and this one’s at Yahoo. In fact, it sounds a lot like the Open Session we attended there last month. I think I’ll skip this one.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Made first foray to new CBD Lincrap. It sucks, but better than nothin’. Got sewing machine needles to replace FIVE I broke last night.

    The number of people who don’t know their own email address is ridiculous. A Knitters Guild member has given me the wrong one TWICE now.

    RT @TYPEABC: http://premium.au.samsungmobile.com/promo/ultra/mobile.htm #ultra touch <- My company did this!

    Just sent off a nearly 50 page spec to my boss for review. Going to be a stressful week.

    @mirvettium Heh. Nope. It was filled out on a web form. Unfortunately having the wrong address made it hard to reply.

    @rhagern Wait – you guys are coming to Sydney next year??

    New premium SMS code getting press. Most important words: “developed by the industry.” http://bit.ly/19pkU8

    Just completed a 5.00 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/sS6R #runkeeper

    Spotted at the end of my street in Sydney this morning. Small world. Can we haz Obama too? http://yfrog.com/ehk0qj

    Nice. I wait 10 minutes for a 480 bus to Park St, and the driver decides to stop at Town Hall. And now I’m late. Bugger.

    @rhagern DEFINITELY. We’ll discuss sooner to your visit. I can hook you up w/ some of my Gay Cabal Friends to advise on best MG parties 🙂

  • Obama Kicks

    I actually kind of like these Obama kicks. Stylin’.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Last sock workshop finished. Nearly everybody finished their 1st sock! Very satisfying teaching experience.

    Just completed a 6.71 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/21w8C #runkeeper

    Heading out for my run tonight, I finally met the not-quite-mythical Goat of Chippendale! http://twitpic.com/5csaq

    Much like Dale Kerrigan, Snookums dug a hole. And then we put a tree in it. And now my arms are aching. http://bit.ly/ft0yD

    @realtimshady Australia! I’ve got a guest room perfect for displaced Southern teachers. 🙂

  • The rest of the weekend

    Sock WorkshopIt was actually a busy one. Friday night we joined Tim, Stef, and a bunch of friends to celebrate them buying their first house. There were drinks at Ryan’s bar, then a trip to Lowenbrau for much beer and pork. Saturday morning there was a trip to Toby’s for breakfast, followed by the aforementioned tree planting. (It was seriously like one of those heinous challenges on The Biggest Loser. My biceps are aching.) Then this morning I taught the third and final sock workshop, where my nine ladies got to finish the toes and learn Kitchener stitch. (I forgot to take the group picture til after three girl had already left. Sorry, ladies!) After the class, I dragged out my sewing machine and proceeded to break FIVE NEEDLES in the process of mending the Snook’s ripped jeans. (Note to self: buy needles specially for denim.) I also made some real progress on Matt’s Scarf. The Snook went on a husbandly crusade and proceeded to fix our leaking shower before making a massive batch of Ron’s “Blue Stater’s Texas Chili”, which was so good.

    Oh! And I went for a run, in the course of which I finally met the not-so-mythical Goat of Chippendale. His name is “Maxy” and he was a very nice goat. I just wish he had a girlfriend so I could get some fresh goat’s milk!

    Me and the Goat of Chippendale

    Phew. I’m oddly still feeling slightly unenthusiastic about jumping back online. No idea why. I’ve lost my digital mojo a bit, it seems.