Month: December 2009
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Keep Calm and Cast On. Lovely! I should get one of those printed for my office.
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This is the time of year when I start thinking dangerous thoughts about the upcoming race season. I’m someone who always needs a goal and a training plan to stay motivated, and lately I’ve been thinking about… the big one. The marathon. Could I really do it? It would certainly be something to work for.…
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5 Things Hollywood Thinks Computers Can Do. An oldie but a goodie. I knew that uploading an alien virus from a Powerbook would be in there.
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I won a major award! Well okay, it’s not a leg lamp, but it is an awesome cookbook! Not Quite Nigella announced a contest last month to give away four copies of the new Buon Ricordo cookbook. The Snook and I both love Armando Percuoco’s food (based on this and this) so I decided to…
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Things I learned from iPhone & Droid ads. Ha! Although the idea of a “robot phone” is pretty cool.
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St. BrigidThe honeymoon period with St. Brigid is officially over. Last night I suddenly became aware of how painfully slow it is. Those cable sections? They’re 24-row repeats and EVERY ROW IS DIFFERENT. No memorisation allowed. I’m 50 rows in, but the back is meant to be 178 rows long. Given how tight my row…
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Evolution of the Hipster. The Snook sent me that link while actually wearing his Three Keyboard Cat Moon shirt, thus proving that he is actually a Meta-Nerd2.
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From MetaFilter: Great places to lunch in Sydney’s CBD for under $15?
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“Christ Turns Down 3-Year, Multimillion Dollar Deal To Coach Notre Dame.” HA!
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St. BrigidI’ve started my project for the 2010 Sydney Royal Easter Show: “St. Brigid” by Alice Starmore. Yes, I’m still stuck on Starmore arans. And I’m NOT doing this in cream; I’m going to keep knitting things I want to wear and the judging committee can suck it. This is Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed…